Happy Day At Meljens!.

Morning everyone... Happy Thursday... and a Happy MelJen's Challenge #184: Scaredy Pants!!! And Happy Halloween!!!

I've been spending this week getting ready for some of our sponsor spotlights on Open-Minded Crafting Fun and making some cards! I'm setting up a table at Bailey's school's Fall Festival on Saturday! I'm going to see if I can sell any of my cards!  We'll see how that goes.. I've been trying to get some Christmas cards finished up. I ordered business cards, but I'm not sure they are going to get here in time. So, that is what I've been doing this week ;)

Here is my card for our Scaredy Pants Challenge!

I had so much fun making this Tri-Shutter Card!! I used a few different Meljen Design images. I had so much fun coloring them all, decoupaging, adding glitter and diamond glaze... it was great!!  So, here is what I used:

Bibble Bubble Cauldron:  Colored with the Copic below. I added Picket Fence Distress Stickles to the brew and also Key Lime Liquid Pearls. I used black ink around the edge of the image. I decoupaged the bubbles, the brew, the handle, the flasks, the worm and the frog.
   Black:C1, C3, C5, C7, C9
   Frog: G12, G14, G16
   Brew: YG00, YG01, YG03
   Yellow: Y15, Y18
   Worm: R22, R20
   Purple: V12, V15, V17

Crazy Broom Witch:  Colored with the Copic below. I decoupaged the broom, hands, and her outfit.
   Purple: V12, V15, V17
   Gray Hair: C00, C01, C03, C05
   Black: C03, C05, C07, C09
   Broom Stick: E13, E15, E18
   Broom: E23, E27, E29
   Green: G12, G14, G16

Jar of Eyeballs: Colored with the Copic below. I covered the glass portion with Diamond Glaze and I decoupaged the tag.
   Cork: E50, E51, E55, E57
   Tag: E51, E55, E57
   Eyes: B02, B04, G03, G05, E23, E27, V12, V15, R24

Witchy Brews: Colored with the Copic below. I covered the glass portion of the bottles with Diamond Glaze, I also used some Frosted Lace Stickles around the doodles. I decoupaged the four (4) different brews.
   Labels: E51, E55, E57
   Toadstool Fungus: YG00k YG01, YG03
   Witch Brew: V12, V15, V17
   Frog Breath: G12, G14, G16
   Deadly Shade: C05, C07, C09
   Cork: E50, E51, E55, E57

Bottle of Poison: I decoupaged the bottle and covered the glass portion with Diamond Glaze. I colored with Copic.
   Poison: G12, G14, G16
   Cork: E50, E51, E55, E57

Haunted House: I colored this last image with the Copic below. I decoupaged the house and the ghosts.
   House: E23, E27, E29
   Tree: E74, E77, E79
   Black: C3, C5, C7, C9
   Moon: E50, E51
   Grass: G12, G14, G16

The papers I used were from a Doodlebug Pad - Halloween Parade. I used two stamps and heat embossed them purple against the black cardstock.  I know! that was long!! LOL  But it was so much fun and the halloween images were a blast to use!!!

Challenges:

• Challenge #38: Ghost and Goblin Party @ Cardz TV.
• Challenge #51: Spooky Bingo (Shaped Card, Purple, Player's Choice) @ Lia Stampz*
• CMM75: Trick or Treat @ Card Makin Mamas.
• October: Anything Goes @ The Crafty Bloggers Network.
• October: Anything Goes with Embossing Powder @ Sparkle N Sprinkle*
• Challenge #16: Halloween / Fall @ The Cupboard Trilogy.
• October: Challenge #48: Sparkle @ The Emerald Faeries Challenge Blog.
• October: Halloween and/or Die Cuts @ Ladybug Crafts.
• October: Something Spooky @ Country View Crafts Challenge Site.
• October: Spooky @ Sketches For All / Once Upon A Time Theme Challenge.
• R #147: Happy Halloween @ Crafts 4 Eternity.
• A Little Boo For You @ Come and Get It Challenges.
• Challenge #103: More Than One Fold @ A Gem of a Challenge.
• Challenge #167: Cute 'n Spooky @ 2 Sisters Challenge Blog.
• CMC #32: Halloween @ Card Mania Challenges.
• Challenge #207: Spooky! @ Totally Gorjuss.
• October: Halloween @ Crafty Calendar Challenge.
• Challenge #183: Halloween @ Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #195: Halloween Anything Goes @ Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog*
• Challenge #56: Add Some Black @ Glitter n Sparkle Challenge Blog*
• Challenge #68: Halloween @ Dream Valley Challenges.
• Color Challenge: Gray, Purple, Green, Black, Orange @ Smudgy Antics.
• MIM #164: Anything Goes @ Make It Monday.
• Anything Goes @ Simon Says Stamp & Show.
• Anything Goes @ The Outlawz Greeting Card.
• Challenge #133: Boo To You @ MarkerPOP Blog.
• Challenge #186: Halloween @ Craft Your Passion Challenges.
• Challenge #28: Halloween @ Love To Create Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #96: Halloween @ MFP SpeedyTV Friends of SpeedyTV Challenges.
• Halloween Challenge @ Whoopsi Daisy Challenge.
• October: Fall or Halloween @ Stamp and Create.
• Trick or Treat @ The Sisterhood of Crafters.
• BLD58: Trick or Treat @ By LORi Designs Challenges.
• Challenge #181: Halloween @ Creative Belli Blog.
• Anything Goes @ Paper Crafting Journey: Anything Goes!.
• Challenge #183: Anything Goes @ Hanna And Friends.
• Costumes/Halloween Challenge @ MilkCoffee Challenges*
• S For Scary @ Alphabet Challenge Blog*
• Challenge #1: Anything Goes @ Craftyhands Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #17: LOC/Halloween or Creepy @ Left Of Center Creative Challenges.
• Halloween @ Stampin With the Dragon.
• Something Spooky @ Stampin' for the Weekend.
• Challenge #32: Anything Goes @ Challenges 4 Everybody.
• October: Distress Stickles @ All That Stickles.
• PNDC #16: Anything Goes @ The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge Blog.
• RCS #56: Hocus Pocus @ Red Carpet Studio.
• Costumes/Dress Up/Halloween @ Melonheadz Friends.
• Challenge #49: Halloween or Halloween Colors @ Sparkles Monthly Challenges*
• Tuesday Throwdown #171: Witch Way To The Candy @ Tuesday Throwdown*
• Challenge #76: Halloween @ Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog*
• Challenge #7: Halloween @ Fan-Tastic Tuesday.
• PSC98: Fall or Halloween @ The Perfect Sentiment.
• Challenge #135: Halloween @ The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #191: Halloween @ Fab 'n' Funky Challenges.
• Halloween @ Little Red Wagon.
• Anything Goes/Halloween @ Creative Moments.
• Challenge #66: Halloween or Colors (black, orange, purple) @ Ruby's Rainbow Challenges.
• SDC123: Fabulous Folds @ Stampotique Designers Challenge.
• Happy Halloween @ D R S Designs Rubber Stamps.
• DTBST #201: Happy Halloween @ Sassy Studio Designs*
• Challenge #166: Halloween @ 4 Crafty Chicks*

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.

DT Day at MelJen's Designs - Box It Up!

Good morning everyone!! Today is my DT Day at Meljen's Designs! And this month we have a Box It Up! Challenge. I have never created a box, so this was definitely a challenge. I had a co worker at work ask me if I would make her a card for her 5th grader. She would be graduating 5th grade this year. So, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to create a box to put the card in. I also wanted to see if I could create a bookmark attached to a card. So, that is what I did. Here is what I came up with:

This is the box, opened up with the card inside.

These two are the box and the card.

Here are different views of the box.

These are the front of the card.

Here is the inside of the card and the bookmark is on the right with the homemade tassle.

And here is the bookmark. I perforated the edge so that it can be torn/cut off and used as a bookmark.

This was really a great challenge. I really enjoyed designing the box, the card and the bookmark. I hope my co worker will like it too for her daughter.

I used Grad Cap and Grats Grad Frame from Meljen's Designs to create the box, the card and the bookmark. I used all kinds of scrap papers that I had left over from back to school items. I also used gems from All That Scraps. I used several die cuts for the card and a Doodlebug stamp for Congrats! I used some eyelets and twine on the box. I used DMC thread to create the tassle on the bookmark. I used a sketch for the card:

Challenges:

• Sketch #39 made by Shirley @ Friday Sketch Challenge.
• Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday.
• Challenge #39: Anything But A Card @ Craft Us Crazy
• Challenge #22: Free Style @ A Blog Named Hero.
• Challenge #16: Anything Goes @ Challenges 4 Everybody.
• March Anything Goes Challenge @ One Crazy Stamper Dot Com.
• Challenge #4: Layer It Up! @ Lacy Sunshine.
• March Challenge: Baby, Congratulations, Thinking of You, Easter @ Card A Day Blog.
• Anything Goes @ Crafter's Digital Art Center.
• Challenge #6: Anything Goes @ Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges.
• Challenge #7: Anything Goes @ Pin and Tack Handcrafted Delights.
• Challenge #48: Anything But A Card @ Crafting For All Seasons.
• Challenge #6: For The Kids @ Creative Craft Challenges 2.
• Stamp Challenge #6 @ Lady Anne's Challenges.
• Anything Goes @ Brown Sugar Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #7: Diecuts @ Natalie and Amy's Challenge.
• Paper A La Mode March 23-29: Anything Goes @ The Outlawz.
• Challenge #11: Anything Goes @ 613 Avenue Create.
• Challenge #41: Bling @ The Emerald Faeries Challenge Blog.
• TTT Challenge Theme: Anything Goes @ Shelly's Images.
• Challenge #71: Anything Goes @ Clealy I Stamp.
• Anything Goes @ Creative Inspiration Paints.
• Challenge #155: Make It Cute @ Craft Your Passion Challenges.
• MIM #133 @ Make It Monday.
• Challenge #148: Anything Goes @ My Graphico Challenge Blog.
• Week #159: Lovely Layers @ The Shabby Tea Room.
• Use A Digi @ Whoopsidaisy Challenge .
• Anything Goes @ Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Blog. 
• TTCRD March 26th-April 1st: Anything Goes @ Through the Craftroom Door. 
• Day #85: Throw Back (using eyelets) @ 365 Cards. 

This was a really fun project! Thanks for looking and be sure to check out the rest of the teams awesome designs through the month!! :)