CCEE: Non Traditional Halloween!

Hi friends! 
Just a quick dash through to wish you a wonderful day :)  

The CCEE Stampers have a new challenge this wee
k and it's brought to us by Joanne!

Nontraditional Halloween cards

This week we are going to make Halloween cards with nontraditional

Halloween colors.

If you don’t celebrate Halloween, do the same for

Thanksgiving cards.

 I took her up on the offer to make a Thanksgiving card!

I don't mail out Halloween cards (very often!)
 so it's wonderful we have an option!

I made a card with the new Birdie Brown 'Fall Friends" stamps from MFT :)
I was SO blessed to win this in their recent giveaway 
and chose this as one of my treasures!
The stamped images cut out with my Scan n Cut
and the sentiment is from another MFT stamp set: Frightfully Sweet.
The reason for that is I wanted a vertical sentiment
that they could rest on with just a single line of verse :)

 

You can see all the DT cards at the CCEE Stampers blog here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

Eat Pie and Give Thanks!

Happy Monday!

I have another card to share with you today

using Eat Pie from The Project Bin 

and it's super yummy ..

it's cherry pie!

 

 

I'm thinking it's always time for cherry pie! ;)

My card is geared towards Thanksgiving 

and the blessings and gratitude of the season.

The holdiays are fast upon us

 and it's always nice  to give/send a card 

to all the special people in our lives.

 

 

 My card is using the small pie from the set Eat Pie,

which I've colored and fussy cut and popped up on 3d foam.
I've created a checkered table cloth type look

and a simple die cut framed window.

Due to the sentiment being so large and bold,

I wanted to give it center stage!

To me - those 4 little words and ampersand make a big statement!

You can find this stamp set and many more 

in The Project Bin shop.

Here is the stamp set in it's entirety:

  

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

Never met a pumpkin ....

Hi friends

 and Happy Labor Day!

    Brace yourself .....

It's Monday!

And pumpkin spice everything is coming ~ just sayin' :)

I'm back with another card from The Project Bin.

And this one is introducing a brand new stamp set, Eat Pie!

It's a delightful new stamp set!

It's perfect for the autumnal season upon us ~

from Halloween to Thanksgiving to sending blessings all year!

My card is pretty simple ...

I had an idea in my head for a card and then ran out of time!

It's quite complicated so you'll see that .......

next week!

 

I love love LOVE this sentiment from the stamp set.

Being the year of kindness (my word of the year), 

it's a nice to pass on words of gratitude and thanks - all year!

Kindness .... it's a good thing!

Here is the inside of my card, stamped out with another sentiment 

nestled into the pumpkin:

I never met a pumpkin that I didn't like ♥

Here's a glance at the stamp set:

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

3M: Give Thanks!

*I have 2 blog posts today!  

For the CCEE Stampers,

 please scroll forward one post.  Thanks!

 
Happy Wednesday, friends!

 Today's the 9th day of the month, 

the day the 3M post our cards with the SAME image.

This month, our hostess was Barb and she sent us

 this adorable turkey from Whipper Snapper, Taggart Turkey.

WS is her *signature* stamp line :)

  And she's lucky enough to live close to Creative Pals, 

a store that carries tons of these Whipper Snapper stamps - 

a store I hope to see in real life soon ♥

This is my take on this month's image :)

I colored it pretty general and added it to a bold framed card base.

I cut the image on a 'wonky' angle to give the card

a switch up from being too precise.

The bold sentiment is actually from the same dsp paper pack

and it's a printed piece of dsp with tons of words.

I cut ot the one that matched the best :)

The inside is a little plain on this one, 

but as you can see, the card has a lot of dimension:

Be sure to see what Barb and Jeanette have made with this kit, too!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

CCEE1744 ~ Thanks!

Happy November!

Can you believe it - this year is flying by!

Before we know it, it's Thanksgiving 

and then Christmas and a brand new year ♥

For this week's theme at the CCEE Stampers,

Joanne is our hostess and challenged us to create a card with thanks.

Here are her words:

This month I am going to keep it simple.  The holidays are coming, and times will be busy. 
This will be a month of celebrations.  This week I would like you to make a Thanksgiving card
OR a card of thanks.

I decided to create a Thanksgiving card for 2 reasons.

First, and most importantly, I needed one :)

And second, I was so very lucky to win a digital stamp

from 2 Cute Ink in their Instagram contest ♥

Isn't it cute!

 

This little turkey was colored to match the watercolor

background piece that was originally on my card.  

The small square around the sentiment was originally a window frame die.

It wasn't quite what I wanted, so I peeled her up 

and attached her to this watercolored background.

The turkey is 3d ~ printed, then printed again and fussy cut,

and popped up on 3d foam so sideways, there's a lot of dimension going on!

 

These colors are very bright and bold.

The pigment in the Kuretake Gansai Tambi 

set of watercolors is AH-MAY-ZING!!

I am so in love - these watercolors are just dreamy ♥

I did color the turkey with my prismacolor markers, the rest is paint! 

Be sure to stop in and see what the rest of the CCEE Stampers

created this week ~ you can find the blog here.

If you'd like to create a card using this theme, please link up

your card and/or use the keyword CCEE1744.

Thanks for stopping by!

Thank you again, Heidi, and 2 Cute Ink!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

 

Riley and Company - New Stamp Release, Day 2!

Hi friends!

  Back again with another new release from Riley and Company stamps!

It's that time again .... our Design Team Challenge Time!  
This week our challenge is hosted by Frances.

National Tell a Joke Day was on the 16th July, so for our challenge this week include one the of the Funny Bones Sayings on your card.

Today's card is showcasing one of my favorites in this new release -

 oh how this made me laugh! 
The new "Pumpkin Pie" FunnyBones from Riley and Company 
is paired with Farmers Riley and Sophie (in the shop!)
I created this larger 6" x 4" elongated card to incorporate 
a unique, fun design in Autumnal colors.

  

 

And here's the inside of my card :) 

 
It's Inspiration Week with the Design Team

and all week, the Design Team will be sharing creations they have made 

using the new stamps!

 To recap, there are 42 Funny Bones stamps; 11 Inspiration stamps

 and 4 brand new images for a new character called Burt (the cat!).

The DT will showcasing all 53 new stamps all week from today until Friday,

so I hope you can come back and peek at all the fun-ness and inspiration!

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

Card entered into:  Crafting for all Seasons - Laughs!

Use Your Stuff Challenge - AG

Cornish Heritage Farms: Grateful ♥

 

Good Morning!

 

It's time for a new challenge at Cornish Heritage Farms

 and I'm the hostess of this week's challenge choice :) 

With Thanksgiving is right around the corner,

I challenged the team to create a card with theme of Gratitude

and a bonus to use the color brown.

 

Thanksgiving is a pretty big deal in our home ♥

It's my husband's very favorite holiday

and we are the hosts each year, a tradition I

inherited after my mom tossed in her apron saying she'd paid her dues, LOL!

I love the prepping and baking and cooking and watching the Macy's day parade and all that comes with our special day.

But I confess I also crack up at the memory of being HUGELY pregnant

with our 3 daughters,

all born in December, 2 years apart :)

Every time I look back at those pictures,

 I was ginormous and so very, very pregnant

and looked like I was as stuffed as the poor birds were!

At least our son cut me some slack and was born in September ♥

 

But I digress! 

 For my card, I used the adorable digi

turkey in the pumpkin patch to create the card front ...

 used miminal dsp and kept the card design fairly simple.

I continued the same pattern/style to the inside of the card

with another digi, Happy Thanksgiving.

Brown is a beautiful color, especially at this time of year,

so for the bonus, I chose that as my cardstock base.

Both of these digis are available in the CHF store and

are immediate downloads.

 

Want to play along in our challenge this week?

Of course, we'd love if you did!

You can link up your cards using a Cornish Heritage Farms image,

either stamp or digi, to the CHF Challenge blog.

If you chose a gallery, like Splitcoast, please use the keyword CHF66.

And stop in and see what inspirations the DT has created as well!

 

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

So thankful ♥

Hi friends :)

It's time for another Riley and Company Challenge brought to us

by DT member, Heather ~ "Be Thankful" ♥

It's perfectly timed for the beauty of this month,

Thanksgiving soon upon us. 

 

I have a humble card to offer this challenge ~

using the Thanksgiving Funnybones stamp.

