Awwww, Look at that Beach Pic!

Hi everyone!

I'm back with another scrapbook page.

Here's our little sweetie at the beach, just chillin' :)

I love these black and white pics we got at the beach several years ago. We went to Disney World and then spent a day at a nearby beach. We had a great time.

Every piece used on this page is from my scrap bin, except for the background of SU! Early Espresso of course.

I used this sketch from a brand new blog called Sketch with Color:

It's for their Design Team Call!

Go over and check them out. I can't wait to see their first challenge.

Thanks so much for visiting!

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

CAS58 ~ Circle Scraps

Well, Hello there! How ya doin'? :)
I got to participate in the clean and simple challenge this week over on SCS.
The challenge was to create a card using Chocolate chip and mint in mind. Yummmmmy, I love that combo! Now, my hubby on the other hand thinks this combo, in regards to food, is gross. I just love eating a York Peppermint patty in front of him just to see his face! ha! ha! ha!
Ain't that mean?!
Here's my creation...


I'm lovin' using my scraps lately. I hate seeing that big box sitting under the chest, unused. So, for this card I pulled out that baby and got to work. I used very vanilla as my card base. Then I layered a piece of chocolate chip c/s. The green panel along with the patterned paper circle is from a My Minds Eye stack. I had a couple of strips of it in my scrap pile. Then I used a stamp from the Circle Circus set on very vanilla c/s. I stamped it once in chocolate chip then in green galore. It doesn't show up very well in the pic but it looks funky! (in a good way :)) I stamped the Thanks from fundamental phrases set in chocolate chip. I added some sheer ribbon to the green panel and then decorated my envelope.

Thank so much for stopping by today!

Until next time...
Blessings...