I found a new challenge!  Anyone who visits my blog or Instagram, knows how much I LOVE card challenges!  I just love how they get my mind thinking of different things and stretching me to use the challenge in my card making.  This one is called the Double Trouble challenge.  It not only gives one challenge – it gives 2 and 3!  It really gets me thinking of different things to make at least 2 of the challenges work with whatever card I’m on.

Thing 1 says to use at least 3 colors, 2 pattern papers and 1 sentiment or image

2 pattern papers is the thing that stretched me the most here!  I have pattern paper, I like pattern paper, but I don’t tend to use it very often on my cards!  But I did it for this.  Here is my card

I used the “Baker” stamp set from Pink and Main and the layout was inspired by Thing 2 of the challenge! Which comes from another card challenge site – which I had never heard of – Try Stampin’ on Tuesday

And of course those cute little ingredients and whisk have to make something…So when the recipient opens the card – there’s a cupcake!  Sprinkles and all

It was a very fun challenge to take and I look forward to getting in on “Double Trouble” again

Also – I’ve made a new goal for myself.  Every time I stamp a card, I need to either stamp 2 of the same card or else stamp another card with that same set before I put it away.  So here is my second card with this cute “Baker” stamp set

My sister owns her own bakery and it is amazing how fast she goes through mixing bowls, cookie sheets, mixing spoons and whisks and ingredients!

They definitely stack up like this and more in that fabulous kitchen of hers.  And everything that comes out of it is positively delicious!  So I thought of her the entire time I created these cards

So I think I’ll be giving them to her!

 

Have a wonderful Sunday tomorrow 🙂

:)Kellianne

I fell in love with stamping and cardmaking when I was 16 years old.  5 years later, I had my first child.  When he was just 3 years old, I let him sit up with me and have fun with this hobby that I loved so much!  He loved stamping all over the paper I gave him and he continued to learn new things the older he got.  That sweet little boy is now 20 years old!  And we have added 5 more to the bunch – 4 girls and another boy!  And every one of them love stamping now too.  We all make cards for each other for every birthday and they know exactly how lost their momma can get when I say “I’m going in my stamp room”!

So when Simon Says Stamp said that the Wednesday challenge was for kids this time, I knew I’d have at least one child want to participate and I was right!  My 2nd daughter who is 14 worked hard and had fun on these 2 adorable cards.

She used the Mama Elephant “Mermaid Kisses” stamp set and the sparkle comes in on the cute little water bubbles made from Wink of Stella and Glossy accents

Her second card was made using the “Life is Good” stamp set by Lawn Fawn

I love all of her efforts to ink blend and bring together this cute little scene!  And those sparkly seashells and flip flops are just so sweet!

I absolutely loved watching her creativity flow as these 2 cards came together.  I’m creating my own little team of stampers, that’s for sure!

Thanks for visiting today!

:)Kellianne

Hi there!  Today’s stamping was for a challenge that caught my eye over at Tag You’re It!

Look at this cute fruity image that screams Summer!

Here’s where my inspiration went from the challenge image

I used the “You’re so sweet” stamp set by Simon Says Stamp and the “Fold Up Tags” die set by My Favorite Things

Those cute little crystals on it are by Pink Fresh Studio and I just adore them!  And with the fruit coated in Wink of Stella, there is lots of sparkle going on!

I love how easy and fun tags are to make, and even better, how simple it is to add them to a card when one is needed quickly!  Here is my fruity tag added to a card, ready to use

Tuck it in a homemade envelope lined with coordinating paper, and this cute little tag card is going to come in handy!

Have a wonderful day!

:)Kellianne

Hi there!  Happy Monday!  It’s a great day for mailing a card 🙂  I made a sweet baby girl card for a card swap I was part of in my friend’s awesome monthly stamp club.  And right now, the challenge over at Paper Craft Crew is to share something we’ve been working on!

So here is my baby card

I pulled out a stamp set by Stampin’ Up! that is 15 years old!  The “I’m Here” set with the cute footprints and hand prints is one that I knew I had to keep in my collection forever.  If you have followed me for awhile, you know that I am all about continuing to use stamps I loved and purchased in the past!  And this one was sure fun to  pull out again

I embossed those cute little feet that look like they are straight off of the newborn identification sheet at the hospital!  And with a few other embellishments, some layering,  and a sentiment from another SU! stamp set, my card was finished 🙂

I love how after a good swap, I’ve got a stack of cute cards ready to use when I need one quick!  And baby cards always come in handy

Thanks for checking out my card for today!  I’m just crazy about card challenges and working on another one right now.  I just may be back tomorrow to share that one!

Have a fabulous Monday and go stamp something!

:)Kellianne

 

 

 

Hi!  I’m back to the blog today after some busy time away.  I had so much fun jumping in on the Lawn Fawnatics challenge #56

I love these shades of blues and greens and I love the beach!!  I pulled out my favorite beach set “Life is Good” and these colors and went to work.

I couldn’t resist using some real sand from my favorite Florida beach inside those shakers!

I enjoyed taking the time to color all these cute images to also play along with the 30 day coloring challenge by Kathy Racoosin and I did so with alcohol markers

And with that, I wish I could be in Florida right now!!  🙂

Thanks for stopping by!

:)Kellianne

 

 

Hi again!  I had fun challenging myself to use no stamping at all on a card.  I went with a pastel color combo to play along with the challenge over at Your Next Stamp.

With the pop of brighter pink, the soft pastels really stand out.  Those cute dies are from the Leafy Accent dies by Your Next Stamp and I love them!  They go really good in wreaths and flower arrangements of all kinds!  I went over each of them with some Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents to give dimension and extra interest

I had so fun with this and it was like a little puzzle to get them to all fit nicely together!

That’s my card for today. Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a wonderful weekend!

🙂 Kellianne

 

I am in LOVE with all my new goodies from Catherine Pooler!  The Tropical Treasures release had me clicking “Add to Cart” quite a bit… I feel like I could lock myself in  my stamp room for days!  So no challenge I’m following for this post – just the product of my own stamping fun today 🙂

When I saw the adorable Springfield sequin mix in person – I immediately had to make a shaker card!

So here is the first, of many to come, using these fabulous supplies by CP

How adorable is that sequins?!  I did add the miniature teal ones from a different collection.  But the rest is all in that Springfield mix!  I’m so in love.  Especially with those flowers!

If you want to see a speedy snippet of me putting this card together, be sure to visit my Instagram!

Have a wonderful weekend!

:)Kellianne

I love all shades of mint and teal.  So this week’s challenge over at Fusion had me screaming to play along!

To get creating, I turned the sketch horizontally and made a feather the “rectangle” focus. This adorable feather is by Hero Arts

Where the circles are on the sketch, I switched to chevrons.  These chevrons are from a stamp set by Amuse Studio

I just love the fun it is to play with the fusion challenge and see if I can incorporate the sketch AND the inspiration board!

And that’s my card for today!

Thanks for visiting!

:)Kellianne

When I saw the new challenge over at AAA cards, I was so excited!  If you’ve visited my blog before, you know that I LOVE card challenges!!!  And this one is a totally new and fun idea.  Here it is

How fun is that?!!!

So I picked the 3 things I would add to my sentiment and they were “an inked stencil pattern”, “a trio of small embellishments”, and “colouring pens or pencils”.

Aren’t these little turtle friends from Pink and Main so cute?!!  I colored them using Prismacolor pencils and some gamsol.  My trio of embellishments are the 3 sequins and you can see the inked stencil behind them.

In this pic you can see that I also added some shimmer to their cute little shells

This will definitely be a challenge I participate in each time it comes up!

I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!

:)Kellianne

Here is another wreath card!  I’m telling you, I’m being serious when I say I could play with this wreath builder for hours!  It’s so much fun!

I used bold bright colors and then made it into a simple card using the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge #311

I used 3 different Gina K. stamp sets to create this card

One of my favorites is the Tiny Wreath Builder because all the little pieces come in so handy to finish off any wreath!  I added some Nuvo drops to make the centers of the flowers pop

And this card is finished!  Clean and Simple

I hope you had a wonderful day!  Thanks for stopping by!

:)Kellianne