DESIGN TEAM THURSDAY - Roses Roses

  Good morning, crafty friends!

The thought came to me last night about seven that I'd not done my Design Team video. This has just been an off week.  So after four takes, I have these two lovely cards to show off in my nine minute video.

Here are the cards:

In today's short video I walk you through what I used, how they came together and a couple of tips.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

WOYWW #595

 Good morning, crafty friends!

Wow! Hard to believe that in five short weeks we will be celebrating our 600th WOYWW... all because we feel safe in sharing not only what we're up to but what a messy (or on the rare occasion) work space.

Here's mine with the aftermath of the baby album project. 

Not a lot of change from last week except for one ofthe 'completed' albums. After I'd filmed the video I realized I'd not included any of the pretty fabric I had selected so I'm going to find a couple of places then everything needs cleared for the next big project.... finishing past October Daily albums and prepping for the November junk journal challenge with Dearjuliejulie.

Here's the video from last week:

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Julia and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Stamping Ground  for all the details. Miss Julia has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list. 

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

TEN-MINUTE TUESDAY - Card Chicks

 Good morning, crafty friends!

It's Card Chicks Tuesday. Our October kit came from Sue Brandon. In lieu of stamped images she sent us a sketch and the kit then turned us loose on our own creativity.

I knew as soon as I saw the kit I wanted to use Merry Cafe (retired SU). Here's the card I came up with:

In the video below you'll see me put the little pumpkin down next to the big one. After I'd gone to bed last night I thought it would work best on the cup so I moved it before taking the photo. 

Goodness, tomorrow is WOYWW. We are creeping closer to having been together for 600 weeks without skipping a beat! That's a long time for a blog hop to last, and it's all due to our fearless leader, Julia and the amazing team of bloggers that can't wait to meet up each week! There's always room for more bloggers to show off their desks. Come join us!  Click HERE then click on Julia's link of how to link up with us.

Here's the video for today:

MONTHLY CHALLENGE - Kassie's Baby Album

 They are DONE!

I had so much fun and pleasure putting these albums together. A little on the gator-mouth side but if you tie the ribbon really tight, you don't even notice lol. 

I do need to finish filling in the rings today. By10:30 last night when I'd filmed, I'd been up since 4:30 a.m. and my fingers were tired of cooperating with me.

I hope you enjoy the album flip-through. Let me know in the comments below what you may have done differently. Thanks for watching!

Creative Blessings

~ Kelly

STAMPIN' UP! SUNDAY - Gnome for the Holidays Tags

 Good  morning, crafty friends.

As of today, we are 8 weeks til Christmas ::: gulp :::

I saw a video of youtube friend, Deb Houck, last Friday and she was using the Gnome for the Holidays set. She said something and my mind got an instant flash of I need 60+ tags for cookie trays!

So that's what set this week's video in to motion

I love this stamp set! You really can change a couple of these images to fit any occasion throughout the year. 

Here's this week's video on how the tags came together:

You will find a complete supply list, with product links in the description box of the video.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

WOYWW #594 - I'm Back!

 Goodmorning, crafty friends!

I had the most precious email from Margaret last week asking about me. She'd not seen me at our weekly WOYWW meet-up and just wanted to check on me. 

How sweeet that even though there is a gigantic pond between us, my neighbor wanted to check on me. Thank you, dear friend.

My desk is a bit covered at the moment:

Baby Albums! Across the top back (almsot out of view) are the papers I'm making pages from. Down the left side are the embellishments I've made and the right hand side is just left overs to do something with (Put away, maybe? LOL)

For the past several weeks my table has been all about First Year albums for two precious little girls to be born around Thanksgiving.

If you've been following me for awhile you've heard me talk about Kassie - the little girl from my daycare that became 'like a daughter' from the very beginning.  By the time Kassie turns 23 in December, she will be holding twin girls.  She used the Marco Polo app (like facetime) that I was going to be a grandma to twins. She's already dubbed us Mimi and Pop.

I combined the making of the albums with the October junk journal challenge from DearJulieJulie to construct the journals so each of the 11 tags/ cards and 11 embellishments were made in duplicate - except for the Sticker Embellishment. I made 12 of those for each album

If you have a few minutes (the video is about 18 min. long) I walk you through the elements. If not, come back next week and I'll have a walk through of one of the completed albums. 

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Julia and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Stamping Ground  for all the details. Miss Julia has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list. 

Creative Blessings!

~Kelly

MONTHLY CHALLENGE - Mini Challenge in the Challenge #1 - One Sheet Wonder

 Good morning, crafty friends!

Wow, I have a busy week so this is going to be the only post this week. 

Bob leaves tomorrow then I have three days to finish these baby albums. As you'll see in today's video, these are the first three (of many) for the two books. 

I hope you enjoy. If you have questions about dimensions, please leave them in the comments below. The One Sheet Wonder used is free to members of the Scrap All About It With Dearjuliejulie facebook group. 

You'll find that link HERE

EDITORIAL CALENDAR PART 2 - Social Media

Good morning, crafty friends!

Last week, I showed you my Slim Classic Happy Planner that I use for my editorial calendar. 

Today, I show you how I track my social media in the same planner

If you're wanting to build a brand and a business, there's more to the plan than just making sure you post to your YouTube, website or blog. You also need to make sure you are ADVERTISING. 

I don't know about you but if I don't have a check-off of some type, I don't remember if I posted a picture to Instagram or my blog. 

I wasn't able to discern if the stamps were Kelly Purkey or not. I'll be able to tell you when I can get to that corner of my office. Hopefully, by next Wednesday's planner post.

Creative Blessings

~ Kelly

 

10-MINUTE TUESDAY - A 20 Minute Card!

 Good morning, crafty friends!

Yeah - for some reason this card took twenty minutes! I have no clue why. The dimensions were figured out ahead of time and everything was right there on the desk in front of me.

This card is actually a Card Chicks kit from February. I kept losing track of Barb's envelope! So glad I found it as I used the cards as birthday cards!

I started with a 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" Blushing Bride cardbase

The Sahara Sand cardstock mat is 5-1/4" x 4"

I cut the first DSP paper to 2-1/4" x 3-1/4" 

The next piece of Sahara Sand is cut 3-7/8" x 2-7/8"

Layer with a piece of DSP cut to 2-3/4" x 3-3/4"

Image is trimmed to 3-1/4" x 2-1/8" The Blushing Bride mat is trimmed to be 1/8" wider all the way around. I did this by gluing the image onto the mat, then trimming to 1/8" on all four sides. You want just a shadow to let the image stand out from the card.

Watch the video to see how the pieces come together to make the card:

Remember the Designer Series Paper sale on Stampin' Up! through October 31st.

You will find me by Find My Demonstrator and putting Kelly Henkins - Birch Tree MO in the search box.  

I'll be back tomorrow with Part 2 of the Editorial Calendar video.

Creative Blessings

~ Kelly

MONTHLY CHALLENGE MONDAY - #osbjjc - Baby Albums

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I'm getting stuff done up ahead of time for the week as best I can. Bob and I are here and there celebrating our birthdays so I wanted to make sure crafty stuff was shared.

For Monthly Challenge Monday this week, I'm sharing the particulars for the October Stashbuster Junk Journal Challenge 2020 with @Dearjuliejulie Junk Journal Everyday. I have two baby girl 'First Year' albums to get done by the 14th of this month so this challenge is perfect for keeping me on track.

I'm also sharing not one, but two happy mail envelopes I received over the weekend.

I give up! LOL I've flipped this picture mutliple times, resized it and to top it off the thumbnail you see here is NOT the one on the YouTube screen. 

What you see here is an upside down picture of the components for my October kit. On YouTube you get a thumbnail of some of the Happy Mail I received.

I'll be back tomorrow with a 10-Minute Tuesday card that only took 20 minutes! LOL

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

STAMPIN' UP! SUNDAY - Halloween Home Decor 2

 Goodmorning, crafty friends!

I'm back today to light up your world with another home decor item.

We're using the dies from the Halloween Night stamp/ die bundle

Remember - with Bundles you save 10% off the purchase price!

NOTE:  I'll add a picture of the candle this evening.

I didn't have the proper set-up for photographing a lighted object last night.

Here's today's video:

Creative Dreams!

~ Kelly

WORLD CARDMAKING DAY! - Spooky Card

 Good morning, crafty friends!

Welcome to World Cardmaking Day!

This year is a lot less hectic for me than last. Today, I'm focusing on my one blog post then seeing how many other projects I can video

Today's card is a SPOOKY Card using the Festive Corners Photopolymer stamp set as well as the Magic In This Night DSP. Here's the card:

To see how this card went together in under 15 minutes, check out today's video:

Rememebr, tomorrow is STAMPIN' UP! SUNDAY. I have another fun and quick home decor item just in time for Halloween.

If you're not into Halloween, I will be doing a similar version of tomorrow's product for FALL so stay tuned!

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

FRIDAY FREEBIE - Holiday Picture Frame & Tip!

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I seem to be in a holiday decor kind of mood. I guess, with all the Halloween/ Fall decorations going up, I just can't stop! 

Today's video walks you through putting together a Christmas framed piece perfect for your home - even with the smallest amount of space - or as a gift for someone.

I've used the Wonder of the Seasons Memories & More cardpack as well as the Heartwarming Hugs designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

Here's a picture of the card:

Watch the video for a tip on making the most of your designer series paper.

I will be back tomorrow with another project.

Creative Blessings

~ Kelly

DESIGN TEAM THURSDAY - Roses Roses Digital Kit

Good morning, crafty friends!

We're kicking off a brand new month - my favorite month - with a birthday card using the Roses Roses kit from Dearjuliejulie. 

I am thrilled to be a design team member and love all of her kits but I think the roses digital kits (there are 4 so far) are among my favorites.

You'll find her Etsy shop HERE and specifically the Roses Roses kit HERE

I can't remember if I've mentioned that I am taking part in the Dollarween Tree Challenge with Jeneen at Lipstick Legion Craft on YouTube.  My tree is almost finished. 

For Friday Freebie, I'll be showing you how to make ghost ornaments for the tree using medical gauze and white ball ornaments from the Dollar Tree. I hope you'll come back.

If you'd like to check out the Dollarween Tree Challenge, you'll find the link HERE. There is still plenty of time to join in. Deadline to post your tree is All Hallow's Eve.