Kelly I just have to say , you are such an inspiration. Not just with your incredible talent with everything art but you are an amazing mom, such a beautiful example for your little guy. Your love for your community and all that you do . You are one of the most hardest working people I know , not that I know you but I feel like I do 💕 you are such a great example of what all of us should strive to be. Thank you 💕
I love the card. Wow. I too am thankful for my family. They have always been there for me and my husband. We are blessed to have a great family on both sides.
Oh that is so so pretty. Really a cool twist kind of on the spotlight technique. I am so glad that you have such a loving and supportive family, and really glad that you realize it's a true blessing and are so appreciative of it. It's really nice to hear you sing their praises quite often. I used to run a community outreach and food pantry. Definitely do what you can to get the newspaper to do a story on your event, but another thing you might could do is run off Flyers and take them to the schools at least for elementary and maybe Middle School and have them pass them out to the kids to take home. We had a local print shop that gladly donated the ink and paper to run off the Flyers on colored paper. We did this for a Christmas parade. In all fairness I will say it didn't work very well but nothing worked in that town. It was a very small town and there was just something about it even having teams going door-to-door didn't help on another thing that we were trying to do. But hopefully passing out flyers to the kids would work better for y'all. Also maybe check your local TV stations and radio stations that do PSAs. And if you aren't doing it maybe have a sheet with name phone number and email address to have them sign up to win a prize or something and then you can email people about future events. Hope one or some of these work. I think it's great what you're doing with the kids.
I didn’t understand why you didn’t like the card until I saw you add the black. What a difference. I don’t know if all UA-camrs know how much we viewers love seeing your thought process. It really teaches us to look at our projects differently. Thank you!
Very unusual card, Kelly, and I LOVE it!! I'd like to see you another one with other colors (other then black) or maybe on a base that's colored. It's a great idea. I'm very thankful that you have a supportive family. I was a single mother for 9 years, and did not have that support. It isn't easy, but we muddle our way through it. Your family (and friends, and us out here in YT land) are also very lucky and blessed to have YOU in our lives. I'm thankful for you.
It totally worked when you added the black! Just beautiful. Our local radio stations have a free service for not-for profit community events. They will advertise either on air, or on their community pages on their websites. Might be worth checking out.
Super pretty! ❤️ Love the black really kicks it up! Wow! Just a funny observation, haha, the squeaky door, reminded me of my kids watching scrubby doo! 🤣😂😅😍 Life is real right! ❤️❤️
AWESOME!!! This is spectacular, Kelly!!! I agree that family is a blessing, because it does take a village, so grateful that you shared this fabulously colored, beautiful card!!!
Wow Kelly, what a great idea, I love this. Your colouring is as always gorgeous and the card stunning! Thank you so much for showing and the story. Have a great weekend.
I was wondering just where you were going with that die cut circle idea, but you were right, the black NAILED it! Thanks for another great card idea. Also LOVE your coloring!
Amazing flower coloring, of course! Beautiful card design, although how you got there boggles my mind. 🤔🤔🥴😍😍 I would also pass up any sports to go to a party. No thought involved. 👍🏻👍🏻 LOL
Such a beautiful card. Love how you put it together. Also love that you don't skip Thanksgiving. It's not just an excuse to eat turkey and watch football for sure. Next year, try for a sports team endorsement for your fund raiser. Even though they can't come (unless you can get something other than the Browns) go for an endorsement. That would get you some more people. Teams endorse stuff all the time. thanks for all you share. Happy Thanksgiving to you, Eric, Peanut and your families.
A very beautiful card with so much eye catching dimensional interest, and with your beautiful coloring! I loved every minute! I so appreciate the time you take away from your loved ones to do this for us!
Very striking, I love the dark background you added. I would suggest promoting your event on FB. I'm not sure how many people even read the newspaper anymore!
Local radio stations will often mention community events if you call and talk to them. Most often for free. We had lousy Halloween this year the weekend before we had 70 mile an hour windstorm hit our town by Halloween we still had over a thousand homes without electricity :( just not productive for a fun Halloween, I just decided to turn out the lights and talk to my cats ;) lol I just love this card... going to raid my stamp and see if I have a floral set to do this with. TFS
So so pretty, I love the affect this gives... i agree with you, pinterest sucks you in and once you're down that rabbit hole its so hard to climb back out again. haha... Thanks for sharing :)
I totally dig this card Kelly. I love how you always put a little YOU into your cards. I think it’s one of the most important things for me to remember to do as a beginner. Thank you!
Halloween weekend is just way too busy! Too many parties and events to take the kiddos to. I would try a different weekend. And contact the TV show again. It worked last year!
You made my day when you said Pinterest is amazing and also terrible. That is how I feel exactly... it does suck you in! Now for the card, this stamp is fantastic and your layout and coloring are amazing and the end result with the blackened circles took this to the WOW WOW WOW level. Your coloring/shading tips are so appreciated. As for your event do you advertise it on the local events/happenings on Facebook? not sure how folks set that up but I know I get reminders to events in my area that I am interested in attending and I look at the events calendar when I want to do something local...
Love the card! Pinterest is an addicting rabbit hole for me. Maybe if you could get a radio station (or two) to donate air time for an ad for your Halloween fundraiser next year or at least maybe give a shout out on air for the fundraiser?
Love the finished card! Was amazed at how you got there though. I think I would have cut it all out, realised I didn’t like it, been sad that I’d cut up my beautiful picture, thought a bunch, and then eventually just pieced the picture back together exactly how it had been before cutting 😅 But I really like how you did it, with the black circles! Tip for the foam tape - add a bit of your liquid glue on top before adding your circles. Then you get the dimension, but you also get wiggle time ;)
I still think you should set up a PayPal account for your PAC donations. If we send them as "friends and family" we pay PayPal's fee. There is no fee to your group. You set up the account, and add the PAC's checking account number that you want to the funds to be deposited into.
Great design. Will try this! Are you around Cleveland or Cincinnati? Im from the Springfield area originally, now in Northern Illinois. Love your card. Tyfs and inspiring.
Kelly it is too ironic that you are coloring a sunflower. Because I was inspired by you to use masking for a one layer card. However my coloring looks like a 4 year old did it compared to yours. But being that I had multiple sunflowers I simply went with it to try different color combos and shading. So now I can cheat on my next one and follow your color combo. :) TFS.
I know you said you hate being the center of attention, but for this cause I know you can look past that. My suggestion is from now on anytime you have an event like your fundraiser, get in touch with the locals morning news shows. Like the one you were on already. The morning news shows are always looking for local filler stories. Plus they love to showcase local charity events and one where you are working together to bring the police and community together. So I know you hate being in the limelight, but for such a cause you must get yourself and your group out in the media with local coverage.
Kelly I just have to say , you are such an inspiration. Not just with your incredible talent with everything art but you are an amazing mom, such a beautiful example for your little guy. Your love for your community and all that you do . You are one of the most hardest working people I know , not that I know you but I feel like I do 💕 you are such a great example of what all of us should strive to be. Thank you 💕
I love the card. Wow. I too am thankful for my family. They have always been there for me and my husband. We are blessed to have a great family on both sides.
Oh that is so so pretty. Really a cool twist kind of on the spotlight technique. I am so glad that you have such a loving and supportive family, and really glad that you realize it's a true blessing and are so appreciative of it. It's really nice to hear you sing their praises quite often.
I used to run a community outreach and food pantry. Definitely do what you can to get the newspaper to do a story on your event, but another thing you might could do is run off Flyers and take them to the schools at least for elementary and maybe Middle School and have them pass them out to the kids to take home. We had a local print shop that gladly donated the ink and paper to run off the Flyers on colored paper. We did this for a Christmas parade. In all fairness I will say it didn't work very well but nothing worked in that town. It was a very small town and there was just something about it even having teams going door-to-door didn't help on another thing that we were trying to do. But hopefully passing out flyers to the kids would work better for y'all. Also maybe check your local TV stations and radio stations that do PSAs. And if you aren't doing it maybe have a sheet with name phone number and email address to have them sign up to win a prize or something and then you can email people about future events. Hope one or some of these work. I think it's great what you're doing with the kids.
I didn’t understand why you didn’t like the card until I saw you add the black. What a difference. I don’t know if all UA-camrs know how much we viewers love seeing your thought process. It really teaches us to look at our projects differently. Thank you!
Wow! This is stunning Kelly. The black in the circles made all the difference. Thanks for sharing your talent once again. 💖
Very unusual card, Kelly, and I LOVE it!! I'd like to see you another one with other colors (other then black) or maybe on a base that's colored. It's a great idea. I'm very thankful that you have a supportive family. I was a single mother for 9 years, and did not have that support. It isn't easy, but we muddle our way through it. Your family (and friends, and us out here in YT land) are also very lucky and blessed to have YOU in our lives. I'm thankful for you.
It totally worked when you added the black! Just beautiful.
Our local radio stations have a free service for not-for profit community events. They will advertise either on air, or on their community pages on their websites. Might be worth checking out.
Super pretty! ❤️ Love the black really kicks it up! Wow! Just a funny observation, haha, the squeaky door, reminded me of my kids watching scrubby doo! 🤣😂😅😍 Life is real right! ❤️❤️
AWESOME!!! This is spectacular, Kelly!!! I agree that family is a blessing, because it does take a village, so grateful that you shared this fabulously colored, beautiful card!!!
I love this card! The black makes the colour pop so much, its so beautiful.
this card is so unique and beautiful You are for sure blessed with a wonderful family but I am sure they feel blessed to have you
A totally stunning design Kelly, I love those colours, and the black shading makes the colours pop,xx
Wow Kelly, what a great idea, I love this. Your colouring is as always gorgeous and the card stunning!
Thank you so much for showing and the story. Have a great weekend.
I was wondering just where you were going with that die cut circle idea, but you were right, the black NAILED it! Thanks for another great card idea. Also LOVE your coloring!
Amazing flower coloring, of course! Beautiful card design, although how you got there boggles my mind. 🤔🤔🥴😍😍
I would also pass up any sports to go to a party. No thought involved. 👍🏻👍🏻 LOL
Stunner!!!! Wow! When u colored the black in...that was what did it for me! Thanks for sharing
Such a beautiful card. Love how you put it together. Also love that you don't skip Thanksgiving. It's not just an excuse to eat turkey and watch football for sure. Next year, try for a sports team endorsement for your fund raiser. Even though they can't come (unless you can get something other than the Browns) go for an endorsement. That would get you some more people. Teams endorse stuff all the time. thanks for all you share. Happy Thanksgiving to you, Eric, Peanut and your families.
Beautiful. I do like the outcome with using the circle template. Stunning colors and black really made it even elegant.
Holy moly, that is one stunning card! The design you ended up with is brilliant with the black background in all the popped up circles!
So Beautiful! Love your coloring. I liked the black one best.
A very beautiful card with so much eye catching dimensional interest, and with your beautiful coloring! I loved every minute!
I so appreciate the time you take away from your loved ones to do this for us!
Your cards are just AMAZING Kelly ❤️❤️
Very striking, I love the dark background you added. I would suggest promoting your event on FB. I'm not sure how many people even read the newspaper anymore!
Gorgeous Kelly! I loved the black background. ♡ -Renee'
What a cool idea, love this fall card! It's nice that you shared what you are grateful for, we all need to think about that more often.
What a cool card. I think that hexagons would be great to use.
This card is amazing! One of my favorites! What a great idea❤️. Thanks for sharing!
Love this idea! I have other floral stamps that I think I’ll try with some hex shapes!❤️❤️❤️
Another stunning card! You are so amazing! I love your style. Thanks for sharing! 😍
You are such a joy to watch color. Your flowers look real! Wish i could do that! But Ill watch you! Thank you!
Love it! I could watch your videos for hours it so relaxing watching you, just wish I had a fraction of your colouring talent.
I just love the way this turned out... Sunflowers always make me think of my Mom. 🌻
Local radio stations will often mention community events if you call and talk to them. Most often for free. We had lousy Halloween this year the weekend before we had 70 mile an hour windstorm hit our town by Halloween we still had over a thousand homes without electricity :( just not productive for a fun Halloween, I just decided to turn out the lights and talk to my cats ;) lol I just love this card... going to raid my stamp and see if I have a floral set to do this with. TFS
So so pretty, I love the affect this gives... i agree with you, pinterest sucks you in and once you're down that rabbit hole its so hard to climb back out again. haha... Thanks for sharing :)
That is really gorgeous Kelly, well done!
Beautiful, your coloring is just stunning.
Love the card! Love the stamp! Now to go shopping!
Loved this card project! Awesome.
Kelly this is beautiful! I love your ideas.
This card is so pretty! Can't wait to try it!
Turned out awesome. Love this technique. Thanks for sharing.
Love how it turned out! So scary to take that first step and color all that black on it, but it turned out amazing!
Beautiful card thanks for sharing
So pretty Kelly! I love this idea!!
This is one of my favorite cards you’ve done!! I can’t wait to try something like this! 😍
That card is stunning!
Pretty card Kelly
Gorgeous! I love the way it turned out! So different with the circles.
I totally dig this card Kelly. I love how you always put a little YOU into your cards. I think it’s one of the most important things for me to remember to do as a beginner. Thank you!
Halloween weekend is just way too busy! Too many parties and events to take the kiddos to. I would try a different weekend. And contact the TV show again. It worked last year!
Beautiful card!
Wow! I love this card
WOW!! Awesome card!!
I like this technique. I have used it a time or two. I love the card. I am glad you have such a supportive family
Stunning card x
And I love your work.
Love this!!! So many ideas floating in my head.....
Hello Kelly , I love this piece it’s so beautiful and the black was a great decision it really makes the image pop. Thank you for sharing. 💕
Beautiful.
Just a thought for your next event... maybe post it in the FB Events page. I use this to find out what's happening around town.
Your coloring never ceases to amaze me. Beautiful card
Spectacular!
Beautiful!
You made my day when you said Pinterest is amazing and also terrible. That is how I feel exactly... it does suck you in! Now for the card, this stamp is fantastic and your layout and coloring are amazing and the end result with the blackened circles took this to the WOW WOW WOW level. Your coloring/shading tips are so appreciated. As for your event do you advertise it on the local events/happenings on Facebook? not sure how folks set that up but I know I get reminders to events in my area that I am interested in attending and I look at the events calendar when I want to do something local...
You could auction the baskets online..love the card..
Beautiful, love how this turned out. TFS
Fabulous card I'm definitely going to try this technique, looks amazing.
Love florals! You tube and pinterest make me lose time lol.
I love this!!!
Awesome😁👍
WOW!!!!
Hey! I've been following you for a long time, but I'm a first time commentor.
So glad you commented! I did create a facebook event and do flyers. Maybe just more next year! :)
Cool.
Love the card! Pinterest is an addicting rabbit hole for me. Maybe if you could get a radio station (or two) to donate air time for an ad for your Halloween fundraiser next year or at least maybe give a shout out on air for the fundraiser?
Love the finished card! Was amazed at how you got there though. I think I would have cut it all out, realised I didn’t like it, been sad that I’d cut up my beautiful picture, thought a bunch, and then eventually just pieced the picture back together exactly how it had been before cutting 😅
But I really like how you did it, with the black circles!
Tip for the foam tape - add a bit of your liquid glue on top before adding your circles. Then you get the dimension, but you also get wiggle time ;)
Great tip!
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Have you tried putting the event on Facebook? What about other local sites and social media? Here in NJ we have a visitnj.org page to upload events.
I still think you should set up a PayPal account for your PAC donations. If we send them as "friends and family" we pay PayPal's fee. There is no fee to your group. You set up the account, and add the PAC's checking account number that you want to the funds to be deposited into.
Great design. Will try this! Are you around Cleveland or Cincinnati? Im from the Springfield area originally, now in Northern Illinois. Love your card. Tyfs and inspiring.
Cleveland!
Kelly it is too ironic that you are coloring a sunflower. Because I was inspired by you to use masking for a one layer card. However my coloring looks like a 4 year old did it compared to yours. But being that I had multiple sunflowers I simply went with it to try different color combos and shading. So now I can cheat on my next one and follow your color combo. :) TFS.
Next door app
great works! check my 3dpen work out^^
I know you said you hate being the center of attention, but for this cause I know you can look past that. My suggestion is from now on anytime you have an event like your fundraiser, get in touch with the locals morning news shows. Like the one you were on already. The morning news shows are always looking for local filler stories. Plus they love to showcase local charity events and one where you are working together to bring the police and community together. So I know you hate being in the limelight, but for such a cause you must get yourself and your group out in the media with local coverage.