CCEE2016 ~ Fun with stencils!

Hi friends!

We have a new challenge at the CCEE Stampers - stencils!

Stencils are such a fun way to decorate our cards

and so many companies have fun ones out there these days.

Frances is our hostess for the month of April 

and her challenge is to create a card that uses at least one stencil, 

either for a background or focal image.

 I love this challenge because I love stencils!

They are a great way to create designs and scenes on a card ~ like this one.

I've used a stamp set by My Favorite Things called You Gnome Me.

I wanted this set for forever

and was sad that they retired it ~

 but super thrilled to get it when they did

for such an amazingly low price during their big retirement sale ~ yay! 

My stencil is from Stamp Anniething and one I love - burlap.

I created a little scene with the fun gnome

but making 'sky' and 'grass' and added some stitched clouds.

Originally, I stamped the HELLO directly onto the cardstock

and it didn't look quite right so I added an extra cloud with it stamped on it.

 I keep my stencils tucked into an OLD DUSTY album ~

originally designed for pocket journaling.

I bought it before my son was even born (and he's almost 16!)

The front opening is for a photo so I added a quick distressed panel

with a little sunflower stamp ~ I love sunflowers ♥

 And the deep 8 x 8 pockets are PERFECT for storing the stencils.

Since I'm still cleaning and purging and moving things around,

I keep it handy on my desk next to Alice's markers and colored pencils.

My little granddaughter has her own sets

so it's a nice balance between the cup and bin! 

 And that's a tiny tour of my stencils, LOL!

Be sure to stop in the CCEE Stampers blog to see what the Design Team

created with their stencils.

As always, you can link up your cards, too ~ check the bottom of the blog post.

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

From my GNOME to yours ...... :)

Hi friends!

Like most garden gnomes, our day has been super chill :)

 We watched torrential rain fall for most of the day but I also managed to set out all the Harvest scarecrows, pumpkins, swags and decor

 inside and outside the house!  

Even in our sweltering, humid, rainy weather,

 it's starting to look a lot like Autumn!

And as they say, there's no place like Gnome! ♥

Today's card is pretty CAS compared to my usual layers and buttons 'n such!

Since this card has to be flat for mailing, I kept it simple!

This adorable MFT image is from the "You Gnome Me" stamp set

and was sent to the Mystery stampers on SCS by Jessica for 

the September mystery image.  

Isn't he cute!

I colored him in traditional Gnome colors with my prismacolor markers.

The extra challenge was to use flowers, but I couldn't get any of my size flowers to work, so I just YOLO'ed it and added enamel dots :)

{didn't get to photograph the inside, but here's a sort of peek!}

Thanks for stopping by and I hope everyone is enjoying

the fabulous long weekend!

From my Gnome to yours, enjoy!

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly