Snowy days, Frosty nights and Warm Hearts

I'm back for a quick post tonight with my card for this week's Make It Monday. The technique is Layered Background with Sentiment Stamps.




I followed the same color scheme that Betsy used, but switched out the stamps for those from In the Meadow. The sentiment is from Made of Snow, and I also used some snowflakes from Rustic Snowflakes for the background.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Happy Birthday

Hello! Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Today is the 7th Card Caravan Challenge over at The Hybrid Chick and this week the theme is "make it sparkle"! Here's my card:



Coincidentally, I made a card also celebrating seven for my son's friend with her upcoming birthday. The card uses digital papers from the Sophia Paper Pack by Karen Lewis Designs. It also uses By the Number Die collection, Double Ended Banner die and Limitless Layers Dies by Papertrey Ink. The sentiment is from Enjoy the Ride, Papertrey Ink.

Thanks for taking a look, and I hope you'll play along!
Melissa

Joy and Merry Christmas

Happy Thanksgiving eve to my friends in the US and good evening to the rest!
I hope everyone is having a great week.

I was able to finally play around with my new WMS sets, Nordic Winter and Say It Loud Holiday. I'm in love! I heat embossed the backgrounds with clear detail embossing powder onto Royal Velvet cardstock.



I also used Silver Shimmer cardstock, and cut the snowflake with PTI's Damask Snowflake die.

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This card also uses Smokey Shadow and Soft Stone cardstock.

Thanks for taking a look!
Melissa

Life and a challenge card

Hello readers!

I hope some of you are still around...I know I haven't been posting much at all lately. I have been making some projects here and there like birthday invites for a customer, some Christmas cards, but life has gotten very busy since school started again for my kids. I joined a gym in September and have been faithfully working out as much as possible. I even ran my first 5K last Sunday and loved it! I've lost 22 pounds in the last 8 weeks and plan to keep going. Hopefully, I'll be able to find some more time for crafting and writing blog posts.


I do have a card today, though, for the latest Card Caravan challenge which is birthdays.




I used some gorgeous digital papers and frame from a collab kit called My Digital Obsession . The stamps come from Waltzingmouse Stamps' Say it Loud and Say it Loud Holiday.

Check out the challenge here .

Hope you're having a great weekend!
Melissa

Card Caravan Challenge: Homemade Flower

Hello! Sorry to not be posting much lately....life is very busy right now!

I'm back for another Card Caravan challenge, though, and this time we are to make a homemade flower. I used my PTI Bloom Builder #3 to make a pretty mum from some gorgeous digital paper which comes from Danielle Engebretson's i [heart] autumn.




The only other things used on this card are Harvest Gold cardstock (PTI), a Raspberry Fizz button (PTI), some Ripe Avocado satin ribbon (PTI) and some floss.

I hope you'll check out the latest challenge !
Melissa

Card Caravan:Color Challenge

Welcome to another Card Caravan challenge! This two-week's challenge is a color one, and here's the gorgeous inspiration photo.



My take was pretty literal! I used Quirky Twerp's Frolic and Friends for the digital paper, and cut the flower using The Cutting File's Paper Roses template. The white cardstock (PTI) was impressed with the Canvas plate (PTI), and the sentiment comes from Delightful Dahlias (PTI). I cut the green felt (PTI) with Harvest Berries dies (PTI).

I hope you'll take a look at the challenge , and play along!
Melissa

A Merry Christmas to You

Hope you're having a great weekend!



This card using several WMS sets: Musical Backgrounds, Labels 18, and Compliments of the Season. The bell and holly are PTI.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa