PTT#74 - Anything Goes!

The sky is the limit this week at

Party Time Tuesdays!

Our theme is Anything Goes,

so show us what you've got!

I used the supplies from our generous month-long sponsor

The Robin's Nest

and an adorable image from

StitchyBear Digital Stamps

to make this week's card:

Isn't she sweet?

We'd love for you to stop by and share your creation with us.

Be sure to read the rules and link your project to

Challenge #74 at

Party Time Tuesdays!

Thank you, a layout, and a winner!

First I'd like to thank each and every one of you for the overwhelming response to the 

"Well OWL Be Blog Hop".

I will be visiting all of your blogs in the upcoming days if I haven't done so already!

Today I have a special layout to share.

Of course it's not at all what I envisioned when I started!

I grabbed a stamp, some Smooch, acrylic paint, a pen, fussy-cut mini hexagon strips

and went to work.

Loving the background....

Flipping through my photos and found these heartwarming shots 

of my Mom and niece at our rehearsal dinner.

Twine . . .

Title . . . 

Something handwritten (I'm trying to do more of this) . . .

I love it!

I'm entering this in the ScrapFit Workout #70 : Develop Your Own Polaroid.

My "Polaroid" is actually a piece of chipboard that I painted and inked and dressed up with a sticker.

And now it's WINNER time!

I had 88 fabulous comments on my owl-themed mini album, 

and Random.org has chosen:

Comment #12!

Susan MartinJune 22, 2012 9:14 AM

Wow!! What an amazing album!! I love all the different owls throughout!!I love the color theme of the album and all the amazing papers you used. Absolutely gorgeous!

Susan
http://scrapathousandwords.blogspot.com

Congrats, Susan!!

Please email me (kelseymel@yahoo.com)

 so I can get your prize in the mail.

Thank you so much for your wonderful comments!

Well OWL Be! Come hop with us!

Welcome to the Highly Anticipated

"Well OWL Be" it's Heather Lynn's 1st Blog Hop!

If you have arrived here from Little Honey Bee Studios

then you are in the right place!

If you just stumbled into the hop and want

to start from the beginning, go HERE.

Today is the day that Heather Lynn's love for everything OWLS

is showcased through the creative talent of her friends

at each Blog Hop Stop!

*** GRAND PRIZE ***

Heather Lynn, the Hostess with the Mostest,

is offering up this fabulous Grand Prize to 1 Lucky Follower:

In order to be eligible to win the GRAND PRIZE above,

you must do the following:

1. Be a follower of each Blog on the Hop.

2. Leave a comment at each Blog on the Hop.

3. Once you have finished, please return to Heather Lynn's blog

and leave a comment stating you have done both!




I'm also doing a little giveaway of my own to thank you for stopping by:

{paper and chipboard album measure 5x5}

All you have to do to be eligible to win is leave me a comment!
If you're not a follower of mine (I'd love it if you were!), 
please be sure to leave me a way to contact you if you're the lucky winner.
*Comments will remain open until 8am EST Monday, June 25, 2012.
Winner will be chosen via random.org and announced on Monday, June 25, 2012 by 5pm EST.

I was so honored to be asked to join this hop!
I created an owl-themed mini album:

I used a mix of papers from Teresa Collins {Carolina Breeze}

and Basic Grey {Little Black Dress}.

Some of the embellishments and papers are part of a prize pack

I won over at Krafting Love (Thank you, Kenya!).

This book has room for several photos and a bunch of tags for journalling.

It was so fun to make, I hope you enjoyed looking at it.

Now you will HOP over to Heather's Crafty Blog Space!

Here is the HOP Lineup in case you get lost along the way :

Heather Lynn - http://heathernovinger.blogspot.com

Jessica S - http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com

Julie K - http://3girljam.blogspot.com/

Avery - http://iowacraftgirl.blogspot.com/

Norma G - http://lilhoneybeestudios.blogspot.com/

Melissa K - http://kelseymel.blogspot.com

Heather E - http://craftymamaof2heve.blogspot.com/

Lisa - http://indymermaid.blogspot.com

Jessica E - http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com

Scrapbook Joe - http://scrapbookjoeblog.blogspot.com/

Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com

Paula D - http://scrapyourworld1.blogspot.com

Erica - http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

Heather Lynn - http://heathernovinger.blogspot.com

Simple Thank You Cards

Sometimes less is more, and that is the theme of this card set.

A simple shaped card.

DCWV Mediterranean Mat Stack.

A stamp, coordinating chalk ink and a circle punch.

Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Motifs and some pop dots for dimension.

And that's it.

 I love the way they turned out and will likely make a bajillion more.

Hope you're having a great week, friends!

PTT# 73 Color Inspiration

Happy Tuesday!!

I'm so excited to share this week's challenge at

 Party Time Tuesdays

because these are some of my favorite colors:

Would you look at that sunset?!

Gorgeous!

Thanks to our awesome sponsors I was able to create this card:

So cool, right? 

The papers, rub-ons and Dew Drops are courtesy of

The Robin's Nest.

And that amazing image is from 

Crafty Sentiments.

Crafty Sentiments Blog

I hope you are inspired to play along with us this week!

Please visit the Party Time Tuesdays blog for all rules

and to check out our fabulous sponsors!

Blog Hop Reminder and a Sneak Peek!

Don't forget, friends, Friday is the big day!

Heather Lynn's owl-themed blog hop will be packed full of talented crafters,

inspirational projects, and yummy giveaways!

Here's a peek at what I'm creating for the hop, I can't wait to share it with you!

See you Friday!

Happy Father's Day!

I'm so, so blessed to be the daughter of one of the most amazing men on the planet.

And to be the wife of one of the most amazing men on the planet.

I'm surrounded by wonderful fathers - my brother is one as are my brothers-in-law.

And if I could've actually picked my father-in-law, I definitely would've picked mine.

I made this card for my dad using my trusty stash of Graphic 45.

I hope you have a blessed Father's Day with the fathers in your life.

If you're missing your father I hope you're remembering him today with fond memories. 

A card for the birthday boy!

I guess I should say man, since he'll be 38 tomorrow.

But I do, for some reason, refer to my husband as "the boy".

I always have and I just can't seem to shake it.

I grabbed a premade white square card blank, my 6x6 of EP's This & That Charming,

a cheapie stamp from Michael's and went to work.

Here's a closeup of the fan. It was excruciating to make.

Thank goodness for glossy accents!

I added a cute Making Memories charm from my stash to hide the insane mess 

that I made with all that glue.

And that's it! Thanks for taking a peek.

I hope you all have a great weekend,

I'll be back on Sunday with a Father's Day card.

New Blog & Giveaways!

Erin over at My Scrap Cabin

is branching out on her own and is need of followers.

She's having a Housewarming Party

and hosting some amazing giveaways!

Go check it out,

and good luck!

http://erinblegen.blogspot.com/

Thank you!

First I'd like to thank those of you who have asked about me.

I'm okay, just busy entertaining the kids since school is out.

I'm feeling a little blah and trying to work through it,

thankfully the sun is shining and we are all healthy.

Can't complain about that!

I stopped by Mojo Monday for a little inspiration

and, as always, they didn't disappoint.

Look at this cool sketch!

So I grabbed my gorgeous stack of MME {On The Sunny Side}

and got to work.

Here's what I came up with:

I think this card came together in 3 minutes - 

the sketch and the paper made it too easy!

Thank you, again, for thinking of me and always for the wonderful comments you leave.

I will be playing catch up today and visiting each of your wonderful blogs!

Father's Day at Party Time Tuesdays!

This week at Party Time Tuesdays we'd like to see the "mechanical" side of crafting.

Cogs, gears, robots, bulldozers, automobiles, etc.

So get out your "manly" papers and embellies and show us what you can do for Father's Day!

I used these gorgeous papers from The Robin's Nest

and an adorable image from The Stamping Boutique

to create my card.

We're also being sponsored by Robyn's Fetish this week,

be sure to stop by Party Time Tuesdays to check it out!

The Royal Treatment!

It's a ROYAL party this week at Party Time Tuesdays.

In honor of the Queen's birthday we want to see your cards shine!

Bling, gold, crowns, layer it on!

The design team was given oodles of fabulous product

to work with from the nice folks at

The Robin's Nest (our month-long sponsor).

I was able to choose my adorable image from:

Tiddly Inks

Stop by the Party Time Tuesdays blog

for more design inspiration featuring images from

Tiddly Inks and The Paper Shelter.

We can't wait to see your royal creations!

Long time, no blog!

With the exception of my Tuesday cards for Party Time Tuesdays

I have been seriously lacking in the blog department!

Just busy tying up all of those end-of-the-school-year details.

Hurry up, summer!

And speaking of summer (you see what I did there?)

I just bought the most adorable paper from My Mind's Eye -

On The Sunny Side.

Have you seen it?

Go buy it.

It's adorable!

That dollface is my son. I can't believe he'll be 10 in October. TEN?!

What's that little piece of paper tucked behind the photo?

It's my journaling card, of course:

I don't remember where I got that stamp {a good life},

but it's my absolute favorite.

See? Cute. 

I love summer.

What's your favorite season?