Paper Crafters - Unite!

 

Hi friends!

Today I have the privilege of contributing in an Instagram hop for

 #papercraftersuniteagainstracism,

a hop designed to promote unity in the crafting community!

The world can be so wonderful and beautiful if we loved more,

embraced differences and extended a hand in love and acceptance.

Embracing diversity is one of the first steps to healing 

and unifying as papercrafters today with our cards is just one step!

Truly,

the world is a rainbow of beautiful people ♡

My card is intentionally black and white

with a rainbow of (skin) colors in between :)

I used the MFT stamp set "Sweet Besties"

and a rainbow die with little snipets of papers from my pile.

I needed some hearts so I used one from a Lawn Fawn set 

and this card has a lot of dimension!

         You can find all the details of the hop here on my Instagram

as it's filled with inspiration and hope and beautiful creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

CYS: Leaves!

Hi friends!

Happy Saturday!

It's Operation Christmas Time in our home with putting up the tree,

decor and making it the North Pole!

Eahh year, we have a themed Christmas and this year is 'The North Pole'

and it will (hopefully) look like a whimsical wonderland after it's done :)

I also have gotten a second 'spring cleaning' wind

 and have taken apart our walk in closet.

I thought it would be a few hours ~ yikes!

It's been nearly 2 days!

Sorting, purging, taken to church, more sorting, washing, folding ...

shelves and boxes - oh my!

Anything that 'Oh, I'll fit into this again!"  - gone

"Oh, I remember this from 1999!' - gone

"Oh, maybe my daughter's might like this one day!" (from 1989) - gone!

But - lucky for me - the end is in sight and it's brighter and fresher :)

Onto my card!

The Challenge Your Stash card group on Splitcoaststampers

asks us to look through our STASH (not buy anything new)

and make a card to stretch the use of our supplies.

I've used a unity stamp from one of their past KOTM

and watercolored stamped it.

This card was fun to make - it's always nice to relax and paint!

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings :)

~Kelly

Growing in Unity - Day 1!

 Hello friends!

  It's here, IT'S HERE! 

Today's the day I've been waiting for for almost an entire year!

I was overjoyed to be chosen as one of the Growing in Unity gals

 by Unity Stamp Company last year.

I've patiently bubbled in the days on the calendar anticipating this day ♥

For the next 5 days, I'll be sharing cards I've made with

 the wonderful stamps of Unity.

Be sure to comment below each day for your chance to win

 some great Unity stamps!

 Today's card is using Unity Stamp Company's Kit of the month (KOTM)

called [when you smile] - released January 2017.

It's clean and simple 

meets bright and wonderful!

Oh, how I adore this girl!

I created the card for my daughter who is about to hop on a plane

to Rhode Island.

 And it's snowing!

(for us in Miami, Florida - that's a pretty big deal!)

I did some masking on this first card.

I wanted the string of lights behind her as if hanging in the background.

I stamped the girl first onto the cardstock, then added

a large sticky note and stamped it again.

Still in place, I stamped the string of lights and

then peeled back the note to reveal the image.

it's colored with Copic markers and set into a framed die.

I have a fun week lined up so check back often ~

and in order to be eligible for the prize, you must comment 

with your name and not 'unknown' as there won't be a way to find you :)

I'd be delighted if you'd be a follower
 - and I'll follow you as well ~
we'll be new frteinds! ♥

Thanks so much for your visit today ♥

Big hugs, bigger blesings!
~Kelly

Love you this much! ♥

Hi friends and happy weekend!

I love Unity stamps!

Unity stamp company is one of the stamps I found

 when I first started stamping -

and they just make me smile ♥

For today, I made a quick card that I slipped into my daughter's luggage.

She's on her way from Miami to Montreal (Canada!) 

 Her job sends flies her all around the world

and she's very blessed to LOVE what she does ~

and she's only 22!

I keep telling her I'm SURE she needs a chaperone - hee hee! 

  

For today's card,

I've used the adorable Otter from Otter love this much

from Unity Stamp Company   

and colored it with promarkers.

I used my MFT stitched mod Dienamics and ran that through my Gemini Jr.

I stamped out my Altenew half-tone circles and stamped it in varied inks

from Ranger Ink Distress inks.

The sentiment is from the same Otter stamp set and how I feel about her!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly  

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day

to all the moms, gramma, aunties, fur mamas and beyond!

I hope your day is extra special

and all the wonderful moments that today holds are yours!

 Today I'm showing the card that I made for my daughter.

She's the one that gifted me our beautiful grand-daughter ~

one of the most beautiful blessings!

I absolutely fell in love with this Unity Stamp Company image

and it reminded me of my daughter and her love for Alice.

She's an AMAZING mama!

Extra love to all!

♥

Big hugs, bigger blessings!

~Kelly

The Library Card: Book 3!

Hello friends!

I hope your weekend is going well!

This is my 3rd post (but not 3rd card!) for The Library Card,

a blog series combining my love of books and Starbucks and card-making!

Oh, how I love my Unity Stamps ~

and am SO EXCITED to be a Growing in Unity girl this year!

It's a long way until November, but so worth the wait :)

For today's library read, I've decided to create a card 

on a book that was recently loaned to me.

I oogled it when it came out and hit the bookstores,

and was happy to sit and actually read it and peruse the beautiful pictures 

and note some recipes.

And Reese has a book club!
Say. No. More!

Today's library selection:

Whiskey in a Teacup

by Reese Witherspoon

Book Cover:

My card: 

I've been organizing my Unity Stamp Co collection by theme ~
and found I have a lot of coffee themed stamps!

(I have a lot of coffee themed stamps of every kind, really!)

I decided to use Kimmie Girl for this book cover ♥

For my card, I created a base using designer paper

and stamping Kimmie right onto the cardstock.

After die cutting the image and the matching sentiment,

I arranged the card to fit onto the card and added some buttons.
(And pssst!  Kimmie is on sale this week!)

 

 My favorite quote: 

 "I don't have a ton of free time, so when it comes to short cuts and good-enough-ing, I have been there and store-bought that."

 It's fun to have another book in The Library Card shelf! :)

I have a few more books checked out ~

I wonder what I'll read next?!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

Celebrating the LOVE-ly Amethyst!

Good Morning, friends!

Do you know Unity Stamp Company?
Of course you do! :)

They are PRETTY AMAZING!

 I am SO SO SO excited to be a Growing in Unity Gal this year!

I wasn't expecting to be chosen,

so to see my name pulled for this year was quite joyous!

It will be later on in the year,

but you'll be seeing a lot of Unity cards all year long! ♥

 So!

Today, being the 7th of the month, means two things ...

It's Thursday ...

 (and I didn't even have to check my iPhone to see that!  Yay me!)

 1.  The CCEE Stampers post a card with a chosen theme of: amethyst! ✔️

2.  The Crafters of Faith hostess, Tracie, asked us to create a card
 with a theme of love in honor of her mom, whom just passed away.  
Tracie wants to remember mom with a love theme
 and use the scripture 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ✔️

My card is pulling double duty today!
I am re-creating the card that I made for my daughter for her baby shower.
Her favorite color just so happens to be purple,
but the original card was pinks - for my granddaughter, Alice!

I inked up Kendra Girl by Unity Stamp Company
and i. love. this. stamp!

It represents the wonders of being a mom, the expecting, the excitement ♥
 
 You can see all of the CCEE Stampers cards here on the blog.
Remember, there is a link up button at the bottom of the post ~
if you want to link up your amethyst cards! 

Thanks for stopping by today!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥
~Kelly

Growing in Unity - Day 3!

Hi friends!

It's Day 3 of the Growing in Unity sharing posts

 and I'm back with a holiday card!

 

I thank you all for stopping by each day to see the how the Unity stamps

are made into cards.

Remember to leave a comment for your chance to win 

a generous and wonderful prize package from Unity Stamp Co!

Today's card is using one of my very favorite holiday images ♥

Most of you know, I'm a HUGE Charlie Brown and Snoopy fan

and when I spied this 'small stuff' Unity stamp awhile back, 

I scooped it right up!

 It reminded me so much of Charlie Brown's tree

but more importantly, the matching sentiment stamp really spoke to my heart.

 

Thanks for stopping by today :)

Be sure to see what tomorrow brings using another wonderful

Unity Stamp Co stamp and sentiment ♥

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly 

 

 

Growing in Unity Day 1 ~ Angie girl

Hi friends!

**I have two posts today!
For my The Project Bin Monday post, please see it here!

  I am so excited to share that this week I am a Growing In Unity Girl! 

 Every day this week, I'll share with you a new Unity Stamp Co project and you will have a chance to win a prize package of twenty-five stamps from Unity.

 All you have to do to be eligible is stop by every day and leave a comment.

  At the end of the week, I get to randomly select two winners ~

so the more you comment, the more you chance you have to win :)

For today's card, I'm sharing Angie girl "Poppy Girl".

She is just dreamy and it just beckoned to be colored with bright reds, oranges, yellows ♥

For this card, I've colored poppy girl with prismacolor markers.

I added a small piece of striped paper but let the image be the focal point of my card.  A few enamel dots finished the card,

and the sentiment from the set is on the inside.

Here's the stamp set ↓

Thanks for stopping by today!

 I hope to see you again tomorrow to see my next card :)

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

Crafters of Faith: Psalm 90:2

Good Morning, friends!

Today's post reflects one for the Crafters of Faith

 stamping group on Splitcoaststampers.

Our hostess this month is Sue and she gave us a beautiful

scripture to make a card with based on this scripture and challenge:

"Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth

and the world, from beginning to end, you are God."  Psalm 90:2

Comfort is the key word for May ~ 

Make a card of something that brings you comfort.

I created my card based on the scripture

 and used a Unity mountain stamp that I've had for years.

I think this was actually my 2nd Unity Stamp Co purchase,

and I've had this beautiful stamp for a long time.
It's also one of my very, very favorite scriptures ♥
And, of course, the most important thing that comforts me is my faith :)

 Thanks for stopping in today!
If you'd like to head over to the thread on SCS, you can find 
the cards made by the other ladies in the group, too!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥
~Kelly

2013 - Card Year in Review!

 Farewell, 2013!

This is such a fun post every year, one that I really adore!

For my 2013 cards Year in Review,

 I'm doing it a little bit different than previous years ...

 rather than pick a 'favorite' card from each month,

I thought I'd reflect on crafting goals that I met, adventures I took,

sidesteps that didn't go quite as planned, friendships made and sustained :)

In all - many blessings!

January

 I began the year with a mantra to use my un-inked SU! stamps

and my crafting goal was to try new techniques.  I succeeded with both!

While I didn't use all of them, I sure put a dent in my unused/unloved SU stamps!  And tried new things.

Like this one. 

 I dusted off my aqua painter and my water color crayons!

February

For 3 wonderful months,

I was a guest designer for Bugaboo stamps ~ total fun!

March

I got lucky in March!

Okay ... um .... let me rephrase!  :D

I'm lucky that I have a great group of friends for the Dueling Darlings group,

 a group I dreamed up years ago and here we are - still dueling!
This card was created from a kit from sweet Kadie!

 

April

 This card was created from the generosity of a special friend

who sent me this fabulous birthday stamp! Thank you!!

She's also in one of my other fun card groups - The Calendar Girls.

  Hi!  I'm Miss February! ::: waving :::

Thankfully, there is NO swimsuit competetion ...

Just sayin'!

May

 My firstborn daughter graduated High School and 

jumped right in and started college in the summer term!  

So proud of her!

 

 June

I tried my hand at continuing my year of simplifiying ~

I drooled over a dahlia stamp in the SU! catty but couldn't afford to buy it 

at the time and found a digi stamp that was almost spot on for $2!

What a bah-gain!

AND this turned out to be my favorite card of the year :)

Who knew!

 

July

 The kids are officially out of school ~  I love having my babies home! :)

There is such great joy in having them close by and

 doing all the silly, fun, happy things kids do -  and they sometimes join in! :P

 

 August

Another fun card for a special group I'm in - the Stamp Addicts!

What a special, wonderful group of ladies - welcoming right from the start

and throwing down a guantlet of challenges. This one was probably my 2nd

favorite card of the year - the spotlight technique :)

 

 September

The Crafters of Faith, another wonderful group of faith-filled women, and 

another group I dreamed up after I had one night after a long night of prayer

and particularly grueling bible study I could not grasp.

I think God truly whispered in my ear "Try, try again .."

We had a free month to create an Anything Goes card :)

 October

 Spooktacular greetings brought to you by Riley - 

my favorite Moose EVER!!!

He just could not be any cuter!

I'm SUPER blessed to be on this DT :) 

 November

Earlier in the year, my dh rec'd a beatiful box of fruit from one of his Dr. colleagues.  When it arrived, all my crafty eyes did was

zero in on the gorgeous box!  The kids had yummy pears and plum and more, but what did my crafty self see?  The fuax stamped images on the box :)

Here is one small piece I saved .... and a lovely card it made!

Tis the season to be grateful after all.

December

Alas, due one super crazy life, my laptop dying and virtually

zero access to the internet/blogging, my December craft life

was pretty dismal! 3 cards people.  3!

In.  one.  month.

  Here's to a better next year!

However, one of the cards that culminates how the year was overall,

and the future ahead, was this one.  Amen!

Blessings and CHEERS to 2014!!

Thanks for your visit today

and I look forward to another year of crafty, friendship goodness

in the year ahead.

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

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