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.