Melonheadz Design Team

Happy Monday and welcome to the latest Melonheadz Challenge. Please join me and the rest of the Design Team for "Add Sparkle!" Who doesn't love sparkle!??

First up is my people shaped card. I so relate to this girl, especially on a Monday, amirite!?? LOL This image is a freebie file from a few years ago. I just love her! She isn't exactly sparkly, but her coffee cup is!

While you can't see it in the images, I also used clear glitter Wink of Stella in her hair and on her bunny slipper ears. It's very cute, sorry I wasn't able to capture it here. I used my Cricut Explore to make the card, welding two images back to back, mirroring one of them. I cut the colored image separately and slightly smaller, then adhered it to the front of the card.

My inside message is made using three stamp sets; Verve stamps, Better With You (coffee ring stain) and My Creative Time, Family is Everything and All You Need is Coffee to create my one of a kind sentiment.

I didn't stop there though! I have another project for you today as well. A scrapbook page! Been so long since I did a layout and I really enjoyed putting this one together. I used the Little Miss Kindergarten Cinco de Mayo Part 1 bundle. Notice the touches of stickles on the banner, maracas, sombrero and salsa set. Love that stuff for adding just a bit of sparkle! Nikki's images are so adorable and embellishing them is only part of the fun. I can't wait to add pics to my scrapbook page.

I love the cute title, and added the little sombrero for extra fun.

The super cute banner and maracas are also part of this colorful digi set...

.....as are the bowls of chips and salsa. Cute cute cute!! All images are printed in color and stickles accents added.

Thanks for coming to the studio today. I hope you'll join me and the team for this fun challenge! Be sure to visit the Melonheadz Etsy Shoppe for tons and tons of fun digi images to play with!!

Additional Products Used:
Various stamps by Stampers Anonymous, Bo Bunny, Jaded Blossom
Flag dies by My Favorite Things
Foam tape, Stickles
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My Creative Time Designer Challenge

This card is for the MCT Designer Challenge. I used colors from the photo inspiration {pictured below}. 

Love the Pretty Spring Wreath stamp set and thought it was perfect for incorporating all the colors in the photo!

MCT April Color Challenge

The four ink colors I used are:
Hero Arts Soft Cantaloupe

My Favorite Things Cherry Crisp

My Favorite Things Daffodil

My Favorite Things Wild Wisteria


Product List:
My Creative Time, Pretty Spring Wreaths
My Creative Time, More Gift Card Sentiments
My Creative Time, Mini Chalkboard Tags
My Creative Time, Rectangle Frames
Memento, Bamboo Leaves {green ink for wreath}

My Favorite Things, Sketch 225

Today's sketch by My Favorite Things Card Challenges. I went super simple with this one. I like the yellow on black and it seems fitting for a miss you card. Thanks for coming by to take a look! 

Sketch 225

Product List:
My Favorite Things, Blueprints 9 dies
My Favorite Things, Blueprints 22 dies
My Favorite Things, Just My Type stamp set
Clear embossing powder, sequins

Lawnscaping Challenge

Today's happy card is for the Lawn Fawn Sketch challenge. I used the Lawn Fawn, Here's The Scoop stamp set for this one. Too cute!

The sentiment and ice cream are both on this set. The drip is not part of the set though; I cut that myself. :)

Product List:
Lawn Fawn, Here's The Scoop
My Creative Time, pierced circle die
October Afternoon, pattern papers
Quickutz square and rectangle dies
Foam tape, clear embossing powder, copic markers

 

CASology ombre Challenge

This week's challenge at the CAS*ology blog, is ombre. I'm pleased with how my ombre effect turned out! I used Distress Ink, Picked Raspberry to create the pretty pink ombre background for my card.

The elements I used for this card are all by My Favorite Things.

Again, I layered the kitty in the box with foam tape and heat embossed the kitty and the happy word with clear embossing powder.

Product List:
My Favorite Things, I Knead You stamps and coordinating dies
My Favorite Things, BB Somebunny stamp set {birthday wishes}
My Favorite Things, Happy Trio die set
Copic markers, foam tape, clear embossing powder, distress ink

Paper Smooches, SPARKS Challenge

Today's card is for the Anything Goes SPARKS Challenge at Paper Smooches. Hope you like!


I used three Paper Smooches sets to create my card; Spiffy Scooters stamp set for the sentiment, and for the adorable rolling pin, the Kitschy Kitchen stamps and coordinating icons. The rolling pin is so darn cute!!

I cut several of the rolling pin dies, colored with Copics, and choosing the best one for the top, layered them with foam tape for dimension. You can't really tell in the photos, but I also heat embossed the top layer with clear powder for texture and fun! Thanks for looking!

Product List:
Paper Smooches, Spiffy Scooters stamp set
Paper Smooches, Kitschy Kitchen stamp set
Paper Smooches, Kitschy Kitchen icons
My Favorite Things, Fishtail Flags STAX dies
October Afternoon, Modern Homemaker 8x8 paper pad

Jaded Blossom April Challenge

Today's card is for Jaded Blossom's monthly challenge. This adorable slice of bread is from the cute little You're My Butter Half stamp set, and the sentiment is from Kawaii Sentiments.

I colored the "bread" with copic markers then added the sweet little face from the Peachy Keen Kawaii Faces stamp set. Then I heat embossed them with clear embossing powder and attached to the card with foam tape. Didn't they turn out just so cute?!

Product List:
Jaded Blossom, You're My Butter Half
Jaded Blossom, Kawaii Sentiments
My Favorite Things, In and Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies
My Favorite Things, Fishtail Flags die set
Peachy Keen Stamps, Kawaii faces assortment
Colorbok and Simple Stories pattern papers
Foam tape, clear embossing powder, copic markers

SPARKS Challenge for Paper Smooches

For this week's SPARKS Picture Perfect Challenge, I used the colors in the photo for this sweet baby congrats card. The cute little creatures are from the Paper Smooches We Adore You stamps and matching dies, the flags are from the Adornments die set, and the sentiment is from A Little Lovin stamp set.

 As I do most of the time, I cut several images and layered them using foam tape. Cuz I love that!

Here's a little closer look at the sweet bunny, bird, and ladybug.

Product List:
Paper Smooches, We Adore You stamps and matching dies
Paper Smooches, A Little Lovin stamps
Paper Smooches, Adornments flag die
Copic markers, clear embossing powder, foam tape, pattern paper by My Mind's Eye

My Favorite Things, Sketch & Color Challenge

It's challenge time again and I decided this time to combine both challenges into my card! Color challenge #19 and sketch #224 on the Card Challenges blog if you want to play too. There is plenty of time left to join the fun. :) The adorable snail, planter boot and sentiments are from the new set by My Favorite Things, You Gnome Me.

Card Challenges

Product List:
My Favorite Things, You Gnome Me, stamps and dies
My Favorite Things, Scribble Flowers Die-Namics
My Favorite Things, In & Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangles
My Favorite Things, Black Licorice Hybrid ink pad
My Creative Time, 3x4 journal card die
Copic markers and multi-liner pen
Pattern paper scraps, white gel pen, clear embossing powder, twine

Melonheadz Friends, 2 or more pattern papers

This week's Melonheadz Friends challenge is to use 2 or more designer papers. I used shades of blues from Doodlebug and October Afternoon for my boy birthday card. The adorable baseball player is from the Sports, Franklin Lewis (black/white) set.

I colored his uniform in Mariners colors and gave him number 34, Felix Hernandez, my grandson's favorite player. :)

Clear embossed the image after I colored it with my copic markers and added the rub-on numbers to his jersey. So much fun! I know Feliciano will love it.

Product List:
Melonheadz Friends, Sports, Franklin Lewis, b/w
My Creative Time, Rectangle Frames die set
My Creative Time, Grand Slam stamp set
Papers by Doodlebug and October Afternoon
Clear embossing powder, copic markers, rub-on numbers

My Favorite Things, Sketch Challenge 222

I used this week's sketch challenge design to make a belated birthday card. Completely spaced on a friend's birthday (I think she'll forgive me; she knows I also have 6 family birthdays in March as well as hers!) Anyway, here is my card. I didn't stray much from the sketch, actually.

I used elements from three My Favorite Things die sets, plus a partial sentiment from the Birthday Sentiments stamp set.

Foam tape lifts the stars for dimension, and sequins add texture.

MFT Card Challenges

Product List:
My Favorite Things, Sun Moon & Stars dies
My Favorite Things, Blueprints 9 die set
My Favorite Things, Blueprints 22 die set
My Favorite Things, Birthday Sentiments stamps
My Favorite Things, Black Licorice Hybrid ink pad
My Creative Time, Rectangle Frames die
Paper Smooches, Scripty Sayings stamps {celebrate}
Foam tape, sequins

My Favorite Things, Color Challenge 18

Couldn't wait to use the adorable kitty dies and stamps by My Favorite Things, from the I Knead You set. Isn't he so sad, lying there all forlorn. :( Poor, sad, kitteh.

He has a soft, cushy rug to lay on, though. ;) I used a narrow oval to create the rug using pattern paper in the colors of the challenge. After coloring my kitty with copic markers, I heat embossed with clear powder.

Of course, I had to cut several and layer them.....that's just how I roll. Foam tape rules!

MFT Color Challenge #18

Product List:
My Favorite Things, In/Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangle Dies
My Favorite Things, I Knead You stamps and dies
My Favorite Things, BB Somebunny stamps and dies
My Favorite Things, Just My Type stamps, sentiment
My Favorite Things, Black Licorice hybrid ink pad
My Creative Time, Stitched Oval die
Foam tape, clear embossing powder, copic markers