The Mystery is Solved! I was Thinking of You!

Hello everybody!

I have my card from the latest Mystery swap to post today.

I am loving the image Linda sent us to create with.

Here's what I came up with:

Isn't that SU! Koala the cutest thing you've ever seen?!!!

I love small, simple images and Linda really made me HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY with this one!

Thank you for stopping by today!

Please visit the other Mystery gals. There blogs are listed in my right sidebar.

 

Until next time...

Blessings...

 

 

What a Glamorous Babe!

Hi all!

I'm posting my latest Mystery card! This mysterious image was toooooo funny!

I love it Carol! Thank you so much for hosting this round!

Have you ever seen a more glamorous image??? hee! hee!

 For this round, I made a 4x6 pocket card with a matching Kraft envelope (which I forgot to take a picture of). The image I colored with my Spectrum markers.

The card base is a 12x12 piece of card stock that I cut at 4", then I place the 4x12 inch piece of c/s on my Scor Pal and scored at 3" and 9" to make the opening in the middle of the card base. 

 I added some solid c/s to the middle of the card to hide where the patterned paper came together (there is a slight space if you don't score the base exact so this helps to cover any imperfections).

After I cut out the image with my Spellbinders die and Big Shot machine, I placed a piece of cornered kraft c/s behind it so when you lift the top up.......

 You don't see the ink that bled through when coloring.

I hid the sentiment behind the top lift of the card......

 Here's the inside of the card with the sentiment. With this striped fold, I made a pocket so that the sender can place money, a note or gift card in the card.

 The sentiment was plain white.....I decided it needed to be sprayed a few times. Of course, doing that meant I had to go over the font with a black gel pen to darken the words a little.

Here's a close up of the pocket. I just added some 1/8" scor tape to the left and right sides.

Well, that took quite a bit of explaining. LOL

I hope you will try this yourself!

Until next time...

Blessings...



Ahoy! The Mystery is Solved!

I'm sharing my card I created for the latest Mystery Image swap.

Kelly was our hostess....sent us a very cute Bella image.......

Here's what I created:

I colored my image with Spectrum markers, then cut it out with a Spellbinders die and popped it up.

I left the embellishments simple with the more mustard card stock background helping the image pop!

 

I can't wait to see what the next image will be! :)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.

 

Until next time...

Blessings...

 

 

My Mysterious Card is Now Uploaded!

Hi all!

I didn't get a chance to load my Mystery cards from last month's swap. Darlene was our hostess. She sent us a very challenging image. I was stumped for a while on this one. But, in the end, decided to go with a school theme all together to make the sentiment cohesive.

I cut out the sentiment Darlene sent us with one of my Spellbinders die.

I love how it turned out, even though I was so unsure of what to do in the beginning. :)

Thank you Darlene!

I got some great cards back with this swap. I can't wait to get started on the next round!

Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Blessings...

The Mystery is....Where is Spring?!

Hi all!

I'm back with my card for the current round of Mystery Swappers....a group of happy card makers on Split Coast Stampers website.

The real Mystery around here though is..........GOSH! Where is the Spring weather?! The high today was like 35* and it spit snow! It's almost April and it feels like it is still January. Oh me!

For this Mysterious round of card making, Ms. Mae was our hostess. She sent us an adorable SU! image.

This is what I made:

I made a super simple card (gasp! I know you can't believe that) with her cute image. I wanted it to be the spotlight.

Here's the inside:

I can't wait to see what everyone else did with this image.

Thanks Mae for a great round of Mystery Swappers!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Mysterious Dinos!

Hi!

I'm back with a card I made for the Mystery bunch!

We are a group of card makers on SplitCoastStampers. Each round has a new host that send us Mysterious images that we color and make cards with.

Kate was our hostess this round and she sent the most adorable little dinosaur image from Stampin Up!

Here's what I made:

I used all SU! papers and card stocks, cut the image (colored it with Spectrum markers) out with my large scallop circle punch (SU) and then some layering circles with my Spellbinders dies. The sentiment is from an AmyR set "Sweet Sentiments". I punched that out with my SU scalloped oval punch. I finished the card with a star brad from my stash.

Simple, simple, simple. :)

The orange circle is popped up on foam dots.

This little image just said "boy's birthday" to me so that's what I went with.

I'm excited to see what everyone creates with this image and what cards I get back from the swap!

Thanks for visiting me!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

Time to Reveal the Mystery!

The Mysterious ladies over at Splitcoaststampers are ready to reveal the images they got from Sweet P (Paola)!

She sent us a sassy little cutie to color up. I made my cards even more of a mystery by using a different fold than I usually do and adding a sleeve. :)

Hmmmmmm, where's the image Sweet P sent?

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....inside the gate fold card! :)

the sentiment on the sleeve is from SU! I punched it our with the large scallop circle punch from SU! and added some glittery dots with my Zig Wink of Stella marker. I love dewdrops.....added a few of those on either side of the sentiment piece.

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here's a close up of the image

I colored my image with Spectrum markers and used a Zig Wink of Stella marker for the little silver polka dots. I also added a few touches with my Gelly roll white gel pen.

I hope whomever receives my cards likes what I did this round.

Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

WHOOOOO Loves a Mysterious Image?

I do! I do!

Hi all, it's time to reveal the Mystery again, the mystery image that is. April O. was our hostess this round. She sent us some cute images from Unity.

Here's what I made:

I wanted to give the card some kind of wood element, since we were using an owl. :) I decided on giving my owls a little oval home in a tree. *smile*

thanks for stopping by!

I can't wait to see the cards I get back from this swap.

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

A Mysterious Read?

It's time to reveal the Mystery yet again. For this round, Barb sent us an image I had never seen before. So, I was excited to color it :)

I think this will make a great card to give along with a book or amazon gift card. You know?! 

Since the image was book related I had to use script paper! :)

I used Spectrum markers to color the image.

Also used my deckled rectangle Spellbinders die around the image.

Here's a close up of the inside and button accent.

Thanks for visiting!

 I can't wait to see what cards I get back from my Mysterious swapping friends. :)

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

Finally Revealing the Mystery!

Hi all!

I hope you are having a super, crafty day!

I found some bargains at HobLob today....

an extender plate for my big shot 40% off

set of extender shims 40% off

a wood mounted coffee stamp 75% off

a bottle for altering 50% off

the tickets extender die by Tim Holtz 70% off

the film strip extender die by Tim Holtz 70% off

I love crafty bargains!!!!!

Now, on to my creation.....

I was the hostess for the latest round of our Mystery Image Swap on SCS.

I sent all my peeps the Blessed Mouse stamped image by MFT.

Here's what I created with it:

 I finally used my MFT wonky border die. I love it! :)

I paper pieced her little outfit with some MME and Echo Park papers.

I am entering this card in the following challenge:

Tuesday Throwdown ~ #150 ~ Embossing

(my gray c/s piece is embossed with the Swiss dots ef and inked)

Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

Bathing Beauties (giggle)

It's time again to show off our Mystery image creations.

Carol sent us some beauties! :)

I went with a middle fold with an overlay.

I gave these lovely ladies lots of red lipstick......can you tell they didn't use a mirror for application?! ha ha ha

 The fold

The inside

I can't wait to see what the other Mysterious swappers created with these great images!

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

This Mystery is a Little Chilly

Hi everyone!

It's time again to post our creations for the Mystery Swap Group over on SCS. I am part of a great group of ladies that love to share.

Our latest image, sent to us by the Mysterious Terry is a chilly one. :)

Here's what I did with it:

Ain't he the cutest?!

Thanks Terry I loved coloring this image.

I decided he needed a shadow....giggle

I picked some snowflake Recollections paper to go along with this chilly cutie. Also, you know me, I'm a simple girl, so this card was put together very easily. I can't wait to see what my other Mysterious Sisters do with this!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

This Mystery Smelled Like Bacon!

It's time once again to reveal the Mystery image that was sent to us for this round of Mystery swapping.

I thought it was the cutest thing ever....but so made me want some bacon.... ***giggle***

Here' what I did with the image:

So I went a little crazy with the faux stitching. :)

I colored the image with watercolor pencils and a blender pen. I made stitches on the piggy's quilt with my brown SU! marker. Then I inked the edges with some gray ink and added some gray stitching too. The DCWV paper I used behind the image already had stitching on it. SCORE! Then I added a strip of white card stock behind that and added more stitching. And.....as if that wasn't enough, I added more stitches to the edges of the kraft card base with a white gel pen. Whew! That's a lot of stitching!!! (oh yeah, there is a white strip inside the card that also has stitching added to it!)

For my embellishments, I just added some espresso ribbon and a pearl flower.

How about you? Are you feeling under the weather? Would this card get you close to "cured"? :) I can't wait to see what the other Mysterious ladies did with this image!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina