World Card Making Day at Unity - Challenge #2 Texture

It's Melanie here and I am having so much fun making cards today - it's World Card Making Day!  I am loving all of the fun challenges at Unity Stamps so I decided to make a card for their 2nd challenge of the day which is to create a card using 2 or more textures.

I used felt, twine and stitching to add texture to this card.  The baby clothes are dies from Papertrey Ink.  I started with white felt and used glimmer mist to add color to the clothes.  Glimmer mist works awesome on felt - I didn't realize this until now!  :)

Now for all the details on the baby clothes!  It is hard to tell from the pictures, but I stamped polka dots onto the cute little baby dress using a mini background stamp from the Ippity Stamps 'A Moment in Time' collection.  I added a button and a heart to two of the onesies and a stitched pocket to the blue onesie.  I felt like a baby clothes designer making these!  LOL!  Here are close-ups:

 

 

The patterned paper is by My Mind's Eye and the 'Heaven Sent' stamped sentiment is from the 'Precious Little One' stamp set by Unity Stamps and Simple Stories.

I am hoping to enter more of the challenges for World Card Making Day over the next couple weeks!  I hope you are getting time to craft today too!

Mel

Fa-BOO-lous Challenge - Entry #2

More fun playing with ghosts for the challenge going on as part of the FA-BOO-LOUS Halloween week at Happy Life Crafty Wife!  This time, I decided to have a ghost that is peeking from the inside of the card.  Isn't he so cute!  If you want to see my 1st entry into the challenge, check out the cuteness HERE.

 

For my second card, I wanted to cut out a portion of the front of the card so it looks like a window.  I used my circle Sizzix dies to cut the circle out of the front of the card and for the border around the circle.

 

To make it look like a window, I put a spooky tree in the background and of course, I had to include a ghost as well!  Both the tree and the ghost are SVGs from the Halloween Town SVG Collection at The Digi Bistro.  I used to design for this company and just love, love, love the cute SVGs that Cher creates.

 

To create the front of the card, I created a collage using papers from the awesome My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Halloween collection.  The 'Happy Halloween' die cut is from this collection as well!  To dress it up a bit more, I added some twine by The Twinery.  I just love all of the neutrals colors with the pop of orange.  So pretty and spooky!

The eyes on the ghost were stamped using the Fright Nights Friends stamp set at My Thoughts Exactly, then I added some gems to make them pop.  Isn't this ghost so cute!  Okay, I apologize for bringing him up again, but isn't he cute???  :)

I have been enjoying all of the Halloween inspiration at Happy Life Crafty Wife this week.  Make sure to check it out too!  Who doesn't love Halloween?  I do!

Mel

Fa-BOO-lous Challenge!

I just started feeling better (it was a rough day) and thought I would play with ghosts for the challenge going on as part of the FA-BOO-LOUS Halloween week at Happy Life Crafty Wife!  You should definitely check out all of the inspiration and giveaways there and enter the challenge too!

I recently purchased the Halloween stamp bundle at My Thoughts Exactly and have been anxious to use the Fright Night Friends set.  The ghost and the googly eyes in this set are just the cutest ever!  Since I think he/she is so cute, I stamped him/her 6 times (I would have done more if there was more room on my card - hehe)!  The ghost that is popped up was cut out using the free SVG available at MTE for this stamp set - so nice that I didn't have to cut around the ghost by hand!

I embellished this card with papers from Stampin' Up!, twine from The Twinery, black pearl stickers by Creative Charms, and brads by Making Memories.

Also, I want to say thank you to Andrea at the Unity Stamps blog!  She featured a card I made in her DT blog post today!  Go check it out!  I am so honored she picked a project of mine to share!

Make sure to check out the fun at Happy Life Crafty Wife and thanks for visiting!

Mel

Banner Unity Challenge & Dollar Days are HERE!

Hi there fellow paper crafters!  Tonight I am sharing a fun card I made for the Unity Stamps Challenge 'Pennants & Banners.' 

I decided to use a pennant banner stamp from one of my favorite stamp sets "A Simple Christmas" by Unity & Simple Stories.  There is so much detail in the stamp from the sleigh ride and the postage stamp.  LOVE it!  To give the stamped pennant banner some more pizazz, I added some rhinestones and some patterned paper cutouts. I could have gone really simple, but just love adding these little details. 

To create the lettering, I used an alphabet die by Papertrey Ink.  I put the 'BE' part on the pennant banner and created a banner for 'MERRY.'  Tip: To create a perfect 'V' cutout at the end of your banners, use the corner of a square punch - I use the corner of the tag punch by Stampin' Up! which is slightly larger than a 90 degree angle.

Other supplies include: Papers by My Mind's Eye, Twine by Papertrey Ink, and Rhinestones by Creative Charms. 

Make sure to enter the Unity Challenge.  One of my favorite paper crafters, Thienly from Mod Paperie is hosting the challenge and the pennant banner she created is just beautiful! 

Isn't making Christmas cards the best???  Many more cards to come this season and lots of fun papers for me to play with - recent shopping binge at Scrapbooks.com!!!

One more thing - really important announcement.  Dollar Days are going on at Lettering Delights!!!! 

This is the time to pick up any SVGs (Cut Its), fonts, and graphics you have been eyeing because they are the lowest prices of the season.  I can always count on LD for new, on-trend, premium, super cute SVGs.  Make sure to use coupon code: SaveBushel to save 30% on a $20 purchase too! 

Mel

Announcement & CuttingEdge Magazine Launch Party!!!

I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo EXCITED!!!!!  The moment I have been anxiously waiting to share with you has finally arrived!!!!  I am so proud to announce CuttingEdge Magazine which is launching September 1st!  This magazine is all about electronic die-cutting and the use of SVG files!!!!  If you follow my blog, you know I love using SVG files in my creations.


I am a Creative Team member for the magazine and have some projects featured in the magazine that you won't want to miss!  The entire Creative Team is fabulous and so so so talented - you will be inspired by the projects!  This is a magazine you will want to subscribe too! 

To celebrate the new magazine, we are having a launch party on our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/CuttingEdgeMagazine.  Make sure to stop by and like our Facebook page and check out who is on the Creative Team!  There will be lots of GIVEAWAYs throughout the week!  Free Subscriptions will be given away when we first reach 50 likes, 100, 200 and so on until September 1, 2012!!!  Also, there will be gift cards to Lori Whitlock's store and to the My Thoughts Exactly store!  If you aren't familiar with Lori Whitlock she creates the most beautiful SVGs and she designs paper for Echo Park!!!  One of my favorite projects featured in the magazine uses Lori's beautiful SVGs and I absolutely love how it turned out!  My Thoughts Exactly makes the sweetest stamps - I just used The Birds and the Bees stamp set in my latest project linked HERE!!!!


Below are links to the magazine and the Facebook page.  I hope to see you at the launch party!!!!
The magazine (launches Sept. 1st) - http://cuttingedgesvgs.com/
The magazine Facebook page -  http://www.facebook.com/CuttingEdgeMagazine

Mel

You're Tweet! My Thoughts Exactly Puns Challenge!

The weekend is here, which for me means I have some time to craft!  My niece will be turning 18 in a couple days - I can't believe it!  She looks 12 to me!  :)  I made this 'Tweet' card for her birthday and thought I would use some of my 'My Thoughts Exactly' stamps since they are adorable just like my niece.  I am entering this card into the August MTE challenge which is puns! 

I made a pocket on my card.  It was really simple to do, I just made the card longer, then scored the card where the two folds would be. 

To go into the pocket, I made these really cute tags with the focus being the sweet sayings on them - You're Tweet, Super Sweet, and Happy Bird-day.  I decided to make them each very colorful.  My niece is a very talented artist, and she loves color!

I used lots of supplies from my stash for this card - see the list below:
Paper - My Minds Eye "Dolled Up" collection
Cardstock - Recollections
Sentiment Stamps - My Thoughts Exactly "The Birds and the Bees" set
Crinkled Ribbon - Prairie Bird Boutique
Flowers and Gems - Creative Charms
Twine - The Twinery
Tags & Bird Dies - Sizzix
Scallop Border Punch - Stampin' Up!
Scoring Board


I will be giving this card to my niece on Tuesday night.  I hope she likes it!  :)
Mel

Oh My Stars!!!

The latest Unity Stamps Challenge is to use a star stamp on your project and boy, did I have fun with stars!!!! 

Did you notice the star die cut, the star glitter, the star gem, oh and the stamped stars????  :)

Materials Used:
Star Background Stamp & Sentiment Stamp by Unity Stamps
Star Die Cut by Sizzix
Cardstock by Recollections
Patterned Paper - Hall Pass Collection by W R Memory Keepers
Stamped Ink, Buttons, and Pom Pom Trim by Stampin' Up!
Distress Ink by Tim Holtz
Glitter by Martha Stewart Crafts
Star Gem by Creative Charms

Friday is right around the corner!!!!  Have a great night!
Mel