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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
Showing posts with label Ocean Floor. Show all posts
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

NEPTUNES BACKYARD


My card for this weeks Meljen's Design Team was to incorporate the anchor away image and to use lace or ribbon.   I've got to tell you, I just couldn't get my head around this type of image with ribbon or lace, so after stewing about it all day I settled for an underwater scene where I could use twisted grosgrain ribbon as a sea foliage embellishment.  I'm not claiming the rope twine is ribbon or lace.  Even though I used a very small anchor image, I figured I'd be forgiven by using Meljen's Ocean Floor image too.  I cut the underwater image out so I could use this great looking designer background paper.   Then I added some punched foliage in purple and peach & gold colors to use as coral along with a few broken pieces of seashell.  The image was colored with Copics.
CARD RECIPE:
IMAGES: Meljen's, Ocean Floor & Anchor Away
DESIGNER PAPER: Paper Pizazz
PUNCHES: Martha Stewart
EMBOSSING FOLDER: Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles
Clear Dew Drops, broken seashells,
Rope Twine (found on the garbage heap of a construction site)
Stickles and Spica pen for shimmer
Matted Image was mounted on foam tape
Crushed gold Beads used for treasure Chest


CHALLENGES:
CHARISMA CARDZ: Challenge #24 Bling
CREATE WITH CONNIE & MARY CCMC:103 Fathers Day
TTT:  Masculine Card:  Men do like to dive.
TREE HOUSE : Challenge #054 Tool Time:  My favorite tools are Punches and Copics
FROSTED DESIGNS:  Both my bucket of seshells, and the twine are from around the house.
SPEEDY THE CAT:  Challenge #8 is to use embossing.  I hope dry embossing counts.
PRAIRIE FAIRY: FOR DAD:  Dad loves to dive.
RAISE THE BAR: FOR DAD: #23 For the Dad who loves to dive
STAMP SOMETHING: Summer Diving
DRUNKEN STAMPERS: Bling.  I've used lots of glitter, dew drops, crushed beads and lots of color.
ONE STOP CRAFT CHALLENGE: One for the Boys
PAPER GARDEN:  Whatever makes us feel cool.
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