You Are a Blessing

You are a Blessing. 

Those are powerful words as it means that you have touched someone's life in a special way.  Since I had the lunch bags out from THIS project, I decided to get a head start on some teacher treats for Thanksgiving.  I hadn't planned on giving them something, but half-off Hersey kisses and the lunch bags gave me the inspiration.  And then came the sentiment... I saw it on a Lawn Fawn set and it's been in my mind ever since.  Just such a nice thing to say so I stamped it out with another Lawn Fawn alpha set.  I stamped the leaves and colored them with 4 different watercolor pencils and then blended them with a blender pen.  It is hard to see but one of the leaves on the card and the envelope have glitter on them and the middle one on the card is popped with dimensional foam.  I made three sets (bag, card and envelope) as teacher gifts. 

This project has been submitted to the following challenges:

wee Memories Challenge #29:  Free for All sponsored by Simon Says Stamp

Cupcake Craft Challenge 115: Thank you with autumnal colors sponsored by Some Odd Girl and Simon Says Stamp

Tuesday Throwdown #24: theme of thanks sponsored by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Bunny Zoe's Crafts #5:  Autumnal Love sponsored by Bunny Zoe's Crafts



Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn "Harold's ABCs", Stampin' Up leaf, swirl

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, versamark

Coloring:  watercolor pencils and blending pen

Other: Corner Chomper, glitter

Have a great day and may you be BLESSED today!  -Kelly

Pink, Black and White

Hello.  This little card will be headed to my friend's daughter who turns 5 this weekend.  I figure most girls like PINK so hopefully it will be a hit.  I stamped the white background with the Hero Arts "Friend Definition" stamp.  The design was inspired by Kazan's sketch this week at 2 Sketches 4 You and the color scheme was inspired by Color Cue (see below).

 



















Submitted to Challenges:
2 Sketches 4 You:  sketch #65
wee Memories Challenge #29:  free for all sponsored by Simon Says Stamp
wplus9 Design Studio Color Cue9 : pink, white, black/gray

Supplies:
Inks: Stampin' Up pink and Distress aged mahogany
Stamp: Hero Arts "Friend Definition"
Paper: stash
Embossing:  Cuttlebug with "Swiss Dots" folder
Other: flowers from stash, brad from MM, EK "donut chain: punch

Thanks for looking!  -Kelly

Treat Bags for Church

Hi There.  Thought I'd share some the little bags I made for my preschool class at church.  They were very quick to make. I just dug through my drawer of scraps for the papers and ribbons.  Yarn is a real cheap way to close to top too.  I found the poem online, copied it, and then highlighted certain words.  I threw in a few pumpkin candies to go with the theme. 

Submitted to:

Cupcake Craft Challenge #114:   Sweet Treats with a Twist

Off the Wall Craftiness Challenge #31: black, white and orange colors

Supplies:

Stamp:  Stampin' Up

Inks:  Memento Black, Distress Spiced Marmalade

Other:  papers, ribbons, Stickles, lunch sacks, zip-lock bags, candy

Thanks for stopping by today!  May you smile many times today!  -Kelly

Thank You card for male

Happy Friday!  Today's card is a "thank you" for a male.  It looked very much like a sympathy card after I finished the stamping so a quick trip to HL helped cure that with the addition of the colored papers.  I think this one will be headed to one of the storytellers at church in the preschool department.  The kids love his ventriloquist act with "Arnold" who shares God's messages in such a humorous and entertaining manner. 

The fall colors were inspired by  City Crafter Challenge sponsored by the Pixie Dust Paperie

The overlapping of the trees was inspired by the weave in the Paper Variety challenge week 7 sponsored by Apron Strings Designs. 

Supplies:
Inks:  Stampin' Up in baroque burgundy, old olive, close to cocoa, ruby red, more mustard, and really rust; Distress in vintage photo, antique linen, peeled paint and weathered wood. 
Stamps:  Lawn Fawn "thank you" and tree???? no name and bought about 7 yrs ago...
Other: Stickles in red, Tim Holtz edge distresser

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Have a happy and SAFE Halloween!  -Kelly



OTWC Challenge #30

Happy Monday!  I am sharing a card for the week's Off the Wall Craftiness challenge #30.

Here's the inspiration photo and color scheme.

I am using my dollar tree stamp from Michael's again. 

I added the blue paper for interest. 

Jennifer McGuire (love her!) makes those little banners on her cards all of the time so I added one here with a Hero Arts sentiment from "Classic Messages".

 

Supplies:

Papers:  Amy Butler for K and Co "AB Lotus" and cardstock

Stamps: Hero Arts "Classic Messages", tree from M's

Inks:  Stampin' Up Basic Brown, Distress Vintage Photo

Owl: Making Memories

Photo Corner: MS Photo corner punch

Brad: Making Memories

I have also used this tree stamp HERE and HERE if you'd like to check them out!

Certainly got my money's worth out if it!

Thanks for stopping by today.  -Kelly

Carings Hearts Blog Hop

Hello. Welcome to the Caring Hearts Card Drive BLOG HOP!   

You should have come from Kelley Eubanks.  If you get lost along the way, you can go to the start of the hop here.  We are sharing cards today in the hop that will be donated to nursing homes.  We hope to encourage and uplift men and women in nursing homes this holiday season.  I am participating in the card drive in memory of my Granny, Nola Dalton. 

The card I made uses the sketch from  Everything but the Kitchen Sink challenge #25.

  It is my first time playing along and I am so excited to find this challenge.

Here's the Sketch:

I flipped the sketch sideways for my card:

Supplies
Papers:  Me and My Big Ideas
Punch: Martha Stewart, sprayed with a mix of perfect pearls and water

 Your next stop on the hop is Kelly Marie of Lawn Fawn. 
I've used one of her sets on the "joy" card below. 
Thanks for stopping by today.  -Kelly

Here's a few other cards I am donating to the card drive:

Supplies: 

Papers: MAMBI

Stamps:  "Merry Christmas" is Stampin' Up and "JOY" is "Harold's ABC" by Lawn Fawn

wee Memories Scrappy Challenges

Hi.  I am helping spread the word about a great weekly challenge site. 

Come join the fun at wee Memories Scrappy Challenges HERE. 

I have had so much fun participating in these challenges. 

 See my challenge #26 winning card HERE and my two Fab 4 cards HERE and HERE.   

Great prompts, great prizes and incredible inspirational projects!

Come join the fun!  -Kelly