Chocolate-inspired card

Almost forgot to post this! Our last challenge for The Card Caravan was to create a card in honor of "National Chocolate Day". (I know that many of you missed this important holiday, so feel free to indulge now to make up for it ;) )



I used some digital papers and elements from eNKay Designs Sweet Summer kit, and then added buttons, resin flowers and twine. That brown paper just screamed "chocolate bar" to me.

Hope you have a great day!
Melissa

Happy Birthday

It's another Card Caravan Challenge! This week's theme is paper piecing.



I used a PTI stamp set, Baby Button Bits, and stamped the flowers onto this pretty digital paper from Stellajane Design's Summer Rain paper pack . Each flower and leaf was cut out, and after stamping the flowers a second time onto white cardstock, I adhered each in place.

I hope you'll check out our latest challenge over at The Hybrid Chick!

Happy Christmas Day

I'm hosting this week's Card Caravan Challenge at The Hybrid Chick , and the challenge is Christmas in July!



With our theme in mind, I made this easily-mailable card, using these beautiful digital papers from Wishing Well Creations, Holly Jolly Mini Kit. I die cut the the holly leaves and berries out of felt using the PTI dies. The label and sentiment were stamped using the set and die from Happy Days.

Thanks for taking a look!
Melissa

Happy Birthday

Happy Sunday!

Hope you're having a fabulous weekend! I'm sharing my card for the latest Card Caravan challenge.  Our challenge was to use stitching.



I printed off some pretty papers from Quirky Twerp's Summer Day Scrapbook Kit , and cut them out with my Hexagon Cover Plate (PTI). The sentiment comes from Beautiful Butterflies (PTI).

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Card Caravan: Flowers

Lucky to count you as a friend

Another Card Caravan challenge !

Our theme this time is green/lucky, of which I used both!



Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Digital kit: Sun and Fun by Dawn by Design and Sun and Fun Card Printables .
Cardstock: Stamper's Select White
Other: Simply Chartreuse ink and satin ribbon (PTI), Rich Cocoa ink (Memento)
Stamps: Luck of the Irish (PTI)

Welcome Spring and Happy birthday

Welcome Spring!



Uses Hop, Skip, Jump digital kit by Jenn Barrette, sentiment from Sweet Spring (PTI), and cardstock and ribbon from PTI.

I have another card also using new digital releases from The Digichick . This one uses Love is All Around by Elise's Pieces and a great ribbon slide by Paper Garden Projects included in Making Some Waves card parts cutting files.



Thanks for looking!
Melissa

also used :
PTI cardstock and ribbon
Movers and Shakers: Sentiments (PTI)
Sweet Spring sentiment (PTI)
gems
white detail embossing powder (Filigree)

You make the world a better place

I'm hosting the next Card Caravan challenge, brought to you at The Hybrid Chick .

Here is the color inspiration photo (from Design Seeds):


And my card:



I used the digital kit Time Well Spent by Elise's Pieces. The teal piece is from the kit, as well as the little berry and yellow circles, which I punched out with a tiny hole punch.

I heat embossed with white detail powder the leaves and sentiment, which come from Harvest Berries and Year of Flowers: Roses.

I hope you'll check out our challenge!
Melissa

Card Caravan Challenge

Happy superbowl Sunday! My husband is gearing up for the game and hoping for a Patriots win!

I'm back to share my card for the next Card Caravan Challenge, which is to use ribbon on a card.



I made a fun ribbon treatment on the left of the card, and also tied some ribbon into a button. The pretty paper comes from Sarah J's The Good Life: February Mini Kit .

I do have some projects to share, so I hope to be back again soon!
Melissa

Happy New Year!

Time for the next Card Caravan! This challenge is to add some sparkle. I printed the pretty digital paper (from Kimeric Kreations's Resolution 2012 ). I then added some glitter with a glue pen to the rays, stamped my sentiment (from PTI's Happy Day) and the row of gems.

You can check out the challenge here !
Melissa

Card Caravan Challenge #8

It's my turn to host the next Card Caravan Challenge . Since today is both my mom and my brother's birthday, I decided on the theme "two".



For my "two" project, I made two similar cards. They use gorgeous digital paper from Sugarplum Paperie's Comfort and Joy .



I cut the papers, inked the edges and stitched them together in blocks. I couldn't bring myself to cover any of the front, so the sentiments are added on the inside.



The ribbon is from Paper Source. I hope that you'll take a look at our Challenge , and play along!

Melissa

Card Caravan Challenge: Homemade Flower

Hello! Sorry to not be posting much lately....life is very busy right now!

I'm back for another Card Caravan challenge, though, and this time we are to make a homemade flower. I used my PTI Bloom Builder #3 to make a pretty mum from some gorgeous digital paper which comes from Danielle Engebretson's i [heart] autumn.




The only other things used on this card are Harvest Gold cardstock (PTI), a Raspberry Fizz button (PTI), some Ripe Avocado satin ribbon (PTI) and some floss.

I hope you'll check out the latest challenge !
Melissa

Card Caravan:Color Challenge

Welcome to another Card Caravan challenge! This two-week's challenge is a color one, and here's the gorgeous inspiration photo.



My take was pretty literal! I used Quirky Twerp's Frolic and Friends for the digital paper, and cut the flower using The Cutting File's Paper Roses template. The white cardstock (PTI) was impressed with the Canvas plate (PTI), and the sentiment comes from Delightful Dahlias (PTI). I cut the green felt (PTI) with Harvest Berries dies (PTI).

I hope you'll take a look at the challenge , and play along!
Melissa

Card Caravan Challenge 3

It's our 3rd Card Caravan , and I'm the hostess this time!

I chose autumn as our theme, and then created this card:



It is made using Danyale's Autumn Walk digital kit, from The Digichick . I printed two copies of the pretty leaf paper, sewed one down to my layer and then selectively cut some leaves from the second to pop up. The cardstock is Summer Sunrise and Dark Chocolate (PTI).

I hope that you'll check out our challenge and play along!

Melissa

Card Caravan Button Challenge

Hope you're having a great weekend!

I'm back with the next Card Caravan challenge, brought to you by The Hybrid Chick . This week's challenge is to use one or more buttons!

Here's my card:



I used Karen Lewis' digital kit Camporama . Aren't the colors and designs lovely?! I punched out some of the papers with my square punched and adhered them in this pattern after inking all the edges.

A Terracotta Tile button (Papertrey Ink) was added at each intersection, and I also added the little tag (Tiny Tags, Papertrey Ink) tied on with twine. The cardstock is also Terracota Tile (PTI).

I hope you'll check out our challenge and play along!

Melissa

Card Caravan #1

Hello! I am a member of the newly-formed Card Caravan from here to see all the cards and view the details.




My card uses the digital kit Sew Cute , a collaboration between Sugarplum Paperie, Danielle Engelbretson Designs and Mari K. And it is indeed, so cute!

I used a couple of the digital papers for my card, and also printed off the thread spool image. I wrapped some twine around the spool to make it look real!

I hope that you'll check out our challenge and play along!
Melissa

"Sew happy for you"
Paper: Sew Cute , a collaboration between Sugarplum Paperie, Danielle Engelbretson Designs and Mari K, Summer Sunrise cs (PTI)
Ink: Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Other: word processing for sentiment, Hibiscus Burst satin ribbon(PTI), Mat Stack 4 Die (PTI), Hawaiian Shores buttons (PTI), Twine

Wedding Dress card

Hi friends!

I'm so behind with posting things on my blog....here is a project I created for The Hybrid Chick .

You can see all the details on how I made this shaped card here .




I'll be back later with more to share!
Melissa

Halloween Treats

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

Happy Calypso Birthday

Aren't these papers pretty? They are being released today at The Digichick and they are called Calypso by Mari Koegelenberg.

The stamps used are from Scattered Showers and the sentiment is from Vintage Picnic.

Have a great day!
Melissa

Happy Birthday

Happy Thursday! My card today features some gorgeous digital papers releasing today at The Digichick called Berry Sweet .

I also used some elements from the 2009 PTI Anniversary set and the sentiment is from Delightful Dahlias.

Have a great day!
Melissa