Hey GALentine! :)

 

Hi friends!

Today's card is for the GALentines!

For today's card, I used Stamp Anniething Candace XOXO

and colored her with my copic markers.

The theme this week 2 of the countdown to Valentine's Day is 

Patterned Paper :)

I used 3 sheets of DSP from Doodlebug Design

and added a ready made sentiment strip from CZ Design /

 Simon Says Stamp!

And that's my galentine's card!

If you'd like to see the video version of this card,

head over to my YouTube channel

and don't forget to hit that SUBSCRIBE button!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

My (wee) Valentine!

 Hi friends!

Happy Friday!

Today I'm sharing another fun card for the Whimsy Stamps

Instapinner Design Team

AND it's a cute cute CUTE card for my granddaughter!

You can view it on my YouTube channel here:

I thought I'd send a card along with her goodies

for Valentines ~ I love her YETI much!

I used the adorable YETI FOR LOVE

and colored it a light pink with bright red hearts.

I paired it with the adorably bright and sweet Heart to Heart

designer paper - also from Whimsy Stamps!

You can find this stamp in the shop

and if you use this link, it will take you there!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

Entered to:  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

I love you!

I do - I love you, friends!

Thank you for chuckling along with me and our camping adventures!
But, it's nice to be home and crafting again - that's for sure!
This was an incredible productive weekend at my little craft kiosk ....
I managed to make 8 cards - woohoo!

Today's card is from the progressive challenge at From the Heart Stamps,

 a delightful digital stamp company 

with some of the cutest lil digis you'll ever see ♥ 

 I've been playing along with their monthly progressive challenge since last year 

(and even before that ♥)

 and just love the stamps you receive each month. 

 I was too busy to play along in December,

 and as you can see by the late date, almost missed January! :/

Aside from being adorable, the image was very versatile, too ~

could be Christmas, or just winter, or and adorable love card 

based on the sentiments generously supplied with the digi.

I went with the latter - LOVE!

Here's my card submission, inside and out:

 This color combination is one of my all time favorites - 

from the day I put Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette and Real Red together

one year making Christmas cards ♥

Thanks for stopping by ~

I hope your weekend was marvelous!

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

Just dropping you a line ;)

         Hi friends!

It's still a chilly winter out there ~ but it's February!
It feels more like Christmas ... yet it's Valentines!
It's like having a little bit of both .. together!

This is such a fun time of year for crafting cards of love for everyone ♥

I thought I'd try something different this weekend...

I made a card using a digital stamp by From the Heart.

This image is actually a holiday stamp -

 but I saw the little heart letter and my mind went right to Valentine's Day.

I didn't get a chance to use it during the busy holiday time

so I looked at it again this weekend and had a vision!

It's still very cold out there for most of the country, lots of snow

and people bundling up but it's still Valentine's Day this weekend.

So I combined the two and created a festive card with

bright, vivid colors and a group of feathered friends wishing lots of love! 

Happy Wintery Day of Love!  

 My friend, Imke, whom you read about on yesterday's blog post,

is on the DT of From the Heart Stamps - you should stop by 

and see all the cute thing they have in the store!

It's a fun place to shop!

Here's on last look at my card ....

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

A Little Duel of Love!

IT’S ALL ABOUT LOVE!

It's the 15th of the month and that means it's time for the blogging group Dueling Darlings to have a friendly battle with card kits!

Judy is our hostess this month for Team Divas and she sent us this lovely kit and image showcasing Love! :)

In Judy's words: It’s February and your Dueling Darling hostess’s Paola for the Dazzlers and Judy for the Divas have chosen this theme of love based on the Bible verses from Corinthians 13: 4,7,13 ~  “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud….It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres… And now these three remain:  faith, hope and love.  But the greatest of these is love.” (NIV)  There is so much about love to celebrate in February besides the forever traditional day of love, 

Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14th. 

 For my card, I actually kept it pretty simple and let image be the main focal point :) This was actually one of the first SU stamp sets I bought!  I adored the sketch look to it and yet I think it's seen ink maybe twice! 

 I even considered leaving the image uncolored and untouched at first but it didn't look quite right ;)  So  ... I colored it very lightly instead to have a muted look, almost a soft water color without the watercolors, LOL! 

And how I love the inside of this card, too - it's using my treasured PSX stamp  "Near the sea we forget to count the days."  I hunted high and low for this stamp years ago after seeing it in a magazine not realizing PSX had gone out of business!  I've had it for many years now and love when it gets to come out and play ~ it felt perfect for this image!

 Thanks Judy and Paola for a fabulous theme this month:)

The second part of our challenge is this:

With this theme in mind we would like you to sow the seeds of love and kindness you have received in your life.  You are challenged to pay it forward by performing a kind gesture and doing it anonymously!  The week of  the 10th – 16th may be the perfect opportunity for you to do this.

One of the joys of living a life of faith is knowing that the christian walk is filled with intentional acts of kindness.  Nearly every day, I strive to teach my children, and myself, to share the love of Christ with others and to make intentional, purposeful decisions to show the Grace of God through actions and words.  I'm such a proud mommy to know how much my children have come to love God.  Being saved, and know how much Jesus has done for us, what a small price it is to do something that means the world to someone else when it seems like it's nothing at all.  Smile today!  You may never know that your smile, a gesture, a kind word, or the prayer you can share with someone else could make all the difference to them.

May God bless you so richly today :)

Please be sure to stop in at the rest of the DT blogs off to my right and see what the rest of the Divas did with this matching card kit and the Dazzlers with theirs! 

Big hugs,

Bigger Blessings,

~Kelly

Bugaboo's "Hey Foxy!"

T.G.I.F! ~ Happy Friday!

  I am very excited the weekend is here ...  

and even more excited that today is the first day of my Guest DT spot for Bugaboo, one of my all-time favorite companies!

Introducing.... Foxy!

Today's card is using this adorable Valentine Fox digi ~ perfect for showing someone you love them :) 

I paired the sweet little friend with some heart papers, cranberry and red colors and these adorable heart buttons I found in the craft aisle at Target :/

 Have you seen the weekly challenges at Catch the Bug?  Be sure to stop by ~ there is always something fun happening there!  And, of course, we'd love for you to play along - you can link up your card creations, too :)

And Friday also means ........ freebie digi day!  Jodi, owner at Bugaboo, is such a sweet and generous lady - each Friday there is a new and oh-so-adorable image to scoop up ~ take a peek ~ in addition to all the wonders you can find in the Bugaboo shop.  You will be enamored! :)

Thanks bunches for stopping by today!

Big hugs,

Bigger Blessings!

~Kelly

Entered into:  Hiding in my Craft Room - Valentines
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Hearts/Love
The Cupboard Trilogy - Sprinklying of Red
The Stamp Spot - Valentines

Riley and Co BLOG HOP! ~ "Always Believe!"

Hi there!

 Welcome to the new stamp release Riley and Company blog hop :)  I have two things showcased for you today  - a card and a bookmark :)  This is an especially fun post as I'm using the new retro coffee girl and coordinating stamp sentiment ~ many of you probably know me well and that I'm RARELY without a cup of coffee (or a book!) :)   I'm also showcasing the Funny Bones sentiment paired with hot air balloon Riley (this lil cutie is one of my very favorites!)  

You should have arrived here from Michele's marvelous blog ~ and from here, you'll hop on over to Laurie's lovely blog!  If you've just arrived, start here :)  

So let's hop!  

First up, a card featuring the Funny Bones stamp "Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen."  That statement literally takes my breath away ~ and plan to have this stamped all over just about everything this year!  I've added the hot air balloon Riley because he makes me smile :)  Next, the papers on both the card and bookmark are a mix of Valentine papers and I chose some slightly off colors due to my love of non-traditional looks.  I gave them a slightly collage-y look (hee hee - is that a word?!) I paper-pieced the hot air balloon and baskets as I love to paper-piece.  

and I love buttons.  and ric-rac. *Bliss!*

And that's my post  for you today :)  I appreciate you stopping by!  Here are few things to see as you continue on your hop tonight:

Special #1:  Buy an unmounted sheet of ALL the 13 new people for only $50.00! (reg. $6.00 each). That's a savings of $28.00!

Special #2:  You can also get a set of 3 FREE Funnybone stamps (our choice) during this release by simply placing an order of $25 or more (before tax) in the first 24 hours of the release! (One per customer please.)

Special #3:  But wait - there's more! As an added bonus, we are giving EVERYONE FREE SHIPPING from Thursday night at 9 pm CST until Sunday night at midnight CST! Just enter FREESHIP in the coupon code section!

Big hugs,

Bigger Blessings!

~Kelly

Riley Sneak #5 ~ Plain Bat Crazy!

Hiya!  Only one more sleep til the big blog hop and new stamp release!

I hope you have enjoyed the new Riley and Company sneak peeks this week ~ hilarious as they are!  I confess, I've been struggling with a full plate and a tumultuous and trying week .. but crafting with these Funny Bones sentiments have truly made me smile when I didn't think I had one :) 

Here's another sneak peek at a new FB sentiment paired with an existing super fun Riley ~ Batmoose!   For added creativity, I paired it with kraft and burgandy Valentines papers!  How fun is that!  Quite by accident I stumbled across a recollections paper pad and thought how lovely it would be to play around with different textures of papers and designs - I love working with non-traditional colors and themes :)

Be sure to check out the DT blogs and of course, stop on back for the new stamp release blog hop starting on Jan. 24, Thursday!

For one lucky winner at each stop on the hop, you can chose a stamp of your choice from this fun and funky Retro Girls and Guys stamps or from the 36 new Funny Bones stamps being released.  Wow!

And a word from the headmoose - Tanya!

***The stamps will be released on January 24th at 9 pm CST, AND, we have some specials that I know you will love just as much as the new release! ***

Special #1:  Buy an unmountedsheet of ALL the 13 new people for only $50.00! (reg. $6.00 each). That's a savings of $28.00!

Special #2:  You can also get a set of 3 FREE Funnybone stamps (our choice) during this release by simply placing an order of $25 or more (before tax) in the first 24 hours of the release! (One per customer please.)

Special #3:  But wait - there's more! As an added bonus, we are giving EVERYONE FREE SHIPPING from Thursday night at 9 pm CST until Sunday night at midnight CST! Just enter FREESHIP in the coupon code section!

See you tomorrow!

x0x0

Big hugs,

Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly