You're FLAMazing!

 

Hi friends!

Wishing you a FLAM-azing day!

This adorable flamingo from Whimsy Stamps

is so summery ~ and so very Florida!

You can see the Youtube for it here!

Summer's almost over here 

and we're almost back in school, college and taking the last vacations!

In fact, we're off to have one last summer hurrah before

The Kid heads to college.

I used Flamingo Summer clear stamps and outline dies

from Whimsy Stamps.

The background was a quick sunray stencil with watercolors

and the images are colored with prismacolor markers.

And remember to shine today!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

Mele Kalikimaka !

Hi friends!

By the time this posts,

I'll already be on a wonderful getaway with my hubby ♥

25 years ago (in April)  we said "I do!"

and honeymooned in Hawaii for 3 GLORIOUS weeks ~

and those memories are etched forever in my mind and heart!

Except the last time we were in Hawaii,

I packed a bikini!

LOL!
Guess what WILL NOT be in the suit case this weekend?!

hee hee!

 

Today I'm sharing a card for the Splitcoaststampers inspiration site.

You can see the fun challenge site from today

here on Splitcoaststampers and I''ll share a little bit about my card!

I used these gorgeous coasters as a springboard

(and I'm pretty sure I'll be ordering these before I get home!) 

 For my card,

I've used Flamingo Bells from Avery Elle Stamps and dies

I've had this set for a good while and didn't get to use it until this week.

Sometimes stamping is fun like that!

I stamped/die cut the images and the popped them up

onto the card which is stenciled lightly for a bit of 'drama' :)

Wishing you a WONDERFUL weekend!
Big hugs, bigger blessings! ♥

~Kelly

CCEE1925: Pink Day is ..... flamboyant!

Hello friends!

Did you know that a group of flamingos is called a flamboyance?

Indeed!

 A group of flamingos is, most amazingly, called a flamboyance. 

They are such fun, graceful birds with a quiet understanding 

so it's quite something that they have such a name :)

Lois is our hostess for the month of June at the CCEE Stampers blog

and her theme this week:  Think Pink!

This Sunday (June 23) is National Pink Day.  

Easy challenge - make a pink card.

You may have noticed, it's Lawn Fawn week on my blog!

My son, before leaving for camp, chose a letter from a jar for me and it was "L"

so I've challenged myself to use my Lawn Fawn stamps to make cards.

Starting tomorrow, it's a free-for-all and lots of different stamps get to play!

For this card, I've used the set flamingo together and the matching dies

as well as distress inks/blending tools and a background die for this card.

I've actually paired together two different background panels - 

one white, one pink 

and layered them just slighty askewed to have a tiny white peeking 

through for 'dramatic effect' :)

I blended with Ranger blending tools and distress inks and an elbow work out!

This is the 6th day of the challenge and the 5th card I've made.
Remember, the premise of The Daily Marker with Kathy Rac is to color
for about 10 minutes a day.

You can see what all the teammates have created by heading to the blog.
You can also link up your PINK cards, too!

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

I"ll enter my card into:  Simon Says Stamp - Travel (to the beach!)
 Lawn Fawn - Mood Board/Summer