CCEE2040 ~ Mad Hatter Day!

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's a brand new month and our CCEE Stampers challenge hostess this month is Frances.

and as you may remember last week in my CCEE post, we are welcoming

Hazel from Handcrafted Expressions and Manal Habib from Miniscraft to our Design Team.

The 6th of October is Mad Hatter Day and the challenge this week ~ 

create a card inspired by the theme … hats, Alice In Wonderland, Mad Hatter. 

So let me tell you ....  I LOVE this week's theme!

OH. SO. MUCH!

My granddaughter, Alice, was named after Alice in Wonderland 

the second my daughter found out it was a girl :) 

Her mommy (my daughter) is a HUGE AIW fan ...

AND ... 

as if that wasn't crazy enough, Alice's birthday is October 6th ... Mad Hatter Day.

It was meant to be!

Okay, enough gushing ....

My card!

I've used a super old stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie called Gabrielle   

and I've had this stamp 10 years :/

The background was created by using another old school product - 

a Cuttlebug embossing folder in Argyle pattern.

I ran it thought a die cut first, and then the EB, and then watercolored it.

The sentiment is a computer generated one as the stamp doesn't have one

and I set is aside wonky, as with the entire card, because not much

makes sense in Alice in Wonderland!

 Be sure to stop by the CCEE Stampers blog today 

and see all the Mad Hatter cards

and link up yours, too, if you have one in the theme!

Big hugs, bigger blessings :)

~Kelly

Day 4: It's pretty SIMPLE!

Hi friends!

Here we are - Day 4 of my weekly series ~ 

The Alphabet Game! 

Since it's time for a new challenge at the CCEE,
I had to combine my card for the challenge as well as my series
and, as it turns out,
it's pretty simple! :)

Lynn asked us to create a card based on this challenge:
"July 12 has been declared National Simplicity Day in honor of Henry David Thoreau 
who was a devoted advocate of living a life of simplicity. 
So on this lazy day of summer it's time to simplify. 
My challenge to you is to create a clean and simple one layer card!"

 Thanks, Lynn!
How I adore Thoreau! ♥

 This was a perfect opportunity to ink up my new stamps that just
arrived from Kraftin' Kimmie
therefore, making today letter K! 
(I didn't get to chose a random letter as I randomly drew F and then J ...
and didn't have a single stamp company in those letters.)

So what's a girl to do?
Improvise!

 I was able to scoop up many of the stamps that I have wanted 
for FOREVER during their mega Canada Day sale last week ~ eh!
This stamp set called Adventure Time was at the top of my wish list!
{They are in stock but no longer on sale}
It reminds me SO MUCH of my son and his camping and adventures
AND all the indoor blanket tents we've made ♥

And this stamp set has an actual Thoreau quote! ♥
I used it for the inside of my card ↓
I really love the font, too - it reminds me of Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin in the Hundred Acre Wood :)

If you'd like to play along this week, please include keyword CCEE1828
or if you post your card to an online gallery/photo hosting site.

And you can see what the CCEE DT made by heading over the blog.

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

DDD: Pets! ♥

Hi friends!

I'm slowly getting back to crafting/blogging after a chaotic end of school,

graduation, a 3 day blur of a weekend of activity,

 and now the week long wonders of VBS!
By this time next week, 

I'll be back to my routine and knee deep in markers, glue, paper, ink!

And today is the 15th!  

And on my blog, that means it's the post between the Divas + the Dazzlers

and our friendly duel this month is .......... Pets!

Darlene and LJ were the hostesses for the DDD this month

and they came up with a wonderful, sweet theme.

For me, that is a love so strong and faithful in our home - 

we love our fur babies just like one they are one of the kids ♥

LJ sent us the fabulously fun kit to work with ~

and ooooh did I oogle this image when I saw it in social-media-land!

*swoon!*

I love, love, LOVE this adorable pup from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

I colored the image with prismacolor markers, popped it up with 3D foam,

and used a ribbon and the kraft banner to give it some character ...

 I added the matching sentiment to the inside of the card :)

 Be sure to stop in and see what the rest of the Divas and Dazzlers

have created with the PETS theme - 

you can find them right in my blog side bar!

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

Challenges: Critters and Creatures linky party
Simon Says Stamp - Animal Magic