12 DAYS OF DIGIS - Collab

Good morning, everyone!

Beginning today, I am jumping to a new track from our normal routine. 

For the next twelve days, I'm taking part in a collab between DearJulieJulie and CaraBrandonCreations. Each lady has created a 12 Days of Digis digital kit. Links are in the descriptiob box of the video as well as here below the video.

There are several of us elves helping with the collaboration. 

Each day we will take that day's numbered page from Julie and from Cara, mesh them together into beautiful creations. By the end of Day 12 we'll have plenty of lovely embellishments to fill a journal. I am doing mine as a 2-page spread each day so that on Day 13, we'll be doing a walk-through of the completed journal!

Then on Day 15, I'll begin my December Junk Journal Challenge. 

I do have the Pink Christmas that I still want to do but things got off track. I didn't get to work on things as I'd hoped while I was traveling.

Good news!

Kassie delivered beautiful twin girls on Saturday night between 11 and 11:30 p.m. Malina Ray came in first then Neomia Marie twenty minutes later. Everyone is doing well.

I have to brag on Kassie for just a moment. 9 months pregnant, due any day and this woman cooked her first ever Thanksgiving dinner for 6!  Talk about a can-do attitude! 

Okay. here's the introduction to the #12daysofdigis2020:

Here are the links to the two kits:

#12daysofdigis2020

Julie - https://www.etsy.com/listing/628404953/digital-12-days-christmas-digitals-kit?ga_search_query=12%2Bdays&ref=shop_items_search_1&pro=1

 Cara - https://www.etsy.com/listing/911977497/12-days-of-digitals-christmas-tags?ga_search_query=12%2Bdays&ref=shop_items_search_1&pro=1

 Creative Christmas Blessings!

~Kelly

SHOUT OUT SATURDAY - Short and Sweet

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I'm still not home. I'm hiding outin a hotel trying to get some serious words written on the book before I head for home.

Today's video is short and sweet - Sweet because I show the SWEETEST TIME bundle from Stampin' Up! Okay.. it's more of a show and tell, but check out this fun bundle and order yours so when we're ready to play on December 5th, you can play along! Link for the bundle is in the description box of the video.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

FRIDAY FREEBIE - Junk Journal Organization

Good morning, crafty friends!

Thank you for your patience while I spent time with Kassie and Matt. I've enjoyed getting to know the man she has chosen to have her children with, as well as his three from a previous marriage. As you read/ watch this today I am on my way back home. I'm stopping tonight to totally unwind and hopefully work on my writing. I stayed an extra day at Kassie's but I still want to be home by Sunday so that Bob and I can celebrate Thanksgiving before he heads back out on the boat Tuesday.

Today's video is all about how I have decided to organize the supplies for each current junk journal project. I'm using the ScrapRack tote that I bought over 15 years ago when I first met Tiffany Spalding and fell in love with The ScrapRack system.

Bob filmed the flip-through for me so that we could get the camera up high enough for you to see everything. I hope you enjoy and are inspired.

 

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

TEN MINUTE TUESDAY - Life Is Beautiful!

 Good morning, crafters!

Quick post before I dive back in to working on my  novel. I'm at a hotel but need to check out in about 3 hours. Before I do, though, I want to get more words written as I won't have another chance until Thursday.

For this week's card, I'm using Life Is Beautiful. I finally decided I needed a bare tree stamp, This makes a perfect fall card as most of the leaves are gone from the trees here. I've listed the dimensions below the video.

SKETCH – SC283

https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1717726?&si=sc283

 

Dimensions:

Card base – 4.25” x 5.5”

Spotted mat – 4” x 5.25”

Patterned mat – 3.5” x 3.5”

Sentiment mat – 5.5” x 2”

Image mat – 2.5” 3.75”

Creative Blessings!

~Kelly

MONTHLY CHALLENGE - Let's Make A Tassel

 Good morning, crafters!

Quick post this morning as I get ready to leave for a writer's retreat. 

I made the first of the fifteen elements... a tassel.

I wanted to make ROUND  paper beads but the process was too long for a single video so I'll come back to that technique.

Instead, I made a chipboard, charm, a paper charm and a strung bead charm.  Here's the video.

I'll see you back here tomorrow for Ten Minute Tuesday.

Creative Blessings!

~Kelly

SHOUT OUT SATURDAY - Mini Challenge in the Challenge #1

 Good morning, crafty friends!

We have another beautiful day in the Ozarks. Bob and a friend of ours is helping to get the new cover on the greenhouse, I've been doing some laundry. 

Okay, I've been up since 4:30 LOL 

I've finished the mini challenge, glued trim into the baby albums, put some stuff away, folded laundry, got loads of laundry in various stages and dry-canned twelve jars of baking soda. To say I'm ready for a nap at 10:15 a,m. is an understatement. Just not going to happen.

Last night when I filmed this video I had started on the 6 required elements for the Mini Challenge in the Challenge #1. Those are what I finished this morning and will be showing you those on Monday as well as making the tassel.

Here's the video:

I'll see you back here tomorrow for Stampin' Up! Sunday when we will be making Christmas cards.

Creative Blessings!

~Kelly

FRIDAY FREEBIE - My Kit for the #nftjjc

 Hi everyone!

Coming in way late today. Since we were gone all day yesterday, I didn't get the video recorded until this morning. Of course, after my 'free' time on the bandwidth so this fifteen minute video took 5 hours!!!! yeah, I've been behind on recording all week. That's changing. I'm going to record tomorrow's video right after supper - if not before and have it ready to go at O-dark-thirty tomorrow as it should. 

Here's a walk through of the items I'm using for my November Favorite Things Junk Journal Challenge:

I'm either doing the Mini Challenge #1 for tomorrow's video or one of the elements for the journal. I hope you'll come back and see!

Creative Blessings!

~Kelly

DESIGN TEAM THURSDAY - Pink Christmas Card

 Good morning, Crafty friends!

Okay, I know it's almost 7 p.m. here in the Ozarks. I got up this morning, recorded the video then set it to upload but we had to take Bob's truck in to get some work done. Shopping trip ensued since we had to make the drive in to town (50 miles away) and I've been home about an hour. 

So goes my life most days once Bob gets home. But that's okay, I'd rather have him home.

Here's the card I made for today. Apolozing for the shiny light on the left but best I had tonight.

I used Petal Pink cardstock and one of the large tag images from dearjuliejuie's Pink Christmas kit. Link is in the description box of the video.

Tomorrow, we need to prep the greenhouse for new plastic. But I should have a video up much earlier. I'll be showing off the 15 items I've chosen for my November Favorite Things Junk Journal Challenge. There's still plenty of time to play.  You'll find the details from Julie HERE

Until then...

Creative Blessings!

~Kelly

WOYWW #595

 Last week, Margaret showed us a picture of a sign she had taken several years ago. The name on the sign reminded me of the name of a lake in Massachusetts. I heard the name on an episode of My Lottery Dream Home where I couple had won a $1 dollars and were looking for their 'dream home'. The prononuiation of the name took host David Bromstad the entire episode to finally get right.  Thanks for the memory, Margaret. 

Here's the name.:  lake chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg

Bob will be home late this afternoon. I have tons to do. 

I will try to get to as many desks as possible. One of things I've discovered I can do in the mornings while videos are uploading.

Here are my desks for this week:

Filming desk. Must be cleared to film videos this afternoon

Work Table. Remnants of the baby albums still there as well as leftovers from cutting Etsy packaging bag headers/ stickers/ address labels.

The box in the back center is a personal journaling project I'm back to working on.

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

November Favorite Things Junk Journal Challenge Tips

  Good morning, crafty friends!

I know there's supposed to be a card today but I felt this video was more timely.

Julie has gained a lot of new members to the junk journal community. Many of them are coming into this month's challenge with questions. There's even some confusion amongst veteran members so I thought I'd do a video to help iron out some wrinkles so we can move forward with the challenge and have FUN!

If you're joining us, print out your Elements list - available in the monthly challenge FB group - a highlighter and let's get started playing!

CHALLENGE MONDAY - November Favorite Things Junk Journal Challenge

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I am soooo excited for this month's challenge. I'll share the details and the video in a moment, but in a nutshell...

I'll let you know on Friday what my 15 Favorite Things are. As this video was just released yesterday, I've not had a chance to even think. 

But here are Julie's 15 things we are to make using our 15 things:

Elements we will be making

1. Book page embellishments

1. 6 Book page embellishments

2. Six paper clips

3. Tassel and three charms

4. Use one whole napkin to make things

5. Three large tags

6. Three double tucks

7. Three pockets

8. Three flip-flops

9. Three doilies

10. Fabric flip and tabs

11. Frankenpage

12. Stack a sticker sheet

13. stacking note, bellyband, pocket, and border tuck

14. Use a postage stamp, playing cards, guest check, game piece                            

           to make an embellishment Each

15. Make three items using junk

Here's Julie's Details Video 

As a bonus, here is  my video this morning. The beginning of my video shows that Junk Journals are seldom finished:

Tomorrow is 10-Minute Tuesday. I'll pull a sketch and we will make a fall card. I hope you'll come back!

Creative Blessings

~Kelly

Stampin' Up! Sunday

 Good morning, everyone!

Did you turn your clocks back last night?

I never do. I just know that is a task I take care of as I move through my day. I've changed the microwave and the one in the dining room. Only 3 left to do! 

With the fall-back last night, I was up at 4 a.m. but that's okay. I have the video for today up on time and I've scheduled several blog posts on my cauldron blog for the entire month!

Since it's time to start thinking about fall, here is the card I made for this week:

You'll find all the details as well as product links on the video:

Here are the promised measurements:

Early Espresso card base - 5." X 4.25"

Acorn patterned DSP - 5.25" x 3.5"

Striped DSP - 5.25" x 1.5"

Very Vanilla - 3.75" x .5"

I will be back tomorrow with our November Monthly Challenge from DearJulieJulie 

Creative Blessings!

~Kelly