3M: Thankful Magnolia

 

  Hi friends!

It's the 9th day of the month, the day the 3 Musketeers

post our cards with a mystery image.

The way it works:

 Barb, Jeanette and I take turns sending each other

a stamped image and we all create a card with that same image.

I think this is the 11th or 12th YEAR of this challenge ... wow!

So for this month, we are showcasing Thankful Magnolia

from Gina K Designs .

I did a dual stamping technique where you stamp once (the image)

and then twice (overlay of versamark/heat embossing)

which gives such a unique look!

Barb was the hostess for this month and sent us this to work with.

I had a lot of fun playing with mixed medias to get

a fun technique card!

You can see Barb's card here

and Jeanette's card here!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

It's a Kell-of-a-mess - October!

Hey friends!

It's time for another edition of Kell-of-a-mess!

This year, I decided to reclaim a few of the ideas I created 

and bring them back to my cardmaking.

Messy play is fun when creating my cards and

 I love seeing the organic creations that come from them!

Hello October!

This month I used 3 different mediums on my card:

watercolors, inks and markers!

I started with watercolors and a stencil to create the background

and just let the colors (mint and hot pink) blend together naturally.

Once it was dry, I stamped out the flowers

 from Gina K Designs Beautiful Day 

(from the Crop and Create/ September 2024)

in hues of pink from Lawn Fawn inks.

Finally, I used my Altenew marker to darken up the flower middles

for a little more drama!

I'm so glad I revisited this idea of mine because I missed it!

Stay tuned for 2024 ~ there's a wild ride ahead 

and I'm SUPER DUPER excited to share what it is!!

One last look!

 

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

Linking to:  Creative Artiste chalenge -  mixed media

Cut It Up - Inspired by Song (You've Got A Friend In Me!)

Patti's Creations - stamped image

Hot Mess = Success: Sparkle!

 

Hi friends!

It's another super messy card for today's card challenge at

Hot Mess = Success!

If you have been by my blog before,

you'll know that this series is to create a messy background card.

I don't like messes but it's tons of fun to make them artistically!

This is actually one of my funnest card series to do :)

So what mess did I make this month?

I created a super sparkly background using my

 Nuvo paste Shooting Stars , applied with a spatula and a stencil.

Once it was dry, I die cut it to a smaller frame with a die

and propped it up onto a glittery background ~

from my friend Carol, left over from a card kit!

I added a butterfly that was in my stash and

 a sparkle puffy sentiment sticker.

It's hard to see the sparkle and this was VERY hard to photograph

so here's a tiny video clip!

(click the screen below!)

Was this month a success:  Yes!

Would I do this technique again?  YES!

There are 4 other lovely ladies in the group now

getting their messes on!

Barb, Carol, Darlene, Jeanette and I are all Hot Messes

so be sure to see what they created, too!

Thanks for stopping by!

.... beautiful wings

Hi friends!

 I hope your weekend is going superb!

Have you been able to get crafty and make some cards?

Me, too! 

*smile!*

Each month, I try to create a card with a dragonfly ~

not just depicting my love for them,

but also to showcase my 2021 Word Of The Year - Soar!

Today I'm sharing a card using a gorgeous dragonfly 

from Gina K Designs called Beautiful Wings. 

 This stamp and die set

was a gift from my amazing daughter, Victoria :)

 Thank you, baby!

I went with tones of grey and pops of green/purple colors

to emulate the linen dragonfly shirt here for the IS challenge at SCS.

I kept the same color palette and for the necklace,

added a few silver gems.

Isn't this the sweetest sentiment :)

I'll be using this stamp and die set again and again and again <3

Thanks for stopping by!

3M: You're my very best friend ...

 Hi friends!'

Happy weekend! 

I hope you are enjoying the weekend so far.

The new blogger is misbhaving at the moment, LOL,

so my post will be super short!

Today's card is for the 3M image group.  
The other two members are Barb and Jeanette 
and all 3 of us alternate chosing a theme. 
 For August, Barb is the hostess
 and sent us this gorgeous rose from Gina K Designs.

I colored mine with Altenew watebrush markers

and just love the vibrancy you can acheive! I layered the red and pink

markers and painted in alternating colors. 
I used a few dies to create a frame and added vellum to switch things up! 

You can see Barb's card and jeanette's card on their blogs today

as well as let the cards be an inspriation - or maybe even a springboard - for creating and making happy cards! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger hugs!

~Kelly

Something Old, Something New ....

 Hi friends!

Today's card will be pulling 'double duty' on my blog today ~

one for the Ready, Set, Go! theme of mine

and one for the CCEE Stampers challenge!
We're heading out for a belated Mother's Day weekend to the beach ~
packing, getting gas, last minute preparations and details ...

Woohoo!

We've room for one more if you want to come along! ♥

 

I'm the hostess for the May theme for the Ready, Set, Go and

Anne is the hostess for the CCEE Stampers and asked us to create

a card/project using 'hoarded paper' ~ perfect!

The R, S, G is a challenge with the 3 of us that is not for the faint of heart :)

It's a bit more challenging and thinking (way!) outside the box!

I based my theme on my daughter's wedding a few months ago ♥

She was such a breathtaking bride and I couldn't help but think

of the old saying "Something old, Something new"

Here is your challenge:  It is based on my daughter's recent wedding--"Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, and A Sixpence in your Shoe!" 

With the season of weddings upon us, I thought this traditional wedding saying would be a fitting challenge to create a card or project!  This tradition comes from an Old English rhyme and the four objects that the bride adds to her wedding outfit or carries with her on the big day are just good luck charms.  Of course, it is a folk tradition in that, for example, something old represents continuity; something new offers optimism for the future; something borrowed symbolizes borrowed happiness; something blue stands for purity, love, and fidelity; and a sixpence in your shoe is a wish for good fortune and prosperity, although this remains largely a British custom.

So this is where your card or project come in!  You may use this saying in any form you like BUT use at least 2 ways to transform this saying into a card.  For example, your card could use a borrowed stamp, one that's old or new ... you can make it in shades of blue .... you get the idea.  It does NOT need to be a wedding card ~ just as long as we see where the (minimum) of 2 things you chose are!  Ready? Set. Go!

Here's how I came up with my card (even if we only needed TWO of the above!)

1. Something Old ~ this paper!  Gosh, it's been in my stash, hoarded indeed.
I even bought a second pad because I loved it and didn't want to use the first one!  And, for Anne's challenge, ✓!

2. Something New ~  this beautiful stamp and die set from Gina K Designs called Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful ~ swoon!  This set is exquisite, and I love it so much because Barb and a squad of beautiful friends were there when I was able to buy it .... with a very kind, sweet, generous and soul touching gift! ♥

3.  Something Borrowed ~ This is skirting a little bit, lol, but I borrowed the idea of a bike ride from my friend Barb ~ she does love her bike rides, including long bike tours for miles and miles!  Impressive!  

4.  Something Blue ~ I purposely chose the paper for Anne's challenge to have hues of blue so I could use blue cardstock.  And I colored the bike blue :)  My bike in real life is green and her name is Jo-Jo!

No six pence in my shoe - but I"ll be thinking good thoughts with all the royal wedding watchers!  I'm SO excited to see Meghan's wedding dress most of all! 
My mum is from London, born and raised, so we're all super thrilled to see this wonderful event.

So here's my card!

So if you want to see what Barb made and Jeanette made with this theme,

 be sure to click their blog links. 

  Next month, it's Barb's turn and she already has an amazing theme picked out!

And, of course, the CCEE Stampers blog is here!  

What papers do you think they hoarded? :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

 Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

 

3M: Heartfelt Hydrangrea

Hi friends!

Don't you just love flower stamps?

They are so much fun to color and are so versatile -

perfect for cards of all themes ♥

On my recent visit to Wisconsin to visit my crafty gal pals,

my sweet friends picked me up at the airport and off to the 

fabulous Gina K Designs store we went!

Lots of surprises that day, including Terry and Shelly joining Barb,

Carol, Darlene and myself to shop and mingle.

Oh, it's an AMAZING store - 

we hoped for a 'celebrity siting" but Gina was at the Creativations event :)

(L-R:  Shelly, me - with the pink scarf, Darlene,  Barb, Terry and in front, Carol

inside the Gina K Designs store)

I miss these girls so much!!

I wish I lived a lot closer ~ as they are all pretty close in distance :)

These are some of the goodies that I picked up,

including the luscious Gina K cardstock line, stamps and dies.

Swoon!  

 

Since I am the hostess for the 3M this month,

I thought it would be perfect to use a stamp that I picked at the Gina K

store ~ Heartfelt Hydrangea.  

I stamped it out and hand delivered it to both Barb and Jeanette - a first!

The sentiment in this set is fantastic:

"I hope you're my friend forever becuase that's 

how long I'm going to need you!"

 I think that sums up how much we love all our friends, right!

Beautiful ♥

and a peek at the inside of my card:

 I'm lovingly calling my card a Hot Mess!

 I played around with the new Arteza real brush watercolor pens ~

oh boy!  

I love to watercolor and usual use my pan colors,

but using these watercolor brush markers is a real learning curve!

After coloring the hydrangea, I added a tiny bit of shimmer to the flower

centers with my wink of stella,

then cut the image in a different shape to give it different look, 

adding it to a base of dsp from Illustrated Faith.

i think it looks really elegant with a black background,

and the matching ribbon is one that was a near perfect match ~
found that at Hobby Lobby's clearance sale for 35 cents!

Enamel dots, and the sentiment inside, and my card is done!

The other 2/3 of the 3M are Jeanette

and Barb (pictured above!) and I hope they liked the sweet hydrangea, too!

  I really had a great time with my card!

One thing I've learned along this journey is this:

It started as a hobby ... joining a card swap 

that led to so much more!

I'm so lucky to call you ALL crafty friends ~

You are all a blessing!

 Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly