Happy PAW-lidays!

 

Hi friends!

Wishing you a very Happy PAW-liday!

This was a fun card I created for an Instagram hop

 that I put togethera few months ago.

It was an eagerly awaited hop part 2 of the 

Spectacular Stamptember!

A group of friends and I were chatting about our love

of the Simon Says Stamp Stamptember sets

that we put our heads together for a fun hop!

AND we loved it so much,

we continued with a Winter theme: Winter Stamptember!

I used the Lawn Fawn and Simon Says Stamp collab set

Home for the PAWlidays 

and included a piece of patterned paper from Lawn Fawn 

for the 'snowy' background :)

This was a fun card to create ~

very "KELLY" with the bright colors and whimsy!

And we have 2 rescue pups so it warms my heart

knowing they have a FUR-ever home.

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

HOLLY JOLLY!

 Hey sweet friends!

Today's card is showcasing 2 things:

A huge OOPS!

and The Man in the BIg Red Suit!

This was a fun card to make!

If you would like to see the YouTube version,

here it is:

Because I made a rookie mistake when creating this,

I had to think of ways to save/salvage this poor Santa card!

I used the adorable Stamptember Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous

2023 set ~ cute, cute, CUTE!

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I loved the background stamp by Hero Arts snowflake swirl

and I stamped it with Pool Party ink.

THEN

I had a misstep with the stamp and forgot it had ink,

set it down on  the panel and had a few Santas on it!

So this is the result!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

24 Hour Blueprints ~ Take 2!

 

Hi friends!

Today's post is for the 24 Hour Blueprints ... Take #2!

You can read here how it all began

and what on earth it means! :)

The telegram version is a hostess comes up with a couple of sketches

and specs for cards ~ emails the other players

and we have 24 hours ONLY to look the sketches and make them!

It's haaaaaaaaaaaarder than it looks!

  Our hostess this month is Barb and here are her 3 sketches:

*sketches qre unkown source - if this is your sketch or you know who to credit, please drop me a comment!

These were provided to me to work with. 

 No ©  intended!

The instructions were use these sketches, a Christmas theme, 

and the colors red, green, purple and silver.

Now I have 3 holiday cards done and ready for Christmas 2021!

Thank you, Barb!

For all 3 of my cards, I decided to use the same stamp set,

as I did last round of the 24 Hour Blueprints.

The stamp set I chose is the Snow Bunnies from Lawn Fawn and

Simon Says Stamp collaboration <3

And I may have snuck in some pinkish-purply stripes -

 pretend you dont see it! :/~

 Card #1

Card #2

Card #3

And all 3 together .........

This is hard!

We are to get the card sketches and instructions at 7 am

the day before and we only get 24 hours to create and post.

You can see Barb's cards here and Jeanette's cards here.

It takes me forever in a month of Sundays to make ONE card,

let alone 3 AND get 'er done in 24 hours!

Yeeeeeeeesh.

But I did it, which is good considering I got these ladies into this!

LOL!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Crafters of Faith: Thankful for .......

 Hi friends!

I've been playing 'catch up' with my card making 

as most of August and September 
went by at lightening speed! 

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Thankfully, STAMPtember has continued into ARTober! :)

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I fell head over heels IN LOVE with so many of the Simon Says Stamp

STAMPtember releases last mionth!

I was so excited to see so many of the reveals

and had to purchase a few of them, like this one from Mama Elephant.

It's called Snow Kittens and it's just. so. cute!

In September, for the Crafters of Faith card group,

Jeanette asked us to create a card based on the scripture John 1:3.
The challenge was include something on your card (or project) that you are especially thankful that God created. 

 I thought about being cheeky and making a coffee themed card, hee hee! 

 However, one thing I am absolutely sure that I am thankful for -
 the seasons, especially winter and Christmastime!
  Here is my card ↓

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 I chose seasons as my theme.

I absolutely ADORE places where there are actual seasons ~

from gorgeous and breezy springs,

to hot and warm summers,

and snowy, cozy winter! 

Winter is my very VERY favorite season!

For this card, I used a white piece of card stock and 

did my favorite cardmaking technique - distress oxide-ing!  

I blended several shades of pink Ranger Distress Oxide inks

and added a die cut snowy border from glittery paper.

I cut/colored the images from the snow kittens set

and popped them up on foam from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L.

Finally, I stamped the matching sentiment from the set

with Momento Tuxedo black ink and created a

a very meowy Christmas card!

 I''ll enter my card into the Simon Says Stamps Wednesday challenge:  Christmas

and the SSSIGChallenge:  Favorite Technique.

Thanks for stopping by ~

wishing you a purr-fect day!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

Are you Nutty or Nice?

Hi friends!

It's hard to believe it's almost October!

It's so hot here in Miami ...

I think I'll skip right to winter! :)

  

Did you pick up any fun stamps during Simon Says Stamps

Stamptember celebration?

I was lucky to pick up a few treasures ~

like the darling Lawn Fawn Nutty or Nice set!

Are you nutty?  or nice?

Nutty here!  

♥

I smiled HUGE when I saw this darling stamp set!

It reminds me of some of the nuts in my family tree ...

and probably a few friends, too! 

 Hee Hee!

Jumping right in with a monochrome colored card ~

keeping it light and fresh

with blues and whites and greys.

 

 I left the inside uncolored but with the fun Christmas sentiment ~

nice and simple! 

It's nice to have one card done ahead of time for the holidays ~

and I already know where this one is headed :)

I'll enter this into Simon Say Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly