Color and shake me happy! :)

Hi friends!

I hope you are having a good start to your weekend!

We're in the last days of our winter break from school ~

Monday is not going to be snow much fun

but my card sure is!

 I LOVE this week's color combination at MFT Color's Challenge!

The colors are so serene and winter-y ♥

And making cards just for fun makes my heart smile!

 

 It's no secret that I love, love, LOVE snow ~

but I also love my My Favorite Things stamps and dies!

They are the near and dear to my heart

and I find myself reaching for them often.
 

I also like using the 'oldies but goodies!'

This stamp is Warmest Wishes by Birdie Brown, circa 2014!

To create this card, I've paired it with the peek-a-boo heart die-namics

to create a shaker card - filling it with snowflake and iridescent sequins.

For the front, I added a few of the snowflake sequins and

popped a crystal gem in the center.

Since this stamp is a little older, from 2014, I used my SNC to

create the cut out and added her to front with tombo.

I'lll add my card to the current color challenge 108 :)

Sending you a flurry of love!

 Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings! ♥

~Kelly

 

CCEE1826: Sea-prise Sha(r)ker card!

Hi friends!

It's almost summer!

One.  More.  Day!

I think that's FIN-tastic :)

 

It's time for a new challenge at the CCEE Stampers blog

and Joanne challenged us to use our un-inked, never used stamps!

I knew right away that I'd be using this new cutie.

My son loves loves LOVES sharks!

Anytime I see a shark stamp, I'm giddy for the cards that I'll be able to make.

This Avery Elle shark looks like the happiest-shark-on-the-planet!

I knew I'd have to scoop up the stamp set and elle-ments die ♥ 

This card is a shark-er card - hee hee!

I mean a shaker card :) 

The something new I tried with this card was using frosted acetate

instead of clear to give it a slightly murky water look.

I also ran the Avery Elle wonky scalloped frame though the Cuttlebug

6-7 times to create a glued, super thick frame (this resembled a chipboard feel).

Next, I added some teal confetti/sequins to the inside and fastened it closed.

Next, I stamped/cut/colored the shark and added a sentiment.

I wanted to make waves for the outside of the acetate

and created a watercolor background using Royal and Langnickel watercolor paper and RL watercolors to create the ocean waves.

I'm off the school where I like to watercolor and then let the piece air dry

 for 24 hours but you can always use a heat tool for faster drying

 if you like to work all in one go!

 I die cut them with a stitched wave die as I was aiming for 

lots of movement and dimension in the waves.

This card was a lot of fun to MAKO! :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Be sure to stop over at the CCEE Stampers blog to see what the rest of the design team

has made using the un-inked stamps challenge!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

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

Mondays with The Project Bin ~ Shaking it up!

 Happy Monday, friends ♥

Today I'm shaking things up a bit on my blog!

 So!  I was recently in a restaurant 

and spotted those tiny take-out containers and lids.

Being the creative sort, I asked the sweet server
 if I could have a couple for an idea that popped into my head.

You know ... one man's trash, another man's treasure :)

Introducing, the *lid shaker card!*

I took a re-purposed lid, stamped out the gorgeous new sentiment stamp
 from The Project Bin "New Leaf",

some assorted colored sequins, the lid to the container, 

Hero Arts Serengeti Sunset ombre ink, the cuttlebug, circular die,
some paper, glue and twine and made a shaker card.

 

I went from this  ↑

to this ↓

I first cut a circular shape with my nestabilities die 
and cuttlebug into a white base of card stock.
I glued the lid to the inside of the card stock and poked it through the card,
like a mountain verses a valley.  
It looks like it's just stuck on there, 
but the circumference of the lid is slightly larger than the cut out (on purpose)
to push it through for better stability.  
Next, I cut a small piece of heavy cardstock for the back panel,
 just a hair smaller than the A2 size. 
After filling the 'shaker lid' with assorted fall colored sequins, 
I glued the back panel on and then layered it onto the Really Rust card stock.
Finally, I attached the entire shaker panel with a small twine to the 
patterned paper card stock base.
I also decorated the inside of my card and shook things up! :)

I had a lot of fun with this one and love the 'quirky-ness' of it!
As you can see, my stamps are well loved :)
The point it - it's fun to think outside the box with card making.
It's awesome to experiment and use what you have on hand -
you just never know what you'll come up with! 

You can see this stamp set and more in The Project Bin store,
and inspiration galore on The Project Bin blog! 
Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly

CCEE1733 ~ Nautical

Hi friends!

The theme this week at the CCEE Stampers challenge #1733

is nautical!

That's a theme I absolutely love ♥

You may recall from this card and this card and this one! 

See?  :)

For today, I went in a different nautical direction!

I recently bought the Paper Smooches Sweet Escapes stamp and die set

and have been using it for a few cards.

This one is SUPER clean and simple,

but it works for what I needed it for :)

 

Using the matching die, I cut out the shape for the stamped/colored image

underneath to peek through and filled it with aqua/silver sequins.

 It is a shaker card - just not enough to make it shake, shake, shake!

What a nauti(cal) card! 

Please stop by the CCEE Stampers inspiration blog

to see what the Design Team members created this week!

If you create a card and add it to a gallery,

please use the keyword CCEE1733 so we can find you.

I"ll enter this into:  Paper Smooches challenge:  AG!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly