Happy Birthday, Denise blog hop!

Hi friends!

 Today, the designers for The Project Bin have a birthday blog hop

in the style of Mad-Libs!

Mad-libs is a fill in the blanks style of fun

so grab your favorite morning drink and join the celebration!

 

Once upon a time, a creative and wonderful lady created a fabulous stamp company called The Project Bin! 

   Right away, we were in for a treat! 

 Her name is Denise and she is so sweet, is super creative 

and just make me smile!  

 Every day, she works hard, spends time with her loving family, 

 and always thinks of others! 

 And WOOHOOO! 

  Today is her birthday!  

 We, her design team, are so delighted to share this day with her

and celebrate this special lady that we are hopping like frogs and

 have planned a surprise BLOG HOP today!   

So follow the gingerbread crumb trail and

stop at each designer’s blog to see the card they have created for Denise!  

I’m the first stop on birthday hop and I am beyond excited! 

 Denise is an absolute gem and one of the talented designers I know!

I’m feeling delighted to be part of this birthday hop

 because birthdays are meant to be celebrated with our loved ones.

Denise, the wish I have for you on your birthday today is 

for you to take the time to do something wonderful for yourself as you are always thinking of others and a blessings to those that know you!

It will be fun to see Denise smiling and blowing out candles and eating her cake!

 

               I used the Born Yesterday stamp set to create this card today

 and the favorite thing about this stamp set to me is  

how versatile it is to make those super fun birthday cards!

I heat embossed the sentiment in pink embossing powder to match

the colors of a walk through a flower garden ♥

   

Here is the inside:

Denise, I hope you get to celebrate with your loved ones

 and squeeze them tight on your special day and make sure to   

give yourself a high five!

Your next stop on the hop is Dawn!

You can find her sweet blog Sunnyside Up here!

`Much love!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly 

Hello frosty friends!

Hello, friends!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas 

and Santa was good to you!

 

I'm still wishing for snow ~

so I'm still making snowy, post Christmas cards :) 

 

For this card, I used Frosty Friends by Hello Bluebird stamps.  

I went with colors that resembled a gingerbread theme ~ 

brown with white scallops, a lined frame and cute winter critters!

Here's another look at the card from it's aerial view ↓

 

 

  Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings! ♥

~Kelly

Wishing you a BEARY Christmas!

 Hello friends!

Christmas is nearly here and I already know you're on the good list!

I hope your stockings are filled with goodies

and lots of {crafty} toys will be under the tree!

 

We're baking cookies and Spanish pastries,

 filling boxes and taking treats to friends and neighbors :)

I'm sharing a card that I made using "Oh What Fun"

from Lawn Fawn for a simple snowy card!

I keep hoping for snow here in Miami, but so far, only sunshine!

 

This card is a case of one that I spied here on Instagram

and knew I wanted to create something similar.

I colored/die cut the santa bear and stamped the matching sentiment

with Ranger white embossing powder and heat set it.-

I used the new die-namics blueprints die from MFT 

to die cut/frame the sentiment.

The 'snow' was created from another MFT die.

Super simple but I do love how this card came out! 

Wishing you all the BEARY best holiday!

I hope you all have wonderful and cherished moments with family,

friends, loved ones ♥

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly

3M: Wishing you a METAL Christmas!

Hi friends!

I'm still here!  Oh my goodness, life has been non-stop!  

I haven't had any free time to make cards :(

Between Christmas prep, 3 December birthdays, my daughter's college graduation, school, church and Boy Scouts events, we're hopping! :)

Our daughter is back home from college and all moved back in - she's starting her wonderful new job next week, so we've been enjoying so many outings and girl time ♥

Yesterday, I finally got to sit down for a few minutes and work on

my 3 Musketeers challenge card - YAY!

Barb gave us a wonderful challenge: Use Metal!

 Barb's challenge:  Since December is busy for all of us, I wanted to send a simpler challenge

and hoped it does not cause too much stress or planning for a card. 

