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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

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Meljen'sBlog Challenge: #13 A Card with a TAG

My tag really is a tag, it just happens to be  oval shaped and mounted on a card.  I loved working with this image.  The Image was printed multiple times, colored with Copics, cut out, and layered with foam tape.   The suds were created with Puff Paint and the bubbles are Cloud 9 rain dots.

CHALLENGES:
DIGI DOODLES SHOPS BEST: Anything Goes
HANNA & FRIENDS: Favorite Color
JOAN"S GARDEN: Use a floral paper.-mine is paisley with flowers
S2G TWISTED THURSDAY: Use something new.  I used my new Martha Stewart border punch, and what a beauty it is.
THE ABC CHALLENGE: X  For extra dimension.
I wish the dimension and layers showed up better on this card.
DANCING IN PAJAMAS: We are to use the picture shown as a starting point.  The colors were mostly greens, & turquoise.  So I threw in purple too and voila'
FRESHLY BREWED: Anything Goes
JUST ADD INK:  Just add patterened paper.
PRAIRY FAIRIE FRIDAY: Summer Vacation.  This may not remind some of you of a summer vacation but I'll bet a lot of you can relate.  After a day on the beach we had to wash off in the tub outside before being allowed inside to SHOWER.
SMC: Challenge #19 Anything goes.
STAMPIN B"S #64 Summer fun:  I'll bet this isn't what you had in mind for summer fun but when we were kids, after a fun day on the beach we had to scrub the sand off in a tub much like this one before we were allowed in the house to shower.

26 comments:

Tammy said...

OMG, Mel!!!!! This is one of the cutest cards I have ever seen!! I really love the colors that you used and your coloring is out of this world AWESOME!!!!

KarinsArtScrap said...

hi melanie

this is lovely and sweet.
I love how your layout is.
great color and paper.

greetings karin

Cheryl said...

I love your monochrome card! Super cute!

Katja said...

Very nice card you made. I really love the colors you used.... Thanks for joining our 'everything goes'-challenge at Digi Doodle Shop's Best!

Greetings, Katja (DT)

Joan Fricker said...

Mel, your card is adorable!!!! I love your color scheme and the addition of the "bubbles" is great.

Thank so much for participating in Joan's Gardens #3 Challenge. I appreciate it so very much.

Joan
www.atjoansgardens.com

KymKreates said...

What a scrumptious card! Good luck and thanks for sharing at Digi Doodle Shop's Best!

KymKreates

The Crafty Den said...

What a pretty card. Love the image and gorgeous papers. Thanks so much for joining us this week at Digi Doodle Shop's Best challenge. Hugs, Denise (GDT) x

Mark's Finest Papers said...

I LOVE it!!!! What a GREAT idea to place the tag on the card! Love color combo and the DOTS!

Amber said...

Fabulous card! Love your coloring!
DDSB Hugs
Amber

Unknown said...

Fantastic!!! Love your attention to detail, those suds, wow!!. Thanks for playing along at SMC.

Judy said...

Awww this is precious, and I so love the coloring!!! Thank you so much for entering this in our challenge at Digi Doodle Shop's Best.

Hugs
Judy

Powerful Search Engine said...

This is so gorgeous I love the image and the colouring thanks for sharing with us at Digi Doodle shops best challenge hugs Pascale

Benzi said...
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Benzi said...

Oh, Merniebug, this is such an adorable card and perfect for 'summer fun'. The Puff Paint and rain drops are super. I love it! Thanks for joining the StampinB's this week.

Manu said...

Your card is so beautiful, i love the image very much. I love your card very much. smile*
Thank's for joining hanna&friends this week.

Hugs Manu

Unknown said...

Wow what an eye-popping card! I LOVE the colours. The whole design is just scrummy!! It's great to have you joining in with us at Fairy Fun Fridays. Good luck. Viv xx

Kimba-Slydog said...

So wonderful!!!! I love it!!!

Thanks for joining us at Hanna and Friends this week.

Xoxo
Nicole

Karen Howard said...

Love all the ways you've added dots in this card! Thanks for joining us at the Digi Doodle Shop's Best this week!

toners said...

Beautiful!! Thanks for playing along with us this week for TCP Tuesday :)

kim.mom said...

This is SOOO CUTE!! I LOVE the suds!! TFS at SMC!

Margreet said...

My first thought was indeed, what has this to do with summer vacation....but after reading you're completely right with taking a bath after being at the beach (I did it myself last weekend)....thanks for joining again FFF!
xxx Margreet

Unknown said...

Too true Mel! hehe! Very cute to boot!

Thanks for joining fairy fun fridays this week!

xoxox

Heather D. ~ Fresh Brewed Designs said...

I so love this. What a sweet and beautiful purple bunny! *my favorite color and shade!* Thanks for playing along this week at Freshly Brewed Challenges!

Kiki said...

Such a lovely card. The image is so cute and your coloring is just perfect!

Thanks for joining us at Hanna & Friends. Good luck!

Hugs, Kiki

CarlaKH said...

How fabulous! Love the style. Thanks for joining us at Fairy Fun Fridays!

Vicki Dutcher said...

I saw it in real ~~ nanner nanner~~LOL Thanks for playing with the B's!