Words with Friends.

 

Welcome to a new challenge over at Meljen's Designs. This week's theme is "Words With Friends" and we want to see torn word pages on your project. The DPs I used are by Authentique. I love these papers, they are so nice & thick. I inked all the torn edges.The Meljen's image is called "Little Pocket Mice". I used Copics to colour the image and then cut it out, adhering it to the card with a double layer of foam squares. The flowers & leaves were cut using a Spellbinder die. A few pretty buttons for the flower centers. The sentiment is a rubber stamp.

Sure do hope you will play along with us.

hugs,

Nancy

 

Challenges:

Delightful Challenges - Bingo {buttons/add dimension/patterned papers}

Sandy's Crafty Creations - Anything Goes with Flowers

One Crazy Stamper - Flowers

Crafting Musketeers - Anything Goes

By The Cute And Girly - Flowers

*** A Fun, Quick & Inexpensive Project

Hi there! Today is my DT Day over at Meljen's Designs and I thought it would be fun to try creating something other than a card with one of Meljen's adorable images and so I came up with "coasters". Quick and very in-expensive to do, these would make a lovely gift...maybe even for Mother's Day {which is approaching very quickly}.

I decided to work with one of Melissa's new images "Flowers In My Pocket". {It was one of the April New Release Images}. It is just so cheery, it seemed the perfect choice. After printing it on cardstock, {I was going to try it on Kraft but changed my mind and went with plain white}, I coloured it with Copic markers.

I trimmed the image so that there would be a border of tile showing around the edge. Using "decoupage" I adhered the image to the tile. {I bought the plain white ceramic tiles at Home Depot for 28 cents each}.

Let dry. Then I doodled around the top edge where the tile showed, with a blue Sharpie Ultra Fine Marker. Then I added another coat of decoupage. {I ended up giving it 3 coats in total}. Finally, I sprayed it with a clear coat of varathane.

I found some self-sticking, clear rubber, circular thingies at the $ Store to put on each of the bottom 4 corners to prevent the coaster from scratching the table surface. Voila! Done!

I already have family and friends wanting some, so I can safely say I will definitely be making more of these fun coasters. Hope you'll give it a try too!
Hugs, until next time, Nancy

Challenges:

*The Cheerful Stamper - Flowers/Showers
Craft Your Passion - Floral Delights
Created With Love - Mother's Day
*Get Inky - Floral Fun
Love To Create - For Mom or Special Lady
Make It Monday - Always Anything Goes
Marker Pop - May Flowers
Mema's Crafts - Anything Goes
My All Craft Challenge - Anything Goes - But No Cards Please

*** What's The Point?

 

Good morning to you and thanks for stopping by. Today I have my card for the new challenge over at Meljen's Designs. This week's theme is "What's the Point?" We want to see something on your project that has a point; ie a pencil!

For my card I chose pre-coloured "PenPal Mouse" with his sharp little pencil already to write a quick note. You can find him and a whole shop full of other great images right here: http://meljensdesigns.com/ 

I folder embossed the cardstock background. Added 2 different DP's, a bit of yellow baker's twine and a large brad. The sentiment is computer generated. I also added a fair bit of faux stitiching to tie it all together.

Well, that's it for me...now how about you? I'd love to see what you come up! To join just submit your card right here: http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.ca/

Thanks again for stopping by and for all of your lovely comments.

hugs,

Nancy

Challenges:
All That Scrap Wednesday - Anything Goes
Inklings and Yarns - Always Anything Goes
* Inky Impressions - Spots/Stripes
Nutcrafters - Bingo {Embossing/Free/Diecuts}
Penny's Paper- Crafty - Animals
Ruby's Rainbow - Furry Friends
Simon Says - Just Because
The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Free For All
Creative Craft Challenges 2 - All About Animals
The Cutie Pie Challenge - Lots of Layers
Paper Playtime - Embossing

On Your Mark...

 

Hope your day is off to a great start and maintains a nice steady pace, just like this sweet Meljen's Design image called Speedy Hare.  He is the focus of my card for this week's challenge "Recycle It - use a recycled item on your card." I used recycled twine ( I wanted a purple shoe lace but didn't want to cut mine up! Yep, my runners are purple, just like his, but with bright orange instead of lime green! Hey, I have to wear a uniform so I make a "statement" with my shoes!)

I had so much fun colouring him up. My DPs are MME {Make a Wish & Lime Twist}. As a School Janitor I am always finding interesting little things - garbage to most but not a card maker - thus the metal star & the perfect piece of green twine. Added a few big buttons, some faux stitching and a computer generated sentiment to finish this card up.

I really do hope you will join us at Meljen's Designs and play along, sharing your own creation using a "recycled item" and a Meljen's image. {Don't forget Melissa has a section of Freebies for yu to pick from}. And please remember to check out what the rest of the DT came up with right here.

hugs,

Nancy 

 

Challenges:

Art Impression Stamps http://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.ca/ - Layer it Up!

Aud Sentiment http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.ca/ - For A Guy

My Grafico http://mygraficocrafts.blogspot.ca/ - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passsion http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.ca/ - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.ca/  - Use Your Stash {DPs & buttons}

Just a quick note

I found this awesome site and just had to share it with you. Everyday they have  a new list of the sites offering papercraft challenges going on out there. They also list the winners of previous challenges, on a daily basis.  Maybe I'm the last to know about this site {giggle, giggle, a very likely thought! }, but I just thought I'd share it with you anyway...just incase there is someone like me that's not up on these things. Anyway the site is Feline Playful and you can check it out here.
Even though it is raining {lots} here in SW Ontario, I am wishing you all a wonderful sunshiny day...the kind that comes from the inside out.
blessings & hugs,
Nancy

You make Rainy Days Sunny!

Good Monday morning to you all. Hope you had a wonderful weekend. My 2 daughters and granddaughter took me to "Scrapfest" on Saturday. It was a wonderful day! I really love those girls of mine {all three of them!}.
Yesterday I wanted to colour up this Saturdated Canary image and use som of the new things I had purchased at Scrapfest. The Dps are by Echo Park {6x6}. I alos used some pretty polka dot washi tape across the center of the card.I was able to purchase a couple of Memory Box dies so I used this pretty floral border one. I coloured several copies of the image with Copic markers, so that I could cut out different parts and raise them to give the image more dimension. {Not too sure this photo shows it that well}. I added glitter to her hair, slip, around her boots and to the center of the flowers. I used a Spellbinder die to cut out the main image; masked her and used distress ink to shade the background; inking the edges a bit darker than the rest. I punched the computer generated sentiment out with a circle punch. Added a few gems to opposite corners. The sketch and theme are for the challenge at Little Claire's.
Thanks for stopping by.
hugs,
Nancy

Challenges:

Little Claire's http://littleclairesdesigns.blogspot.ca/ - Sketch & Spring
Great Impressions http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.ca/ - Pastel Colours
Joanna Sheen http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ - Spring into Spring
Lacy Sunshine http://lacysunshinechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ - Spring Fever
The Squirrel and the Fox http://thesquirrelandthefox.blogspot.ca/ - Song Inspired {Rain Drops Are Falling On My Head}
One Stop Crafts  http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.ca/ - Pastels
Totally Gorjuss http://www.totallygorjuss.blogspot.ca/ - Spring Shades
Word Play http://livelaughstamp.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/wordplaysaturday  - Weather
Daring Cardmakers http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.ca/ - Umbrella
Digi Haven http://digihaven.blogspot.ca/  - Umbrella
Dilly Bean http://www.dillybeanschallenge.blogspot.ca/  - Pastel
Sweet Pea Stampers http://thesweetpeastampers.blogspot.co.uk/ -  Spring Colours {Our local Christian Radio Station -UCB}
Wags & Whiskers http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.ca/ - Spring
Simon Says http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.ca/ - April Showers
Challenges 4 Everybody http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ - Anything Goes
Whimsy Stamps http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.ca/ - Pretty In Pink
Saturated Canary http://saturatedcanarychallenge.blogspot.ca/search/label/current%20challenge - Anything Goes

Spring! And Happy Birthday!

Hi there. First off I want to say a big "HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY to Meljen's Designs. Congratulations Melissa, your blog is beautiful, your images are adorable and you are one of the nicest people I have ever known. Sending lots of birthday hugs your way.
Today is my day to share with you my DT project over at Meljen's Designs and since MD is celebrating it's 3rd Birthday I decided to showcase a favourite MD image of mine, "Garden Bun Bun Fairy". You can find her in the shop right here. This is one of the first cards I ever made using a Meljen's Design image; I think I won her in a card challenge...see why it pays to play in those challenges, giggle! It's easy to see why I've fallen in love with Melissa's images - they are all so darn cute!
In keeping with the celebrating going on this month at Meljen's, Melissa is making you a special offer check it out right here.
Blessings on your day,
hugs,
Nancy