RSG: Cut it out!

Hi friends!

Happy Friday!

Today's card is for the Ready, Set, Go Challenge for July

and I'm the hostess this month :)

Growing up, mum would always tell my brother and I

 (irish twins we were)

to "Knock it off!" or "Cut it out!"

And, of course, we usually wouldn't, LOL!

So using a play on those words, my challenge is:

Create a card or project with 'cutting it out' as the main focus.  You can be as creative as you like!  You can use a simple die like an oval or get fancy schmancy and REALLY cut up your card - it's up to you!  BUT! Because there are 3 of us, you must use at least 3 cuts on your card.  I will leave it up to you how you interpret where those cuts will be :)  Everything else is as you wish - colors, theme, etc!

 So for my card, I just got the new Prize Ribbon distress ink

so I decided to give it a try.

It's gorgeous!

I started by embossing the floral image from Altenew with white 

embossing powder from Taylored Expressions,

then blended prize ribbon and salvaged patina haphazardly onto it.

I used my mini mister to spray water on the panel and let it dry.

Once it was dry, I cut it with a 1. stitched die

and then 2. a straight die down the middle but wonky.

I realize now that I completely failed the 'use 3 dies' but 

I honestly thought I did!

We'll just pretend we don't see that :)

Be sure to see what Barb has created and Jeanette has created

with this theme.

We post once a month with a mostly crazy or extreme theme 

and we 'card online together' because we can't be in person :(

If you are inspired to create as well, join in!

It's a beautiful thing to inspire others to create, too!

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!

Card entered to: Word Art Wednesday

RSG ~ Golden Anniversary

 

Hi friends!

I'm still playing catch up on my cards as my month of June

confused itself with July 

and just sort of popped like a firecracker! :)

This is my card that I created for the Ready, Set, Go challenge

but wasn't home to create it on the day it was due.

Jeanette is the hostess and her challenge represents our 50th card,

hence, the title Golden Anniversary.

This is her challenge and then I'll explain my card :)

Because there are three of us, my challenge called for using three of something on our cards –   three colors, three layers, three designer papers, three whatever.

 The cards were also to include something on  that starts with the first letter of each of our names – so something that starts with a K, something that starts with a B and something that starts with a J.

Oh, and one more thing… because this is our Golden Anniversary,

 I wanted to see some GOLD on our cards.

First, here is my card:

I've been enjoying sharing cards for the #lovewins Instagam hop

and I've been finding creative ways to encorporate the theme

into most of my cards this month - like this one.

For my 3's, I used 3 heat embossed words and layers to the card.

For the letter B = black cardstock, my base layer of this card.

J = jewel tones colors of the glitter cardstock and 

thank you to my daughter, Victoria, who said 

"Your card looks like a kaleidoscope of color!"

And there you have it ... K = kaleidoscope.

Finally, for the touch of gold, I substituted gold for yellow in the rainbow.

You can see Barb's card here

and Jeanette's card here - posted on the day they were due :)

Meanwhile ...... me  ↓

Here's a final look 

and details over on my Instagram!

"Love one another" ~ It's really simple :) 

Thanks for stopping by!

Ready, Set, Go - Gingerbread!

 Hi friends!

Today's card is for the Ready, Set, Go card challenge ~

which is a card challenge group with a twist :)

The challenges are a little a lot harder to do

and almost always make me think outside the box!

I'm super lucky to be the hostess this month 

and chose a theme I AH-DORE ... Gingerbread!

 Gingerbread is an taste that's not for everyone so rather than eat gingerbread cookies, we're focusing on baking them!  Create a card (or project) that FEATURES  a gingerbread man/woman. Next step in the recipe, since gingerbread rises when you bake it, have a raised feature on your card. This can be as easy as glitter glue or stickles or really fancy like a pop up card - your choice!  For the next step, use one of the colors of the word G-I-N-G-E-R-B-R-E-A-D and use that color as your trimming (hairbows, bowties, etc.)

Ready, Set, Go!

 

 

For my card, I've used the adorable Waffle Flower Stamps Cookie Time!

I am so in love with this!

I confess - my favorite part?'

The kitty cat that I stuck behind the gingie house!

I stamped/die cut the images and colored them with my copic markers

and created a simple focal point with distress ink in Shabby Shutters.

There are so many stamps in this set, I didn't even get them all on the card!

These gingerbread cookies are running about causing some mischief :)

Barb's card is here and Jeanette's card is here 

as they are joining me in the RSG challenge this year.

As always, I'm delighted when my blog (post) inspires you, too, 

and if you'd like to play along and create a card, please do!

*heart smile!*

And here's another look at my card ....

1. Gingerbread theme - check!

2.  Raised element (it's up on foam dots) - check!

3. Gingerbread cookies don't have bows to color :) - check!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings :)

~Kelly

RSG: Hello Suns{hi}ine!

Hello friends!  

Today's post is the card-that-almost-wasn't!

I'm in such a cardmaking funk and coming up empty 

everytime I sit down to make a card - or half cards!

I finally sat down today ~ watching the rain falling outside -

so calming and serene and oh. so. green!

I stared out that window for the longest time ..

half daydreaming, half hoping to come up with a card idea :)

Once a month, the Ready-Set-Go! card group has a theme

and we create a card.

It all started here and we call it challenges that are 'outside the box.'

This month, I was the hostess and mailed out a chipboard WORD 

 and said "make a card!"

We all have a different word:  Happy, Hello and Love.

They were added to an envelope without me seeing,

closed up and I mailed it to the other 2 ladies ... sight unseen.

My word: Hello!

I love the word Hello ~ and had NO idea where I was going to go with it.

I just grabbed a ton of stencils and some Distress Oxide Inks,

blender brushes and some paper! And got to thinking ....

  Hello - Blue Skies!

    Hello - Sunny Days!

                                              Hello - Pool Time!

I decided to go with the sunburst Ray of Light stencil from My Favorite Things.

Because I didn't really have a direction of where I was going, I dug through my stamps until I found something 'sunshiney' and found this sentiment from my Paper Smooches stamp set:  Spectrum.   I love that it says {hi} in the middle!

I never even noticed until photographing this card that it's holographic!

It looked silver .... and twist and turn it a littl bit ... and it's rainbow!

Groovy!

You can see Barb's card and Jeanette's card on their blogs.

Oh!

And if you have seen my mojo,

please sent it back my way! :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings 

~Kelly

Card entered to:  Word Art Wednesday #452-3

Little Red Wagon - Use a Stencil

RSG ~ What happened in .......... 1930?

Hi friends!

It's time for another Ready, Set, Go card challenge 

and this month, Jeanette gave us the theme:

What event happened in 1930?

 Here's her challenge: 

My dad's birthday is in July. He was born July 27, 1930. 

The Ready Set Go theme for July will require a little research. 

My dad will be celebrating a milestone birthday later this month 

so in honor of him I want you to find some fact about the year he was born (1930) 

and use it as inspiration for your card. Easy peasy, right?

Awwww!  Happy Birthday to dad!

My dad's birthday is also in July ~ although his is in heaven.

Funny thing!

When I was searching for events in 1930,

I did what almost everyone does - went to the internet!

And as soon as I typed 'what happened ...'

that's as far as I got before it automatically said

 'What happened to Monday?' in the search bar.

Haha! How many people lost a Monday that they needed to google it?! 

I know I never what day of the week it is 

so safety in numbers, I say!

So I did some searching and didn't really have stamps to fit the bill.

So I improvised.

In 1930, Clyde Tombaugh, an American astronomer,
 discovered the planet Pluto.
It was the 9th planet in our solar system until it was later
reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. 

Aw, poor Pluto!

Here's my card representing looking into the night sky at the solar system.
I've used Lawn Fawn's Wish Upon A Star
and Ranger Ink distress oxide inks for the background.
I'm sure in the middle of the star system there's a planet or two!

You can see Barb's card here and
Jeanette's card here and what they chose from 1930!

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

RSG ~ We need some T.P.!

Hi friends!
.

Today is my husband's birthday and our home has been so. much. fun!

It's been lively and a happy kind of loud and we've had a grand 'ol time all day ~

 ending just now with his very VERY favorite - steaks on the grill!
 .

Well ~ not for me ..

I'm happily a vegetarian :)

But between that, the panko fried shrimp and empanada that I hand made
 ~ and my daughter's yummy calamari ~

AND

a Spanish style 'nata' cake, we're all stuffed!

The kids and 2 friends of our daughter are playing board games

 and it's a HOWLING mess from what I'm hearing ...

lots of laughter and hysteria!

I'm debating between hiding in my room or joining in, LOL!
 .

So .... my card!

 .

This is my card for the Ready, Set, Go Challenge group ...

a group where the challenges are a little more extreme

and make us think way way outside the box. 

Jeanette is the hostess for April and gave us this challenge:
.

  For the April 2020 Ready Set Go theme, 
I want you to find a heartwarming story from this pandemic.  

Use it as inspiration for your card. AND… because that in and of itself is too easy for these extreme themes… I also want you to pay homage to the early reports of people buying/hoarding toilet paper. How? By including something on your card that begins with the letter “T” 
and something that begins with the letter “P”. 

 Ready, Set, Go!

You can see Jeanette's card here
and Barb's card here
as they posted their cards earlier this week.

This challenge was hard for me

not because I couldn't figure out what card to make ..

but because I had TOO MANY IDEAS!

There have been so many heartwarming stories amidst the sadness.

But for this challenge, I settled on an action - rather than a specific story.

 I've LOVED the stories of teachers reading bedtime stories like this one

to the children in their classrooms over the internet.
No doubt for the younger school children,
 this has been hard to understand
and the teachers reading stories to their classroom children is heartwarming ♥

.
I used from Our Story by Birdie Brown from My Favorite Things 
and imagine the little ones snuggled up reading along
or listening as the teachers read from their favorite story books!

My letter T:   tabby cat, teachers
My letter P:  patterned-paper, paper-piecing

As always, I hope all is well in your little corner!
I'm still 'carding' away at camp ~
and loving every minute of all my *homework!*

Big *air* hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly

RSG: It's unbe-LEAF-able!

Hi friends!

Today's the day for a new theme of Ready, Set, Go!

challenge group, 

a spin off of the 3M created by Jeanette!

We take ordinary challenges and turn them into extraordinary,

out of the box, stomach turning, nail biting challenges!

Well, maybe not that extreme :)

But close!

This month, I was the hostess and instead of throwing down the gauntlet

of a really hard challenge, I made mine a little more tangible.

I bought 3 wooden carved gorgeous leaves from a mom and pop shop

(say that 3 times fast!)

while we were vacationing in Tennessee a few years ago.

I saw them and thought we could use them somehow 

and packed them away ... 

until now ♥

My challenge was:

I've enclosed a leaf that I purchased years ago when we first started

the 3M thinking one day we would use it. 

 Now is the time!
I bought it during our winter mountain vacation in Tennessee 

where we had glorious blankets of snow. 

I also adore the changes of the leaves and all the gorgeous colors of autumn

so the leaf will be the focal point of your card!

 

Here is my card, using Gansai Tambi watercolors,

a white embossed leaf imprint from Unity Stamp Co 

Kit of the month: Moments between Moments.

I LOVE THIS KIT!

It's definitely up on my favorites list!

The sentiment is also from Unity Stamps Co and a newer stamp 

called A little warmth. 

You can see Barb's card here and Jeanette's card here

with their fall foliage cards!

Thanks for stopping by!

And just in case you needed a quick peek ...

only 34 more days until Christmas!!!

So close!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

RSG = National Dairy Month!

 Hi friends!

Cow's it going?!

Did you hear the rooster this morning 

waking. up. the. entire. farm?!

Yeah ... me neither!

That's why I'm late posting today!

LOL!

I'm mooooooo-ving fast to get this card posted

because it's the 3rd Wednesday of the month 

and that's the day the 3 Musketeers card group posts our themed card.

                                           

June is National Dairy Month,

we're creating udderly adorable cards with cows!

Barb gave us the theme this month and this is her request:

  June is Dairy Month and being from Wisconsin as well as

 growing up on a farm, this was always a fun month.   

 As 4-H member, we had an Ice Cream Social every year during June.  There are also many Farm Breakfasts that are held to honor the farmers. 

 Culvers Restaurants was founded in Wisconsin in 1984 

and they honor farmers all month long with special events and contests.. 

 So—please create a card or other project that honors Dairy Month.

  Farmers, Food, Animals, etc. ~ anything that reminds you of dairy. 

 Easy-Peasy. 

 Ready? Set. Go!

 It's Day 5 of The Daily Marker challenge and I just finished coloring these cuties.

I started thinking of this theme a few days ago

 and am surprised at how many cow stamps I own.

Since it's a personal challenge to use only Lawn Fawn stamps for one week,

this Hay There stamp set is the only set I had to purchase. 

I have other farm/cow stamp sets but it had to be Lawn Fawn ♥

('cuz a challenge is a challenge!)

But am super thrilled to have added this to my collection.

I used only the cows in the set 

~ and 3 of them ~

because these 2 girls are truly a treasure to me

and I consider them dear, dear friends!

(or would that be bovine friends?)

Hee hee! 

 We take turns each month challenging each other

 with a wild and wacky and WAY outside the box challenge.

This month was cows ... and pretty laid back
and you can see Barb's card here and Jeanette's here.

I'm looking forward to seeing what we'll be doing for next month's theme :)

This is the 5th day of The Daily Marker coloring challenge
and my 4th card ~ yay!
You can read about the challenge here
or stop by my first post and catch up :)

 Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly