Welcome to PAW-tumn! IPC #257

Happy PAW-tumn!

That's like fall ... but with cute paws :)

Hi friends!

There's a new challenge for the month of October 

 at the Inky Paws Challenge blog

and a GORGEOUS inspiration picture to inspire you!

 

Here's what I made!

For this card, I used:

Paw-tumn Newton Clear Stamp set

Paw-tumn Newton die set

Frames and Flags die set

Frames and Tags die set

Autumn Woofs 6 x 6 paper pack

The images were colored with my Olomarkers!

       Be sure to head to the IPC blog here to link up your projects!

You have until the end of the month to play along using 

your favorite Newton's Nook Designs products!

We can't wait to see what you create :)

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

APPLE-solutely the sweetest!

 It's offically fall, 

 although the temps in Florida are a tad over EXTRA CRISPY outside!

Today I'm sharing a fun card for my friend Mel's IG blog hop!

She is a big fan of Lawn Fawn *hip, hip, hurray!*

and hosts a monthly hop for us to dig out our 

LF stamps, dies and supplies.

And it felt perfect for the autumn vibes upon us.

Since my accident, I am STRUGGLING to be creative

and this just set the tone for getting back into the groove!

I love LOVE that this hop is Anything Goes!

This set is called APPLE-solutely awesome and 

reminds me of my childhood days in Europe. 

 We had apple orchards growing outside our home in Germany 

as far as the eye could see! 

 We would play among the trees and reach up and take the fruit

 as a snack on those long days outside :)

Mom would also turn many of them into candy apples - OMGOSH 

YUM DELISH! <3

Wishing you a fabulous day

and a great start to your week!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

The non-colors of fall!

Hi friends!

The splendor of fall is here with changing leaves,

a crisp touch to the air and 

it's pumpkin everything! :)

I absolutely adore this time of year knowing that soon

our home will once again be filled with our family,

 visiting from all the parts of the globe for the holidays

in November and December!!

I have a fun card to share today with some

rather unusual colors for pumpkins ~

non-traditional colors of fall!

That's the challenge theme my sweet friend Traci

gave us this week in our Wednesday 

 Instagram card group here!

Her challenge:

"create a fall card with non-traditional colored leaves."

I ADORE green and teal together!

I had an idea to create a fall-ish, non-traditionalish card 

using Harvest Blessings from Trinity Stamps.

Since green might be considered a traditional fall color,

I grabbed my watercolors and used mostly purple and teal

and let the water do it's magic!

I added a simple splatter to the background 

and popped up the sentiment for some extra drama :)

Thank you Trinity Stamps for the shout out on Instagram

and resharing my card - I'm truly honored!

Thanks for stopping by today!
~Kelly

entered to:  Retro Rubber Challenge - TicTacToe

(watercolor, die cut and your choice

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Let's give 'em PUMPKIN to talk about ......

  

.. how about love?

♥

 Happy Monday!

I hope your weekend was fantastic

and you were able to *carve out* some crafty time!

 

Mondays are always Fun-days on my blog ~
that's the day I post a card for The Project Bin!

Denise, founder and creative genius behind this stamp line,

has been busy busy busy making gorgeous new stamps/dies.

The shop is bursting with innovative and fun stamps 

~ take a peek!

 

Let me tell you about this. sentiment. right. here!

The minute I saw the Eat Pie! stamp set,

I about swooned ♥

Anne of Green Gables!

Yes please!

As a English Lit minor in undergrad college 

and a book nerd bookworm,

this sentiment just stole my heart ♥

Someday I may be lucky to visit Prince Edward Island :)

When I think of October,

I think pumpkins and the color orange ...

so that's what I based my card on ↓

 I created this pumpkin patch card by masking the single pumpkin stamp

in the set and added some hills in fall plaid paper.

I added a little white gel pen to the tips of the stems for 'frost on the pumpkins',

and kept it simple by popping up a frame on 3d foam around the card.

Here's the set in it's entirety:  

 

You can stop in at The Project Bin's inspiration blog

each week day to see what the design team posted ~

a new card is posted each day during the week! 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

Entered into:  Creative With Stamps Challenge - Pumpkins

Always Fun challenge - fall colors

Crafty Cardmakers - fall colors 

Let me {stencil} you in!

Happy weekend, friends! 

I wish I could say fall is in the air,

but it's still super hot here in South Florida.

The only fall I'm seeing is in the decor in the stores

and on all the pretty autumn cards on social media :)

One thing that i absolutely love in this card making hobby

is creating a card that tells a story ♥

Some great techniques to do this are to using scene building dies,

masking and stencil work!

 

Yesterday, I stenciled in some time to make a new card

using some super cute fall critters!

I quickly fell in love with these fall friends and had an idea of a card,

then another, then another!

This is the first of three cards using one stamp set ..

first up, a stencil!

I found an amazing stencil during that massive Hobby Lobby stamp/die/etc

liquidation a few months back and it was one of the many things

that ended up in my cart and followed me home!

Thinking of an outdoor scene, it just made sense :)

 I used the Tim Holtz distress oxide inks in warm tones

of worn lipstick, fossilized amber and squeezed lemonade.

Using my mini blending tool, I applied the inks directly to the stencil

on white cardstock to give the illusion that they are birch trees.

Last, I colored the friends with a mash of prismacolor and promarkers

in a similiar color palette and added the sentiment and iridescent sequins.

And that's it from me today!

Wishing you a wonderful rest to your weekend! ♥
Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly

Never met a pumpkin ....

Hi friends

 and Happy Labor Day!

    Brace yourself .....

It's Monday!

And pumpkin spice everything is coming ~ just sayin' :)

I'm back with another card from The Project Bin.

And this one is introducing a brand new stamp set, Eat Pie!

It's a delightful new stamp set!

It's perfect for the autumnal season upon us ~

from Halloween to Thanksgiving to sending blessings all year!

My card is pretty simple ...

I had an idea in my head for a card and then ran out of time!

It's quite complicated so you'll see that .......

next week!

 

I love love LOVE this sentiment from the stamp set.

Being the year of kindness (my word of the year), 

it's a nice to pass on words of gratitude and thanks - all year!

Kindness .... it's a good thing!

Here is the inside of my card, stamped out with another sentiment 

nestled into the pumpkin:

I never met a pumpkin that I didn't like ♥

Here's a glance at the stamp set:

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

Mondays with The Project Bin ~ Every leaf ...

Happy Monday, friends ♥

 

Autumn is such a favorite time of year for many of us ~

from the crisp change in the air to the falling leaves,

to the pumpkin patches and scrumptious baking ♥

It's still sooo very hot here in South Florida,

but I'm told cooler temps are coming Wednesday :)

By the evening, it is supposed to 'dip' into the 60's!

Oh I sure hope so!

Today's card, while simple in construction,

speaks volumes for me.

Denise, owner and designer for The Project Bin stamps,

truly has a vision for the perfect sentiments to go on handmade cards,

like this one.

My undergrad degree is a double major, including English Literature,

so naturally my eyes - and heart - fell in love with this stamp ♥

 Does this card design look familiar?

It might, as it is the fall version of this card I made in the spring, last year :)
I thought how beautiful it was and wanted to try one for the autumn ...
which means I"ll have to try one for winter! 

You can find this "Autumn's Calling" stamp set in the shop,
as well as many card samples to inspire you.

Thanks for stopping by!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥
~Kelly

Pumpkins, please!

 

Hello friends!

I'm back from our glorious vacation!

We enjoyed the wonderful resort life

 with pools and a lazy river right outside our room ♥

And side trips to Disney World and Islands of Aventure/Universal,

dinners out and so much more ♥

You know they say coming back from vacation ...

you need a vacation ~ hee hee!

We haven't been able to sit still for more than a few hours ~

and yet have to already dash off ..

today is also the first day of school! 

So.  not.  ready :(

 Mondays are also The Project Bin day on my blog ♥

The Project Bin has 2 new gorgeous stamp sets just added to the store!

One of them is this very set on my cards today:  New Leaf.

It is positively GORGEOUS and 

perfect for those fall theme cards.

Here is a quick set of CAS cards I created:

 

 For this set of cards, 

I used my Spellbinder Nestabilities to cut the circular pattern first,

Then I stamped around the cut out using sentiments from New Leaf

and the pumpkin in varied inks, like Clearly Kelly and Ranger Distress Oxide Ink.

I fussy cut the pumpkin, 

then added it to the patterned paper background using 3d foam.  

The dsp is from PTI and it's from their Fall Leaf Prints collection.

 

I always complete the inside of my cards, too, 

but ran short of time so we'll have to imagine the inside being just as fun! :)

 

 Here's a look at the stamp set, New Leaf,

and it's available in the shop!

 

It's still in the high 90's here, 

I'm hoping it feels like a beautiful autumn starting wherever you are!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

Leaves are falling ........

Happy weekend, friends!

How I just love autumn!ere in South Florida we don't get a traditional fall ~

leaves changing colors in a burst of oranges and reds and browns,

warm sweaters and a new crisp chill in the air.

But one thing we do get is the promise that all the months 

of togetherness and thankfulness and gratitude and celebration

are right around the corner :)

If you haven't already heard of The Project Bin stamps,

you simply MUST go visit the shop and inspiration blog!

The stamps are just fantastic and so versatile 

and perfect for your stamping needs this upcoming holiday season.

From Halloween to Thanksgiving, Christmas and beyond ...

all those 'right around the corner' moments!

There is truly something for everyone!

This beautiful fall quote is perfect for my card today :)

"Leaves are falling, Autumn is calling" ♥

I've stamped it in Momento Tuxedo Black right onto the dsp.

I also used a few pieces of fall inspired designer paper

and propped it up with some 3D foam to give the card a little edgier look.

The paper flowers and little orange gems give it just that little extra pop.

Be sure to stop by the store and browse around,

as well as peek at the delicious card samples to give you some inspiration, too!

Be well, friends!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!

~Kelly

 

It's the Dueling Darlings ~ *Tutti Fruity* Style!

Hello friends!

Woohoo! The long awaited return of the DDD card kit group is here!

We've been on a summer hiatus but are thrilled to be back "dueling" for the Fall!

For my new blog readers, you might be wondering what the DDD is!

The Dueling Darling (Divas or Dazzlers) is a group near and dear to my heart ~

one I dreamed up over 4 years ago ♥

Most of us are and we are still going strong,

almost all of us are original members.

And this month there is EXTRA excitement - 

we have 3 new friends joining us!

We are welcoming Shelly, Tracie and Suzy, 

dear friends of ours from many of the threads on Splitcoaststampers!

Each month, two opposing teams have a hostess that pairs up and choses a theme, one hostess for Team Diva and one for Team Dazzlers!

  Each hostess sends out identical card kits to the other members 

and we create a card based on the contents of the kit we receive,

then post on the 15th to see what each of us made with that theme.

This month, Jeanette and I are the hostesses!

We have a fun theme that hasn't been done before in the years we've "dueled" -

Tutti Fruity!

        Since Autumn is now upon us, the Divas are going apple picking! 

Maybe you, too, have those fond memories of heading to the apple orchards to bring home bushels of fresh apples picked from the trees, filling up baskets!  Maybe you loved drinking fresh apple juice & cider or the crunch of the apple 

as you took that first bite – Yum!  

I stamped out a basket & apples from T.A.W.S. called Fall About You

and added it to the card base of DCWV paper called The Gilded Orchard,

filled with apples and apple blossoms.  This paper is lucious!

Very few embellishments adorn today's card because it just got too busy.

The inside of my card smudged a tiny bit but indeed at this time of year,

there is much to be thankful for ♥

 

 I popped up the bushel of apples with 3D foam and stacked them ~
this side view shows a bit of the dimension.

 

For the extra in our challenge,  we asked the girls to share what their

favorite fruit recipe is.

Mine is Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte!

Hahahahaha!  Just keeding :)

My very favorite fruit is always the citrus-y flavors

 like limes, lemons, oranges and my very FAVORITE dessert with fruit:

Lemon Bars!

Thanks for stopping by today!

To see what the rest of the team has created with this kit,

or the Team Dazzler fruit kit,

please see the entire list of friends in my sidebar off the right! 

I'll enter my card as card #2 in the NBUS challenge #5

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly