Honey Bee Threshold Die

Welcome....

I have a card to share today that I made for a friend who is about to move into her new, long-awaited apartment. I have chosen to use the Honey Bee Threshold die set.

I absolutely love monochromatic cards and most especially white cards so I decided to do the whole thing in white. I love how it turned out.

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

Melanie

My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge #472

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I am playing along with My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge which you can see here.

I have chosen to turn the sketch on it's side for my card.

I have used the Celebrate die on top of  wide silk ribbon and the stamps and dies are from Birth-Yay which is a wonderful Birdie Brown set. She always has very useful little stamps in her sets and in this case I have used the birthday cake, the wee little present and the balloon. Coloured them up with Copics and there is Wink of Stella on the cake icing.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Cheers...

Melanie

Reverse Confetti January 2020 Challenge

Welcome everyone....

My card today is for Reverse Confetti January 2020 challenge which is to use the theme of Love is in the Air and also for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge in which we had to use a stencil.

I have used a sweet stamp set called Smitten Mitten. I confess that it took me a while to find the right ink to use to get really good coverage on the mitten and in the end I went with Memento and then cut out the mitten with the coordinating die.

The heart and corner dies are from Spellbinders. 

The stencil background is from The Greetery and I just love it.

A lovely little silk bow from my ribbon stash and it is all done.

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

Melanie

My Favorite Things Color Challenge #133

Hello and welcome....

My card today is for My Favorite Things Color Challenge and you can see here the colours we needed to use.

I have used the Ewe Are The Best stamp set and die for my card. I simply adore that little sheep holding the heart. Coloured up with Copics in the two greys and the red and the background is the pink. All other dies are from Spellbinders. 

If you have followed my blog for a while you already know how much I adore ribbon so this bow is a lovely single sided satin saved from a parcel. A few sequins finishes it off and a touch of Wink of Stella on the heart which you can barely see in the photo.

I do apologize for the photos. The weather here has been so dull and grey that it is hard to get a good photo.

Thanks very much for visiting. Please do leave me your comments as I appreciate each and every one. Cheers...

Melanie

My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge #471

Hello there and welcome....

I have a card today for the My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge and you can see the sketch here.

I have used the wee little fellow in a pile of leaves from the Harvest Mouse stamp set and cut him out with the coordinating die and three different leaves from the Falling Leaves die set.

I have coloured up the wee mouse with Copics but I chose to use chalks on the leaves and also on the wee little tag with the sentiment. I think we all tend to use ink for blending these days but I used to love to use chalks to get a soft subtle effect so had another go at them.

Finished off with a ribbon and a button on the bottom.

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

Melanie

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

Hello and welcome....

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