Mel's Creative Creations

I have become the kind of card maker that likes to have a stack of cards handy for any kind of occasion. I was asked recently if I had a birthday card. I looked through the stack I had and my daughter who did the asking picked this one. It didn't have a sentiment on the front of the card so she stamped the Happy Birthday herself. I was pleasantly surprised by that as she usually doesn't do those kind of things like stamp on cards.  Anyways, today I wanted to share the envelopes I made to match the card. I say envelopes because as you can see one of the envelopes was just a tad to small. I used the Tranquil Tide Designer Series Paper that you can find in our annual catalog on page 190. One of the reasons I love our envelope punch board is because we can make our own envelopes to go with the cards made. Since I tend to make odd shaped cards (not your usual standard size cards) this works perfectly for me. You can find supplies here  online store . I also wanted to...

The other day I showed you all the Tranquil Textures designer series paper. I wanted to showcase how the paper looks when you make cards with it. I do not have the Sea of Textures stamp set so I used a retired stamp set. I love how these cards came out. It reminds me of summer and being on the beach. I got the inspiration for the cards in our annual catalog.

We are having a buy 3 get 1 free paper sale right now. It will end on the 31st of July. I wanted to take a moment and showcase one of the papers from the Tranquil Textures Designer Series Paper. I thought it was a perfect match to the Hold Onto Hope card I made. The colors found in the paper as a whole are Balmy Blue, Crumb Cake, Fresh Fig, Mint Macaron, Night of Navy , Soft Sea Foam, Tranquil Tide and Whisper White. I made the envelope using my envelope punch board. I like that board because I can make an envelope in any size. At times my cards are not the standard size and this gives me the freedom to be creative.