Welcome to the blog hop through Crafty Collaborations called Stampin Dreams! This month we are focused in on scraps and if you have been following me for a while, you know this is a LOVE of mine! I love a good scrap challenge. For me, that means dumping out my scrap bucket and seeing how many cards I can make from it! 

For this month, I have been saving these tiny scraps from the Sunshine & Rainbows paper from our last Sale-a-bration! I really loved that paper and I wanted a way to showcase each and every piece on one card front! But you could do this with ANY paper you love!

This card was easy to make-- slimline card base (8.5 inches by 7 inches, scored on the shorter side at 3.5 inches) of black cardstock. Then I took 1/2 inch strips of DSP and covered a piece of Basic White cardstock that is 3.25 x 8.25 inches with some little gaps. I let them hang over and then trimmed them off!  Then I die cut out the letters with the Here for You dies. You could also die cut out a saying with the retiring Alphabet letter dies (sad face...) I like the way that the black card base is exposed and makes the lettering POP!

I added a few of the retiring Artistry Blooms Sequins (so sad to see those going!) Don't forget to keep hopping along to see what others have done with their scraps! 

Happy crafting,
​Melissa

Last week Kaitlynn and I had fun at our College's "Cougar Coundown" Health Fair where we hosted a craft table! This is a week where students are taking their final exams and usually pretty stressed out... But our campus does a great job of planning study breaks that are awesome to get the students through the week!

We did "adult coloring pages" and a scrap challenge. The students loved it-- as you can see below...

This is a great way to get rid of old paper and clean out your stash! I will admit that I am a paper hoarder but doing this once a year will really help cut back on that habit!

This student made a cute envelope on the front of her card!

The colors came together so easy for this one!

This was a sweet color combo!

This ended up being the winner of the challenge!!! She did a great job pulling it all together!

And this student impressed me with her quickness! Literally a minute for this? She walked up super confident, grabbed what she needed, and was done!!!!!

I am so thankful to work on a campus that loves my craftiness!

happy crafting,
Melissa

In celebration of World Card Making Day I had a few friends over and we made some nice cards for troops to write home!

This card is my manly "love" cards for OWH's blog hop!

And this is the pile of awesomeness headed out Monday!!

It was a great afternoon service project and the ladies were great at amusing me-- they even rose to my "scrap challenge"-- meaning what can you make with just scraps!!

Happy crafting!

Melissa

Want to know how things went this weekend?? Did my Stampin mojo return? Yep. 47 cards in one weekend!

1 weekly challenge card from team

26 swaps- 13 of each design. My stamp set is Sea Street. 2 more designs coming this weekend...

Ten cards from that scrap pile a few weeks back-- all going to Operation Write Home

And five from March's Paper Pumpkin and five from Everyday Occassions kit. But my phone died last night so no pics of that... Yet.

Needless to say, a four day weekend kicked off by craft time at SpaceCraft was good for me!

Happy crafting!

This weeks challenge presented to my team was to tackle our scrap bucket and make something cool... I'm up for it! I have a cute paper bucket I got at Target in the dollar bin where I through my extras from projects: scraps, extra stampings, ribbon, buttons...

But first, I had to dump it all out and sort it:

Then I had to look for inspiration-- color combos, themes... This is the first set of projects ready to be created:

That set will make 13 cards-- no kidding!! Now hopefully I have enough time tomorrow night to actually make them!