FRIDAY FREEBIE - Card Chicks

 Good morning, everyone!

Finally back to creating. I'm hoping to have regular posts up this weekend but with Bob home a few more days and we're trying to get stuff caught up before he leaves, May not be til Tuesday next week.

In the mean time, I was the hostess for this month's CardChicks at Splitcoast. Here's my card:

Not sure why his clothes have a yellow/ celery cast. I actually used Old Olive greens in the Stampin' Blends.

I wanted to spread our wings a little so used Graphic 45 Midnight Tales for my starting point. Since not everyone is in to Halloween, I added the garden gnome to the kit and in place of ribbon, I used a strip of the Be Dazzling paper.

I also suggested they could substitute the gnome for 1 other image of their choice from their stash.

I have things on the editorial calendar for the rest of the month just not sure I'll get them here before next week. I still want to do a Scrapbook Saturday and a Sunday Sympathy... just a matter of Life interruptus and time. 

Creative Blessings!

~Kelly

WOYWW #646

 Good afternoon, everyone!

I'm back! Running late as usual. Leisurely coffee and cards at the table with Bob is always the best start to my day.

My desk this morning, waiting for things to happen.

The book laying on the laptop is one I reviewed this morning. A Star That Twinkled But Never Got To Shine. If you love true classic country music such as Jimmy Rogers, then you will love this creative non-fiction about the author, Sharon Kizziah-Holmes' dad. Great story Every incident in the book happened. You can read my review HERE as well as find purchase links and video of her dad and the West Coast Ramblers.

You'll also see the cricut as well as some tags I was cutting for the Pink Ribbon journals and shop additions. $Tree finally has the vintage lace ribbon spools coming back in so I picked up several. The rest is all bits and pieces of what needs to be worked on, including the list of recipients for a Stampin' Up! Christmas card swap hosted by my SIL & down-line, Rhonda. 

Conference went well. Great to see folks you only see once a year. After 25 years, this conference becomes more like a family reunion. Seeing familiar faces, meeting new folks and remembering those who are no longer with us. 

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 

I'M BACK!

 Well, sort of...

Was a crazy couple of weeks getting ready for the conference, speaking at said conference then taking a few extra days before coming back to crazy town. 

This is Bob's last week home and we are trying to cram in vehicle repairs, food stock up and general maintenance around here before he heads back out a week from tomorrow.

Creative update!

I've been working on the Pink Ribbon journal and kits for the Etsy shop. Slower progress than I wanted but at least I'm getting there. Depending on time with Bob, I hope to have something in the shop by the end of the week.

I'm also still working on Stampin' Up!. I'll be taking part in Virtual On-Stage next month and hoping to build a presence from there. I just can't let go of Stampin' Up! I love the products and their products allow me to bring quality merchandise into my shop.

For now, Bob is waiting on me to have coffee with him before we start our day.

I hope to have something tomorrow.... time allowing today. If you've ever had to take a vehicle to the garage for repairs, you can see where my time line is for today. 

Creative Blessings!

~Kelly

WOYWW #644

 Good morning, everyone!

Short and sweet today!

My desk:

A bit of a disaster with planner stuff, mail I picked up yesterday and progress on my presentation. Busy morning here as I finalize my presentation for the conference and get the handouts printed and stapled. Then there's packing to be done, a dining room table to find....

Bob is on his way home. Lots of positive energy, please, as he is driving into/ through rain most of the trip.

Thank you for the visits last week. I got 'round to a few of you on Sunday. Will be the same this week, I expect. 

I will say I made 19 cards on World Cardmaking Day as well as a video tutorial. You can check those out by following the links:

World Cardmaking Day video

Blog posts with cards:

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

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 

More World Cardmaking Day!

 Good morning, everyone!

I'm going to show you what I worked with first:

I took one sheet (I thought) of each of the patterns in Nature's Harvest DSP and cut them into 6x6. Then I used 1 of each of the 6x6 and made two cards from each.

When I pulled a set out to photograph for this blog post I realized I'd missed a couple of sheets:

I cut each piece into a 4" x 5-1/4" mat. That gave me 1 mat, 1 strip and then a narrower strip to use on the inside.  This gave me two cards from each 6x6.

Before I show you today's, here is the alternate card to the one I showed you yesterday:

Here's the first two showing how I used the pieces.

This one used the 4 x 5-1/4: mat

This one used the 2" x 5-1/4" strip but I trimmed it down to fit the black mat.

Here's a couple more:

I used the Stitched So Sweetly dies and a stamped/ die cut image from the Nature's Harvest Bundle.

I didn't care for the recommended Cajun Craze, choosing to use Calypso Coral. I really liked using the black matting. I've learned how well that contrast works from Kristi Marcotte.

Final two:

I will have a quick shot of my desk tomorrow after I've finished plowing through projects that need done before I leave on Thursday.

As I'm writing this on Sunday night, I'm not sure what I'll get done for the time I'm gone. Bob is keeping the house safe while I'm gone for 7-10 days. 

SYMPATHY SUNDAY - Coming in Late

 Hey everyone!

I'm coming in so late that my first thought was to just skip the Sympathy Sunday but I'm trying to get back on track and no better time than the present.

I'll explain more about what I did for World Cardmaking Day tomorrow but this is one of the cards I made.  A junk journal friend of mine's stepdad passed away a couple of weeks ago and she has been in FL until just a day or two ago. I wanted to get a card popped in the mail to her.

I used the dsp from the Harvest Meadow DSP from the Mini Catalog. The sentiment and label are from the coordinating Nature's Harvest Bundle. I matted the DSP with Basic Black and added the Matte Black Gems.

I am supposed to get a challenge card for my upline on Wednesday. I think I'm going to get it done and will post next Tuesday (10/12).  So much to do before I leave on Thursday.  Finalizing my conference presentation and finding the house before Bob gets home Wed. evening are kind of my priorities at the moment. 

I hope you'll stop back by tomorrow to see a few more of the World Cardmaking Day creations. I'll be showing them Tomorrow and on Wednesday for What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday.

Creative Blessings

~Kelly

WORLD CARDMAKING DAY 2021 - #WCMD2021

 Good morning, friends!

On future Saturdays I will be posting scrapbook layouts, ideas for Scrapbook Saturday. However, since today is World Cardmaking Day and we are celebrating all around the world, I wanted to share my cardmaking video with you.

I was inspired by a video from Jennifer McGuire. 

I've always wanted to make a flip card but thought I needed a special die. Not true! If you have layering circle dies from Stampin' Up! you can make this card, too.

Here's the VIDEO LINK to how I made this card - complete with supply list and measurements.

I'll be back here tomorrow for Sympathy Sunday!

Creative Blessings

~ Kelly