Thank You

I'm finally back to update my blog!

Of course, I'm needing thank you cards to send out after Christmas, and I found this post by Sara that made my jaw drop! I thought her cards were simply beautiful, so the next chance I had, I made some copies of her card. The only things I changed were the colors and the sentiment, and its placement.



After a few of those, I decided to make some cards in the same style that I've made in the past, changing a few elements. No time lately to reinvent the wheel!



I heat embossed the leaves from Beautiful Blooms with clear ep onto Ocean Tides cardstock, a somewhat forgotten color. (At least to me). Then I die cut and stamped the Fillable Frame image, and stamped the sentiment.

I've been busying working on my son's 6th birthday party...I'm a little behind. For him, it's all Mario, all the time, so not much stamping involved with my preparations. But I do plan to make some goodie "boxes" using a template, I think!.

Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

Top Ten of 2010

Hi, friends! Happy New Year!

I love seeing all the top ten posts going up, and I thought I'd look through my posts from the last year and choose my top ten favorite projects.



This is the calendar that I made for my mom's birthday using the Year of Flower series and Calendar Basics. Here is my favorite flower, Morning Glory.



Next up is my card for the August Waltzingmouse Blog Waltz. This is the first time I used Glimmer Mist and I love how the stamped background paper looks.



I made this card for Sara, who was my proxy shopper at CHA. To me, this card is so cheerful and I love the papers and the tickets!



This is my favorite scrapbook LO that I made this year! I love the backgrounds I made using School Time and clear embossing powder. And this is such a great way for me to remember my kids at this point in time.



This fun, oversize card was a blast to create! I really like all the glitter!



This layout is so special to me! I'm so glad to incorporate my stamping into scrapbooking.



This card showcases my love of the color hawaiian shores!



I really like the ribbon on this card. It's silk ribbon colored with Copic markers.



LOVE the embossed background on the hawiian shores piece. A fun color combo that I rarely use!



And finally, my first GSS win. This card was for my Grandma's birthday. I love the big cluster of balloons.

I'm feeling inspired to go back and copy some of these cards now.

Hope you enjoy your weekend!
Melissa

Christmas cards

As usual for me, it was down to the last minute for making Christmas cards, and those of you receiving them probably got them after Christmas :)



On this card, I decided to try making my own background paper similar to the newest PTI paper, Sweet Symphony. I stamped the Musical Background from Waltzingmouse Stamps onto Distressed Dots (PTI) paper with black ink. The focal image was created with Fillable Frame #10 and a sentiment from Waltzingmouse's The Compliments of the Season.



And the inside also uses Compliments of the Season and the gorgeous scroll from PTI's Vintage Label set.



This card was made using some leftover Christmas patterned paper (Basic Grey and the Girl's Paperie, I think), Vintage Labels 14 set and Compliments of the Season, both from Waltzingmouse Stamps. A bit of sewing and some PTI ribbon.

I didn't have enough time to take pictures of the rest of the cards!

Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

Merry Christmas

Merry belated Christmas to all! Hope that all of you that celebrate enjoyed a wonderful time with your families.

I want to share what we made and gave out to our neighbors this year. The treat is Ghiradelli brownies that we baked in some throw away pans from the Container Store. I added a ribbon and tag to each.



The tag was stamped and heat embossed with gold embossing powder onto Gold shimmery paper. The "Merry Christmas" comes from Holiday Jar Fillers, and the tag image from Fillable Frames.



On a personal note, my kids and I delivered one of these to our special older neighbor across the street and chatted with him a bit at that time. We got a call two days ago that he had passed away on Christmas night. God bless, Mr Marc and rest in peace with your beloved wife. (I couldn't show these treats without thinking and mentioning him). We will truly miss him!

Melissa

Banner Challenge

It's my turn to host the PTI Princesses group challenge! And it is, banners! Use a stamp set, cut out some triangles or create a home-decor banner. Anyone can play along!

Here is the card I made using Banner Basics.



The sentiment comes from Just the Ticket, with I thought paired well with the banner. The paper is Dotty Biscotti.



Thanks for coming by and I can't wait to see what you'll come up with!
Melissa

"Happy Birthday" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Banner Basics and Just the Ticket
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Hawaiian Shores and Raspberry Fizz, Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Pape: Kraft, Stamper's Select White, Hawaiian Shores, Raspberry Fizz and Dotty Biscotti
Other: Banner dies, gems, sponge, pinking shears, foam dots

2011 Calendar

December is full of family birthdays for our family, and my mom is one of them!

********Mom, if you are reading, please click away now!***************

I want to share the gift I made for her, for her birthday. I used PTI's large calendar sheets and stamped the flower for each month from the series, Year of Flowers. I didn't have November, December or January's yet, so I left November and December blank and I will send those to her when I complete them, ready to adhere with some Scor-Tape. I didn't want to leave the first page, January, blank, so I used the flowers from In Bloom.

The cover is very plain, as I thought it wouldn't be looked at much. I stamped the large rectangle from Take Note, the year with Fresh Alphabet and the scrolly motif (which I use on each page) is from Spooky Sweets II.





























This was a big project, but so worth it! I studies Nichole Heady and Debbie Olson's coloring techniques for each flower, to color them as well as I could!

I am taking this to Staples to get bound tomorrow, and once I get it back, I will share how the finished product looks.

Thanks for coming by today!
Melissa

Take Care

Hi everyone!

I made this card a few weeks ago, and never got the chance to share it. It seemed seasonally appropriate at the time :)



My T1 Copic needs a refill (or it's broken, I'm not sure which), so I'm using C2 lately for outlining, which is a bit too dark really.

Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

"Take Care" (All PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Autumn Abundance, BB: Text
Ink: Rich Cocoa, Versamark, Antique Linen (Ranger), Enchanted Evening
Paper: Blueberry Sky and Vintage Cream
Other: sponge, rectangle Nestabilies for frame, Foam tape