Falliday ~ Twine Inlay!

 

Hi friends 

and Happy World Kindness Day!

"Be kind whenever possible.  It's always possible." ~ Dalai Lama

Indeed ♥

I'm the hostess today at Falliday and I thought I'd show you a quick look

at my card ... a twine inlay.

This is a quick and simple way to create a card that really makes a statement!

It's so simple, too!  Just paper, your favorite die, and twine

(and your usual suspects of glue, trimmers, sentiment stamp, etc)

First, here's my completed card:

Such a wonderful message for a day like today! 

 To create this card, I first die cut the area using a rainbow dienamic from 

My Favorite Things from an almost A2 size card front scalloped base. 

Before I assembled the rest of the card,

I stamped the sentiment first.

This step is important since it will be SUPER big and bulky

and harder to stamp a clear and even sentiment once it's complete.

 

Using a small 3" x 3" cardstock, I started winding the twine around it

in the best ROYGBIV order using the colors that I had.

Here's a sneak peek behind the scenes!

Once it's wrapped, I secured the ends with mint tape

and then added it to the BACK of the stamped panel.

Add plenty of 3d foam to all the areas around the back 

where the twine isn't ~ and build it up until the twine is below the panel.

And that's it!

Easy peasy lemon squeezie!

Here's a quick card of a second one that I made with a winter theme:

This one is using a quick watercolor wash background

and it's stamped with versamark and heat embossed for the sentiment.

The beautiful snowflake die is from MFT Stamps

as is the scallop edge die.  

That's it for me!

Two fun and different cards ~ one result of FUN-bulous!

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings :)

~Kelly

Stamp What?! ~ Pattern of Friendship!

Hi friends!

This is my card for the Stamp What?! card group ~

started by my teenage son :)

Nope, he's not IN it, just INSPIRED it!

Back in the day, I used a lot of my Stampin' Up! stamp sets ...

the old wooden ones that sat upon a shelf 

and earning the secured name of "Old Dusties!"

 

As per each month, I'm showing the stamp set, too!

I'm not using stamped images and own the actual stamp sets. 

 I never know which one he is going to take down

 from the shelf and surprise me with.

Each month, it's way WAY fun! 

 

 This month, he chose Pattern of Friendship ~

a sweet stamp set from 2006!

As almost always, I asked him how he choses ~

sometimes just grab and go to get back to his PS4, lol

Other times, he looks at them and picks for a reason, like this month.

He simply said "It looked like a couple of moms - and it's Mother's Day.'

That works for me!

I'm not super excited about my card this time 

but it was fun to ink it up again.

This is the front - using the two patterned dresses

and one of the sentiments 'Always in style!"

I've used an MFT Stamps Stitched rectangle corner die 

paper pieced her dress from these sheets in my stash and done!

My mom still has all her old McCalls patterns 

that she used to make most of my baby outfits and childhood dresses.

I remember growing up with her pinning those off-yellow, crinkly patterns

to material and cutting it out,

and then heading off to the sewing machine.

She still has them in an old box ...
I told her once 'those would fetch a price on eBay' ...

to which she replied "what's an eBay?"

LOL!

Barb and Jeanette are joining me in the challenge

and you can see there cards on their blogs, too.

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

CCEE1941: World Rainforest Week!

 Hello hello!

 Did you hear about the man who went to the movies

and saw a tiger sitting next to him?

 "Are you a tiger?" the man asked, surprised. 

"Yes," said the tiger.

"What are you doing at the movies?" 

The tiger replied, "Well ...  I liked the book!" 

 

Ba Dum Tss! :)

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Happy Thursday, friends!

It's time for another challenge at the CCEE Stampers

and through the month of October, I'll be choosing the themes!

This week is World Rainforest Week (October 10-16). 
  My challenge is to create a card showing the rainforest or any animal you'd find in it and/or trees, rivers, etc.)

I've chosen ... the tiger! 

.

 They say you can hear a tiger's roar up to 2 miles away - yikes!

It's no wonder my son is appropriately named Tony

(as in ... Tony the Tiger!)

He is the LOUDEST kid I know! :)

My card today is using My Favorite Things "Fierce Friends"

stamps and dies and I've colored them with copic markers.

Using several diffrent dies and the gingham paper,

I arranged them and popped them up on foam from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L.

It seemed to need a little bit of something so I added

some carnival dew drops from Honey Bee Stamps.

 Be sure to pop in over to the CCEE Stampers blog

and see what the DT has made this week!

Lots of wonderful things to see in the trip to the rainforest!

If you'd like to add your card, too, we'd love to see it!

There is a link option if you scroll to the very bottom of the post.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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

Have a fun-ny Friday!

Happy Friday!

I hope you are gearing up for a wonderful holiday weekend :)

I had a little time to get inky this week,

catching up on both DT cards and cards just for pun - I mean, FUN!

Like this one!

I was channeling the upcoming 4th of July and reaching for more

red, white and blues ......

a wonderful color combination that speaks to my heart

and for who I am as a child growing up in a military family! ♥

For my card today, I've used Bouncy Ball Riley - LOVE HIM!!! 

He's definitely one of my top faves of all my Riley stamps!

I've paired with the hilarious FunnyBones stamp line stamp

"Once in awhile" sentiment, added a little strip of dsp 

and a trio of sequins ♥

And don't forget to check out the monthly Riley and Company

Stamp Club!

Each month, you'lll not only get a shipment of a variety of stamps,

but a souvener collector's button like this one for

contests, discounts, and much more!

You can read all about it here ← 

I'll see you back again on Monday!

Until then, happy weekend!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly

I'll enter this into:  PPA307 - Color Challenge