Up Up and Awaaaaaay!

 

Hi friends!

Life has me up up and away!

I would like to extend a HUGE thank you to Taylor @Sizzix

for sending me amazing goodies to work with from a recent hop!

Oh my, I will be making cards for days upon days 

and I am so very grateful!

Today I'm sharing one of the cards I made with 

Festive Sky Party.

This is such a fun and versatile die set!

I used the penguins and balloons

and added some stitched HI letters that were in my stash :)

I'm so tickled with how this turned out ~

it's fun, it's whimsical and of course, bright Kelly colors!

You can find this set and more in the Sizzix store!

(ohhhh that was very Dr. Suess ... 🤣)

Thanks for stopping by!

Bring on the Joy feature! ♥

Hi friends!

I'm absolutely delighted that ScrapbookPal.com is feauturing 

my whimsical holiday card, Bring on the Joy!
It's hard to have favorites, 
but this was truly one of mine!

It's fun, it's festive, it's whimsical, AND it has critters! :)

To see how I created this card, you can find it on my original post
and also more detailed directions at ScrapbookPal's blog today!

PSA:  If you head over to ScrapbookPal shop,
 there is also a HUGE overstock sale going on!

So.  many.  goodies! 

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


(I'm not on the DT or a paid to advertise,
I just love this store, their customer service, the FAST shipping!)

CCEE1801: Waddle I do? + *GIVEAWAY!*

Hi friends!

I have a card and a *Giveaway* for today's post ...
make sure you read alllllll the way to the end ♥

The CCEE Stampers are back after a long winter's nap :)

We took the holidays off to celebrate with our families ~

and are starting off the new year with a new challenge: Penguins!

Liz is our hostess and asked us to create a card with the theme:

Waddle I do in 2018? 
 Use a penguin or other cold weather animal on your card.
 I do love penguins!
I have many penguin stamps and chose to ink up my Neat and Tangled 
stamp set again because I didn't get to use it enough this Christmas :-(
It was one of my favorites for making holiday cards this year ♥

Waddle I do in 2018?

My wish for this year is to embrace my Word of the Year (coming tomorrow!)
AND it starts today ~ with a giveaway!
I purchased several stamp sets after Thanksgiving for this Christmas
and ended up not using most of them.
Since today is all about penguins,
I thought I'd send you some sunshine-y happy mail
 in your mailbox to one lucky winner :)

But first ..... my card!

  Using Santa's Wonderland from Neat and Tangled,
I stamped/colored/glittered the penguin and then ran it through the cuttlebug.
I made the snow banks using Pink and Main scallop dies and used the same 
circle die as the penguin to round out the snow banks ~ then added glue/glitter.

For the card base, I used cardstock, rounded the edges,
and added the dsp and paper circle and border.
The inside (not shown) is stamped with the North Pole and snow balls :)

I hope you are staying warm and bundling up!
Speaking of snuggling up, I'm giving away to one lucky winner this stamp and die
set today by Stampendous.
Just leave me a comment and if you like, share your favorite thing about winter!
And yes - 
I will ship worldwide!

Good Luck, friends!

Lastly, please be sure to stop in the CCEE Stampers blog
and check out the adorable line up of penguins.
You can find them here -
and of course, if you link up your card to a gallery or other site,
use the keyword CCEE1801.

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥
~Kelly

*Exciting news!* I'm a Guest Designer!

Hi everyone!

I'm super excited to finally share this wonderful bit of news ~

I'm absolutely delighted to have been asked 

to Guest Designer for Dare2B Artsy stamps for the month of March :)

For the next couple of weeks, I'll be showcasing several stamp sets

on various cards and styles ~ like this one today!

I know most of you had a little bit of warmer weather - 

and now this weekend a little more snow!

Even in March, there is snow much fun to be had ♥

One of the stamp sets I chose to work with is Penguin Fun!

For my playful arctic penguin scene,

 I stamped out 2 of the penguins, the sled, and the christmas tree.

The images are stamped in Dare2BArtsy's Premium black ink ...

so crisp and clean!

I use prismacolor markers - which are alcohol based - 

 and look at how wonderful it colored and blended!

While I hand cut these images for today's card,

 this Penguin Fun stamp set does have a matching die set, too.

 I added a few layers of dsp for snow banks and background,

a few enamel dots and propped up the penguins with 3d foam tape.

                              Here is my arctic Penguin Fun card:

 For the inside of my card,

I left the image uncolored and added another sentiment from the set.

A few more enamel dots 

and this penguin's winter fun card is finished :)

To find this stamp set, dies, stamps, inks, and more

please visit Dare 2 B Artsy's store,

as well as the inspiration blog

to see all the super cute cards and ideas ♥

Here's a quick peek at them ↓

Thanks for stopping by today!

I'll have more cards for you to see coming up later this week :)
 
Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly