Celebrate With Us!

Celebrate With Us!

Our team member Jessie Banks has her first stamp release!  Jessie from the Facebook page Cards and Colour has designed a Birthday sentiments stamp for Whimsy Stamps!  We want to congratulate her on a job well done so we are having a sale and some games!

Get 25% off Whimsy Stamps and dies

use code Whimsy

good from May 17th through May 18th 2017

Shop Whimsy Stamps Here

On our Facebook page 7 Kids Customers Create! at 5 pm Eastern time we will begin the games!

Go to the Facebook now and join our group so you can join us for the games.  We are giving away 5 of Jessies's new stamp sets and other stamps that Jessie loves.

Join our Facebook page made just for you here! 

Jessie's Stamp set Happy Birthday To You is available now at

7 Kids Your Crafting Supply Store!

Also 7 Kids Your Crafting Supply Store is sponsoring Jessie with her Facebook Page 

Cards and Colour

We are having a small blog hop to show you how we used her new stamp. Please leave a comment on everyone's blog and a congratulatory message for Jessie when you reach her blog!  You will have a chance to win her Whimsy Happy Birthday to you Stamp set.

Lastly leave a comment on the 7 Kids Challenge Blog

Here is my card with the new Tilly Dancing from Whimsy Stamps

Here is one of Jessie's sentiments.

Next Please! Michele

If you wish to start the blog hop at the beginning please go to

the 7 Kids Challenge Blog

Have a great day!

Kelly

Patina Paint Brush Tutorial

Hello and welcome to my blog today!

My friends and I tried Finnabair ARt Extravagant Patina Effect Paste on a paint brush.

So here are the step by step that we did using Finnabairs You Tube video for a guide

So here is what we did

We glued on the objects with Glossy Accents to a paint brush and after it dried then brushed the entire brush and objects with Finnabairs Clear Gesso. Let is completely dry or things will be moving while you are trying to paint. lol

The next step is color them with the Brass Paint, then apply the green and blue, I did blue first and realized that we are supposed to blend both green and blue together but not completely.  Also note that I have a heavy hand, there is a lot of the paint on mine verses Dawns, she is a lighter painter and did not apply that much paint to the brush.

So here they are completely painted with the 2 colors green and blue, the paint is more like a paste and is gritty. After it is dry I rubbed my fingers lightly over it to get rid of the loose grit.

The you want to DRY BRUSH more copper paint to just highlight the areas.  Very lightly and you may need to go over it a few times.  last I applied Turquoise Satin and a bit of Old Silver Waxes over the copper to highlight it more. You just lightly rub it in and done!

Here are Dawns Brushes finished.

I hope you liked them, very easy to do and Finnabair is a great teacher!

All this is available at my store

7 Kids Your Crafting Supply Store

We are running a special for the entire month of March!

March Is National Crafting Month
Let's Celebrate!

How about $75.00 to spend at the 7 Kids Store!
Here is how
1.)Make a card or creation and enter it in our Challenge Blog here:Challenge #6 as many times as you wish using a different creation or card.

2.)Post it on our Facebook Page here: 7 Kids Customers Create and if you have not yet joined us then join and we will let you in and share your creation.
You will be put in a drawing to win the grand prize of $50.00 store credit to the 7 kids store!
THIS IS VALID UNTIL APRIL 8TH 2017
We will send out a email announcing the winner

**During the Month of March 2017, all purchases you make at 7 Kids Your Crafting Supply Store will be a bonus entry to winning the $75.00 store credit**

See you there!

Kelly

Anything Goes at 7 Kids College fund Challenge

Thank you for stopping by my blog today!  

Some of you may not know that I have purchased the online store 7 Kids College Fund from Tabitha just a few months ago.  I have learned so much and feel so great about making this investment for our future. Keeping the store going and being able to see my self grow brings me happiness.  It has been hard, frustrating and rewarding for me, even the customers are so patient with some mistakes that get made. My goal is to bring the best customer service because I appreciate it as a customer and also some great products that you will love.  

One of the best parts now is opening up our Challenge Blog for everyone to participate in. The blog and our talented design team are being managed by my partner and friend, Karen Gauthier.  

Now I have limited time so I was up late the night before making my card, sound familiar?  lol  This one is a simple Halloween card using Wizard, Witch and the Cauldron Chicks from Stamping Bella.  They are colored in Copics on X-Press It paper then put onto Authentique Mysterious Designer paper pad.  This is all available in the store.

The cobweb doilies are from last year, they are for cupcakes and I did not see them in the store this year.  Aren't the chicks just stinkers! lol  My son loves all the pictures of the Stamping Bella line, he finds them amusing. 

We will have a $20.00 gift voucher to our store for the winner.  I would love to have you enter the challenge for a chance to win the $$$$

Here is the link to 7 Kids Challenge Blog, please look at our design teams creations.  We have some sweet and talented ladies to represent us.  I am so lucky!

Have a great day,

Kelly

Wycinanka & Maja

What goes perfectly together on a card, box, gift, scrapbook page, oh if only I had more time to craft!  I made 2 cards using Wycinanka chipboard and the new Summertime Maja papers.  I need to write to some people and I had no cards so this is what I made

I used a border and a set of keys on the right of the card and the heart is the centerpiece.

This card is using the heart in the middle with a resin bird.  The top is a border that I put liquid pearls on. The borders are so delicate and I really had to be careful not to break it.

I need to make more while I am able to enjoy a break in life.

Have a great day!

Kelly

It is a GIRL!

My son and his wife are having their first child at Christmas time, I can hardly wait!  Too many boys in this family and this one is a girl.  I just had to make this darling card for the occasion.  My card has a gorgeous piece of Wycinanka Chipboard on it and Maja Summertime papers.  I used several Magnolia Doohickey die cuts and flowers from every where.

Here is the chipboard up close, I love the castle, she will be our Princess!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, Our lives are so full but it is nice to hear from you!

Hugs and blessings,

Kelly

CAS at Magnolia-licious

Clean and Simple is the hardest thing for me to do, I always think I leave the card undone.  I love how beautiful everyone elses cards are, you should go over to our new challenge and look at the DT ladies, wow!  Our new challenge at Magnolia-licious Blog is 

CLEAN AND SIMPLE 

 

For me this is a challenge so I had this one piece of designer paper and cut out a box.  I colored and cut my Tilda with Dot Bow out and put it together.

 

here is the front side and the flap opens so I can put a little something in there.

The backside was easy I just used the other images on the paper and stamped the sentiment.  To me this is clean and simple. lol

 

I hope you join us this month to win the prize!

Have a great day, Kelly

 

  

Celebration with Midweek Magnolias

Celebrations are so fun especially summer ones, so many occasions and gorgeous summer weather!  This weeks Challenge at Midweek Magnolias Challenge is

CELEBRATIONS

 

There are so many things to celebrate this year so I made this one blank so I can write in what I want to for the occasion.  I like blank cards to personalize when the time comes.

 

I love this Tilda from the new Spring collection, she goes with everything as she is gazes thoughtfully, hmm wonder what she is thinking?

 

I wanted to show you the new Magnolia Doohickey die Volume 9 I used on this card.  The envelope, swirly mat and castle towers are so cute.

I hope you come join us at Midweek Magnolias Challenge Celebrations.  You will have a chance to win a great prize, see you there!

Hugs Kelly

Magnolia-licious Mini Magnolia Challenge

Hello and welcome to my blog today!

It is Wednesday and Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog has the MINI Magnolia Challenge today.  I hope you have a mini Magnolia so you can enter the challenge, easy to win!

Look how cute both of these Mini's are! I just had to get this old time stove with Tilda. She is perfect for anything and I love the vintage theme it has.

Please join us for our Mini Magnolia Challenge  at  Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog to win our prize!  Don't forget to visit the design team, they have some gorgeous creations for inspiration. 

Have a great day

Kelly

Anything Goes with Magnolia-licious

Hello and welcome to my blog today.  I hope to inspire you to join our new challenge Magnolia-licious Challenge to win prize money to spend at the store.  Diana has so many things to choose from and new companies she has added so I wish you luck in the draw!
The challenge is ANYTHING GOES

 

Tilda with Love is colored in DI and Frantaged around.  I love the new Maja paper and didnt want to cover it up, such a hard thing to do but it just happens.  I should give in a wallpaper my wall with my favorite papers. lol  

 

I had to get the new Clothes line from Magnolias new Spring Fever Collection, it is so darling and goes anywhere on a card.

 

Here is a closeup of the embellishing, not alot as the papers did all the work this time.

 

I hope you enter our newest challenge at Magnolia-licious Anything Goes Challenge and dont forget to check out the DT over there, awesome things to see.

 Magnolia-licious is offering a $20.00 gift certificate in a random drawing for the challenge so I hope you join us and enter your Magnolia creation.

Anything Goes with Midweek Magnolias Challenge

Summer is in full gear at my home and I can hardly wait for school to start again! lol Life is chaotic here and things that you do not expect just keep happening, so after June I have decided to leave my design teams.  Such a bummer as I love them but life keeps getting in the way of crafting.  I have all my June cards done and hoping to squeeze a few more things here and there this year.

This week Midweek Magnolias Challenge is 
ANYTHING GOES

 

I love the chipboard and die cuts on this one, I had fun figuring out where to put them all.  I always forget I have them but for this card I dug around for different items to use and they worked great. 

 

I hope you join our new challenge at Midweek Magnolias and win a prize.  Our DT is awesome so I hope you get a chance to see their new creations.

Have a great day!

Kelly

 

 

Midweek Magnolia Challenge Shabby Chic

Good Morning!

Today is Midweek Magnolias Challenge

SHABBY CHIC

everyone's favorite!

I started with the pretty papers and then built the card from there.  I colored Tilda Blowing Hearts in distressed inks. My son loves her. lol  I also put a few Magnolia doohickey dies on and some flowers and she is done. 

I hope you go to our Midweek Magnolias Challenge Blog and check out my team mates creations, very talented and beautiful.

Please join us and enter in the challenge Shabby Chic, don't forget to follow the rules so you can have a chance to win the prize.

Have a wonderful day!

Kelly

Magnolia-Licious Challenge Flowers

Hello my friends,
Welcome to my blog and the new challenge from Magnolia-licious Challenge Flowers or Photo Inspiration.  You can choose to do either and the photo inspiration is gorgeous!

I chose floral and used Tilda with Rose Basket, from Pink Lemonade collection.  She is not in stock now but ask Diana and she can order her for you.  

I colored her in distressed inks and added Frontage to the edges.  My frame is from Spellbinders and embellished with flowers and a few dies. 

Magnolia-licious is offering a $20.00 gift certificate in a random drawing for the challenge so I hope you join us and enter your Magnolia creation.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you join our challenge

Hugs Kelly

Mini Magnolia Wonderful Tilda

Happy Wednesday and Magnolia-licious has a Mini Magnolia challenge for you to take part in.  Every Wednesday gives you a chance to win a prize from Magnolia-licious.

On my mini card I paired two minis Wonderful Tilda and mini tea cup with Maja papers to make a gift card. I added a die cut behind Tilda and a tag from the papers. 

Diana has some adorable mini magnolias and some bundle specials to save more money.  Don't forget our current blog hop and for some inspiration go to the Magnolia-lcious Challenge Blog.

Thank you for stopping by.

Hugs Kelly

Tropical Mermaid

Hello my friends, thank you for stopping by today.  It has been cool here and a bit rainy as is every Spring in the Black Hills.  I was told this area gets most of their moisture in the Spring and then it dries up for the summer.  So far I think that is true.  We are spoiled with gorgeous sunny skies so when the rain starts it seems gloomy forever.  I am looking forward to sunny and warm weather which should be soon!

Midweek Magnolias  has a new challenge today,

ANYTHING GOES

My tropical card has a few Magnolia Doohickey dies and sweet Tilda is colored in distressed inks and the I used glitter and liquid pearls for embellishment. 

I hope you join us for our new challenge at Midweek Magnolias and win a awesome prize.  Don't forget to check out the other talented design team ladies, they are so inspiring.

Have a great day!!

Hugs Kelly

Magnolia-licious Spring Blog Hop

Welcome to our SPRING BLOG HOP at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog!!

If you are arriving from beautiful TAMARA then you are on the right track, if not please go back to the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog and you can see the line up of our talented Design Team.

For the occasion I made a canvas using a ton of spring flowers and the big Magnolia Butterfly.  I wanted to create a something carefree and full of color to celebrate new life and all the blooms that are coming out in Spring.

I hope you are counting the tulips here on this first photo!!  

Basically I used a Prima watercolor canvas and Prima water color crayons to create the background. Then I glued flowers and chipboard onto it with some painted cardboard. Lastly I had fun with distressed inks and splattered them onto the canvas.

The butterfly is water colored with the Elegant Writer pen and then I applied modge podge onto it so that it is stiff and able to stand without falling over.

Now for your next stop, HOP over to the super talented...

SUZI

to see what she has to share with you.

HERE ARE THE RULES

1. Like us on our Magnolia-licious Facebook Fan Page

2. Leave a comment on each DT’s post during the hop.

3. At the end of your Hop return to the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog and

leave a comment there as well for a chance to win a prize.

 All comments received are counted and a random winner is chosen.

Participants who enter a project on our Blog Hop Challenge will have a chance to win by random draw also.

Remember to look for the hidden tulips on our blogs!!
Good Luck to you all!!
Hugs Kelly

CHALLENGES I ENTERED
Live and Love Crafts Blossoms and/or Butterflies
Prima's May Challenge
Simply Magnolia Flowers
All About Magnolia Challenge #14

Caged passion Canvas

I finally found time to make a long canvas using some Prima techniques I learned and their products. The products are shown in the photo below.

These are the coloring elements I used for the canvas.  I assembled it with Prima's moulding paste and used their black and white gesso to get 2 different color effects from their opal magic paint by Finnabair.

This canvas is 18" x 36" and hangs in my bathroom for now.  I do want to sell it and make more similar to this. 

The bottom of the Bird Cage from Prima is adorned with flowers that I black gessoed with a touch of white and then adding the opal magic paint. I also used Artist stones, chipboard from Dusty Attic, 2 masks, cardboard, Prima relics and a vintage spoon.

The inside of the cage I glued Prima heart relic and some melange with a few of Finnabair's metals. I had originally made this cage for a Easter project and kept some of those elements.

The bottom of the canvas has a garden theme of flowers, leaves, dirt and the spoon.

The top of the canvas shows more of the card board and you can see the difference between the black gesso and the white gesso by the 2 metallic paint opal magic that I used. 

3D effect of the cage, I really glued this one down and waited a very long time before hanging to make sure it did not fall off. Prima's moulding paste is great along with locktite and glossy accents around the edges.

Here it is in my bedroom against the purple walls, this goes with every color in my home.

The lighting shows variable metallics

I really enjoyed this one, it didn't take long to make it as most of it was the drying time for everything. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog for a closer look.  I want to sell this canvas and I have checked in options like local consignment shops, etsy, ect.  My question to you is How Much Should I Charge For This?? Your honest opinion would help me with the impending decisions.

Thank you so much!

Have a great day

Kelly