Free photo cards from Shutterfly!

Ok, I'm back again with a quick post!

I wanted to share an amazing deal I came across recently for bloggers. Shutterfly is giving bloggers 50 free holiday cards just by blogging about their amazing products and sharing the love!

I would like to show you some of my favorite photo cards. I prefer folded cards so I have lots of room to write a note inside...



I love that I can include two photos, one of each of my children and I love the font on this one!



This one has a great sentiment!



I love the elegant background on this one!

Check out all the photo holiday cards here . They also have some really cool calendars (and it looks like they are on sale!), view those here .

And of course, Shutterfly has some amazing photo books!! I make them regulary as gifts for my mother-in-law, and I did a Year in Review photo book for 2009, last December, which my kids love to page through.

The most special photo book I've made, with Shutterfly, was a book for my grandmother in England for her 90th birthday. I included photos of all her family and used a format from a digital scrapbooking company to make it beautiful!

You can view all the possibilities for photo books here .


Bloggers can get 50 free holiday cards from Shutterfly: Check it out here .

Have fun browsing!
Melissa

Peace

This month is flying by!! I can't believe I haven't posted yet in November. I've been making a ton of things for a craft fair this week, so I plan to post some of what I've been up to!



This card was made using Background Basics: Tin Types as the background, Holiday Jar Fillers and the original Friendship Jar set.



As you can see, I cut the jar label with felt, fun!

Thanks for coming by!
Melissa


"Peace" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: BB: Tin Types, Friendship Jars, Holiday Jar Fillers, 2009 Holiday Tags
Ink: Blue (Colorbox), Rich Cocoa (Memento), Copic markers
Paper: Kraft, Blueberry Sky and Vintage Cream
Other: Simply Chartreuse felt, silk ribbon, pinking shears, foam tape, glitter (Martha Stewart)

October PTI Blog Hop

It's Blog Hop time again!

Here is this month's challenge: "There is always a lot of focus on Christmas in our industry this time of year, as that is what the majority of the population celebrates. However, this month's blog hop is dedicated to those that celebrate winter holidays other than Christmas. Create a project that celebrates Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or some other winter holiday as we embrace everyone's beliefs in a celebration of diversity through paper crafting."

I decided to create a Hanukkah card, and it will be very handy to have one ready to send to a friend at the beginning of December!




I used the candle and flame from It's a Celebration to create a menorah of sorts. I embossed the candle in white, and the flame in gold. I then cut out the focal image withe the Mat Stack 4 die. Tbe background, stamped in gold ink, is from Background Basics: Tin Type.



The sentiments for the inside come from Inside and Out: Holidays. I didn't have a Happy Hanukkah sentiment, but I felt that this saying worked well.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Candy Cane Favor Box

Happy Saturday!

I'm recovering from a super busy week that included several halloween parties! I may have one more halloween card to share tomorrow, but today I thought I'd show a simple and cute favor box I made recently.



It uses the Favor It Box 2 die, and the little candy cane image from Tiny Treats: Christmas. I colored the red portion of each candy cane, and some grey for shadows.

Have a great weekend!
Melissa

Stamps: Tiny Treats: Halloween
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Copic Markers
Paper: Stamper's Select White
Other: Favor It Box 2 die

Happy Holidays

I made this box very quickly as I wanted to try out some new goodies!



I used Favor It 2 Box, Tiny Treats: Christmas, Mat Stack 1 and the new color, Blueberry Sky.



Here's a close up of the front focal image. I colored the penguin with Copic markers, and the ribbon is 1/4 " silk ribbon. The pink ink and cardstock is Hibiscus Burst.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Happy birthday

Can you guess this scene?



My son's friend is turning 6, so I made this for his birthday next weekend. Let me know if you can tell where the scene is from.

Halloween Treats

Here's my post for the PTI challenge to use one of three stamps set this week!

Here are some treat boxes I made up for my kids' to give to their classmates for Halloween. The box is the Favor It Box 1 and I use Tiny Treats: Valentine for the frame, and Tiny Treats: Halloween for the images. The paper is from a new digital collection by Mari Koegelenberg, Spookville, available today at The Digichick .

Thanks for looking!
Melissa