Twisted Dueling Darlings Post!

Hi all!

I have 2 things to share with you today.

My Dueling Darling post

and my

Twisted Tuesday post

The thing is.....I have 1 project for both! :) LOL

This month Sweet P (Paola) is our hostess for the Dueling Darling Dazzlers.

She sent us the cutest little Halloween kit. Even though I don't send Halloween cards and we don't celebrate the "scary" side of Halloween.....I do love the kit and made some little treat bags with it!

Yep, that's my project share for this Dueling Darling challenge. Judy (hostess of the Divas) and Sweet P asked us to share something we do/make for Halloween. I usually end up making a few treat bags for school events. :)

 

This is also what I made for today's Twisted Tuesday challenge.

We were to make a celebration themed project with a natural element (hemp twine).

The Design team at TT outdid themselves this time! Be sure to check it out!

Supplies:

Stamps (all from SU) : "Haunting Halloween" (cat, cauldron + 2sentiments)

"Booglie Eyes" (mummy) & "Best Fiend" (sentiment)

D/P :     Wicked Fun (SU); Halloween Characters & Small Dots (both from Michaels)

Black w/ silver thread (handmade DP from Costco)

Accessories : 'Boo To You' (CB folder) ; 'Black Bat's (Sizzix Die) ; 2 Halloween ribbons (Michaels) ;

1 XLrg orange brad by Elements/Am. Crafts ; sm. spiders from Recollections ; 

pumpkins dimentionals stickers ;

2 sets of Googlie eyes (Dollar store) ; 'Bootiful' brads from Sprinkles

glassine bags: Scrapbooking with M.E. Boutique

hemp twine: Wal-Mart

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

 

My Exciting News and a Blog Hop!

Hi all!
Lookie what I have to share with you!

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Welcome to Red Carpet Studio's One Year Anniversary Celebration!! We're starting the party off right with a blog hop, but don't forget we also have games and prizes going on in our Facebook event group! 

This weekend our design team is sharing with you inspiring projects for movie nights! Invitations, decorations, and more, you'll leave the hop wanting to have a movie night of your very own.

If you've come from Robin's Blog, you're in the right place! If you'd like to start at the beginning of the hop, please visit Red Carpet Studio.

Did you notice we are having a new Design Team Reveal?

I'm part of the NEW! :)

Yep,

I'm so excited to be working with this very talented group of ladies!

For this wonderful blog hop I made this....

Using the "blond bombshell" image from our wonderful Sponsor Kenny K.

I printed the invitation to go along with the infamous image. I added baker's twine and sequins to the front and then melon mambo cardstock and some Paper Studio black and white to back the whole thing.

Movie night wouldn't be complete without....

 POPCORN!

I used my Cricut for the background ticket and circles. I used the TH ticket and film strip dies for the other pieces. The papers are from the echo park Love Story collection. I added the word with a CTMH stamp set and then some sequins and doodles to finish it off. I used glue dots to adhere this to a plastic cup of popcorn.

Also, for our Facebook promotion I made these cuties using the images provided by our wonderful sponsor: Sherri Baldy Stamps

What party would be complete without a sign on the front door welcoming your guests? :) 

  

(close up of the images)

 and then a little parting treat as they leave? :)

This weekend (and our challenges) wouldn't be anything without our fabulous sponsors! Those who comment on every stop of the hop are eligible to win these wonderful prizes:

Craft Direct

Disney Classics Cricut Cartridge

The Paper Parade

12x12 Disney Specialty Paper

Scrappy Moms

"That's Entertainment" Stamp Set

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons

$20 Gift Certificate

Sherri Baldy Stamps

Besties of Oz Collection - 7 Digital Stamps

Unity Stamp Co.

Insta-Live, Love, Dream Stamp Set

And now for the part you've been waiting for... everyone who hops receives a FREE digital goodie bag! Yup, you heard that right! The contents of our goodie bag can be viewed HERE on our Facebook page. Just be sure to leave your email address when you hop and we'll have it emailed to you by the end of the weekend. :)

Winners of the sponsored prizes will be announced at Red Carpet Studio on Tuesday September 3rd.

Your next stop is Stephanie's blog. 

Here's the entire lineup:

Red Carpet Studio

Ashley

Tonya

Anneliese

Erica

Robin

Melina

Stephanie

Connie

Deanne

Chas

Happy Hopping and thanks so much for joining us! 

 Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

Crafty Gals are Free!

Hi All!

O Happy day! I hope you're having a good one.

Today is the 5th so that means the Crafty Gals Blog group is at it again.

This month though we had so much going on from the Holidays that we decided to make January's challenge a very easy one. Our challenge this month was "Anything Goes". So, we can share anything we have been working on. We just had to show something today on our blog. :)

I've had my hands in quite a bit of stuff crafty lately, but not a lot of finished projects. Anyone else out there know what I mean? Ugh...

Anywho, here's two projects I did, very simple, but of course, that's me, simple. hahaha

First off, I didn't have a chance to share these goody bags I made for Christmas to give out to friends. I made no bake chocolate oatmeal cookies and then put them in cello bags with a patterned paper tag that I punched out and then punched a tiny hole in them and attached them to the bags with raffea. Simple, but cute.

Next,

 I have had this red card stock and these 3 pictures laying on my craft desk for over a month. I just never seemed to have an idea of what to do with them. Then I thought of the sketch at Twisted Tuesdays Challenge blog and thought....."hmmmmmmm, this will work!". :)

Here's the sketch at Twisted Tuesdays

www.twistedtuesdaychallenges.blogspot.com

and this page is the double layout to THIS PAGE I created a little while ago and posted.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Please be sure to check out what the other Crafty Gals are working on. Their blogs are listed in my right sidebar. ---------------------------------->

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

Happy Mother's Day!

Hello!

Happy Mother's Day to you.

...and Happy Mother's Day to my Mama. I love YOU! :)

I am sharing with you today a project I wanted to "take on". I'm not a big "altered item" crafter. Cards and Scrapbooking are mostly it. But, there was an idea that popped in my mind for our "Church Mamas". Many of you know my husband is a Minister. We Pastor a small church in a neighboring town. We are a very close knit bunch of folks. Last Mother's Day I got each of our Church Mama's a small jar candle. This year though, I wanted to give them something, by me. I am working even harder than usual this year at the old saying "Better to give......". I want to be a blessing. A song popped into my head as I thought about this...."If you want less lonely and a lot more fun, need satisfaction when the day is done, throw your heart wide open and GIVE IT AWAY" (Gaither Vocal Band, Southern Gospel).

So, I went to work. Here's what I came up with. Mind you it is small, but it is made by me for the wonderful ladies that do so much for me and my family.....

 I got mini composition books and decorated them using a couple different packs of Stampin Up! designer series paper, some white satin ribbon and a stamped image (lucky limeade ink) punched with oval punches.

Then, they had to have a pen to go along with the notebook so I used matching designer series paper to fill the pen and attached a sheer blue polka dot ribbon to the top.

 I had enough of the paper left (I got my measurements down to a science to keep from wasting any of it.....I'm a paper hoarder! :) to make chipboard flower magnets to go with the notebooks and pens. I used my Bigz L Fun Flowers Stampin Up! die to cut the chipboard and the paper (ran through the Big Shot). I used 2 circle punches for the middles and added a flat back pearl to each. I sanded the edges of the chipboard with a sanding block and then inked all the edges with Soft Suede ink and my sponge dauber. On the back of each magnet I wrote "Happy Mother's Day 2012".

Then, I added all three (1 magnet per baggie) to a goody bag filled with life savers and a small box of assorted chocolates. Yummmmm

I tied the bags up simply with white baker's twine.

I hope the Church Mamas like them!

I'm not original, I know. These have been done before and you've seen them LOTS better :)
But, it's my way of showing our church family how much they mean to us.
I learned that even though it was a size-able task, as far as the amount of things to cut and assemble....it was all worth it.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

25 Days of Christmas Creations Day 24

Day 24! Thank you so much for visiting my blog during my 25 Days of Christmas Creations! I hope you were inspired by a couple of my crafty goodies.
Today, I'm sharing with you a goody bag I made for my niece. She LOVES!!!! chocolate :)

For the top I used the SU! large scallop die on some sparkly felt. I used a Tim Holtz tag die on the white sparkly felt. I finished it off with some c/s circles, a stamped sentiment and baker's twine.
Merry Christmas!
Until next time...
Blessings...

Melina

Craft Show Projects Part 2

Hiya!

I've got quite a few things to share with you today. If you've been reading my blog, you know I'm trying to get ready for a Craft Show this Saturday....yeah, this Saturday!!! Yikes! I've never had a booth at a Craft Show and I'm very anxious. I don't know if I'm making too much and too many or if I'll wind up making lots more through out the day. Of course, I hope it's the latter. I'm taking most all my supplies, even my Big Shot and dies so I hope to be able to "demo" lots of things as people walk by and visit. The CS I'm going to is a first for the town. It's a neighboring town about 20 miles away. So, I'm not sure what kind of crowd to expect. I'm hoping I get lots of new SU! customers from this though.

Here are a few projects I've been working on this week to take:

If you have not ordered the new punch from the Holiday Mini....WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? This punch is a must have! I've used it A LOT since I've gotten it. It is a perfect size for little tags.....whether it be for goody bags or on gifts. I used the SU! stamp set, "Fang-tastic" for these tags and the 4x6" cello bags (SU!). The string is crochet thread.


Simple, Easy, peasy!!!! Christmas card! I used the SU! set "Christ is Born". The ink colors are Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive.


This is one of my favorite cards I've made for the show. I used the SU! set, "Jolly Bingo Bits". The card base is bashful blue then a panel of old olive c/s that I punched with the scallop trim border punch. I stamped the images with real red, bashful blue, old olive and chocolate chip ink and punched them out. The sentiment is stamped in real red ink (SU! Bright Christmas set)


Kickin' it old school with this card. This is the layout I used with the very first SU! card I ever made.....stamping the images on the top and putting a piece of c/s or dsp on the bottom....VERY, VERY, EASY!!! This card also uses the Jolly Bingo Bits set and the Bright Christmas set. The ink is certainly celery, real red and old olive and the ribbon is certainly celery grosgrain.

Thanks so much for visiting today!

Until next time...
Blessings...

Melina