Sparkles Monthly Challenge!!

  Wow...we halfway through the brand new month! This year is flying and I am trying to keep up!! I will be making some changes to my crafting and I am excitd to get started. But, for right now, this post is for my DT card for Sparkles Monthly Challenge! This month is #202 Kids Card.

I don't get a little of requests to make children's cards and all of our nieces and nephews are grown but, I do like to keep a juvenile set or 2 around for when the request comes up. This is the first time I have use this set from Spellbinders and eeep, it is sweet! The set also has a Sloth but I love that they sweet little creatures are floating away! I stenciled the sky with a stencil from Creative Worship Stamps and a fun modern oval die set I picked up from somewhere along the way....here is close-up of turtle-turtle...

Thanks so much for stopping bye! I hope you feel inspired to make a card or paper project to enter our month long challenge! See you nex time...

Melissa

Christmas in July!!!

  Hello and welcome again if you have been here before and welcome if this is your first time! My DT card for    Make My Monday is for the new challenge #292 Christmas in July! I hope you will join in with us and maybe that will get you and I motivated to get startedon making our Christmas cards! See my card below...

 I made a wintery scene using one of my favorite "older" sets which has a blurry/uneven look to it which I love. I played around with placement for the trees, pond, deer a added some texture paste for some mounds of snow. I used a scalloped die cut for a little whimsy look and stamped a bold Christmas sentiment in Red for a finisher!

 I found some snowflake embellishments and they added to the cuteness of this card! 

Thank you for stopping by, I'm hoping to see your card in the gallery as I go around and visit the entrants Blogs! See you soon!

Melissa

Color Blending for Make My Monday #281

  Hello again! I am really excited for the new challenge over at the Make My Monday blog. It's one of my favorite techniques...Color Blending!! See my card below...

After coloring blending 3 distinct colors, I splattered with water and dabbed off for a more interesting effect.

I have been in need of retirement cards lately so, that was my sentiment of choice. I can always change it if needed for another occasion. Thanks for stopping by...

Melissa

New for MMM!

  Hello and welcome and welcome back if you have been here before. There is a new challenge up on the Make My Monday Blog. See challenge theme below...

#280 Use a Stencil 

 See my DT entry below...

  I am really liking the look of the layered stencil sets. This one from the June Kit from Spellbinders is just beautiful with the Tropical Plumeria branch. When these stencils first came out I wasn't sure. I was thinking how "basic" but then after I received a few and started playing around, I am really liking the softer look and how fast you can put a card together. Here's a look at the detail of the 5 layer stencil...

I want to thank you for stopping by and having a look. I hope you are planning on joining in with us at MM so we can see how you use stencils. Bye for now...

Melissa

New for Sparkles Monthly!!

  Hello again and welcome! The theme over at Sparkles Monthly, is another challenge for this card maker:

#201 Masculine 

 It's not that I don't like making a masculaine card, I guess it's just I don't have a lot of what I would consider "Manly sets" to maybe make it easier...? Plus, I aleays want to add lots of layers ans embellishments ect.. 

  So I was asked to make a masculine card with a tractor...I don't have a tractor stamp but...that didn't stop me! I found a picture of a lovely old tractor and printed it out on aged paper and added more earthly colors and papers to it and I and the requester were quite happy with it!

 I do love how us crafters can over come a challenge or use our creativeness to make things happen!

I can't wait to see your masculine cards to inspire me and give me ideas for furture use! Bye for now...

Melissa

For MMM 279

  Hello again! For this round over at MMM, I am the hostess and the theme is Add Textire with Embossing, Dry or Heat, and I incorporated both! I dug out from my vast embossing folder collection, this lovely Allum embossing folder. Then, I heat embossed the butterflies with clear heat embossing powder over Versa Fine ink in Nocturne.

  Here is a closer look at the detail of my summer card. This card was really fast to make and even faster heat embossing on colored paper instead of havig to color in the butterflies!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by. I really hope you will join in with us for this Add Texture challenge. Bye for now...

Melissa

June 1st!

  WOW! Can you believe 2026 is almost half over?? But, a new month means a new challenge over at Sparkles Christmas Challenge! This month's theme was truly a challenge for me, check out the theme below...

#185 Jingle Bells (Use Bells)  

 So here is my card...

In all my Christmas stamps, dies, embossing folders, I don't own any bell! No jingle or any other kind of bellcan you belive it?!? So, I made my own. I should have taken pictures during the creating process but I wasn't even sure it was going to work!

 I punched out, hand cut, glued and shaded in and I don't think they came out too bad. They have a sort of whimsical touch.

Thank you again for stopping by and checking things out. I hope you have some sort of bell to join in with us or do as I did, make them! By for now...

Melissa