Little Monkey Gifts

Hi!

Here are the gifts I sent Heather (JadeOnline at SCS) for her (Virtual) Baby Shower. This is a first for me. I do hope she likes what I sent.

 These are 5x7 picture frame inserts.

 This was my "pride and joy" gift. I rarely alter items. This was a food jar. I cut the letters from my Cricut. Adhered some papers that would match the baby's room. The monkey is from a stamp set I have.

 All new mommy's need a brag book :)

...inside of the brag book.

Congrats Heather! I can't wait to see pics of your little Monkey!!!! :~)

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend :)

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

Baby Love!

I'm finally getting some scrap pages done. Yay!

I know, I say that every time I post pics of pages I've finished. LOL

 This is pictures from my sister's first pregnancy. She HATES being the center of attention and you can see that in the picture above (bigger pic, look at that face!)

I used my Jasmine Cricut cartridge for the lettering. The flourishes & hearts are also cut with the Cricut.

Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

Scraps Are My Friend!

Hello all!
I hope you are having a great week.
Over the weekend I made this card and wanted to use my scraps for the weaving I created....

I love, love, love using up my scraps! My rubbermaid container is overflowing. Okay, it's not one of those big ones but a 12x12" maybe 5 inches deep full to the brim with little pieces of treasures just waiting to be used. I am getting better about what scraps I keep though. My mother, bless her soul, keeps it all! If a scrap has lots of punched out places or is smaller than 2"x2".....it goes in the garbage. I just don't have room in my little crafty spot to keep it all anymore.
Anyway, getting back to the card....EHEM.....my base is vanilla with a kraft pierced and distressed layer. The dp is from My Mind's Eye. The other strips are pretty in pink and green galore (yes, I still have bits of that color lying around! LOL) The hearts and circle (with piercing also) are punched (3 heart punch SU! and CM circle punch) I inked the hearts edges with pretty in pink ink. Oh and the heart colors are vanilla and tan.
Okay, now for the truth on the sentiment piece. I love how the distressed little snippet turned out but it is not how I started out. I stamped directly onto the kraft with chocolate chip ink with the SU! Petite Pairs set and of course it was not straight! It's even a clear mount set! LOL! So I stamped it again on a piece of scrap Kraft and distressed it a little then hid my "boo, boo" Yay for me!
I really like the softness of this and that's the main reason I went with a baby theme.
Challenges I'm entering:
Going with the baby theme also got me a chance to play along with the latest Cupcake Craft Challenge ~ Cupcake 174 - Something New....Not only with the sentiment but also for the fact that I've never weaved c/s or dp on my creations. :)
Also, I am playing along with The Pink Elephant Challenge this week TPE130 ~ Use hearts on your creations
And lastly (but not leastly), The Paper Players challenge this week is (theme) - All you need is Love! #77
Yay! Three challenges 1 card...SUCCESS! :D

Here's a little "advice" I came across a couple months ago. "Keep a hymn in your heart and your day will go so much better!" and once a hymn gets in my heart it usually comes from my lips with a hum also. :)
Have a wonderful day!

Until next time...
Blessings...

Melina

Welcome Baby!

My Sis is Preggo!
This will be she and her hubby's 2nd child.
Congrats Elisha! Love you! :)

I don't make a lot of baby cards. I needed a little help so I used the Mini VSN challenge #2 (SCS). To make a mostly white card with a little sparkle.

My sparkle is dazzling details on the polka dot embossing.
Love, love using the SU! stocking punch as baby booties :)

Thanks for visiting!

Until next time...
Blessings...

Melina

supplies: stocking punch, top note die, big shot, white, bashful blue and pretty in pink c/s, bashful blue ink, circle punch pretty in pink ink and blender pen (for doodles), white baker's twine
stamps: petite pairs SU!