My card is using mostly circular shapes all cut from Fall colored

cardstock and dsp that I had in my scrap basket ~

and the stamp is the focal point

with a few scattered buttons :)

If you would like to play along with us,

 of course we would love to have you! 

Please create a card using Riley and Company images

and link it up to the challenge blog here.

If you upload your card/project to SCS, please include the keyword Riley2314.

We can't wait to see what you create! 

Thanks for stopping by!
Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

 

I'll enter this into:  CraftingByDesigns - Give Thanks

Sisterhood of Crafters - Thank-ful

Stamping Royalty - Thanks!

Colorq #267 - colors



Thankful for you :)

Happy Veteran's Day!  

Just a quick post today as I had to be in about 4 places at the

 same time today and my internet was not behaving earlier to post :)

I'm getting a jump start on my Thanksgiving cards that I'll

be needing for sweet ladies at church and my son's school ...

and lots and lots of friends!

I was excited to see the new color scheme at Color Q #214
and the TAWS inspiration photo.  
I used my Falling for You stamp set (love this!)
to create my card today.

The TAWS inspiration challenge photo #41

I'll enter this card into the Colour Q Challenge#214
 and the TAWS Be Inspired Challenge #41.

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

Card deets: CS = Chocolate Chip, PTI White, Dusty Durango, So Saffron,
Bashful Blue:  Sentiment and Image:  The Alley Way Stamps "It's Fall About You"
Colored with Prismacolor markers; nestie, cuttlebug, ric-rac die, misc BG button,
white twine, 3d dots, Tombo

The Colors of the Wind :)

Hi there!  It's the 28th of the month and that means the Calendar Girls are posting our cards based on the challenge from our hostess, Tami!  And she challenged us indeed!  I had SO MUCH FUN with her challenge!  I knew immediately what I was going to make as I was in full craft mode with my daughter, Chrissy, in my mind.  {I have been making a lot of cards for my children lately!}  She recently applied for a prestigious singing group in our area that held auditions and one of the 3 songs they gave her to sing was a Disney Musical.  She chose "Pocahontas ~ Colors of the Wind" with a soprano twist  :)  She did wonderful and she was chosen the same day without a call back -  We are so proud of her!  I created the card with a reflection of her (the blonde girl!) and the sentiment inside are the words from the song :)

Back to the challenge!  I did my very, very best to keep up with the hefty requirements!  I had actually accomplished it until I went a little happy with my buttons ~ I just couldn't resist!!  Buttons make me smile :)  So I guess I won't Pass Go or collect $200! :p  

Here is what Tami challenged us this month:

We are all about the month of October! I have three little challenges for the girls this month.
It is the tenth month of the year, so please have exactly ten ( 10 ) items on your card. No more, no less! The ten items do not include your card base. Your image stamped on a piece of card stock is counted as one item. 
Our due date is the 28th. So, that is going to require two ( 2 ) circles needed on each card and a minimum of eight ( 8 ) different colors. 
Are you scared yet?! LOL Start taking a peek….there are a lot of different elements and colors on our cards! I am so looking forward to what you all create, as I do each month.
I love my Calendar Girls!
Tami (Miss October)

Layers are such a joy for me ~ I love me some layers!  And I originally read that the card must have 10 layers  {oopsie!} so from the base to the image it has exactly 10 - no more, no less, LOL!   For my 2 circles I included the yellow button in the flower center and her necklace {then got happy with more buttons!} and my 8 different colors are: 3 different browns, blue, orange, green, cream and white!  I chose this image from Lori Boyd Designs as the moment I saw it, I knew it would be perfect for my lil Pocahontas :*)  This is little sweet Feather - isn't she sweet!

And since Barb says the inside of the card doesn't count *grin* I continued the theme inside as I usually do - that's my favorite part :)  She was so tickled with her card ~ her little brother put it together with the flowers he gathered from the garden to congratulate her when she got back home :)

Thank you, Tami, for the challenge this month!  Be sure to stop by and see what the other CG's did with their 10-2-8 challenge cards and you can find them right over there on my sidebar!  I hope I did your challenge justice, Tami - I sure loved it and Chrissy did, too!

 Big hugs,

 Bigger Blessings!

~Kelly 

Entered into:  LBD Challenge - Thankful!