May 2023 / Stamping With Melva

Stampin' Up Countryside Inn Frame Card

Tuesday 30 May 2023

Have you noticed the amazing new dies associated with the Countryside Inn Suite? I love these dies and I love that you can easily create frames, including stamped frames using these dies.

Monday 29 May 2023

I’m so excited to be featured in the the International Highlights Top Ten Winners Blog Hop hosted by Kylie Bertucci. I was selected to participate in this hop by finishing in the top 10 in the May 2023 International Highlights. Thank you to everyone who voted for my Pop Up Pocket Card.

Sunday 28 May 2023

Do you love shaker cards like I do? When I saw the Beautiful Balloons Bundle, I knew that it was calling out for a shaker card! I created this one using the Gold Celebrations Specialty Paper that comes in the suite. The shaker bits are the circles that are cut out when you use the Dots and Spots Die - It was a bit fiddly to poke them all out, but was worth it.

Friday 26 May 2023

It's time for another Festive Friday Challenge! Every second Friday we post a challenge for you with a specific theme and an Inspo List of 10 items to choose from to create your project. We encourage you to create a project based on the theme and Inspo List and then post it using at least 3 items from the inspiration list.

Tuesday 23 May 2023

Welcome to the Trip Achievers Blog Hop. I am so honoured to be participating in this Blog Hop and I am so thankful for the support I received from my Customers and Team Members so that I could achieve this trip (less than 1% of demonstrators world wide earn this trip)! Thank you so much!

Sunday 21 May 2023

I love the patchwork techniques for cards - what a great way to show off the amazing Designer Series Paper we have, but also a great way to use up the Designer Series Paper we have in our stash!

Saturday 20 May 2023

Today I'm hopping with the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop sharing projects from the 2023-2024 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue. One of my favourite bundles in the catalogue is Timeless Arrangements. It's amazing - so many amazing sentiments that can be mixed and matched and the dies are fabulous. If you love adding texture with sprigs, then this bundle is for you!

I'm back with another casual card for the Casually Crafting Blog Hop. We're a group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators that love to stamp and love to share. We share card and projects that are simple and easy to create with a few products and are perfect for the beginner and casual stamper. Our blog hop goes live on the third Saturday of each month. I hope you'll join us and "hop" around our group to be inspired!

Friday 19 May 2023

I shared this card on a recent sketch challenge and I have to tell you how much I love the colours - who would have thought Moody Mauve and Wild Wheat as a colour combination. Wow! love, love, love it!

Wednesday 17 May 2023

Time for another Creativity Abounds Blog Hop! We are a group of very keen Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from all around the world who are coming together to share our creative ideas with you. We are happy that you can join us and hope that we can inspire you to make creations of your own. You may be starting here or you may have come from someone else's blog - either way there is a list at the end of this post to help you move around all the different blogs and get many amazing ideas. We all have our country listed - so if you are looking for a demonstrator in your country, these demonstrators would love to look after you with your Stampin' Up!® shopping or if you would like to join our Stampin' Up!® teams.

Tuesday 16 May 2023

I have no idea if there is an actual name for this card, but I'm calling it a flap card. I received a beautiful card from Sharon Burkert using this fold and decided to CASE it using the Stampin' Up! Beautiful Balloons Bundle. I love the colour combination of Berry Burst and Bubble Bath.

Monday 15 May 2023

I'm excited to be training with Bruno and Kylie again this year and participating in our monthly Blog Hop with amazing Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world. The purpose of the group is for the group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators that are part of the program...to share ideas and to learn from each other...to help us in our Stampin' Up! Business. Our theme for our blog hop each month is "Thank You".

Sunday 14 May 2023

Have you see the adorable little critters in the Zany Zoo Suite from the new Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue? I'm having so much fun playing with them. The Designer Series Paper is amazing - you can cut out the critters using Dies or Paper Snips to add to your projects.

Friday 12 May 2023

Thursday 11 May 2023

Time for the Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop. We are a group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators around the world who participate each month to share projects we are working on. Our theme this month is "Graduation". I had fun creating this card featuring the Beautiful Balloons Bundle from the new 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue.

Tuesday 9 May 2023

It's time for another Technique Tuesday Blog Hop and I'm hopping with Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world. This month the theme is Designer Series Paper.

Monday 8 May 2023

I'm excited to participate again in Kylie's Monthly International Blog Highlights for May. Today I'm sharing a pop up pocket Thank You card that I will be giving to cabin stewards and other staff on the upcoming Incentive Trip Cruise to the Norwegian Fjords! I'm so excited to be part of a very exclusive group of Demonstrators that earned the trip last year - less than 1% of Demonstrators earn the trip. We leave on May 21st for our cruise.

Sunday 7 May 2023

Did you join us for the Virtual Launch Party yesterday? If you did, then you made this card. I love how pretty this card turned out. I used the die cut from the Fresh as a Daisy Bundle along with the pretty paper from the Bright and Beautiful Suite. Blending brushes added the perfect amount of colour to the flowers and leaves in the die cut. I'd love to get a card like this in the mail, wouldn't you?

Saturday 6 May 2023

Welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop as we share what projects we are currently working on to inspire you! You will be visiting with our Design Team Members as they share their wonderful projects and ideas to help spark your creativity. This time our theme is a "Dry Embossing with Dies".

Friday 5 May 2023

It's been a long time since I've played with the Baby Wipe technique but it thought it would be fun to use with the Watercolor World Stamp Set. I'm getting ready to leave for my Norwegian Fjord Cruise and the Stampin' Up! Incentive Trip and I thought this would be a perfect image. I love to travel and I'm excited to be able to see the Norwegian Fjords. Less than 1% of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators earn the Incentive Trip and I'm excited to be part of that exclusive group on this years trip!

Wednesday 3 May 2023

Today I'm hopping with Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world and we are sharing our projects featuring products from the new Annual Catalogue with you as part of this blog hop.

Tuesday 2 May 2023

I'm so excited that the 2023-2024 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue launches today! Wow, so many amazing new products. I think that one of my favourites from the catalogue (at least as of today) is the Countryside Inn Suite. I love all of the blues!