Shades of Autumn for Rhedd and Rosie

Hi

Rhedd and Rosie have a new challenge running - Shades of Autumn I decided to use a stamp from a set I got ages ago - there is a lovely vintage feel to it, and as she is raking up the leaves I thought it very appropriate!  I did a bit of resist technique to create the acorn background and added a couple of die cut leaves.  The sentiment gave me a hard time - I'm not too happy with this one but it was the best I had :)

Apart from a few doggie dramas all is well here.  Poor old Mable has had yet more teeth removed (and so have I!!) I think she only has 2 left now!!  My little rescue poodle is so funny, I don't believe the vet when she said she had perfect vision in one eye, she walked slap bang into Christopher the other day, and he is hard to miss!

I hope you are all ok and I look forward to seeing your entries in the new challenge!

Love

Melissa

Lavinia goes Autumnal with their new challenge!

Hi!

This month at the LAVINIA STAMPS CHALLENGE BLOG  they have gone all autumnal :) these stamps are so easy to picture build and i've used one of a new image of an acorn house, I put glossy accents on its roof to give a bit of shine :)

Looking forward to see you entries! Don't forget there is a Lavinia Stamps £40 gift voucher for the winner!

Love

Melissa xx

Sew Fun!

Hi All

I was inspired by a similar project at Ali Pali and thought it would be nice for my friend for Christmas as she is a fantastic seamstress!  It was really good fun finding and creating all the bits!. I got my crackle glaze out for the edge and used some Indigo Blu stamps.  A good rootle through my Nan's old button box also revealed some gems!

Love

Melissa xx

Rhedd and Rosie's Challenge "something for the boys"

Hi!!

I think it is safe to say most of us don't like doing Men's cards - no sparkle, no bows no pretty's but we all have to make them :)  Especially me with most of my family and friends seeming to be male!

The new challenge from Rhedd ad Rosie http://rheddandrosies.blogspot.co.uk/ is going to challenge you all to think MEN you should take a look at some of the others DT work it is stunning.

Anyway - this is my contribution, the good old garden shed, I love the detail of this stamp and it looks such a fun place to explore too! the bow has been replaced by a twine knot so I got some pretty bit on it ;-) I am also finding the fence die quite useful on these sorts of images too.

This was an alternative - less crafty but quite amusing! "retirement, twice as much wife, half as much pay!"

90 years young

Hi All

Winter is here and we are just off to watch Chris play in his first school rugby match brrrr.


Chris's girlfriend Kathi commented on a similar card I made saying it reminded it of her Grandmother so when it came to celebrating her 90th birthday I was flattered that she asked me to make her a special card.



Love

Melissa xx

Rhedd and Rosie go Steampunk style in their latest challenge

Hi all

The new challenge from Rhedd and Rosie is Steampunkie Rick St Dennis  gave us some great digi images to work with.  Normally I steer clear of Digi Crafting so it was quite a challenge to make myself go back there as this is how I started a lifetime ago and before I discovered stamps and inks :)

Anyway this is what I did, thoroughly enjoyed all the colouring :)

So join in the challenge with your Steampunkie and win some great prizes

Love

Melissa xx

Lavinia Stamps new challenge! Add a Flower

Hi all

Lovely Lavinia Stamps time again!! this month's challenge is to "add a flower" now how simple is that!

This is my offering.  I just love the soft aqua of the glitter paper.  And the little flowers stamp I've used as a boarder is really useful too.

Lots of love

Melissa xx