Senior Layout Creativity Challenge # 4

My middle daughter Lauren is a senior this year, I can't believe how time flies by so quickly... She has grown into this amazing beautiful young woman. I am so proud of her and can't wait to see how she spreads her wings through life and flies.

Here's the layout (TFL)

The school colors are Blue,Black and Gray

Used Cricut Base Camp for all the letters and shadows

Argyle Cuttlebug Folder used on all letters

Just loving the "BLING" paws and the rhinestones

Hugs & Scraps

Melissa

Halloween Flower Card (WHAT?) Creativity Challenge # 3

Well this morning I am working on Halloween card, as I was picking papers for the card mats I came across this really cute candy corn paper that I probably have had in my stash for several years. ( I literally had to wipe the dust off of it)...lol.

I do love Halloween, it has always been one of those time when you can let your imagination run wild, and no one thinks your a "WEIRDO"...  Being the mother to all girls, I always hated when people would try to scare them at Halloween and have spent many Halloween nights standing in someone's yard consoling them, after being scared to death by some "chain-saw carrying masked man"....

So for this card I kept it simple but added something I have never seen on any Halloween card thus far....A FLOWER....  The inspiration came for the colors in the candy corns and I FINALLY broke out the I-Top and used it to make a candy corn brad for the center of my flower.  I can see the I-Top and I are going to become really close friends ...lol (this tool is awesome). I also used Heidi Swap stamps for the flourish behind the flower and used black UTEE for the trick or treat and edges around the mat.  It  gives it a raised "spooky " feeling. The flower came from Forever Young cut at various sizes to give it a graduated look, and I inked the edges with distress ink to tie the colors together.

Remember CREATIVITY is EASYyou just have to DREAM

Hugs & Scraps

Melissa

Creativity Challenge Project # 2

Needed a driving cup....I know I am not the only one that has to have a drinking cup while driving.I love all of those fancy driving cups that you can get at the retail stores with monograms or vinyl or I have even seen ribbon initials.  Well they can be pretty expensive (Like $10 or $12 for just ONE).  I don't know about you but I could buy a whole lot of plastic cups at Wal-Mart for that price...

But I did really want my own special driving cup, so "What's a girl to do"?.....Make her OWN.

I have had this cup in my craft room for several months now I bought it a Hobby Lobby when they were 50% off.  (so 5 bucks for the cup) a piece of paper and a little creativity and now I have my OWN personalized driving cup.

I hope you will give it a try, Super Easy and really Inexpensive.

Remember do something CREATIVE EVERDAY

Til next time

Hugs and Scraps

Melissa

Apple Harvest Card

Hey everybody I hope you are doing well.  This weeks challenge over at CCC is to design a card for fall easy enough right? That Mary she always seems to put a little "Mary Twist " on the challenge, you can use any cart but NO BROWN,YELLOW or ORANGE. What was she thinking...good grief Charlie Brown...So as I pondered over this and lurked at my paper wall for just the right colors...I drew a blank...Complete no holds bar BLANK...And then I started thinking of all the things that fall brings, cooler weather, deer hunting, Halloween, falling leaves, HARVESTING...well that what it the Harvest ... So the card stock started flying and the paper trimmer started cutting and the end result is this cute little truck loaded down with Apple from the harvest.

Recipe :

Standard A2 size card
Little Blue layer (5 1/4 x 4) Run through Divine Swirls Cuttlebug Folder
Truck (Just Because Cards) page 43 cut @ 5 inches on REAL DIAL SIZE
All layers for truck cut on REAL DIAL SIZE also
Apples Cut at 1/2 inch on Real DIAL SIZE
Pop Dots
Signo White Gel Pen
Green Grass (Prism Paper) hand torn
Silver Brads for (hudcaps)
Harvest Word (Mickey Font) welding using Design Studio

Thanks for stopping by....til next time

Hugs & Scraps
Melissa

Creativity Challenge Day # 1 A "NEW" technique !!

I consider myself pretty crafty and like all different types of media when I am crafting, so for today's challenge I decided to go beyond my normal A2 card and challenge myself to a new folding technique.

I chose the WINDOW FOLD technique, all I can say is I am so impressed with how simple it was to do.  I have to say that this card has a "WOW" factor about it.  My husband even said "WOW" and he is usually not very easily impressed....lol 

I think my card making has reached a new height from this simple little fold, and now after months of trying to look like I knew how to make a card.  I can honestly say OMG thats a great card.  And you know the best part about it all is I can say " I DID THAT". 

Hugs & Scraps

Melissa

30 Days of Creativity Challenge - Join Us!

I am so excited!  I have decided to Join the 30 Days of Creativity Challenge.  I want to encourange you to join too!  The details are listed below.  I hope that you will join in too!

If you have an imagination, you have endless creativity!

Join the 30 Days of Creativity Challenge

Michelle Van Etten and Kendra Wiggins have decided to challenge themselves with the 30 Days of Creativity Challenge and want to invite you to join in with them. It is super easy to join in! There are a couple of things you need to do to join in on the fun

Post a link to your blog in the comment section of this post. (this is so we can add your blog to our blog list as an official 30 Days of Creativity Challenge member)

Post a link on your blog to MichelleVan Etten and Kendra Wiggins blog announcing you are a participant with the 30 Days of Creativity Challenge

Post a photo of your creations everyday on your blog. (You do not need to post instructions just a picture and if you miss a day keep on chuggin' along. There's always tomorrow!

Have fun! Do not stress. Everydays creations do not have to be masterpieces. Just take the time to use your creativity everyday.

You can use any kind of media. Paint, Paper, Glass, Vinyl, Yarn, String, Fabric, Clay, Jewelry, Cake, Punches. Metal, Ribbon, Wax, Inks, Flowers, and of course your Cricut. Don't let my list hamper your imagination! Just Create!

So be sure to join Michelle and Kendra for the 30 Days of Creativity Challenge and remember:

If you have an imagination you have endless creativity.

True Love Card - CCC Challenge # 40

Here's the card I did for the challenge over at cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com (challenge # 40). The challenge was to make a card using a scalloped circle, square, oval or a rectangle.  any cartridge and any color or theme.  Well you think the ideas would have been pouring out of my "little creative head" right?   well wrong...I think I am suffering from "card making amnesia".  Nothing has worked out when it comes to this challenge, maybe I am "thinking to hard about it'  I don't know.....  Well I did come up with something  last night while cooking, and here it is....I wouldn't say it's one of those cards that makes you go "OMG  what a great card" but  I did have a brief moment of "creative mojo return".  Thank goodness I have to much to get done in my "Scrap Cave " (yes I said "Scrap Cave").  My husband has a racecar in our shop (which I have lovely named the "Race Cave", so when no one can find me they all know to go look in the "Scrap Cave". I probably have glue stuck to my figure and mounds of cardstock surrounding my work table, but it makes me happy and that's what matters.  Well here it is,

TA-DA

True Love Wedding Card

Supplies:

White cardstock cut at 5 1/4 x 5 1/14

Burgundy Mat cut at 5 x 5

Black Mat cut at 4 3/4 x 4 3/4

Victorian cuttlebug folder

Burgundy satin ribbon (Micheal's)

Wedding Solutions Cartridge

Weddings rings cut at 1 3/4

Silver cardstock for the bands

and diamond stickles for the "Bling"

Hugs & Scraps

Melissa