CCEE1930 ~ National Moth Week ;)

Hi friends!

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

National Moth Week!

Vicky is our hostess this month and said:

Who knew the moth would have a whole week dedicated to it!!  Use a moth (or butterfly) on your card today.  Extra credit if you actually have a Moth stamp/digital you can use.  

This is an opportunity to add to your Birthday, Thank you, Thinking of you or just all-occasion card stash.  LET THE INSECTS FLY!

 

Moths ~ that's one stamp I'm sure I don't have! ;)

Vicky gave us the option to use a butterfly so I chose that

as I have plenty of those!

I created a card today using Lawn Fawn's Butterfly Kisses.

I used the two critters and several of the butterflies in alternating colors.

I've blended a trio of Ranger inks:

Squeezed Lemonade, Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick 

and decided to do just a strip of color for this card instead of the whole base.

With thick washi tape, I masked off the sides - off center on purpose ;)

and peeled it off when I was done to have a stripe of color.

I then ran it through the Gemini Jr with a die to create the panel

and added the critters and butterflies.

Super quick and fun!

 The sentiment is from the set, too, and it's using WOW white embossing

powder with a heat gun on #65 black cardstock and a MFT banner die.

You can see the themed cards here on the blog

as well as link your cards if you'd like to play along :)

This week's Lawn Fawnatics challenge is to use 'little things'

so I'll enter my card into challenge #57
and Cute Card Thursday 592 - no patterned paper!
 

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

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

LLAMA tell you ...........

I'm going a little bit bonkers!

I opened my email today ~ while sitting at a long red light ~

and squealed so loud from pure delight, 

I am certain the cars next to me heard me!

Some super duper absolutely awesome fun begins in February!!

SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!

Meanwhile, just wanted to say .......

you are weird,

but I love ya!

I didn't get my Christmas cards out as I'd planned

so I've been making cards upon cards 

and trying to send out more snail mail and getting ahead of the game!

This stamp set is one of my first and favorites from Gerda Steiner!

These llamas!!

They are delightful!

Colored and fussy cut, popped up and stamped out ~

super easy card for a friend .... already en route!
I hope she likes it :)

Happy weekend!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

You had me at ALOE ........... :)

Hi there!

Say aloe to my little friend ....

 Name that movie!

That's a game my daughter and I play all the time :)

One of us will blurt out a line from a {famous} movie and 
try to guess the correct one.

It's such great fun!

But often, I get stuck :)

Hee hee!

She's much wittier than me but we do love to play ♥

And something else I love!

Succulents!
You may remember that from this post.

They are super trendy right now, including in the stamping community ~

I have several (in stamp form) as I just adore these little plants so much!

 I'm in a card group on Splitcoaststampers called the Creative Card Chicks.

The CCC is a group of us friends that take turns sending card kits
 to all the members to complete the card challenge for that month.
Debby is our hostess and said she also shares a love of succulents - yay!

This card is my take on the kit and ...

i love it ♥

The card base looks like a 'river runs through it' ~ AND

I wish I could take credit for that creative idea,

but that part of my card was a total oops!

I intended to make hills for the cacti to rest upon

and the blue polka dot paper was the 'sky'.

I think that's about the time I realized I hadn't packed for vacation

and in my haste I cut the dsp upside down :/

So I had to 'half it':  part of the paper went north, part of it went south 
and to fill the gap, I used the blue sheet of dsp for a sky turned river.

True story!

Isn't it fun when the unexpected brings us joy!

 

 

I'll be back this week with my 2nd card :)
Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥
~Kelly