Crocodile birthday

Or maybe it's an alligator??? Today's card I made for my son to give to his friend. I had a lot of fun with this one!



I used Background Basics: Retro to make the "crocodile crossing" background and I colored each circle with my white gel pen. The crocodile is colored in with New Leaf trio of Copic markers.

Have a great day,
Melissa

"Happy Birthday Macky" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Background Basics: Retro, "Happy Birthday" from Mother, Fresh alphabet, crocodile (Sandylion), star from Star Prints
Paper: Kraft, New Leaf, Vintage Cream and Dark Chocolate
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Antique Linen and Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Other: Copic markers, dimensionals, sponge, white gel pen, rectangle scallop Nestabilitie die (Spellbinders)

You're as sweet as honey

Hi everyone,
I'm back today with a simple card for SPCC #13 . The colors this week were olive, black, pink and yellow. When I saw those colors, my mind thought of bees--so I went with it!



I cut out the flowers and the bees and popped them up on the cardstock. I also went over the bees with a clear spica pen, but it doesn't show up in the photo.

Thanks for stopping by,
Melissa

"You're as sweet as honey" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Honey Bees and Beautiful Blooms
Ink: Ripe Avocado, Hibiscus Burst, Lemon Tart, and True Black
Paper: Stamper's Select White, Hibiscus Burst, Ripe Avocado and Lemon Tart
Other: Dimensionals, Spica pen, Black ric rak

First holiday card of the year!

Happy Friday! I was inspired to started playing around with my Christmas sets when I saw the Moxie Fab challenge and wanted to try something with my beloved Rustic Snowflakes set. I got a lot of use out of this set last year.



I stamped the snowflakes on Kraft CS with Vintage Cream, the new formula of Aqua Mist, and Antique Linen by Ranger. I then went over some of the flakes with my spica pen and added tiny gems to the larger flakes.



Have a great weekend!
Melissa

"Peace on Earth" (all products PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Rustic Snowflakes, sentiment from Believe
Ink: Vintage Cream and Aqua Mist, Antique Linen (Ranger)
Paper: Kraft, Vintage Cream and Aqua Mist
Other: Sponge, Spica pen, Gems, Aqua Mist satin ribbon, Tags trio Nestabilies die

Happy Birthday to you!

Hi everyone! I made this card following Dawn's latest color challenge . The colors are so autumnal and gorgeous together. I really enjoyed this challenge and I wished that I had PTI's First Fruits set to use that wheat image, that would have been perfect!



I used Background Basics: Retro, Autumn Abundance and Damask Designs for the sentiment.



Thanks for coming by! I appreciate your visit!
Melissa

"Happy Birthday to you" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Background Basics: Retro, Autumn Abundance, Damask Designs
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Walnut Stain and Antique Linen (Ranger), Dark Chocolate
Paper: Bitty Box DP, Summer Sunrise, Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Kraft
Other: Dark Chocolate satin ribbon, 1" cirle punch (Marth Stewart), Coluzzle circle cutter, Label One Nestabilites, sponge, dimensionals, Copic markers and clear spica pen

Happy Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary to my brother and sister-in-law! Hope you have a wonderful day!

This is the card that I made for them. It is based off of the 2S4U , Sketch #34.



I used some Making Memories, Chloe paper and the stamp set, Heart Prints from PTI.



Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

"Happy Anniversary" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Heart Prints
Paper: Chloe (Making Memories), Lemon Tart and Enchanted Evening
Ink: Enchanted Evening and Summer Sunrise
Other: Lemon Tart satin ribbon, gems, dimensionals, Coluzzle, EK Sucess Small heart punch

Check this out...

My friend Stimey , journalist, work-at-home mom, awesome-person-all-around, wrote an amazing review of my Etsy shop and my work on her review blog .

You can see it here . There may just be a coupon attached ;)

Thanks Stimey for your wonderful review!!

Here's a peek at one of the latest things I've added to my Etsy shop...

September 1st???

Happy September 1st! Can you believe it? Fall is definitely in the air here, we'll see if it lasts! I made this fun card based off the
latest Card Pattern sketch .



I'm really enjoying trying out different sketch and color combination challenges to strech myself. I used Basic Grey, Junebug, papers and sticker as well as In Bloom stamps and Soft Stone cardstock from PTI.



Have a great day!
Melissa

"There's nothing better than a True Friend" (all products PTI unless noted)
Stamps: In Bloom
Paper: June Bug (Basic Grey), Soft Stone and Night Shimmer
Ink: Pure Poppy, Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Other: Lemon Tart satin ribbon, gems, Dimensionals, sewing machine, sponge