TPB Christmas in July - Day 2!

Welcome back to day 2 of The Project Bin’s Christmas in July 
 Blog Hop! 

After 2 full days of The Project Bin’s holiday hop, you’ll probably have so many ideas, you can already start your Christmas list!

If you are hopping along, you should have arrived here from Patricia's blog.  

 If you get lost along the way, or started somewhere in the middle,

 follow the candy cane trail back to The Project Bin inspiration blog.  

 You won’t want to miss the creativity along the way and remember:
  2 lucky winners have the chance of winning
 one of the 2 generous gift certificatesto shop at The Project Bin store! 

 Woohoo!

For today’s holiday inspiration, I’ve created for you

a snow shaker card using my 2nd favorite stamp set in the store!

I love this holiday sentiment set ♥

Living in South Florida, this is the only snow I will see! 

I used my die cuts and the Cuttlebug to make a simple circular and scallop edge,

filled it with faux snow ($1 store), sealed it with thin 3d foam tape,

and attached it to the card base.

I left the card base a little more simpler than I usually do as the fun sentiment 

and snow are the focal point of my card.

The stamp reads:

Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store.

 Maybe Christmas means a little bit more!'

You may recognize this wonderful quote from

the 1957 classic "How the Grinch Stole Christmas' by Dr. Suess.  

Here is the set in it's entirety:

 Be sure to leave a comment at each stop and the winners will be announced 

on The Project Bin blog this week.  

And today - I'm the last stop on the hop 

and we hope you enjoyed our Christmas in July blog hop.  

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

Mondays with The Project Bin - Fun is Good!

 Good Morning, friends!

Today is just all around FUN!
It's Monday ~  
and that means it's my The Project Bin posting day ♥

We also had a FUN, wonderful weekend ...
my kids were all in the Florida Keys celebrating.
My husband and son repainted his room this weekend,
taking every single thing out of the room,
priming, taping, shampooed carpet, painting!
We let him have carte blanche and he chose a vibrant 'yacht blue' by Behr.
Such an rich, mature color, which I originally thought was going to be
way too dark for his room but I stayed quiet ...  and it looks marvelous!
He did a great job choosing and he's so proud of his 'new' room :) 
 

  
While my boys painted, and the girls/bf's/friends celebrated, 
I spent a lot of time at my desk and colored ♥   
  
Lots.  and.  lots.  of.  coloring!  
 

This is my 6th card for The Daily Marker coloring challenge,

but as many images I've colored and set aside this weekend, 

it's more like 26 :) 

I have so enjoyed each time Kathy Rac has had her coloring challenges,
this one included.  It's such a great way to color up images and
 make cards or set the colored images aside for when you are ready.

So what did I color here? ↓    

Did you see it yet?

I went old school!

For this super cute "Fun is Good" stamp from TPB,

instead of stamping it out in ink,

I used the MISTI, a Basic Black dual tip Stampin' Write marker

and colored on the stamp!

Took a lot longer than just inking it up *grin!*

But through-out the month of March, I'm coloring!

 

I created this card in honor of March 2nd - 

National Read Across America Day.

All of my years as Room Parenting and school volunteering,

I still adore celebrating Dr. Seuss and his fabulous books!

And yes, FUN is good!

Denise, owner of The Project Bin Stamps,

always has the best sentiments with her stamp sets.

They stamp so crisp and clear ~

you can find this one and many others in the shop!

Thanks for stopping by today!

I have a surprise to share coming up on the blog this week ...

and I'm so excited!

It's been a hard secret to keep ~

 I hope you can stop back in and peek at the news!

See - Mondays are FUN!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly

I can read in Pickle Color! :)

 Hi there!  If you've ever visited my blog before, you'll probably already know that I am a voracious reader!  Books are one of my greatest loves :)

And I just think this world was made so much brighter thanks to Dr. Suess ~

 I think every day should be a little Suess-ical! 

So imagine my glee when LJ's (our hostess this month!) Dueling Darling kit arrived in my mailbox with the wonderful theme: 

January is "Book Blitz Month".....use a stamp with books and/or reading as a theme.  We would also like to then add in your post who your favorite author is, or your favorite book and why. 

:::: Squeal! ::::

I just love this kit so much! Thank you, LJ!  The Dueling Darlings are back again!  The Divas received this wonderful image & papers and I tried to use as much of the dsp that you sent, along with a small card which reminded me of the library cards of the past :)  *Raise your hand if you remember the library card catalog file drawers!* I chose the stamped image in rich cocoa to keep the colors uniform and added the leftover smaller pieces to the inside, keeping it blank.  I adore this image + old fashioned look to it :)

card front!

card inside - left blank for future use!

Answering who my favorite author is a little bit tricky for me ;) 

 That's like asking which of my 4 is my favorite child, LOL!! (I jest!) 

Being an English Lit minor in under-grad college, I adore authors like

Charlotte Brontë and Jane Austen ... 

I secretly grew up wanting to marry Mr. Darcy :) *swoon*

A few from my list of favorite authors:  

I love books that make me cry (Nicholas Sparks, Kristin Hannah),

 books that I can't put down: (Suzanne Collins, John Green, John Hart) 

books that make a statement:  (Jodi Picoult, Mitch Albom, Lauren Oliver)

books with a foreign theme: (Lisa See, Adriana Trigiana) 

I could go on and on!

But instead, how about you see what my team Divas created using this identical image and paper!  You can find them in my sidebar as well as the girls of team Dazzlers!  You won't be disappointed!

Big hugs,

Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

Card Deets:  Stamps: ABC Primer Collection // Graphic 45. Image  stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink on PTI White. All DP & smaller tag piece :This & That Charming Collection // Echo Park.  Accessories: 

 brown Gingham Ribbon (American Crafts).  Brads - Basic Grey, Buttons (PTI and Amuse)