Meljens Designs Challenge #162

Happy Thursday everyone!! This was a short week, but it really hasn't felt that way. But alas! it is finally Thursday. I have to get through today and then I can work in my pajamas tomorrow LOL! I hope you all have had a great week.. almost time to enjoy the weekend!! I have been spending my time coloring. I have a few images complete that I need to put on some cards. I'll be working on that in the next day or two. On to the Meljens Challenge ...

Today we are starting a new challenge at Meljens Designs and this week it is a fun color challenge!

Fun colors!! Totally made me think of summer! I guess the photo kind of helped with that too LOL!!  So here is what I came up with:

For this challenge I used two images from Meljens Designs: Beach Umbrella is on one side and Brooke At The Beach is on the other side. They just fit so perfectly together!! I colored the image with Copic. I did some decoupage/popped up several parts of the image: the shells, the crab, part of the umbrella, the pail. I layered torn paper at the bottom to add texture for the sand and see. I used chalk on the edges of the torn paper. I also cut out a cloud shape and inked the background to look like clouds. So, I just made a little beach scene! Now I want to go to the beach! LOL These two images were really fun to work with and they were amazing how they worked so perfectly together to make this card! The inside I used some of the light kraft paper and tore it at the bottom.

Copic:
Sand: E50, E51, E53, E55
Shells: E50, E51, E53, E55, YR02, YR07
Crab: R20, R22, R24
Umbrella: BG10, BG11, BG13, BG18, YG03, YG06, YG09, YR02, YR04, YR07, YR09, RV000, RV02, RV21
Shadow and Pole: C3, C5, C7, C9
Swimsuit: YR02, YR04, YR07, YR09, YG03, YG06, YG07
Lime, Pale and Shovel: YG03, YG06, YG09
Pink Lemonade: RV000, RV02, RV21
Skin: E00, E01, E11, R20, R22
Mouth and Tongue: E56, E59, R20, R22
Hair: E35, E37, E37, E57, E59

Challenges:

• SDC99: Summertime @ Stampotique Designers.
• Season Fun April 1 through June 30th @ Crafter's Digital Art Center Seasonal Fun Challenge Group
• Challenge #107: Childhood @ Alota Rubber Stamps Blog.
• DICC #54 (Colour Blue, Distressing, A Critter or 2) @ Desert Islands Crafts Challenge.
• Soak Up The Sun by Sheryl Crow @ Scrap It With A Song.
• Challenge #62: For A Child @ Forever Friends.
• May 20th: Make Your Own Background @ Cards In Envy
• Challenge #93: Handmade Backgrounds @ Anything Goes Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #110: Splash @ DL Art.
• Challenge #172: Scene @ Hanna and Friends.
• Be Sentimental @ My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Challenge
• Show Us What You Got @ Shelly's Images.
• Day #17: Thinking In Threes (3 Torn Layers) @ 365 Cards.
• Challenge #135: In The Mood For This @ Fun With Shapes And More.
• Challenge #8: Anything Goes @ Sister Act Card Challenge.
• Challenge #145: Outdoor Fun @ 2 Sisters Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #81: Bring On The Sunshine @ A Gem Of A Challenge.
• C4C187: No Patterned Paper @ Crazy 4 Challenges.
• Challenge #9: Anything Goes @ Paper Creator's Crafts.
• Challenge #21: Anything Goes @ Pumpkin Spice.
• Challenge #21: Anything Goes @ 613 Avenue Create.
• Challenge #21: Anything Goes @ Challenges 4 Everybody.
• Challenge #9: Anything Goes @ Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #156: Outdoor Fun @ Sentimental Sundays
• Challenge #41: The Great Outdoors @ Eureka Stamps.
• Challenge #173: Anything Goes @ Kaboodle Doodles.
• MIM #142: Anything Goes @ Make It Monday.
• Inspired By Nature @ Ooh La La Creations Challenges.
• CCH #146: Use Sentiments @ The Crazy Challenge.
• Challenge #90: Anything Goes @ The Paper Makeup Stamps Blog.
• May 28th to June 3rd: Anything Goes @ Through The Craftroom Door.
• Challenge #56: Anything Goes @ Use It Tuesday.
• Challenge #47: Make Your Mark @ Addicted To Stamps and More.
•  PTT #122: Anything Goes @ Party Time Tuesday.
• 2TC51: School's Out For The Summer @ Twisted Tuesday.
• Anything Goes @ Crafting By Design.
• Challenge #68: Oh To Be Young Again @ DigiStamps4Joy.
• Challenge #82: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday.
• Challenge #22: Anything Goes @ Inkspirational.
• Simon Says...Anything Goes @ Simon Says Stamp.
• Dare To Be Sassy Thursday #179: Beach @ Sassy Studio Designs.
• May 30: Girly, Girly Card @ The Outlawz Twisted Thursday.
• Challenge #22: Anything Goes @ The Scrapbooking Queen Royal Challenge

Vintage at Tammy's Scrapin Corner

Good morning everyone.

Our challenge this week is to make something Vintage. This is Challenge #64 at Tammy's Scrapin Corner.

For my card I used Placed On A Pedestal from A Day For Daisies. I colored the image with Copic. I designed the scripture myself to fit on the card. I inked with Distress Ink - Broken China and Tea Dye. I distressed all the edges. I used some lace from Webster's Pages. The flower was done with paper folding. You can find the tutorial at Desire's. The pearls are brads and they were from my stash.

Copic:
Robe - E40, E42, E43
Flowers - R000, R00
Leaves - YG01, YG06, YG07
Eye Shadow - B00, B01, B02, B04
Vase - B00, B01, B02, B04
Pedestal: E40, E41
Skin: E000, E00

Challenges:

• Anything Goes @ Bearly Mine Challenges.
• Whimsical Wednesday #5 @ The Memory Nest.
• Challenge May 12-27: Anything Goes @ Through The Craftroom Door.
• Challenge #55: Layers @ Card and Scrap.
• May Challenge: A Tim Holtz Homage (Distress/Ink) @ Cards Galore Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #134: Lots of Layers @ Crafts and Me Challenges.
• Challenge #172: Ribbon and/or Lace @ Fab 'n' Funky Challenges.
• Challenge #16: Use Lace @ Happy Campers Craft Collective.
• IIC #109: Distress It @ Inky Impressions Challenges.
• Challenge #46: Kraft It @ Simple Salutations Challenge MFP Speedy TV
• PSC80: Anything Goes @ The Perfect Sentiment.
• Challenge #21: Cards @ Tsunami Rose Designs
• Challenge #81: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday.
• N For Not Just One (pearls, flower, brads, lace) @ The ABC Challenge.
• May Challenge: Female @ Mad For Markers.
• DICC #54 (Colour Blue, Distressing, White Accents) @ Desert Islands Crafts Challenge.
• Anything Goes with Earthtones @ Oozak. (my favorite shopping spot! If you haven't, you need to check it out!)
• Word Prompt Wednesday #11 May: Smell @ Sketches For All Weekly Challenges Group.
• SDC101: Text @ Stampotique Designers Challenge.
• Challenge #52: Ribbons and/or Lace @ Deep Ocean Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #8: Lace & Pearls @ Vintage Stamping Challenges.
• Challenge #2: May 6 - June 2 @ Path of Positivity Challenge
• Challenge #194: Ribbon or Lace @ Stampavie and More
• Be Sentimental @ My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Challenge
• Show Us What You Got @ Shelly's Images.
• Challenge #50: For The Girls @ Creatalicious Challenges.
• Photo Inspiration with Color Swatch (Tan, Chocolate, Bright Blue, Lt. Blue) @ Crafter's Digital Art Center Inspiration Challenge Room 
• Day #136: Words of Wisdom @ 365 Cards.
• R #125: Get In Shape @ Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge.
• A Fancy Fold or Two @ Crafty Catz.
• Challenge #135: In The Mood For This @ Fun With Shapes And More.
• Challenge #89: Pearls and Lace @ Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge.
• Challenge #8: Anything Goes @ Sister Act Card Challenge.
• Challenge #70: Anything Goes @ A Day For Daisies Blog.
• Loverly Ladies @ The Octopode Factory Friday Challenge.
• Challenge #9: Anything Goes @ Paper Creator's Crafts.
• Challenge #21: Anything Goes @ Pumpkin Spice
• May 25-31: Anything Goes @ The Outlawz Paper A La Mode.
• Challenge #21: Anything Goes @ 613 Avenue Create.
• Challenge #57: Bingo (Lace/Flowers/Sentiment) @ Addicted To Stamps Challenge.
• Challenge #21: Anything Goes @ Challenges 4 Everybody.
• Off The Edge @ Come and Get It Challenges.
• Self Made Flowers @ Eclectic Ellapu.
• Challenge #7: Flowers/Roses @ Hobbycutz.
• Challenge #9: Anything Goes @ Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #173: Anything Goes @ Kaboodle Doodles.
• MIM #142: Anything Goes @ Make It Monday.
• Handmade Embellishments @ Make My Monday Weekly Challenge Blog.
• CCH #146: Use Sentiments @ The Crazy Challenge.
• Challenge #90: Anything Goes @ The Paper Makeup Stamps Blog.

Die Cuts and/or Punches At Crafting When We Can

Happy Saturday and for those of you in the US.. Happy Memorial Day weekend. It's so nice to have a long weekend! I took off Thursday and Friday as well. Kevin and I went and saw the new Star Trek film last weekend... GREAT movie! Friday we went and saw Fast and Furious.. another great movie to see ... Love the action in these movies. And then yesterday we went and saw Iron Man. I didn't think Iron Man was as good as the last two, but it was alright. Today, my mother comes over fora  bit. I'm going to grill some hamburgers. Other than that I have been coloring LOL I hope you all have a great weekend!!!

Time for a new challenge over at Crafting When We Can! Our challenge this time is to use Die Cuts and/or Punches. Here is my card:

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For this card I used Happy Hour by KennyK. The images are absolutely wonderful to work with. For this image I used Copic to color. I popped her dress and the Martini.  I used Diamond Glaze on the glass to give it that glass effect. All of the patterned paper was scraps. The dies are used are the flowers and the pink leaves. These were all from Spellbinders and My Favorite Things. I added Pearls to the center of the flowers. I used some puff paint, pink, for her pearl necklace, bracelet and earrings. I also pulled out my corner punch. I haven't used that in ages. The Congrats stamp is from a Doodlebug Hampton Arts set. I used the same paper on the inside.

Copic:
Brown: E47, E49
Blue: B01, B02, B04, B05
Pink: R000, R20, R21, R22
Eyes: YG01, YG09, G19
Hair: E34, E50, E53, E57
Martini: G20, G21
Olive: YG95, YG99, R29

Challenges:

• What If? Wednesday Sketch Challenge M1513 @ The House That Stamps Built.
• MIM #141 @ Make It Monday.
• Anything Goes @ Bearly Mine Challenges.
• Challenge #54: Die Cuts and/or Punches @ LEJ Designs Challenge Blog.
• April Showers Bring May Flowers @ Three Scrappy Gals.
• Challenge #85: Tool Time (Corner Punch) @ Use Your Stuff
• May Flowers Challenge @ Whoopsi Daisy Challenge.
• Challenge #237: Flowers @ Everybody Art Challenge.
• SOS #102: What's In Your Tool Shed @ Shopping Our Stash.
• Whimsical Wednesday #5 @ The Memory Nest.
• Challenge May 12-27: Anything Goes @ Through The Craftroom Door.
• Challenge #55: Layers @ Card and Scrap.
• Challenge #134: Lots of Layers @ Crafts and Me Challenges.
• PSC80: Anything Goes @ The Perfect Sentiments Challenge.
• Challenge #21: Cards @ Tsunami Rose Designs
• Challenge #81: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday.
• Going Spotty Dotty @ Southern Girls Challenge
• May 5th Card Challenge: April Showers Bring May Flowers @ Get Creative.
• Girls, Girls, Girls @ Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog.
• May Challenge: Female @ Mad For Markers.
• May Flowers Challenge @ One Crazy Stamper Dot Com.
• May: Anything Goes w/ A Twist of Flowers @ Sandy's Crafty Creations.
• Die Cut Challenge Flowers @ Stuck On U Sketches.
• Challenge #44: Here Come The Girls @ The Squirrel and the Fox.
• Challenge #104: Anything Goes @ Wags 'n Whiskers.
• CMC #21: Spots and/or Stripes @ Card Mania Challenges.
• Fashionable May @ Heck Of A Challenge.
• Word Prompt Wednesday #12 May: Smile @ Sketches For All Weekly Challenge Group.
• SDC 100: Anything Goes @ Stampotique Designers Challenge.
• FBD May Challenge: Flowers @ Fresh Brewed Blog.
• BLD Challenge #47: Flowers @ By LORi Designs Challenges.
• Challenge #170: Flowers @ Creative Belli Blog.
• 7th Challenge: Blooming Lovely @ Rhedd and Rosie's Challenge Blog.
• Load On The Flowers @ MilkCoffee Challenge.
• Be Sentimental @ My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Challenge.
• Show Us What You Got @ Shelly's Images.
• Challenge #50: For The Girls @ Creatalicious Challenges
• Anything Goes @ Crafter's Digital Art Center Anything Goes Challenge Room
• Day #134: Overlapped @ 365 Cards.
• Challenge #135: In The Mood For This @ Fun With Shapes and More.
• Challenge #8: Anything Goes @ Sister Act Card Challenge.
• Loverly Ladies @ The Octopode Factory Friday Challenge.
• Challenge #9: Anything Goes @ Paper Creator's Crafts.
• Challenge #21: Anything Goes @ Pumpkin Spice.
• Challenge #21: Anything Goes @ 613 Avenue Create.
• Challenge #21: Anything Goes @ Challenges 4 Everybody.
• Self Made Flowers @ Eclectic Ellapu.
• Challenge #7: Flowers/Roses @ Hobbycutz.
• Challenge #9: Anything Goes @ Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog.

My May DT Day At Meljens Designs

Hi everyone!! Today is my May DT Day at Meljens Designs. This month the theme is Inspiration. I thought about it a bit and thought.. You know what my inspiration is each day??  Jesus, Prayer, My Savior, My faith, Hope and that there are still good people in this world. Something pretty new to me, but also something I'm trying to make a priority. So, with that in mind I used the images Faith Hope Love and Faith Hope Butterflies.And here is the card I came up with:

I used all pink and white on this card, which a touch of turquoise on the butterflies. I colored with Copic. I of course did some decoupage/popped several things LOL the lettering in HOPE, the hearts and circles, the butterflies. I used a Spellbinder die cut behind the top image. The two images are Faith Hope Love and Faith Hope Butterflies. On the inside I used two stamps from "Something Within" Unity Stamps. I added the die cut circle and added some gems to it. The pink paper is embossed.  And I think that is it.

Copic:
Hope: R0000, R20, R22, R24
Corners/Hearts: RV11, RV13, RV14
Butterflies: R0000, R20, R22, R24, BG000, BG53, BG57

Challenges:

• Anything Goes @ CMC Copic Challenge Group.
• Show Us Your Bling @ Di's Digi Designs Saturday Fortnightly Challenges.
• SDC98: Pink and Turquoise @ Stampotique Designers Challenge.
• Anything Goes @ Crafter's Digital Art Center Anything Goes Challenge Room
• Day #127: Mix and Match @ 365 Cards.
• G Is For Glitter and Gems @ Alphabet Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #52: Think Pink @ Crafting For All Seasons.
• Inspired By: Anything Goes @ Creative Inspiration Paints.
• Anything Goes @ Eclectic Ellapu.
• MIM #141 @ Make It Monday.
• Challenge #40: You Decide -- All White or No Design Paper @ Eureka Stamps.
• Anything Goes @ Bearly Mine Challenges.
• Timeless Tuesday #221: Butterflies @ Flourishes LLC.
• Challenge #54: Die Cuts and/or Punches @ LEJ Designs Challenge Blog.
• Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday.

Challenge #63 at Tammy's Scrapin Corner

We have a new challenge at Tammy's Scrapin Corner! This week is Challenge #63 and we are playing with Pink and Girly with a bit of Sparkle! Here is my creation for this week:

I was able to use this awesome image from Delicious Doodles - Dragon Dreams. For this card I used quite a few die cuts from both Cheery Lynn and Memory Box. I also used one of my edge punches. I embossed the one paper in the middle and then used my sanding block to sand it a bit to bring it out more. I used Stickles on the flowers and parts of her and the little dragonette. I created the sentiment. There are 3 different patterned papers that I have no idea where they are from. I distressed some edges and tore others. I added a few gems as well. I colored the image with Copic.

Copic:
YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97, YG99
R0, R22, R24, R46, R59
YG00, YG01, YG05

Challenges:

• CLP-58: Sketch Challenge For May @ Crafting Life's Pieces.
• Anything Goes @ Crafter's Digital Art Center Anything Goes Challenge Room
• Anything Goes w/Use 2 or More Patterned Papers @ Clear It Out Challenge.
• Feminine and Fancy @ Try It On Tuesday.
• Challenge #6: Fantasy/Mythical @ Rhedd and Rosie Challenge Blog.
• G For Glitter and Gems @ Alphabet Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #9: Things With Wings @ No Matter Which Challenges.
• May: Embossing and Texture @ Stamping Sensations.
• Challenge #9: Things With Wings @ Natalie and Amy.
• May: Female @ Mad For Makers Monthly Challenges.
• May: Celebrations @ Great Impressions.
• Challenge #9: Anything Goes @ Pin And Tack.
• Challenge #19: Use Pink and Add Flowers @ Sketches 4 All Cheryl's Challenge Group.
• May Challenge: Feminine @ The Stamp Spot.
• CMM69: Punches @ Card Makin' Mamas.
• Anything Goes @ CMC Copic Challenge Group.
• Show Us Your Bling @ Di's Digi Designs Saturday Fortnightly Challenges.
• May Word Play Saturday: Magical @ My Creative Moments.
• Celebrations! @ Crafty Boots Challenges.
• Sparkle and Shine Challenge (Gems and Stickles) @ Melonheadz Friends.
• Challenge #10: Happy ______ (Fill In The Blank) @ Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges.
• 2TC50: Girly w/Twist of About Friends @ Twisted Tuesday.
• Challenge #55: Layers @ Card and Scrap.
• Challenge #52: Think Pink @ Crafting For All Seasons Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #133: Use A Digi @ Crafts and Me Challenges.
• Challenge #171: Favorite Embellishment (Dies) @ Fab 'n' Funky Challenges.
• Challenge #41: Glitter @ Go Fish Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #145: Pastels @ Papercraft Star.
• Challenge #112: Anything Goes @ The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #80: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday
• Challenge #104: Anything Goes @ Wags 'n Whiskers.
• DICC #54 (Distressing, Texture, Bling, Dots, A Critter or 2) @ Desert Islands Crafters Challenge.
• Challenge #229: Anything Goes @ One Stop Craft Challenge.
• Girls, Girls, Girls @ Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #44: Here Come The Girls @ The Squirrel and the Fox.
• GL Happy Birthday @ Gingerloft Challenge
• MIM #141 @ Make It Monday.