 The challenge is to make a Christmas Card or a New Year’s card  and make it metallic! 

 You can use metallic paper or use metallic embellishments or emboss with metallic colors. 

 Use your creativity to make a shiny card!

  Ready?  Set.  Go!

My card is very simple ~ letting the gold foil paper shine through as an accent

color and highlighting the Happy Christmas!

I added extra metal but putting the silver metal snowflakes

 and added the metal gems to the center.

Simple but I do like this card - it's bright and shiny, just like holiday ornaments! 

 I do love how this came out :)
It's shiny and classic and simple!

What I learned about metallic foils and papers - 
they are hard to photograph! :)

You can see Barb's card here and Jeanette's card here.

Can you believe it's almost 2019!
I have a few more cards to post before the end of the year ...
stay tuned! ♥

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly 

3M: Decorating for Christmas ♥

Hi friends!

While I normally don't blog on Sundays, it's the 9th day of the month

and that means the 3 Musketeers are showing the cards we made!

Jeanette was the hostess this month and sent us this cute image.

The minute I saw it, it reminded me of my son ...

so I went in that direction with my card/coloring.

 

Although my son is now 14,

and quite the teenager in many ways,

we still like to keep the magic of Christmas!

We decorate the house and lawn and he helps with the tree.

And then there's that crazy Elf on the Shelf! 

Yesterday the Elf took the tinsel off the Christmas tree,

strung it across the front living room and was zip-lining with a candy cane :)

And here is the inside of my card,

where I will write my son a little note ↓

 

 
You can see Barb's card here

and Jeanette's card here with this same image.

I'm up next month - starting out the new year ...

and according to Barb, we are heading into our 5th year!  

Wow!

  

 Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

CCEE: Elf Antics!

Hello friends!

We love love LOVE our Elf on the Shelf!

He's a little bit sweet and a whole lot of fun and mischievious!

Buddy has been a great addition to our holidays through the years ~ 

and we all still enjoy his antics 

as we take turn doing funny stunts he hides each day!  *wink!*

Which is why I smiled HUGE when I saw the new challenge

 for this week's CCEE Stampers - 

Elf Antics!

 

I knew right away I was going to ink up Birdie Brown Santa's Elves

from MFT Stamps.

And just in time - my big box of Black Friday treasures arrived last week,

so some new goodies got to come out and play, too!

I used the Happy Christmas die-namic ~ a saying that warms my heart ♥

I'm a Merry Christmas girl but my mama said Happy Christmas a lot 

as we were growing up - to hear it makes me think of her.

And lastly, the FAB-U-LOUS plaid papers in perfectly 'Kelly' colors!

I love me some whimsical green and red and pinks together :)

I stamped/cut the image twice - once on cardstock and once on the dsp

and paper pieced his groovy little outfit. 

And yes!

I still decorate the inside of my cards ~

I usually don't show them to let the recipient be surprised.

This one is heading a friend of my daughter so no elfish antics going on today!

 

 And that's it from me today!

I hope you can stop by the CCEE Stampers blog

 and see all the wonderful Elf Antic cards,

as they are fantastic! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly 

I'll enter my card into:  Cute Card Thursday

Tuesday Throwdown - AG

Christmas isn't just a day .....

It's a state of mind! 

~Kris Kringle

The Miracle on 34th Street is one of those nostalgic,

warm-the-heart holiday movies that no matter how many times

you watch it, it still has that bit of holiday magic ♥

I love that in the stamp sets by The Project Bin,

the sentiments are so precise in bringing out wonderful memories

and wrap your card in love!

For today's card, I've created another card for 'Quiet Christmas',

a loving term I give my cards that are non-fussy, clean and focused :)

Sometimes the message is enough ♥

This stamped sentiment is from the Maybe Christmas stamp set,

one of my VERY favorites from The Project Bin.

Are you getting ready for the holidays in your home?

We are shopped and wrapped, presents are under the tree 

that we selected from the Christmas tree lot,

lights are on the house and the lawn is decorated,

gingerbread houses were made yesterday 

and that's just the beginning!

Today is my daughter Victoria's birthday - 

the first of 3 December birthday girls in our home!

This. month. is. FUN!

You can see this stamp set here in the store

and a photo ↓

 

Sending happiness your way for a terrific day!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

December's on its way!

Happy Fri-Yay, friends!

Tomorrow is December -one of the best months in the year ♥

And, in our family, also one of the busiest!

It's the holidays AND our 3 daughters all have a birthday in December ...

good times!

(and good tidings we bring! Hee hee!)

Today was my final coloring for The Daily Marker 30 Day.

Hard to believe a month of coloring has gone by.

It's always a joyous month to enrich our creative side and color!

And, for me, it gives me a chance to look for the stamp sets that

haven't had a chance to 'play!'

 

Today's card is one of those 'yay for play' cards!

I've used 2 My Favorite Things stamp sets ~

Jingle all the way and Deck the Howls ♥ 

Santa is checking his list ...

and he's checking to see if you've been naughty I'm SURE we are all on it!

I was last year!

See!

↓

I hope I'm on it again this year! :)

For my card base, I used the striped paper as a base ~

and a glittery circle pattern to bring out the holiday look.

I used a sentiment from Deck the Howls as well

to match the Santa and the sweet pup ♥

This card really makes me want to make all my Christmas cards tonight!

I colored a bunch of the images today from both sets ...

looks like the weekend plans are made :)

I'll add this to Kathy's link up on her amazing blog here!

 Thanks for stopping by!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

CCEE1848: Circles and Squares!

 Hello sweet friends!

It's Thursday and that means it's the day

 the CCEE Stampers start a new challenge :)

And this is what I love SO MUCH about this talented group ~

one I'm very VERY blessed to be a part of ♥

The challenge themes are so creative and interesting ...

like this week!

 

This is Anne's last challenge for this month and this is what she gave us:

Anne here with my last challenge.  

This one is dedicated to my hubby, who is a retired Mathematics teacher.

Circles and squares are simple geometric shapes.

  Make a card using at least one of each.

Math and I don't get along very well  is my hardest subject

so it's a JOY to be doing mathematics on paper! :)

Here's what I came up with ↓

 

 There are quite a few birthdays coming up in December - 3 of them!
All 3 of our daughters were born in December .....
so I have to have the birthday cards ready to go :)

Using the Ski-sons Greetings stamp set from My Favorite Things stamps,
I created the {square} panel with a die-namic and then used a punch
to create the {circle} center shape.
The bear is colored with prismacolor markers and popped up on foam,
and a sentiment from the same stamp set is added on, too.

Be sure to stop by the CCEE blog and see what each of the designers
created this week with circles and squares.
Thank you, Anne, for a really fun month of challenges!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥
~Kelly

CYS: Masculine with a die cut!

Happy Wednesday!

Today's post is creating a card for the Challenge Your Stash card group.
And for the second time - in a row - 

I have a masculine card on my blog!

Our hostess this month, Maggie, 

asked us in the CYS group to create a card using

1.  A masculine theme and 

2.  had to inclue a die cut anywhere.

This was my take!

This card, to me, represents my husband and I.

He always pick me up when we were teenagers dating 

and we'd go star-gazing at a nearby lake.

We were so young

and dating in high school and broke!

So it was always a joy to spend quality time with each other,

talking on the real phone or doing things like watching

for falling stars - it didn't cost a thing other than to fall in love :)

 

The dies I've used are the border die and cutting out the critters/star,

which is brushed with wink of stella for some extra glitter.

And that's it!

This card will go to my husband - he's getting a lot of cards lately ♥

I'll add this to the very talented Kathy Rac's The Daily Marker 30 Day
as this was colored today and created today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings~
~Kelly