#TAGTUEDAY - Harvest Meadow

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I'm kicking off the month of September with our first Fall tag.

I have chosen the Harvest Meadow paper pack from Stampin' Up! This was part of their Holiday 2021 release.  You can check out the video of how this tag came together HERE.

I'm short on time this morning because things took me longer yesterday than I'd planned. Seems that happens a lot the older I get.

I used three stamp sets with this tag. The stitches are from a set I purchased from Spectrum Art Creations' Etsy store a couple of years ago. I use the set a lot and may have to pick up one of their other stitch sets. You'll find that set HERE.  There are two other sets in their Etsy Store. HERE and HERE

I also used a set from Tracy Easson called Angels Of Love and Timeless Textures (retired) from Stampin' Up! You can see the set HERE on Ebay.

That's our first Fall Tag for 2025. I hope to have a flip through of the reconstructed December Daily album on Friday. 

Are you ready for fall?

Creative Blessings!

 ~Kelly

CHRISTMAS IN JULY - Tag Tuesday

 Good morning, creative friends!

I'm home!!! No traveling until sometime in September when we go pick up the grandgirls for a visit.

I'm kicking off the CHRISTMAS IN JULY series. All this month, the posts will have something to do with a quick tag using a card kit from Stamperia. The kit was 'All Around Christmas' While I don't see the card kit listed on the Spectrum Art Creations website, you will find the papers and die cuts in the collection HERE

Here's the video to the tag for today:

I'm hoping to get back into my WOYWW posts. The girls razz me about starting Christmas so early. It's fun. LOL  Then back on Friday. I just want to spend a couple of days with Bob before I dive in hard!

Have you started your Christmas crafting? Let me know what you're working on.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

MAKE IT - MAIL IT MONDAY! - Catching Up On Cards

 Good morning, creative friends!

NOTE: I had this drafted to post February 26th but it never posted so I'm ahead of the game this week! LOL

I finally feel as if I'm back on track. You know, because we're almost through the first two months of the year!

My first goal was to get caught up on swap cards for the Missouri Stamp Group I belong to. I'm determined to stay on track this year. I was behind on December, January then this month so I have three cards to show you today.

All of the cards used the same technique: stenciling with my new 5x7 Geli plate. I don't remember who's video I first saw the idea but she was using her geli plate to HOLD her papers in place while she worked with them, NOT as a base for applying ink or paint. When I saw the video I immediately went in and ordered the 5x7 from Spectrum Art Creations. Keep in mind, I have a large one that hardly ever sees the light of day... twice, maybe, since I bought it almost 12 years ago. 

Click HERE to purchase

All three stencils were purchased from Spectrum Art Creations. If they are still available, I will link them beneath the photo.

All the sentiments were from Tim Holtz - Noteworthy

You will find the video where I showed how I applied the backgrounds to all three cards HERE.

I started with the December card:

I started with a Real Red card base and mat for the sentiment. I used Real Red ink and a stencil from Ciao Bella.  I thought the image resembled a poinsettia.

For the January card, I went with a winter theme.

This was also a Ciao Bella stencil called Fluid Art. I used Uncharted Mariner ink, Seas Side Spray cardstock (SU retired) and a dual punch from SU (also retired)

Now that I'm caught up, here is the February Card of the Month (COTM):

I used a Powder Pink card base (retired Stampin' Up!), Picked Strawberry Distress Ink and a floral stencil from Spectrum Art Creations (Their own design). The heart is from the dual heart punch set from Stampin' Up!

I have all of my posts and videos for the rest of this month and into March as I get back on a posting track. The second and fourth Tuesday of each month I'll be taking part in #tryittuesday. I have the video uploading now to show you a tag book I created for the Spectrum Art Creations and Friends FB group - winter themed challenge. I'll drop the video link in here tomorrow morning.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

MAKE IT MAIL IT MONDAY - Bee Cards!

 Good morning, everyone!

I took time to play last night so this post AND the coordinating video would go up on time. 

As I sat thinking about what card to make for today I realized I wanted a card to go with each of the bee journal packages going in the mail later this week. 

As I was pulled items I knew I wanted to use for the card, this sketch was in the front of my sketch file box. I could almost hear it say 'pick me - pick me!'  So I did. LOL

I don't know where the sketch originated. Please ignore the grid lines in the back. LOL That was from the sketch.

Here is the card:

I used Basic Black for the card base and cut the woodgrain mat from a piece of the Heart & Home Designer Series Paper I've been using for the journal.

The mat is cut to 4" x 5-1/4"

I used the Layering Circles die set from Stampin' Up! The larger circle was cut from Bumble Bee cardstock using the 2" circle. The other 4 circles were cut from scraps of the Heart & Home DSP using the 1-1/4" circle

I used the Message Dies (Retired SU) to cut the sentiment. You can see how that was done in the video. Easy enough to modify if you don't have that die. 

You can use any small sentiment. I used the 'hello' from the August Paper Pumpkin kit, It's what I had handy. 

The brad is from the Eyelet Outlet (available) but I purchased mine from Spectrum Art Creations. (out of stock)

Stay tuned because I'll be using this same layout for Halloween & for Christmas in the coming weeks.

Here's the video:

Creative Blessings

~Kelly