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

The Project Bin ~ Kinda Sorta ...

Hi everyone!

I'm kinda sorta (absolutely!) on Cloud 9!
My husband and I were so lucky to have tickets
to see Andrea Bocelli last night at the Arena here in Miami.
Oh.  Be.  Still.  My.  Heart!
I'm a VERY big fan ~ following his music journey through the years,
and this was my 3rd time seeing him perform live.
Enchanting ♥
And his surprise guest was the one and only Kristin Chenoweth!

I've seen her on Broadway and adore her ~

she was both mesmerizing and hilarious!

I'm so blessed ~ I have the best husband truly ♥

Okay, I guess I should get to my card :)
Today I'm sharing my latest card with The Project Bin 
Exciting news .... there are 2 new stamp sets  
and they are already available for purchase.
I'm using one of those today ~ Kinda Sorta
and I made a quick and easy shaker card!

One things I love - LOOOOOVE - about Valentine's Day cards
is non-traditional colors!  Not sure why, but I think it's just so groovy
to see Vday cards in purple and orange and blue!
So when I stamped out the Kinda Sorta stamp in Hero Arts inks,
I knew I was going in that direction.
I added a simple frame acetate to the back of my dsp striped frame,
cut from a square die, and glue the stamped image to the back as a focal point.
Before sealing the last edge, I added in some multi colored sequins 
in coordinating colors and added to my card base.

The last little touch was cutting out a gold heart with a die.
Since the sentiment is so bold and a wonderful focal point,
I decided not to decorate the inside of this card (gasp! LOL!)

Here's a closer look:

 Are you ready for Valentine's Day?
Any special plans?
I hope they are kinda sorta spectacular, whatever they might be!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥
~Kelly

Drive By Crafts ~ Valentine Shaker Card ♥

Hi friends!

I'm up on the Drive By Crafts blog today with a Valentine's shaker card

using wonderful products from the Drive By Crafts online store!

This festive shaker card includes

some fun products from My Favorite Things and Lawn Fawn,
and it's just in time to inspire your Valentine's Day cards ♥

Drive by Crafts has a wonderful assortment of stamps and die-namics
from MFT ~ perfect for mixing and matching, too, like I've done here.

Let me show you how I made this fun card!

Using the Peek-a-Boo striped heart die-namic, I created a die cut
in heavy weight cardstock to create a top layer.
I added a sheet of Lawn Fawn: Let's Polka In the Meadow
to the bottom, and filled my shaker card striped heart window
with berrylicious sequins  ~ so sparkly and glitzy!
When it was time to close the shaker card,
I used a heavy duty foam tape. 

 

  Next, I stamped, colored and die-cut MFT's Snuggle Bunnies
stamp and die-namic set.
I added those to the card using a quick and fast drying Nuvo glue medium pen and then added the matching sentiment from Snuggle Bunnies.
And voilà!
The card is complete and ready to send to your special someone ♥

I love this fun die-namic and already have a second card made
to show you soon! 

For a quick glance, here are the products I used:

MFT Peek-a-Boo striped heart die-namic
Lawn Fawn:  Let's Polka in the Meadow
Berrylicious Sequins
MFT Snuggle Bunnies stamp set
MFT Sunggle Bunnies die-namics
Nuvo Glue Medium Pen

Thanks for stopping by today!
~Kelly

Entered into these challenges: MFT Card Challenge #86
 Die Cuttin Divas #354 - heart die
Dream Valley Challenge ~ Love 

Have a fun-ny Friday!

Happy Friday!

I hope you are gearing up for a wonderful holiday weekend :)

I had a little time to get inky this week,

catching up on both DT cards and cards just for pun - I mean, FUN!

Like this one!

I was channeling the upcoming 4th of July and reaching for more

red, white and blues ......

a wonderful color combination that speaks to my heart

and for who I am as a child growing up in a military family! ♥

For my card today, I've used Bouncy Ball Riley - LOVE HIM!!! 

He's definitely one of my top faves of all my Riley stamps!

I've paired with the hilarious FunnyBones stamp line stamp

"Once in awhile" sentiment, added a little strip of dsp 

and a trio of sequins ♥

And don't forget to check out the monthly Riley and Company

Stamp Club!

Each month, you'lll not only get a shipment of a variety of stamps,

but a souvener collector's button like this one for

contests, discounts, and much more!

You can read all about it here ← 

I'll see you back again on Monday!

Until then, happy weekend!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly

I'll enter this into:  PPA307 - Color Challenge

Butterfly Moments (Cornish Heritage Farms) ♥

The butterfly counts not months but moments,

and has time enough.

~Rabindranath Jagore

 

Hi friends ♥

Today's post is celebrating butterflies ~ for two reasons!

Today is the day the Calendar Girls launch our monthly cards

with a chosen theme.  This month, our hostess Linda,

asked us to create a card with butterflies - that's it, just butterflies!

Since that was the theme for my card, and today is also the day

the Cornish Heritage Farms DT post our bi-weekly challenge cards,

I knew the direction I wanted to go with my card ♥

Irit is our hostess this week and gave us this challenge ~

to use 3 different craft/coloring mediums on our cards.

Wow!

 

For my card today, I started with a butterfly digi image from CHF -

they not only carry a delicious variety of rubber stamps but

digital stamps as well, some of them as low as .99c!

I printed the digi on watercolor paper

so the Tattered Angels glimmer mist would stick the best (medium #1)

I colored the butterfly with both primsacolor markers in light shades

and outlined it with a watercolor colored pencil in white (medium #2).

Lastly, I brought my acrylic white paint out and painted over a piece of

corrugated cardboard I had on hand for the background piece (medium #3).

 

I've also added another CHF sentiment to the inside of the card

along with the small section of cardboard that was extra from the front.

I am all about using leftovers in crafting!

This sentiment can be found in the shop, too :)

 

Be sure to stop in and see what the rest of the Calendar Girls

have created with their Butterflies cards - you can find them

in my sidebar ......

 

And be sure to see what the Cornish Heritage Farms DT has made,

and you can find them listed in my sidebar!

That's a lot of inspiration right there!

If you upload your CHF cards using 3 craft mediums to a gallery

like Splitcoaststampers, please use the keyword  CHF58.

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Big Hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

I'll enter my card into: Make My Monday - Butterflies
Crafting when we can - Make your own background
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes