April Card Kit

i'm posting today with some cards that I made using a beautiful card kit that my friend, Merry, put together. A group of us decided to join together and take turns sending out kits.







Feel free to hop around to see what the others' have made!

Jen Carter

Cheryl Knutti

Melissa Ladd

Maggie Haas

Kristii Lockart

Joan Bardee

Leigh Penner

Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

Birthday Wishes

I loved the colors for the latest 10 Minute Craft Dash, so I decided to play along! You can see all the details here .


I forgot to get a photo of my phone with the time, but I was just under 10 minutes, at 9:34. Fun!



I used the Quatrefoil Coverplate (PTI) for the embossed background, Birthday Style (PTI) for the sentiment and balloons. The inks are A Muse Studio, except the blue which is Colorbox Blue Iris. The pink paper is from Crate Paper.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Melissa

Ugliest Card Blog Hop

I'm playing along with Suzanne's April 1st Ugliest Card Ever Blog Hop!

You can join the fun here .


My ugliest card was an attempt at a scene from Mario Bros. My son was going to a Mario-themed birthday party. It is so bad! I should definitely stay far away from themed-cards!!


Happy April!
Melissa

Thinking of You

We've been on spring break this past week and it's been great to relax and have some fun adventures with my kids. Another bonus of being a substitute teacher....no need to take any time off when school is out! I haven't been able to make many cards though--hopefully soon!

I made a bunch of cards with Mini Blooms--such a fun set! I forgot to hit publish on this post, so I thought I'd share.



Happy Easter!
Melissa

Just a Note.

Hope you're having a good week. March is certainly flying by! One more week and we will be on spring break, and I'm excited for a slower pace for a bit!

I really had fun playing around with Watercolor Wonder to made this clean card. I used my beloved A Muse inks.



Hope you have a great day!
Melissa

Happy 1st Birthday

Happy Sunday!



I used this week's retrosketch in making a birthday card for my niece.



The paper is from the new Maggie Holmes Crate Paper collection.

Thanks for coming by!
Melissa

Cloud9

I'm playing along with this month's Cloud9 Blog Hop . Isn't that photo gorgeous?

I was inspired by the colors and made two cards.



For the first, I stamped a background using different images from Folk Art Floral and Embroidered Bouquet. The sentiment is from Written on Ribbon.


I stamped the square image from Chantilly Trim four times, overlapping. The sentiment is from Quite Like you. I then stamped and cut out a trim image, also from Chantilly Trim.

Thanks for taking a look!
Melissa