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Mesa, Arizona, United States
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, November 18, 2010

Anything Goes

It's time for Dig Doodle Shop's Best and our challenge this week is ANYTHING GOES.  I started with the Watering Can image and embellished it with a couple of handmade sunflowers and a small section of picket fence.



WHAT I USED ON MY CARD:
IMAGE: Watering Can by Digi Doodle
THANK YOU: Stampin up
PPICKET FENCE: Martha Stewart Border Punch
DIMENSIONAL SUNFLOWER:  Spellbinder Sunflower #1
FOLIAGE:  Spellbinders vine Die
RIBBON, TULLE, Flower Soft




                                                                   Watering Can

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Don't Forget Our Men

For this weeks Digi Doodle shop's best Challenge we were reminded to not forget our men.  I don't know about you, but manly cards always seem so hard to do.  However, once started I always seem to enjoy doing them.  With a Digi Doodle Image it's actually fun.  Their images are always so easy to work with.  For my Image this week I chose Mallard Ducks. After coloring with copics i distressed the image layer and two other layers  then added three embossed layers.  I finished the image layer with a few more sprigs of the folliage for dimension and added an extra mallard mounted on dimensional foam tape.  The card was finished with twill tape and brass brads.  The extra space above the image is just perfect for that special sentiment (I left it off until I know how I''m going to use this card.)


What I used on my card:
IMAGE: Digi Doodle Shop
Colored with Copics
Cuttlebug Embossing folders
Back ground sponged with Tim Holtz distrssed Ink Sky sponged & homemade Sky/Cloud template
Twill tape
Brass Brads


Thursday, November 4, 2010

Fall

Thanksgiving reminds me of Fall more than just about anthing else, so I used this wonderful Image from the Digi Doodle Shop for my card.


IMAGE: Digi Doodle Shop, SU En Francais
SPELLBINDERS: Nestabilities square dies,  Frame, Fancy Tags,
Border Punch: EK Success,
Image colored with Copics
Embellishments:  Sisal tie, Check Ribbon, Twill Tape, Button, Dew Drops, Mini Fall Leaves.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Keeping it Simple

This weeks Digi Doodle Shops Best blog challenged us to "KEEP IT SIMPLE"  Only one embellishent allowed and no designer paper.  Since we couldn't use designer paper I created my background with a couple of nautical stamps and my homemade sky template.  I figured createing my own background was  not much different than doing it with an embossing folder.


RECIPE:
IMAGE: Digi Doodle: Sail Away, Ships wheel and Anchor by Paper Trey
Spellbinders Labels Nestabilities
Embosed lines done With the Sore Pal.  Image was colored with Copics.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

An Apple A Day

Our cards for Digi Doodle shop's blog challenge this week were to include a person and/or persons on our card.  I chose the Farm Boy with Apple for my image.  I sponged the sky with  a handmade template and the image was colored with Copics. 
RECIPE:
IMAGES: Farm Boy: Digi Doodle Shop, Tree: Alota Rubber Stamps, Grass & Ground Cover: Whipper Snapper Kittie Kit.
FENCE PUNCH: Martha Stewart
Embellies:  Ribbon,  Buttons



Thursday, October 7, 2010

COLOR IT ORANGE

Good morning everyone.  After forgetting to post my card last week I'm so paranoid that I'll forget it again that I'm posting early.  So in reality it isn't really morning nor is it Thursday but I'm pretending it is. So here is my card for the Digit Doodle Shops Best Thursday blog challenge.  This week we are to use the color orange.   I used the antique Water Pump image and added a patch of pumpkins.  They are layered and popped up on dimensional tape.  The Three-D Pumpkin was created by folding several punched circles in half.






WHAT I USED ON MY CARD:
Old Water Pump Image: Digi Doodle Shop
Pumpkin Images: Eureka
Vines: Twistel and Punched Maple Leaves
Labels 8 Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities
Corner Die: Cuttlebug
Border Punch: Martha Stewart
Images colored with Copics
Dew Drops

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

NUMERO #7

Hi everyone.  My third and final card as guest designer for the Creative Belli Blog challenged us to have a number/numbers somewhere on our creation.  In addition to the big obvious number seven, this little guy's shirt has a #1 on it.

This little precious moments image was printed multiple times colored with copics then layered and mounted on a spellbinders nesabilities die.  The sentiment was computer generated.