Melissas Paperie

Monday, October 25, 2010

October PTI Blog Hop

It's Blog Hop time again!

Here is this month's challenge: "There is always a lot of focus on Christmas in our industry this time of year, as that is what the majority of the population celebrates. However, this month's blog hop is dedicated to those that celebrate winter holidays other than Christmas. Create a project that celebrates Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or some other winter holiday as we embrace everyone's beliefs in a celebration of diversity through paper crafting."

I decided to create a Hanukkah card, and it will be very handy to have one ready to send to a friend at the beginning of December!


Oct blog hop

I used the candle and flame from It's a Celebration to create a menorah of sorts. I embossed the candle in white, and the flame in gold. I then cut out the focal image withe the Mat Stack 4 die. Tbe background, stamped in gold ink, is from Background Basics: Tin Type.

Oct blog hop inside

The sentiments for the inside come from Inside and Out: Holidays. I didn't have a Happy Hanukkah sentiment, but I felt that this saying worked well.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Candy Cane Favor Box

Happy Saturday!

I'm recovering from a super busy week that included several halloween parties! I may have one more halloween card to share tomorrow, but today I thought I'd show a simple and cute favor box I made recently.

candy cane favor box

It uses the Favor It Box 2 die, and the little candy cane image from Tiny Treats: Christmas. I colored the red portion of each candy cane, and some grey for shadows.

Have a great weekend!
Melissa

Stamps: Tiny Treats: Halloween
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Copic Markers
Paper: Stamper's Select White
Other: Favor It Box 2 die

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Happy Holidays

I made this box very quickly as I wanted to try out some new goodies!

Favor Box 2 penguin

I used Favor It 2 Box, Tiny Treats: Christmas, Mat Stack 1 and the new color, Blueberry Sky.

Favor Box 2 penguin close

Here's a close up of the front focal image. I colored the penguin with Copic markers, and the ribbon is 1/4 " silk ribbon. The pink ink and cardstock is Hibiscus Burst.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Happy birthday

Can you guess this scene?

brock mario

My son's friend is turning 6, so I made this for his birthday next weekend. Let me know if you can tell where the scene is from.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Halloween Treats

halloween treats all

Here's my post for the PTI challenge to use one of three stamps set this week!

Here are some treat boxes I made up for my kids' to give to their classmates for Halloween. The box is the Favor It Box 1 and I use Tiny Treats: Valentine for the frame, and Tiny Treats: Halloween for the images. The paper is from a new digital collection by Mari Koegelenberg, Spookville, available today at The Digichick .

Thanks for looking!
Melissa