One Plus Twelve: Foxy's August Adventures!

Hi friends!

Today's card is one I made with a little bit of alcohol :)

 As in ... 

alcohol inks!

This technique is one of my VERY favorites to do ~

Ranger alcohol inks and yupo paper!

You never quite know what going to create

and each time is a unique color and new surprise!

This is my card for the One Plus Twelve ~

a card idea I had to use ONE stamp 

- just one stamp -

 and create a card once a month to stretch the use of the stamp

and find creative ways to use it :)

The stamp I'm using all year is Warm Wishes from Honey Bee Stamps. 

I asked Barb and Jeanette to play along and you can see their cards, too.

For this card, the background medium I've used Ranger alcohol inks

 in Valencia, Citrus and Patima

and added them directly to the yupo paper.

As it was moving around, I used alcohol blending solution

to give it the bubble splatter shape.

Once it was dry, I used my MFT stitched wonky die-namics.

I use them often on many of my cards because I really love them ♥

Foxy, as I've lovingly called him this year, is colored with prismacolor markers

and I paper-pieced his shirt with a sheet of Lawn Fawn dsp.

I left the inside of this one blank as I'm not sure what I'll do with it yet :)

I do know that I have a lot of fun backgrounds still to use,

so I'll think of fun cards to make.

I have to get my thinking cap on for the catch up cards I have to make, too!

 If you would like to see my previous cards, they are:

here

here

here  and here! ♥

 Thanks for stopping by!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

Card entered into:  Less is more/color challenge
Cut it up/critter

 

One Plus Twelve - Blustery Day

Hi friends!

I have a fun card to share that is part of a card series I started this year ~

it's called One Plus Twelve.

You can read the first post here 

and the basic idea is to use just ONE stamp, once a month, all year!

I chose Honey Bee Stamps Warm Wishes 
and have had fun coming up with different ways to use 'Foxy'
in his adventures through 2019!

I am actually so far behind showing you the card for May :(
I've missed May and June
 - among many other card events - 
 due to a crazy busy fun life we have ...
school ending, college/middle school graduation, a grand-daughter!

For May, I had planned April Showers/May Flowers ...
and created a window scene with Foxy watching a blustery spring day outside.
His shirt is paper-pieced - but I colored Foxy yesterday for day 18 
of The Daily Marker Coloring Challenge.


 I added the sentiment "Hang in there" from Honey Bee Stamps set
called Blah Blah Blah ~ such a fun set!
The last addition was a few coordinating enamel dots.


 I invited two friends to join me in this crafty endeavor 
and you can see Barb's card and Jeanette's card ~
they've both chosen an earthy stamp to use.

 I'll also have June and July One Plus Twelve coming up shortly ~
Foxy sure has been doing some traveling!

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

 

One Plus Twelve ~ Foxy's March Adventures!

Hello friends ♥

Happy Sunday to all of you :) 

This year, I started a new blog series called One Plus Twelve

where I take one stamp ..

yes, just one!

and create a card with it once a month.

I chose the Fox (I call him Foxy!) from the Warm Wishes stamp set

from Honey Bee Stamps.

You can see my January card here and my February card here.

 There's an Irish blessing that says ...

May God give you for every storm a rainbow,

for every tear a smile,

for every care a promise

and a blessing in each trial.

For every problem life sends,

a faithful friend to share,

for every sigh a sweet song

and an answer for each prayer!

 So today, Foxy is enjoy March adventures with following the rainbow

and searching for a pot of gold!

The best pot of gold is the warmth and love of friends and family ♥

  Instead of doing a burnt sienna/brighter orange color this month,

I used my promarkers in a softer shade of tan.

My favorite color is green so today he has a green shirt on,

and the rainbow piece is popped up to give the card some dimension.

And the inside of my card has the sentiment and a smaller piece of the paper ↓

 

I really love this month's edition of Foxy's adventures!

I had an idea of a design in mind,

spent a little time working on it and just couldn't get it to come together.

At all!

I slept on it, woke up today refreshed and started again ~

and here we are!

Rainbows after the storm ♥

I've invited my 2 friends to join me on this creative adventure 

and you can see Barb's card here and Jeanette's card here.

What adventure are you up to today?
I hope, like Foxy, it involes a card or two!

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

I'll enter this into:  Three Amigos Challenge - rainbows
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes