AGL – HB 11!

Posted on August 20, 2015 by melissadawnlane

Hi! I’m here with another quick post. Things are buzzing around here today! It’s my daughter’s 11th birthday and my husband just came home from a short trip.
I’m going to play this over at CASology’s Week 160: Number challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Melissa

Places I’m playing:

Shaker Donut

Posted on February 22, 2015 by melissadawnlane

I’d like to present a sweet little shaker card to you…..

After making some shaker cards for the first time for Virginia’s View Shaker Challenge, I keep coming up with shaker card ideas. 🙂 They are so much fun!!

There’s lots going on in this little shaker, homemade embossing paste pink hearts (the recipe is in this post), sequins & beads and a little glossy accents glazed donut with sprinkles. I used a SU triple flower punch for the pink frosting, along a small circle punch.

Despite my bottle of Glossy Accents exPLODing all over me and my table, I had a lot of fun making this card. I’m playing this card at Curtain Call’s Donut Delight Challenge and SSS’s Wednesay Challenge: Simon Says Add A Little Texture.

Thanks for stopping by!
XO
Melissa

Places I’m Playing:

Cups of Shaker Tea

Posted on February 17, 2015 by melissadawnlane

Hi! Today I have a fun card to share with you.

I had a lot of fun doing this card! The tea cup stamp from Stampin’ Up lends itself to all kinds of creative possibilities!

I’m playing this over at Virginia’s View Challenge #12.

Before this challenge over at Virginia’s View I hadn’t made shaker cards, but now I’ve been bitten by the shaker bug!

I would like to dedicate this post to Papertrey Ink, even though I didn’t use 1 PTI product on this card! You see, I found out today, via an email from Darnell, that I won PTI’s Year of Stamps contest!!!!! What an AMAZING blessing!

Thank you, Darnell for the sweet congratulations! I really appreciate your kindness. 🙂

Thanks for stopping by!
XO
Melissa

P.S. You can take a look at the other cards that I made for this challenge here (Peony), here (mini), here (faux), here (bouquet), and here (9).

Build a Bouquet

Posted on February 15, 2015 by melissadawnlane

Here, I have a fun shaker card to share with you.

I used PTI’s Botanical Blocks II lilac stamp as the focal point in the bouquet. I inked up only part of the image and then drew in some finishing touches around the edge. I used some Stamping’ Up stamps to add to the bouquet.

I used some double sided foam tape, cellophane wrap and a variety of sequins and small punched flowers to make this into a shaker. I’m having fun making shaker cards!

I’m playing this card at PTI’s 8th Anniversary, Day 4: Build a Bouquet Challenge and Viginia’s View Challenge#12: Shaker Cards.

Thanks for stopping by!
XO
Melissa

Places I’m playing:

Vellum Shaker – DLC!

Posted on February 5, 2015 by melissadawnlane

Hi! I’m excited to be playing along over at Virginia View Challenge #12 is “Shaker Cards”.

And here it is:

Virginia shared some of Jennifer McGuire’s tutorials and I used Jennifer’s “Peace on Earth”card below as inspiration.

My card is a faux shaker like Virginia’s one below.

I used VersaMark to stamp the sentiment and then heat embossed with silver embossing powder. The hearts are from the BIG pile left over from this card. 🙂 I used some Glossy Accents and added some silver glitter. With the nontraditional shape, the shiny layer, the window and the heart this card also reminds me a little bit of Vicki’s fun card over at Muse #103.

I like the stitching on Jennifer’s card. I don’t have sewing machine to use for my cards, but keep thinking about getting one. Maybe I should add something to the blue layer to finish it off. Washi? Not sure.