For TSOT 667

  Hello and welcome to my blog and to check out the new challenge over at Try A Sketch On Tuesday! See the graphic below..

 Hello and Happy April 1st! It's spring and lots of showers around which brings lots of rainbows! I decided to do an unconventional Rainbow and make it into a Hot Air Balloon! 

 In all my collection of stamp making supplies, can you believe I don't have a grass die or grass clipping scissors!?! So what do you do?? You make do with what you have!

 I have a stitched zig zag die and I thought it would make sweet whimsical grass. I think it works!

Thank for stopping by, and I hope you will stop by the other DT Blogs and see how they used the sketch! See you next time...

Melissa

For Sparkles April Challenge

   Wow! April already!! Well here is the new challenge over at Sparkles Christmas Challenge...See the theme below...

#171 Christmas Foliage

 I kept this theme simple even though the design takes up all of the front of the card! This is my quick go to card, a simple present complete with a bow. The Christmas Greens are tucked in around the bow and this festive card is done and ready for my stash for later this year!  

  Thanks for stopping by and having a look...glad you did. Please be sure to stop by the other DT blogs to see how they used the theme. Bye for now...

Melissa

Happy Birthday for Sunday Stamps

  Hello and Happy Sunday! It's time for a new color challenge and I think you will be inspired by the image below..

Sunday Stamps

I chose to go bright with the colors!!

 I used products from the March release from Creative Worship Stamps. I love the large Cosmos background stamp and the big bold sentiment form the Everyday Greetings 2 stamp set. 

 Everything was layered on my base that I stenciled with the Messy Blocks stencil in colorful yellow & green.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look. I hope you get a chance to join in for this color challenge and head over to Creative Worship Stamps and get 10% off site wide until the end of March. Hope to see you in the SSC gallery! 

Melissa

For the new TSOT Challenge

 Hello and welcome! This card is for the new sketch challenge over at Try A Sketch On Tuesday .  See the FUN sketch below!

 I didn't have any pentagon shapes in dies or punches so I went with a more free flowing look. I do like how the fern softly bends over the base of the card. I fully stamped and stamped off to give some dimension. I stamped and cutout  the butterfly and stamped the sentiment directly onto the base. I kept the card over all pretty simple.

Here is a closer look...

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you will join in with this rounds sketch challenge. See you next time...

Melissa

For Sunday Stamps

  Hello and welcome! This card is for the new Sketch Challenge over at Sunday Stamps blog. See the sketch by Annette below:

 I used a beautiful new set from Creative Worship Stamps called Mindful Magnolias. The background was stencils with their Messy Blocks Stencil. I love the words that come with the set, Faithfully, Seek, Abide & more. They are very uplifting and encouraging. I colored the florals with inks and a watercolor brush. I tore and layered vintage look paper and placed that where the band in the sketch is. I wanted a more casual look than all polished.

 Here is a closer look at the details of the card. I struggled with a few things putting the card together but it finally came together in the end.

 Thank you for stopping by. Please be sure to stop by the other DT blogs and see what they did with the sketch. Bye for now...

Melissa

For TSOT #665

  Hello and welcome! This post is for the new sketch challenge over at Try A Sketch On Tuesday. Lots of fun things you can do with it so see the image below...

And here is what I did with the sketch...

  I kept the card very simple. I wanted to focus on the meaning of the card. I did color the flower with watercolor pencils to give the stamped images a softer look.

  

Here's a closeup of the details of the watercolor pencil done with a little Gamsol for a soft look. 

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have chance to see the other DT creations and hope you will join in with us!

Melissa

For Sunday Stamps

  It's Sunday and it's time for a new challenge over at Sunday Stamps. The sketch is by Amy and it's a fun one! 

 And here is what I did with the sketch...

  I seem to go back to this set when I want to substitute a circle in a sketch...isn't that funny...and this sketch was no exception!! This is my favorite Hot Air Balloon set and it's from SU! 

 I added just a little color (gray) to clouds for interest and layered them on top of the 3 layered bars. Oh, and did you notice I flipped the sketch...??? 😘

Thanks for stopping by. Checkout the other DT inspirational offerings and we hope to see you in the SSC Gallery! Bye for now...

Melissa