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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

A Creative Journey with Melissa December Blog Hop


It's another awesome month, December is my favorite month, I love Christmas.

Welcome to the monthly NEW RELEASES for A Creative Journey with Melissa. 
love participating the blog hop whenever I can get a chance. It's been awesome being part of the A Creative Journey with Melissa design team. It's a great pleasure being around great talents. 

I am thrilled to be able to share these creations with you today. The new stamp releases are the Sentiments for all Occasions and the Sign Language Numbers: American Sign Language stamp sets. 

We are also highlighting our amazingly cute and versatile Everyday Alphabet stamp sets throughout this hop as well. 

I am highlighting the
Sign Language Numbers: American Sign Language stamp set for this blog hop. Below you will see the two projects that I created using Sign Language Numbers: American Sign Language stamp set. 





First card is a Happy Birthday card, Oh how I wish I am 3 years old again, LOL. 




The second card, is a Happy New Year's Day Card. 



Please be sure to hop along to each of the Design Team Member's blog, become a follower their blog if you aren’t already and answer the question correctly that they have posted to qualify for the giveaway.

The giveaway includes:
Sentiments for all Occasions stamp set
Sign Language Numbers - American Sign Language stamp set
Sizzix Embossing Folder set
Prima Flowers

My question is do you have any traditions during this holiday season? What is your favorite?

My favorite tradition is making Christmas cards during my birthday and mailing them out hopefully the next day. During New Year's Eve I love to go over my scrapbooks and remember old times with the people I love that is no longer with us. 

The Blog Hop line-up:


Please be sure to answer every question asked of you correctly on each blog 
and become a follower if you aren’t already. 

If you qualify, you will be entered in the giveaway for the three prizes if you do so! 

Entries for this blog hop will end Friday at 8 PM PT. 

Winners will be announced on Saturday on the A Creative Journey with Melissa's blog.

You must contact Melissa with your shipping information via Facebook PM, comment on her blog or e-mail her within three days of the winning announcement blog post or your prize will be forfeited. US Residents only please. Thank you for your understanding.

Be sure to check back to see if you are a winner. Thanks so much for hopping along with us!

Normally, we have a new release Every second Wednesday of the month however in January, we will be going to the Craft and Hobby Association (CHA) Convention so we will NOT have a new stamp release in January. The Craft and Hobby Association (CHA)Convention is located in Anaheim, California and super close to Disneyland.  We are looking forward to learning some great new things! One of the BEST things about this convention is you get to see the latest and greatest of the Craft and Hobby Industry are shown BEFORE they are released to the public! Instead of new stamp releases we will be showing you the latest products BEFORE THEY ARE released to the public. It is an amazing show and we hope you will join us in our adventure. If you are creative, you are going to LOVE IT! It will feel like you are right there with us! To check out pictures from last year, go to our photo album. You will see some AMAZING THINGS and we can't wait to share them with you! If you are interested in finding out if you qualify to be a CHA member visit https://www.craftandhobby.org/eweb/StartPage.aspx?site=cha 

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

A Creative Journey with Melissa October Blog Hop

Welcome to the monthly NEW RELEASES for A Creative Journey with Melissa. 
Every SECOND WEDNESDAY of the month we will be featuring our newly released stamp sets. I am a Design Team member for A Creative Journey with Melissa and I am thrilled to be able to share these creations with you today. 

The new stamp releases are the You’re Snow Wonderful and Coffee is my liquid therapy
We are also highlighting our amazingly cute and versatile Everyday Alphabet stamp sets, throughout this hop as well. 



Where did the time go it's already October, one of my favorite month of the year.  
I am highlighting the You’re Snow Wonderful stamp set for this blog hop.  
This time, I made two Christmas cards using the 
A Creative Journey with Melissa's You're Snow Wonderful stamp set. 



Card#1 The snowman in the mason jar snow globe. 





Card#2  The family of snowman sending their love.






Please be sure to hop along to each Design Team Member's blog, become a follower their blog and answer the question correctly that they have posted to qualify to win the prizes.

The prizes include:

You're Snow Wonderful
Coffee is my liquid therapy 
Sizzix Embossing Folder set
Scrapbook Adhesives 3-D foam squares 


My question is which of the two cards I made this time you like the best? 
Card#1 The snowman in the mason jar snow globe 
Card#2  The family of snowman sending their love

The blog hop line-up:

Alena: You are here

Please be sure to answer on everyone's blog the question asked of you correctly and follow each blog. You will be entered in the giveaway for the three prizes if you do so! Entries for this blog hop will end Friday at 8 PM PT. Winners will be announced on Saturday on the A Creative Journey with Melissa's blog http://acreativejourneywithmelissa.com/blog/october-new-release-blog-hop-winners/

Be sure to check back to see if you are a winner!

Thanks so much for hopping along with us!

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

A Creative Journey with Melissa August Blog Hop


Welcome to the monthly NEW RELEASES for A Creative Journey with Melissa. Every SECOND WEDNESDAY of the month we will be featuring our newly released stamp sets. I am a Design Team member for A Creative Journey with Melissa and I am so excited to be able to share these creations with you today. 

The new stamp releases are the Awareness Ribbon Stamp Set #3 - Ready for a Fight and the Awareness Ribbon Stamp set #4 - Autism Awareness. 
We are also highlighting our amazingly cute and versatile Everyday Alphabet and Everyday Alphabet Outline stamp sets throughout this hop. 

I am highlighting the both the Everyday Alphabet Upper Case and Emoticon Clear Stamp and Everyday Alphabet Lower Case and Numbers stamp sets for this blog hop. 


Isn't today another Awesome Wednesday! Today is a very special day for me it's my Mama's birthday. She may be no longer with us but she is forever in our hearts. In honor of my mom I created  a 6 x 6 Scrapbook layout of Mama, she would have been 67 years young today. 



The second one I created is a birthday card for my mother-in-law, her birthday is on August 27th. This card will be making it's way to Portugal, card says "feliz aniversario" which means Happy Birthday in portuguese. 


Please be sure to hop along to each participant, follow their blog and answer the question correctly that they have posted to qualify to win the prizes. The prizes include:

  • Sizzix Embossing folder set


My question is, can you guess what is my all time favorite classic Disney animated movie? 


Amanda


Alena - You Are Here

Melissa



Please be sure to answer on everyone's blog the question asked of you correctly and follow each blog. You will be entered in the giveaway for the three prizes if you do so! Entries for this blog hop will end Thursday at 8 PM PT. Winners will be announced on Friday on the A Creative Journey with Melissa's blog here http://acreativejourneywithmelissa.com/blog/blog-hop-winner-3 
Be sure to check back to see if you are a winner!

Thanks so much for hopping along with us!



Tuesday, July 8, 2014

A Creative Journey with Melissa Blog Hop

Hey, it's Wednesday. Happy Hump Day!

As you all know I am a Design Team member for A Creative Journey with Melissa.
I am very excited to show you all, these projects I made with awesome stamps by A Creative Journey with Melissa Stamps. I am highlighting the Wedding and Celebration stamp for this blog hop. Just love this stamp set, especially when its just the right size to be stamped on ribbons.

Please be sure to hop along to each participant and answer the question correctly that they have posted for this hop. If you do, you will be entered to win one of five prizes. You can win the Tie Dye and Splatter stamp set, the complete two piece set of the Everyday Alphabet stamp set, the complete two piece set of the Everyday Outline Alphabet stamp set!
My question is ________________________________________________


The first one I created is an 8 x 8 Scrapbook layout of my cousin during her wedding.



This is a matching Congratulations on Your Wedding card that I made to come along with it.



Thank you for visiting and please be sure to hop along to all of our other amazingly talented design team members and comment on each blog answering their question correctly. Contest ends Friday at 8 PM. Winners will be announced on http://acreativejourneywithmelissa.blogspot.com/Saturday.


Alena - http://www.anela.com/2014/07/wedding-and-celebration.html



Sharon:




Saturday, May 31, 2014


This is a good example of another man's trash is another man's treasure. I cut out the part of the sizzix stamp and thinlits die packaging out and made the card with it. It's actually still work in progress. May wanna make a shaker box out of it.





Friday, May 2, 2014

Just Signing Away...

Tonight I created a card using the Sign Language Alphabet – American Sign Language Stamp by A Creative Journey with Melissa Stamps. This stamp made me think about my college years  in the Philippines where a friend of mine thought me how to sign the ABCs.

You can buy the stamp at ACreativeJourneywithMelissa.com






Saturday, April 12, 2014

I Just Love You

I just love these stamps, I used them to create the two cards below.

Doesn't the love stamp, it complete this gorjuss 3D paper tole aka decoupage card?


For this 3rd card, I just can't help myself but to use the wobble springs 
to make the I Love You sign to wobble. :)


To find this stamp just click HERE.

Have a GREAT Weekend everyone! 


Thursday, March 27, 2014

A Creative Journey

Oh my where did March go? I am so happy to announce that I am now a member of stamp company A Creative Journey with Melissa 's Design Team.

Here's a card in a box that I made using the I Just Love You stamp.



To find this stamp just click HERE.

Have a GREAT Weekend everyone!