Gina K Designs January 2020 Challenge

Hello everyone...

I am playing along with the January 2020 Challenge over at Gina K Designs. The theme of the challenge is "Let's Reflect". The idea is to take a previous card design and remake it into something new. We must keep some element of the card the same and change the rest.

I have chosen to remake this quite simple card I made and the only thing I am keeping is the embossed paper.

 My new card uses an old Gina K Designs stamp set from 2011 called Celebrate in Style. I have always loved that little dress form....she is just too cute.

I have used a soft pink 5x7 card base over which I have used the embossed layer in white.

My focal image, that adorable dress form, is stamped in black and I paper pieced the skirt and coloured the top with Copics.

The dies are all Spellbinders. I have added a couple blossoms and leaf sprig at the top and of course a wee silk ribbon bow. I have a huge stash of tiny pieces of gorgeous silk ribbon that I try to use whenever I can. They are only wee little pieces but I can still squeak out a bow!

Thanks so much for visiting today. Cheers.

Melanie

Newtons Nook Sketch Challenge #114

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I am playing along with Newton's Nook Sketch Challenge #114. Here is the sketch.

I have used Newton's Birthday Flutter for my focal image. I absolutely love it! Naturally inside it reads  "so I ate him". Priceless.

All dies are from Spellbinders.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day. Cheers.

Melanie

My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge #470

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I am playing along today with the My Favorite Things Sketch challenge. You can see the sketch here.

I struggled with this card. I felt that I would have to keep the design clean and simple but that is absolutely NOT my forte. 

In the end I used the Strike Up The Band stamp set and dies and the Arrow Greetings dies and I am not totally unhappy with the result. I used Zig markers to colour the images and I am still struggling a bit with them as I usually use Copics and there is a huge difference in the way they perform. Practice makes better!

Thanks so very much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day. Cheers.

Melanie

Ink To Paper Organization Challenge - Stamps

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Over at the Ink To Paper blog they are sharing ideas for stamp storage. I really liked the way Jennifer McGuire stored hers so that is the method I use...namely, stamp pockets. Love it.

Here is a photo of my bin stuffed full of Papertrey Ink stamps. So easy just to flip through and see what I want. They are filed alphabetically.

Thanks so much for visiting today. Cheers.

Melanie

Ink To Paper Organization Challenge - Cardstock

Hello everyone....

Playing along with Ink to Paper and their organization challenge. Today it is all about storing cardstock and I suppose pattern paper also falls into that category.

I keep my cardstock on a shelf inside a Billy bookcase from IKEA. I can easily see the colours on the shelf to select what I want.

 Pattern paper I store in two ways. The larger 12x12 sheets are stored in these plastic bins from Michaels and I have them loosely sorted by colour. 

The smaller pads of paper I keep in the top of this cart where I can easily go through them to find what I want.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hoping you have a wonderful day. Cheers....

Melanie

Ink To Paper Organization Challenge - Die Storage

Hello everyone....

Ink To Paper had a great blog post today which is in conjunction with their organization challenge. Today's post was all about die storage.

For myself, I favour the method I first saw on Jennifer McGuire's blog which is the use of Stamp Pockets. I have been using this method for some time now and I really love it.

Here is a photo of the bins that hold my Papertrey Ink/Ink to Paper dies.

Thanks for stopping by. Cheers....

Melanie

Gina K Designs December 2019 Challenge

Hello everyone....

I am playing along with the Gina K Designs December 2019 challenge which is to create any sort of tag using stamps by Gina K.

I have used two stamp sets, oldies but goodies in my opinion. 

The pale little hearts you can see on the background are from Nana's Needlework and the focal image of the tulips is from one of my all time favourites by Gina K called Stenciled Spring.

I have used a small piece of silk ribbon from my stash to make a dainty little bow for the top.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day. Cheers.

Melanie