Baby gift set

It's finally back to school today for my kids, after what seems like forever!



I want to share a project that I made for a friend who just had a baby girl! I made her this keepsake box with drawers, one of my favorite projects to make. You can see the other boxes that I've made here and here , with a full tutorial. I made one for my daughter to match her room and we keep all her hair bows and barrettes in there.




I made the personalized label on the top of the box using Ambassador Monogram Edition to spell out the name and I cut out a flower from the patterned paper.



Along with the box, I made a matching card. I used the elephant from the Click Simple template "Rock a Bye Baby" and resized it to be smaller for my card front.



And the inside of the card got decorated as well.

I think that this project qualifies for our latest Papertrey Princess challenge which was given to us by Lee. You can see the details here . I also entered this project into the Guest Star Stamper contest.

Have a great day!
Melissa

"a new little someone" card and box (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Baby Button Bits, Inside and Out: Baby, Ambassador Monogram Edition
Paper: Vintage Cream, Lemon Tart, Enchante Evening, Oh Baby Boy! patterned paper (Basic Grey)
Ink: Enchanted Evening, So Saffron (SU!), Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Other: unfinished wood box (AC Moore), Enchanted Evening satin ribbon, gems,scalloped circle Nestabilitie Die, Foam tape, acrylic paint, sponge, Score-tape, Threading Waters punch (Fiskars), Elephant template from "Rock a Bye Baby" Click Simple template

Blogaversary giveaway winner and a card

I'm back tonight with my card for the Embellishment challenge. Again, another part of the Papertrey Ink anniversary festivities! Nichole encouraged us to make several of our own floral embellishments, add one to a card, and then package up the rest to give to a friend.

Here they are:



And here's my card:


Let me know if you would like my sheet of floral embellishments, and I will send them to you!

And now, the winner of the blogaversary giveaway:

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That would be Linda R
LindaR said...
"Happy Anniversary!

Just gotta say, you are one of the most welcoming on the PTI forum. You have some gorgeous cards on here!!!"

I will try to get in touch with you, Linda,to get your gift to you, but you can also email me (see email under my picture).

Thanks for entering and thank you for all the well wishes for my blogaversary! It means so much to me!

Melissa

"Happy Birthday" and embellishments (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Vintage Picnic (for sentiment), Background Basics: Petal Power, Beautiful Blooms
Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Hibiscus Burst, Versamark, Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Paper: Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Sweet Blush and Taken with Teal (SU!)
Other: Raspberry Fizz satin ribbon, various circle and scalloped punches, epoxy dome circles, Raspberry fizz buttons, Rustic Cream twine, Clear detail ep (Filigree), heat tool, foam tape, sponge

Valentine's Banner

It's my turn to post today at the Hybrid Chick blog, you can see my project and instructions here .



I made a fun banner for Valentine's Day using Mari Koegelenberg's DIY Printable Scalloped Banner and some gorgeous paper from Cafe Latte , a kit by Nicole Seitler and Tracie Stroud.

Have a great day!
Melissa

With Sympathy

Sadly, I've needed a couple of sympathy cards lately. I wanted to play along with Melissa Phillip's latest color inspiration photo, and decided that the soft colors would be good for a sympathy card.

Here is the beautiful photo Melissa chose from the blog A Creative Mint .


And here is my card:


Don't forget to enter to win my Blogaversary gift, a $10 gift certificate to Papertrey Ink or Amazon, your choice! Enter on this post here . I will draw for the winner on Saturday!

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

"With Sympathy" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Polka Dot Basics, Out on a Limb, Birds of a Feather
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Spring Rain, Versamark, Rich Cocoa (Memento), Creamy Caramel (Clearsnap), Antique Linen and Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Paper: Vintage Cream, Kraft, Lavendar Moon
Other: Vintage Cream satin ribbon, Apron Lace border punch (Fiskars), foam tape, sponge and corner rounder

Wish Big

I'm sharing a card today that I made for Joyce--my fellow PTI blogging group member. Hope you have a wonderful day, Joyce! I'm not sure it will reach her in time due to the lack of mail around here the last few days.



I've used this same card design before and I love it. I wanted to try out my new color--lavendar moon. It was the only color I hadn't bought from PTI and I kept holding out. It's a bit more pink than I had hoped, but still pretty.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

"Wish Big" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Big & Bold Wishes, Baby Button Bits
Ink: Plum Pudding, Versamark
Paper: Plum Pudding, Lavendar Moon, Stamper's Select White
Other: Plum Pudding satin ribbon, Clear Detail embossing powder (Filigree), gems, Copic Marker (to color gems), heat tool, Threading Water border punch (Fiskars)

Designer's Favorite Colors challenge

There is no end in sight for the snow around here! It is snowing again and now school has been cancelled until next Tuesday (Monday is a Holiday)!! The Federal government is shut down again tomorrow, so at least my husband is not missing out in the fun of being stuck indoors with two kids fill of energy!

The great part is that I had lots of time today to make some cards. PTI's challenge du jour is to use one of the design team member's favorite colors to complete a card. The first one I chose is the card I will share here. The other four cards can be viewed in my online gallery at Papertrey Ink here .



Enchanted Evening is my favorite PTI color, so I knew I wanted to try this combo first. I've never paired it with Raspberry Fizz--so fun! The layout of my card is inspired by a card by Kelly Lunceford. See it here .



I made the background by stamping the floral pattern from BB: Petal Power in Enchanted Evening onto Kraft cardstock. The leaves and cut out flowers are from Blooming Button Bits, and the "thinking of you" sentiment is from Autumn Abundance.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

"Thinking of you" (All PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Background Basics: Petal Power, Blooming Button Bits, Autumn Abundance
Ink: Enchanted Evening, Dark Chocolate, Raspberry Fizz
Paper: Enchanted Evening, Dark Chocolate, Raspberry Fizz and Kraft
Other: Enchanted Evening Satin ribbon, Enchanted Evening buttons, Rustic cream twine, Oval and scalloped oval Nestabilities Dies, sponge

Paint by Numbers Challenge

Happy Monday! We made it out of our house today despite the snow--which was quite necessary as we ran out of diapers! Another foot or so of snow is headed our way tomorrow, crazy!!

Being at home is rather nice though and I was able to get the time to participate in another PTI anniversary challenge! Today, we were given the sketch and assigned a color combination based on our forum username.





Orange is not a standby color for me, so this was definitely a challenge. I tried several things and ended up with this. I actually really dislike it, but at least it's done!



The card uses several background patterns from Background Basics: Retro. I added little touches with my white gel pen to add uniformity to the card. The sentiment is from Scattered Showers.

Hope you are having a nice day!
Melissa

"Congratulations" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Background Basics: Retro, Scattered Showers
Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Terracotta Tile, Orange Zest, Ripe Avocado
Paper: Stamper's Select White, Ripe Avocado, Orange Zest, Terracotta Tile
Other: White gel pen (Signo), Apron Lace border punch (Fiskars), sponge, gems, Copic Marker (to color gems)