Believe

Hope everyone had a great weekend--they go by so quickly! I had a card tonight with a new-to-me set that I bought from the famous Joan B at her stamp yard sale! I used the sketch from the Crazy for Challenges blog .



I colored the Santa with my copics and used some white liquid applique for his beard. The paper is from Cosmo Cricket's Jolly by Golly Mini Deck.

Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

"Believe" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Believe and Rustic Snowflakes
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Antique Linen and Walnut Stain (Ranger) and Pure Poppy
Paper: Kraft, Pure Poppy and Vintage Cream and Jolly by Golly (Cosmo Cricket)
Other: Copic markers, sponge, dimensionals, Liquid Applique, gems, heat tool

Interactive Board Book at the Hybrid Chick

Hi everyone! I have my second post today at the Hybrid Chick blog. I made a board book with lift-up flaps for my kids. I thought it would be a fun project to continue to encourage my two year old's speech. (And I'm hoping to also encourage her to sit still for more than one second!) I'm sure her older brother will join in, and he can even read it to her!

Here's a little peek of the project



Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

Peace on Earth

Hello everyone!

I'm back today with another Christmas card. I realized that the background of this tag stamp is the same as one of the Retro backgrounds, so I designed this card to use both! I followed the Card Positioning Sketch 132 .



I stamped the background on Vintage Cream cardstock using Antique Linen ink and colored each circle with the three Copic markers that matched the PTI colors.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

"Peace on Earth" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Holiday Tags 2008, Background Basics: Retro and Believe
Ink: Antique Linen (Ranger), Scarlet Jewel, Enchanted Evening and Ripe Avocado
Paper: Vintage Cream, Kraft, Scarlet Jewel, Enchanted Evening and Ripe Avocado
Other: Enchanted Evening satin ribbon, Copic markers, sponge, dimensionals

Back to school!

My kids had their first day at preschool this morning! We are all excited (maybe I was the most excited??). This is Colin's last year in preschool and Kennedy's first!

I made a card based off the latest Card Patterns Sketch .



I used the Kim Hughes set "Spring Trees" and some Crate Paper and Basic Grey. This was a fun sketch to work with! I'm going to send this card in for the "Cards for Kate" drive that I learned about through Jennifer McGuire's blog . Hopefully I can make some more for her whole family.



Have a great day!
Melissa

"Thinking of You" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Spring Trees (Kim Hughes/CFH), sentiment from Vintage Picnic
Paper: Summer Sunrise, Dark Chocolate, Crate Paper, Basic Grey
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento)
Other: Rustic wood buttons, summer sunrise buttons, Rustic cream twine, Copic Markers, Dimensionals

Happy Snowflakes

Happy Labor Day! Here is a second Christmas card I made when I made my other snowflake card a few days ago.



Same colors as the other: vintage cream, the new aqua mist and Antique Linen (Ranger). This time I used a border-type line of snowflakes and added that gorgeous sheer cream ribbon.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

"Happy Snowflakes" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Rustic Snowflakes
Ink: Aqua Mist and Vintage Cream, Antique Linen (Ranger)
Paper: Kraft, Vintage Cream and Aqua Mist
Other: sponge, gems and Sheer striped cream ribbon

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