Stamp What?! - Haunting We Will Go!

 

       

Hello friends

and Happy Friday!

This week(end), I'm playing catch up on all the cards I've missed earlier this 

month, including this super fun Halloween card for Stamp What?!

Stamp What?! was a challenge created by my sweet son when we chatted once 

about my "Old Dusties" - Wooden Stampin' Up! stamps from the way back days!

You can read how it started here :)

As always, I love to ask him how he chose a stamp and he said:

"this one looked fun and let's be honest, 

this is the only Trick Or Treating we'll see this year."

He's probably not wrong!

September's choice is A Haunting We Will Go and it's circa 1998!

My card is a continuation of Sept-paper and I'm going back to basics

and using up as much dsp from the 6 x 6 mat pads as I can.

I've updated it by using die cuts from recent release and updated papers.

Here's a look at the inside:

Barb and Jeanette have joined me this year on this journey

and you can see their cards on their blogs!

Here's a final look ....

I'm excited to see what my son pulls for next month!

But it will have to wait ...

I'm currently working on my granddaughter's birthday invitations.

I can't believe Alice is about to turn 2!

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings :)
~Kelly

I'll enter my card for consideration to:  Cut It Up!

Craft Rocket Challenge - Kids!

Moving along with the times - Create a Scene

CCEE2038 ~ Shake Month!

 

Hi friends!

The CCEE Stampers are shaking things up this week!! 

Frances continues as our hostess this month and her challenge is:

Apparently September is "Shake Month" which is a day to celebrate all things Milkshakes! 

If a milkshake is involved, you won't have to tell me twice!  Hee hee!

Here's my card, which is a CASE of my OWN card :)

I absolutely LOVED the shaker cards that I made for Spring Card camp

and for this one, added chunky silver glitter.

I'll be back later to get a better photograph of this!

I finished it so late, it was already super dark.

Meanwhile, head to the CCEE Stampers blog to see all the DT cards

and find the Mr. Linky to add your shake or shaker cards, too!

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings :)

~Kelly

RSG: Working Parents Day!

Hi friends :)

I'm back with another Ready, Set, Go challenge card

 which are once-a-month card challenges with my friends, Barb and Jeanette.

The challenges are designed to be a little harder than most

and a bit more extreme!

This month it's pretty easy:  Celebrate Working Parents Day.

As the hostess this month, Barb said:

Our September posting date is September 16 and that day is holiday called 

“Working Parents Day”!  We have honored our parents in the past in a few different challenges and I want to do it again.  Think of your parents and the work that they did in their lives.  You can honor your mom or dad or both--your choice.

  It can be an actual “job” that they had or showcase them working in another fashion.

  Please make a card that highlights your working parents!  Ready?  Set. Go!

I am chosing to honor my Father and his career in the military :)

My dad was in the Air Force and retired after 28 years.

I had the best childhood, moving from country to country

and having one adventure after another at each new Air Force base!

My image is from Mo's Digital Pencil and one of few digital stamps I've purchased.

I have a photograph just like this with him and I somewhere at my mom's house.

I colored the soldier to resemble BDUs, 

which I saw my dad in many times and it brings back wonderful memories!

I added the Miss You sentiment from Simon Says Stamp

because although he's passed away, he's always with me :)

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

And here's a final look ~ not the best photography but I do love my card :)

I'm about 3 cards behind in our card groups

so I'll have to double time it to get things done.

I've been on the struggle bus for a couple of weeks now

but trying (hard) to stay in the game nonetheless.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings :)
~Kelly

DDD: The Roaring 20's!

 

Hello again!

This is my 2nd post for today -  and I'm up on the blog at The Project Bin today.  To see my card, please go here :)

Todays is the day we post our cards for the Dueling Darlings ~

the very same group that just celebrated 10 years of cardmaking together!

How it works:  2 hostesses come up with ONE theme

and the 2 teams get TWO different card kits!

 Our hostesses this month are the fabulous Canadian duo: Beth and Heather

and they have a terrific theme of The Roaring 20's!

I LOVE THIS THEME!

My daughter is a HUGE fan of the 20's and was in the production of Chicago and my son was cast as Nicely Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls in Middle School :)

 In my kit, I had a choice of several images (thanks, Heather!)

and will use ALL of them in the future!

Our kit also included this beautiful dsp and images from CC Designs

and my card today was colored with prismacolor markers.  And as part of my

Sept-paper, I used a couple sheets of the DSP to highlight the flapper girl and chose teals and blue based on the pretty ribbon!

Here is my card front: 

And a quick peek at the inside:

Thank you, Heather and Beth for the fun kit and theme!

To see the rest of the card created by the group,

I invited you to head to Splitcoaststampers and see the Dueling Darlings!

I'm behind in about 3 more cards so you'll be seeing those - soon!

Life is full throttle here and papercrafting has had to take second fiddle ...

imagine that?!

Big hugs, bigger blessings :)

~Kelly

The Project Bin: I love Fall!

 Hi friends!

I have 2 posts today ~ This one for The Project Bin

and next up, The Dueling Darlings Diva card.

For today's post at The Project Bin blog, I've created 2 cards using super fun

fall themed paper as part of my Sept-paper installment!

I have tons and tons of designer paper although last year,

 I purged/donated 3/4 of it.

And yet, I still have many MANY 6 x 6 mat stacks to use!

So ... September became Sept-paper!

I love the look of different layers of fun papers 

and did some angle layering here. 

On this card, the image is from New Leaf, 

and if you look through the gallery at TPB, you'll see I've used this many times :)

I stamped the images in Lawn Fawn walnut ink

and popped some enamel dots on them, using all ends of the sheets of dsp.

For the next card, I used the small trims off the sides to create a second

quick thank you card.

The 'thanks' stamp (also in Lawn Fawn walnut ink) is from Autumn's Calling,

another favorite of mine!

Here are both together:

You can find both stamp sets in the shop!

These are both available for purchase here!

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings :)
~Kelly

CCEE2037: Slimline ~ Happy Birthday to my son!

 

Hi friends!

Today is my son's 16th Birthday!

I am just in awe of this most amazing kid ~

 growing up to be such an amazing young man.

He just embraces goodness and kindess in the world

and is always laughing and smiling :)

I'm So So SO blessed to be his mama!

The CCEE Stampers challenge this week is the ever-so-popular slim line cards!

Frances is our September hostess and she's chosen this week's challenge.

This is one of the cards I made for my son's birthday

using the collaboration stamp of Lawn Fawn and Ellen Hutson.

It was perfect since he's a Boy Scout and camping is his jam!

This was SO MUCH fun to create. 

I've created a YouTube Video where you can see this card put together :)

My channel: 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNWwjD_YMf0&t=16s

And here's one last look:

You can link up your cards and see all of the DT slimline cards

here on the CCEE Stampers blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings :)
~Kelly

Card entered to:  Word Art Wednesday #456

3M: Here for you, rain or shine!

 

Hi friends!

Today I'm sharing a card for the 3M card group ~ 

3M = mystery image sent each month and we never know what it will be!

We take turns sending an image to each other

and this month is Umbrella Swissie by CC Designs from Jeanette.

I actually colored this little cutie to look like my granddaughter, Alice!

She's almost 2 years old and LOVES to splash in the puddles :)

For my card, I wanted to try something a little out of the box.

After seeing my card, I think I should have left it IN the box - LOL!

I watched the VERY talented Lydia on Facebook who does countless

wonderful techniques and card making tips and tricks.

She created clouds last week in her online class that have me like *heart eyes!*

(Here is the link to this technique on her YouTube)

First, here is my finished card: 

For this card's background, I created a card with a Nouveau Retiform,

which is basically masking off portions of the cardstock for inking

 and then stamping over the top area.

It's a bit of a labor of love and needing the right tools!

Since I didn't have the right stencil for the job,  and I was eager to try this,

I did the next best thing:  I created it!

Using an insert of cardboard, I layered rectangle dies in a pattern,

die cut them out, and made a stencil to use for ink blending.

Once that was done, I stamped onto the ink blocks

using a sentiment quote from John Keats)

This was pretty messy and a fun technique to try 

and I'll definitely revisit it with some proper tools and planning!

I am sure Barb and Jeanete will have made much much pretty cards

using the sweet CC Designs umbrella girl!  

I'm sorry this post was soooooo long!

I hope you enjoyed it somehow in the process of making and creating :)

Thanks for stopping by ~ I appreciate it!

Big hugs, bigger blessings :)

~Kelly

Prost!

 

Guten Tag, Freunde!

Today's card makes me all kinds of happy!!

I've traveled extensively as a child and young adult

with our military family

and one of my favorite Air Force bases of all times 

wasn't actually a base at all ~

it was a small satellite area 40 minutes from town

and our 'base' was actually a small German village!

Oh how I miss it!

This stamp set is from Waffle Flower and I've colored it

and die cut with the matching dies to create a little scene.

The background is Neenah Solar White and I've used the MFT cloud stencil

to create a few light clouds in the background.

This is a super awesome stamp set that I plan to use 

over and over again :)

Thanks for stopping by!

   Tschüss!

~Kelly

Card entered to:  Simon Says Monday Challenge - Favorite Stamp

Die Cut Divas - Favorite Holiday- Oktoberfest!

Stamping Sensations - The Great Outdoors

Crafters of Faith: Fruit!

Hi friends! 

Today's card is for the Crafters of Faith

card group where we create a cards 

based on a theme and bible scripture :) 

 Our hostess this month is Dawn and this is her theme:

 September 2020: Hostess/Dawn

Scripture: John 15:1-8 KJV As it is the fall and a time of harvest, 

consider the fruits you have grown this year through your thoughts,

 words and actions.

Challenge: Show case fruit on your card!

This was a very thought provoking theme for me

and I'm still thinking over fully.

But, like for most of you as well, 2020 has been choas!

I think it's so essential to take mental health time for whatever

makes you happy and brings you joy in the midst of this time :)

Here's my card using apples (masked) from The Alley Way Stamps

and a sweet sentiment from My Favorite Things.

Thanks for stopping by and peeking at my card!

Big hugs, bigger blessings :)

~Kelly

Watercolor flowers!

 

Hi friends!

Happy Weekend!

Today's card is from Watercolor Wednesday

and we used the 'wet on wet' technique.

This was my first attempt with this stamp set and this particular medium

and I challenged myself to give it a try!

Splitcoaststampers showcased Debby Hughes last week

and her absolutely enchanting watercoloring!

Her videos are a great source of inspiraiton,

 including the wet on wet painting.

I used a rubber stamp from Taylored Expressions called Beautiful Blossoms

and used the Altenew watercolor brushmarkers 

I painted a base layer with the brushmarkers on Canson #140 paper,

dried it with a heat tool, then restamped the flower with wet paint.

I repeated this several times to get a solid image.

The sentiment is one that I had in my leftover pile ~

but I like the way it looks.   It has a nice contrast :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings :)

~Kelly

Magical Dragons Cloud Stencil!

Hi friends - it's the weekend!

WOOHOO!

We made it through a CRAZY first week of online school, 

unbearable heat here in Miami

and one. crazy. week. of. stamping!

I have ADORED being a challenge hostess this year

as part of the Splitcoaststampers Dare To Get Dirty -

a wonderful time for the Fan Club members to create cards,

interact with the hostesses and sometimes, just maybe, 

step outside our comfort zones to create!

For today's card, the hostess asked us to create blue skies.

My card is simple (as many of the DTGD cards are!)

and I used the new Cloud Edger stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

This stencil is SOOOOO popular!

I first spied this here on Dina's blog - 

I think EVERYONE bought it after seeing these!

*SWOON!*

I've paired it with Magical Dragons from My Favorite Things

and stamped right onto the dsp.

That's all for this post!

Thanks for stopping by!  

Big hugs, bigger blessings :)

~Kelly

CCEE2036: Masculine Cards

Hi friends! 

There's a new challenge at the CCEE Stampers - masculine cards!

This week I've made quite a few ~ 

 in fact, cards for my son!

 My son's birthday is next week and we LOVE celebrating our boy!

He's turning 16 and I just can't believe it.  

I blinked and he grew up :)

I threw this card together so I could get it in the mail.

 A very good friend of mine was having a card drive for her little guy.

He's missing T-ball and kid's soccer 

and you can't go wrong with Charlie Brown!

You can see all the cards from the DT here on the blog,

as well as link up your masculine cards, too!

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings :)

~Kelly

One Plus Twelve - September!

 

Hi friends!

Today's card is for my One Plus Twelve personal card challenge 

where I take a stamped image

 - and just one image - 

and create a card with it all year long.

The one = the stamp I've chosen
The twelve = the twelve months in the year.

I'm posting a day early since tomorrow I have a DT post scheduled ~

better to be early rather than late! :)

This is my 2nd year doing this challenge and it's great fun!  

 Today's card is sorta reminiscent of my card back in March of this year.

I'm using the same HELLO die set, only this time using vellum,

and the same matching Well, Hello stamp set ~ both from MFT Stamps.

My card is intentionally monotone as I'm using teal,

including ink from Altenew in Lagoon!

My friends Barb and Jeanette have joined me

 in this card challenge again this year

and you'll be able to see their cards on their blogs tomorrow!

                            And I'm still needing to post my July card!

It's been a CRAZY busy week and I haven't been able to go through files yet :) 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!

~Kelly

TPB: Winter Tree Farm!

 Hi friends!

We're home!

It was an absolutely magical getaway and so relaxing, so fun,

and just SO needed!

School also started yesterday (online) so it's going to be a crazy, busy week!

It's my turn to post at The Project Bin blog this week.

 I finally got my hot little hands on the new Mid Century Christmas!

Denise's newest holiday set is just adorable.

I've created a slimline winter scene resembling a winter Christmas tree farm

with the winter snow and trees with freshly fallen snow!

I created this card by using Ranger Ink Speckled Egg distress oxide ink

and blending it into Neenah Solar white cardstock.

Once it was dry, I spritzed water to create droplets in the ink to resemble snow.

I repeated the process with the Christmas trees - stamping them directly

with ink and then spritzing them with white, thinned paint

and using the matching die to die-cut the trees.

Finally, I heat embossed the sentiment with versamark and embossing powder.

The slimline die is from Lawn Fawn.

Here's the stamp set in the shop: 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

 Big hugs, bigger blessings :)

~Kelly