The Darlings are Birds of a Feather...............

...........we flock together!!!

The Dueling Darlings group (crafting sistahs over on Split coast Stampers) have been dueling for 4 years now! I can't believe it has been that long. It seems like yesterday I joined this fun-loving, sometimes nutty group of women. I love this group!

This round our fearless leaders were our hostesses. Jeanette for the Dazzlers and Kelly for the Divas.

The kit that Jeanette sent is soooooooooooooooo cute!

She and Kelly wanted us to use 4 of something on our card. So, 4 flowers, 4 gems, 4 brads, etc.

Here's what I did:

Is that Penny Black image (called Chicky Work Out) not the cutest thing?!!

I love it!

I colored my image with Spectrum/Noir markers.

I used the 4 yellow gems Jeanette sent in the kit as my 4 items. I love the sentiment she sent also (from Great Impressions). It reminds me of the show "The Wonder Years". Even though I wasn't allowed to watch the show (ha ha), I do remember listening to the theme song any chance I got.

I can't wait to see what all the other Darlings did with their kits and what the Divas' kits included.

You can find their blogs listed in my left sidebar.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Jeanette, Jeanette! She's Our Gal!

Hi all!

This is my creation for the Crafty Gals Blog Group challenge due today.

We are honoring our own Ms. Jeanette (Forest Ranger).

We were to CASE a creation from her blog or use things on our creation that we think she would love. I know she loves patterned paper, Nature, punch art and recycled items (just to name a few), so I tried to include a few of those in my card.

 

This also goes along with this week's Twisted Tuesday Challenge to make a creation for a couple ~ can be anniversary, Valentine, etc. and the Twist is to use the color black preferably ribbon or lace but any black will do. You can find the Twisted Challenge by clicking the badge in my right sidebar.

 (the little black pearl eye is not on this birdie....don't know where it went but use your imagination) hahaha

 (inside of the card)

Oh, did I mention that this card is also my creation for Jeanette's swap she has on SCS. "Music in the Forest" This music note is made with the branch on the SU! bird punch and the circles on the SU! Owl punch.

I also made card candy for her swap.

The pictures are horrible but I could not get a clear one of either. I'm not sure the reason but here goes......

Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

This Mystery Makes Me Hungry!

Yep! It's Mystery time again!

Jeanette sent us all images that I've never seen before and well, just made me hungry!

Look at what we got to play with this round...

 Have you ever seen a more tasty image?! I love pizza! :)

I found some checkered "table cloth" paper I had to use with this. Then I thought I wanted to use something that reminded me of the pepperonis on the slice of warm pizza. So, that's where the three red, punched circles come in. The "Let's Eat!" piece was cut from some DCWV card stock.

I couldn't resist an idea that popped in my head once I got the front of my card done...

Anyone want a slice?! :)

I can't wait to see what my other Mysterious Sisters came up with!

Thanks Jeanette for a fun set of images this round!!!!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

Polka Dot Owl

Hiya!

I was cleaning up the pictures on my computer and come across this one. I have searched my blog and can't find where I shared this with you. So, well it has to be done right?! :)

 I made this bookmark a few months ago for sweet Ms. Jeanette. We are in a FB group together and our first challenge was to create a bookmark for one of our "sisters". I know that Jeanette loves patterned paper and that she likes owls. So, I think I personalized this for her pretty well. :)

I added some pearl tipped straight pins behind the image. I cut all the circles with my Spellbinder dies. I added a little sparkle to the image with stickles.

The ribbon is from Bo Bunny. I have a HUGE roll of this polka dot ribbon and have had it for a long time. It finds it's way into quite a few of my projects. I love brown and I love polka dots!

Here's the bookmark "serving it's purpose". I really like how it turned out.

Thanks for visiting today.

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

Dueling Darlings Challenge, Leader Appreciation!

Hello all!

It's Dueling time again. This month I'm the hostess for both the Dazzlers and the Divas! Wow! How about that? :) I decided to do something a little different for our Darlings. I knew that trying to get a kit together for each member would be a huge task, you know, getting all the same embellishments and papers and so on. Not to mention the postage. Yikes!

So, I gave each team a challenge. 

**The Divas challenge was to create a card with an animal somewhere on it and buttons.

**The Dazzlers challenge was to create a card with a tree somewhere on it and patterned paper.

Our team leaders Kelly and Jeanette...(hi girls ;)....had no idea I had another little something up my sleeve. hahahaha

You see, we love these two ladies. They keep up "in line" and are great with keeping up with schedules and deadlines. So, I wanted to make this month's challenge in honor of them as a "thank you".

Kelly loves animals and as you can see on her blog, on many of her gorgeous creations, loves buttons as an embellishment.

Jeanette is "the Forest Ranger" on SCS and loves Nature and displaying all her Christmas trees (you should see the pictures!!!) during the Holiday season and if you've seen any of the many fun creations on her blog, you know that she loves using patterned paper.

Well, I'm a Dazzler so I created with Jeanette in mind...

I used papers from the My Mind's Eye Lime Twist line.

The large flower image is from SU and the sentiment and butterfly are MFT.

Jeanette, I hope you like it! This card will be flying out to you soon girl! ;)

Thanks for all you do!

I can't wait to see what all the Darlings made in tribute to our leaders.

Their blogs can be found in my left sidebar.

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina