The Daily Marker Day #1 ~ There is a rainbow!

Hello friends!

It's time, it's time!

This is one of my very favorite times in the crafting community ...

The Daily Marker 30 day coloring challenge!

I've participated for the past few years

 and it always brings me great joy to color a little

 - sometimes a lot! -

 each day ♥

For the first week of the challenge,

I've decided to have a themed stamp week!

My sweet son left this morning for Boy Scout camp

and before he left, I asked him to draw each week's letter out of a jar :)

 Today was 'L' so I'm choosing different Lawn Fawn stamps this week.

This is my card that I quickly colored after he left at 4:30 am :(

He'll be gone for nearly 3 weeks ....

While I miss him so very much,

it's long awaited crafty time for me!

Here's my card using 3 different Lawn Fawn stamp sets:

 

I've used rain or shine, Upon a star and butterfly kisses

to complete this card.

I've colored the images using promarkers

and the dies are from MFT Stamps and Pink and Main.

It was an honor to be chosen as an ambassador last round

and most likely one of the highlights of my stamping journey ♥

The idea behind The 30 Day is to color/paint/draw something

 - anything - 

for 10 minutes each day to spark creativity,

melt away the stress, try something new ~ whatever works best for you!

You do not need to make full cards

(I doubt I will be! LOL!)

You can color stamped images and have them on hand

for when you need to create a card ...

Just color!

Thanks for *hopping* by today! :)

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

Day 3: You are Sublime ...

Happy Wednesday!

It's day #3 in my summer series "5 days of ..."

and I'm swimming along with

The Alphabet Game!

I could not have been more excited to see today's :
the letter "L"!

I knew right away which company I would pick when I saw "L"
and I knew exactly the stamp set, too :)

My husband and I celebrated our 25th year of marriage
a couple of months ago (but together for 34!)
and I am absolutely, unequivocally as deeply in love with him
today as I was all those years ago.
He's truly the other half of what makes me whole ~
as a wife, a mom, as me ♥

And he EELY likes my cards!
LOL!
He's super supportive and encouraging and truly my biggest fan ♥
When I make him a card,
he keeps every. last. one!

I colored my Lawn Fawn  You are Sublime and die cut them 
to create an underwater scene. 
The background piece was created by using a simple sheet of white
cardstock and blending and blending and resting my elbows and blending 
with a couple of distress oxide inks.
After adding a frame and the sentiment,
I popped up almost all of the cut-outs on 3d foam, added sequins
and some wink of stella in the submarine windows and the coral.

I had a sweet friend as me the other day if I still do the inside of my cards :)
The answer is:  yes!
I usually just don't show them anymore as I'm switching up 
the way I do a few things on my blog ...  AND ....
because each card is specifically made for someone or
I give them away as part of my #yearofkindess,
I try to let that part be a surprise!

I tailored his card to fit the Lawn Fawnatics challenge this week
so I'll enter my card there!

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

Additional challenge:  CraftaholicsRUs - Turquoise
Little Red Wagon - movie/Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 
The Male Room Challenge 89 - Fish/Fishing

National Flamingo Day!

Hi friends and T.G.I.F!

Today is National Flamingo Day ~ perfect for us Floridians! 

 It's one of my very favorite birds ~

magestic in color and grace and they have such a sweet temperment. 

We are so lucky to see them here locally ♥

 

They are also a great inspiration for art.

Today's card is using my new Lawn Fawn stamps and dies ~

not sure why I haven't bought this set before now :)

I know, my card is typically "Kelly bright"

but today called for festive colors and lots of pink! :)

I hpoe today is a pink-a-licious happy flamingo kind of day for you!

Even if it's the plastic one in your front lawn *wink!*

Big hugs, bigger blessings!

~Kelly