Blessed Spring Sunday!

hugs,

Kim

Thrifty Thursday Crafting

I purchased these 3 items on a recent trip to Dollar Tree.

While the bunny faces are cute,

they aren't really my thing.

A little nail polish remover made quick work of erasing most of the image.

There was still a "ghost" in the face area,

so I used the back side of the eggs.

The eggs were much cleaner,

I feel it was worth doing this step.

Paint the clay pots with any acrylic paint.

This is what I used.

It took 2 coats of paint,

followed by a light sanding to get the look I was after.

Hot glue the paper shreds around the edge of the pots 

to make a nest.

Glue the eggs into the center of the nests.

I used Thickers glitter letters by American Crafts

to spell J O Y on the eggs,

and decorated the O with a bit of excelsior and a velvet pansy.

Happy JOYful Spring!

hugs,

Kim

Art Card Tuesday #12

For the month of March's inspiration,

I have chosen 4 colors which I seldom use in crafting.

This week's prompt is:

GREEN

If you want to play along,

click the button,

"2019 Art Card Tuesday Prompts,"

just below my blog header,

for a list of the prompts.

Be sure to share on Instagram using

#artcardtuesday

Happy hugs,

Kim

Spring Is Here!

 

 

 

Welcome Spring,

I hope you stay a while!

 

happy day to you all,

hugs and JOY,

Kimberly

April Showers, Bring May Flowers

 

 

Here's what I created for

JoAnne's latest matchbox swap.

My swap partner, Jess, is a librarian,

and loves books.

I packed the finished matchbox with supplies

for a mini nature journal.

 

enJOY Your Blessings,

Kimberly

 

Springtime In A Teacup Swap

at blissfullARTswaps group

 

This is what I created for my swap partner, Wendy.

I will share the beautiful teacup that Wendy sent me,

and all of the other wonderful swap returns I have received

next week.  It is a post that will knock your socks off!

 

linking to:

  and

Terri's Tea Cup Tuesday

 

enJOY a lovely weekend, my sweet friends,

& Your Blessings,

Kimberly

Springtime Tags

My tags for JoAnne's (click the button below)

 latest swap are in the mail!

 

Wishing you a heart full of Springtime,

even if the weatherman is not cooperating.

 

enJOY Your Blessings,

Kimberly

Today's The Day!

These are the 6 ATCs that I created for

my

Celebrate Spring

ATC Swap!

I've already shared the first 3,

although the one above

has changed a little.

I finished the last 3 yesterday,

just in time,

because

today is the due date.

All ATCs for the swap should be in the mail today.

Here's a list of our swappers

(if your name appears in pink,

I have your ATCs):

Liz (Lululiz)

Wendy (Bliss Angel)

Sylvia (Little Treasures)

Kathy (Country Chintz)

Donna (My Cup Of Tea)

Sherry (Creatology)

Danielle (Miss Danielle Renee)

Chris (Perfectly Printed)

Joy (njoy Originals)

Natalea (Kandeland)

Karla (Miss Peach)

Lynn (Trash To Treasure)

Debbie K

Jewels (Just Tickety-Boo)

Jane (Aralia Jane)

Linda M

Cindy (Cottage Remnant)

Holly (Paper Pieces Of Me)

Karen C (KRC Masterpiece)

Marlene (Uniquely Ella)

Tracy (Tied Up Memories)

Marva (Purple Paint's Muse)

Donnalee (Design For Doing)

JoAnne (Vintage Dragonfly)

Olivia (Olivia's Creative Quest)

me

A few of you have let me know that they are on their way,

if you are running a little late

or have to drop out,

please let me know.

The cards I have thus far are wonderful!

enJOY Your Blessings,

Kimberly

Tuesday Trading Card Swap Update!

Here's one more of my ATCs for the swap.

One more week to get those

Celebrate Spring

ATCs

in the mail.

enJOY A Lovely Day

& Your Blessings,

Kimberly

Tuesday Update!

Here's another ATC I created for my

Celebrate Spring

Tuesday Trading Card Swap.

Reminder:

All cards are due to be mailed in

2 weeks from today.

Here's the current list:

Liz (Lululiz)

Wendy (Bliss Angel)

Sylvia (Little Treasures)

Kathy (Country Chintz)

Donna (My Cup Of Tea)

Sherry (Creatology)

Danielle (Miss Danielle Renee)

Chris (Perfectly Printed)

Joy (njoy Originals)

Natalea (Kandeland)

Karla (Miss Peach)

Lynn (Trash To Treasure)

Debbie K

Debbie (The Altered Bee)

Jewels (Just Tickety-Boo)

Jane (Aralia Jane)

Linda

Cindy (Cottage Remnant)

Holly (Paper Pieces Of Me)

Karen C

Marlene (Uniquely Ella)

Tracy (Tied Up Memories)

Marva (Purple Paint's Muse)

Donnalee (Design For Doing)

me

That makes 25 of us.

Please contact me right away if I have left you off the list

or if you haven't received an email from me with my mailing address.

You can leave a comment on this post,

be sure to include your email.

There is still time to join in,

you have 2 weeks to make and mail

6 Celebrate Spring ATCs.

If you think you might be interested,

simply go to this post for details.

Happy Tuesday!

enJOY Your Blessings,

Kimberly

Happiness Of Blue Birds

This pretty boy is my latest purchase.

I found him last weekend...

...for a song.

He inspired me to create a couple of

etsy Treasuries today,

I thought you might like to take a look:

Happiness of Blue Birds

and

Promises of Spring

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." -Lou Holtz

enJOY Your Blessings,

Kimberly

Tuesday Trading Card Swap Sign Up!

Time to sign up for a new swap!

The theme for this swap is

Celebrate Spring.

This will be a 6 for 6 swap,

you create 6 ATCs,

mail them to me,

include $3.00 for return shipping,

and I will mail 6 ATCs, by 6 different artists, back to you.

Sign up by leaving a comment here,

be sure to include your email,

I will email you with my mailing address.

I love dimensional ATCs,

but please be aware that I will be resending your artwork in a padded envelope.

Sign-ups are ongoing,

just keep in mind that the

due date for mailing is 3 weeks from today,

Tuesday, March 20th.

Please read this post for a little more info on my swaps,

and Wikipedia has a little history about

ATCs (Artist Trading Cards)

that you may find interesting.

Feel free to post my button (above) to your blog.

Let the fun begin!

enJOY Your Blessings,

Kimberly

Hello

Just wanted to take a moment

to say hi

and remind you all

to enter my

"Mon Amie" Giveaway

and be sure to check back tomorrow,

sign-ups will begin for my

latest ATC swap.

enJOY a lovely evening,

and your Blessings,

Kimberly

Here are the beautiful Spring ATCs I received!

Natalea,

I love polka dots!

Kelly,

everyone knows how I love zig-zag stitches!

Debbie,

I love purple and yellow in the garden!

Cannot thank you enough for accepting my invite to trade.

Join me every Tuesday

for a new theme,

3 new ATCs,

and a new invite to swap!

enJOY Your Blessings,

Kimberly

Post Card Swap

I joined the Art Post Card Swap

hosted by Kandeland.

Still feeling the need to embrace Spring,

and to create a little something every day,

these are the post cards I created.

I collaged paper, stickers, and Character Constructions stamps.

Here are all of the 14 cards I mailed out.

Thank you to our hostess.

Celebrate Spring!

enJOY Your Blessings,

Kimberly