Let's Fiesta!

Hi friends!

 Today my cards for the #OCCSpringCardCamp are all about a fiesta!

I have a Bestie who has a birthday on May 5th ~

and her son was born just a few days shy of that date,

so we lovingly call her Cinco de Mama :)

I think she may end up with one of these as a birthday card!

When I was doing my cards for the next class at the #OCCSpringCardCamp,

I new the date would align with our anniversary

so I chose one that had a party theme.

I don't own a lot of 'word' metal dies so it was kinda slim pickings!

I remembered I had this fun fiesta die-namic from My Favorite Things

(I think it's retired now - I couldn't find it to link to the die.)

I used an MFT framework stencil to create a background,

blending with my Taylored Expressions Blender Brushes.

I found that they glide very smoothly over a stencil easier than

my Tim Holtz blending tool (which I love!) and I used 3 distress inks:

Squeezed Lemonade

Mowed Lawn

and Fired Brick.

 If you have visited my blog this week,

you've probably noticed a theme :) 

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And I'm super excited for the next set of cards!!

 

Have a great weekend, friends!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

Hot Mess ... Bee's Knees!

 Hi friends!

 It's that time again for the Hot Mess ~ Success card group

to share our cards.

(Here's how it all got started on my first messy card post.)

And, just like the name suggests, we make messes!

I do love creativity ...

and, even more, I love a challenge!

But messes?

Not. my. thing.

Which is why it's so funny ironic that we have 

once-a-month card challenge that requires us to make a mess!

But!

We are crafters, amiright?!

I used a watery, messy technique that I will definitely try again

(and that just may be the first time I've said that in a Hot Mess post!) 

If it has an official name, I apologize in advance ... I found it by mistake.

 I call it ... the paper towel technique!

 Barb is our challenge hostess for February's card

and her extra credit this month was: 'Use red.'

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

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I started with #110 heavy weight white cardstock,

I spritzed it with water for a light misting.

While it was still wet, I dropped Tim Holtz distess reinkers

in Barn Door, Picked Raspberry and Tattered Rose and let it do it's magic.

Before it dried, I placed the patterned paper towel onto the damp cardstock

and lifted off all the color.

 I was a little heavy handed with the pinks so the red is slightly muted ~

but it's there :)

I hoped that the design in the paper towel would imprint onto the cardstock

but I'm digging the fun textures and swirls it left behind!

My images that I added are from Hello Bluebird 

and were colored during The Daily Marker 30 day event.

I'm glad I finally got to put these cuties onto a card ~

I'm super hap-bee with how this turned out ♥

This month's card = Success!

And that's it from this corner of the messy craft desk ...

until next month :)

Thanks for stopping by!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

I'll enter my card:  Word Art Wednesday

The Flower Challenge -  flowers with leaves 
Tuesday Throwdown - make your own background