World Creativity Day!

Hi friends!

It's my last challenge as the May hostess at the CCEE Stampers blog ~

it was a fun month bringing creative challenges to the table!

Saturday is World Creativity Day and I thought it's

a fantastic day to embrace your own creativity, 

as well as support each other in the paper crafting community. 

 The challenge: create a card using YOUR favorite card making technique ~

 the sky is the limit! 

 Just have fun and get creative!

For my favorite creative technique, I went with watercoloring 
I. am. obssessed!
I started with a base of Canson cold pressed watercolor paper
and basic watercolor pans, painting a gradient rainbow.
After I heat embossed dried it, I ran it through the Gemini Jr with
my Simon Says Stamps ring frame circle die and used the circular inserts.
I ran it through the GJ again using black cardstock and used the outline
and glued each of the circles back in a random fashion.

The card base is Neenah Solar White cardstock
and I've added a fun sentiment from Taylored Expressions simple strips
with new to me Taylored Expressions white embossing powder.
I placed an order recently and added it on to give it a try - I love it!

Thanks for stopping by today!
Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly

entering my card to:  SSS challenge - going around in circles

You have my GNOME heart ♥

 Hiya friends!

I have a simple CAS card creared for today's color challenge

at Splitcoaststampers.

Well ~ I was actually just super happy to finally play with some GNOMES!

 Not just any gnomes ~ the new fun stamps and dies from Birdie Brown

at My Favorite Things.

This set is called Hanging with My Gnomies and it's. just. too. cute!

 I've paired it with a peek-a-boo heart die and the MFT stitched wonky die.

 I've also stamped the inside ~ which I normally do and just don't show it :)

I kept it plain and uncolored - a trick I learned -and loved - years ago

from my Design Team days with Frances Byrne!

The "sun really needs to come out tomorrow!"

It's been raining here torentially 

and our town even had a 2 am tornado!

In Miami!

We huddled in the bathroom and hall until about 3 am

and it was just absolutely crazy!

Praying you are all safe and well!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

TPB: Midnight Ride

Hi friends!

Today's a busy blog day as I have 3 posts scheduled -

good thing I have a motorcyle for some quick zipping around!

Just. Kidding.

You won't catch me on one!

But my husband rode a Honda all through High School

and bought a Harley-Davidson when our son was born.

Oh that was his pride and joy!

He rode it only on the weekends, mostly with his brother riding his own ~

from around town to the Poker Run in Key West to bike week in Sturgis

 and a weekend trip to Georgia,

they put some miles in!

 Which is why I think the Wild Thing stamp and die set from The Project Bin

is perfect for making Father's Day cards!

I've paired the motorcycle with a background from a forest

and call this one a midnight ride.

I previously stenciled the background with a birch tree stencil

and distress inks and life changing brushes from PFS.

The sentiment is heat embossed and added to the front panel

and that's from the stamp set Defined.

 You can find this stamp set here in the store

as well as a card gallery filled with beautiful samples.

Just click on any stamp set!

 

We also have wonderful PDF files for your inspiration

and creative and innovative ways to make some cards!

Thanks for peeking at my Midnight Ride :)

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

Card entered to:  Artsystamper Digi
The Paper Girls challenge -  For The Boys

Eyeballs and Olives - Day 12!

Hi friends!

Today is Memorial Day and soon,

my son and I will head to the V.A. Cemetary

to place flags on the graves of those that served in the Armed Forces.

It's always an sight to look back at the rows upon rows of flags ~

memorable indeed!

 

Today's cards are from Day 12 at Spring Online Card Camp

with the hilarious Laura-Fadora!

Speaking of funny,  my son saw my pile of shapes and asked me

"why did you make so many eyeballs and olives?!"

:)

 While that wasn't what I was going for, now I can't unsee it ~ ROFL!

This class was a lot of beautiful geometric shapes for our cards ~

something I don't own a lot of in smaller sets,

so I thought outside the box.

My cards are triple layers of shapes - one circles and one wonky rectangles.

For the first card, I used the wonky rounded rectangle dies

and since this is heading to my sister-in-law, who served 12 years in the Army,

I chose red, white and blue as the colors.

For the second card, I went with a few of the layered circles
(the eyeballs and olives, hee hee!)
and created a floral/color wheel pattern.
I still have so many left over, I'll definitely try this again :)

 

                                                  Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly 

 Card entered to:  Word Art Wednesday - AG
Simon Says Stamp - circles 

Anti-coloring ~ Day 11

Hi friends!

Just a quick post today 

to share my camp cards from the Spring online card camp 2!

 This class was about anti coloring -

or not coloring an image as a focal point.

I adore coloring so this class was actually a bit of a stretch for me

but they can't all be a favorite :)

 I used stamps from The Greenhouse Society 

from Technique Tuesday  ~ a monthly stamp program.

These flowers were from their last year's release 

 so they were perfect to not color just for this class.

 Here's the  one I made for class

and as per my goals with crafty friends, I'm making 2 of each!

 And done!

Thanks for stopping by!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥
~Kelly

RSG: 3 of 3's ~ Hap-PEA Birthday!

 Hi friends!

Hap-pea Friday!

It's the weekend ~ I think! :)

All the days kinda blur together these days ~

but I am sure I'm not alone in that feeling!

Today's card is for the RSG 'extreme' challenge card group

where Barb, Jeanette and I take turns proposing a challenge

that's a little harder and more complex than the average challenge.

This month - it was my turn! 

This was my challenge:

 Ready -   There are 3 of us so pick your 3rd year of blogging, 3 month, 3 card.

Set -  You’re going to recreate that card to with the added twist of the numbers you chose.   I realize we have purged through the years -

 in fact, mine was a digital stamp and the company is long gone. 

The added twist was a number selected and we had to include that somehow on the card:

GO! - I had random number generator chose and got #402,

so I have to use 4 of something and 2 of something else!

 Here is my original card ~ which makes me smile!

I had that digital stamp commissioned and bought it for our group,

and it was sold only to me as it represented the 5 members in the card group.

The company is now long gone but it's a nice memory!

 And here is my current recreation!

I'm not alltogether happy with it ~

I think my mojo is floundering a little bit 

because our house if full of people working from home

and my year and a half old grandaughter, Alice, is quite the playful distraction!

 

 What I've modernized is using a (non-digi) stamp and die set 

from Lawn Fawn called Be Hap-Pea.

 Such a fun and fresh stamp set!

I now, looking back at my card, wish I had not gone with all green ~

but it is what is it!

My 4:  4 peas in the pod, 4 different copic markers

My 2:  2 different Distress Inks, blended for the background.

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

I hope this card in some way inspires you, too!

Just grab an idea and use it as a springboard to create

or spin off for making a card or two :)

Thanks for stopping by!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

CCEE2021 ~ Mother MAY I?

 Hi friends!
I'm back with a card for the latest challenge at the CCEE Stampers 
and I'm picking the challenges for this month.

Since we are in the month of May, I thought a play on words would be fun!

Mother MAY I?  

Challenge:  Create a card based on the popular children’s game 

or feature children playing or create a card for a child.

My card is based on the popular game "Go Fish!"

 

For the fun part ....

everything on my card is something that was laying on my desk ~

leftovers!

I had a watercolor panel from camp,

a cut out, front card panel from an igloo (flipped upside down for a fish bowl) 

and an uncolored image from my intention to use it

 for The Daily Marker (and didn't!) 

 The nod to Go Fish is using a goldfish ~

this stamp is from The Greeting Farm's Down By The Pond.

I've colored it with prismacolor markers

and added some floral sequins from Taylored Expressions

that reminded me of the colorful rocks you see at the bottom of fish bowls!

The sentiment is from My Favorite Things

and embossed with Ranger white embossing powder.

AND!!!
This is my card for Spring Online Card class with Kristina Werner
to create a simple shaker card!

You can see all the cards over on the DT blog at CCEE Stampers.

 You can link up your cards with the LINKY button.

If you share to an online gallery and Splitcoaststampers, use the keyword CCEE2020 ~ 

 we look forward to your cards!

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

Smiling for dip dye ~ Day 8!

Hi friends!

 It's Friday night and officially the weekend!

It's pouring rain here in Miami, Florida

and has been for 3 days in a row with more in the forecast.

Which might be a good thing since I'm not going anywhere ~

 I'd rather it rain while I'm indoors anyway :)

Today I'm sharing Day 8 of the Spring online card camp ~

so the 8th class card and it's taught once again by Kristina Werner.

 Since this is my 2nd camp, it's really the 28th card 

and can. we. just. say .........

this was hard!

Fun. but challenging!

For this class, we did faux dip dye and I used my Kuretake Gansai Tambi

watercolors, including mixing a few of the colors together to get 

exactly the colors I wanted.

Kristina mentioned in the class that her panels took about 1.5 hours -

mine took 4 hours!

Thankfully, the rain stopped just long enough yesterday to get a couple of pictures ~
here is one of the two cards.

 As per each class, I'm making 2 cards -

and I even made a 3rd one one, slightly different,

which I absolutely love!

I'll be posting that later on in the week ♥

I'm off to lay down and get some much needed rest and relief ~

wishing you a great start to your weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

DDD: Bargain Hunters!

Hi friends!

It's the 15th of the month

and that means another duel between the Divas and the Dazzlers.

In a few months, the DDD card group will be 10 years old! ♥

 

Each month, there are 2 hostesses for each team with just one theme ~

and this month, it's Jeanette and I.

We came up with a theme of bargain hunters since we both like

thrift stores and shopping for bargains ♥

For my kit, I went with a "Hey Gnomie!" stamp and die.

I decided on this theme when I saw the Pink and Main huge clearance sale

as gnomes are e.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e! 

I sent the divas a kit with stamped images and cut out ones to chose from.

I also included matching gnome designer paper from Photo Play

(clearance sale at Scrapbook.com) and  

mushroom ribbon and gnome brads from the clearance section at Eyelet Outlet.

So let's get started with my card!

I used the fun gnome designer paper for the top

and a striped for the bottom and seperated it with twine.

I decided not to use the gnome ribbon or brads - that will be another card later :)

And here's the inside ↓

And that's it for my huntin' bargains this month!

You can see the divas and the dazzlers cards 

at Splitcoaststampers in our card group called the Dueling Darlings!

There are too many blogs to list 

so be sure to check the gallery :)

Thanks for stopping by!
Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly

CCEE2020 and Day 7 ~ All about balloons!

Hi friends!

 

*I'll have to edit these photos later when I have natural light -
I was unable to sit or stand and just had to wing it late tonight!

I'm continuing as the hostess for the month of May with challenges

at the CCEE Stampers challenge blog.

With 3 asthmatics in our home, we take note that

May is Asthma Awareness Month.  

So let’s bring the awareness to 339.4 million people  worldwide 

affected by asthma by creating a card where you need to use your lungs! 

 Think blowing up a balloon, blowing out birthday candles,

 a dandelion, a whistle, etc.

 I chose:  Balloons!

 Since I am moving and shaking with the Spring Online Card Camp,

I decided to use a balloon image for class #7 and combine the 2 requirements.

It was taught by Caly Person and she had techniques on using 

vellum and framed overlays.

I created one card for the class and 1 as per my personal goal

with my IG friends to do 2 or more ♥

Some are doing 4 - even 6!  

My. hat. is. off!

Card #1 for the CCEE Stampers ↓

I've used the MFT Stamps Balloon dienamic ~ isn't it cute!

 

Card #2 - for class ↓

Same MFT Stamps balloon dienamic, different look.

Here are both together:

We'd love for you to play along this week with 

Asthma Awareness Month!

You can link up your cards below with the LINKY button.

If you share to an online gallery and Splitcoaststampers, use the keyword CCEE2020

and we look forward to seeing your cards :)

Thanks for stopping by today!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

Hot Mess Success ~ Sending Smiles!

 Hi friends!

It's time for another "Hot Mess" card. 

where I create a card once a month using a messy technique.

So how messy did I get this month?

The mess went for miles and miles, LOL!

 

 

 I LOVE this technique to cardmaking!
I spotted a challenge on Splitcoaststampers months ago

and quickly created a card to match the sister version :) 

I'm basically casing my own card!

How is it messy?'

It's a tape technique!

It basically needs masking tape or painters tape 

and you put it directly onto the cardstock.

I chose 3 distress inks and rubbed them directly onto the tape ~

press the painters tape.

Color may very so you can always go over it with a second coat :)

The sending smiles sentiment is stamped in Momento

and I added a sentiment from Paper Smooches.

 

When you peel the painters tape back, make sure you roll it into a ball

and then toss it.

Otherwise the ink transfer is pretty dominant ~

ask me how I know :)

Barb is the group leader and asked me to join her this year

as well as these lovely ladies:

 

Barb's card is here,

Jeanette's card is here and

Terry cards is here!

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly