Birthday Wishes

Posted on January 30, 2015 by melissadawnlane

Here I have a card inspired by last week’s CAS(E) this Sketch #107.

I’m going to play this over at CASology’s Week 131: BIRTHDAY challenge.

I’ve got quite a few more cards to post, so I’ll be off now.

Thanks for stopping by!

Melissa

Celebrate, Yellow

Posted on January 30, 2015 by melissadawnlane

Snow…..beautiful, big, fluffy snowflakes drifting down outside my living room window. Fluttering, a bit like butterflies? O.K., maybe that’s a stretch?

Here ARE some butterflies though….

Some Watercolor Wonder DSP from Stampin’ Up along with 2 butterfly punches and an Avery Elle pinked rectangle die made fairly fast work of this CAS card.

The “Celebrate” sentiment from PTI, makes this a versatile card. Maybe it will be a birthday card?It was inspired by last week’s CAS(E) this Sketch #107. I’ve been nursing my daughter through her wisdom teeth extraction and didn’t get the chance to post this until today. I am going to play this over at CASology’s Week 131: BIRTHDAY challenge.

I seem to be developing a trend of missing CTS’s deadlines. 😦

I’ve got quite a few cards to post, so I’ll be off now.

Thanks for stopping by!

Melissa

PTI January 2015 Blog Hop Challenge

Posted on January 25, 2015 by melissadawnlane

Wow! I was so excited to see the inspiring photos for PTI’s January Blog Hop!

Ohhhhhh…….

the possibilities!

I had so many ideas for each photo. So much card-making fun to be had! 🙂

Here’s the card that I have decided to share as my entry in the Blog Hop.

I used PTI’s Background Basics: Super Stripes Stamp Set to make the ombre rainbow. The “>>>–love–>” sentiment is from the “Happy Hearts” stamp set. I used a large variety of SU, Tim Holtz and Hero Arts inks. The paper is Bazzill’s Marshmallow and SU Whisper White.

Here’s another look at the inspiration photo and my card together.

(via photooverload)

I like making square cards and the shape seems to work nicely with the heart, which I cut out using a Sizzix Framelits Heart die. I will also be playing this over at Uniko Studio’s Challenge #17: Love and Friendship and SSS’s Wednesday Challenge Simon Says Have a Heart and TIME OUT’s challenge #23: Valentine’s Day With the Optional Twist of Hearts

Thanks for stopping by!

Melissa

P.S. Please hop over and look at my daughter’s card. She’s not feeling well and could use some encouraging words. Thanks!

P.P.S. The inspiration photos got me into creative overdrive! I made quite a few cards and had such a hard time choosing which one to link up. I was excited to share them all, but alas, PTI’s hop is limited to one entry per person! What to do?!My solution? Secret ballot vote! I enlisted the help of my family in choosing which card to share in the Blog Hop. The vote was nearly unanimous, but everyone had other favorites too. If you have time to, I’d like to invite you to take a look at the other PTI January Blog Hop inspired cards that I made.

The “stitched” photo inspired this card. https://honeybeelane.wordpress.com/2015/01/24/thinking-of-you/

Tri-fold for MIM #198 https://honeybeelane.wordpress.com/2015/01/25/make-it-monday-198-three-panel-cards/

This was my original idea for the pencil inspiration photo.https://honeybeelane.wordpress.com/2015/01/24/thinking-of-you/

https://honeybeelane.wordpress.com/2015/01/24/praying-for-you/

I had fun making this one. Fussy, but fun! https://honeybeelane.wordpress.com/2015/01/24/493/

https://honeybeelane.wordpress.com/2015/01/24/503/

Two Hearts, One More

Posted on January 21, 2015 by melissadawnlane

One more card for today! This one is totally different from my normal style. I wasn’t going to share it, but my two youngest girls insisted. So here it is: