Autumn Days Video Tutorial

o boy! been struggling w/ this here video! tried to upload this to blogger for 48 hrs and then i got an ERROR!!! ;) gotta love that(hence the reason for no post for 2 days)! So i did it on YouTube and i hope it helps! I would love to hear your comments on what you think and if the video was helpful to you!

supplies:
paper: dusty durango, basic black, whisper white
ink: blush blossom, tangerine tango, bordering blue, basic black, choc chip marker(for spritzing the color on the 2 corners of the card)
stamps: Autumn Days, On your birthday
tools: matte pack(to pierce the row of holes on the second layer of dusty durango)
accessories: Black Gingham Ribbon
tip: I tore the edge of the dusty durango layer and just distressed it w/ my finger to 'rough' it up a bit... my attempt at making it "manly"!

Animal Stories

here is a simple idea that i used previously but now switched it up a bit to make a few stacks of baby girl thank you's for gifts! Don't forget to make your envelope match your cards!! Here i just stamped the little giraffe right on the front of the envelope in pretty in pink as well!

supplies:
paper: kiwi Kiss, pretty in pink, choc chip, whisper white, pretty in pink dsp
ink: pretty in pink, choc chip
stamps: animal stories, really retro sayings
tools: crop a dile(for embossing the 3 circles to look like brads)
accessories: striped grosgrain pink pirouette ribbon, brad

Inspired By Nature

It's been a great day and what better thing to do that create something special for some one special? I actually got up early this morning to do a bit of stamping and I wanted to make a cool card for that special someone! ;) Playing with these bright colors is a great way to wake up! Now i need to go clean out the girls pool outside on the deck... it's full of bugs and too cold to swim for now!

supplies:
paper: melon mambo, crushed curry, whisper white
ink: stampin write markers in... choc chip, pink passion and summer sun(i don't have the in color markers yet and i think these worked out quite swell!)
stamps: inspired by nature, on your birthday
tools: big shot, texture plates, boho blossoms punch,
stamp a ma jig(for a nice, crisp and straight 'happy birthday')
accessories: white organza ribbon (unfortunately it's retired but same size as the 5/8" satin in the current caty), pearls from pretties kit,stampin dimensionals (to pop up the two colored daisies w/ the sentiment on it)

Have a fabulous day!!! melissa

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Hello again...

This was one of the cards we made at the summer stamp camp. A very simple stamp set makes a super cute card and the coordinating wheel dressed up the flap on the envelope very nicely! In the center of the rich razzleberry flower we used a 2 way glue pen and some cosmo glitter to make it pop! Then i like to do a little something on the front of the envelope as well as you can see below~
supplies:
paper: regal rose, old olive, whisper white
ink: rich razzlebery, regal rose, old olive
stamps: hello again, retro remix standard wheel
tools:scallop edge punch, paper snips(to cut out flower so we could pop it up on dimensionals) stamp a ma jig( to get the stamps placed exactly where we wanted it... mainly the word hello)
accessories: 2 way glue pen, purple cosmo glitter

happy stamping! melis

Together forever

I have a wedding coming up Labor Day weekend for a cousin of mine and their colors were green and brown so i wanted to make them a stack of thank yous that they can use after their wedding! This is what i came up with!
supplies:
paper: Sahara Sand, chocolate Chip, whisper white, old olive
ink: old olive, choc chip
stamps: together forever, sincere salutations
tools: scallop edge punch, 1/2"circle punch, matte pack(to pierce the holes in a NICE straight line!) Big Shot, texture plates
accessories: dazzling diamonds, stampin dimensionals, choco chip grosgrain ribbon

Then you have to make sure you complete the gift by making it all pretty! ;)

Wedding Sweet(the real deal)

A while back i had posted a wedding invite on here as inspiration to the bride to be as she had purchased this stamp set Wedding Sweet! (i only had brocade basics on hand to play with!) Now this is the actual invite that she made and i have now received in the mail! Isn't it so pretty!?

This little info card was super cute as well and tucked in w/ the invite!

Supplies:
paper: whisper white, tempting turquoise
ink: tempting turquoise
stamps: wedding sweet
tools: scallop edge punch, mini glue dots(to hold that ribbon on GOOD!) not sure where the ribbon is from

Luggage tags

When i got home from convention in Salt Lake i was looking at my tags on my baggage and realized that all 3 bags had different addresses on them(that would be super efficient if they got lost huh?) So i thought i had better update them! Got out my Circles Circus stamp set and made some cute lil tags to replace the old ones!

supplies:
paper: whisper white(100730)
ink: tempting turquoise(100814), soft suede(115657)
stamps: Circle Circus(115778)

Happy Friday!

Upsy Daisy

How bout this for a line...."i can't make cards bc i have no adheasive!" Well that has been me since my Summer Camp LAST WEEK Wed!!! I've been really chompin at the bit wanting to make SOMETHING... ANYTHING... (mind you Walmart is just down the road, been there twice and STILL forget to buy some cheapo adhesive to get me by ....and my SU! order won't be here till Fri!) So last night i couldn't take it anymore and got out the Elmer's glue and stampin dimensionals! This is what i came up with!

supplies:
paper: whisper white, crushed curry, razzleberry lemonade dsp
ink: crushed curry, dusty durango
stamps: Upsy daisy, hello again
tools: sponge(for distressing the edges in dusty durango), 1/2'' circle punch for the 3 dusty durango circles, crop a dile(to punch holes for my brads), corner rounder punch, horizontal slot punch(for my ribbon to slide neatly through!)
accessories: crushed curry polka dot ribbon tip:(FLIP ribbon over and you no longer have polka dots if that makes your project to busy...which in this case i thought it did), stampin dimensionals

ps. after my Friday order comes in, i will have adhesive in stock again.... if you ever run out of your SNAIL... just give me a jingle and i can hook you up w/ a refill or a whole new SNAIL as well!

~cheers ~ n hope you can stamp n assemble more efficiently than i did!

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Crazy for cupcakes #2!

Can you tell i'm a bit obsessed!? ;) Here are two more adorable ones to share with you! Enjoy!

Any ?'s, please let me know or leave me a comment!

Crazy for Cupcakes

I'm a sucker for glitter and anything cupcake so when i seen this on display at convention and had to take a picture and share with you!

supplies~
paper: mellow moss, so saffron, whisper white cardstock
ink: basic black, mellow moss ink pads, melon mambo, pretty in pink, mellow moss and real red stampin write markers(for coloring in the cupcakes and stand)
stamps: Crazy for cupcakes p.68
tools: Big Shot with SU! matchbox die (used to cut out the sentiment)
accessories: brad, stmapin dimensionals (so saffron ribbon is retired) dazzling diamonds(on all the frosting of each cupcake)

Happy Tuesday! ~melis

Medallion

I think this is my fav NEW stamp out of the new catalog! After convention and seeing is used in so many different beautiful cards... it's was on the top of my wish list! It should be on it's way to me soon! yeah!

supplies:
paper~ chocolate chip, melon mambo, very vanilla
ink~ chocolate chip
stamps~ medallion, teeny tiny wishes
tools~ eyelet border punch, modern label punch, word window punch, sponge(for distressing the edges)
accessories~ melon mambo polka dot ribbon, pearl from the pretties kit

Flight of the Butterfly

This is a card that was on display at convention... i thought it super simple & cute!

supplies~
paper: whisper white, cameo coral, certainly celery
ink: certainly celery, cameo coral, chocolate chip
stamps: flight of the butterfly
tools: butterfly punch, stamp a ma jig(for layering the butterfly stamps), scallop edge punch
accessories: chocolate ribbon, 'ribbon' flower, dazzling diamonds,

One of my convention swaps(made by Leah!)

Ms. Leah helped me out a ton making swaps for Convention and above is one that she designed using the stamp set Party Hearty! Great job Leah!

Supplies:
paper: rich razzleberry, crushed curry, and razzleberry lemonaide dsp, whisper white
ink: melon mambo, crushed curry and rich razzleberry
stamps: party hearty
tools: scallop circle punch, 1" circle punch, crop a dile (for setting jumbo eyelet)
accessories: jumbo eyelet, stampin dimensionals
Above this ruler you can see a few more of the swaps i had made for convention( this is bad but this is the only picture i can find!)
Here is a picture of our little tykes on our street about to do a 'water baloon between the leg' race! It was so stinkin cute and they all had a ball!

SU! Build a Bear!!!

How cute are these little guys! Stampin Up has paired up w/ Build a Bear and Sept 1 you can buy stamps and die cuts for your Big Shot! This would be super fun to do w/ Birthday parties or a Mommy and Me night out! So first you cut out the bear on w/ your die using the Big Shot and then the cloths... and dress them however you wish!

supplies:
Paper: whisper white, not quite navy, bashful blue, the designer series paper that i used will be available for purchase sept 1 as well in the xmas mini!)
tools: Big Shot, SU! Bear die, Beary Essentials, texture plates
stamps: teeny tiny wishes

Please contact me w/ any ?'s u have! ~melis

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Wedding Invite for my cousin

Hi! When i went home to WI a few weeks back i had the pleasure of helping my cousin to brain storm w/ ideas for her wedding invite! She ended up buying the new set in the catalog called, Wedding Sweet on p. 48. Now... i don't have this set on hand to play w/ so i used the closest thing i did have and that would be the retired set brocade basics! Her bridesmaid dress colors were the close to tempting turquoise so we took that and ran w/ it! Any ?'s please let me know!

ps. reception in the pig pen is a JOKE! ;P

supplies~
paper: tempting turquoise, whisper white, baja breeze(bc i ran out of temp turq!)
ink: tempting turquoise, (black is printed on my computer)
stamps: brocade basics
tools: scallop edge punch
accessories: white grosgrain ribbon

Sympathy

Jeesh it's late! We had our block party tonight! It was super fun and we had a great turn out! Kids had a kidie parade and thought it was a blast! Now off to bed i go!

supplies:
paper: rich razzleberry, crushed curry, whisper white, Razzleberry Lemonade dsp
stamp set: Dear friends, teeny tiny wishes
ink: Rich Razzleberry
tools: Big Shot, Texture plates, Mat Pack(to pierce the holes), stampin pastels(to color image)
accessories: styled vanilla hardware, stampin dimensionals

Pocket Silhouetts

hi guys! today's card is a super simple make and i think rather classy! The only paper i had to cut was the Urban Oasis dsp and one strip of the very vanilla... the rest is punches... super quick!

supplies:
paper~ sahara sand, very vanilla, old olive and urban oasis dsp
ink~ old Olive, basic black
tools~ crop a dile(to punch holes for brads), paper piercer for the two little lines of holes, 1 1/4" sqaure punch and 1"square punch
accessories~ brads

Home sweet home .....

8X8 scrap page
my apron card... above the ribbon is a pocket to put your slider in w/ writing...


well i am home again and can't wait to get into my bed tonight but wanted to quick get a post in tonight! These pix were SUPER exciting for me! This past June, i entered for my FIRST time a contest at Stampin Up!. I had to make 3 scrap pages, 3 cards, and 2, 3-d items! As usual i waited to the absolute last day to finish and HAD to be in the mail THAT day in order to get there on time and therefore while i was frantically finishing... what do i do???? I FORGET to take a picture of what i sent!!! Oh my word i about fainted that evening when i realized what i did!

Sooooo.... long story short(i didn't win) but, at convention i found TWO of the items i sent in on display!!! i almost cried... what a baby huh?

have a great week! melis