Are You Blue?

Hello Everyone!

How is you day going?

I hope you are well. Thank you for stopping by!

This week's Twisted Tuesday Challenge asks the question....Are You Blue?

Find the challenge here:

http://www.twistedtuesdaychallenges.blogspot.com/2012/08/2tc19-are-you-blue.html

The Twist is we want you to try and use only 1 other color besides blue in your creation.

I think this trinket box I made for a special friend goes along.....my other color is brown/tan....

 This started out as a plain wooden box from Hobby Lobby.

 I got out the Modge Podge and went to work "pasting" on different papers.

 I love the glossy coat the Modge Podge added.

Then, of course, I had to add some bling.....well, a lot of bling and pearls!....oh, oh, oh, and flowers!

 Here's a close up of the flowers. I painted every so lightly the leaves to go along with the other colors of the box. The bright green just stood out too much. The flower/medallion in the background with the pearl middle is a piece cut from patterned paper.

So, for my first altered box.....I think I did alright and I am HOOKED! I gotta get another and make it for myself! :)

(the inside and bottom I painted dark brown and added some goodies for Lisa inside. :)

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

Crafty Gals Birthday Hop!

I'm late! I'm late!

Forgive me Carolina! Today is the day to post our creations for the Crafty Gals Blog group hop. My mojo was MIA! My card just wouldn't come together and I wasn't happy with anything sooooooo, I turned to my love of scrapbooking to pull me through! :)

Carolina (our hostess this month) wanted to see birthday creations with an animal, the colors red and blue and 4 shapes. Whew! I think I got it all in.

Here's what I created:

 

A very simple 12x12 page. My papers are from the DCWV Celebration stack. I cut the "1", "2", and "3" pieces from one of the pages and I popped them up on dots. The red strip is SU! real red textured card stock. I used my EK zig zag punch on the striped paper to mimic the green rick rack trim I added to the corner. I added some ink around a few of the edges and buttons. Now, all I need to add is some birthday pictures! :)

Thank you Carolina for a fun challenge! I love your idea!

Please go and check out the other Crafty Gals creations. Their blogs are listed in my right sidebar.

thanks so much for visiting today!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

Two Firsts for Me

Hi People!

Thanks so much for visiting my little blog. :)

First off, I want to tell you that if you don't participate in the Twisted Tuesday challenge this week.....well you are just missing out completely! Because.....................IT'S A FREE FOR ALL! You can submit anything you like. Anything Goes!!! So go over and check us out. We want to see what you're working on!!!!

www.twistedtuesdaychallenges.blogspot.com

I have been working on some different things lately.

One is a magnet bookmark. I found the tutorial on SCS. I also hosted a Secret Sister swap where part of the goodies you send your Sis had to include one of these darling things. Well, here is what mine looked like that I sent to my Sis:

 (above pic) Here's the front. I cut chipboard with my Spellbinders deckled rectangle die and then some DCWV cupcake paper and then distressed the edges. I added a cupcake image and some tiny chocolate rick rack trim.

 (above pic) this is the inside....shows the ribbon (attached with scor tape, folded under and adhered to itself then adhered to the shipboard) and magnets.

Here's the back. I just used my circle punch on the patterned paper.

I like how it turned out. Now, to make one for myself! LOL

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Here's one other "first" for me. I participated in a jar swap on FB. We just had to find a quart jar of some kind. Decorate it and add goodies to the inside. Here's what I sent my Sis:

I attached the lace with tape on the back so my Sis could remove it and use it if she wanted. I also included some of that lace in the jar. I added some brown tulle also.
The inside was packed to the top! I sent her lots of ribbon, trim, brads, flowers, punch outs, die cuts, tags, lots and lots of charms, buttons, stamped images and more misc. embellishments.

This was the decoration for the lid. I cut some cream felt to cover the gold lid. Then I die cut some fabric and stiff sprayed it. A button and some fiber finished off the flower.

I really enjoyed both of these swaps I was in!

Have a great day

Until next time...
Blessings...

Melina

A Crafty Sale!

Hi friends!

I wanted to let you in a crafty sale I'm having tomorrow night on FB.

The sale will be held in a group I am in. Please friend me (Melina Wray-Pylant) or if you're already a friend, message me and I will add you to the group. You have to have a Paypal account to buy.

The items I will be selling are priced below retail. They are also going to cheaper than my Zibbet shop prices....tomorrow night only. Whatever is left will go on my Zibbet shop at a slightly higher price. So get in on the deals! :)

Sale: Friday, July 27th from 8-10 pm Central time.

(I know the Opening Ceremonies are tomorrow night....please hit "pause" and stop by my sale for a few minutes. :)

You can watch my YouTube video promoting the sale here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ54m-SVmtk

Here's my ad on FB:

I hope to see you there!!! :)

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

(P.S. Be sure and check out this week's Twisted Tuesday challenge! We want to see knots and trees on your creation! :) www.twistedtuesdaychallenges.blogspot.com)

A Mysterious Pony!

Hey!

It's time to share the Mystery with you!

The Mystery swappers on SCS love finding out what image they will be working with. This round, Kate is hosting and she sent such a cute image. I love it!

Here's what I created using the image she sent us:

Is that not the cutest little pony?! Not because of my coloring...it's just cute! :) I love her little prancing hoof. :)

I used lace on this card. That's not a regular thing for me but I like it. I cut the image out with my Spellbinders....used a MS punch on the chocolate piece....and cut out some stamped flowers to go with "my little pony" ;)

I hope Kate likes my cards and I can't wait to see what the other Mysterious Swappers make using this great image.

Thank you for stopping by my little blog!

Until next time...
Blessings...

Melina

Glittery Chocolate Lovers!

Hi everyone!

Are you ready to get Twisty?

Head on over to Twisted Tuesdays.

We want to see your chocolate inspired creations.

Oh, and the twist......we want to see some glitter too!

Here's what I made:

I used some DCWV paper with yummy cupcakes on it. Punched them out with my hexagon punch and inked around the edges.

I saw a card on the CAS-ual Fridays blog using hexagons like this last week and just had to try it. I added a few chocolate pearls and some twine. My sentiment is stamped in chocolate chip ink. My glitter is on the chocolate frosted cupcake (star dust stickles) and the purple and green cupcake (cinnamon stickles).

Okay, your turn!! We want to see your yummy creations! Hop on over and show em off.

This card also goes along with this week's CAS challenge on SCS.....to use twine.

Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

Golden Oldie Duel!

We're Dueling Again!

Darlene sent us (Dazzlers) a cutie, cute kit.

Here's what I made with it.

Just look at that lovely couple!
Do you see their liver spots?! Hahahaha I couldn't resist!!!

These are the details to the kit she sent:

Image is from Art Impression's "Golden Oldies series, entitled BBQ Couple  (isn't it fun?!)
DP:  Karen Foster Designs: Food & Family Collage; Ants on Parade; Barbecue Bash DP: Reminisce:  Picnic Parade; Grill Master
Stickers:  Reminisce:  Backyard Bash

Other misc. embellishments are from my stash here, no particular vendor.
Please post a favorite barbecue recipe, or a salad or side dish recipe that is a hit with your family when getting together for cookouts.  Tami & I thought that it would be fun to swap some recipes with this round.
So, all I added was my white card base and the red hexagon shapes. I had fun with this fun kit.
Okay, my favorite BBQ recipe.....well, currently (I have a lot of BBQ faves!) I'm lovin' me some grilled corn!

Garlic~Cheese Corn

~ Fresh corn on the cob
~ garlic powder
~ butter
~ Parmesan cheese
~ foil

Take the husks off your corn, clean the silks off. Pull off enough foil to wrap the ears. I usually have 4 ears and pull off 4 pieces of foil. Sprinkle each ear lightly with garlic powder. Then add some dashes of Parmesan cheese along with a tsp "shmear" of butter. Roll the ears pulling edges up and place on the grill on med heat for 15 minutes. Turn them half way through cooking process.
Oh my! I will never prepare corn on the cob by boiling it again! I love this stuff. **When a grill is not available you can do the same thing in the oven....400 degrees for approx. 25 minutes.**


Thanks so much for visiting!
Please see what our other Darlings have made.....their blogs are listed in my left side bar.


Until next time...
Blessings...


Melina

Christmas in July!

Hi all!

I've been a very bad girl. I haven't had a crafty second it seems these past few weeks. I hope to get "back in the swing of things" this next week.......then I'm off again for a week at the beach. :) Summer is SOOOO busy around here.

Anyway, I was supposed to have a CAS Christmas card loaded to my blog on the 5th. As you can see that didn't happen. I was out of town....again. So, to our wonderful hostess Patty, in the Crafty Gals group, I am so, so sorry I'm late. Here it is though....two cards for the challenge!!!! :)

With my first card I used the new Lacy & Lovely set from SU! I love circles you know, so that set was a must have for my first order out of the new catalog. :) I cut the circles with my Spellbinders and the sentiment (Christmas Greetings SU! set) is cut with the deckled rectangles Spellbinders die.

My second CAS Christmas card for Patty's challenge.

I used the For the Birds set from SU! (I love that set!!!). I ink pad, water-colored the image. The background paper is from Paper Studio. I distressed the newsprint paper and added some lace and twine.

The second card also goes along with the Twisted Tuesday Challenge this week. To make a vintage style card with stripes. :) Check it out! You have until Sunday night to enter!

Patty!!! Thank you so much for a great challenge :)

Please be sure and visit my other Crafty Gal Sisters. Their blogs can be found in my right sidebar.

Have a great day!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina