Birthday Love!

Hi friends!

Can you believe it's July?!

It's hard to believe that half of this crazy year is gone

and my prayers are it will be better than the first half.

Since June just ended,

 I am finally getting my act together making a card …

 made with Altenew stamp club stamp and die.

I'm a BIG fan of Altenew stamps.

 And you know when you love a stamp company

and they say 'we have a stamp club!' 

and you say "where do I sign up?!!!"

Yeah!  

Me, too!

It's like a little surprise in the mailbox each month :)

The July club stamp just arrived ta-day and 

I. just. had. to. peek ….

Super excited!

The adorable stamp of the month for June is:

Birthday Love!

It's an cute mini balloon hearts set and matching die,

super versatile and a delightful set to use all year, over and over.

 For my card, I wanted to go with a whimsical look

and the decided to do some quick watercoloring.

I just did a super easy, tried and true smoosh method

with ranger inks and water and acetate.

The fun thing about the technique is with one pass of the inks,

you can get backgrounds for days!

It's like the ink that just keeps giving :)

Once it was dry, I stamped with Stazon ink and only used

the silhouette stamp to highlight the balloon shape and die cut it.

I added some simple twine and tacked it underneath the balloons
and heat embossed the matching stamp set sentiment
with white embossing powder and ta-da!
Done!

I'm super excited to work on the next card
(since this is actually the card for June!)

Today, the Daily Marker starts up again.
I've been playing along for a few years now
and it's a daily coloring/use-any-medium-just-be-creative idea from Kathy R.
This is my Day #1 card!

Some days I will color, some days I won't be able to,

some days I will make a full card ..

I'll surprise myself, LOL!

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

COF: Sending Love ♥

Hello friends!

I hope your weekend if off to a good start!
I was up early and drove to a beautiful part of the Florida everglades ~
how magnificent!
God definitely was in a painting mood when He created
the South Florida sunrises ♥

Today's card is for the Crafters of Faith card group
where Sue's theme is to create a card showing how you
shine your light for God.

I chose to use a beautiful stamp called Happy Mail
that I won from Taylored Expressions giveaway!
It was a win from their Send a Card to a Friend Day link up! 

The direction I chose to go wasn't a literal 'shining light'

 but more of the quiet, behind the scenes card.

 

For me, it's working with the youth ministry at church 

and making cards for shut ins and having cards on hand for the elderly

 to grab and fill out and mail to their loved ones ♥

I stamped the large flower line from Happy Mail and colored it with

my prismacolor markers, and did the same for the sentiment

from the stamp set Snail Mail.

 

The prize pack was so huge and so full of wonderful goodies!
I'm so happy to have won and will be making cards upon cards ♥

I love that these sets can be added to your MISTI or stamping platform

and just make a card assembly - and make more to share! 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly