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

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