SSS: Matthew's Card

Today I am sharing my little Matthew's card for the Simon Says Stamp Children's Challenge.

Matthew just turned 4 and loves Hotwheels, Trios, and crafty stuff esp. painting and coloring.

Like his brother, he made a card for his cousin's 13th birthday.

He chose an animal from the Create a Critter cartridge.

Can you guess the animal? hee hee hee

He laughed so hard when he added the google eyes! 

I had to pry the Stickles out of his hand. 

He did a great job of squeezing out small amounts though. 

I was a bit nervous when he wanted to add my precious glitter without help... eek!

I didn't realize he signed the card twice. 

He messed up the "w" the first time so I think that is why he rewrote his name... too cute! 

He stamped the balloon on the inside and colored it blue, his favorite color. 

Did you guess the right animal?

It is really a koala, but I think he looks more like this:

Have a great day!

~Kelly

SSS: Alex's card for the Kids Challenge

Today I am sharing Alex's birthday card he made for his cousin.   

He loves to use the "embosser" (oddly did not want to use it for this card) and punch circles.

We are entering it into the Simon Says Stamp: Children's Challenge.

Alex (age 5 1/2) picked the snake image off the Create a Critter cartridge.

I simply cut out the image in white and let him color it. 

He loved adding the Stickles to the red tongue!

He stamped the sentiment and placed it so that it didn't cover up the snake.

I offered google eyes, but he declined.  He liked the orange eyes that he drew:

He stamped the balloon image on the inside and colored it.

Here he is working on his card with cars nearby, of course:

Thanks for looking.  I'll share his little brother's entry next time...

You GOTTA see that one!  hee hee

~Kelly

 

Bunny Cookies

 Happy Easter!

Used the meringue buttercream recipe from Karen's Cookies. 

The dough is a roll out by Pillsbury.

I plan to try Karen's sugar cookies dough next time since this dough spreads so much.

She has GREAT video tutorials on her website too.

This is my second time glazing using her technique. 

Just put a dollop of icing for the tail and added some non pariels. 

Have a great weekend!

~Kelly

B-day chick for a boy!

Hi.

Today I am sharing a card I made for my nephew's birthday.

I think he'll find this one kinda funny.

I stamped and colored the chicks. 

The middle guy has flocking powder and all have some Glossy Accents.

The papers are from Basic Grey's "Cupcake" collection.

I am entering this into a few challenges:

Wee Memories #52: All Things Adorable:  That chick stamp is darling.

Lawnscaping #8: Calling all Critters (my only LF critters are Winter Bunny and the Heebie Jeebies and I just couldn't think of something for them so I decided to showcase the Say Cheese set with this cute chick stamp I've had forever). 

Simon Stays Stamp: Emboss It! : Used the Spots-n-Dots folder on the background


Supplies:
Stamps:  Lawn Fawn "Say Cheese"; All Night Media (balloon); Stamps by Judith (chick)
Ink: Memento
Papers: Basic Grey "Cupcake"
Other: twine, Glossy Accents, "Spots and Dots" Cuttlebug folder, Flocking powder, Stickles

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful Easter weekend!

Many blessings to you!

~Kelly

OTWC #51: Easter Treat Bags

Hi there.  Today I am sharing my little treat bags I made for my Sunday School class.
I am entering this into Off the Wall Craftiness challenge #51: Easter.

I stamped the jar in black and then the jelly beans, doing a little masking.

I colored the jelly beans with Prismacolor Pencils and added Glossy Accents for shine.

There is also a bit of gloss on the jar.

The base toppers are 7" X 6".  Then the colored papers on top are 7" X 3". 

I like to add the colored paper on top of the BACK of the staples to protect hands from the staples.   

I actually made 20.

The poem is from the internet.  I put this part on the back:

A BAG FULL OF JELLY BEANS COLORFUL AND SWEET,

IS A PRAYER, IS A PROMISE, IS A SPECIAL TREAT
MAY THE JOY OF CHRIST'S RESURRECTION
FILL YOUR HEART AND BLESS YOUR LIFE.

Supplies:

Stamps: Close to my Heart "Little Treasures" (thanks Bobbie)

Ink: Memento

Other: Prismacolor Pencils, Glossy Accents, Twine

Thanks for stopping by.
Have a blessed Easter!
~Kelly

SI #216: Military Layout

Today I am sharing a blank layout for my niece's life album. 

She graduates H.S. in May and will then be headed off to boot camp for the Marines. 

This will be the last page of her album.

I used this week's sketch from Sketch Inspirations for the design.

 

Sketch #216 from Sketch Inspirations:

Supplies:
Papers:  HL
Ink: Distress Vintage Photo
Stickers: Recollections and Cosmo Cricket "Tiny Types"
Other: Cricut "Cuttin Up" and EK Binding Edge

Thanks for looking!

~Kelly

eek! Green Monster Cupcakes

OK, these aren't very scary!

For Alex's snack day at kindergarten, I usually make cookies or simple cupcakes with sprinkles, but I found these ADORABLE edible eye balls at Michael's and had to get them. 

Alex wanted me to make the hairy monster cupcakes, but wanted green ones. 

I use the Wilton Buttercream icing with tip # 233

I have been using that recipe for years. Yummy on sugar cookies too!

Here they are:

He said I could skip the mouth:

The blue guy in the back was the inspiration:

Have a great day! 

~Kelly