Simple Bookmark Idea

 Good Morning, Stampers!

Got any book lovers on your holiday list? Check out this simple bookmark idea! You can personalize these using images or die cuts to coordinate with the theme of the book,  a special theme or color or monogram letters - the possibilities are endless! 

This will fit a small book. You can easily adjust

the measurements for larger books.

SU!pplies:
Paper: Shaded Spruce, Real Red, Basic White

Accessories: Reindeer Fun, Basic Rhinestones, Real Red Stampin' Blends

Happie Stampin'!
~Melissa

Paper Craft Crew Weekly Challenge #590

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Welcome to the Paper Craft Crew Weekly Challenge!
This week, we have a color challenge featuring these

rich, vibrant Fall colors. Pick 2-3 and create something pretty!

I chose to use Blackberry Bliss, Wild Wheat and Old Olive

for my card. I began by blending the colors onto Basic

White cardstock. I then took a waterpainter and splattered 

Basic White ink on top. Once dried, I added the die cuts

and finished it off with a sentiment and ribbon. 

SU!pplies:
Stamps: Changing Leaves

Ink: Old Olive, Wild Wheat, Blackberry Bliss

Paper: Basic White, Wild Wheat, Old Olive

Accessories: Changing Leaves dies, Wild Wheat ribbon, water painter

Happie Stampin'!
~Melissa

Check out more ideas

featuring this week's color challenge:

NEW Kit Collections!

 Good Morning, Stampers!

It's OCTOBER! We have 2 NEW kits just in time for holiday crafting and gift-giving! As a *BONUS*, ALL kits are up to 30% off, too! Holiday savings and crafting fun, what could be better??!! Check out all the kits in my online store HERE

Happie Stampin'!
~Melissa

Yuletide Christmas

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 Build beautiful wintery village scenes with the Yuletide Village stamp set. The lined images give you lots of options for different coloring techniques - Stampin' Write markers, Stampin' Blends, colored pencils, watercoloring and so much more! 

For this card, I stamped the church and trees using Versamark

ink and embossed using white embossing powder. Then, I 

outlined the images using the light Lost Lagoon Stampin'

blends. I finished the panel by stamping the snow and 

sentiment using Versamark ink. I love the serene scene!

Shop the Yuletide Village stamp set HERE

SU!pplies:
Stamps: Yuletide Village, Greetings of the Season

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Very Vanilla, Lost Lagoon

Accessories: Pecan Pie/Vanilla ribbon, Perennial Postage dies, Snowflake Sky embossing 

folder, White embossing powder, heat tool, Lost Lagoon Stampin' Blends

Happie Stampin'!
~Melissa

Sentimental Gift Wrapping

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’Tis the season to create Christmas cards, gift tags and scrapbook pages, but have you tried gift wrapping??  The Sentimental Christmas 12" x 12" designer series paper is filled with traditional holiday images: holly and berries, candles, snowflakes, candy canes and Christmas trees that are perfect for small gift giving, too! Create one-of-a-kind gifts for everyone on your list this holiday season!

Shop the Sentimantal Wishes suite HERE

SU!pplies:
Stamps: Sentimental Wishes
Ink: Pecan Pie
Paper: Basic White, Sentimental Christmas DSP
Accessories: Stylish Tags, Shaded Spruce ribbon

Happie Stampin'!
~Melissa

CSF Saturday Blog Hop - Favorite Non-Christmas Bundle

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Welcome to the Create with Stampin' Friends

Saturday Blog Hop! This week, the team is sharing

their favorite non-Christmas bundle from the Holiday 

Mini Catalog. There are so many great new sets to choose from!

I opted for the One of a Kind bundle. I love that they included

sentiments that can be used all winter long. There are lots of 

events that occur throughout the wintertime and using 

a snowflake theme makes it more personable. I combined

the bundle with the Wanted to Say dies because they 

complimented the sentiments perfectly!

SU!pplies:
Stamps: One of A Kind

Ink: Craft White, Tuxedo Black, Melon Mambo

Paper: Basic White, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Smoky Slate 

Accessories: One of a Kind dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Wanted to Say dies, Black/Vanilla

check ribbon, Glossy Dots Assortment, Adhesive Back Sparkle Gems

Happie Stampin'!

There are more great projects to see featuring

non-Christmas bundles! Go NEXT to see what

Connie created or BACK to see what Libby created!

rubberFUNatics Weekly Challenge #311

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Ooh, look at this week's rubberFUNatics

Weekly Challenge! Grab some of your 

favorite background stamps and create along with

me! Don't have a background stamp? No worries!

Add several small images to your block to create 

one large image! So many different ways to design

with this challenge! Have fun!

I used the Layers of Beauty bundle for this card.

It is so quick and easy to add color to the image

using the masks and a blending brush. Perfect

coloring with depth and dimension every time!

SU!pplies:
Stamps: Layers of Beauty, Sweetly Scripted, Greetings of the Season

Ink: Tuxedo Black, Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Old Olive

Paper: Basic White, Old Olive, Fresh Freesia

Accessories: Layers of Beauty masks, blending brushes, Iridescent Gems

Thanks so much for joining me today!

Happie Stampin'!
~Melissa

Paper Craft Crew Weekly Challenge #589

 Good Morning, Stampers!

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We are creating this week's Paper Craft Crew Challenge around this Fall sketch. There are so many rich, gorgeous colors to pull inspiration from this time of year!

I combined a little old with some new for this card. 

I love how well everything

coordinates! 

SU!pplies:

Stamps: Layering Leaves

Ink: Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon

Paper: Crumb Cake, Basic White, Frames and Flowers DSP

Accessories: Spotlight on Nature dies, Pretty Peacock Ribbon, Leaf Fall embossing Folder, Pretty Peacock gems

Thanks for stopping by!

Happie Stampin'!

~Melissa