OTWC Challenge #39

Greetings! 

I am sharing the card I made for the Off the Wall Craftiness Challenge #39 which was to use black, white and silver.  That's a Heidi Swapp damask sticker on the front. 

Here's the inspirational photo for the challenge:

Thanks for stopping by today.  I am on week 2 and day 3 of my P90X!  Bring It!!  -Kelly

Supplies:
Paper:  cardstock from stash, patterned paper from HL
Stamp: Hero Arts
Ink: Stampin Up
Sticker: Heidi Swapp
Butterfly Punch:  MS

Lawnscaping Challenge ONE!

Howdy!  I am sharing my first card of the new year. 

The card will go to one of the teen helpers in our preschool department at church.  I am slowly trying to send each one a card through the year to thank them for their service. 

This card was inspired by the NEW Lawn Fawn challenge blog hosted by Laurel Beard, called Lawnscaping  which will feature various Lawn Fawn stamps.   

The first challenge is a snow theme. 

I stamped the bunny, colored him with pencils, added Stickles to his scarf, glued grey flocking powder to his body and added a pinch of a cotton ball to make his tail. 

The background was stamped with snowflakes . 

Supplies:
Stamps:  Lawn Fawn's "Winter Bunny" and "Frosties"
Papers:  background blue "lime rickey" by BG, white glitter paper from Target, cardstock
Ink: Memento, Distress "Broken China", Brilliance white
Other:  blue Stickles, Studio G flocking powder, cotton ball, glossy accents, Prismacolor pencils

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  -Kelly

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!  It's has been a while since my last post.   I turned 42, celebrated Christmas with the family, and started P90X on Christmas Eve with my husband.  I been worn out from the running/errands and working out, but overall I feel great to get control of my exercise program again.  I injured myself back in October and got completely derailed. 

My husband and I have turned it up!  "Bring it!" as the DVD says...

We have completed the first week.  woohoo!

Anyways, I decided to share a card set I gave for Christmas. 

I posted my original set on Two Peas in a Bucket after being inspired by "momzhart's" use of the white damask stickers ( I cannot find her original card). I cut the side off of the sticker and added that piece to the bottom left.   The dots are done by hand with Liquid Pearls.  I added the salmon color for this set of 8 cards. 

Supplies:  Heidi Swapp damask stickers, Liquid Pearls, MS butterfly punch, MM wire for the antennae, EK circle punches, EK scallop circle, Hero Arts "Classic Messages", different black and white patterned paper, cardstock.

I added a butterfly to the back of the envelopes:

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope 2011 brings you many blessings! 

I hope to add scrapbook pages to my blog this year.  I started off as a scrapbooker and then used the scraps to make cards.  I would like to catch up a bit on my family history preservation and hope you enjoy seeing those too.  -Kelly

Paper Variety #14

Greetings. 

Today's card was inspired by Paper Variety's challenge #14 this week.  The cute photo at the bottom of the post is the inspiration.  My card features an Imaginisce dog stamp.  I colored him with pencils and then added liquid pearls to his belly and glossy accents to his nose.  The hat was cut out of some patterned paper I had and I added the liquid pearls to it for texture.  I created the sentiment myself on the computer and printed it on colored paper.  It actually has pop dots behind it.  This challenge is generously sponsored by Cosmo Cricket!  YUM!

Here's the ADORABLE inspiration photo.  I just wanna snuggle that face!

Sorry for the dark photos.  I usually take mine outside but due to over 3 inches of snow on the ground I decided to stay inside, ha ha.  Stay warm! 

Thanks for coming by my blog today!  -Kelly

Supplies:
Paper:  MME, cardstock
Stamp: Imaginisce
Ink: Memento
Tools:  Spellbinder labels Eight, Crop-a-Dile
Misc: brads, string, Glossy Accents, Liquid Pearls by Ranger, pop dots

CCC #35/ Treat Bags 2010

Are you knee deep in holiday projects?  I am nearing the surface, ha ha.

Today I am sharing the treat bags I made this year for DH's coworkers.

I have featured Lawn Fawn's "Winter Bunny" (my theme for this year).

He's on our Christmas card shown HERE. 

I got the kraft bags at Michaels, painted them with white acrylic paint and stamped the snowflakes from Lawn Fawn's "Frosties" set with Brilliance white ink and put a dot of Stickles in the centers and in the snow.  Originally, I was going to adhere torn white paper for the snow or felt, but I saw THIS POST by Nicole Maki where she painted on lunch bags so I decided to do that.  Quick and easy!  I then added the bunny which I had previously stamped, colored, cut out, flocked (scarf) and pearlized (ears and tail).  WHEW!  I sent out about 65 cards and there are 25 treat bags.... and I still have bunnies stamped and colored on a sheet of paper... so I guess I did that bunny about 90 times...

Treat bags inside are filled with homemade buckeyes, turtles and dipped pretzels. 

Tip for painting the bags:  I put a sheet of paper in the sides to keep the sides neater.  I had a couple bags with paint on the back fold and this helped....

Thought this was funny. Drying time!

I am submitting this project to the City Crafter Challenge #35: use Kraft paper. 

This week's challenge is sponsored by Di's Digi Designs. 

Thanks for stopping by the old bloggity today. 

Three inches of snow outside. 

Stay Warm!  -Kelly

Supplies:

Kraft bags, treat bags and ribbon: Michaels

Ink: Memento (bunny), Brilliance (snowflakes)

Stamps: Lawn Fawn's "Frosties" and "Winter Bunny"

Misc: MS flocking powder in ladybug red, liquid pearls, Stickles "crystal", white acrylic paint, colored pencils, blender pen, red marker

Treat Bags

Sharing some treat bags I made last year for DH's coworkers. 

I believe the paper is by My Minds Eye stack. 

It's long gone so I am not sure of the name. 

Got it at Hobby Lobby.

They were inspired by THIS post by Jennifer McGuire. 

She has a video with the instructions!

 Making buckeyes for this year's bags. 

The bags are completely different.  They are ready, just need the treats. 

I'll share them soon! They are VERY cute!

Thanks for looking!  -Kelly

Limelight Papercrafts Sketch 62

Hello! 

Today's card was inspired by Limelight Papercraft's challenge 62 this week. 

The challenge is to use the sketch below with some SPARKLE!    I decided to make a card for my brother's birthday.  He's a New Years Eve baby!  I added glitter to the polka dot patterned paper used for the star and the inside balloon cut from the paper. 

A touch of glitz, but still manly!

Thanks for looking!  -Kelly

Supplies:

Paper: Me and My Big Ideas "Traveler"

Ink: Distress in Spiced Marmalade and Vintage Photo

Stamps: Hero Arts "Classic Messages"

Other: Twine by The Twinery, 1" circle punch, Cricut George (star and 2" circle), chipboard circle, diamond Stickles, generic orange glitter glue