Sparkle with Lavinia

Hi Guys

Sorry this is a bit late, I've been away over new year and had techie problems with my internet, but all sorted now!! The Lavinia Stamps competition blog  is up and running, and now you can enter via email too! so no excuse :)

This is Nick and I all dressed up for New Year

 Chris and his girlfriend Kathi

 The view from our hotel room was a bit wild!

This months challenge is to add a bit of glitter, which is right up my street! I decided not to use one of the fairy stamps, but this new tree one instead, Unfortunately I have not photographed it very well, I have used loads of colour sparkle on the tree and I am not sure it has shown up properly, but hope you like it and would love to see your entries!

Love

Melissa xx

Let it snow (but only on your project!)

HI

It's time for the new Rhedd and Rosie's Challenge "Let it Snow"  another great idea.  I decided to set myself a challenge.  I CANNOT measure ANYTHING properly so I thought I'd stretch myself and make a drawer to hold a DVD (the original Ladykillers) and have an easle card on the top.  I was so pleased with the result :)  I hope you like it too.  The stamp is a Lili of the Valley.

If you would like to know how to do this, please leave me a message and I'll detail it out for you :)

Have a go at the challenge there is a fantastic prize!

Love

Melissa xx

Stash Dash at Rhedd and Rosie!

Hi!

The latest challenge is to go through your old stash and see what you can make! I had some paper I've been looking at for ages and then I found a skull and crossbones charm, so I combined them with a Lily of the Valley stamp and made this :)

So have a dig around and see what you can find.  The challenge is at http://rheddandrosies.blogspot.co.uk/

Love

Melissa xx

Anything Goes at Lavinia Stamps!

This months challenge at Lavinia Stamps is a nice and easy one in some respects, but then there are so many stamps to choose from and so many things you can do with them that "anything goes" can become quite a challenge!!

This month I've created the following

 The one below is on a very sparkly yellow background, unfortunately my photography skills aren't up to capturing that!!

I look forward to seeing all your entries, come on it is a simple one! give it a go at http://laviniastamps.com/blog/

Love

Melissa xx

Christmas Is Comming with Rhedd and Rosie

Hi All

the new challenge from Rhedd and Rosie is "Christmas is coming" click on http://rheddandrosies.blogspot.co.uk/ to enter, a nice easy one as we are all making Christmas cards I'm sure, there is a great prize for the winner too.  We were sponsored by Craft Shapes Torbay and they sent us some great wooden shapes to play with!  This is what I did with mine :)

This time there are a few rules, but they are very easy to follow!

Requirements for this challenge.......
Your entry must have 2 or more items from the list below,either as embellishments or the main feature/centre piece (a small token piece in the corner of the card will not count)

Please choose from this list...Christmas Tree. Baubles. Christmas Stocking, Angel, Reindeer, Gift. Star.

I used flowersoft on the cuff of the boot for extra dimension and a few die cuts.

This box was so sparkly that I thought it looked best on a plain background.  The two smaller ones were other ideas :)

Birds and Blooms - the new Rhedd and Rosie's Challenge

Hi Everyone

Rhedd and Rosie have a fantastic new challenge "Birds and Blooms" Here I coloured the stamp with distress markers first as this give a water colour effect, Then I added this delightful bird.

Anyway - there is a fantastic prize to be won, so pop on over to http://rheddandrosies.blogspot.co.uk/ and give it a go :)


Love

Melissa

Lavinia Stamps November Challenge £40 of vouchers to be won!!

Bright Hot Colours is the new theme at the Lavinia Stamps Challenge this month.

This was a real challenge for me as I tend to go for more muted tones - I made a tag and a card.  My son's girlfriend pinched the tag which was nice :)






 In the second one I've used the new zentangle range of stamps, which are my new favourites :) I have used a load of metallic colours in her hair but didn't manage to pick them up to much in the photo.

Love Melissa xx