Lawn Fawnatics #29 ~ Life is good!

Seas the day!

Indeed, life is good :)

 

 

One of my favorite places to be is practically right outside our door ~ the beach!

Lounge chair, umbrella, a good book  ...... 

well, kinda sorta :)

  I DO bring books to the beach

but to be honest, 

I get lost staring out into the beautiful blue sea, 

tilting my head back and

breathing in the salty air,

 and feeling the sand in my toes ♥

Next thing I know, 2 hours have gone by and I'm still 

on the same page, same chapter, same sentences :/ 

I LOVE the Lawn Fawn Challenge #29 mood board!

I knew right away I'd have to ink up LIfe is Good and play along ♥

I'm blessed to own this stamp and die set

and I wanted to make a beach scene inspired by the top middle photo 

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How I made this card:  I started with a palette of distress oxide inks

and sponged broken china, squeezed lemonade and wild honey 

 onto white cardstock and then ran that through a scallop die with the Cuttlebug.

After gluing that down, I stamped/die cut/colored each of the images

and popped those up with 3d foam.

Finally, the sentiment - stamped right onto the cardstock.

 This card truly makes me smile ~

and I hope in a few days that will be my for real view.

4 more days of school and then it's summer! 

I'll enter this into the Lawn Fawnatics challenge!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

 

Hopping down the bunny trail! ♥

Hi Peeps!

I'm hopping!  Literally!

This has been a week brimming with activities for both me and the kids ~

filled to tippy top brim of busy fun ♥

Truthfully, if I stopped hopping, 

I probably wouldn't know what to do with myself :)

 I recently found a new stamp company Stamp Annie-thing

and was thrilled they were right here in South Florida with me - YAY!

I fell instantly in love and placed an order right away - 

including a cute little Easter bunny set ... 

swoon ♥

I created this CAS card

(I know, right?  Kelly - no layers? buttons? gasp!)

and just love it!

He's super cute, standing there with his painted egg

and basket, ready for Easter!

I can't wait to ink this set up again ~

it makes me smile just that much ♥

 

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly

 

 

 

It's the Dueling Darlings ~ *Tutti Fruity* Style!

Hello friends!

Woohoo! The long awaited return of the DDD card kit group is here!

We've been on a summer hiatus but are thrilled to be back "dueling" for the Fall!

For my new blog readers, you might be wondering what the DDD is!

The Dueling Darling (Divas or Dazzlers) is a group near and dear to my heart ~

one I dreamed up over 4 years ago ♥

Most of us are and we are still going strong,

almost all of us are original members.

And this month there is EXTRA excitement - 

we have 3 new friends joining us!

We are welcoming Shelly, Tracie and Suzy, 

dear friends of ours from many of the threads on Splitcoaststampers!

Each month, two opposing teams have a hostess that pairs up and choses a theme, one hostess for Team Diva and one for Team Dazzlers!

  Each hostess sends out identical card kits to the other members 

and we create a card based on the contents of the kit we receive,

then post on the 15th to see what each of us made with that theme.

This month, Jeanette and I are the hostesses!

We have a fun theme that hasn't been done before in the years we've "dueled" -

Tutti Fruity!

        Since Autumn is now upon us, the Divas are going apple picking! 

Maybe you, too, have those fond memories of heading to the apple orchards to bring home bushels of fresh apples picked from the trees, filling up baskets!  Maybe you loved drinking fresh apple juice & cider or the crunch of the apple 

as you took that first bite – Yum!  

I stamped out a basket & apples from T.A.W.S. called Fall About You

and added it to the card base of DCWV paper called The Gilded Orchard,

filled with apples and apple blossoms.  This paper is lucious!

Very few embellishments adorn today's card because it just got too busy.

The inside of my card smudged a tiny bit but indeed at this time of year,

there is much to be thankful for ♥

 

 I popped up the bushel of apples with 3D foam and stacked them ~
this side view shows a bit of the dimension.

 

For the extra in our challenge,  we asked the girls to share what their

favorite fruit recipe is.

Mine is Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte!

Hahahahaha!  Just keeding :)

My very favorite fruit is always the citrus-y flavors

 like limes, lemons, oranges and my very FAVORITE dessert with fruit:

Lemon Bars!

Thanks for stopping by today!

To see what the rest of the team has created with this kit,

or the Team Dazzler fruit kit,

please see the entire list of friends in my sidebar off the right! 

I'll enter my card as card #2 in the NBUS challenge #5

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

You're the cat's meow! ♥

 

 

Hi friends!

  You are absolutely PURR-fect! ♥

 

Today's the 9th of the month,

which means the 3 Musketeers {Barb, Jeanette and I}

will post cards from an image mailed out by the hostess ...

and this month it's me! :)

 

I chose this garden kitty image from Elzybells, 

one of my very, very, VERY favorite stamp companies of all time!

I haven't inked it up in years but it remains one of the treasured

stamps in my collection that will stay with me forever ♥

I cherish my Elzybells stamps so much!
They came all the way from England and I'd stalk my mailman
for weeks after I'd order the stamps ♥

I was heartbroken when Elizabeth (owner/designer of Elzybells)
 closed up shop but I was able to scoop up a many of the wooden stamps

before they were gone forever *smile!*

 

 
 

With my card designing, I start with chosing the papers first,

 then I chose a layout,

then color the image to match the dsp!

 I'm always in awe when I hear

folks say they color their image first,

because for me - I'd spend HOURS in the Cabana if I did that,

looking for papers to match what I'd just colored!

 

The inside of my card is the matching sentiment to this stamp,

and truly, in the garden of life,

friends help us blossom into the beautiful people that we are ♥

 

And, you may have noticed, I missed last month's 3M post :(

I'm in the doghouse for that, I'm sure.

Truth is, I can't find my card anywhere!

I'm not able to recreate as I goofed the other image but as soon as my card is found,

I'll be sure to post it.
Meanwhile, please stop by and see what Barb and Jeanette have made, too!

 

As always, thanks for stopping by!
I hope your day is absolute purr-fection :)

  

Big Hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

Card submission:  Aud Sentiments (Animals & Sentiment!)
Time out Challenge:  Nature/Animal