In Stamping Mode

Monday, February 14, 2011

I love a shabby challenge

Hey everyone and happy Valentine's Day! I hope you all had a wonderful day on this Hallmark holiday, lol! I was sooo happy to finally hand out all of the Valentine creations I've been holding onto and creating for the past couple of months. Whew...a minor de-cluttering there. :)

Every Valentine's brings a special day to our household as our eldest son celebrates a birthday the eve before! Yesterday, we celebrated Harrison's 7th birthday and he spent it exactly the way he wanted...with his closest friends exploring the Texas Inner Space Cavern. It's a pretty large cave system with a great history and story. I think they most enjoyed seeing bats and having a "friendly" bat doing his occasional dive-bomb on us, LOL! Then we got to celebrate at school today with cupcakes with the class...perfect for Valentine's too!

So anyway! The real reason you are here probably... :) A little shabby creation, shall we? The latest challenge over at the Play Date Cafe is to create a project using this inspiration.


I seriously couldn't resist playing along after seeing all of the shabby gorgeousness.

And I was inspired to create this...for someone who recently moved into their new home...for new beginnings...home is where the heart is after all.

I used the recently released set from Taylored Expressions called Cozy Cottages...which is a set whose partial proceeds go directly to the Habitat for Humanity! I went without coloring this time (whoa, I know!) and just stamped to some Snow White cardstock in Tuxedo Black ink and then die cut with the Take Note Die 2. I love layering dies upon dies, so I die cut the accented black patterned paper with the new Frame it Up Die 1 die. Wow, I'm realizing I used a lot of dies here! I also die cut some muslin fabric with the new Banner Day 1 Die and then stamped the border and greeting from the It's a Banner Day 1 stamp set. Whew! There's actually a lot going on here! I grabbed some buttons, a chipboard heart, and Maya Road flower to add some pretty accents. :) The fun glitter is a Martha Stewart tinsel glitter I'm still smitten with from Christmas...I'm not sure I can stop using it any time soon!

Ok, back to the evening grind of tornadic weather in my stamp room as I attempt some submissions. :) Until next time!

10 comments:

Rebekah said...

Yum. So shabby, sweet and chic. Love all the elements together!

Karen said...

I have seen alot of shabby look cards around and I think I need more practice but I am getting there. Love your card Melissa, it is just goregous

Rose said...

So yummy and shabby, Melissa! I LOVE it! sooo GORGEOUS!

Ruth S said...

Gorgeous shabby card Melissa! Thanks for your inspiration ;)

Andrea Ewen said...

Gorgeous! What pretty papers and fabulous vintage-y accents! Love the glitter, too! Thanks for playing along with us this week at the Play Date Cafe!

Colleen Dietrich said...

How beautiful! I love all your paper choices too. Such a delight to look at! Thanks for joining us at the Cafe this week. :)

Libby Hickson said...

This is completely gorgeous, Melissa! That inspiration photo really was right up your alley, wasn't it? :-) Thanks for joining us at The Play Date Cafe! And Inner Space Caverns - I *just* asked Carter yesterday if he'd like to go visit a cave sometime, I think that may have to be on our to do list in the next couple weeks. Do you think a 3yr old would do ok walking along the path there? I haven't been there in years, cant' remember!

Libby Hickson said...

Oh and PS - happy birthday to your little man!

Jinny Newlin said...

Ever so pretty, Melissa! Just love every, last, little, layered element! And your stamping is fantastic! Oooo! Awww! Thank you so much for playing along with us, this week, in the Cafe!

Carolina said...

ADORABLE girlie!!! You rocked the challenge!

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