3M: Friends are sweet!

Hello friends!

We are home from the hospital

and the hubby is resting and recovering ♥

I recently heard a beautiful quote that has been resonating with me.

 It read "When life throws you a curve ball, learn to bend so you can reach it."

This week, I've bent.

And I've prayed, comforted, nurtured and sat in the silence of worry.

And in that same bending,

 I've also had the blessing of friends showering us 

with love, prayer, friendship, support ♥

I'm so, so, SO grateful for that!

 

It's the 9th of the month and that means it's time for a new 3M image.

Jeanette sent us this month's image to create with 

and it's a little cutie called Honey Pip by Nellie Snellen.

When I saw the stamped image, I saw blues and yellows,

so that's what I went with.

 

My card is VERY simple ~

 the image was so large and bold and took up so much of the A2  card front 

that I had to think a little bit outside the box.  

I remembered my MFT speech bubble dies and thought it would be fun

to use one of those, so I double cut cardstock using that die.

The sentiment is one from my stamp sets by CC Designs ~

I thought it was a pretty sentiment to match the card :)

And that's it for today.

Be sure to see what Jeanette and Barb made this month 

using Honey Pip on their blogs. 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

A hop, skip and a jump! :)

 

Happy Weekend!

 

The 3 Musketeers are back again {the 9th of every month!}

with an adorable jump rope girl by Nellie Snellen.

Jeanette was our hostess and sent us this image to work with,

which is a new company for me as I hadn't heard of it before.

I do love how fun and whimsical it is.

 

Tom Stoppard said "If you carry your childhood with you,

you will never become older."

 

Isn't it wonderful when you can spend your day doing something

that brings you back to the 'good ol days' :) 

Growing up mostly in Europe,

 my brother and I spent our childhoods making the world our playground

and that's something I've tried to instill in my children as well.

I'm blessed that we've remained so close and have fun together ~

they know that I'm the first one in whenever there is

 a mud pie to be made, a bike to ride, sidewalk chalk to draw,

underdoggin' the swing to be the absolute highest!

Though somehow the jump ropes always ended up

 being Tarzan ropes in our house :)

 

After looking at the image,

I went in search of my childhood/play

papers and remembered an old mat stack I have had forever ..

it was a perfect match.

The bright colors, the whimsical papers ...

and a simple card design with buttons, of course!

 

I try to create the inside of my cards with the scraps of dsp

I have leftover so this card inside is blank and simple :)

 

You can see what Barb and Jeanette have made with this

same image by stopping by their blogs, too!

 

For all the moms and grandmas and moms at heart,

I sent you blessings and wishes

for a most wonderful, playful, carefree Mother's Day  ♥

 

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly