Mel's Creative Creations

I really do love the Santa's Workshop suite. I was in need of some more Christmas cards and made these. The last card is actually made from a retired stamp set. I really enjoy that stamp set so I kept it to use for my personal use. I also love how you can make a festive envelope with the speciality designer paper from Santa's Workshop. I got my inspiration of the cards using Santa's Workshop from the Holiday Catalog. A reminder that catalog is good until January 2nd.

I do enjoy our Paper Pumpkin. I especially enjoyed November's Paper Pumpkin and wanted to share with you all what I had created. I usually don't defer from what they suggest in making the cards or projects. The only time I might not do it exactly as they tell us is if I think it's too difficult to replicate. I am always happy to have more Paper Pumpkin customers. If you would like to become one let me know and I will find the information out on how to become one. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Thank You for stopping by.

I believe back in August I gave you a sneak peek of the suite Country Lane. With Thanksgiving coming I thought it was a good idea to play with this suite again. Here are the final results. I got my inspiration from the Holiday Catalog. I still have Holiday Catalogs if you are in need of one let me know and I will be happy to send you one. I did a little bit of everything. In the first card I actually used left overs from October's Paper Pumpkin. In the last card seen I even played with some of our Stampin Blends. This suite has been one of my favorites in the Holiday Catalog. Even when this set retires I can see myself keeping it as this is my style. Or should I say my dream style. If you are American I wanted to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving. And to all that read this I am thankful to you and the time you take to check me out!

I recently got back into Paper Pumpkin. This is a monthly subscription and you get a surprise each month. This month was enough supplies to make these lovely cards. I like the convenience of having everything at my finger tips. After I made these cards some of them flew to a new home. I hope the recipients enjoy them! 

If you are not aware November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness month. I made these cards for my sisters as this is the cancer that took our mom away from us 7 years ago. I wanted to do something that remembered our Mom but brought awareness of this cancer to. My plan originally was to have identical cards but I made a small mistake and had to get creative. Lol.  Most of the products I used are recent and can be found in our annual or holiday catalog. But not the doilies as they are retired but we have different kind of doilies, again in the annual catalog. Is there a cause your passionate about? I would love to hear about it.

If you follow me on social media you have seen these pictures already. But for my dear blog readers I thought I would share here my recent order here. Yes, those are Stampin' Up! socks you see. You can only get these if you are a demonstrator and with your flex points. Our new year starts in October and we have have to spend any flex points we have left by the end of the month.The rest of the items you see are in our holiday catalog or main.

I belong to a Stampin' Up! group called Luv2Stamp. A week or so ago we got together and had a stamping day. These are the makes and takes we did. Our hostess also provided us with a bag of goodies and a personal cloth bag that she made for all of us! I think that cloth bag will come in handy for storing the Stamparatus. But I did hear that Stampin' Up! has made a bag for such a purpose. I wanted to encourage you if you can to get together with your crafty friends whether its with Stampin' Up! or something else. Its a relaxing thing and you get to do something creative and make pretty cards as in this case. Most of the projects I made can be found in our Holiday Catalog. Down below I will have a list of items that we used as I remembered them.  Hope you find time to be creative!

This suite wasn't even in my radar when I first saw the Holiday Catalog. But once I got a better look of it I had to have it! These cards were fun to make and I love how cute they turned out. One thing I did like is how the dies coincide with the designer series paper and I was able to cut out the santa with the list. I also was able to make snowflakes from the dies. This design as a whole reminds me of the Christmas specials I would watch as a child. If these items appeal to you, you can get supplies here  Online Store  Down below are better pictures of the supplies I used. Thank you for stopping by!

I wanted to share with you all September's Paper Pumpkin. It was treat bags that you could use for Halloween. Are they not the cutest treats you ever did see? Do you celebrate Halloween? If so do you do treat bags or just give out candy? If you are interested in Paper Pumpkin you can sign here  Paper Pumpkin  and put my name down as your demonstrator. I would appreciate it! Down below you will find the prices of Paper Pumpkin if you decide to prepay or gift someone with a subscription.

I wanted to take a few minutes and showcase the samples I made using the toil and trouble suite from our holiday catalog. You can find that suite on pages 48-49 in the Holiday Catalog. Speaking of holiday catalog if you are in need of one and are not working with a demonstrator I would love to help you out. Please feel free to leave me a personal message. I got these ideas using Pinterest, the catalog and my own creativity. I really love our black glittered ribbon we have and I really think the spider trinkets are awfully cute. Another thing that I appreciate is how the cauldron dies cut out certain images from the toil and trouble designer series paper. Do you celebrate Halloween? If so how and what do you do? Down below you will find a list of the items I used to make my creations. Have a great day and we will talk soon! 

I wanted to give  you a heads up about a sale that Stampin' Up is putting on this week in honor of World Card Making Day. I wanted to let you my loyal readers know about it. You can find them here  Online Store  if I can be of any  more help please let me know. So what will you be making for world card making day? I think I will be working on Halloween cards. Go and be creative!

When Halloween starts it puts me in the mindset of the holidays coming to. But today I wanted to share some Halloween items and ideas you could find in our  Online Store . I haven't even played with my own Halloween items yet but hope in the near future to share with you my Paper Pumpkin from September as well as the Cauldron set I got. What are you doing to create for Halloween? I would love to hear about it. If you are in need of a Holiday Catalog please let me know. I would love to send you one. Thank You!