Halloween - CoCo!

 

Well hiya friends!

Today I'm sharing a Halloween card 

from the Craft-o-Ween IG hop.

My friend Tammy created a hop group for creators

who purchased the Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween Kit

and wow!  

It's a fun one!

You can see all the days so far here on my Instagram :)

I LOVE LOVE LOVE surprises 

and opening one each day has been a lot of fun.

Even if you don't send Halloween cards (like me)

they are versatile enough to make them into other designs.

But, each of the cards I've made so far will be donated

on Wednesday to the Free Little Library.

My card is based on this week's AAA Cards Challenge 

"Follow the Leader" by Karen.

Her cards is a CAS card with a center focal point and sentiment

so I added the stenciled clouds, ink blended in an oval stencil shape.

Then added the haunted house to the center with a wee bat,

keeping this very simple!

Normally, my cards are bananas, I know! :)

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

Also, entering to:  A Cut Above Challenge - Use a die cut

Neglected Stuff Challenge ~ Stencils (oval and cloud stencil)

Simon Says Stamp - Add some texture

Stamps and Fun!  - Halloween

3M: Hooray!

 

Hi friends!

Hooray for the Class of 2022!

Today's card is a very late one for the 3M

card group but it is still May!

So double Hooray!

I'm still playing catch up from a very foggy March April & May :/

This adorable image is from Colorado Craft Company

and sent to the 3 Musketeers from Barb as she was the hostess.

These critters are SO adorable!

Since it's graduation time, mine are celebrating!

I watercolored the critters ~ originally I was going in another direction.

I've paired it with a polaroid frame (spellbinders)

with a starry background (spellbinders) stencil

and popped it all up on the starry background.

That's it for today's card!

Be sure to pop in to see Barb's card

and Jeanette's card!

And thank you Barb for this month's mystery image!

Crafty hugs,

Kelly

Happy Hugs!

 Hi friends!

What start with an H and wraps around you with big squishies?

Happy Hugs!

 Today's class cards were taught by the absolutely lovely Laura Bassen ~
one of my biggest card stars ♥

Her sense of humor and use of color and whimsy just make me smile!

This is my duo of cards based on her class ~
and yes,

we fancy!

We dipped in gold! 

 

Okay, I would just like to state

~ for the record ~

this card is really pretty in real life!

I know, I know ...

it looks like I found it under my couch after it's been there for a month!

Let me 'splain!

I did a rustic gold dipping ... I wasn't going for perfect lettering

or lines and when I did my dipped gold, it looked a little ......... off. 

So I took the letter S and peeled the gold foil up a little bit

and loved how it looked a little weathered

so I repeated that for the rest of the letters.

I promise it looks super  ~

it just photographed a little more on the funky side!
.

 For this card, I used the only letter die cuts I own - Spellbinders Grand Shapeabilities.

I carried the same color palette through to both cards.

And there's a 3rd card!

I will probably post that at a later time :)

 And I'm definitely sending happiness your way!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly 

Card entiered to: Southern Girls Challenge

TPB: Floral Valentine ♥

 Hello friends

and Happy Monday!

I'm up on the blog at The Project Bin today ~

and I've created a card for my mum ♥

When we lived in England (her hometown) and Germany,

 she would plant and nurture the most beautiful tulips! 

 I still remember propping open my window as a little girl 

and the smell of her garden would waif up to the third story of the house,

 where my bedroom was.

I didn't inherit her green thumb! 

 The only pretty flowers I can cultivate are on paper! :/

I've finished all of my Valentine's cards and am ready to move on to Spring!

Today's card was created by using two panels, both embossed.

I used an embossing folder that came with my new Cuttlebug ~

first embossing it with an A2 size cardstock,

then the same thing with smaller piece 5" x 3.75".

*hint - cut the paper to size first, then add it to the embossed folder.

I did it backwards on the first time and it 'squished' the beautiful design, LOL

The smaller oval die cut is an oval Spellbinders die.

After everything was cut out, 

I stamped/masked the tulip stamp from Spring Zen and colored it,

and used the sentiment from the very popular Really Hungry.

 My card was inspired by this one from Susan ~

I love the was she has a bright bouquet of vividly colored flowers

amidst all the white.

I did embossed as an extra step and kept the sentiment banner white :)

Here's a peek at the two stamp sets that I used from The Project Bin:

I'm still decorating the inside of my cards, too ~

just skipping that step in blogging and hiding the message already written! :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly