Wonderful You, Mom!

Happy Mother's Day!!!!  I hope all of you mothers out there are having a wonderful day!  It is absolutely beautiful outside here in Minnesota and I am looking forward to spending some time with my mother and grandmother today. 

I made this beautiful card for my mom.  I used all punches and dies to make this card, I find that I can put a card together faster when I don't have to turn on my electronic die-cutter and just use my BigKick instead.

I used gem stickers from Creative Charms (I LOVE Creative Charms!!! BTW - They have great sales and an inventory clearance going on!!!  Stock up while you can!).  The flower punches are from Martha Stewart and everything else is from Stampin' Up!.  Have a wonderful Mother's Day and don't forget to celebrate 'Wonderful You!'

Mel

Love You Just The Way You Are!

It's the day before Valentine's day and I am finally getting around to making a couple special valentines.  It took me an hour to make these two fun cards - not too bad for me!  I am in love with both of these little cuties featured on my cards - a sock monkey and a hoppy frog, both of which came from THE Lettering Delights!

The sock monkey craze is nuts!!!  I have a co-worker that is obsessed with sock monkeys, so I made this card for her!  I don't know if I could make a card that would be more perfect for her!  If you want to pick up the SVG of this Sock Monkey, grab the Cutie Patootie SVG set at Lettering Delights.  The stamped sentiment and heart punches are from Stampin' Up!

For the froggy card below, I had to add the wobbly eyes - you can see a side view of them below - they bounce up and down!  Fun, right!  BTW - I got the wobbly eyes at Archivers, they are by TPC Studio.

The froggy is from the Frogs and Kisses SVG set at Lettering Delights!  This SVG set is 50% off thru tomorrow!  Pick it up if you don't already have it.!  The sentiment and heart punches are from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful Valentine's Day!
Mel

"Gnome" Way!

Hello fellow crafters and bloggy friends!  It has been awhile since I shared a project - I hope you have not forgotten about me, I know I have missed you!  I have a fun card I made for a long-time friend that turned 40 this past week.  He and my husband have a thing for garden gnomes so I had to put one on his card.  I had to tie the gnome into the saying on the card too - it is cheesy I know!!!  But, it works I think!

The cute little gnome came from the Good Luck Gnomes SVG set by Lettering Delights.  Isn't he so adorable!  I combined a rectangle and a shadow of the gnome in Sure Cuts A Lot to create the card shape.  I just love making unique card shapes and it is so simple to do using the flip and weld functions in SCAL! 

Other materials used:

• Stampin' Up! patterned paper
• Mr. and Mrs. Popsicle font by Free Scrapbooking Fonts
• Flower and black pearls by Creative Charms

Feels good to be blogging again!  Happy weekend!
Mel

"Hopping Through The Holidays" Blog Hop is HERE! Ends 12/4/11! Giveaway Too!

Hi everyone!  I am so excited to be a part of such a wonderful blog hop!  We have loads of holiday inspiration for you!  You should have arrived from Becki's blog.  If you started here, go to Belinda's blog to start at the beginning of the hop. 

I decorated two 8x10 shadow boxes for the holidays.  I went glitter crazy again!!!  LOL!  And, I am lovin' it!  The glitter shimmers in the light - so perfect for the holidays! 

Here is the first shadow box I made.  The holly and joy caption are SVGs by My Scrap Chick.  Also, I used twine from The Twinery.  The paper for both projects is by My Mind's Eye.

 





The second shadow box is glittery too!  I used SVGs by http://freesvgs.blogspot.com/ for this box.  I also used iridescent glitter from Martha Stewart Crafts (the little blue stars), sentiment by Fiskars, and gems by Creative Charms.

If you get lost during the hop, below is the hop line-up.  The next stop on the hop is the very talented Alyssa, also creator of My Thoughts Exactly stamps.  Her stamps are the cutest!!!  

1.  http://beeshiveofdrama.blogspot.com/ - Belinda

2.  http://4goofballs.blogspot.com/ - Julieta

3.  http://cherevansstudio.blogspot.com/ - Cher
4.  http://dare2beecreative.blogspot.com/ -Bee
5.  http://happycardfactory.blogspot.com/ - Becki
6.  http://inlovewithabug.blogspot.com/ -Melanie  **HERE**
7.  http://www.mythoughtsexactly.co/ - Alyssa  **NEXT STOP**
8.  http://queeniesscrapmad.blogspot.com/ - Tracy
9.  http://atuttletime.blogspot.com/ -Angie


Happy hopping and holiday crafting!!!

Mel

Poinsettia Love!

I just love this time of year!  It is a crafter's dream - making handmade Christmas cards!!!  I love poinsettias and thought it would be fun to add one to a Christmas card.  I used my Cricut and a poinsettia SVG file created by Penny Duncan for this card.  I left the rest of the card neutral so the poinsettia really stands out.

 

I covered the center of the poinsettia flower with gold glitter glue and gem stickers from Creative Charms.  Lastly, I completely covered it in glitter.  I just love how it sparkles and that it has a frosty look.  The sentiment I used is from a Fiskars stamp set.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Young Crafters Unite Challenge - Use Dies

Whimsical Wednesday Challenge - Use Layers

Fantabulous Cricut - Create a Holiday Card

Thanks for stopping by today!  Come back this Friday, Saturday, or Sunday for the Hopping Thru the Holidays Blog Hop!  It is a must check out blog hop - so much talent and inspiration will be shared and giveaways of course!  I am anxious to share my project and I will be hosting a giveaway too!  

 

Mel

Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for Hosting Card!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  I hope your day is filled with happiness, friends and family.  There is so much to be thankful for!  I am thankful for my wonderful hubby and my family!  Here are a couple pumpkin shaped cards I made for the hosts of our thanksgiving day dinners. 

I used my Cricut and a pumpkin cut that I believe I got at freesvgs.blogspot.com.  I turned the pumkin shape into a card using Sure Cuts A Lot.  The thanks and flourish stamps are from Stampin' Up!.  I used the flourish stamp to emboss a texture on the leaves.  You can see close-ups of the embossing below!

I am entering these cards into the following challenges:

Simply Sunday Challenge at Getting Cricky - Give Thanks

Fantabulous Cricut - Thank You Card

Whimsical Wednesdays - Add Texture

 

Mel

Christmas Card Fun!

I am working on some Christmas Cards for a small craft sale this weekend.  A couple of my high school friends have a crafting business and they asked if I would like to join in on a open house/sale they are having.  I am so excited that they asked!  I still have many cards to make, however, I wanted to show you a couple of them.  I am obsessed with glitter right now so a couple of the cards are covered completely in it.  Why not sparkle, right???  :)

I am taking a break from SVGs for these cards, mainly because most SVG files are not available for commercial use.  I am definitely missing my SVGs, but I am having fun using materials I don't use all that often - like my stamps and ribbon! 

 

The weekend is just around the corner!  Back to crafting!  Hugs!

 

Mel