Ice Cream Treats!

 Hi friends!

May your day be a SWEET one!

Today I'm sharing a sweet treats card 

for the Wednesday Instagram card group.

This week, we have 2 hostesses that suggested Summer Foods,

drinks, summer treats, poolside drinks and more!

I'm actually on a carribbean vacation a of the time this posts

probaby having one of those beachside drhnks!

Back to my card!

I'm sharing ice cream with friends with some bright fun

summery colors.

I am SO IN LOVE with this card!

I don't say that often but I saw a vision in my head 

and it played out on paper perfectly. 

YAY!

I used Ellen Hutson Ice Cream Stamp stamp set for this fun

card and lawn fawn and heffy doodle cardstocks.

Next week is our final summer card

and I can't wait to share that one with you!

If you use the hashtag #summersoireecardmakinghopi2024,

we'd love to see your cards!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

Halloween Magic!

Hi friends!

Today I have a fun card share featuring the adorable

Halloween stamps and dies from Whimsy Stamps!

 I was inspired by my daughter's love of Kiki's Delivery Service

which she watched over and over AND OVER

rewinding the VHS tape! 

That was 20+ years ago but memories are forever :)

For this card, I used Halloween Magic stamps and dies,

coloring them and popping them up for dimension.

The beautiful blended sky was a perfect backdrop

to have a Haunted Graveyard!

I heat embossed the sentiment and added a little dust to the spikes

on the fence to give it that aged, patina look!

AND ... there's more!

There is a new release with SUPER FUN goodies now available!

Be sure to check out the store's new products

for some happy crafting!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

Entered to:  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - add a sentiment

Craft Rocket - any animal

The ProCRAFTinator's Club: August!

 

Hi friends!

Today's share is for the TCP 

~ The ProCRAFTinator's Club ~

where a group of us friends share our cards

made from a kit, class, camp or retreat!

We post every 2nd Monday and with a theme of Anything Goes :)

I'm behind in a couple of blog posts ~

 my beautiful granddaughter

is here for 2 weeks and this Oma is overjoyed!

So we're going back to March 2024 for this Pinkfresh Studio

virtual retreat ~ a gift from my husband and kids for my birthday <3

It was a fun series of classes

and O.M.G. the box that arrived filled with stamps, dies, stencils,

and pap;er, ephemera. etc took my breath away!

It was hard to choose where to start creating!

I did the retreat live but mostly watched :)

For today's card, I had 'kid in a candy store' syndrome

but finally settled on the Artsy Floral washi, stencil and die set.

For added sparkle, I used the PFS gold gems to highlight 

the gold that is on the flower outlines of the washi.

The retreat was an easy pace and the classes were so versatile ~

I'm a slow crafter because I overthink everthing to de@th

but this was seriously top notch!  

10/10 recommend!

And that's it for August!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

entered to: Pinkfresh Studio August Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Sparkle and Shine

AECP ~ Easy Die Cutting Technique

 Hi friends!

I'm back with another card creation from the Altenew Academy

AECP ~ Easy Die Cutting Techniques!

For my card today, I'll share how and which Altenew products I used,

and what stood out for me the most with this class technique.

This card is so vibrant and zesty and cheerful!

The class is taught by the amazing Yana Smakula

and she highlights several techniques using die cuts.

The Moroccan Lattice Cover Die is stunning as a background to a card

but on this card, I used the die cut as a stencil - two ways!

 I started this card with the Zesty Life complete bundle 

stamp/die/stencil set from Altenew.

The layering stencils make this such a fun and effortless process!

The images are stamped with Altenew Permanent Black Ink

and die cut with the Zesty Life outline dies

and I did all my ink blending for the stencils with the Stamp Wheel.

The kraft cardstock was run through the die cut machine 

to give a base layer piece.  

Using the Stamp Wheel, I lined it up on top of white cardstock

and blended ink directly through the paper 'die cut' stencil.

I used a heavy hand to get a bolder look

but with the leftover ink only in the brush, 

I made a second background with another cardstock base.

Once it was stenciled, I splattered the bolder one with white paint

for a little extra drama!

One thing that stood out for me in the class is arrangement.

Sometimes foe me, it's an instant feel 

and other times it's trial and error, much like this card. 

 I second guessed where and how to put the 

lemons several times - and then it was the sentiment!

Finally, it mostly made sense and I love that Yana reminds us

to keep the 'stencils' ~ you can use them over and over!

Here's a final look at my encouragement card!

Interestingly enough, that's an actual Key Lime tree behind the card,

growing in our yard with fruit abundant!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy crafting,

Kelly

Halloween - HOP and WIN!

 

Hi friends!

In 91 one more days, it's Halloween!!

You can HOP along with us here by heading to my Instagram!

 Sneak peek!

And here's the prize pack for one lucky winner!

Here's my card!  I used Cutie Batootie clear stamps

 and matching outline dies from Whimsy Stamps.

I've paired it with this spooktacular background paper

from Whimsy Stamps Haunted Graveyards 6 x 6 paper pad.

Crafting made easy and fun with paper made just for a scene!

The cute bat was stamped onto black cardstock and heat embossed

with white embossing powder for the highlights.

Remember to head over to Instagram for the hop!

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Kelly

You're FLAMazing!

 

Hi friends!

Wishing you a FLAM-azing day!

This adorable flamingo from Whimsy Stamps

is so summery ~ and so very Florida!

You can see the Youtube for it here!

Summer's almost over here 

and we're almost back in school, college and taking the last vacations!

In fact, we're off to have one last summer hurrah before

The Kid heads to college.

I used Flamingo Summer clear stamps and outline dies

from Whimsy Stamps.

The background was a quick sunray stencil with watercolors

and the images are colored with prismacolor markers.

And remember to shine today!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

AECP ~ Clean and Simple Boutique Card class

 Hi friends!

Today's card share is a series for the AECP

Altenew Academy Clean and Simple Boutique Cards class

taught by Jennifer Rzasa.

My first takeaway from the class:

Make clean and simple cards that skip instead of walking!

I'm sharing 3 cards from this class

and I'll share with you the stamps, dies and supplies 

that I used for each of the cards.

Clean and simple cards tend to be one layer, minimalistic

but they can still say Va Va Voom with some extra attention to detail!

CARD 1

For this card, I used Altenew crafting essentials clear stamp

and colored it with Altenew alcohol markers.

I stamped the image with permanent black ink

and then stamped out a second stamp set ~ A Splash of Color

and layered the stamps to create a bit of drama!

CARD 2

For the second card, I continued the A Splash of Color stamping

and used a variety of crisp dye inks.

I used the Seashore and Tropical Forest collections

as well as stamping the sentiment with permanent black pigment ink.

And the Altenew Stamp Wheel is a game changer for multiple

stamping with smaller clear stamps that overlap!

CARD 3

For this card, the clean and simple look is layering

and loosely lining the Graphic Brushstrokes clear stamp set.

I stamped directly to the cardstock with a variety of inks

and used the permanent black pigment ink for the sentiment.

Here they are together at a glance!

This class was a wonderful demonstration for me to remember

the clean and simple approach to cards.

I am a layers and dimension girl by nature so it was a nice to 

take a leisurely time watching the demos and videos,

searching through my vast collection of Altenew stamps and deciding 

which ones to showxase for the Clean and Simple Boutique Cards!

Thank you, Jennifer, for a wonderful class and your inspiratiion!

One final glance ↓

Until next time!

Thanks for stopping by today :)

~Kelly

Dancing Dragonflies!

 Hi friends!

Wishing you a wonderful start to your weekend :)

Today, I have a dragonfly card to share with you 

for an Instagram card group that I'm in 

with a theme of Flutterfly.

Honestly, this card had a mind of it's own!

I had another vision for this card design but that vision

saw itself out of the room, LOL!

So .. back up plan it is and we'll just pretend it was meant to be ..

who's gonna know!

*wink!*

AND PEEP THE FRESH KEY LIMES COMING IN FOR THE SEASON!

oH My HaPPy hEArT!

                     For this planned card cheerful card today, 

I used Your Next Stamp Dancing Dragonflies. 

I will miss them in the stamping community!

The little wings are ink blended with 3 different

colors of distress oxides and then hit with a slight paint splatter.

The background (where it went askew!) was ink blended as well

but I had to think of a way to salvage it by using a circle die.

And the gorgeous watercolored flower is from Waffle Flower Crafts.

I've always said dragonflies are my spirit animal.

Although technically it's an insect, in my heart 

i. just. know.

And that's it!

Be your own kind of beautiful <3

Thanks for stopping by :)

~Kelly

Merry CATmas!

 Merry Catmas!

Because there is just something EXTRA about orange cats! 

Having seen this exact scene myself, I can appreciate the humor!

I came around the hallway corner just as my daughter's cat

was nearly at the top of the tree]

and it was falling - like LITERAL Tiiiiiiiim-berrrrr!

I was able to catch the tree before it smashed to the tile,

cat jumped and ran and we only lost a few ornaments!

WOW .. did we ever learn cats and Christmas trees 

are NOT like cookies and milk :)

Today's card is sharing Whimsy Stamps Cat Do Christmas Two

clear stamp set!

This adorable clear stamp set has 3 fun kitties doing cat antic things

along with 4 sentiments.

You can find this card on my Instagram here

as part of my Wednesday card group with a theme of 

Christmas in July.

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

AECP ~ Easy Ink Blending Techniques!

Hi friends!

I hope you are having a beautiful weekend!

Today I'm sharing a card from the Altenew classes

AECP - 

This class has a focus on using and understanding the Altenew 

alcohol markers as a medium and it's taught by Amy Lee.

Blending with markers showcases really well with florals

and one highlight she mentions is dark to light gives depth to 

what you're coloring as well as a shadow effect.

CARD #1

I used Bountiful Bouquet which is a very large stamp set

and so versatile - as you can see from my 3 samples here!

The markers give a great way to add detail that isn't there as well.

I noticed a few spaces that needed a little emphasis

but rather than reach for a black fineliner to draw in the lines,

I let the markers do the magic!

CARD #2

I loved this card and techique that I created 2 more

(perfect for the Get Well hop on Instagram for 3 way cardmaking!)

For this one, I added splatters of white acrylic paint

for a little more character as well as splatter in the background

in the matching ink color to the markers.

CARD #3

For this card, I took the same floral stamp

and used a paper trimmer to cut it almost right down the middle. 

Side by side, these cards are a mirror image.

These will be perfect for a Get Well, Get Better, Thinking of You theme!

Happy to be a:

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly