Kellye's Christmas Pick...

My bestie went through my card gallery and asked if I could make her this card for her to send to a friend of hers for Christmas.  10 years later and I still had the stamp, corner punch and cuttlebug folder to create it!

Real Red card base, CB folder, Partridge in a Pear Tree stamp from Craft Warehouse, corner punch from Michael's and Rhinestones.  Colored my image on neenah with copics.
 

My card I made in 2010.

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Merry Christmas Annie!!!

My youngest grandboy, Tanner has been going to a speech therapist for a couple of years and has made amazing progress.  He absolutely adores his therapist, Annie.  He talks about her all the time when we video chat.  I asked my daughter if she wanted me to make a special card for Annie for Christmas and of course she said yes.  

This is one of my favorite Christmas stamps featuring a boy.  I've had it for years and this is the 2nd time I"ve used it.  The first time was for my oldest grandson for Christmas one year which is pictured below.  I was running short on time so I used FS716 to get me going.  I changed the colors and sentiments used.  Riding Hood Red base, Carta Bella Merry and Bright paper, Pool Party card stock.  I stamped my Ornament Trevor from C. C. Designs on Neenah card stock, coloring him with copics. I masked Merry Christmas from the My Favorite Things Peace, Love, and Paws stamp set.  Finished it off with a snowflake, stickles, and a rhinestone.   

 Thank you so much for taking a peek.  I hope you're having a wonderful day!

Let's Feast...

 Thanksgiving dinner is my most favorite meal ever.  We have been getting together with our best friends for Thanksgiving for the last 7 years.  Their family has become our family and our family has become theirs.  This year with COVID, our Thanksgiving looked a bit different but we had technology that helped bring everyone together when we couldn't be together.

I made Thanksgiving cards for my closest friends and family members.

I used the current weeks (when I made these) sketch challenge SC826.  I stamped My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Turkey Time in memento ink and colored her with copics.  I paper pieced her dress then did a second paper piecing for the sleeve/arm/turkey.  Baked Brown Sugar card stock for my base, layering with Authentique Glowing paper.  Basic Gray panel with a Very Vanilla layer run through the cuttlebug with My Favorite Things Wonky Stitch Square, then stamped the sentiment from the Turkey Time stamp set on the Vanilla layer.  I mounted my layer, then put the MFT Corn Stalk die-namics in Baked Brown Sugar, then topped it off with my image layer on pop dots and finishing the card with Basic Gray ribbon.

Technology bringing our families together-
FaceTiming with my best friends parents in Kentucky.

My hubs Video Chatting with our Grandboys in Idaho.

My bestie and I Video Chatting with my daughter in Idaho.

 

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Tickled Pink...

I once again fell behind on my blogging.  I made this for my friend Vicki's birthday.  She loves flamingo's.  When I saw this flamingo stamp set from the Colorado Craft Company, I knew I had to buy it so I could make a card for Vicki.

 I followed Yana's tutorial on no blend copic coloring to color the flamingo.  This was my first time coloring this way.  It took me 3 tries to get an image I liked.  The sentiment is also from the flamingo stamp set.  

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Happy Birthday!!!

 Happy Birthday Brooke!!!  I hope you have an amazing day today!  Brooke is such an incredible athlete, mom, and friend.  She's always wanting to do, be apart of, lead, and take charge of things when things need to get done.  She has an amazing drive for her sport/sports and just did a Half Ironman last month.  What an awesome accomplishment!!!  I'm so happy to be teammates and friends with Brooke!!!

Splitcoaststampers holds a challenge every day to get your creative juices flowing.  I was the Featured Stamper FS716 on Splitcoaststampers the week of October 25th (completely took me by surprise!).  What you do for this challenge is look through the Featured Stampers Gallery and CASE (copy and share with everyone) a card, changing one or more things about the card.  You share the card in the FS's gallery and your card and what you changed.  I played along in the challenge too!!!  This is the card that I created for Brooke for her birthday.  I used Black, Gorgeous Grape and White card stock. My favorite Things High Rise Alphabet Lower Case and Happy Birthday.  My Favorite Things Sweater Weather in the Woods stamp set, stamped in Neenah, colored with copics.  SU sequins.

 This is the cards that I CASE'd.  I didn't realized it until my friend opened the card in front of me that I put the p's and y in the wrong position.  They're lower case letters, not upper case, lol.  It's bothered me ever since and I wanted to do the card justice!  I also changed the hot pink to purple, the image, and added sequins.

Me and Brooke last year, meeting each other on the loop to train for El Tour de Tucson.

Hope you have a wonderful day.  

Prayers for the Lautaire's...

A friend of mine asked me to make a couple of sympathy cards for her to give to a mom and boy who lost their son/brother.  The three of them were crossing the street in a crosswalk and were hit.  The driver didn't stop.  The mom didn't have any injuries, but the driver killed her 9 year old son and left her 11 year old son in a cast and wheelchair.  It was absolutely heartbreaking.  My friend asked that I make something with dinosaurs for Max and a cross for his mom.  Here's what I came up with-

Playing along in the featured stamper challenge on splitcoaststampers FS716, I used this card as my inspiration-

I changed the colors, flipped the image, used a different image, and didn't use the clouds.  I used My Favorite Things Little Loveosaurus, Taken with Teal, Basic Gray and Neenah cardstock.  My Favorite Things Wonky Stitch Die-namics, and pop dots. 

This is the card that I came up with for the mom.  I made an extra one for a friend who lost her sister in law.

I also used the Featured Stamper FS716 challenge for inspiration.  I changed the shape of the card, square to the standard 4.25x5.5, changed the circle to an oval, the image, colors, sentiment and put a bow instead of a strip of ribbon.  I used Coastal Cabana, Sahara Sand, and Very Vanilla card stock.  Crosses of Hope and Thoughts and Prayers stamp sets from Stampin' Up and the ribbon is from Michael's.

My card inspiration.

LOOK! Save a Life

Slow down and don't drive distracted...

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Praying for You...

Sympathy cards for two friends who asked me to make them.  They are always the hardest to make.  One is for my friend Joanie who lost her sister-in-law.  I'm so sorry for your loss Joanie.

 I was the Featured Stamper for Splitcoaststampers FS716.  This is the card I used as my inspiration-

I changed the shape of the card, square to the standard 4.25x5.5, changed the circle to an oval, the image, colors, sentiment and put a bow instead of a strip of ribbon.  I used Coastal Cabana, Sahara Sand, and Very Vanilla card stock.  Crosses of Hope and Thoughts and Prayers stamp sets from Stampin' Up and the ribbon is from Michael's.

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