Friends to the End ~ Case Study Challenge

I finally had some time to participate in a Case Study challenge. It took me a long time to figure out how I was going to make my card inspired by this month's muse, Kristii Lockhart. I really wanted to create a little scene like the one she created, but I ended up going clean and simple. I'm happy with the results. You never know where you will end up when you start making a card. That certainly adds to the fun.

Here is my card:

Card ingredients:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink Out on a Limb, Mega Mixed Messages, Verve Making a Statement (birds)

Paper: SU! crumb cake, riding hood red, PTI white, bitty dot basics (birds)

Ink: SU! choc chip, old olive, versafine onyx black

Accessories: nestabilities, dimensionals I'm on track with my cardmaking goal: 23 so far this summer. Stay tuned for another couple I made for two other challenges. Have a great day! Melisa

MOJO Monday 250 {Dream}

Here is my card for this week's Mojo Monday sketch. I had a lot of fun with these new papers from My Mind's Eye. I can see myself using lots of these in the near future if I can find the time. So far I am pretty much on schedule for making, on average, a card a day this summer. I have to admit, though, that 10 of those were for a set for my MIL for her birthday. Oh well, that still makes 20! Plus two more later on today! ;)

Here is the sketch:

Card ingredients: Stamps: Verve Blue Skies

Paper: PTI white, My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline Dilly Dally DP

Ink: versafine onyx black, circle nestabilities, Wilton doily, SU! ribbon, PTI ribbon, PTI felt

Accessories: PTI flower die Have a great day! Melisa

Celebrate!

Here is a card that I made for a friend that recently got a new job she's been working towards for months. I'm just starting to experiment with Copics. I only had one brown copic, so instead of working on shading, I tried to imitate the plush on a stuffy using the blender pen. The effect looks better in real life! I know which colours I need to buy next: more brown! ;) Love these banner dies from Verve.

Card ingredients:

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas A Beary Good Year, PTI mega mixed messages (sentiment)

Paper: PTI white, Echo Park Hello Summer 6 X 6 DP, SU! Old Olive, Xpress It Blending Card

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Verve die banners, MFT grass die, copic markers, toothpick, baker's twine Have a great day! Melisa

Queen for a day!

Here is my card for this week's Splitcoaststampers CAS challenge: Fairy Tales. I've been wanting to create a vanity plate with My Favorite Things Vanity Licence Plate set for awhile. I think that I will make this card in a variety of colours and put it together as a set of cards to give away. The possibilities are endless! Check out the challenge here.

Card ingredients:

Stamps: My Favorite Things Vanity License Plate, PTI Enjoy the Ride

Paper: PTI white

Ink: SU! melon mambo, versafine onyx black

Accessories: MFT vanity license plate die, Michaels Recollections crown glitter shape. Thanks for visiting! Melisa



Happy Birthday, little gardener!

I had so much fun with this week's Mojo Monday sketch. I made the sketch square, though, to fit the glassine bag I wanted to include on the front with a little tag.

 
Card ingredients:

Stamps: Verve Making a Statement, Big Wish, My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Mud Buddies

Paper: PTI white, SU! crumb cake, My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline 6 X 6 DP

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,

Accessories: SU! scallop edge punch, Verve loopy flowers dies, SU! seam binding, buttons, PTI glassine bag I loved the sketch so much that I made another card for my brother's 40th birthday. Used lots of different stamps on this one: Verve, Papertrey and My Favorite Things.  Card ingredients: Stamps: Verve Seeing Stars, PTI Birthday by the Numbers, My Favorite Things Ticket Die-Namics Paper: PTI white, SU! sahara sand, Echo Park A Boy's Life 6 x 6 DP Ink: versafine onyx black, SU! wild wasabi, real red, summer sun Accessories: SU! ribbon, MFT ticket die, PTI glassine bag, PTI polka dot ribbon Here is the sketch if you are interested in playing along:

Have a great day!

Melisa

Welcome sweet little baby...

I found some time to play on the weekend and I was able to participate in two of Viva la Verve's sketch challenges. This card is for Week 2 for July. You can find all of the details here.

Here is the sketch:

Stamps: Verve To the Moon

Paper: PTI white, My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline 6X6 DP

Ink: SU! Rose Romance

Accessories: Nestabilities, PTI flower dies, button, eyelet lace Have a great day! Melisa

Handmade Button Bits

Yay! It's summer time! After a busy school  year, I now have a little more time to make cards! Looking forward to making a card a day before school starts again in the fall. Today, I made a card for the Splitcoaststampers CAS challenge from last Monday. The challenge last Monday was to use navy, olive and white on a card. Here is my creation:

Card ingredients:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink Blooming Button Bits, and  Button Boutique, Verve Sunny Days

Paper: PTI white

Ink: SU! old olive, night of navy

Accessories: PTI button card die, buttons

Have a great day!

Melisa