Old GIFT CARDS? Don't THROW THEM AWAY! Try THIS!

 Happy weekend, friends!

Growing up with less, you learn to love resourcefulness.

I have always found excitement in .........

TRASH.

NOT LIKE FROM THE BIN!

Like  ... stuff.

Ticket stubs, old movie tickets, newspapers (back when we had 'em),

bottle caps, paper towel rolls, napkins that didn't get used at the party.

Now, everything has gotten more dystopian 

and moved further into the digital age but I remain steadfast!

I still keep THE STUFF.

Why?

My brain doesn't see it as garbage.

I look at it and envision at least 5 days ways I may be able

to repurpose something and rejoice knowing 

it. can. be. kept. out. of. the. landfill.

I invite you to watch this!

I am taking OLD USED gift cards 

(you can easily use hotel room keys, luggage tags, coffee cards, etc)

and turning them from THIS to THAT!

I invite you to watch the video here on my YouTube channel

🠋

It's a 3 part series (this is just PART 1, don't worry!)

I have lots more to share and those '5 ideas' quickly squirrel into 50!

BUT,

that doesn't mean I'm building a 6 foot lawn sculputure out of

old soda bottles!

For now, I'll stick to ticket stubs :)

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

One Plus Twelve - April

 Hi friends!

Happy Easter ~ He is Risen!

I hope today is a sweet day for you all :)

My card today is for my April card challenge called One Plus Twelve.

It's where I take one stamp 

- and just one -

and use it creatively twelve different ways!

The stamp I chose for 2021 is Altenew's Build-a-flower Magnolia

and this is my April card ↓

I love coming up with creative ways to use this ONE stamp!

Sometimes it's hard not to stamp it twice or repeat stamp

but I am personally sticking to the challenge 

and just using the magnolia once.

There are so many techniques and ways to create a card.

I love that it's a challenge to be so out of the box creative

AND keep the intrigrity of the challenge :)

For April, I'm using a technique called Wrinkle Free Distress 

(you can see how it gets it's name here)

Instead of using the distressed background as just that,

I stamped directly to the background and die cut the flower out of it.

And that's my card :)

If all goes well, my May card is already thought out and planned!

Thanks for stopping by!

Entered to: Beyond the Blue: wrinkle free distress 

https://beyondthebluechallenges.blogspot.com/?m=1

VSN and new YOUTUBE video!

 

Hi friends!

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

Today is my son-in-law's birthday 

and we're still celebrating :)

I've snuck away to let you know I'm hosting a challenge

 on Splitcoaststampers

for the VSN (Virtual Stamp Night)!

The theme this VSN is Parks and Recreation

and the challenges are all park(ish) related!

My challenge:  *TRAILing off the edge!*

I have a new YouTube video up on my channel

and it's a short one - 

you can see the making of this card here!

Thanks in advance for peeking!

For my paper card, 

                the idea comes from the many hiking trails 

my family and I venture onto both for recreation locally ~

the Everglades and biking trails and mangroves are amazing!

When we vacation, I often map out trails through the 

moutains and hiking passes that gives us fresh, new views.

So, pulling from that, my idea is to take any image

and have it 'trail' off the edge of the card.

Like trees or birds or branches like on mine above.

I used Altenew's aptly named "Under the Cherry Blossom Tree"

and I just love this stamp set! 

Even if you can't play along on SCS, I hope this card inspires you!

Thanks for stopping by!

CCEE2110 ~ Butterflies!

 

Hi friends!

There's a new challenge at the CCEE Stampers blog this week

and we're fluttering by with a new theme.

March 14th is Learn About Butterflies Day

and the Design Team has a beautiful variety of 

butterfly cards to share with you!

When I was editing the photos, I starting laughing 

when I spotted this ...

I mean, show up with butter for me ... I won't be mad at it! :)

But here is my actual card!

I made two - one in pink/orange and one with blue tones.

Video will be up on my YouTube channel this afternoon!

I'm slow in filming/editing/adding content because it takes 

forever and a year and I've been using that time to exercise :)

For both of my cards, I've used Honey Bee stamps 

butterfly stamps and dies

and the background is from a Hello Bluebird background stamp

that I made in an online distress ink class.

The only person I'd even say this to is my husband

so I'm not really sure why I made two, LOL!

I guess I'll just add these to the donation box :)

Be sure to stop in the CCEE Stampers blog

to see the DT cards this week and link up your card if you play along!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hello, Crafty Friend!

Hi friends!

Who's ready for spring?!

Me!

It's still summer here in Florida!

We missed the snow, missed the winter and just stay HOT year round

 so I would love a spring season :)

My card today is using the Taylored Expressions DoOdLe fLoWEr

which I bought last year to make Mother's Day cards.

It's such a fun background and wonderful to color

and so relaxing and serene to color up.

I was inspired by the monthly MISTI challenge

to use our My Sweet Petunia products and create a square card.

This took me 5 times to stamp because it's a larger stamp

and I wanted to get a really good impression!

The sentiment is from the crafty friends script collab.

I used my copic ciao markers to color the flowers 

and added it to layer of Oreo cardstock for contrast.

And that's my card for today!

It's hard to believe that February is almost over

and we're moving into one of my favorite months: March <3

Before we know it, we'll be saying How. Is. It. December!

LOL!

Thanks for stopping by!

Double Duty card #2 ~ Lawn Fawn

 

Hi friends!

Thank you SO MUCH for your super sweet words 

from this post - it is so exciting and so fun and you are awesome! :)

Another thing that is fun?!

  The Double Duty card challenge

where Barb, Jeanette and I create 2 cards with a chosen theme.

This is similiar to a series I did previously called Spot The Difference.

The spin off of this one is that Barb choses a stamp company

each month for us to create 2 different cards.

 February's stamp company = Lawn Fawn :)

YAY!

I adore Lawn Fawn and have many many stamps and dies <3

For my cards, I've used Lawn Fawn's Our Friendship Grows.

I adore sunflowers but decided not to go traditional with these cards.

And I just love them :)

It took forever and a day to create it because I started with just this!

A distress oxide background from Creative Chick's distress oxide class!

I wasn't happy with this one panel at. all. so I 'repurposed' it 

and ended up stamping directly onto the panel and die cutting it.

And then I did like it so much!

To create the card base, I added a die cut panel of Spiffy Speckles 

and used my LF stitched rectangles to Licorice cardstock.

I used nearly every millimeter of the panel with the flowers

and leaves and then had an idea - add some sweet ladybugs!

I followed the current Lawn Fawnatics #95 sketch for this card

and I love that it made a 'quad' with the sunflowers.

For my 2nd card, I kept it SUPER simple 

and had an idea to use just one of the sunflowers as a contrast to the

black and white cardstock and background.

No coloring and just popped up the watercolored sunflower

and added a quick sentiment.  

This year I'm 'stocking my stash' + now I have one more get well card!

Here is a final look at both of my cards:

One stamp company, 2 different cards!

I love LOVE that I was able to use something I didn't like so much

and made 2 pretty cards that I DO like so much :)

Tomorrow I have a lunch date with my 2nd daughter 

who has some pretty big life changes - and I'm super excited

to catch up!  We're going to one of our favorite restaurants

as well as a book store and the fresh farmer's market <3

Thanks for stopping by and making it to the end of this post!

Sweet Cluster + video!

 

Hi friends!

Today's card is very sweet!

It's the Sweet Cluster stamp, a gift from Altenew!

I was so happy to open the mail this weekend

and see this stamp with a wonderful notecard inside

saying thank you for supporting us through 2020 :)

Kindness is my kind of people!

I created a card right away and

I have a new video up on my YouTube channel - 

I'd love for you to take a peek!

I'm the new kid on the block and it's a little bit of a learning curve!

But I have some fun ideas, creative idea, CRAZY ideas 

and they are all coming up!

For this card, I *saw it* in my head and just created this card

on. the. fly!

As in I winged it :)

I used the half tone stencil and some soft grey ink

and blended a quick background, 

popped the colored flowers onto the front and added a hello!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

New YouTube video - floral focal points!

 

Hello friends!

Today I have some floral cards to share with you

that were so much fun to make

and I've added this to my YouTube channel.

These took a good part of the afternoon

with a lot of building (and even more tape!)

but oh. so. worth. it!

Here is my video on my YouTube Channel -

it got up before my blog post did but that's okay! 

 Today is the start of a new week .. I'm starting fresh :)

Kinda like flowers ..... fresh is better!

I used Altenew's handpicked bouquet stamp and die

and a sentiment from Wispy Begonia.

You can hear about all the background watercolor panels

and 'the new me' if you head on over to listen! 

I'm still new to video making but this one has a lot of music 

and less of me talking! :)

One more look:

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Card entered to:  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge