Embrace Happiness

Hi everyone!
Hope you had a great weekend! Today I'm sharing the card I made for the Everything but the Kitchen Sink Challenge that Courtney has debuted!



The challenge is to "Use something from the mail as part of your card or scrapbook page!" I received a Boden catalogue in the mail a few days ago and I love all the photos of the cozy sweaters arranged together in beautiful colors.

I cut out a portion and matted it on the back page of the catalogue to give it more weight. Then, I handstitched a line of twine from button to button on the photo. I tried to give the card lots of texture with the embossed dots and the machine stitching around the mat.



Thanks for coming by!
Melissa

"Embrace Happiness" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Mixed Messages
Ink: True Black
Paper: Kraft, Vellum, and purple (Bazzill)
Other: Cuttlebug embossing folder, Nestabilities tag die, Rustic cream twine, Plum Pudding Buttons, sewing machine

Happy World Card Making Day!

For the blog hop today I created two cards based on Dawn's RSSC #17 . Seventeen is my lucky number!!



I stamped the background using an image from Simply Stationery on kraft, cut it, and used each piece to create two cards.



The "just a note" sentiment comes from Autumn Abundance and the "thank you so much" is from Damask Designs.



Thanks for visiting today and hope you are able to celebrate this special day by making a card or two!
Melissa

"Just a note" and "Thank you so much" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Simply Stationery, Damask Designs, and Autumn Abundance
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy and Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Paper: Aqua Mist, Pure Poppy, Kraft and Dark Chocolate
Other: Dark Chocolate Satin ribbon, Pure Poppy buttons, Rustic Cream twine, Threading Water Border punch (Fiskars), sponge

Perfect Harmony

Hi everyone and Happy October!

I wanted to share a card that I finished up today. My friend asked me to make a wedding card for her to give, and she gave me her idea of having two separate birds on the outside and then the two together on the inside. I thought it was great and designed the card based on that. I tried to show the birds singing happily together with the tree in bloom!



I also used no white or cream on this card (the lighter color is Soft Stone), so it qualifies for Cheryl's challenge. I used a ton of stamp sets and a ton of different inks on this card, it was fun! It's hard to see the polka dots I stamped with Smokey shadow on the Smokey Shadow paper, next time I'll use black. I created the sentiment with the computer.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

"Perfect Harmony" (all PTI unless noted)
Size: 5x7
Stamps: Birds of a Feather, Background Basics: Retro, Polka Dot Basics, Out on a Limn, Heart Prints
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Versamark, Creamy Brown and Wisteria (Colorbox), Walnut Stain (Ranger), Pearlescent Purple Brillance (Tsuineko), Smokey Shadow
Paper: Soft Stone, Smokey Shadow, Plum Pudding
Other: Label One Nestabilities Dies, Plum Pudding Satin ribbon, sponge, clear detail ep (Filigree), heat tool

Sending Holiday Joy

I made this card to submit for the Embellish magazine December call, but I forgot to actually submit it and then realized it was too late. Oh well!

I used Vintage Labels, Rustic Snowflakes, and Holiday Tags 2008 stamp sets. The teal is Taken with Teal by SU!, the rest is PTI.



Hope you're having a great week!
Melissa

"Sending Holiday Joy" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Rustic Snowflakes, Holiday Tags 2008, Vintage Label
Ink: Versamark, Pure Poppy, Taken with Teal (SU!), Antique Linen (Ranger)
Paper: Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Pure Poppy, Kraft and Taken with Teal (SU!)
Other: Red gems, craft glue, ribbon, dimensionals, Rustic cream twine, EK Success edge punch, clear detail ep (Filigree)

Season's Greetings

Hello and happy Monday! Here's a card I made based on the Crazy for Challenges Sketch this week, Sketch 4 .

It uses Cosmo Cricket's Jolly by Golly paper and an Inkadinkado sentiment stamp. I stamped the greeting first in Pure Poppy ink and then a second time with my glue pad, and sprinkled the glitter on.



Have a great day!
Melissa

"Season's Greetings" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Inkadinkado
Ink: Pure Poppy and Antique Linen (Ranger), glue pad (Pallette)
Paper: Vintage Cream and Pure Poppy, Jolly by Golly (Cosmo Cricket)
Other: Threading Water Scallop edge punch (Fiskars), sponge, Vintage cream satin ribbon, dimensionals, Doodlebug glitter

September PTI Blog Hop

This is pretty last minute for the Blog Hop, but I managed to pull together a project although it's not super creative.

This month this was our challenge:
"It is a current trend to see just how "green" you can be with your contributions to a cleaner environment. We want to focus this month on reusing & recycling portions of your newly arrived Papertrey order in an earth-friendly way! This month your challenge is to reuse, repurpose or recycle packaging from your Papertrey Package. Whether it is the clear boxes that the stamps come in, the tissue that is used to
wrap each item so carefully, the brown packing paper that keeps your items from shifting, the corrugated cardboard wrapped around the ends of your precious cardstock or even the shipping box itself. We will be excited to see all the clever ways to incorporate any of these items into a beautifully executed project. And just to serve as a little friendly nudge, you just *may* want to hold onto everything from your package this month regardless if you use it on your project or not, just so you can recreate what others have done!"



I used the clear box my stamps came in and create a band to go around. I also stamped the coordinating image onto the tissue paper to fill the box and wrap around the cards. The box holds a set of 4 notecards and envelopes that I stamped on the back to match.



Thanks for looking and I can't wait to see what everyone came up with!
Melissa

Sunflower notecards and box (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Autumn Anbundance
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Antique Linen and Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Paper: Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate and Bitty Box PP
Other: Copic markers, Coluzzle circle cutter, Threading Water Punch (Fiskars), cream satin ribbon (Michael's)

True Friend

We had a great time at the apple orchard and now have enough apples to last for quite a long time! I made this card using an element from Vintage Label for the background, the sentiment from In Bloom, and a fun trim from Cosmo Cricket's Girl Friday line.



Happy Friday!
Melissa

"True Friend" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Vintage Label and In Bloom
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Antique Linen and Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Paper: Kraft, Dark Chocolate and Sweet Blush
Other: sponge, foam tape, Velvet scallop trim (Cosmo Crikcet), gems