Show Us Your Newness at Red Carpet Studios

It is time once again for a challenge over at Red Carpet Studios.

We want to see some new stuff on your creations this time.

Here's what I made:

 

The stamp set is from CTMH (new to me)

Also, the rhinestone trim and new WRMK corner chompers are new.

This could also be used as a New Year's card.

On a sad note, this will end my design team term with RCS. :(

I would love to continue with them, but....just too many irons in the fire right now. Thanks Ashley for letting me be a part of this great challenge blog!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

 

I'm Late.......TIMES TWO!!!!! The Grinch is in the Christmas Story!

Okay, I'm soooooooooo late in posting my

Red Carpet Studios post today

and my

Dueling Darlings card.

So, here they are, all wrapped up together.

I'm so sorry to be so late in the day posting these......

First off, The Red Carpet Studios Challenge is "How the Grinch Stole Christmas".

You must use the sketch from Stuck and include a tree of some type on your project.

Here's my page:

(sorry for the picture quality, I literally just finished this page and it's almost dark here)

Here's the sketch we were to use:

 My page is from a 8x8 mini album I'm currently making (that explains the rounded corners on one side and not the other :) ) with the Bo Bunny Woodland Winter collection.

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Now, on to my Dueling Darlings card.

The Dueling Darlings are a blog group on SCS that I've been a part of for years. We receive a card kit from a different hostess for each round. This round the wonderful Jeanette was the Dazzlers hostess (Kelly was the Divas hostess).

This is what I made with the kit she sent:

I love the Kraftin Kimmie images she sent, I must shop for these! LOL

The gold glitter organza in the kit is wonderful! Love that stuff! I added a strip of it behind my oddly cut burlap.

I just felt the need to spotlight this image. Baby Jesus is a great reason to spotlight! :)

I didn't add one of the sentiments Jeanette sent because I loved the paper studio paper background and arranged my card to show it off!

Our leaders wanted us to share a personal Christmas story along with our creations....

I have to say one of my fondest Christmas memories is running around on Christmas Eve to both my grandmother's houses, Mom and Dad rushing me and my sister along trying to get from one house to the next. My Mamaw Swader (mother's mom) had a tiny home. She also had 8 children and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. I remember her wood stove getting so blazing hot with that many people in her house that one year the men wised up and enclosed her front porch! There was no heat needed in the new enclosed structure due to that very, very efficient wood heater and the front door of the house open! ha ha ha ha At my Mamaw Wray's (Dad's mom), well, she had a little bigger of a home but just as many children (yes, both my parents were their parents youngest children and they both had 7 brothers and sisters!) and probably a few more grand children and great grandchildren. I remember being so hot and sooooo tired when we finally got home on those nights. My parents never had any problems getting me and my sister to sleep before Santa came. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Until next time...

Blessings....

Melina

Deck the Halls!

Hi all!

Is it cold where you are? It is here....it's nice crafting weather. LOL

So, I've been busy in my little room.

There's a new challenge over at Red Carpet Studios.

 

the sponsor:

My page:

A couple of close ups:

I have a process video:

https://www.youtube.com/user/MakeHimyourLord/videos

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

It's a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving!

.......at Red Carpet Studios! :)

Show us food on your creations!

our Sponsor is:

Here's what I made:

I received this card kit in a swap (one of Forest Ranger's (Jeanette's) swaps). I love this stamp set "Thanks Be For Thee". The sentiments in it are darling! There is also a turkey image. I am watching a few of these for sale on Ebay as I type! LOL I want it!!!! :)

I cut the image out with the Spellbinders Labels 14 die and my Big Shot. I colored the image with my Spectrum Noir markers.

 

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a chance to play along at RCS!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

 

Halloween Challenge from Red Carpet Studios

Hi everyone.

We have a new challenge at Red Carpet Studios.

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

Here's my Halloween creation:

(we don't celebrate Halloween in the scary way, so my creation is very tame. LOL)

It's a framed art piece. I used a stamp set from CTMH, some paper from a DCWV stack, the pumpkin is cut with the Creative Seasons Cricut cartridge and the raffia piece is from HobLob.

I shaded around the trees with a GG1 Spectrum/Noir marker.

I am also entering this at the:
Just Us Girls Challenge #212~ Picture Inspiration

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

What's the Movie Theme at Red Carpet Studios?

Well it's:

Bicentennial Man, of course!

ehem....have to admit....I've never seen this movie. So, I'm glad that we just have to use metal on our creations! :) That's what I love about RCS challenges, you don't have to know the movie to play along with the challenges!!!!

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

and this is what I made:

This is the "sister" page to the layout I posted on Oct. 10th.

I used a sketch from PageMaps.

I'm loving this paper, Vintage Bliss.

The metal I used is a butterfly clip from Mayo Road.

I hope you have a chance to play along with our challenge at Red Carpet Studios!

Thanks for checking out my blog.

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina