For Make My Monday Challenge 285

  Hello again! I am here with a fun new project for the Make My Monday blog. The challenge this time a round is use YELLOW, WHITE AND ANOTHER COLOR. So I chose yellow, white & gray and made my DT project a collection tag.

My tag is 2  1/2" wide by 5" long with a vellum pocket stuffed with some ephemera goodies!

I chose gray to go with the yellow and white. I do like gray with yellow. I think it's a good balance like sweet & salty treats!

I stenciled, stamped & blended the edges for the tag base. I stuffed with some goodies that can be removed for a collection style. Stay tuned to my blog as I will shifting a little away from card making to more Art/Junk art journal creations and using more of what I have like paper emphemera, magazines etc. I am not giving up cardmaking, just expanding...

Whatever type of paper art you plan on making, I hope you will join in with us so I can see how you used the colors!

Bye for now...

Melissa

For August's Sparkles Monthly

  Hello and welcome! My post is for a new challenge over at the Sparkles Monthly Challenge blog. Can you belive we are half way through August? School's are back in here and I am getting the itch to pull out my Fall decor! But, for now, it's on to the theme this challenge which is to use an ANIMAL in your design...

I chose this sweet deer and other garden themed ephemera for my card. I stenciled a little on the background and cut the base with a scalloped die for an overall soft look. The sentiment is cut from an old Hymn page that reminds us how much God loves us (John 3:16)

Thanks for stopping by, you have 30 days to think of something wonderful to make from your stash of goodies. Bye for now...

Melissa

For Make My Monday!

      Hello there! My posting today is for the fun new challenge over at Make My Monday blog. The theme for this challenge is Boardwalk/Coastal. We are almost halfway through the month and, I feel like August is late summer kinda sorta so this theme is perfect before the regular routines come back of school and the holiday season. I live in Florida so the temperature won't go down anytime soon but that doesn't stop me from decorating with Fall leaves and pumpkins soon! 

What would the Beach or Boardwalk be without pesty seagulls wanting to steal your french fries!! I love this little whismy seagull and the silly sentiment...

 

        Thanks for stopping by to check things out and I along with the rest of the Design Team look forward to seeing what you make in the gallery! Bye for now...

Melissa     

New Month New Challenge

  Hello and I'm glad you are here! My card is for the DT over at Sparkles Christmas Challenge. This months theme is Clean and Simple.  Clean and simple style by definition is more white or open space than images, embellishments, etc. Here I used a multi layered Christmas ball stencil by Spellbinders for my focal images. I like how they seem to be rolling across the front of the card

For me personally, when I do a C&S card, I like to use white as my base so the images I use will really stand out.

 The sentiment and matching die is also from Spellbinders. The arch die is a random one I found in my stash. I hand outlined the cardbase to bring a little more black to the front of the card to coordinate with the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by. Remember, this is a month long challenge so you have plenty of time to think about how you will use the Clean and Simple style. Bye for now...

Melissa 

Wedding or Love Wishes...

  Hello again and welcome back if you have been here before! This posting is for the new challenge over at the  Make My Monday Blog. I had a lot of fun making this one with some of my favorite techniques & style - layers & vintage! 

 The challenge theme this time around is "Wedding/ and or Love Wishes". I just reorganized my craft room and found products I haven't used or products and materials I have rediscovered! I used ephemera, old hymnal sheets, patterned paper, dried flowers and heat embossed in metallic gold.

I really enjoyed putting this one together. I hope you will join in for our latest challenge so I can see how you usse the Wedding/Love theme, see you in the Make My Monday gallery!

Melissa

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