Do You See What I See?!

I have been wanting to play along in the sketch challenge ever since Wednesday. I had my pieces all started and an idea in my head, but . . . not enough time to sit down and get it done UNTIL today. :) I was very inspired by Roxie's card and had to try out the technique using the cuttlebug folder. So I gave it a go. I used a Great Impressions snowman, my d'vine swirls cb folder, Archival pearlescent sky blue ink, coluzzle for some of the circles and circle punch for others, my new MS snowflake punch that I just HAD to buy after seeing all the terrific creations my DT is coming up with for our November challenge at KL SNS blog, and rhinestones, glitter and different shades of blue CS to create my card. Let me know what you think?! :)

Hugs,

Angel Emma Christmas card

Another quick Christmas card from Kelly!!


Although I would love to add more brads, flowers or ribbon to the left of the card, I was trying to keep this one a little more simple for "shipping" purposes. Can't have too many bumps in there ya know. I have a local postal worker that loves to feel my envelopes. She knows I add all kinds of goodies to my cards, and dog-gone it, she is too fussy. LOL

Deets: Stamp is one of three Angel Emmas from the Angel Emma set (C.C. Designs). DP is Eskimo kisses, which matches so well with SU real red and bashful blue (embossed with the divine swirls cuttlebug folder). The other cs color is bordering blue (I believe, as it was a scrap piece I pulled from my cutting area). *blush* The primas are from Oriental Trading, and they are held on with lemonade brads in pink and teal that were sparkled up a bit with Stickles. The image was colored with Copics and then accented with white gel pen, Sakura gel pen for the harp and stickles for her wings.

Don't forget about the November challenge .

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Hope you all have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Alpaca Photos from HGA

Well, I don't care what the judges thought . . . I am rather proud of these photos (which look even better matted in dark brown, black and 2 shades of blue in that order *wink*).

What's she talking about you might be thinking . . . well, I just had to share with you some photos that I shot and submitted for the Empire Photo Contest last month. Even though they didn't get an honorable mention, I really LOVE them . . .

The caption for this one was "Alpaca See . . . Alpaca Doo."

Lazarus was only a few days old here, and after following mom across the field she stopped and showed him what he was supposed to do near "the pile"

(at first I thought if only they had wings they looked like they were ready for take off).

Then I captured this one of Cody and Amber and named it "Precious and Few (are the moments)," and I had printed it out in black and white for the contest. Cody was just sitting down by Amber in the field and was talking to her when she put her head over almost on his shoulder like she was wanting a hug. She is such a sweet gal, you can't help but love her!!

This one is my all time favorite though! We named it . . . "A Mother's Love."

It is another picture of Serena and Lazarus (the cuter end this time). Aren't they sweeeeeet?!

So . . . leave me a comment and let me know what YOU think of them. I would love to hear, and honestly I had some photography classes in high school so I "thought" I knew what I was doing, but . . . if you have any pointers, PLEASE let me know what you think

I could have done to make them better. I am all ears . . . well, mostly *wink*
Hugs, Kelly L

Few of my favorites and . . . such terrific friends!

With a good friend, Helen Phelps, mentioned her "favorite things"-- the song started playing in my head. LOL So . . . I had to show you a few of my favorite cards that I created for last Christmas. I plan to create a few more if I get a chance this weekend too.

If you aren't too busy creating your own . . . you have to stop by and check out Helen's blog today, as she tells us about some of her "favorite things." :) There is CANDY involved too! Be sure and read to the end of her post to find out what you must do . . .

Hugs,

Are your Christmas cards done yet?!

Well, mine aren't either . . . but, with cute little images like this . . . who can NOT create just a few more even if your cards are complete?! This sweet pup is just one of the stamps from the Christmastime set by C.C. Designs being sold at KL SNS. He makes me chuckle when I see him all tangled up in the lights -- this happens almost every year at the Little household. I swear it would be a LOT less stressful if we had "disposable" Christmas lights -- ya know use them one year and then recycle them, and then turn around and buy new disposable ones next year. LOL

I colored this little guy with my prismacolor pencils, blended with Gamsol to give him a watercolor effect, and then layered the image on ruby red and chocolate chip. The holly berry dp is from the Eskimo Kiss pad from BasicGrey, and light teal piece from Two Scoops. That panel was ran through the Snow Dots cuttlebug folder for some extra texture. The snowflakes (to play along in our challenge) were dusted with faux snow for added texture and sparkle.

Hope you have gotten a chance to play along in KL SNS's November challenge for a chance to WIN! About a week and a half left to play . . . you won't want to miss it!! Have a GREAT week, and I hope you are getting excited about Thanksgiving and spending time with your families. I know I am. :)

Hugs,

Thankful Couple

Aww, this couple has the sweetest look of admiration for one another. Don't ya just love it?!

Deets: The Harvest image is colored with both Copics and prismacolor pencils (w Gamsol) when I needed that "just right color" and don't have quite enough Copics yet. The DP is ruby red and chocolate chip to match the colors in the image and the Indian Summer BasicGrey dp. (I noticed her head has a little bit of what looks like white showing through, but it is just in the photo, possibly from rubbing with the stump, looks a little waxy if I get real close to it. hmmmm) Also, the sentiment was from a SU set called Thoroughly Thankful and the the dp used was Indian Summer. The challenges for The Greeting Farm this week were a LOT of FUN! Thanks to everyone who put it together for the past 2 weeks, and thanks to Kristine and Cheryl for the tips about printing my digis. I really appreciate you ladies more than you know!! I have to mention that I really DO love the fact that you can scale them down to whatever size you need. I printed these litttle cuties out as wallet size photos since they are TIFF files that I can't open with PhotoShop, but they were then just the right size to center in my largest Coluzzle circle. :) I had to move the circle over just a little to tie my bow though. I hope they like it as much as I do . . . .

Hugs,

Too Stinkin' Cute Snowglobe . . .

I can't say I have seen a cuter skunk couple than these two . . . LOL. My dear friend and DT member, Cheryl, has been showing off such cute animal friends from The Greeting Farm that I had to go check them out and believe it or not, this is also my FIRST ever use of a digi image. :D yaaay. I had tried once before and the ink just dispersed across the page. Well, thanks to Kristine, another good friend and the senior DT coordinator for my KL SNS design team I can now use my digi creations (with a little heat gun action on the page after it prints -- boy, that was TOO easy, huh?!). Was I the ONLY one who didn't know this?! (I think so *blush*)

Anyway . . . long story short, they are having a guest designer tryout over at The Greeting Farm and although I don't have a LOT of free time, I figured by golly I was going to try out for just a "one month spot" with TGF and I was going to CREATE some "me time" to get it done!! LOL

They are running a 2-week challenge and I thought I had a little extra time to get the cards in . . . well, not so. I was supposed to upload this cutie Thursday night, and I didn't actually finish it all up until last night . . . not good. Well, I posted it in their gallery anyway (cause it's too cute not to share) and while I was at it found another challenge to enter it in.

-- Thanks to Crazy 4 challenges, this sweet acetate-toting couple qualifies.
-- It also qualifies for KL Stampin N Scrappin's snowflake challenge this month

(Stop by and see us too for a chance to win a $10 GC and free stamp from my store!!!).

Here is the completed card. There is a similar layer of the Eskimo kisses DP on the inside layered on a piece of ruby red cs and see the little snowflake creation in the bottom corner? (Note to self -- whatcha thinking not having a big snowflake punch from SU?! -- gotta get one of those). LOL

Card details:
Digi Stamp: Mistletoe kiss from TGF
DP: Eskimo kisses from BasicGrey
Nesties: Large circle nestability die
Embellies: faux snow (looks like the white Flower Soft I think), holly ribbon from my stash $1 bin at Target/Michaels, small snowflakes punched, glued and glittered, Lemonade brad


Thanks for stoppin by!!

Happy Stampin N Scrappin!! :)

Growing up?!

Ooh, I just love sunflowers, and when this sweet Brigitta from the Swiss Pixies collectionbecame available on C.C. Designs wholesale list, I just had to add her to my store! If you notice our home page at http://shop.KLstampinNscrappin.com I chose sunflowers because they are so bright and cheery (now mind you I love roses, daisies and tulips too, but sunflowers I just have a special love for).

I sat down and colored her with my Copics last night, added a few highlights with the Signo white gel pen (I have to find some more of these for our store!!) and then layered the image on some Nook and Pantry BG DP. The stamped sentiment is from InkaDinkaDoo's Kids Quotes collection, which I had hoped to add to the store, but their minimum order requirements are a bit steep at $500, so we are holding off on that one for a while (at least after the new year). *wink* Here is a blurry picture of the stamp, sorry my camera and lighting were not cooperating too much this morning. (out of the mouths of babes but if it were ONLY true!) lol

The winner for KL Stampin N Scrappin's October Challenge is Christina at Christina's Creations!! Woohooo, congats, Christina! Thanks to everyone for playing along.

Christina's lovely creation was a labor of love. Did you see all the paper peicing and tiny leaves she carefully placed on her tree to create a lovely fall scene?! Well, if you haven't you must click on the link on her name to check it out. It is truly beautiful!

Hugs,