Hello from the tropics!

Hi friends!

Happy Friday!

I'm sending you tropical greetings from afar!

We are on vacation this week and next

and making some amazingly beautiful plans - 

our family is so incredibly blessed  <3

I have a few blog posts and cards to share

a little out of order so stay tuned!

This card literally melts my heart.

I created it when my granddaughter was with me for 2 weeks

in a fun, creative way.

Video will on my YouTube channel soon but

You can view the REELS on my Instagram channel here!

         This gorgeous large floral stamp and die set are from Altenew

called Bountiful Bouquet.  It's a beautiful layering stamp set

and I did stamping onto the watercolor background.

I just love the bold, vibrant colors!

To create the watercolor look, I used waterbrush markers,

also from Altenew.

I added a background lattice die and added a frosted vellum

underneath and a bit of splatter to give it a dew look!

Here's another look:

   Thanks for stopping by!

  ~Kelly

The non-colors of fall!

Hi friends!

The splendor of fall is here with changing leaves,

a crisp touch to the air and 

it's pumpkin everything! :)

I absolutely adore this time of year knowing that soon

our home will once again be filled with our family,

 visiting from all the parts of the globe for the holidays

in November and December!!

I have a fun card to share today with some

rather unusual colors for pumpkins ~

non-traditional colors of fall!

That's the challenge theme my sweet friend Traci

gave us this week in our Wednesday 

 Instagram card group here!

Her challenge:

"create a fall card with non-traditional colored leaves."

I ADORE green and teal together!

I had an idea to create a fall-ish, non-traditionalish card 

using Harvest Blessings from Trinity Stamps.

Since green might be considered a traditional fall color,

I grabbed my watercolors and used mostly purple and teal

and let the water do it's magic!

I added a simple splatter to the background 

and popped up the sentiment for some extra drama :)

Thank you Trinity Stamps for the shout out on Instagram

and resharing my card - I'm truly honored!

Thanks for stopping by today!
~Kelly

entered to:  Retro Rubber Challenge - TicTacToe

(watercolor, die cut and your choice

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

It's a Kell-of-a-mess - October!

Hey friends!

It's time for another edition of Kell-of-a-mess!

This year, I decided to reclaim a few of the ideas I created 

and bring them back to my cardmaking.

Messy play is fun when creating my cards and

 I love seeing the organic creations that come from them!

Hello October!

This month I used 3 different mediums on my card:

watercolors, inks and markers!

I started with watercolors and a stencil to create the background

and just let the colors (mint and hot pink) blend together naturally.

Once it was dry, I stamped out the flowers

 from Gina K Designs Beautiful Day 

(from the Crop and Create/ September 2024)

in hues of pink from Lawn Fawn inks.

Finally, I used my Altenew marker to darken up the flower middles

for a little more drama!

I'm so glad I revisited this idea of mine because I missed it!

Stay tuned for 2024 ~ there's a wild ride ahead 

and I'm SUPER DUPER excited to share what it is!!

One last look!

 

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

Linking to:  Creative Artiste chalenge -  mixed media

Cut It Up - Inspired by Song (You've Got A Friend In Me!)

Patti's Creations - stamped image

Flower Wishes!

Hey sweet friends!

Today I'm sharing a Whimsy Stamps DT card

using the lovely Flower Wishes.

And - a fun technique!

 This is one of my monthly InstaPinner design team cards 

using Flower Wishes in a creative way!

*If you'd like to shop and save 10%,

be sure to see my affiliate link here!

For this card, I wanted something a little outside the box

and stamped onto a paper that I stenciled.

I sprayed a little water to give it a little watery look

and added it to a background I made with lunar paste and water.

I'm really excited with how this turned out!

Be sure to check out the store and see what you can find

for your stamping and cardmaking fun.

AND - be sure to check out the clearanced items for BIG savings!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

Faith ['fāth]

Hi friends!

I'm back with another card using the new stamp set

 from The Project Bin ~ it's called Defined.

I adore this stamp set ♥ 

You can see it on The Project Bin blog

in addition to the amazing DT samples!

 

Easter has just passed and a refreshing reminder of our Faith,

something to cling to in these uncertain time upon us.

In the scope of things,

our trials and tribulations here in our home

seem so small compared to what I'm seeing.

  Here's my card using the Faith stamp in the set.

I used my stitched wonky dies from My Favorite Things on my 

base of purple watercolored paper from Lawn Fawn.

Using a die cross, I die cut a leftover piece of designer paper

that reminded me of stained glass ♥

Faith ~ the substance of things hoped for,

the evidence of things not seen.

That's something I can get behind :)

 

 Here's the wonderful stamp set in in it's entirety 

↓

You can find this stamp set in the shop HERE

and there is a wonderful gallery to browse.

If you click on any stamp set,

 it will take you to a gallery of card samples!

Thanks for stopping by!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

CCEE1734 ~ Watercolors

Hi there, friends!

 Has anyone seen a giraffe around?

It's been such a loooooooong week!

School started this week and I am back on the road,

driving to and fro and fro and to ~ whew!

So I'm back to crafting on the road - LOL!

I take a little container with me filled with stamped images,

and even brought the mini MISTI along to stamp in the car pool lane - ha!

Crafters gotta do what crafters gotta do =)

This week, I have a two-fer card.

For the CCEE Stampers challenge #1734, Anne is our hostess

 and she gave us a theme this week of:  Watercoloring!

Now I LOVE that!

AND, for the August Crafters of Faith theme, our sweet hostess Lynn

gave us this theme and scripture to make a card: 

August ~ Every good and perfect gift is from above,

coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights,

who does not change like shifting shadows ~ James 1:17 This month

let's celebrate life's simple pleasures which bless our days

with joy and beauty and meaning.

                  So I combined the two .... simple pleasures + watercoloring ♥

My card is super CAS,

and might look familiar, 

because it's from the same Sweet Escapes set from Paper Smooches

as you saw last week, different stamp, different technique :)

I used my Kuretake watercolors to create this card,

3d foam to pop up the clouds and focal image.

I'll enter this to the Paper Smooches Anything Goes challenge!
They also have a blog hop going on right now - 
you can see the DT inspiration and fun cards here!
Whoop whoop!

You can see what all the DT members made 

with the watercolor theme here on the blog :)

Thanks for stopping by!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

Mondays with The Project Bin - Color Burst!

Good Morning, friends!

*I have two blog posts again this Monday ~
for my Prickley Pear Day #1 post, click here!* 

It's Mondays with Kelly² at The Project Bin stamps blog ♥

Sadly, I wasn't able to get a card made this week,

planned to play with new stamps and get inky this weekend,

but we ended up helping someone move.

I came home with a pounding migraine and felt so beat up,

I took a long bubble bath and went to bed early :/

So, I thunk and thunk some more!
I remembered a card I made back in September (yes! September!)

It never made it to the blog so I am sharing it as inspiration today.

At times, I am in absolute awe and stop and stare
 at the beauty God has given to us ...

from the beautiful marigolds in our front garden,

to the hues of sunsets and sunrises ...

Just glorious!

This card was inspired by Kevin, someone I was blessed to cross paths with on social media.  Here is his blog post, and his original card - isn't it gorgeous!  I watercolored this one on regular white cardstock -
while I usually use a heavy weight watercolor paper.  While it doesn't hold the water quite as well (the paper had some warping), it sure gives it a pop with the color burst and natural blending.  I tilted it to the right and left a bit so the colors could blend naturally.  Swoon ♥
    Thank you, Kevin for inspiring me last Autumn :)

Be sure to stop in the shop and peek at the new stamps and dies,
they are ever so darling!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly