So that was kind of a fun thing to do. I am usually about clean lines and asymmetry. So to take a piece of paper and tear it and put it on the front of a card was a little bit different for me. But sometimes that is fun!
Cards by Melanie
Friday, May 7, 2021
Tear and flip technique
So that was kind of a fun thing to do. I am usually about clean lines and asymmetry. So to take a piece of paper and tear it and put it on the front of a card was a little bit different for me. But sometimes that is fun!
Monday, April 26, 2021
Butterfly Birthdays!
I mirrored the diagonal split on the inside with a pretty yellow butterfly in the corner. And I love this fun sentiment for the inside of my birthday cards.
The next card does not necessarily have to be a birthday card, but could be! This pretty blue color is complimented so well by the black and white. I am loving white embossing on black card stock. Today I used the sentiment "friends". so really this card could be used for any occasion.
Saturday, April 24, 2021
Birthdays!
Now, what card would be perfect for a 21 year old?
Hope you enjoyed these birthday cards and thanks for stopping by today!
~Melanie
Friday, April 16, 2021
Chickens for Birthdays?
Yes please! I love chickens for any occassion! I have always wanted chickens. Many years ago I took an old coop from a friend and it sat in my yard for years. Then finally 2 years ago I said this is it, we are getting some, and I love my chick-a-babies! So, I see stamp sets with chickens and am like "yes please"!
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Bees are out for spring!
If you don't know, last year I decided to raise honey bees! I got my first package of bees in May and I was terrified of them! I had all the gear though, so I got a little more comfortable with them as the year went on. They really are fascinating! I am happy to say that my bees survived the winter and have been very busy the last couple of weeks growing their colony in preparation for the honey season!
~Melanie
Monday, April 12, 2021
Simply Succulents
I told you I was going to make some more cards using the simply succulents dies from stampin up! This time I actually used the stamp set too! lol. I know that succulents are generally pale and muted in color, but i wanted to make these flowers bold! So I stamped a few of the flowers, and pots. I used my stampin' blend markers to color. It is so much fun to color. I then used the die cutters to cut out the images.
~Melanie
Sunday, April 11, 2021
Beautiful Butterfly
This card has no stamped sentiment, so it could be added later, or used as is to be for any occasion!
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Floraly Lace
Anyway, I was like, hmm, what else? Then I saw that ribbon on the desk from Easter and thought YES! Also in the set was this cute die for sentiments, so I checked out the stamp set that matches and saw this cute "You've been on my mind" stamp. And thought, yes this would make a nice card for a friend. Sometimes I think...birthday? sympathy? just because? the card sometimes leads me. So I used my Early Espresso marker to ink up the stamp and put it on cream card stock. I used the cream for the base of the card as well. Then I used the cute die to cut out the sentiment and mounted it on dimensionals.
Saturday, April 3, 2021
Easter Blessings!
Friday, March 26, 2021
Pampered Pets
I love this adorable stamp set, and I knew my daughter would too. We decided to sit down and play with it last week. We also have the dies to cut out the pets and decided we wanted to do that for the card. Sometimes I have an idea in my mind of what to do and others I don't, so I search for inspiration. We googled card layouts and picked one that we liked and set out to make these cards. I chose to use the cat stamp and she chose the dog (and you will see we didn't die cut them because we forgot we wanted to!)
We had a lot of fun coloring in our images with our Stampin' Up! blends markers. Sophia did a great job! She shaded the dog fantastically (is that a word?). She used a little black rhinestone on the dogs collar, and I used a little crystal effects on my butterflies to add a little bling!
You can see the layout we chose had 3 rectangles and i laid mine horizontal and she did hers vertical. Then we both decided to decorate the inside of our cards (we DID use the dies! lol) by using the paw die and cutting out the cute little paw prints from our lining layer so the color of the card base showed through.
It was a lot of fun stamping with her...hope we get to do it again soon!
Thanks for stopping by today!
~Melanie
Stampin up! Pampered Pets stamps and designer series paper