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

It's a Orange and Grape Riley Challenge!

 Happy Summer-a-licious, wonder-licious Day!

It's time for a new Riley and Company Challenge ~
use the colors orange and purple!
 I normally associate those colors with Halloween so I had to
think outside the box with this one.

And it's Shark Week! 
We love shark week in our home
and wait for it each summer to come on.
It's a good week to be a Moose! :)

I used that as my inspiration to create today's card ...
Using Fins Riley and swim the ocean Funnybones,
this is what I came up with!

Since I had both the image and the sentiment on the front,

I left the inside blank with a small decoration to keep it versatile.

 

 

 

Not quite sure what's going on with the editing of the pictures,

crystal clear on the site and then slightly out of focus on my screen

I'll keep working on it!

 

Meanwhile, we'd love for you to play along in the Riley and Company

bi-weekly challenge.

To play create a card using Riley and Company images.
Once you have created your card/project, link to your card/project to the blog  or if you upload your card/project to another site like Flickr or

Splitcoaststampers,  please include the keyword Riley1415.

 

I hope your weekend goes "swimmingly!"

 

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!

~Kelly

Card Submission:  Aud Sentiments (Animals & Sentiment)

Creative Knockouts - Summer Fun