Thank you

This week's Make It Monday from PTI is a fun one! I rolled the die to get this combination.



So, I ended with Simply Sunflower as my main images and On the Couch as my sentiment/supportive images. I used a sheet with color combos that PTI gave out in the past, and got Fine Linen/Berry Sorbet/Aqua Mist/ Hawaiian Shores/Simply Chartreuse. My embellishment is twine.



I'm actually pleased how it turned out! I would have never chosen those colors to use with Simply Sunflower, but it works!

Thanks for coming by!
Melissa

Joy

Another fun Make It Monday challenge!

For my card, I used the In the Meadow sleigh die to cut out the horse portion.



The sentiment comes from Snowflake Serenade.

Thanks for taking a look!
Melissa

Wishing you...

Hope you're having a great weekend!





I'm playing along with this month's PTI blog hop (interactive cards) as well as the week's Make It Monday (glittered buttons). Fun!



I stamped a background using the new Pretty Peonies set--stamped the outline and inside of the larger flower as well as the smaller outline, and colored a bit with Copics. The beautiful frame is also from that set, which I cut out by hand.



Here is a close up of the glittered buttons! The sentiment is from Movers & Shakers: Sentiments. Under the zipper it reads "a birthday as special as you are".

Thanks for coming by!
Melissa

"Wishing you" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Polka Dot Basics, Movers & Shakers: Sentiments, Pretty Peonies
Ink: Vintage Cream, Spring Rain, Rich Cocoa (Memento), Copics
Paper: Spring Rain, Vintage Cream, Kraft
Other: Zipper Dies, Spring Rain buttons, Diamon Glaze, Glitter, Foam Tape

Snowy days, Frosty nights and Warm Hearts

I'm back for a quick post tonight with my card for this week's Make It Monday. The technique is Layered Background with Sentiment Stamps.




I followed the same color scheme that Betsy used, but switched out the stamps for those from In the Meadow. The sentiment is from Made of Snow, and I also used some snowflakes from Rustic Snowflakes for the background.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Another MIM

Happy rainy Thursday! I'm still making Christmas cards and Make It Monday cards! Here's today's version:



Still trying to decide if I should add a sentiment somewhere. The background was stamped using the little candy cane image from Tiny Treats: Holiday. I colored them with hot pink and red Copics, although it only looks red in the photo.

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Melissa

Warm Wishes

Happy Monday, and Happy Labor Day to those in the US!

I am playing along with the latest Make It Monday, of which the challenge is to stamp a background with a stamp not initally intended to be for backgrounds.

I chose one of the flowers from Daydreamer to stamp as my background.



I then heat-embossed the Modern Wood Mat for Mat Stack 4 onto Royal Velvet cardstock. I also die cut and stamped some leaves from Harvest Berries, and stamped and cut out two blooms from Daydreamer. Finally, I added the Tiny Tag.



Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Happy birthday

Here's the card that I made using the coloring ribbon technique from this week's Make It Monday. I colored the Vintage Cream Twill using two Copics and a ruler. I opted to layer that ribbon with a strip of Hawaiian Shores grosgrain.

The background and focal portion were stamped using images from Iconic Images, the Stamp-A-Faire set. The frame stamp comes from Mat Stack 1 Collection.



And the sentiment is my stand-by, Enjoy the Ride.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

A note of thanks

Just popping in quickly with a card for this week's Make It Monday's technique.



I enjoyed trying the decreasing aperture technique, and thought it was a perfect place to showcase this beautiful cameo resin piece given to my by Rose!

This card is heading out to a sweet friend as a thank you for a great little gift.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

"A note of thanks" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Happy Trails
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Paper: Ripe Avocado, Ocean Tides, Vintage Cream and Basic Grey patterned paper
Other: Mat Stack 4 die, Limitless Label dies, sponge, sewing machine, corner rounder, Hibiscus Burst satin ribbon, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Forever...

Happy Thursday! Here's my card with this week's summer card camp colors, as well as the pocket technique from PTI's Make It Mondays video.



I used my Edger #2 die to create a pocket with Kraft cardstock. Then, I sewed up the sides with my sewing machine. I should have swiped the edges with Fresh Snow ink before sewing though! You can't see very well in the photo, but I stamped the rose from Year of Flowers: Collection onto the pocket with Antique Linen Distress ink (Ranger)



I cut "forever" with the Wonderful Word die into Pure Poppy cardstock which I had backed with scor-tape in order to adhere it easily. It wasn't so easy to get the cut word out, though. The rest of the sentiment was stamped onto the pocket with Rich Cocoa (Memento) ink.

The background of the card was stamped using WMS' Faux Fun, and heat embossed with clear Filigree embossing powder. The cardbase is Fine Linen cardstock, as well as Fine Linen satin ribbon. The tag was cut with Tag Sale #1.

Thanks for taking a look!
Melissa

Happy Birthday

Hello!

I want to share the card I made using techniques from this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Mondays video.

I chose to use a die to cut a frame and then mask accordingly. I used Vintage Cream ink to sponge around the edges.



The piano and sentiment come from Rhythm and Soul, and the background paper is Sweet Symphony.

Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

"Happy Birthday" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Rhythm and Soul
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Vintage Cream, Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Paper: Kraft, Sweet Symphony
Other: Copic markers, Dark Chocolate Satin ribbon, foam tape

Make It Mondays: Sympathy

Unfortunately, I needed to make a sympathy card this week, so I drew some inspiration from this week's Make It Monday video.

I decided to use some cool colors, aqua mist and smokey shadow, and do a classic embossed background. The stamp for the background comes from Waltzingmoue Stamps' Faux Fun. (May be my favorite stamp ever!) The focal image was created also by heat embossing the frame from Mat Stack 1 Collection and the sentiment from Think Big Favorites.




I stamped an additional phrase on the inside of the card which comes from Healing Touch Sentiments.




Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

"With Sympathy" (All PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Think Big Favorites, Mat Stack 1 Collection, Faux Fun (Waltzingmouse Stamps)
Ink: Versamark and Smokey Shadow
Paper: Aqua Mist and Smokey Shadow
Other: Heat tool, foam tape, Clear detail EP (Filigree), Mat Stack 1 Die, ribbon from Deb's stash!

Make It Monday: Double Embossing

Happy Mother's Day to all my mommy friends in the US! Hope that you are able to celebrate with loved ones!



I made a card using the techniques shown in the latest Make It Monday video: double embossing. I used the In Bloom Impression plate and Mat Stack 4. I did "spritz" my paper before running it through, which helped quite a bit. My spritz was a bit heavier-handed then I would have liked. It took a while for the paper to dry and I wasn't feeling very patient, so I went ahead a heat embossed by sentiment, but as you can see, little fleck stuck in places they aren't supposed to be!



This is a great technique that I will definitely try again!

Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

"Sending Warm Thoughts..." (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Healing Touch
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Royal Velvet and Lavendar Moon
Other: In Bloom Impression Plate, Mat Stack 4 Die, Silk ribbon, White detail Embossing powder (Filigree), gems, Copic to color gems, Heat tool

Make It Monday: Embossing

Hi! It's been a long time...life has been busy!! I want to share a set of cards that I made using heat embossing (one of my favorite techniques!). These cards are part of a bundle that I'll be donating for my daughter's preschool silent auction fundraiser.



The design is the same for all six: a die-cut Mat Stack 4 stamped with several images from that same set, a heat-embossed background using a stamp from Damask Designs, and several different sentiments from various sets.



On some of the cards, I rounded the bottom edges. I chose not to include ribbon on these, so they are easily mailable.



I wanted to include a variety of sentiments, they come from Vintage Picnic, Just the Ticket, and Star Prints.



And finally a photo of that lovely embossing!



Thanks for coming by to look!
Melissa


Stamps: Mat Stack 4 Collection, Damask Designs, Star Prints, Just the Ticket, Vintage Picnic
Ink: Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Simply Chartreuse, Smokey Shadow, Raspberry Fizz,Spring Rain, Berry Sorbet (all PTI), Night Sky, Lulu Lavendar, Grape Jelly, and Rich Cocoa (Memento)
Paper: Sweet Blush, Raspberry Fizz, Smokey Shadow, Berry Sorbet, Simply Chartruese, Spring Rain, Aqua Mist, Hawiian Shores, Enchanted Evening, Royal Velvet and Lavendar Moon
Other: Clear Detail embossing powder (Filigree), heat tool, Mat Stack 4 Die, Foam tape, corner rounder

Wishing you a happy birthday

It's Make It Mondays time again! This week's challenge was to create a strip of glitter using Scor-Tape. Fun!



Thanks for looking!
Melissa

"wishing you a happy birthday" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Mat Stack 2 collection, In Bloom
Ink: Hawaiian Shores
Paper: Stamper's Select White
Other: Scor-Tape, Martha Stewart glitter, gems, foam tape

Get Well Soon

Do you ever create a whole card and then really dislike it when you're finished??

That would be this card for me! I wanted to make something to enter the latest Make It Mondays challenge--to use a vellum sentiment strip. I had the idea to have several strips of vellum laying diagonally across the card. So far, so good.



I heat embossed "Get Well Soon" onto the lowest of the three strips. I stamped the background dots. I cut the bottom part of the three layers of cs with Edgers #1. Sewed the bit together. Still okay.

Then I added a ribbon diagonally, thinking it would draw the eye. Don't like it.

And then I die cut and stamped the butterflies and positioned and repositioned them about 14 times. Don't like them. I couldn't get them in the right place, and I feel they are too big also. The last step was to color some gems with a Copic marker and add them to the card.



Oh well, it's a learning experience, I guess! This card uses the latest WPlus9 color challenge . (Kraft, Lilac, Turquoise and White).

Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

"Get Well Soon" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Love Lives Here, Healing Touch, Round and Round Anniversary Set
Ink: Lilac (Colorbox), Hawaiian Shores, Antique Linen and Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Paper: Kraft, Stamper's Select White, Lavender Moon, Vellum
Other: gems, Copic marker, glue dots, Edgers #1, sewing machine, sponge, Hawaiian Shores satin ribbon, White detail embossing powder (Filigree), heat tool

I'm back with my card for a brand-new program sponsored by Papertrey Ink: Make It Mondays.



Those of you PTI fans already know all the details, but in case you don't and would like to learn more, go here .



I decided to use just one sentiment repeatedly on my card, the happy birthday from Enjoy the Ride. This is probably my favorite happy birthday stamp...it's a good size and I love the font combination!

Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

"Happy Birthday" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Enjoy the Ride
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Hawaiian Shores
Paper: True Black, Hawaiian Shores and Aqua Mist
Other: True Black satin ribbon, small scallop border die, pearls (colored with a black Sharpie)