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Hi: It's Merniebug here. Well actually it's Melanie but I answer to a variety of sobriquets. My mother had been reading Gone With The Wind at the time of my birth, thus, I was named Melanie. My friends call me Mel, It was my sister who coined the moniker Mernie when she was too young to pronounce Melanie correctly. It was eventually shortened to Mern. And then later when my nephew came along he called me Melwee because he couldn't pronounce Melanie either. Now my husband of thirty-four years is so confused he just calls me whatever comes to mind first. Actually I was Sweetheart until the day he realized the honeymoon was over. It was my cousin who added the bug to Mernie which is who I've always been to him and who I am on Splitcoast Stampers. So now that we've gotten past the odd name business, who else am I? I'm a child of the King, a wife and a mother to one grown son and five tailwaggin' fur babies. I am a retired interior designer, a rubber stamper, and a wanna be author who is just completing a first novel. I got into scrapping and rubber stamping to fill a creative void after retiring--it's less expensive than redecorating the house every year. LOL

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

CELEBRATE EVERYTHING

This weeks card featuring Meljen's Designs SOCK MONKEY was fun to create and color.  It was printed twice, the second time a mirror image of the original.  After coloring with Copics the images were cut out and mounted on foam tape along with a bevy of stars and stripes.  The sentiment was generated on the computer.  This card would work well for any patriotic holiday, birthday, or just about any occassion that calls for a celebration.

What I used on my card:  
IMAGE: Meljen's Design's sock Monkey
SPELLBINDER: Star Dies
Star Punch by CARL, Brads, Buttons, Floss. Wire.

CHALLENGES:
LITTLE RED WAGON:  Altered Embellishment-  I didn't have any red brads so I colored pink ones with Copics and turned them into red.  Also, the wire was brass colored and I colored it with Copics, both red and blue.
TELLEN'S PLACE CHALLENGE: #20 2 patterened papers.
SIR STAMPALOT: This challenge is to use punches. You can find Sir Stampalot here:
A SPOON FULL OF SUGAR: Celebrate
EVERYBODY ART CHALLENGE: The challenge is # 93 Summer.  Summer to me is the celebration of   patriotic holidays starting with Memorial Day at the beginning of summer, July 4th in the middle of summer, and summers end with Labor Day.
IC SKETCHES:  Pick Your Challlenge:  I chose Sketch #60 spilling my design outside the box,--a lot.
KAH-WINK-E-DINK: The challenge is to use or have six of something.  That's an easy one for me.  I have many stars on my card, but only six small stars with brads.
MY TIME TO CRAFT CHALLENGE:  Wild Thing is the theme.
PAPERTAKE CHALLENGE:  FUN FUN FUN.  Here are my my summertime monkeys having fun fun fun at any of the three Summertime Patriotic Holidays.
PARTYTIME TUESDAYS: BIRTHDAYS:  What could be more fitting than celebrating the birthday of our nation on the 4th of July.
COLOR CHEF CHALLENGE #53 Red, white/cream, light blue, dark blue.  I hope the light blue in the monkey's cap counts as the light blue.
CRAFTING WITH DEEDEE'S DIGI'S: The theme is red white and blue.
CRAFTY CARDMAKERS: #22 Least and Most.  I'm not particularly a fan of blue and don't use it much, but I LOVE red.  Red is in every room of my house except for my husband's bathroom.
CUPCAKE CRAFT CHALLENGE: #93 Summer delights.  To me the beginning of summer is hearlded by Memorial Day, the middle of summer is Independence Day on July 4th, and  winding up the season is Labor Day.  It's the patriotic Holidays that mean summer for me.
DIGI DOODLE SHOPS BEST: Buttons:  MY card has two buttons.  Both are stacked and placed on the center of the large star.
AiFACTORY: anything goes with a punch or die cut.
STAMP INSANITY: Kickin' Korners Challenge #12
OUR CREATIVE CORNER: WHAT SUMMER MEANS TO ME: To me summer means celebrating patriotic Holidays, Memorial, Independence, and Labor days at Church picnics at the park.
SCRAP STAMP & DOODLE : CREATE YOUR OWN EMBELLISHMENT:  This is an easy one for me since I usually do create my own. On this card the stars on wire springs are the created embellishment.  I also layered buttons on top of the center star for another.
THE CORROSIVE CHALLENGE BLOG:  DIE CUTS
PILE IT ON: QUIRKY
SENTIMENTAL SUNDAYS: NEW OR NEGLECTED-My new is my Meljen digital sock monkey image.  I've had it a while but have never used it before so it's new to me.  The neglected is the star nestabilities.
THE STAMPING BOTIQUE: June Challenge


54 comments:

Avril Tanner said...

So cute! I love that you coloured your embelishments with copics! Thanks for playing along with Little Red Wagon this week!

Jayne Hayward said...

Great card. Love the images used and the colour combo is great.

Thanks for joining in with us on DDSB

Jayne xx

Monika Reeck said...

Yay the Monkey is so cuutee..great color combo too...love the way to make the CELEBRATE word look GLOW...thanks for joining us at Digi Doodle Shops Best, hugs, Monika

Karen said...

Love this card, thanks for joining us at Digi Doodle shops Best.
xx

Vera Yates (Ling) said...

Great card, Melanie. Love the colors. Thanks for joining us at DDSB!! :)

Jane said...

Cute cute cute monkey!!!! Love the colours you've used even if you don't like blue...it looks great!! Good luck at Crafty Cardmakers challengeXX

Michelle B said...

Love Love Love this card! The sock monkey's are too stinkin cute! Great job! Thank you for joining us this week at DDSB Challenge!

Hugs,
Michelle B.

Mandy said...

Fabulous card.

Thank you for joining in with our fun theme at PTW this week.

Mandy

coldwaters2 said...

Hi Melanie this is one great card superb design, colours, punching and images. To be eligible for the Sir Stampalot challenge the limit of challenges to enter is six. If you would like to edit and re-enter that would be great.
Hugs
Lorraine x

KymKreates said...

This is just buttonrific!!!! That is my new word! Thanks for sharing it with us at Digi Doodle Shop's Best and Good Luck!
KymKreates

Nancy said...

Wow, I just love this Meljens Designs image!! She is such a talent! I love the layout and all of your attention to detail! Your profile cracked me up...loved the stumping vocabulary! Thanks for partying with us this week at PTT!!

Georgia Ehrmann said...

Wow! What a wonderful creation and your sock monkeys are adorable! Thank you for joining us at AiFactory

Judy said...

What an adorable card, and I so love how you put the stars on. Very creative!! Thank you so much for entering this in our challenge at Digi Doodle Shop's Best.

Hugs

Anna said...

Super cute! Love all the stars! Thanks for parting with us at Party Time Tuesday! Hope to see you next week!

Audrey said...

What a cute card! Love the stars! Thanks for joining in on the challenge at AiFactory

Amber said...

Oh my goodness, this card is fabulous! You definitely need to submit it to a card magazine! Beautiful.
DDSB Hugs
Amber

Powerful Search Engine said...

Hi there this is fantastic. It is fun and vibrant I love the button treatment you have given it. Thanks for sharing with us at Digi Doodle shops best challenge hugs Pascale

Karen Howard said...

I LOVE this... love the details you put into it! The paper, layout, colors, the monkeys and those stars!!! WOW

debby4000 said...

Oh what a brilliant card, fabulous work.
luv
Debby

Katie said...

What a seriously great sock monkey birthday card! I just love it! Thanks for joining our first PTT challenge!

paige said...

I absolutely adore everything about your card! thanks for playing at PTT!

Catherine said...

Thank you for joining us at Cupcake Craft ! Your card is absolutely gorgeous ! Love the little monkeys and the stars on springs ! Just fab ! Good luck ! SMiles from Catherine

Katja said...

This card is the best!!! Love the monkey's and color combo!!!Thanks for joining our challenge at Digi Doodle Shop's Best!

Greetings,
Katja

Stef H said...

oh is this fantabulous!!!! just love those sock monkeys! and thank you so much for joining our party at PTT!!!!

Dianna said...

WOW! This card is beyond cute! Thanks for coming to the party at Party Time Tuesdays and thanks for joining us at Inspirational Card Sketches this week! Again, WOW!!! ♥ Di

Abby Beard said...

Oh so precious! Thanks for playing along with PTT!

Anonymous said...

How darling, Melanie!!! Your coloring is beautiful, and I love the fun papers you used. Thanks for playing along with us at Deedee's Digis this week! Hugs, Deedee

Cheryl Walker said...

Awww this is 1 DARLING card!!! I love the layout,colors,stamps used, and all your sweet embellishments to your card! Beautiful job!!!! I LOVE it!!!!

Hope you have a very nice day!
Hugs,
Cheryl

Anonymous said...

Wow! What a fantastic card! I love it! Thanks for playing this week on AiFactory and good luck to win!
--Tammy DT

Beth said...

Oh, WOW! What fabulous details! The wire is such a perfect touch for a patriotic card - very much like fireworks! :) This is a SUPER cute card - thank you so much for sharing it with us at StampInsanity!

JoAnn V. (http://joboogie.typepad.com) said...

Great card! Love what you did with the buttons! Thank you for joining us this week at DDSB! :)

-Jo:)
http://joboogie.typepad.com

KarinsArtScrap said...

Hi Melanie

this is soooooooooooooooooo cute
I love everything about it
you have did a great job
superrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


greetings and hugs from karin

Harriet H said...

This is the cutest card ever.... I love everything about it.... Thanks for joining us at Digi Doodle Shop's Best this challenge!

Harriet

Daniele said...

congrats with the amount of challenges love the stars on wires thanks for joining us at MTTC hugs

Kristie W. said...

Wow! This is too cute, love the monkeys and the stars on the squiggles. Great job. Thanks for playing along with my Party Time Tuesdays challenge!

Fink said...

You did a great job! Thanks for joining us at AiFactory!

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful card. I love the stars and the buttons...great handmade embellishments. Thanks for playing with us at SSDS. Hugs, Kim

Rosanne said...

Such a sweet card! Thanks for joining us at Little Red Wagon!

Alex said...

Adorable card!
Thanks for joining EAC!
Hugs, Alex

Debbie said...

Absolutely A-DORABLE card! I {heart} those sweet little monkeys!! So much bling ... simply wonderful! Thanks for sharing it with us at PIO! this week :)

Scrappy said...

Very cute card! Love all the attention to detail! Thanks for joining us this week at PIO! We hope you'll be back next week! :)

Crafting Queen said...

Great card, love the use of the wire. Thanks for joining us at Sentimental Sundays. Anesha

luvthatstampin said...

Your sock monkeys are so cute! As usual, your card is expertly done!
Hugs, Robin

made by fifi said...

love the monkeys - great card -thanks for joining in MTTC challenge x

Scrappy said...

This is just such a cool card that I was busy looking back at it and forgot to add thanks for joining us for the KWED challenge this week too! We hope you'll be back this week for our challenge too!

Lisa Foster said...

Hi Melanie!
Oh I just LOVE this card!!! Awesome patriotic theme! Thank you so much for joining us for the Stamp Insanity Stamps Challenge!
Hugs,
Lisa

Nana said...

Gorgeous card. Love everything about it. The images, the stars, the color combo. Just awesome.
Thank you for joining us at "PIO", hope to see you again next week!
hugs Nana

Linda said...

This card is Amazing! I love your wire in the stars and all your coloring. It is fantastic.
Way to go on all the challenges. How did you find them all? Do you have a system for keeping them all organized.
Thanks for joining us at SSDS this week. Your card is wonderful.
Hugs,
Linda

Ann English said...

OMG-this is so cute. Got to love those sock monkeys! Thank you for joining us this week at Sentimental Sundays!

Christy Dillman said...

LOVe those sock monkeys and this card is FABULOUS!!! It just POPS off the screen!

Hugs,
Christy

Rosemary said...

Oh my gosh, I LOVE this!!! Fantastic card!

Cheryl said...

Congrats on all your wins with this fantastic card!

Dalis said...

Melanie,
congrats you made it top scoops at the Pile It On! challenge blog!

-- dalis
PIO owner

Vixykins said...

This is sooo cute and the colours are superb!

Thank You for playing Crafty Cardmakers least & most challenge x