How NOT to Make a Card...

Come listen to a story about a card gone wild...

but first, this is for the Waltzingmouse Challenge, which you can find here.  (You can win 8 stamps sets from the May release (tomorrow!). Please don't enter as it will reduce my chances of winning...

Card Construction Details:

1.  Stamp image from Faux Fun with Versamark on PTI Aqua Mist cardstock.  Trimmed to 4" square.
2.  Stamp Mother (sentiment from Roses in Bloom) with Hawaiian ink on Mulberry paper.
3.  Die cut oval in Aqua Mist cardstock and adhere mulberry to back.

4.  Cannot read sentiment so gently peel back cardstock from oval.  Huge mess.
5.  Distress and ink edges.
6.  Trim Papertrey Ink Hawaiian Shores cardstock to 4 and 1/4" square.  More distressing and inking.

7.  Stamp rose from Roses in Bloom on cream cardstock twice and once on mulberry.  Trim.
8.  Add rose as shown with one layer on dimensionals cause that's what everyone does.
9.  Add pearls ALL the way around oval.

10.  Heat set ivory silk ribbon to curl.  Learn silk ribbon doesn't curl when heat set.  Twist ribbon and tie in vain attempt to create trendy looking old ribbon.
11.  Make separate bow.  Cut off original horrible bow and added new bow with glue dots.  Trim tails too short. Repeat THREE times until bow looks semi decent. Waste huge amounts of expensive silk ribbon.  Good thing husband doesn't read this blog.
12.  Order chinese food as clear no time for cooking.

13.  Stamp different rose on 4 and 1/2" square cream card with Hawaiian Shores ink.
14.  Glue everything.  Is straight in person but looks crooked in picture (??)
15.  Pearls look like tacky Neon Sign.  Pull off most.  Tear cardstock where pearls had been.  Seriously consider selling off all supplies and going to real Hawaiian shores with proceeds.  Cannot bear to start over, proving am not perfectionist.

16. Have dinner with husband.
17.  Tear various parts of card and throw PTI tea dye ink around to look more distressed.
18.  Will give card to my Mom for Mother's Day and expect "Oh, so the tearing is on purpose?"

Mood When Done = Messy

The Wee House

A little late with my post today ~ but here it is :

The house of course is from Irish Blessings, the words from Celtic Heritage, and the little heart from Earth Angel.  All the stamp sets are to be found HERE.

The cardstock and satin ribbon are from PTI and the DP is from Cosmo Cricket and something from my stash ;) .  The image has distressed edges and is mounted on foam.

The image is colored with Prismacolor pencils, blended with Gamsol on Bristol smooth:

Thanks for visiting :) !

Happy Mother's Day

I've been in a background-creating mood lately and I made this card using the snowflake image from the "Secret Set" from December 2009. The sentiment comes from Spring Baskets. It's different from butterflies and florals for Mother's Day, but then again, moms are all very different!

Thanks for coming by!
Melissa

"Happy Mother's Day"
Stamps: Secret Set, Spring Basket
Ink: Hawaiian Shores, Melon Berry and Smokey Shadow (PTI)
Paper: Vintage Cream and Melon Berry (PTI)
Other: Pinking shears, foam tape and Melon Berry Satin ribbon

Glorious Spring

Stamps: Spring Basket by Waltzingmouse
Embossing Folder: SU
Rick Rack die: Papertrey
Border Punch: SU
Label: Spellbinders Nestie Label

With Gratitude....

Hello!
Isn't it funny when you set out to make a card with an idea in your head & it turns out nothing like you had planned. I had blue & baby in my mind when I started to make this lol!

Supplies: Card: Papermill Uk. DP: WM Celtic Squares, Creme de menthe. Ink: Memento, Rich Cocoa. Markers: Pro Markers. Buttons & Ribbon: My Stash.

Thanks for loooking.

Bee Happy

I just love those springy little bees. They come from the Lil Buddies set, as does the cute heart circle and sentiment. I colored the hearts with my copics and then used the copics to color the rickrack that I had cut out of PTI white. Everything is mounted on PTI true black. I am pleased with this one, what do you think?

Stamped Strips

. . . of cardstock can make any kind of card.  In this case, a soft friendly one.  This card has been inside my head ever since I saw a similar one by Michelle Wooderson a while back.

If you decide to try a card like this, I recommend starting with a color palette.  I purposely chose the Angel Pink ink by Memento because I knew I had the PTI Sweet Blush ribbon and the two matched and I LOVE this shade of pink.  From there, I went with Kraft (the Memento Desert Sand ink works well) and green (Memento Pear Tart). 


Since I had soft colors, I selected "friendly" images.  You need small images to stamp them close together or there is too much empty space on your strips.  Or use background stamps. Or save a WHOLE bunch of time and use patterned paper (although I really enjoyed slowing down and making this with stamps).

I took a few photos along the way, mainly for new stampers and because I just felt like it.

And here are the photos I took as I was making the card (3 "quarter" sheets means 3 pieces of 4.25" x 5.5" of cardstock.  In this case, I used PTI Cream, the Memento inks as shown and small images from Waltzingmouse sets Sweetheart (the heart), Irish Blessings (shamrocks) and the hugely popular Very Vintage Christmas (scrolly things):

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The dotted frame is from Waltzingmouse Very Vintage Labels 4.  I cut out each of the dotted frames as you can see on my block.  The sentiment is from Sweethearts. 

Mood When Done = Happy