CCEE2135 ~ September is honey month!

 Hiya friends!

Happy September!

This is one of my favorite months,

 mostly because it's the one my son was born in <3

And school is settling into a good routine

AND I'm heading for a week's vacation in 2 weeks - 

and that's super awesome! :)

September is also honey month!

So at the CCEE Stampers this week, we're celebrating

all things honey!

Think honey: bees, beehives (not the hair kind!), honeycombs, etc!

Here is my card using one of my favorite bee sets:

Meant to BEE from My Favorite Things stamps.

You can link up your cards here on the CCEE blog ...

have fun creating!

Thanks for stopping by!

Simon Says Stamp:  Wednesday - Stamp It

Day 3/10 ~ Happy BEE-day!

Hi friends!

It's my husband's birthday this weekend 

so we are in full *celebration* mode!

He's such an incredible man and 

does such amazing work for others in need ~

we are happy to celebrate him AND finally take some time off work! :)

It's also Day #3 of The Daily Marker 10 Day coloring challenge.

I won't be making full cards this time around but

I do have a theme for the first time:  Things With Wings!

 I thought that would be a different and fun approach this time

and you can follow my coloring on my Instagram daily posts :)

Here is my card for the 3/10 days of coloring:

For this card, I've used MFT Stamps "Meant to BEE" stamps

and my Brother Scan N Cut to die cut the images.

After creating a card base,

 I used a stitched circled die from Simon Says  Stamp

 to create a background circle from the designer paper.

The images are colored with copic caio makers

and there's a light dusting of Wink of Stella on the bees wings.

My card is a little on the simple side but I colored not created

and it's for the Inspiration Challenge at SCS this week.

And that's my card!

Thanks for stopping by today and

I'll see you soon!

CYS: I BEE-lieve In You!

 Hi friends!

I'm buzzzzzzing by today with a fun card for the 

Challenge Your Stash (CYS) card group.

I'm the hostess for August and many of us are back to school

 (or about to be!)

so I chose a very simple theme:

Stencils!

At the time of choosing a challenge, I picked something that would be easy.

But I had NO IDEA how many stencils I own!

I started going through them to decide on a card design

and kept finding one after another :)

  

We crafters are funny that way!

Sometimes I surprise myself - shopping in my own stash, ROFL!

 I decided on today's stencil:  Burlap by Stamp Anniething.

I actually purchased this stencil for an upcoming project.

I tried it out - liked the results -

 so it became the stenciled background for this card :)

Don't you just love my worn out blending tools!

I'll let you in on a secret ....

I. Love. Them! 

They are so smooth and effortless and glide across the paper when I blend!

I just replace the little circle dauber thingies as/if needed.

The market seems to have many companies coming out with their own,

and I have some fancy blending brushes

but these are my absolute favorites.

  

Using distress oxide inks (tumbled glass, scattered straw),

I used a light blend to get a mixture of both colors.

I added the stamped/die cut bees and hive from MFT Meant to Bee

including a matching sentiment.

Overall, it's a very clean and simple look

but I'm Ha-BEE with it! :)

 Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings! ♥

~Kelly