DCWV August Stack-a-holic Sketch

This is the August DCWV Stack-a-holic sketch challenge! Great sketch and so fun & easy when you have a big stack that all goes together! All of the papers I used are from the DCWV Linen Closet stack & matching cardstock stack. Love that! I just pulled out all the papers I thought I might use from each stack, than went to work! A few added elements from some light colored stamping, circle punches, branch punch, a few buttons, die cutting my title (from the same stack paper) and wala! I'm just gonna finish it up with some hand written journaling on the stamped journal lines and it's goin in the book!



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Hugs- Kelly

PageMaps Basic Grey & Flourishes Challenge

Hello! I just saw this challenge on the PageMaps blog the other day using a sketch for a card. Well, when I saw Basic Grey on it, of course, I had to jump in!
I stretched out the sketch a bit to make room for my larger main image panel, but besides that it's pretty much by the sketch. I used all Basic Grey products from the Pyrus line.


I first took two labels (the one with the birds & the layer behind) and stamped the sentiment (also from the Pyrus line stamp set) into the birds "bubble", than layered that onto the brown shaped label.
Across the top is some beautiful doily tape (great stuff!). Basically, all the papers are just cut with my trimmer and put on in the pattern of the sketch. I also added those great stitched flower embellishments & 3 brads along the bottom left to balance it out.
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Hugs- Kelly

*All products used Basic Grey (Pyrus)
patterned papers 12x12
Paper tapes
Labels
Pyrus stamps
brads
Flower embellishments

Make It Monday #29 & Lawnscaping #16

For this card I used the Papertrey Ink Make it Monday challenge for this week of freestyle copic coloring as well as the Lawnscaping one-layer challenge.

I used Heart Prints and several colors of pink/red across the heart.
Hugs- Kelly

Lawnscaping Challenge #2

Here's my 2nd card for the Lawnscaping one layer challenge:

I love using kraft cardstock in general, but I think with one layer cards it's especially great because it adds a kind of weight and depth.
Hugs- Kelly

Lawnscaping Challenge #16

Hello! I just found the Lawn Fawn Landscaping Challenge blog today and decided to play along! Here is the first of 3 cards I did for their single layer challenge.
Not a great picture :) but I had to hold it closed so you could get the effect of seeing the other ghosts through the vellum card.
I love their stamps, but don't have any yet :( I'm sure after seeing everyone's adorable projects for their challenges i'll be getting some very soon!
Hugs- Kelly

CAS-ual Fridays #16

This weeks CAS-ual Fridays challenge was embossing- any kind. I decided to use the cute candy Cuttlebug embossing folder (from the Mini Monsters companion set) on some Coredinations paper and sand it lightly for the background. Than I stamped Frankie there and colored with pencils and gamisol, cut and pop-dotted on above a cut banner with my sentiment.

I just love Halloween so when I got this new stamp set from Paper Smooches today I couldn't resist using it!

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Hugs- Kelly

SSD #89

As soon as I saw this sketch from Skipping Stones Design this week I thought of a Polaroid picture. I decided to use these fun stamps from the Tropical Birthday stamp set to look kind of like a "wish you were here" vacation photo! The inside has the "may your coconuts never hang lower than your grass skirt" sentiment!
First I die cut the "polaroid" frame which is a quickutz die, to use as a frame for my scene.
I tore strips from Core'dinates cardstocks (2 tan, 2 aqua) to use as the sand & water. For the water, I ran them through my Cuttlebug with 2 different embossing folders.
I stamped & colored the tree & hula girl with gamisol, cut out and attached. The last touch was adding gems for her coconut bikini top!


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Hugs- Kelly