I come bearing gifts ....

 

and the gift is ME!

Hee hee!

  For today's card, I actually used up some scrap 

pieces of material and glittery shiny washi tape

and a sweet skating polar bear from My Favorite Things

called Polar Bear Pals.

Here's the inside of the card:

The inside of the card is a little sentiment

that's computer generated.

My son will eventually give it to whomever he wants this holiday :)

Have a great start to the new week!

Big hugs, bigger blessings :)

~Kelly

Entered: Simon Says Stamp: Monday challenge - Christmas

RSG: One of these things!!

One of these things ...
is not like the other!

Growing up, that was a common saying in my house!

My mum used to say that to my brother and I.

He's just a little over a year older than me 

and we could not have been more opposite!

She's laugh and say "One of these is NOT like the other!" 

Hello there friends! 


I'm in a little card group with 2 friends called Ready, Set, Go
where, once a month, we create a card that's a little more challenging.
It's a group I made up one night when I probably should have been sleeping!
Since I'm the hostess this month,
the challenge is "Opposites attrach ~ switch it up
 and add 2 things that don't necessarily belong on a card."

For my card, I'm combining one of my FAV-O-RITE things - critters! ♥
I've used, of course, another favorite - My Favorite Things stamps.
I can't resist anything Birdie Brown :)

The direction I was going in my card went WAY off course,
so this card is completely as planned an improvisation!
I have a winter scene of the Alaskan arctic with snowy mountains

and cute polar bears with the aurora borealis

and ....... omgostrich, it's an ostrish!
In the arctic?

 My background panel is one that mimics the aurora borealis  ♥
The polar bear cuties are ones I colored during The Daily Marker
and I hope to add all the images colored to cards eventually!
At least I'm one card down now ~ woot!
 The stamps sets I've used are My Favorite Things
Polar Bear Pals and Oh My Gostrich

You can see Barb's card here

and Jeanette's card here.

 Here's another funny photo I found with this theme ...

I thought this photo of 'one of these things is not like the other' was so funny!
I actually had to look twice before I saw it!

Thanks for stopping by today!

School started this week and wore me out

and tonight is a feet up, jammies on kind of night.

Monday will be here again in a blink ;)

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

It's a Cool Day for watermelon!

 Hi friends!

YAY for the weekend!

I hope yours is off to a good start :)

And watermelon, pink and green snow?

Yes, please! 

Today's card is one I made for the Challenge Your Stash (CYS) 

 card group. This month, Barbara asked us to go to the Splitcoaststampers

color challenge master list and create a card 

based on any one of the color combinations.

 I chose the #688:

Smoky Slate, Watermelon Wonder and Old Olive ♥

These colors ~ So gorgeous!

These polar bear cuties were pretty easy to color,

which was important in order to stick to just those 3 colors predominantly.

The premise of CYS is to use things from your stash, 

nothing bought, nothing new.

Check and check!

I've had them awhile now and it was so fun to dig for them in the middle of July!

The front of my card is using MFT Polar Bear Pals 

and MFT Cool Day, using the matching dies to cut them out.

I stamped the sentiment inside due to a space issue

and added it right to the pink snowbanks :)

Inside of my card ↓

To create the pink snow, I used the CC Designs stitched snowbank die,

including on the inside. 

The frame is from Avery Elle wonky cloud die.

A winter themed birthday card is exactly what I need in my stash!

With 3 daughters, and all 3 having a birthday in December,

I'm sure it will come in handy!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

I'll enter this into: Cut It Up Challenge - Christmas In July

Fab N Funky - Christmas in July

Crafty Gals Corner - Christmas In July