May PTI Blog Hop

I finally found an hour to make a couple of cards and played along with this month's blog hop. I chose the color combo above and used a few different floral sets.



Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Just a Note.

Hope you're having a good week. March is certainly flying by! One more week and we will be on spring break, and I'm excited for a slower pace for a bit!

I really had fun playing around with Watercolor Wonder to made this clean card. I used my beloved A Muse inks.



Hope you have a great day!
Melissa

Card Set

Happy Monday evening!

Every year, I make a set of cards to donate to our preschool's silent auction. This is the first year we are not at the preschool :(

I made this set using PTI's Stitched Sentiments for the floral portion, and Wplus9's banner die and Written on Ribbon.











I had so much fun making these. Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Happy Birthday

Have you seen the new Monday Mood Board hosted by Dawn at Wplus9 ? Here is this week's gorgeous photo:


I really love these colors together! Navy and coral are beautiful together. Here's what I made, and it reminds me of my Mom's Willow Pattern china.



I used two images from Wplus 9's Chantilly Trim to stamp the background using A Muse studio's Navy ink. The tag was stamped with Embroidered Bouquet (also Wplus9).

Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

Wonderful Friend

I had so much fun making this card! I used Wplus9's Chantilly Trim and heat embossed the lace image. I then stamped and cut out the floral images, and stamped the sentiment onto the Winter Wisteria layer before impressing it with the coverplate.

This card is off to a super sweet friend!

Thanks for taking a look!

Melissa

Sending you

Hope you're having a great weekend!



I pulled out an oldie but goodie stamp set, Big and Bold Wishes, to pair with some pretty digital papers by Wishing Well Creations called Aflutter.
Our latest challenge at The Hybrid Chick is a card of cheer. Maybe you can play along!

Thanks for taking a look!
Melissa

With Sympathy

A simple sympathy card today.



I was inspired by Maile's first card in this post . I used Beautiful Butterflies and the sentiment is from Birds of a Feather. For the inside, I used a line from Healing Touch.



Thanks for checking back in with me...I wish I had more time for stamping, but I hope that I'll get back in a groove soon!
Melissa

With All My Heart

So when I shared my card yesterday, I had also made this card at the same time. You'll notice that I used the same papers....and that this card has two smaller hearts cut out of the bigger. It was not on purpose, I decided to use smaller hearts so I die cut again, but I die cut them perfectly centered and just knew I had to use these on a card!



The sentiment is from PTI's With All My Heart and I added a bunch of enamel dots. The paper is Fourteen by Crate Paper.

Hope you have a great week!
Melissa

Happy Valentine's Day

Crafting time is scarce! But I was able to make a few cards today. This one is for the newest RetroSketch



I used some patterned papers from Crate Paper's Fourteen. The sentiment comes from Happy Day (PTI) and the Impression Plate is also PTI.



Thanks for taking a look!
Melissa

Believe in the Magic of Christmas

There's a fun card using Mama Elephant's set "Believe" and PTI's Tremendous Treats. To create the background, I stamped it using PTI's Super Stripes.



I also added my new favorite embellishment, Enamel Dots!

Have a great day!
Melissa

Happy Hanukkah

I just love Suzanne's sketch this week for the latest Retrosketch challenge!



I used PTI's wine bottle tag die to cut my shape, and then cut again with the menorah die.
The background white cardstock is impressed with the Woodgrain IP, and a strip of Aqua Mist polka dot paper is peeking from under the white ribbon. I opted to stamp the sentiment inside the card and leave the front very clean.



Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Warm Holiday Wishes

Happy Thursday! I had some time to stamp yesterday and made this card based off of Renee's wonderful sketch!



All the lantern parts are from Bright Season by Waltzingmouse Stamps and the sentiment is from Mama Elephant. The papers come from a patterned paper by PTI.

Hope you have a great day!
Melissa

The Compliments of the Season to You

It's November!!!

Just a quick post to add my entry to this week's WMS Sketch Challenge. Here's the sketch:


And my card using Bright Season and the sentiment is from the set Compliments of the Season.



Have a great day!
Melissa

Holiday cards: PTI Blog Hop

Welcome! I went a little crazy with all the beautiful color inspiration photos and created four cards! I had so much fun using new goodies and the great colors!





For this card, I used the Menorah Medley die to cut the Menorah into my cardfront. I stamped the sentiment and then impressed it with the Linen IP. I then also cut two more menorahs from Hawaiian Shores and Simply Chartreuse to use for the candles and flames.





I stamped the background of this card using BB:Super Stripes with Hawaiian Shores ink onto HS cardstock. I cute the square with the Limitless Layers: Square die and used Peace, Love and Joy to stamp the greeting in Hibiscus Burst ink.





This card has a background impression using Herringbone onto Ocean Tides cardstock. I cut the Star of David (from Menorah Medley dies) with Aqua Mist cardstock and adhered the matching circle behind, cut from Soft Stone.





The last card uses two impression plates: Herringbone for the Ripe Avocado cardstock and Peace Be Still for the Scarlet jewel portion. The image and sentiment, from In the Meadow, were stamped with A Muse ink onto Sweet Blush cardstock. A Sweet Blush satin ribbon was added.

Phew! Thanks for taking a look at my cards!
Melissa

Merry Little Christmas

These are just the cutest new stamps! I got two new sets from Mama Elephant, and I love them!



I just Polar Pals to stamp the little penguin, which I colored with Copics. The snowglobe and sentiment come from Believe in the Magic. The background was impressed with a PTI plate.

Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for coming by!
Melissa

Happy Halloween

I'm playing along with the Waltzingmouse Stamps' Blog Party for October. This month is a color challenge: to use purple, orange and black.



I stamped the plaid background using Faux Fun and the sentiment is from Say it Loud Winter.

Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

Season's Greetings

A Christmas card!



It uses WMS's Festive Foliage and the sentiment comes from Compliments of the Season.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Hello

Hope you're having a great week! I made two cards recently with the same layout and elements. I just switched out the papers, colors and sentiments.





Those gorgeous buttons are from Neat and Tangled .

Thanks for taking a look!
Melissa

You're a good catch

Happy World Cardmaking Day!

I snuck a few minutes to make a card today, and used a new-to me set called "Fanfare" from Avery Elle. I also played along with the latest Retro Sketch .



I stamped the waves using an A Muse ink, and the little fish and sentiment are from PTI's Tiny Treats: Valentine.



Hope you're having a great weekend!
Melissa

Happy birthday

I'm back with another card! On this one, I cut out the "Sofia" using my Cameo. I heat embossed the "happy birthday" (from Women of Life- PTI) before adhering the name.



I mixed and matched some papers on this one, and I'm not really sure which collections they are from! (Can you tell how organized my paper must be!?)

Thanks for looking!
Melissa