Hello

I can't quite believe it has been nearly three years since I was here.

I moved house and then got sick with a number of things and my creativity has suffered.

So I am doing a push to get going again.

I joined a Taster Week with the beautiful Tamara Laporte from Willowing Arts for her upcoming course Kaleidoscope 2020. 

The first lesson was a painting of Athena. Following step by step I produced the following watercolour painting.

Athena

I can't quite believe I painted this.  I additionally used some coloured pencil, gelato and Pitt pens.

Check out Willowing for many beautiful creations and lessons.  You won't be sorry.

Have a great week

Kellie 0:)

Welcome to Funday Friday Challenge #196 over at Jo's Scrap Shack

Our theme for this week is " Always Anything Goes" 

Our Sponsors this week are:-

Starstampz - 3 images from store

The Cutting Café  3 images or cut files from store

I have used a couple of images and a sentiment from the Cutting Café's "Fun with Owls" set.
This printable set features the following: 
*  31 Assorted images 
*  27 Sentiments

I printed and paper pieced the owl and branch images from various patterned papers.
I hope you join in with us - Come on get creative.

I'm excited to see what you create!

I plan to enter the following challenges:-

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Have a great week

Kellie 0:)

Welcome to Funday Friday Challenge #194 over at Jo's Scrap Shack

Our theme for this week is "Anything Goes" with an optional twist of using Red, Orange and Aqua.

Our Sponsor this week is The Paper Shelter  - I have used their fabulous digital precoloured stamp from the "Pineapple" set which also includes the digital outline stamp, background papers and a composition.

My floral background paper and sentiment are from Crate Paper, the aqua PP and the fibre are from my scraps. 

I hope you join in with us - Come on get creative.

I'm excited to see what you create!

I plan to enter the following challenges:-

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Have a great week

Kellie 0:)

Welcome to Funday Friday Challenge #192 over at Jo's Scrap Shack

Our theme is "Always Anything Goes" 

Our Sponsor this week is KennyK Digital Stamps  with a 3 pack of digis going to a single winner.

I have used their fabulous digital image "Cat".

I decided with birthdays coming up for my two little nieces I would make them a bookmark each.  I copied the image onto my background patterned paper with a little quote about reading.  I then copied the image onto my six pieces of patterned paper which I then cut out and paper pieced onto my background paper.  I then coloured the tag on the collar with a gold glitter marker.

Hint: I have a scrap piece of paper that I print the image on.  I then adhere with double sided tape each piece of patterned paper where I need it to print.  This saves using up too much paper for the smaller pieces.  

I hope you join in with us this week - Come on get creative.

I'm excited to see what you create!

I plan to enter the following challenges:-

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Have a great week

Kellie 0:)

Welcome to Funday Friday Challenge #190 over at Jo's Scrap Shack

Our theme is "Always Anything Goes" 

Our Sponsor this week is Star Stampz - they gift 3 digital stamps to one winner

I have used their fabulous digital image "Red String".

My image has been coloured with with Bienfang Watercolor Brush Pens and Kuretake Gansai Tambi Water Colours. My image was inked on the edges and adhered onto a blue layer. The sentiment stamp comes from Close to My Heart's "For Every Occassion". 

I embellished with some metal ribbon and some blue bling.

I hope you join in with us - Come on get creative.

I'm excited to see what you create!

I plan to enter the following challenges:-

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Have a great week

Kellie 0:)

Welcome to Funday Friday Challenge #188 over at Jo's Scrap Shack

Our theme is "Always Anything Goes " but this week we have an optional twist to use at least 2 patterned papers and no solids.

We are sponsored this week by:-

Bugaboo - prize - 4 digital stamps
Sunny Studio Stamps - prize - $20 gift card to store

I have used the Bugaboo digital image "Turtles Birthday".

My image has been watercolored with Bienfang Watercolor Brush Pens, and Kuretake Gansai Tambi Water Colours. I used 4 different patterned papers from my scraps. 

Since this birthday card will go to my youngest niece I had to pop a bit of bling and sparkle on there, so using up my stash I found some flowers and jewels.  I know she will love it.

I hope you join in with us - Come on get creative.

I'm excited to see what you create!

I plan to enter the following challenges:-

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Have a great week

Kellie 0:)

What do you need to do to enter?

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge entry project, using the linky tool below. 

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into

3. Three entries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. For all entries -NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED- 

The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date & the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge & prizes

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering 

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo

All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until May 19th by 6:00PM (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of May 22nd.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!

Welcome to Jo's Scrap Shack's 5th blogaversary birthday celebration hop day 2!

In honor of celebrating 5 wonderful years, Jo has an amazing two day blog hop lined up with 18 talented designers, several sponsors,  some of which; are among the top companies in the industry and lots of blog candy! So share this news with your crafty friends, grab your favorite beverage and hop along with us!

To start at the beginning of the hop, go visit Jo's Scrap Shack

You should have arrived here from Sherrie

I made a birthday card using a digital image from A Day for Daisies called "Butterfly Girl".  It is very apt since this blog has given me wings.  My blog was started in 2012 also after encouragement from Jo so we could share our creations and inspire one another which I am sure it has.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jo and your little Scrap Shack!!!!

My background is watercolored using Kuretake Gansai Tambi Water Colours.  My image was coloured using Copic Markers. This was then cut out and pasted onto a yellow mat and then onto a teal mat cut out using my Scan N Cut.  My sentiment was from my stash. I coloured it in sections to echo the watercoloring.

My nieces also got into the joy of creating with a little bit of help from Aunty Kellie and Nan.

Carys - Age 6

 

Alex - Age 4

Here is the line-up if you get lost along the way

May 4th- Day 2

Start: Jo's Scrap Shack 

Angie- Angie's Craft Fusion

Sherrie- Sherrie Scraps with Passion

You are here--->Kellie <---You are here

Janis- Pause, Dream, Enjoy

Christine- With a Grateful Heart

Monica- Bernstine Creations

Alpna- Feelings

Lisa- A Mermaid's Crafts

 Heather- Wire Wrapture

Megan Elizabeth - Above Rubies Studio

Our sponsors this year for the hop are:

Jo's Scrap Shack- Prize: Mystery Craft Box ($40 value), &  A Guest Designer Spotlight

Lawn Fawn - Prize: 1 stamp set and a 6x6 paper pad

The Cutting Cafe- Prize: The Orange You Cute Kit to one winner (Must be a U.S. winner)

Little Blue Button Stamps- Prize:  $15 gift voucher

Bugaboo- Prize:  $30 gift certificate 

Really Reasonable Ribbon- Prize: $10 gift certificate

Sunny Studio Stamps- Prize: (2) $20 gift certificates

Megan Elizabeth @ Above Rubies Studio  - Prize: one month free membership to SheMakes.club!

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To be eligible to win the prizes, you need to be a follower and leave a comment on all of our blogs for both days. Winners will be selected randomly from different blogs.  Everyone will have until Monday, May 8th to finish the two day hop and leave comments and Jo will announce the winner the next day, Tues. May 9th. 

See you then - Happy Hopping

Kellie 0:)

Next Stop on the hop - Janis

"Welcome to Jo's Scrap Shack's 5th blogaversary birthday celebration hop!"

In honor of celebrating 5 wonderful years, Jo has an amazing two day blog hop lined up with 18 talented designers, several sponsors,  some of which; are among the top companies in the industry and lots of blog candy! So share this news with your crafty friends, grab your favorite beverage and hop along with us! 

To start at the beginning of the hop, go visit Jo's Scrap Shack

I will be here tomorrow with my creation

See you then - Happy Hopping

Kellie 0:)

Welcome to Funday Friday Challenge #186 over at Jo's Scrap Shack

Our theme is Always Anything Goes

Our Sponsor this week is  Bugaboo Digi Stamps- 7 digital stamps to the winner

I have used their fabulous digital image "Beach M inner tube".

My image has been coloured with copic markers, then I paper pieced it to give some dimension.  My background is one I made using watercolours. The sentiment was one I found in my stash.  I stapled it on to my background. I edged my card base in black copic before adhering the background and then the image.

I hope you join in with us - Come on get creative.

I'm excited to see what you create!

I plan to enter the following challenges:-

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Have a great week

Kellie 0:)

Welcome to Funday Friday Challenge #184 over at Jo's Scrap Shack

Our theme is " Always Anything Goes" 

Our Sponsor this week is Little Blue Button Stamps   4 digis to a single winner

I have used their fabulous digital image "Flower Lips".

Once I got started with this great image I couldn't stop.  I found some great quotes in my stash from years ago - Colorbok Vellum Quotes - Nature.

I watercolored my first two images using Gelatos.  I rubbed them onto my non stick craft sheet and added water.  For the pattern on the clothing I sprinkled on some Brushos onto the wet image.

The back of the vellum quotes were laid over the left over wet Gelatos then lifted to allow drips etc

The last image was watercolored using Brushos

I hope you join in with us - Come on get creative.

I'm excited to see what you create!

I plan to enter the following challenges:-

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Have a great week

Kellie 0:)

What do you need to do to enter?

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge entry project, using the linky tool below. 

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into

3. Three entries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. For all entries -NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED- 

The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date & the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge & prizes

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering 

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo

All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until April 21st by 6:00PM (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of April 24th.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!