Happy Monday!  I can’t believe we are already to the middle of April!  It’s so beautiful here, I don’t want April to get over too fast!

But let’s start the week with a simple challenge by Double Trouble!

Thing 1 says to keep it clean and simple!  I love a good simple card, but I haven’t done them for awhile!  So coming up with one that I was happy with actually took more time than I thought it would!

Thing 3 says to make your open space a color – not just white.  So this peachy card stock is what I went for, to match the cupcake frosting.  The only dimension on this card is a very little bit with the arch frame and some glossy ascents on the cherry

And that’s it! Thing 2 has us teaming up with Crafters Cafe this time around, so if you make a clean and simple card, be sure to link up there too! 

Thanks for stopping by today!  See you again soon

🙂 Kellianne

Happy first day of April!!!! Best month of the year.  And today starts a new challenge at Double Trouble!

Thing 1 wants to see you get krafty! Use kraft paper and be creative – you can use packaging, box pieces, bags, or even just your kraft scraps

I shaded everything with kraft ink and I mounted the main panel with kraft paper that I tore off of a box

Thing 3 says “blue planet”. Use blue on your card!  The blue I added was the pop of it on the globe.  This goes along well with Thing 2 and the challenge she has is partnering with – Inspiration Station.  They have this photo to inspire

I’m inspired by the brown background and that beautiful pop of blue with the earth!  I made most of the luggage in shades of brown and then let my cute little globe just pop! 

Won’t this be cute for someone who travels a bunch!?!

Thanks for stopping by to see my card today.  We hope you’ll play along!

🙂 Kellianne

Hi there!  This is my favorite time of year for card making because out come the florals! And Double Trouble has us reaching for them with this new challenge today

Thing 1 says to use your favorite floral image.  I don’t know if I can pick a favorite!  But everywhere we drive right now, there’s GORGEOUS Wisteria hanging everywhere.  I love it!!! So that’s the main flower for my card today

I reached for some VERY old stamps to play along with Retro Rubber too! I haven’t played with them in awhile and thought it would be so good to dig into the stash

I’m serious.  The basket is probably 25 years old from a set called “Berry Basket”, the “Painted Posies” is from 2005, so it’s 19 years old, and the “Soft Spring” was a host set from probably 5 years ago.  See how good it is to stamp from our stash?!

Thing 3 wants to see Easter elements like baskets,  bonnets, etc.  That’s where I got the idea for this basket that hadn’t been used in forever

I didn’t do a sentiment on this one.  I just love how it screams “Happy Spring”!

Thing 2 has us joining Beautiful Blossoms for this challenge.  They are a great one too because… FLOWERS! 😍

Can’t wait to see what you make!  Thanks for stopping by to see my card. 

🙂 Kellianne

Hi friends!  I hope you feel spring popping up where you live!  It is here, and I’m so happy! The trees and grass coming to life brings me to life too.

I have a rustic, country style card today using Spellbinders dies that I am ABSOLUTELY in love with.  I’ve been wanting to play with them for so long and finally did

I love birdhouses!  And having this one paired with the old fashioned barrel and water pump is so cute!

I used the Spellbinders dies “Rustic Garden” and “Garden Builder”.  I did some distressing with inks all over the background as well as the dies. The birthday sentiment is from old stamps in my stash but fit perfectly for what I wanted – just a simple birthday wish that didn’t distract from the cute country scene

I’m entering this one in the Superstar contest that Spellbinders is having.  I figured, “Why not?!”

I certainly love their products and feel like I’m reaching for them constantly

Thanks for stopping by to see my sweet Country Road card.  See you next time!

🙂 Kellianne

Today’s card was inspired by the sketch over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

When I saw the circle cluster, all I could think of was flowers (of course flowers.  My favorite kind of stamping)

My floral cluster ended up spreading out more but I do love the way it turned out.  I basically only used dies for this card!  Besides the sentiment, it’s all paper.

I kind of went with a mixed media theme for this one and I love all the little details and pieces.  Kind of reminds me of something vintage

I love a good sketch challenge and it’s been awhile since I’ve played along with one.  Atlantic always has a good one and this was fun!

Thanks for stopping by😊

Kellianne

Happy Friday everyone!  The new Double Trouble Challenge starts today and Thing 1 wants to see green! 💚

I used products by Simon Says Stamp for my card and made this pretty leaf background stamp my main focus for green

I love soft greens.  So even though being pinch proof usually indicates a bolder green for St Patrick’s day, I opted to stick with the soft ones as I rarely use cards for St Patty’s.

Thing 3 wants to see a touch of gold.  I embossed these leaves and the flower in gold before coloring them. The flower and leaves in the focal point are on vellum to give a softer look

Thing 2 has usc playing along with Festive Friday!  I love their challenge because it’s a list of items to choose from.  It’s a boost for ideas!

I use the first 3 on the list with the gold sequins being my final touch

I love how glimmery and soft this card is and as of creating this post, I’ve already even sent it off to someone special, my daughter. 

Hope to see you play along with us at Double Trouble and the challenge partner for this time – Festive Friday!

🙂 Kellianne

I had really fun spending a very long time on today’s card

I made this vintage mixed media wedding card for a good friend.  I enjoyed all the details and pulling it together

I used lots of different products – many of which came from old products stashed away and nearly forgotten!  One of them was the flower die that made these paper roses.  I don’t know if I’ve ever used it!

After assembling, I painted them with a mixture of Nuvo drops and ink refills to get the color I wanted for each. Notice the crinkly ribbon? That’s what happens when you emboss it with your heat tool. Such a fun effect for vintage projects!

The recipient absolutely loved it and received it at her fancy tea-party bridal shower today

Thank you for stopping by to see it!  Have a wonderful weekend!

🙂 Kellianne

There’s a new challenge up at Double Trouble!

Thing 1 wants to see all of your creative creases.  What fun folds do you know how to do?  I always love to see the crazy things people can do with this, but I usually keep my different and creative folds on the simple side

This is kind of a trifold type of different fold where 2 different flaps open before you get to the center

This also makes my card interactive, which is always fun to the receiver and is the theme of the current Lawn Fawn challenge

I used 2 of my older Lawn Fawn sets for this and I loved that some older stash could get some love! This was perfect for Thing 3’s challenge to use a hopping animal on your card.

We’re partnering with Creative Creases this time around, so if you do a fun fold, be sure to enter there too!

Thank you for stopping by to see my card today!  See you again real soon

🙂 Kellianne

I am so in love with all the cards I’m seeing in green and blue hues!  I saw this mood board at the Beautiful Blossoms challenge and there it was again – blues😍

So that was the decided color for my latest card

I went with a blue that had a bit more of a tealy hue to it

To add more elements and interest to my card, I drew more inspiration from the Tic Tac Toe challenge board

I went with the bottom row – colored my flowers with Zig markers, and I dry embossed the label behind the arch as well as heat embossed the sentiment

I used the beautiful Be Strong stamps and coordinating die by PinkFresh Studio

I made a Reel of this one coming together.  Had to my Instagram to check it out!

Thanks for stopping by to see today’s card!  See you next time!

🙂 Kellianne

It’s that time of year for lots of love! And I have another love card for our fun challenge over at Double Trouble starting today! Because Love is in the air!

Thing 1 waves to see a Valentine or Things that fly. I chose valentine

Color Dare is our challenge partner and wants you to pick 3 colors from this Color Board

I chose the pink green and red

I couldn’t decide how to lay out my pieces so I went through some sketch challenges for inspiration. I landed on this one from Just Add Ink

I really liked this layout. I made it into a mini slimline, and it came together just right

I used the Love Story stamps and dies from Close to my Heart. And the border dies are from the mini slim set by Spellbinders. That’s my valentine card for this time around!

Thank you for stopping by to see this and we hope you’ll play along!

🙂 Kellianne