The Project Bin ~ Heart Hugs!

Oh friends, it's hard to believe in a few hours,
it will be 2019!

I'm thankful to Denise at The Project Bin Stamps,

for giving us time off to be with our families during the holidays :)

Thank you, Denise!

After a refreshing break,
and deep cleaning and organizing the craft desk,

I feel more organized for a successful start to the year.
And I'm getting my cards on!

For today's card, I've used the In My Heart stamp set ~

  it's one of my favorites ♥

The sentiments are so heart-warming and oh so sweet!

It was fun to use the F.Y.I. ~ Find Your Inspiration this year 
to springboard many of my card ideas ~ like this one!

I created my card by looking at this dress and put paper to paper,
added ink, foam, dies and instant card ♥
I love it when the unexpected things inspire our creativity!

                                                       

   My F.Y.I ~ Find Your Inspiration series 
was a wonderful backdrop for a creative year :)
I have something new, fun and different planned for 2019 ~
I'm super excited to share it with you!

You can find this fun stamp/die set that I used for my card
 in the shop as well as a view of it here ↓

And one final look!

Thanks for stopping by!
I'll see you next year! :)

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly

A piece of my heart! ♥

 

Good Morning, friends!

Happy Friendship Day! 

I'm certainly blessed to know each of you 
and share this bit of our world together ~
I'm so glad we're friends!

Today I have a post for my Find Your Inspiration series ~

blog posts I started earlier this year, 

finding random inspiration in the wonderful world around us.

 

My niece has autism and we truly love her to pieces.

She's such a sweet young lady ~ now 21 ~ with a contagious smile

and has a heart of a true champion :)

While we realize life for her won't include the complex things

like living alone, have a pet, drive a car ...

her alacrity and willingness is unmatched!

to try. 

to learn. 

to be present in the world ♥

 Since Monday's are the day I post on The Project Bin blog,

I knew I had to create a card for her using the very special

 Spencer's Set and In My Heart.

I thought it would be wonderful to CASE a card that inspired me

on Splitcoaststampers for the Featured Stamper this week.

Jenny's gallery is a new one to me 

but this card jumped right out and I was inspired to recreated it with a twist :) 

That was my whole vision behind F.Y.I. ~

finding inspiration often in unexpected places.

I made a porthole card for a little peek-a-boo surprise for her!

On the inside, I stamped the puzzle piece heart from Spencer's Set

and die cut it using my cuttlebug with the heart die from In My Heart.

These two stamp sets are interchangeable and a great addition to your stamps.

I glued a small black cut out circle to frame the opening of the porthole

and added a few enamel dots in a variety of colors.

Here is the card from the front:

 And the inside:

You can see both of these fabulous stamp sets in the shop.

If you click on any of the stamp set thumbnails,

it will take you to the wonderful galleries filled with photo inspirations!

Spencer's Set and In My Heart are full stamp sets/dies ↓

 So inspiring, just as I hope something inspires you 

out there in the great big world today :)

 

 *Tomorrow the winner of Summer Series ~ 5 days of ...

(week 1) will be announced!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly

The Project BIn ~ XOXO!

Hi friends!

 

 Today is the day that I post for The Project Bin ~ Yay!

In a few hours, I will be flying back home to Miami

after a MOST incredible visit with some super awesome crafty friends!
Barb is truly the hostess with the mostess 
and made sure we were entertained from start to finish ~ thank you!
Barb, Carol, Darlene, LJ, Jeanette, Terry, Shelly - love you ♥
 
Not only did we get to enjoy good friends and good food,
we had good fun at Camp Stamp in Oga,
making cards and crafting till all hours of the night!
And there was snow!

Not falling, but plenty on the ground, especially the first

of hiking and exploring ♥

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back to my card:

I'm gearing up for Valentine's and tried using the polka dot heart

stamp from In My Heart from The Project Bin as a focal image

to create 'designer paper'.

I cut a small piece of cardstock and ran that through the Big Shot

with Gina Marie wonky stitched rectangles.

 

Then, stamped it in 4 different colored inks using the MISTI.

After adding it to the red A2 cardstock base, I used the big shot

again to make a die cut of the X0X0 in the same set.

It's so versatile and there's so many way to use this stamp set!

 Speaking of The Project Bin,
Lookie!  Lookie!
3 of us on the DT were together when the brand new stamp sets arrived
at Barb's house!

Jeanette has the wonderful Kinda Sorta and Barb is holding Hole Foods!
You can find these and more at The Project Bin!

 To see more stamps and dies and card inspirations,
you can go here and look around!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥
~Kelly 
 

TPB - You are AWESOME-SAUCE!

Hi friends!

I'm getting a late start this Monday morning ~ 

I've been sick since last night and struggling even get up :(

Today's card from The Project Bin was tons of fun to make ♥

This card is en route to summer camp for my son in his 'goodie box.'

I miss him soooo much,

but he's been having the time of his life making friends and memories :)

Since they allow care packages from home at the Scout camp,

I created this brightly colored, cheerful card 

reminding him that he is awesome and loved ♥

You might recognize the papers from yesterday's card ~

I'm keeping the theme going with summery, fresh colors.

The most important thing was the sentiment ~

so I used 2 different stamp sets:  Awesome-Sauce and In my Heart.

 

Remember ~ the fun starts this SATURDAY!!!

Our two day, Christmas in July palooza starts the 15th

at The Project Bin blog.

There will be cards, projects, holiday inspirations, and 2 give-away PRIZES!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly

Monday with The Project Bin ~ Love Notes! ♥

Hi friends!  

And just like that ~ the winter holiday break is over!

 It's back to college(s) and middle/high school for our kids ..

 I'm suddenly humming the tune to Willie Nelson's  

"On the road again" ♪♫♯   
LOL!

I've gotten spoiled by their constant presence in the house

and I truly love having them here so often.

Not a single one of us was looking forward to today's return to school(s) :(

   

 But in happier news -

It's Project Bin Monday!

Which means once again, Kelly² are the highlighted designers :)

The Project Bin stamps are so. much. fun!

I am in love with the In My Heart stamp and die set,

so I am showcasing it again today.

  For today's post, I made .......

Lunch box love notes! ♥

This idea was inspired by my daughter's super sweet boyfriend ♥

He packed her lunch for her and left it in the refrigerator

with a little love note on a piece of paper inside.

I, of course, had no idea but she told me about it later via text

and sent a little snapshot, too - cuteness!   

  

So here's how I made these:

I cut random scraps of cardstock in a variety of colors in 4" x 8" strips.

Using the score pad, I folded these in half to create little 4" x 4" note cards.

I ran a white piece of 65# cardstock through the Cuttlebug 

with a scallop edge die, then stamped out different sentiments 

 from the In My Heart stamp/die set directly onto the cardstock.

The hearts are die cuts from the coordinating die heart

which I ran through the Cuttlebug as well, 

and then glued those down with Tombo.

The inside of the love notes have plain white cardstock for messages.

           

      

   

For more inspiration on how to use The Project Bin stamps and dies
and to see many samples of cards,
please visit The Project Bin blog!

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