New Series: One Plus Twelve!

Hello friends!

I'm SO excited about today's post!

I am my most creative often at 3 am ~
it's when my mind comes up with fun ideas and wonderful challenges.

During the holidays, I wanted to create a challenge for 2019 
where I could stretch the use of my stamps.

So often, we buy stamps and craft supplies ~

some get used, some never see ink, some see ink only once.

And I thought oh how fun it would be to take one stamp

... just ONE stamp ...

 and create with it all year, once a month, in as many ways as possible!

I named my challenge:  One Plus Twelve!

The one = the stamp I've chosen
The twelve = the twelve months in the year.

The stamp I chose to work with for 2019 is:
Warm Wishes by Honey Bee Stamps!
My new One Plus Twelve series will be Foxy's Adventures ♥

 I've had Foxy (as I lovingly call him) for awhile now
and he was chosen absolutely on purpose :)

I've always loved the arctic fox but specifically,

 I chose the Honey Bee Stamps fox because ........

he's wearing a sweater!!

 

I thought - how am I going to make this stamp work

 all. year. long!

It's July ... the middle of summer ... and Foxy has on a turtleneck?!

LOL!

That's what it's a challenge!

I'm SO excited to see how/where/what I come up with :)

 

For my January card, I've used sparkly/snowy cardstock 

to create the winter backdrop.

I colored Foxy with promarkers and paper-pieced his sweater.

The snowy background is another piece of designer paper I've saved

and the vellum snowflakes and gems were added on for extra sparkle.

From another Honey Bee Stamps set, I stamped the sentiment

(the only other stamps allowed in this series - sentiments!)

from a retired set called No Place Like Home.

This card just makes my heart smile!

I'm really glad I created this and am sharing this series this year.

I have the most supportive family -

sharing hugs and sweet words and encouragement with One Plus Twelve!

Edited:  I invited two friends to create cards along with me ~
next month, my card will post on February 3 ♥  

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly

Color and shake me happy! :)

Hi friends!

I hope you are having a good start to your weekend!

We're in the last days of our winter break from school ~

Monday is not going to be snow much fun

but my card sure is!

 I LOVE this week's color combination at MFT Color's Challenge!

The colors are so serene and winter-y ♥

And making cards just for fun makes my heart smile!

 

 It's no secret that I love, love, LOVE snow ~

but I also love my My Favorite Things stamps and dies!

They are the near and dear to my heart

and I find myself reaching for them often.
 

I also like using the 'oldies but goodies!'

This stamp is Warmest Wishes by Birdie Brown, circa 2014!

To create this card, I've paired it with the peek-a-boo heart die-namics

to create a shaker card - filling it with snowflake and iridescent sequins.

For the front, I added a few of the snowflake sequins and

popped a crystal gem in the center.

Since this stamp is a little older, from 2014, I used my SNC to

create the cut out and added her to front with tombo.

I'lll add my card to the current color challenge 108 :)

Sending you a flurry of love!

 Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings! ♥

~Kelly