GSS card

I am beyond speechless to be chosen as an honorable mention for PTI's Guest Star Stamper contest!! You can view all the project on Nichole Heady's blog here .

Here is the card I submitted--it uses the same beautiful papers and similar layout to my Valentine exchange card . I stamped the balloon strings once, and then masked and stamped again so I could have more strings and a larger bouquet!



I sent this card to my Grandma for her birthday--Happy Birthday Grandma!

Thanks for coming by and Happy Friday!
Melissa

"sending birthday wishes" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Everday Button Bits
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Raspberry Fizz, Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress Ink (Ranger)
Paper: Dark Chocolate, Lemon Tart, Vintage Cream, Cottage PP (Crate Paper), Pink Paislee PP
Other: Rectangle and Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities, sponge, PTI buttons, Rustic Cream twine, Glue Dots, sewing machine, Apron Lace paper punch (Fiskars)

Papertrey Princesses Challenge

The Papertrey Princesses' first challenge of 2010 was issued by Anya. You can see the details here . Anya chose this inspiration photo, and what a beautiful one it is!



It makes me wish I was more of a sewer! I took inspiration from the colors blue, white, green and kraft; the theme of sewing; and the blue buttons and blue ribbon in the photo.

Here's my card:


Thanks for looking!
Melissa

"Happy Mother's Day" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Blooming Button Bits, Background Basics: Retro
Ink: Spring Rain, New Leaf, Enchanted Evening
Paper: Kraft, Spring Rain, White
Other: Spring Rain buttons, Spring Rain satin ribbon, sewing machine, gems, sponge, white floss (DMC)

Little cutie pies

Baby Button Bits is so, so adorable! This image of the little pie/cupcake is probably my favorite. I made up a few while I had my scraps out. I'm not as thrilled with how my cards turned out, but the pies are cute!



Here's another card:



A purple one:



And the last:



Thanks for coming by!
Melissa

"Little cutie pie" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Baby Button Bits, Background Basics: Hearts
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Sweet Blush, Pearlescent Purple Dew Drop (Memento), Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Paper: Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Lily Kate PP (Basic Grey)
Other: Apron Lace punch (Fiskars), Purple ribbon, Pinking shears, Sweet Blush and Plum Pudding buttons, Floss (DMC), Ribbon tag die (Nestabilities), Foam Tape

January Blog Hop

It's blog hop time again! This month's challenge is to dress up the insides and outsides of our card--"the total package". You can read the challenge here .

For my card I used the new set, Baby Button Bits to make a floral background. I then stamped the "Wish Big" from Big and Bold Wishes using Versamark ink and heat embossed with clear EP.



On the inside of the card, I carried through the same design and added the second portion of the sentiment. You can see in the photo that I also stamped the envelope.



I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's projects tonight! Thanks for coming by!
Melissa

"Wish Big" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Big & Bold Wishes, Baby Button Bits
Ink: Versamark, Enchanted Evening
Paper: Aqua Mist, Enchanted Evening and Linen Vellum
Other: Clear ep (Filigree), Heat tool, Threading Water punch (Fiskars), Aqua Mist satin ribbon, gems and Copic maker to color

Valentine exchange card

Some of the people on the Papertrey Ink forum got together to do a Valentine Card exchange--how fun is that! Here is the card that I sent to Meghan. Now that she has it, I am safe to post it here!




I used Tiny Treats: Valentine, and some Crate Paper and Pink Paislee paper. The cupcake image was colored with my Copics.

Thanks for taking a look! I'll be back tonight with my Blog Hop card.
Melissa

"be my Valentine" (All PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Tiny Treats: Valentine
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Walnut Stain (Ranger), Lemon Tart
Paper: Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Pink Paislee and Carte Paper PP
Other: sewing machine, sponge, foam tape, Rustic cream twine, Scalloped circle Nestabilities, Apron Lace punch (Fiskars)

Baby gift box and card

So this project is one I made almost a year ago and I just now found the pictures in my file and realized I never posted! This little guy is already one year old, but this was a gift for him when he was born.

First up is the card using Polka Dot Basics: I, Fresh Alphabet and a Martha Stewart Little boys set.



I found the box in the unfinished wood section at AC Moore and sanded it a bit and painted it. I then covered it in some of my favorite paper from Basic Grey called Oh Baby!

I cut out some of the elephants and popped them up with foam tape for dimension.



And a final view with contents:



Thanks for coming by!
Melissa

Thinking of You

Continuing in my trend of using only "button bits" stamps, here is a card I made recently. The floral stems come from the set Everyday Button Bits and the paper is from the "Ooh La La for Him" line from My Mind's Eye.



I had a difficult time photographing this card, so the colors are a bit off. It is 5x7 inches and the base is Ocean Tides.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

"Thinking of You" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Everyday Button Bits, sentiment from Scattered Showers
Ink: Ripe Avocado and Enchanted Evening, Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Paper: Ocean Tides, Lemon Tart, Enchanted Evening and Vintage Cream
Other: sewing machine, Ocean Tides, Enchanted Evening and Lemon Tart buttons, DMC floss, Rectangle and scalloped rectangle Nestabilities, Lemon Tart satin ribbon