I just loved this Crafty Secrets image, so I used it to make a Christmas Card for a dog-lovin' friend of ours. Again I used that faboo snowflake paper. Also used rubber stamps, white sharpie, pearl brads, stickles, and K&Co. die cut. Who says dogs can't ice skate? lol
Here is my latest challenge for Bitten By The Bug. We had to use the penguin, so I cut it out of DCWV cardstocks. The santa hats are s rubber stamp I cut out and used my white Sharpie and frosted lace Stickles on. The letters are rub ons. I tied them together with Scrapper's Floss so the sort of "hinge" to stand up. I think they'd be cute with a rechargeable candle in front of them. Check out the other creations from the other designers at BBTB.
I made this hinged frame for my brother Matt for his birthday. He just finished renovating our grammy's double block house and moved in recently. For his birthday "card" he requested something "wooden, hinged, with a construction theme." So this is what he got. The card turned into a frame. I hinged two wooden frames together, distressed them with inks and added 3D stickers and cut outs, then put scrapbook paper in each side where the pics will go.
Here is my design for the BBTB Santa Suit Challenge. I didn't have a lot of time to come up with an idea or to pull it all together, as that was the week of Thanksgiving and we were busy packing and just getting ready for it in general. Overall, I think it turned out OK. Of course afterward, I thought of other ways to make it better, but oh well. Sometimes the Inspiration is just napping somewhere in the corner. lol Lots of sparkles on this one too. I love sparkles....
This was the latest Bitten By The Bug Challenge. A bag with rubber stamping. I cut out the bag from a striped vellum, stamped the multi-color leaves background, punched out the flower borders and used RitzyDitzyGlitz on all the black paper. I stamped the large leaf and the words. I also punched the border on the tissue paper. See the other designs at BBTB!
So Thanksgiving is only a week away. Can you believe it? I started working on some cards for the occasion. I had the idea that I wanted them each to have the same word on them, "Abundance", but I wanted to make each card different. It just seemed like a good word to use. Although it can relate to the abundance of the harvest at this time of year, it can apply to so many other things in our life: abunance of love, happiness, blessings, good health, friendships, and so on. At this time of year I like to reflect on all the wonderful blessings in my life. What is abundant in your life? What are you thankful for? Drop me a line and let me know. Maybe you will get some blessings in return!
Here is my latest design for Bitten By The Bug. The challenge was to use the ampersand sign. I made this wall hanging. It's probably not easy to see, but there is so much sparkle going on here. I also didn't show the beaded hanger. I used silk flowers, punches, stickers, chipboard, brads, fibers, and of course Stickles and RitzyDitzyGlitz. I attached the "&" with foam dots. I love the snowflakes paper.
Wow, Look at all the cool stuff I got from winning the contest on Jen's blog! I LOVE it all! I finally got me some Bella's! Yeah! And all the Queen and Company stuff is too cute. Thanks so much Jen! Still hard to believe I won (I never win anything!)Miles of Smiles,
Melissa
I love Halloween! It's such a fun, scary, creepy holiday. Of course I can't get enough horror films! I love all the "13 days" of scary movies on all the different networks during October. Can you remember your scariest Halloween? I do. When I was a teenager, maybe like 14 or 15, my boyfriend and I went walking around the graveyard on Halloween night. The moon was the only light, but it made it bright enough to see clearly. This graveyard was on a hill, and we walked down the hill turned around and started walking back up. Only about half way up the hill, there appeared a coffin! Right there, where we had just walked! It was resting on some sort of table or stand or something, so the coffin itself was about chest high, and it was all black. We both stopped, we both saw it. We looked at each other and looked back at this mystery casket. We just stood there for a few minutes because we didn't believe our eyes. There was no one else around, not even a sound, so we could not figure out how it got there. I was half tempted to open it, my curiousity was killing me (no pun intended). I don't think my boyfriend shared this desire. Instead we just walked around it, keeping our eyes on it, then bolted the rest of the way up the hill and out of that cemetary!!! We were soo scared! I will never forget that. Do you have any super scary Halloween moments? I'd love to hear them. Just send me an email melisssa2000@yahoo.com. Maybe the scariest one will get a treat! bwa-ha-ha! 
I made this card for my six year old niece. I can't imagine anyone not liking Hello Kitty. Heck I'm in my 30's and I still like her! lol Talk about an icon that spans the generations. I printed her out several times and made her 3D with about 4 layers. I stickled her dress and flower and used clear glaze on her eyes, nose, buttons, and center of the flowers. The card is actually a buttery yellow, with a cranberry cardstock behind the orange patterned paper. Text is a glittered sticker. I also used my new favorite toy, a white Sharpie. The Sharpie is so much nicer and easier to use than those white gel pens. It is always smooth and fluid. I love it.
This one I made for my sister in law. The colors aren't really right in the pic. The card itself is a sage green, and the printed paper is pinker. I also used good ol' Stickles on the Crafty Secrets image attached with foam dots, a corner punch, ribbon, button, and deco scissors.
I made these 2 cards for a contest, which I didn't win. I wish the pics came out better. The natural light was really bad that day.
I had to use this picture for a card for a friend. She loves her cats and she is a professional photographer. This pic was destined for her card! lol It's a Crafty Secrets image, some flourish stamps, Stickles, RitzyDitzyGlitz, and brads.
Made this one for my hub's birthday, but it was also for the BBTB challenge a few weeks ago. Cut the B, embossed with copper and stickled the edges in bronze then attached with foam dots.
Yay, I've finally started to get our vacation pics posted on my web. Here is one of me at the Grand Canyon. Pretty cool, huh? There are a few good pics of my hub and brother out on a ledge. I crawled out there too. I wasn't really afraid, which was weird. I also have a funny pic of my feet dangling over the edge of the canyon. I am still sick. I swear, I feel like I have been almost constantly sick since July! This time I am just letting it work itself out. It has to clear up eventually, right? Grrrrr....
Made this one for a friend's birthday. Bright green card, embossed floral paper, ribbon, fabric scrap, sticker, and butterfly (die cut from Cricut). The butterfly's wings are spritzed with Ritzyditzyglitz so they shimmer and the spots have Stickles on them.
This is a birthday card I made for a neighbor who is (obviously) a Dallas Cowboys fan. I hand drew the template for the mug, handle, top & bottom lips, and the frothy brew. teehee The logo is printed on vellum. The handle and lips are coated with a glaze to give them a shine. The "brew" is sprayed with bronze RitzyDitzyGlitz (like a sheer glitter) then the froth is highlighted by gold Stickles. I have other ideas for this template as well!
Well, we had a lot of fun at the baseball game on Friday night. They were having silent auctions for charity for the player's jerseys, which were made special just for that night and they were very cool. Blue hawaiian with a parrot. We won one of the jersey's, and we took a pic of me on the field with it. I have to get that pic to post on here. Lots of fun!
I love pink and chocolate colors together. I made this baby card last night. This one I'd say is a little more "trendy" than traditional. The brown satin ribbon with pink stitching is just lucious. hehe. Textured card, Prima flowers, rhinestones, Stickles, tulle, rubber stamp, chalk.
I made these cards last night for a friend of mine.
This card was fun because it says "Heart Felt Wishes", and the hearts are cut out of felt! teehee The card itself is green parchment, with chocolate cardstock and a printed paper with flowers and ivy and words. The scallops around the felt hearts are more of a raspberry color, though hard to tell in the pic. I did more stitching! My sewing machine got a workout last night!
Last one! A baby card, but I'm not quite happy with it. It's supposed to be a bib, but it looked better when I sketched it out than it does here. I stitched the edge of the bib to the felt edge. Used ribbon to edge the card, buttons, rubber stamps, Stickles. I can't quite figure out why it doesn't look right...is the bib too big? I don't know.
Another week gone by....where oh where do these days of summer disappear to? Here is my latest creation for Bitten By The Bug. The challenge was to use any animal from Zooballoo. These vultures had such a cuteness to them, I had to try them. See the other girls' creations at http://regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com. As usual, they are all so clever!
Here is my latest creation for Bitten By The Bug. The challenge was to use the wheelbarrow from the Walk in My Garden cartridge. I had a little trouble with it, but in the end it turned out OK. Check out the other designs at www.regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com. They all came out so great! I love to see everybody else's creations each week. Those ladies are so talented. :)
fonts, patterns, clip art etc... I saved an ice cream container knowing one day I'd make something purrrty out of it. I realized it's a perfect size to hold CD's in their cases. Woohoo! I have tons of other ideas for these containers as well, so quite possibly you will see other creations. Whew, I better get started eating all that ice cream....oh darn....LOL! By the way, I did visit the doctor, and good thing cuz to my total shock I have strep throat. I've never had that in my life. I could not believe it. Anyhoo, the antibiotics seem to be helping a little.
Yes, I am aware that it's been a week since I posted anything. I've had a cold that I just can't shake, and lower back pain, so the last thing on my mind is my blog. But here is a card I whipped up last night for a family member. Maybe I'll drag my butt to the doctor at some point.
Here is my latest design for the BBTB Challenge #4. The challenge was to use one of the two "blurbs" from the George cartridge. I like to call them "thought balloons." Anyhoo, I figured the most obvious thing would be to put some sort of words or thoughts in them. But as I just stated, that's so obvious. Since it is a challenge, I challenged myself a step further: to use them in a totally unobvious way. I picked the rounder of the two, cut it out four times and layered it with the tails pointing in different directions. Hmmm... Kinda looks like a beetle, so I added the swinging wings, and some text underneath. Voila! Beetle Swing Card. It's glitzy, creepy, and even a little cute. :) Perfect for a boy's Halloween card....I may just give this to my nephew.
Here is my design for the third BBTB Challenge. It's other life was a candy tin. Now it's a really pretty gift tin. You can see more at the BBTB blog site http://regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com.
These ladies made some really great projects. I honestly love them all! Great job girls! 
Miles of Smiles,
--Melissa
