Friday, May 29, 2009

Ahh! Summer is here! Well, almost..

I can't wait for Summer to get here. The warm air, the smell of BBQ's in the neighborhood, the sounds of kids playing, warm evening strolls at the boardwalk. Last weekend, we opened up our pool and got the backyard back in working order after the long winter! That's when I really know that summer is upon us! I still have lots to do, powerwashing more furniture, planting more flowers, but it's all good stuff! This is a photo I took the day after opening the pool. It is of our pool, gazebo and bar area. It will look much better once all my flowers start blooming. Can't wait!!
Here are a few cards that I made yesterday and today for some challenges over at SCS. The first 2 are for the Ways to Use it challenge yesterday. We had to use buttons!
This one is for today's Limited Supplies challenge to use only patterned papers! No cardstock other than your card base, No Coloring Mediums (copics, colored pencils, etc) and we had to leave the embellishments simple.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Now back to my cleaning!! Ughh!

Hugs,

Thursday, May 28, 2009

My First Hybrid Card!


I made this quick and easy card using the new Birthday Card Kit by Lindsay's Stamp Stuff! It has the cutest papers and embellies in it and guess what? It's only 2 bucks!! An entire kit for only $2!! And don't forget, once you download it, it's yours forever! So an endless card kit for $2!! Just go HERE to purchase!

And what's even more fun is this card took me exactly 12 minutes to put together! Including the trimming of the papers! So if you ever needed a quick birthday card for someone, here ya go!! And now go and see what the other DT girls put together in under 15 minutes!! I'm sure you won't be disappointed! :)

Janet
Olena
Michelle H
Kimberly
Tracey
Tamara
Lisa
Margie
Katt
Row
Michele R
Lindsay~Owner

Have a wonderful day!!

Hugs,

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

We the People..

Made this card with today's Super Fun Sketch Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers. I used 3 different Melissa Frances patterned papers, a Studio G stamp set, some star ribbon, star cut outs, glitter and some star brads. Hope you like it!

Sorry for the quick post! I have tons of work to do today! Ughh! See you tomorrow!

Have a wonderful night!

Hugs,

Another Shimmerz Giveaway!

Want to win some Shimmerz products?? Well, head over to the Shimmerz Blog and you can win some great products!

Here is all you have to do!

1~ Select your favorite blinkie on the right-hand column of the Shimmerz blog.








2~ Add your favorite Shimmerz blinkie to your blog. Just click on the "Want this badge?" link under the blinkie of your choice and the HTML code will be generated for you.

3~ Return to the Blinkie contest post on the Shimmerz blog and leave a comment with your blog address where the Blinkie is located!

Esay Peasy! What can you win? Well, that depends on you. The number of prizes awarded depends on the number of bloggers participating!

Anyone with a Shimmerz blinkie can participate -- it doesn't have to be one they added just this week! So if you already have a Shimmerz blinkie, go ahead and leave a comment with your blog address on the Shimmerz blog contest post.

We'll accept comments on the Shimmerz blog contest post until 11:59PM Mountain Time on Saturday, May 30th. The drawing(s) will be held shortly thereafter.

Good Luck!!

Hugs,

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Be who you are...

Today's Jacksonbelle challenge is to make a card with polka dots! Love polka dots, so this was fun! You too can play along, when uploading to SCS use keyword JBE055 or send a link to your card to the Jacksonbelle Blog! We would love to see yours!!
I used some Pink Paislee Cutie Pie paper, some sheer polka dotted paper by Ki Memories, a Melissa Frances Rub-On and the butterflies are an Inque Boutique stamp. I first used a marker to ink just the outer edges of the butterfly stamp (I only wanted the outline of the butterfly and not the entire inside image), I then trimmed them out and then stamped them with my Prima Becky stamp for the polka dots and then sprayed them with some Baby's Breath Shimmerz Spritz. I used today's SCS Color Challenge for this card. Hope you like it?!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend!

Hugs,

Friday, May 22, 2009

The Journey...

Isn't that a beautiful quote? It is a stamp by Just Rite that I Just Got! hehe My first time using their stamps, and I must say they are pretty cool! I like how they are inter-changeable. I made this card for today's Limited Supplies Challenge over at SCS. It was to use circles. So I used this circle stamp obto some scalloped circles I made with my Nesties. I also used some buttons which are circles! The papers are by Bo Bunny and Pink Paislee. And you can see the shimmer that the new Shimmerz Spritz really gives to paper. You really must try these new and excting sprays! They are awesome! And the butterfly was actually on a card that my sil had purchased in a store and gave to me. I am always tearing things apart!! LOL

Have a wonderful and safe Memorial Day weekend!

Hugs,

Giveaway Winner Announced!!

The Winner of this last giveaway is................


Marie!! (IAmMarie) Congrats Marie!

Please email your Snail Mail addy to KeepsakesbyMelissa@yahoo.com Since it is a Holiday Weekend, you have until Tuesday night to email me or I will have to pick another winner!
Thank you to everyone who played along! Don't be discouraged if you didn't win, I have giveaways ALL the time!! And since we didn't reach 200 comments, the BIG product wasn't up for grabs this time!! But it will be soon! So stay tuned!! My son just loves to pick the winner out of the bowl!!

Thanks again!!

Hugs,

Altered Tins and ANOTHER Giveaway!!!!

***NOW CLOSED!!!***
***EDITED TO ADD MORE ITEMS!!*****
Today I thought I was in heaven! With the Ways to Use It Challenge over at SCS! To alter/decorate a tin! Soo much fun! Here are a couple that I made!

Wedding Wishes Tin! Made with some Anna Griffin DP, My Sentiments Exactly! Wedding Stamp set, a Martha Stewart Tag, crocheted ribbon, satin ribbon, stick pins and lots of pearls!!


Precious Baby Tin! This one is my favorite! Wrapped a Band-Aid Tin with some DP by Luxe Designs and lots of yummy ribbons, chipboard heart, glitter, white paint, Melissa Frances Rub-On,(even works over glitter! Amazing!!)and cut-out, a Crafty Secrets Tag, hemp cord, button and a pink safety pin!
Now onto the Giveaway! This time I am giving away the following:

~ 1 pkg. Doodlebug Chunky Glitter Assortment (19.99)
~ 1 Zig Zag Stitch Edge & Emboss Punch by EK Success (14.99)
~ 1 pkg Flora Doodles by Petaloo (4.29)
~ 1 pkg. Doodlebug Jeweled Brads ~ Sugar Cones (3.99)
~ 1 set of Nestabilities Dies ~ Labels 3 (24.99)
Since we reached 125 comments, I am added the following:

~ Basic Grey Lime Rickey Collection Pack ($18.99)

~ 4 Snag Em' Stamps, Carriage, Castle, Frog, Crown ($4)

If we reach 200 comments, the prize added will be HUGE!! So Good Luck!


These are some great items! If we reach 125 comments, more will be added! 200 comments even more and bigger things will be added!! So what do you have to do?? Well, you know the drill!

~ 1. Leave a comment on this post!
~ 2. Leave a link on your blog telling everyone about my giveaway! Don't have a blog? Just tell me how you will spread the word!
~and~
for an extra chance! Become my friend(follower)! Already are? Cool! Now you already have 2 shots!!

So you have until next Friday, May 22nd. At 4 pm est I will announce my winner!! So Good Luck everyone!!

And have a wonderful and blessed day!!♥♥

*****************NOW CLOSED!!! Thank you for all your sweet comments!!**********
Hugs,

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Singing in the Rain!

Ahh! Spring is here and Summer is right around the corner!! Woo-Hoo! This card represents just that to me! Spring getting ready to blossom into Summer! Isn't that little ducky cute?! It is a Digi Stamp that I colored in with some Copics. It can be purchased HERE at Lindsay's Stamp Stuff for a little old buck! She is currently having a sale that runs through the end of the month! So if you really wanted to try Digi stamps, now is a great time to start! I used some papers by Luxe Designs and Bo Bunny, some gingham ribbon, some Kaiser Craft pearls and the little sentiment is from the Charliene April Showers stamp set by Clear Dollar Stamps. I used yesterday's sketch challenge from SCS to make this. This would make a great baby shower card too! Hmmmm....

And before I go, I just wanted to show you my new babies!! My new Samsung Front-Loaders! I am actually LOVIN' washing clothes now!! I wonder how long that will last!! Anyway, a Big Thank you to hubby for my new present!! Who says a girl needs diamonds to make her happy!! Well, at least not all the time anyway! hehe

Don't forget to visit the rest of the DT to see what fabulous things they came up with! You won't be disappointed! Trust Me!

Janet
Olena
Michelle H
Kimberly
Tracey
Tamara
Lisa
Margie
Katt
Row
Michele R
Lindsay~Owner

Have a wonderful day!!

Hugs,

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Giveaway Update!!

Since we reached 125 comments more has been added to my giveaway as promised!! If we reach 200 comments the added prize will be HUGE!! So Good Luck!!

Hugs,

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Shimmery Goodness!!

Here is a card I made with some Shimmerz Spritz. It will be released tonight at midnight! So make sure you visit the Shimmerz Blog to find out all the details and colors! You are gonna LOVE this stuff!! It sprays so nicely and you get great, even coverage. And the shimmer it gives to everything is awesome!! But what else would you expect from Shimmerz?!!! :) Here is a closeup of all the shimmer!! I sprayed the Maya Road chipboard house, tree, key, butterflies, and the entire card got a quick spritz when I was finished! I used a total of 3 different colors on this. Can you guess what they'r called? Well, you'll find out tonight when the Big reveal happens! And don't forget you still have time to win some for yourself! Just head over to the Shimmerz Blog for your chance! Good Luck!!

And today is my brother-in-law's Birthday!!! Have a great day Tim! We love you and miss you!!

Have a wonderful night!

Hugs,

JBelle Tuesday! ~ You're as Sweet, as a Summer Treat!


Today's Jacksonbelle Embellishments challenge is to make a card inspired by a cookout! Can you believe Memorial Day is in 6 days?? Yay, for Summer! I decided to make a simple watermelon card! My son's favorite summer fruit! I hand-drew the watermelon(yeah, big deal! just a half a circle! I can handle that one!! hehe) I then colored it in with some pastel, shimmery chalks and then added some Celery and Coal Shimmerz paints and just a touch of white glitter to the white part of the fruit. I wanted to make a checkered tablecloth out of the ribbon but that didn't turn out so hot, so I just added a little ribbon underneath the watermelon. The DP is Bo Bunny, the saying I printed out of MS Word and the pearls are by Kaiser Craft.

We would love to see your Cookout inspired cards too! When uploading to SCS, please use keyword JBE054 or send a link to your card to the JBelle Blog!

Now let's go see what the fabulously talented other Jbelle Rockstars created!!

AJ Otto
Heather Lee-Reppen
Jennifer Buck
Jill Dunn
Kimberly O'Rosky
Lindsey Botkin
Lynda Benden
Michelle Woerner
Shannan Teubner
Maren Benedict
Kisa Peters

Have a wonderfully sweet day!!

Hugs,

Monday, May 18, 2009

Tri-Shutter Card!

That is what today's Try a New Technique challenge is on SCS! These are soo much fun to make! For the how to, visit Bonnie's awesome blog HERE.
For my card I used some Anna Griffin DP, sand cs, some Prima butterflies,(can't get enough of those!)some Studio G stamps, crocheted lace, sheer ribbon, a pearl stick pin, a Wedding Poem that I printed out of MS Word, and lots of adhesive pearls. I also made 2 hearts on 2 bottom panels out of pearls. And lastly, on some of the panels I used some marbelized paper I picked up in Mike's and ran the panels through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots folder.

This is the card all closed up.
I made this to go along with my wedding tin that I made last week. Hope you like it!


Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Friday, May 15, 2009

Exciting Shimmerz News and a Giveaway!!

***You MUST Go to the Shimmerz Blog to have a chance to win! Scroll down for Link***
Shimmerz Paints are about to re-release Shimmerz Spritz! A fun, sprayable bottle of the shimmery goodness that we all love! It will be coming in several yummy colors!! Due to be released at midnight on May 20th, which is when all the colors will be shown! You will just love the sparkle and shimmer it has!!

So, do you want to win 3 bottles of Shimmerz Spritz?? Here's all you have to do! Just visit this post HERE on the Shimmerz blog! We will be giving away 9 bottles total to 3 lucky winners! And you have 3 different ways to win! Which means 3 chances!! So make sure you visit the Shimmerz Blog HERE today!!

I will post a project made with some shortly!! ;) Good Luck everyone!!

Hugs,

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Diet, Whatever.

Unfortunately, that quote is ringing too true lately! My "diet" has gone haywire to say the least! *Note to self!* Stay away from yummy cupcakes!! Unless they are paper ones! hehe
This is a card made with one of the newest fads lately! Digi Stamps! Mine is the yummy A Cherry on Top Cupcake by Lindsay's Stamp Stuff! And you know what is so cool about Digi Stamps??! You can make them whatever size you want! With any photo editing software, you can resize the image to any size!! That is my favorite thing about them! I used some striped Three Bugs in a Rug DP, lots of glitter, Copics and some coordinating brads. The Diet saying is from an Inkadinkado stamp set. Hope you like it!

Now go and visit Lindsay's store for some great priced, awesome Digi Stamps! There is currently a great sale going on from now until the end of May! Buy $5 worth of Digi stamps and you get to pick 1 stamp for free! Spend $10 and you get 2 Digi stamps for free!

And then visit the rest of the fabulously, talented DT Girls!

Janet
Olena
Michelle H
Kimberly
Tracey
Tamara
Lisa
Margie
Katt
Row
Michele R
Lindsay~Owner

Have a wonderful day! I'll be back either later on today or tomorrow with a giveaway! Stay tuned!!

Hugs,

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Want some Dirt??

Here is a sneaky peek at one of my Dirty Dozen projects for this months SCS Fan Club Gallery. There are so many beautiful projects in there! The DD really rocked it this month!! If you are a member, please stop by this Friday, the 15th when the gallery opens and say hi! If you are not a member and would like to join, just visit HERE.

Have a wonderful day! I promise, I will be back soon with a giveaway!

Hugs,

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Jacksonbelle Tuesday! Sketch time!

Hi Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day! Mine was awesome! We stayed home but that was fine with me! We are always running somewhere, so it was nice to just stay home! I had a nice relaxing day with my hubby and son! Perfect! Here is a pic of our son in the backyard. He is my world! Being a Mom is truly a Blessing! OK, enough rambling!!! Onto the challenge!! heheToday's challenge was to make a card using this FUN sketch. You too can play along! When uploading to SCS just use Keyword JBE053 or send a link to your card on the JBelle Blog!

For my card, I used some gorgeous new Pink Paislee papers, from the Captivating line. Also, some Prima crystals and Butterfly, a Melissa Frances Rub-On, Bazzill CS, gingham ribbon and some hemp cord. I also used some Labels 4 Nestabilities. The Prima crystals don't come that why, I kinda cut them all up! LOL Hope you like it?!!

Don't forget to check out the rest of the JBelle Rockstars!

AJ Otto
Beth Thomas
Heather Lee-Reppen
Jennifer Buck
Jill Dunn
Kimberly O'Rosky
Lindsey Botkin
Lynda Benden
Michelle Woerner
Shannan Teubner
Taylor Usry
Maren Benedict

Have a wonderful day! Be back soon with a Giveaway!!!

Hugs,