Thanks for 'sticking' by me!

Hi friends!

I'm late, I'm late ~

for a very important date!

The 3M card group posting date was s'posed to be on the 9th of the month

but there were too many sticks to fetch,

too many holes to dig in the backyard, 

and too many shoes to chew!

But!

Thanks for stickin' by me!

I love dogs so very much 

and we are blessed to have two!

Buddy and Buster ~ Jack Russell Terriers, already old men at ages 11 and 10.

Buddy is our JRT that's white with lemon colored spots and is my shadow.

My sweet boy follows me all through the house and has to be right next to me ~

but I don't mind one. single. bit!

Back to my card ~ this month, the image showcased is Newton's Nook Designs

and it's called Puppy Pals.

I'm only 1/3 of the 3 Musketeers and

 Barb and Jeanette have already posted their 3M cards on their blogs.

The sentiment inside of my card ~ thanks for sticking by me!

I spent most of the evening making a ton of cards ~

some upcoming design team cards and one set of cards for a friend,

one set just goofin' off and experimenting and playing around with inks, etc.

Fun times!

Thanks so much for stopping by ~

Have a pawsome Saturday!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!

~Kelly

I'll enter this card to: Allsorts Challenge - Pets

Simon Says Stamps - Summer fun
As you like it - favorites

CCEE2025: Youth Day!

Hi friends!

Today there is a new challenge at the CCEE Stampers blog ~

celebrating Youth Day.

Vicky is our hostess for the month of June and says:

Today, let's make a card for a kid of any age!

  We all have little kids in our life, but we also have those "big" kids who never seem to age (or grow up!) 

 Your choice, a young person....or a person who never ages!

Such a fun challenge, Vicky!

I made a card for a young-at-heart kid :)

I loved the sweet release that Taylored Expressions had last month ~

adorable little critters and an adorable tree with a matching die.

I planned to order the swinging by and saw a bundle for all 4

 and the rest was history :)

I adore animal stamps so this set was an absolute must :)

I've made this fun card by stamping/die cutting the tree

and painted it with the Altenew watercolor markers.

The colors are so rich and vibrant and I had fun painting this.

The rest of the card was created with a sky stencil and distress inks

and the little fox was colored with copic sketch markers.

Please be sure to see what the CCEE Stampers created this week

by heading over to the blog!

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings,

Kelly

Adding to these challenges:  Little Red Wagon ~ animals
simon says stamp - summer fun

Watercolor Wednesday!

Hi friends!

It in indeed watercolor Wednesday ~

although it started on Tuesday!

My new Altenew watercolor brush markers arrived

and I. Am. In. Love!

I was doing some simple coloring in the Color and Connect Zoom class

and afterwards, continued on my own with a smorgasboard of watercoloring.

I ended up spending hours painting and playing … and comparing.

More on that later! :)

I had the Altenew markers, Karin markers and Zig clean color markers to start

and just had fun - no rules applied and messes were allowed *wink!*

This is the card I used with the Karin markers ~

this time, using a water and brush and moving the paint around before it dried.

The rose stamp is from Paper Smooches and it's called So Lovely.

After painting a base layer on the flower, I heat set the color and water

and continued the sequence until I had a little depth and dimension.

Once it was done, I added splatter to the rose with diluted white acrylic paint

and love that the little flicks give it some character.

Because the flower is so vivid and bright, I wanted to tone down the rest of the card and used a grey tone paper and cardstock.

The grey cardstock matched the designer paper (from My Favorite Things)

and the frame is from Whimsy Stamps (had to go check my stash last time!)

The last touch - a sentiment from Taylored Expressions Simple Strips.

I did have to fussy cut the rose, which I'm not super crazy about

so the theme for this:  rustic!

But I do really like this card :)

It's bold and fresh and a bit whimsical and was such fun to create.

I'll be posting a few 'sister' cards soon with the other marker sets ...

stay tuned!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings 

~Kelly

DDD: A Heart Full of Roses!

Hi friends!

Today is a super fun day ~

It's National Prune Day!

And ima just leave that right there, LOL!

Lucky me ...

It's also the day the Dueling Darlings post our cards with a chosen theme.

This month, the two hostesses (Darlene and Judy) chose A Heart Full of Roses.

How pretty is that!

Judy sent the kits for the Divas to work with

 which included a beautiful stamped rose image from Inkadinkado

 and the loveliest designer paper and some embellishments.

The only thing I used that was 'mine' is the cardstock, markers and glue!

I decided to break out the Karin markers and did some light watercoloring.

I have the Altenew watercolors arriving today and I'm super excited!

For this card, I used several of the colors to achieve a similar color

 of the rose on the paper.
I used Cerise, Pale Pink, Amber and Skin 1 from the Karin brushmarker pro.

I do love how the colors are so organic and do their thing like magic

and how beautifully the colors layer.

And here's my finished card!

and the inside - not so fancy but I carried over the dramatic rose paper :)

And that's my card for the June DDD 'duel!'

You can see the group of cards and what the Divas -vs- Dazzlers

have made with this A Heart Full of Roses theme 

at Splitcoaststampers card groups:  Dueling Darlings :)

Thanks for stopping by 

and thank you for a wonderful challenge, Darlene and Judy!

Big hugs, bigger blessings 

~Kelly

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Mission Possible ~ Take 2

Hi friends!

I hope today you're having a marvelous start to Sunday!

And if you look around,

and happen to see my mojo, 

please send it back home!

I'm so absolutely not mojo-vated to make cards right now

and that's NO BUENO!

A busy household can make for a creative slump!

 Today's card is for the Mission Possible challenge,

 a fun cardmaking idea started by my friend, Jeanette.

I'm grateful that she invited me to play along with her in this fabulous idea

making the impossible mission possible!

The idea?

Jeanette buys - or finds -  3 of 'something' quarterly ~ 

and sends that item to Barb, myself (and keeps one for herself!)

Then, the 3 of us create a card based on said mystery item.

This month:  A rubber stamp sentiment!

Here is her super fun Mission Possible challenge:

Good Day, Ms. Card-Maker. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, involves the use of a substance that will be revealed to you upon opening this package. Two team members have been selected to work with you, I am one of them and the other one will be revealed within a reasonable timespan. She is an equally talented card-maker who, like you, will be given the opportunity to accept or decline this mission. Should you choose to accept the mission, you have a month to complete it, in which case at some point within the next month you will create a card using the enclosed substance on it and post it somewhere in a public forum (blog, gallery, FB, Instagram, or such). The theme of the card can be any of your choosing; the only requirement is that the substance be used in some way. Should you or any of the other two team members get caught with the substance on your fingers or clothing, laughter is sure to ensue. And Ms. Card-Maker, those laughing will disavow any responsibility for their laughter.

This message will not self-destruct in five seconds, since I have no ability to do that and besides, you might need to refer to it again at some point.

She sent us this sweet sentiment stamp from Whipper Snapper.

I paired it with a stamp from Simon Says Stamp 

which I stamped and colored with prismacolor markers.

Once it was done, I nestled it behind the frame and added purple papers.

This sentiment is so very sweet.

I love that Jeanette thought of us when she purchased ot

and even more generous to send it!

Thanks, Jeanette!

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

And here's a sweet reminder for all!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!

~Kelly

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Hot Mess Success ~ Dust Bunnies!

Hi friends!

I'm getting a late start to my day ~

but here with a great big mess!

It's been that kind of week so it's fitting :)

Today's card is for the Hot Mess = Success card group

where we make messes!

Although I'm not a messy person by nature,

 it's fun with cards because it really gets the creative process going.

And it's no secret that I ADORE watercoloring!

So this month's mess …. inks, water, paper and a brush!

My card really does look like a hot mess!  

I placed an order with Whipper Snapper stamps  awhile back

and added a few cuties to my cart

along with a TON of fun sentiments, like this one!

They are very affordable and easy to mix and match

so I thought it was time to stamp and play with Curious Bunny.

The messy part?

inks and water!

I have an intentionally pink bunny ~ I was going for a cartoon-y look.

I stamped the image in Stazon and added the sentiment first,

and then used several distress inks cubes to my pallet.

For the bunny, I mixed Worn Lipstick and Spun Sugar on the palette,

dipped my brush soaked in water into the mixture and painted.

I did the same for the sky (Speckled Egg) and the grass (Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn, mixed) for vibrant colors.

I did have a little bit of seapage ~ compliments of rushing 

and not using my heat gun in between colors

so I'm calling this one an "it is what it is" card!

mmmmm k!

My friends in the Hot Mess Success made cards, too

and you can see Barb's card, Jeanette's card, and Terry's card on their blogs.

I have a FABULOUS idea in mind for next month ...

I'm just hoping I can find the products and make it happen!

Sometimes I see things in my head

and bringing them to fruition is a whole 'nother thing!

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings :)

~Kelly

CCEE2024 AND Stamp What?! ~ Happy Father's Day!

Hi friends!

Today's post is pulling 'double duty' as I have just not had any free time

to make any cards except for a few minutes today!

Talk about a mad dash to the plate! :)

There's a new challenge at the CCEE Stampers with our sweet Vicki ~

make a Father's Day card.

The CCEE Stampers have made wonderful masculine cards this week and you can see them on the blog.

Yesterday was also the day for the Stamp What?! card challenge

to use an 'Old Dusty' stamp set from Stampin' up.

My son is the one who choses for me completely at random ~

and he's pretty good at looking through them and seeing ones that 'fit the bill.' This month, he chose Take Me Out To The Ballgame from Stampin' Up!

I don't know a single person who is into baseball, LOL,

and neither my husband, Son-in-law (father to my granddaughter), his dad, etc are baseball fans so this masculine Father's Day card

 will go into the church drop off bin :) 

My friends Barb and Jeanette are playing along with me in this card challenge

and you can see their cards on their blogs! 

Here's the stamp set I used:

Thanks for stopping by today ~

Big hugs, bigger blessings!~Kelly

TPB: Don't flip out ....

Hi friends!

Don't flip out ~

I flippin' love you! :)

Hee hee!

I'm back with another card for The Project Bin stamps ~

and do I EVER love pun-ny cards!  

The Project Bin stamps has a super fun set filled with pun

and it's called The Gratest (yes, spelled like that!)

I found a series of kitchen towels at the store before Covid19

and each one is just super cute ~

and I made a card to go along with the towels to share with neighbors :)

I'm kinda stuck in a rut with my card designs ~

seemingly reaching for the same few dies over and over

so I thought I'd switch it up a bit for this card.

I dug and dug some more through my stash of dies

and found several that I don't think I've used - if ever!

No time like the present, they say.

I really like how this frame gives it a wonky look 

and I kept the paper like the towel

and the stamping and embellishments in the same color family. 

 Here is the stamp set in it's entirety ~ super fun!

It's available HERE in the shop at The Project Bin.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings <3 font="">

~Kelly

COF: Take a risk!

Hi friends! 

It's SO wonderful that the Crafters of Faith falls on a Sunday!

The COF is a little card group I started a couple of years ago

with faith-based challenges as a way to share fellowship with crafters ♥

And I promise this is really my card!

I know it looks like something my little granddaughter scribbled :)

We take turns scooping up a month and issuing a challenge for the group 

and this month our challenge is the talented Jeanette!

Her challenge:  

Philippians 4:13 - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me
has long been one of my favorite Bible verses because it reminds me that I can do things in God’s power. I do not need to be fearful. God will equip me. 

For this month’s challenge, I’d like you to think of some paper-crafting technique, fold, or some other thing that you’ve been fearful of trying and let go of the fear and give it a try! 

Okay, so back to the scribble!

I decided to try the scribble stamping and used the my Karin Brushmarkers Pro

again - only this time a little differently!

For the 'scribble stamping'

 (and I may have made that up! I don't know if that's the actual name!)

I added colored on my glass craft mat and spritzed it with barely any water.

That way, the marker mostly stays the same and just wiggles a bit!

This process did take a bit of time ~ I did it in stages to keep colors separate.

I stamped Best Buds from Paper Smooches, one of my FAVORITE flower stamps,

this time on heavyweight cardstock and it held up super well to the water.

And here's the risky part!

I had to trust that flipping the stamped image onto the wet marker 

would land more of less where that part of the image was, providing rich colors.

 I did have to guess a little bit where it would end up!

This process was wildly fun!

Messy ~ but definitely creative play :)

The sentiment didn't get as much attention, I'm afraid!

It happened to be on my desk from a previous stamping session ~

rather than have it go to waste, I added it as a fun banner.

My daughter thought this card was hilariously wrong 

and I'll admit, I'm a little afraid to post it.

I realize it looks like kid's scribble ~ and that's kinda the idea!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings

~Kelly