TPB: You're greater than cupcakes!

Hi friends!

Happy Monday!

Cupcakes are great ...

Cupcakes are AWESOME!

But what's better than cupcakes?

YOU!

I've used the amazingly yummy Really Hungry stamp set 

from The Project Bin to create:

Big Girl Valentines!

 

  

I love punny cards! 

I've always loved the Valentine's the kids would bring home

in their little homemade boxes!

The super fun stamp set is so versatile

and has so many play on words :)

You can make cards so many different ways.

For today's card(s), I've made a set of 4 ~

one for each of my girls

 (3 daughters and my new granddaughter!)

I've made 4 identical cards and just switched out the colors

using the cupcake stamp in the set.

The You > Cupcakes is paper-pieced on all 4 cards

with matching paper for the cupcakes and the background.

Are you sending Valentine's Day cards this year?

This fun stamp set will get you off to a great start!

You can find it here in the shop.

The Project BIn ~ XOXO!

Hi friends!

 

 Today is the day that I post for The Project Bin ~ Yay!

In a few hours, I will be flying back home to Miami

after a MOST incredible visit with some super awesome crafty friends!
Barb is truly the hostess with the mostess 
and made sure we were entertained from start to finish ~ thank you!
Barb, Carol, Darlene, LJ, Jeanette, Terry, Shelly - love you ♥
 
Not only did we get to enjoy good friends and good food,
we had good fun at Camp Stamp in Oga,
making cards and crafting till all hours of the night!
And there was snow!

Not falling, but plenty on the ground, especially the first

of hiking and exploring ♥

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back to my card:

I'm gearing up for Valentine's and tried using the polka dot heart

stamp from In My Heart from The Project Bin as a focal image

to create 'designer paper'.

I cut a small piece of cardstock and ran that through the Big Shot

with Gina Marie wonky stitched rectangles.

 

Then, stamped it in 4 different colored inks using the MISTI.

After adding it to the red A2 cardstock base, I used the big shot

again to make a die cut of the X0X0 in the same set.

It's so versatile and there's so many way to use this stamp set!

 Speaking of The Project Bin,
Lookie!  Lookie!
3 of us on the DT were together when the brand new stamp sets arrived
at Barb's house!

Jeanette has the wonderful Kinda Sorta and Barb is holding Hole Foods!
You can find these and more at The Project Bin!

 To see more stamps and dies and card inspirations,
you can go here and look around!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥
~Kelly 
 

The Project BIn ~ I could squish you! ♥

Hi friends!

*I have 2 post today!
For my Growing in Unity Day 1 post, click here!

Today is the first day back at school after a long winter's break.
It was SO fun and wonderful having the house so full,
the kids all home, seeing them every single day ♥

We are a very loving family, 
so there is always hugging and squishing going on :) 
 I'm getting a head start on my Valentine's cards.
I'm using In My Heart and this set from The Project Bin is a terrific set to make Valentine's Day love notes and cards ♥

I absolutely LOVE the font that this LOVE-ly stamp set uses,
and I used one of them for the sentiment on my card.
This set also comes with matching steel dies
and I've used it to cut out the perfect heart for my CAS card.

This card is so easy to come together - perfect for classrooms
and mass production like this simple A2 size card.

Here's the link to the stamp/die set in the shop,
and if you click on the photo, it will take you to a gallery with a lot of inspiration.

Have a great day!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥
~Kelly

3 Musketeers - It's Cupig! ♥

Good Morning, friends!

It's almost Valentine's Day,

and Cupig here is already ready with his bow and arrow ♥

And that's not a typo!

it's Cupig, the pig who's playing cupid!

My card today features this adorable image 

and it's this month's feature image for the 3M (3 Musketeers).

3M = Jeanette (group creator), Barb and I ...

taking turns each month sending out a stamped image

and creating a card from supplies in our own stash.

Barb is our hostess this month

 and she is THE QUEEN of Whipper Snapper stamps!

She has an extensive collection of these cuties 

and I lovingly call them her 'signature' stamp :)

Always fun to color one up!

 Here's my take:

My card is pretty simple  ~

pink card stock and pieces of dsp that were in a scrap basket.

I've colored Cupig with my prismacolor markers,

added some glitter to his wings and this was finished √

I will have to re-photograph this later today ~

my memory card stopped working - retiring itself :(
I'm currently using my iphone for pictures and eh - not too groovy!

But you can hop over to Jeanette and Barb's blogs

to see what they made with this identical image!

And guess what's coming up soon:  January's 3M! 

 (what?  After February?)

Yes! ♥

Big hugs, bigger blessings!

~Kelly

Prickley Pear - It's a love thing ♥

Hi friends!

I dropped the kids off at school - check!

put my library books in the overnight bin - check!

grabbed my Starbucks on the way home - MAJOR CHECK! 

Walked the doggies - check!

and now I'm home for a whole 2 hours to craft :)

BLISS!

This morning, I have a lot of love to share ♥

 I've made a few more cards using stamps from the Prickley Pear 

new stamp release ~ so many wonderful stamps in this release.

First up, I've watercolored this Valentine card.

I.  am.  so.  obssessed!

I could just paint the day away if given the chance :)

I used the love birds rubber stamp and the Be Mine sentiment

from the love banner set.

 I've also created 3 mini cards using the Valentine's Cupcake stamps,

one for the yummy flavors that are popular in our home.

I am a HUGE fan of Key Lime and we're super lucky to live in 

the tropics were it's pretty common here.

Plus, we have a tree in our yard where they grow to our hearts content!

It's always fun to make Key Lime flavored deserts.

And, of course, strawberry and blue raspberry!

 Here's a look at them with the inside area for writing little notes.  These are perfect to add to packages and gifts as well. 

I used a large nestabilities die but didn't quite cut it all the way through

to create a card base.  My circle die created the backdrop, 

and these are colored with my prismacolor markers :)  

Some twinery baker's twine and gems and done!

 Thanks for checking out the blog today!

Be sure to head over to the Prickley Pear blog for more inspiraiton

and the shop to see these stamps and more!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!

~Kelly

 

DDD: Valentines ♥

Hi friends!

I can't believe it's that time of year where we're seeing hearts

and flowers and chocolates e.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e.

Like for real ....

I'm still making Christmas cards! :/

What can I say - December was a blur for me.

I musta blinked ....... and missed it,

 'cause here we are!

Valentines ♥

Today is the premiere card kit post for the DDD for 2017!

So exciting! 

 In case you're one of my newer readers,

the DDD = Dueling Darling Divas/Dazzlers, depending on the team :)

It's a group that I - literally - dreamt about one night,

jumped out of bed and wrote down the idea,

propositioned some besties and voila - here we are, YEARS later!

 The hostesses of both opposing teams chose a similiar theme,

different kits - and on the 15th of every month, we "duel!"

These. ladies.  are.  love :)

Big thanks to Tami and TerryL for being the hostesses this month!

Tami - team Divas - send us this LOVE-ly Valentine's themed kit,

complete with Riley the Moose!

You all know that I'm no stranger to this cutie,

and it's always fun to use Riley in a card,

especially with the beautiful papers and embellishments Tami sent ♥

And the inside:

 This year, the DDD has grown with new members and returning regulars,

so a lot of inspiration using two different card kits, one theme!

You can check out both the Divas and the Dazzlers Valentine's cards, too -

the links to their blogs and/or gallery on SCS is on my sidebar :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

 

Monday with The Project Bin ~ Love Notes! ♥

Hi friends!  

And just like that ~ the winter holiday break is over!

 It's back to college(s) and middle/high school for our kids ..

 I'm suddenly humming the tune to Willie Nelson's  

"On the road again" ♪♫♯   
LOL!

I've gotten spoiled by their constant presence in the house

and I truly love having them here so often.

Not a single one of us was looking forward to today's return to school(s) :(

   

 But in happier news -

It's Project Bin Monday!

Which means once again, Kelly² are the highlighted designers :)

The Project Bin stamps are so. much. fun!

I am in love with the In My Heart stamp and die set,

so I am showcasing it again today.

  For today's post, I made .......

Lunch box love notes! ♥

This idea was inspired by my daughter's super sweet boyfriend ♥

He packed her lunch for her and left it in the refrigerator

with a little love note on a piece of paper inside.

I, of course, had no idea but she told me about it later via text

and sent a little snapshot, too - cuteness!   

  

So here's how I made these:

I cut random scraps of cardstock in a variety of colors in 4" x 8" strips.

Using the score pad, I folded these in half to create little 4" x 4" note cards.

I ran a white piece of 65# cardstock through the Cuttlebug 

with a scallop edge die, then stamped out different sentiments 

 from the In My Heart stamp/die set directly onto the cardstock.

The hearts are die cuts from the coordinating die heart

which I ran through the Cuttlebug as well, 

and then glued those down with Tombo.

The inside of the love notes have plain white cardstock for messages.

           

      

   

For more inspiration on how to use The Project Bin stamps and dies
and to see many samples of cards,
please visit The Project Bin blog!

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