Thursday, May 30, 2013

Secret Garden Congrats!

Hello!

I forgot to share this card that I created for Barb's (SCS) Congratulations swap a few weeks ago.


I love my new SU! Secret Garden stamp set and dies.
I colored the flower with my Spectrum/Noir markers.
I like the clean look of this too. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...
Blessings...

Melina

Sunday, May 19, 2013

This Challenge Smells Great!

Hello!

I'm "crafty refreshed"!

I got home last night from a 3 day retreat. I got 26 pages finished and 4 cards. I love when I get crafting accomplished!!!

I wanted to share with you the card I made for this week's CAS challenge over on SCS. Our theme this week is "that smells great". I chose to use flowers since all my flowers around the house smell wonderful right now (even though some make me sneeze! LOL).


I love the SU! set Secret Garden. Well, that isn't so shocking since I love Nature themed stamps :)

I hope you can join us with your CAS creation this week!

I also entered my card at:
Shopping Our Stash ~ Scraps Only
 Tuesday Throwdown ~ Smell the Roses


Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...
Blessings...

Melina

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Dueling Darlings are Capturing Memories!

Hi everyone!

Today I get to share with you a creation I finished days ago. The kit was sent to me by Jeanette (Forest Ranger - SCS) for the Dueling Darlings challenge. She is the hostess for the Dazzlers this month. Kelly is the hostess for the Divas. They wanted us to capture some memories!

Here's what I made with the cute kit Jeanette sent:


I love that little image she sent! I colored mine with Spectrum/Noir markers. The polaroid die cut she sent was white chipboard. I covered it with some of the paper she sent, used my Prima craft knife to trim out the middle and framed up my pretty ladies. I added some liquid pearls to the clear dot embellishment in the kit. I think it makes it look like one of those view master slides. KWIM? This is 6x6 in size. I'm going to use it on a scrap page. 

I think one of my favorite memories I've captured over the years has to be my children fresh from their newborn baths. Seeing all the family there at the hospital cradling these little bundles......it's a very proud and humbling moment. :)

Thanks for stopping by...

Until next time...
Blessings...

Melina

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Twisted Tuesdays Has a lot to Share!

I'm so excited!

Hop on over to Twisted Tuesdays if you want the full "scoop".
But here's a run down....

*We have a new monthly sponsor announced today
*We have a new Guest Designer announced today
*We have a brand new challenge announced today
*We have a new, very large, Design Team announced today
*We have a blog hop going on (with prizes!)
*We have fabulous creations on the blog

OH MY!
OH MY!

So, if you're here from the blog hop.....I'm the last stop before going back to the challenge blog to leave your comment! :)

Here's the list of blogs if you missed it:

Here's my "A Girl's Best Friend" creation:


 They are truly girly and were given to two ladies that are a great example of a Mother/Daughter friendship. I made these for them for their birthdays.

I love using my Scor Pal and border punches.
Simple.....yes.....cute.....I think so :)

I can't wait to hop on over to all the designers blogs!
I hope you can too.

Thanks for stopping by here today.

Until next time...
Blessings...

Melina

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Clean and Simple and NO WORDS!?!? WHAT?!

OH MY!
This week's CAS challenge (SCS) is a doozie!

Create a card using no sentiment at all but your image must convey a sentiment.

Well since today (May 12th) is my birthday, I had to go with a birthday theme :)


I love my one and only Whipper Snapper stamp! LOL

I colored the image with Spectrum/Noir markers then cut it out and mounted it on a piece of basic gray card stock that I had die cut with the Spellbinders Labels Fourteen die. I traced around the edge of the die with a white gel pen. The blue paper is from a MME stack called Away We Go.

Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...
Blessings...

Melina

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Tracie, Tracie She's Our Gal!!!


It's the 5th....today I get to honor one of my Crafty Gal pals by CASEing her style :)

This month it's Tracie's turn. I love her little critters she creates with her Cricut! She makes such cute cards and scrap book pages using her machine. 

Here's what I made to honor Tracie:


My little dog is an element I received in a swap on SCS. I decided he needed a meadow to play in. :) I inked the edges of my torn certainly celery card stock. The cloud paper is from a My Minds Eye stack. I added a sentiment from a Hampton Art set I got a good bargain at HobLob over the weekend. Then added 4 brads to finish it off.

I can't wait to visit the other Crafty Gals blogs to see what they created thinking of Tracie!!!
Their blogs are located in my right sidebar. Go check them out!

Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time...
Blessings...

Melina