Rocket Wish

Hope you're having a great weekend! This card is a different one I made when playing around with Off-beat Backgrounds by Waltzingmouse Stamps . I love this set, very well designed and great quality! Congratulations Claire, on making your successful new venture and making your dream come true! This card is going to my son's friend for his 5th birthday!



The card also uses a rocket, trail and star image from a Sandylion set, but I'm not sure of the name...maybe baby boy??

"Make a wish" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Off Beat Backgrounds (Waltzingmouse Stamps), ???? (Sandylion)
Ink: Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, Lemon Tart, Black (Memento)
Paper: Stamper's Select White, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise
Other: Copic markers, foam tape

M's Challenge

Once I read about M's Sketch challenge on Savitri's blog, I just had to play along. What a great little crafter at such a young age! I decided to make a Halloween card using PTI's Spooky Sweets II set.



Have a great night!
Melissa

"10/31" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Spooky Sweets II
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Smokey Shadow
Paper: True Black, Summer Sunrise and Orange Zest
Other: Clear detail EP (Filigree), Orange Zest Twill Tape, Coluzzle Circles, Scor-Tape, glitter (Doodlebug), Scor-Pal

Sweet Little Baby

I played along with the "JUGS- Just us Girls" challenge this week. The challenge was to use pink and to paper piece.



For my card, I made a....you guessed it...plaid background using Waltzingmouse's Off Beat Backgrounds and a tone on tone polka dot background for the top portion. The little bunny is paper pieced from that same pattern.

I also used Sketch #35 from 2 Sketchs 4 You .

Enjoy your day!
Melissa

"Sweet Little Baby" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Off Beat Backgrounds (Waltzinmouse Stamps), Bitty Baby Blessings
Ink: Smokey Shadow, Sweet Blush, Black (Memento), Antique Linen (Ranger)
Paper: Vintage Cream, Smokey Shadow and Sweet Blush
Other: Sweet Blush satin ribbon, 2 " circle punch, EK Success Scallop punch, foam tape, sponge, Threading Water edge punch (Fiskars)

Plaid Peace on Earth

Happy Saturday! I got my stamp set from Waltzingmouse Stamps the other day and I finally had enough energy to play with it! I stamped the plaid pattern using Ripe Avocado and Enchanted Evening, sponged the edges and machine stitched onto my layer stamped with the houndstooth background.



I also used Vintage Labels (stamped in vintage cream), the dove image from 2008 Holiday Tags and the sentiment from Believe.

I may just have to try it all again with a different color combo, it was fun! Thanks for coming by!
Melissa

"Peace on Earth" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Vintage Label, 2008 Holiday Tags, Believe, Off Beat Backgrounds (Waltzingmouse Stamps), Houndstooth Scrapblock (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Ink: Enchanted Evening, Ripe Avocado, Vintage Cream, Antique Linen and Walnut Stain (Ranger), Versamark
Paper: Vintage Cream, Ripe Avocado, Kraft and Enchanted Evening
Other: Clear Detail EP (Filigree), Enchanted Evening Satin Ribbon, Foam tape, Sewing machine, sponge

Make a Wish

ETA: Totally forgot to mention that this card is based off a sketch! It can be found here , at Kristin's blog. I flipped the sketch upside down and changed it a bit.



Hope you're having a great week! We seem to have been hit with a cold at our house--the parents get it the worst, right?? My daughter has a double ear infection but seems to be on the mend and my son (with tubes in his ears) is pretty good! I think it's going to be a long winter in terms of illness!



Anyway, I made this card after Dawn shared her cute ruffly ribbon technique. I like how it turned out except that my Melon Berry ribbon doesn't match at all with the Melon Berry cardstock!

Thanks for having a look!
Melissa

"Make a Wish" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Wishing You and Recipe Label
Ink: Ocean Tides, Smokey Shadow and Antique Linen (Ranger)
Paper: Vintage Cream, Ocean Tides, Melon Berry, Earth Love PP (Cosmo Cricket)
Other: Oval and scallop oval Nestabilities Dies, foam tape, Ocean Tides and Melon Berry Satin Ribbon, sponge, sewing machine

Beginnings card and box set

Hi everyone!
I wanted to share that I have a project up today at The Hybrid Chick . My project includes some instructions on masking and stamping a background paper, and includes using digital papers in a hybrid way.



Click here to see it.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Melissa

World Tour

I'm back tonight with my cards that I made for the PTI World Card Making Day challenges. Nichole Heady took us on a world tour!

Up first is Australia and here is the inspiration



And my card



Next stop is India:



I was inspired to use red and gold and lots of shine:



After, we go to Mexico:



I went with lots of bright colors and some stitching:



Final stop is Japan:



I searched a bit on my own for some inspiration and found an awesome website with art from the Freer and Sackler Galleries , which is located in Washington DC. This is the beautiful painting by Ogata Kenzan off which I based my card:



And my card:



Thanks for taking a look!
Melissa

"Australia" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Star Prints and Everyday Classics
Ink: Pure Poppy
Paper: Stamper's Select White, Raspberry Fizz and Pure Poppy
Other: White gel pen, dimensionals

"India"
Stamps: Background Basics: Retro
Ink: Pure Poppy
Paper: Gold (AC Moore) and Pure Poppy
Other: gems (Kaiserkraft), Gold wired ribbon (Michael's), and Copics--to color gems

"Mexico"
Stamps: Background Basics: Retro
Ink: Pure Poppy, Raspberry Fizz, Orange Zest, Lemon Tart, Enchanted Evening and New Leaf
Paper: White, Raspberry Fizz and Orange Zest
Other: Raspberry Fizz satin ribbon, sewing machine, Copics

"Japan"
Stamps: Life, Scattered Showers Additions and Mother
Ink: Spring Moss and Enchanted Evening
Paper: Soft Stone
Other: Enchanted Evening Satin Ribbon, sponge