You bring me JOY!

Hi friends!

You may remember this commercial for the Cadbury Egg tryouts,

where different animals auditioned to be the bunny!

I just love it and how cute it is,

seeing each of the cute animals trying so hard to be the bunny ♥

It reminds us to be our unique and authentic selves,

and do the simple things .. 

like find the joy in every day!

 

This HOPPY set of cards for the online spring card class

is taught by Julie Ebersole!

I loved her clean and simple style cards ~ it's relaxing and serene,

just what I've needed lately!

I have a bunch of cards to mail this week

so I chose a joyful stamp and die set that's whimsical and sweet ♥

For my card duo today, I've used a My Favorite Things 

stamp and die set 'Bubble Over With Joy'.

I've colored one card partly with colored pencils like Julie did

and one with promarkers.

Even though I've used a heavyweight #100 cardstock,

it's a one layer CAS card so even lighthanded, markers can seep :)

Here's a peek at the inside, lifted flap:

Thanks for hopping over to my blog today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

3M: Lumberjack Heidi :)

 Hello friends!

You may have to cover your eyes ...

Monday has returned :/

The weekend FLEW by ~

and with the daylight's saving time,

it's just going to be all kinds of crazy today.

I heard the alarm go off a few hours ago at 3 am 

and jumped out of bed, thinking you gotta be kidding!

I know we just had the time change but I just went to bed!

My silly son set his alarm 3 hours early.

ouch.

So there I was.

up at 3 am. 

and the dog was up,

the cat was up.

I'll be leaving the house with undereye concealer 1000!

Hello, Monday!

 Today's card is for the 3M card group

~ Barb, Jeanette, and I ~

and this group was created by Jeanette.

The idea is to alternate months chosing an image and mailing it to the others

and on the 9th of each month, we post the cards we created.

So it's the same image, 3 different cards!

Jeanette was the hostess for this month and sent us this adorable

CC Designs Swiss Pixie Lumberjack Heidi.

At first, I thought she was doing some Riverdance moves, LOL!

Hey, I'm Irish!

I got excited :)

Turns out, she's a lumberjack!

I'm still not sure what she's doing with her right hand?

I did my card a little different this time around.
I was completely stumped on a card design and used my MFT Wonky stitched dies

to cut around the image.

Once I did that, I set is aside and worked on the card base first - 

something I never do!

I always color first, build second.

I spotted the wonderful challenge at Splitcoaststampers this week 

for '3 parts' and it just clicked.

My card is just a base layer of Taylored Expressions Cookie Monster cardstock

and a sheet of dsp from my scrap pile.

I cut both of them into patchwork pieces and alternated them,

gluing them directly to the cardstock.

Once that was dry, I colored the image to match,

added some enamel dots and foam and popped it onto the card.

 and done!

You can see Barb's card here

and Jeanette's card here.

How are you doing with The 30 Day Coloring challenge?

This was yesterday's (day 8) coloring for me.

I knew this round I would not be coloring every day ~

and that's okay!

The creator behind The Daily Marker 30 Day, Kathy Rac,

 encourages you to do what you can, when you can, how you can!

I've colored in the still of the night,

while watching the sunrise,

in the car!

I took notes from her recent online coloring class I took

and colored my lumberjack Heidi with markers but highlighted it with colored pencils as she's suggested in many of her videos.

I've a long way to go with much to learn,

but I am loving the journey!

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly