Halloween

Good Evening All,

     Halloween is quickly approaching, we are already 3 days into October, so I decided to start my halloween card making. Some of you started months ago but I do not have too many people to give halloween cards to, so starting now will be fine for me. I'm thinking I will make around 10 cards tops. I will probably do a treat box of some sort also.  Halloween is my second favorite holiday (if you condsider it being a holiday). Well, here is my card.

 

Supplies Used

K&Co paper stack

Kenny K digi stamp (Devilgirl)

Martha Stewart Punch (Iron Fence)

Spider web and spider punch (Michaels dollar bin)

Ribbon (celebrate it)

Copic markers

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by

 

Melissa

Enjoy the rest of your week

 

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Portrait of You

Hello Everyone,

    It's the last day of the month and I would like to share a card that I made for a challenge over at The Outlawz Challenges  ,CAS Challenge. I did not plan to create this card but it was anything goes and CAS so I was like what the heck I can do this in a couple of minutes. So I looked at my wood stamps and picked out one of my vintage stamps that I hadn't used in a while and created this Clean and Simple card...

 

Supplies Used

Stamp by Rubber Stampede (Woman in Repose)

Ribbon Celebrate it (Black)

Spellbinders Die (Labels Twenty-three)

Sentiment Heidi Grace

Studio 112 Bling

Memories Ink (Black)

 

 

Have a Wonderful Week

Thanks for Stopping by

 

Melissa

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Card Share

Good Morning All,

   Hope everyone had a wonderful week. I truly cannot complain about my week at all. I was off from work for 9 days so far and before I go back I would have been off for 11 days so you all can imagine how my week was considering I didn't have to go to work. Lasnight, the family and I went to dinner at Joe's Crab Shack, I must say that I was truly impressed, Joe's first impression was definitely a lasting one. Since, I been off I've been living in my craft room which I love to do. It's my little haven. I rearranged it, I may take some pictures or do a room tour. I like this set up better than the last one. It appears that I have more room now. I also decided to rearranged the bookself that I used for storage as well as displaying some of my creations and creations made by others through swaps. Well, I did not come to talk about my room so enough of that until I share it with you all..

Without rambling on here is my card:

 

I entered this card in the following challenges:

Kenny K's Krafty Krew- Black, White and 1 other color

Critter Sketch Challenge - Sketch Challenge

Cards for Men - Card made for a Man

 

 

 

Supplies Used

Kenny K Digi Stamp (Devil Girl)

Recollections Card Stock and Designer Paper

Martha Stewart Web Punch

Michaels Celebrate It Ribbon

Copic Markers

R29

R27

R24

C5

C7

C9

Corner Chomper

 

 



Well, thanks for stopping by

Hope you all have a wonderul weekend,

 

Melissa

 

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Altered Canvas

Happy Sunday Everyone,

   Hope everyones start of a new week is starting off great.  Today I started my house work kind of early so that I could relax and play in my craft room the rest of the day. I am really mutli tasking today, cleaning, crafting, watching youtube and now the football game. Baltimore Ravens vs Philadelphia Eagles... I Love the Ravens..... Gooooooo Ravens.... Okay, so I just added something to my list of mutli tasking writing this blog share. Awww man almost intercepted... ooops lol got a little distracted by the game play...Okay so onto my Altered Frame. This canvas was created for a challenge between Lisa (Scrapin 2010 of you tube) De (Paper as Frabric of you tube) the challenge was mine. The rules were to create a painted canvas with a vintage look, a stamped image, 3 different embellishments and place somewhere in our craft rooms. Take a look at what I came up with:

 Top right corner of the canvas

 Top Left corner of the canvas

 Center of the canvas

 

I hung it on the far wall of my craft room, I will be hanging more of my creations on that wall when completed.

 

Supplies Used

Artist's Loft 8x10 Canvas

Tsukineko Walnut Ink (Terra Cotta)

Deco Are Crackling Medium Weathered Wood 

Lindys Stamp Gang Spritz (Blazing Sun, Scintilating Silver)

Folk Art Acrylic Paint ( Ivory White)

Designer Paper by GCD Studios (Antiquities)

Recollections Flowers and Bling

Wild Orchard Crafts Flowers

 Tim Holtz Gears, Philosphy Tags and Adage Ticket

Metal birds and Mini Clothes Pin (unknown)

Burlap

Making Memories Wire

 

 

Thanks for Stopping By Enjoy your Week

 

 

Melissa

 

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Scrapbook Layout

Hello All,

   Today I would like to share with you a page layout that I created. I haven't created a layout in over a year. Actually, this layout was a challenge from one of my good scrapping friends she is also known as Paper As Fabric (De) on you tube. The challenge was to create a layout using a sketch of De's choice. We had to use a paper collection or paper that we were not really fond of, that wasn't pleasing to our eyes and made us questioned why we purchased it in the first place. We also had to use exact measurements, I am no good with  measurements but I accomplished the challenge.  Here is my layout

Supplies Used 



 K&Co Paper Stack (Sea Glass)

Cricut Cuts (Create a Critter)

Rit Rat

Lindys Stamp Gang (Sea foam green)

Distress Ink (Walnut Stain)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's been a While

Hello All,

It's been a while since I last posted something so I decided to show you my Spellbinders Organizer that I made. The idea was not my original idea. I got it from some of the creative ladies on you tube. So thanks to them....Here it is



 

 

 

 Supplies Used

K&Co paper stack (Wild Saffron)

K & Co Embellishment ( Wild Saffron)

Kenny K Image (Bling Baby)

Colorbok Rub-On

Cinch to Bind it..

 

Thanks for Stopping by

 

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Melissa



Another altered project

I just can't get enough of altering frames. I keep saying to myself that I am not going to alter another frame until I complete another project other than an altered frame. Then what do you know I am altering a frame.  It's just one of my many infatuations in crafting. The joy I get out of crafting is indescribable. I just Love it..... So, I guess you know what I am getting ready to share with you... You got it another altered frame. This frame is for my friend Lisa (Scrappin 2010) from You Tube. I agreed to a swap with her and instead of sending her goodies (because she already have everything) I decided to alter her a dollar frame from Michaels. I hope she likes it... So, here is the frame that I altered for my friend Lisa.

Supplies Used

Michaels dollar frame

Pattern Paper (unknown)

 Recollection Spray, flowers, and roses

Petaloo flowers

Making Memories metal tag

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Tim Holtz Button, Adage ticket, metal charm, bingo embossing folder, film strip tape,

Walnut Stain distress ink

Crimper

Lindys stamp gang

Mod Podge

Trim JoAnn

Well That is it for now..

Melissa

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Tag

Hello All,

    Today, I have a tag to share with you all. I agreed to a tag swap with one of the ladies on you tube. Our tags had to have an image, and use our favorite colors. Everything else was up to us. So I decided to go with a Kenny K image. Here it is:

Supplies Used

Kenny K.- Digi Image

Recollections- Bling

I Am Roses

Wild Orchard Crafts

Copic Markers

B12

B14

B16

E11

E13

E15

E18

E21

E25

RV23

C2

C3

C4

C5

C7

C9

0 (COLORLESS BLENDER)

Stamp -Dollar bin Michaels

Thanks for stopping by

Have a Wonderful Week

Melissa

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Sweet Life

Today's card is a card I created for The Outlawz  CAS challenge. I had to incorporate strawberries while keeping the card Clean and Simple. Once I saw the challenge I knew I had some paper in my stash with strawberries on it. I do not have any stamps with fruit (just added that to my things I need list) I wasn't sure what I was going to do with the paper but I worked it out. I created 2 cards out of it. I'm trying to cut down on having a ton of scraps in my scrap draw. I liked how my cards turned out. So, take a look and tell me what you think.

supplies used

Green Recollections Card Stock

Pattern Paper (unknown) single sheets

Ribbon Offray

Spellbinders Dies (Lg Circles and Blossoms)

Stamp Sentiment (Michaels Dollar Bin)

That's it for now... Please leave  a comment and if you like follow me and if I haven't already I will return the favor.

Have a Great Day
Melissa

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2nd Post of the Day

I am trying to  make up for lost time. It feels good to be in my room again, I was determined to spend majority of my day in my room. I did some straightening up in here plus entered some challenges, worked on some projects that were already in progress. I'm also trying to keep up with the Olympics.... I love watching the Summer Olympics. My favorite are the women Gymnast, then Volleyball. On to my 2nd project of the day... This was just a simple card I made using my scraps... I had to separate my scraps into color so that I can create something with them... I still try to use my scraps before starting on a new piece of paper. It's hard to do when you are entering challenges especially the color challenges.... Okay with that said here is my card. Have a wonderful week!!

SUPPLIES USED

Recollections Card Stock

Cuttlbug Embossing Folder (Leafy Branch)

Lindy Stamp Gang Spritz (Scintilating Silver)

Stickles( Silver)

Thanks for Stopping By

Melissa

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Sexy Photo Frame

It's been way tooooooo LONG,  

Hello all, I could not go another day without posting something to share, not mentioning that I am on vacation. I spent my birthday day and vaction at National Harbor.... It is very pretty here but we are going home today and believe me I will be in my craft room doing some crafting. Before I go home I will be stopping at Michaels to use my 50% off coupon (expires today) plus get some more of the jetmax cubes that are now 50% off too (that ends today as well) I would like to briefly share why I haven't posted any projects over a month. As you all know if you been keeping up with my blogs in the past, I work a full time job and have a small business on the side (I PRAY that one day it will become my PRIMARY JOB) and have family that wants a lot of my attention. So my crafting time is limited. I returned back to work after a minor surgery that had me out of work for 2 months and 10 days and had an event to do so that set me back from my crafting. The event is over but the job is still here so I will still have to manange my time properly so that I can get some crafting in. I go back to work from vacation in August so I should be able to do a little more... Well that is why I haven't been posting... On to my project, this project was made for my last event it:

SUPPLIES USED

Michaels $1 Frame

Tim Holtz Grunge Board

Metal Sheet (Making Memories)

Metal Key Charm

Metal Charm (used as a handcuff)

Studs w/ adhesive back

Tim Holtz (bottle) filled with food coloring and water

Glossy accents

Black Acrylic Paint

Lindy's Stamp Gang Spritz (Scintilating Silver)

Have a Wonderful Week

Stay Inspired

Melissa



Card Share

Here is a card that I made on Wednesday for a challenge over at  The Outlawz Challenges.  Yes, it was another sketch challenge. But this was a special challenge for me, because I was selected to be a Guest Designer and I was super excited to do it... It was truly fun creating this card. I hope I did my teamies proud.... I will love to become a permanent member of a design team some day... Keeping hope alive...... So here is my card.

the inside of my card was left blank.  Here is the sketch

Supplies Used

Recollections card stock and patterned paper (from my scraps)

Spellbinders dies

Recollections Bling

Bling (Michaels dollar bin)

and I Rock Gems

Hope you all have a wonderful week.. Stay Inspired

Melissa

Best Wishes

Today, I wanna share another card with you all, that I entered into the Outlawz Sketch Challenge. Here is the sketch:
and here is my Card:

Supplies Used

Recollections Border, Card Stock & Patterned Paper (from Scraps)

Maury Stamp Markers

Gina K. Stamp (Petals and Wings Kit)



Well, That's All Today, Thanks for stopping by
Melissa
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Count Your Blessings

Hello Everyone,

I'm still here making cards for these challenges. I never knew there were so many different blog sites that host so many different challenges. Everyday I come across a different blog hosting a challegne of some sort. I will never be able to say I ran out of challenges or blogs that host them... I am totally addicted to blogging, I didn't realize how fun it was to share and read your blogs. I will have to definitely find time to blog once I return back to work in a couple of weeks.... Until then here is my card for today.

Supplies Used

Card Stock & Patterned Paper- Recollections ( Floral Garden)

Stamp- Michaels Dollar Bin

Ribbon Michaels- Celebrate

Bling- Michaels Dollar Bin

Silver Stickles

Spellbinders- Labels 9

I entered this card into the following challenges:

The Outlawz Challenges (Bugs, Flying bugs, any kind of Bug)

Polka Doodle (Lots of Flowers)

Papertake Weekly Challenge (Anything Goes)

Emergency Crafters (Butterflies, birds or anything with wings)

Southern Girls Challenge (Things with Wings)

Have a Wonderful Weekend,

Melissa

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Dream

Today was a good day, no rain when the weather man called for it, weather not too hot or too cool. I love it when the weather is like 75 degrees. Spring and Summer are my favorite seasons, I love to watch the birds, and flowers once they have bloomed and sitting in my backyard enjoying the weather while talking with family and friends. Well on to todays card; this card was created for the Sunday Clean and Simple challenge over at The Outlawz Challenges.

Supplies used

Recollections card stock & Patterned Paper- Garden Florals

(from scraps)

Stamps from Recollections- Faries

Paper Trey Ink- Peaceful Gardens

Maury Stamp Markers

Studio G- Sparkle Glitter

Martha Stewart Punch- Scallop Dot

It's a Boy Thing

Today I was all over the place crafting, washing clothes, working on business stuff, cleaning and snacking.   I was working on a frame for an upcoming event that I am having. I had to walk away from it because it was beginning to stress me out. With all that going on, I did manage to complete a card for the The Outlawz Sketch Challenges from last week, this week challenge starts tomorrow so I am behind sort of ( I really love doing sketch challenges) I think I mentioned that before. Enough of that here is my card.

Hope you like it...

Here is the sketch

Supplies Used

Card Stock & Patterned Paper DCWV- The Guy Stack & The Stack 6

Spellibinders - Large Circle Die

Memento Ink- Rich Cocoa

Brads- K & Co

Copic Markers: E29, E27, E25, E21, E13, E11, B99, B97, B95, C9, C7, C5

Thanks for stopping by

Melissa

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Born to be Wild

It's Sunday already and I am just trying to play catch up on my crafting.  I didn't enter many challenges last week so I decided to enter into some of last week challenges before the time to enter expired. So if I am lucky I may have more than one post today... Without talking anymore here is my card.

I entered this card into the Greeting card challenge over at The Outlawz Challenges- where you had to Use ANIMAL PRINT PAPER, RIBBON OR IMAGES for your inspiration!!!

Supplies used to make this card:
Recollections Animal Card Stock and Roses
Bling from the Michaels Dollar bin
Sentiment (individaul stamp letters from Michaels dollar bin)
Magnolia Stamp Jungle Tilda
Copic Markers: E000, E00, E21, E35, E19, E15, E37, E57, G19, G17, G14, C9, C7, C5

Have a Wonderful Day! I must go now I have more challenges to enter.

Thanks for stopping by Melissa