I made the first round!!

Just popping in real quick to share that I made the first round for J&S Hobbies and Crafts Design Team call!! I'm SO excited!

If you haven't yet visited their website, you got to! They carry a variety of papers, embellishments and tools and carry two of my favorite product lines; Graphic 45 and (new to me) Heartfelt Creations!!
Also, Shellie has started her own paper and embellishment line; Designs by Shellie. She has a STUNNING paper collection; Tranquil Gardens that has some beautiful purple, blue and green hues that just scream mini album and cards!

Visit Shellie's YouTube channel and Facebook page, she has some gorgeous tutorials that are free to the public. They are SO easy to follow and create beautiful albums.

So now, I'm just waiting for my package to arrive from J&S for the second round. They are sending product for us to make a project for Round 2 - so stay tuned for my project!

Thanks for stopping by!
Mellisa

Kit and Kadoodle Call!!

Now honestly? I'm sure there are many other ladies out there who would be much more "qualified" than myself to enter Laura's call, however I could not help myself when I saw her blog post. To be on a team with her would be awesome! I love Laura's paper creations, I just don't understand how she can get those from her brain onto paper and design, but she is a genius! If you would be interested in apply,  you can get all the details here: Kit and Kadoodle Crew Call

In any case, I decided to apply - you have to start somewhere right? Here's some of my submissions....wish me luck!!

First, this is an art palette that I altered, on it my YouTube name. I used alot of different products on this one including Prima color bloom, flowers, items from Epiphany collection, Petaloo flowers, Tim Holtz metal embellishments and much more. I had alot of fun layering paste,  paint, sprays and stamps for the base, then layering different bits of papers and embellishments.

This is a tag I originally made for a Swirlydoo's challenge. I  LOVED playing with inks and paper layers with this one. I used some scraps of Steampunk Debutante as well as Bo Bunny(don't remember the name of the collection), the tag base is old G45 packaging.

This is an OLD project, that I would love to redo again if I can find Laura's pattern O.o. She debuted this suitcase back in 2012 CHA and I just LOVED the idea. It opens to house an album and also a calendar in a very unique way.

Thanks for looking!
M

Hello Dear Vertical Paper Bag mini album

Another project complete a little while ago - I just loved creating this! Inspired by Ginger's (MySister'sScrapper on YT) tutorial, I followed most of her measurements, just tweaked a little here and there - then had fun creating each of the pages and bound together using Laura's stack the deck binding system. Most of the papers used here are Blue Fern Studios Montage and Blue Garden(?) collections. There wasn't much needed to add to make this album beautiful. The images on the papers are stunning!!

ABC Primer Album

Here's a recent album I created and actually was sold today. I hope she enjoys it!
I created it using G45's ABC Primer and some Typography thrown in. It's a smaller sized album but has MANY places for photos.