Hello!  First off, I wanted to thank Retro Rubber Challenge Blog for choosing my cupcake card as one of the top picks from their last challenge!

I love playing along with them and it’s so fun to see they liked my card 🙂

 

Today starts a new Double Trouble Challenge!  Challenge #60 is “Anything Goes!” so be sure to head on over there and share what you have done

I love that Thing 3 is giving us the optional twist of “Red White and Blue”.  It’s the perfect time of year for that!

I did the vintage hue of red, white, and blue to give it an “Americana” feel.  Thing 2 wants everyone to pair up with any previous Double Trouble Challenge partner.  I chose Try Stampin’ on Tuesday because I absolutely loved the sketch!

 

Another partner –  Crafting Happiness also has an “anything goes” challenge

 

 

 

This awesome set with dies is the “Patriotic Service” by Simon Says Stamp

I’ll be giving it to my niece’s husband.  He is in the Marines and they are so awesome through all the ups and downs that can take place while serving in the military!  So grateful for everyone who serves

Thank you for stopping by!  This card has me in the mood to celebrate the 4th.  Going to be a little bit different this year!  But we’ll think of something to make it still feel festive.

Happy Monday!

:)Kellianne

I love the new sketch posted over at Freshly Made Sketches!

I immediately had a few ideas and started playing.  This is the design I ultimately went with

 

I used the stamps and dies from “Forever Lovely” by Stampin’ Up!

The dies on the corners of the center label added fun dimension and I added flat coordinating embellishments for some simple sparkle and interest

Thank you for visiting today!  I have lots of fun projects in the works and excited to share them here and on my Instagram.

Hugs and Smiles

:)Kellianne

It’s a new Double Trouble Challenge today!  

This week’s Things invite us to do a 3-2-1 recipe, a sketch, and to partner with Retro Rubber – one of my favorite challenges!

So I looked through my stash of sets that haven’t had love for a long time (that’s why I love Retro Rubber so much!)  And I grabbed “Crazy for Cupcakes” by Stampin Up!  It’s from 2009 and is so cute, it could be a set that was released yesterday!

The recipe from Thing 1 is

3 – Colors
2 – Embellishments
1 – Sentiment (stamped, clear or rubber) seasoned stamp more than 1 year old

My 3 colors are mint, yellow and pink

My 2 embellishments are sequins and a coordinating mint ribbon and my 1 sentiment is from the cupcake set and goes perfectly!

And that’s my card using all the fun invitations from Double Trouble!

Be sure to check out theDouble Trouble Challenge blog for more details so that you can play along!  And don’t forget to jump in with Retro Rubber if you use a stamp set older than a year with that sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

:)Kellianne

 

 

Hello! It’s a Double Trouble Challenge Blog Monday! And this week is masculine cards

 

We all need masculine cards more often than we have them usually! And Thing 3 wants us to add something round

So I die cut a bunch of circles and distressed them

Then I blended a bit of ink onto them, raised them all up, linked some together, and added my cute little W+9 bear from the Happy Mail set

It’s simple but perfect for a guy who has been so wonderful.  I think I’ll be giving it to my amazing dad 🙂

Thanks for stopping! Remember to head to Double Trouble for details on how to play and when your card is done, Thing 2 says to link it up with the “Use Your Stuff” challenge!

🙂 Kellianne

Hello again!  I wanted to play along with the Monthly Mix Challenge over at Gina K

It’s all about making a card of encouragement and a coordinating envelope so that we’ll send it!

My card is ready to wish someone luck 🙂

I used the Gina K stamp set called “Pop Flowers”.  It’s so pretty with it’s 3 images to create 3 tones on each one

The little clear drops add some fun dimension and interest

And I did a soft and simple envelope to coordinate

 

If you head to my Instagram, you can watch a video of this card coming together.  Thanks for stopping by!

:)Kellianne

Hi!  Before I get into today’s card, I want to say thanks to CAS Colours and Sketches challenge blog for picking my cactus card for a winner in their sketch challenge!

 

 

 

I have a card to share for the current Hero Arts Challenge!  It’s such a perfect theme this month with the current situation

And they have another fun one going that challenges us to use the small images and/or dies in our sets!  These 2 challenges had me thinking of a card immediately!

I reached for the “Spoken Bird” stamps and die set from the February 2018 “My Monthly Hero”. I used the tiny little branch die and the tiny flower

They might be a die and image that normally get overlooked but they made an adorable little highlight on this tag

And where a lot of our hugs have to be distant right now, a card where we send a hug is perfect!

 

The heart background is from SSS and adds some extra love to the theme of sending hugs

Thanks for stopping by!  I send a hug to all my stamping friends 🙂

:)Kellianne

Hello!  Today I am playing along with a new challenge I found.  Happy Little Stampers! Their current challenge is Clean and Simple “Smile”

As you know, I’m crazy about challenges!  So when I find a new one that fits my style, I love to jump on board!

Here is my card

I used the Mama Elephant set “Mermaid Kisses” and put all these cute tiny and smiling ocean creatures around the “Smile” die, which is from Simon Says Stamp

On the inside of the card is this cute smiling mermaid

This will make for a simple little cheer-up card to send out to a friend 🙂

Thanks for stopping by to see it!  Hope you have lots of reasons to smile today !

:)Kellianne

 

 

There’s a new challenge over at Double Trouble Challenge Blog!

Thing 1 says to use kraft and Thing 3 says to make it a “kids” theme with the color red.  With those fun challenges, here is my card!

Aren’t these antique toys so cute?!  They are from a very very old stamp set by Stampin’ Up! Like 18 years old!  This set came out in 2002.  I have always loved it.

I used alcohol markers to color these sweet little toys and kept the layout clean and simple to highlight them

Thanks for stopping by to visit!  Be sure to visit Double Trouble to play along!

:)Kellianne

 

 

Hello!  I was so excited to win a gift card to Greeting Farm through Catherine Pooler’s hop a couple weeks ago!  I’ve never had any of their products and when I looked through them, I fell quickly in love with the cute little “Potted Plants” set!

Aren’t those little potted cacti so cute?!!

My inspiration came from the sketch over at CAS Colours and sketches challenge

The cute die cut circles are from Reverse confetti and add some fun interest behind the images

And I used Zig Clean Color markers to do the coloring.  Those who follow me know how much I love those! 🙂

That’s my card for today!  If you go visit me on Instagram, I have a video up of this card coming together in less than a minute!

Thanks for stopping by 🙂

:)Kellianne

Happy Monday everyone!  Not only is is a new week – but it is also a new challenge over at Double Trouble Challenge Blog!

And since Thing 2 is challenging us to pair with Joy of sets – here is their TicTacToe board

I went with the diagonal from top left down to bottom right.  It matches perfectly with Double Trouble.  So here’s my card!

 

I used the adorable Birds and the Bees set by Honey Bee stamps

Birthday card, check – Things that fly, check – Sponging? Check!  But it might be different than what you are used too with sponging!  I don’t even own sponges anymore because it’s been so many years since I used a standard sponging technique.  So I took a microbrush (used for eyelash extensions and has a tiny little sponge-type tip on it) and carefully added shading to the centers of the blossoms and throughout the beehive.  A sponging type of shading!  It’s all about getting creative with our stuff right?!  I have those on hand for glue application of tiny die cuts and I’m glad I tried them for something else

I added some sequins all around this branch and hive scene for some sparkle and shine

And my fun birthday card is finished 🙂

So glad you’d stop by to see it! Have a wonderful week and be sure to go play along with these challenges!

Much love,

Kellianne 🙂