Melissa 🙂
I am a seeker of that crazy, excited feeling that comes when you've created something that’s unique, beautiful and expresses who you are in some small way. It’s like making a new discovery, when you find a unique combination of color, layout, dimension and texture. I call it a creative spark and it makes me giddy! Through sharing and teaching I hope to help others find this amazing feeling of creative bliss!
The Garden Lane designer series paper is the featured product for today’s fun fold card ideas. This is a new designer series paper that will be available in the 2019 – 2020 Annual Catalog, that goes live on June 4, 2019. This paper is all about shades of green and I love it! In today’s […]
For today’s project and video, I’ll be showing you how to use Brusho to create a stunning background. This is one of my May/June 2019 Club and Free Card Kit Projects. So, the card I’m sharing today was inspired by my friend and fellow demonstrator, Wanda Williams. She used the same background technique but with […]
In today’s post and Facebook Live, I’m sharing an art piece that was the layout inspiration for three variations on a card design. I’ve used two stamp sets, the Pressed Flowers hostess set that will retire with the Annual Catalog on 6/3, and the Woven Heirlooms set, which will be available in the new 2019 […]
My project features a watercolor wash background with the Florentine Dies. This was a stamp club project and also a May/June 2019 Free Card Kit project. Each time you do a watercolor wash background it will turn out differently, as you may be able to see from the two cards below. Also, a few additional […]
Today I’ll be sharing three projects from the May Simple Suite Stampers Card Making Tutorials Bundle. The featured product suite this month is Classic Garage. These projects provide a great sneak peek into this months card making tutorials bundle. The Bundle is available for FREE with qualifying customer orders and it’s available to my team […]
Today’s fun fold card was one of the make-n’-takes at my team gathering. I just love this cute shirt card layout and it’s very easy to make too! For this fun fold card, we used the Classic Garage designer series paper which will be retiring when the 2018 – 2019 catalog expires on June 3, […]
Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop and May 2019 Color Challenge! The color challenge this month was a bit difficult for me and yet I love that I can always come up with something I really like in the end. Today’s projects feature the Timeless Textures Stamp Set, Vibrant Vases Stamp Set and Triple […]
In today’s post, I’ll be sharing projects made with variations of the Masking Tape Technique and two retiring stamp sets, Lovely As A Tree and Amazing Life. Up until now, I’ve really only done the masking tape technique in one way. It was really fun to play with some variations on the technique! For this […]
I just love a DIY Stamp Pad! They’re so easy to make and use, plus they can provide a big wow to a simple project! I recently shared some projects made with a DIY stamp pad and thought it might be helpful to go into a little more detail about why I love my DIY […]
Today’s post features a video of my OnStage Event Presentation, in Charlotte, NC on April 13, 2019. I’ll also be sharing a few highlights of the event including photos of just some of the wonderful stamping friends I had the pleasure of sharing this event with. I cannot begin to tell you how grateful I […]
Today’s projects are for the card maker that wants an easy WOW effect without a lot of work. I’ve used the To A Wild Rose bundle, a 2019 Annual Catalog Sneak Peek, and a homemade ink pad! These are a few of the projects I shared in my presentation at the Stampin’ Up! OnStage event […]
Today is the day when we find out what products are officially retiring from the 2019 Occasions Catalog and from the 2018 – 2019 Annual Catalog. Once the Stampin’ Up! Retiring List comes out it’s important to purchase the products that you love ASAP! Anything on the retiring list is only available WHILE SUPPLIES LAST! […]
