MeGa Stampin Studio

Scallop Square Card....Sort of!!

At first glance, it appears this card, designed by Connie Hasselrick, is a regular scallop square-shaped card.  But that is only partially true. 

 
Connie did something we haven't done before.  See how she folded the card and then attached the scallop square piece to the inside of this square card. See the photo below.

 
So fun!  So cute! Thanks for sharing your creativity with us, Connie.  Aren't all of these ideas from our stampin' friend wonderful!  Thank you to you all for sharing with us!  MeGa Team - Melissa & Gayla

 

Sew Glad We're Friends Card!

This card, designed by Linda Wright, is another fun idea using the popular sewing theme.

 
We stamped and cut out the dress form from the Stampin' Up! set, Sew Suite.  This really add some fun color to the card.

 

Enjoy the week!  MeGa Team - Melissa and Gayla
 

Cupcake Birthday Card!

It's Monday and what a great day to share another fun card we made at our shoebox swap.  (You can tell we had a lot of fun.)

This simple, but oh so cute card, was designed by fellow demonstrator, Donna McCain.  Notice how cute this cupcake has been embellished.

 

This yummy 1/2" stitched Concord Crush ribbon just adds so much to this card. 

 
Here is a close-up of the cupcake so you can see the details - polka dots, bling...even the cherry has added dimension.

 Thanks for stopping - Melissa and Gayla
 

Freebie Friday - Bunny Easter Egg holders

Today we are going to share a fun way to display your colored Easter eggs.  We are giving you directions and the pattern so you have plenty of time to make these for Easter.

 
 
To create these sweet little bunnies, you will first need to gather your supplies and print "this" patttern.  (We have included the chick holder from Two Paper Divas as well.) 

Supplies include:  White and pink card stock, punches, ribbon, and embroidery floss.

Trace and cut out the bunny on white card stock.(the ears on pink) 

 

We then ran ours through the Big Shot using a polka dot embossing folder.  This creates a fun texture on our bunny.

 

Now put his face on :)  We used the Two-Step Owl punch from SU! to create the eyes.  We found this size worked perfect.  You could use gogglie eyes.  You can go as basic or "over-the-top" as you choose.   We made an eyelid with eyelashes for ours.  (cut the large circle in half and fringe and curl for lashes.)  We used embroidery floss for his whiskers.

We also added ribbon and eyelet around the neck.

 

Add Scor-tape to one end of holder.

 
Wrap around your egg and secure. Add a pom pom or cotton ball for his tail.

 

Now, hop on over to Two Paper Divas and check out the cutest "chick" ever, that we posted yesterday.  Both patterns are available there as well. 

As always, we hope you have enjoyed your visit.  Melissa and Gayla

Great "Pop Up" card!

As promised, here is one of the fun samples we made during our shoebox swap last month and this one was designed by Patti Higdon.

 

 

Open the card and see the fun pop-up inside.

 
This card was designed for Valentine's Day but this design would be adorable for Easter or several other holidays or occasions.  Enjoy!

MeGa Team - Melissa and Gayla 

 

Pretty Pansy Card

Although we don't like to think about it, we all sometimes need a sympathy card.  The inspiration for this card came from my friend, Wendy. Her pansies were shades of lavender; I chose to use Melon Mambo.  Hi ,Wendy!!

 
This card shows you how to use the butterfly punch to create these beautiful flowers. You simply punch two butterflies, sponge them or you could use watercolor paper, an aqua painter and ink.  These flowers were then "painted" with Crystal Effects.

 
Other supplies used for this card include:

• card stock - Whisper White, Basic Black, So Saffron
• Ink - So Saffron, Melon Mambo, Basic Black
• Stamps - Thoughts and Prayers
• Other - So Saffron ribbon, Butterfly punch, sponges, brads, Textile embossing folder, Little Leaves die

 

MeGa Team - Melissa

Freebie Friday - Paper sack purses

Happy Friday...This week's freebie is a fun paper sack purse that would be a great party favor or gift bag.

 

 

Gathering you supplies:

• Card Stock  - Pink Pirouette
• DSP - Ice Cream Parlor
• Lunch size paper sack - cut to 4" high
• Embellishments - buttons, brads, flowers, ribbon etc

 

First, cut your card stock.  One piece is 5-1/2" x 6-1/4", the other is 4-1/4" x 5-1/2".  Score the 5-1/2" x 6-1/4" piece at 2" along the 6-1/4" side.  Using an Exact-o knife, make 2 slits wide enough for your ribbon handles on the scored line.

 

After you have adhered your ribbon, glue the paper sack to this piece making sure to only glue the back of the sack.  (You want to be able to open the paper sack fully to fill it.)

  

Next glue the other piece of card stock (4-1/4" x 5-1/2" to the top of the paper sack.

 

Now, cut your patterned paper for the front, back and purse flap.  You can choose to use all the same paper or stamp on the card stock but here are the measurements we used.  The front and back pieces are 4" x 5-1/4"; the flap is 1-3/4" x 5-1/4".  Glue all these piece to your card stock.

 

 

 

We added a few of the adhesive elements from the paper pack to dress up the front of our purse.
 

We created a closure piece one of the adhesive scallops, a crocheted flower and a fabric brad.  We attached this to the center of the flap, over-hanging slightly.  The velcro piece was then added behind this piece.

 
 
 
There you have it!  Fun, fun, fun.........great for birthdays, party favors, or how about Easter!

Melissa and Gayla

 

Tulips are springing up everywhere..

Don't we wish...hopefully it won't be long.

What a "cheery" birthday card!  See details below on how to make these tulips.

 
Supplies used for this card include:

• card stock - Whisper White, Old Olive, Bashful Blue
• patterned paper- SU! retired Sweet Pea
• stamps - Upsy Daisy
• Nestabilities, MFT grass die, two-step bird punch

Here you can see how the petals on the tulips were sponged and then "lifted" a bit after they were adhered to the card.  A drop of Crystal Effects was added to create a drop of dew.

 
To create the tulips, you will need to punch thre wings using the Two-Step bird punch.  If you use DSP you'll need to flip it over to punch one of them.  This is so that the two outside "wings" or petals in this case, are pointing out.  Glue all three to your stems.  What a great spring time card.

Make it a great day!

MeGa Team -

Melissa & Gayla
 

For a sweet little girl............

Here is a framed work of art that I created for my adorable adopted niece, Maliha.  I love being an honorary aunt and take it very seriously.  Her room is done in Orange Sherbet (which her mother loves) but since all little girls need a touch of pink, the name is done in Peach Parfait and Regal Rose. 

The letters were cut out with the Serif Essentials Alphabet and then ran through a polka dot embossing folder.  The white card stock was punched using the Scallop Trim Border punch.  This scalloped border created the perfect edge to hang the tiny hangers from. 

 

All the little hangers were hand-made from 22 gauge wire.  The baby onesies were made using the Baby Tees wheel.  They were all wheeled using Staz-on ink and then colored in with ink pads and a blender pen.  Some of the images were cut out and popped up.  I think you can see that the star was done this way.

 

This one was created for a very special little girl but you could easily take this idea and create your own!  Thanks for stopping!  "Aunt" Gayla

Happy Spring!

Happy Spring!!  We are so ready for spring here in the midwest.  We have actually been having a few warmer days so we were inspired to make a "Spring" banner in celebration.  This banner is made with the jumbo bottle caps.  We have been having so much fun playing with them.

 

Here is what they look like before we spray painted them.  We just used an ivory metal paint.  If you are interested in purchasing some of these, please check it out here.  Also, if you haven't seen all the new My Mind's Eye patterned paper, you can check that out here.

 
The photo below shows how they look after they have been painted.  We used the Serif Essentials Alphabet dies to cut out "S-P-R-I-N-G."  We also used the Lacey Scallop Circle from Spellbinders.

 
We used Stampin' Up's Pennant die for the actual banners. We die cut them from Naturals Ivory card stock and we sponged everything.  We used crinkled hand-dyed ribbon to string this entire banner.  We embellished the bottom of each "triangle" with a felted wool ball.

 

 

We also used some of our new Epiphany bubble caps between each banner.  These can also be found here in the Two Paper Divas store.  The possibilities for these are endless.  Aren't they too fun!!

 

 

To see another fun project using these jumbo bottle caps, please go to Two Paper Divas today, to see another fun project.

Have a great weekend.

Melissa and Gayla