Deal of the Day!

Deal of the Day! April Constant Campaign

Love a great deal? How about 30 days of great deals? During the month of April, you have the opportunity to score a deal every day with Close To My Heart! What deals are we talking about? Each day during April, while supplies last, we’ll feature a random grab bag filled with current and retired Close To My Heart products available for purchase at a major discount. To grab your bag, simply place any current, full-priced item in your online shopping cart through your Online Business Address and you will be eligible to purchase as many grab bags as you wish (while supplies last)! Grab bags will be featured at five different price points throughout the month, ranging from  $55 CAD to $160 CAD. Some grab bags will contain product with more than DOUBLE the retail value of the price you pay! Grab bags will be available for 24 hours starting at 3 pm MDT each day and only while supplies last—so visit often and early! Remember that grab bag tiers will be featured on a random schedule throughout the month, so seize the opportunity to purchase from the grab bag tier you’re interested in when it becomes available because it might not come around again!

Dates: Offer valid April 1, 2015 (3:00 pm MDT)–April 30, 2015 (8 pm our time).

To take advantage of this amazing offer I will be setting up an EZ INVITE order. Go to my website at www.suetaylorhill.ctmh.com and CLICK on the order!

 

Its almost Easter at Meljens!

Its all about Easter in this weeks Challenge at Meljen Designs!

For this Challenge I used Peter Bunny, coloured him with Copic markers and mounted it on papers from CTMH, SU and cardstock from AC.

Join us in one of the last Challenges this month! You could win a great prize!

Also, get your images now- everything is 50% off!

Its Spring over at YNS!

Its time to Think Spring over at Your Next Stamp Today!

We have been challenged to make a spring themed card and I have been dying to use my new Scrapworks dies that came out this month SO....here is what I made!

I used the new Scrapworks Mini Sunburst Dies to cut out the heart, the 3D Banner dies and the WhatNot Sentiments Four set for the wording.

 Check out all the wonderful spring projects on the YNS Blog today!
You could win a great prize just for commenting!

Have a great Sunday!

Sue

Fun Friday #10!

Hey Everyone! It is a Fun Filled Friday today with a new Sketch and Colour Challenge over at Your Next Stamp!

Today we have a new sketch and new colours to work with!

This month I decided I would work with the colour challenge because I loved the combination of the purples with the green and grey! Not a colour palette I would normally go for so I had to think about it a bit but I am happy with the end result!

Here is my card for the Challenge:

The stamps I chose to use in my card are called: Flowers for You and WhatNot Sentiments

Check out this weeks Challenge and what the other DT Members have made for you! 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sue

My Last DT Day with Meljens!

It is a very sad day for me as this will be my last DT Day as a Meljen's Design Team Member! The DT and website will close up shop at the end of the month because Melissa is moving on toward bigger and better things! I thought it would only be fitting to make a Thank You card for my last DT posting because I am honoured and thankful that Melissa chose me to be a part of this wonderful team 2 years ago!

I chose Thank You Teddy as my image and coloured him with Copic markers, mounted it on patterned papers from Close To My Heart and coloured cardstock (CTMH). I then finished it off with ribbon.(old CTMH)

Check out all the images in the SHOP and be sure to pick some up! Melissa will be featuring her artwork in her new Etsy Shop very soon!

Thank YOU Melissa and all my DT Sisters for the great two years...it has been fantastic!!

Hugs

Sue

Today marks the March DT Dare day!
 It’s a fun monthly challenge for the YNS design team to showcase more fabulous projects using the new release products! 

March has been an amazing time over at Your Next Stamp with all

 the new releases of stamps and beautiful dies! Did you check them out?
 It was really hard to choose what was my favourite this month!

March's Challenge is to use Spots and Stripes on our projects.

 When I saw this sentiment " The sugar made me do it" I knew I had to use it on a card! So I paired the stamp set Sprinkle Happy Easter with the new Jessica and Her Horse Set.

Go to the YNS Blog to see all the wonderful projects that the DT have made.
And check out all the new products including the stamp set above HERE!

 If you comment you could win a new release stamp set of your choice!

Thanks for taking the time to look!

Sue

Upcoming Card Class

March Card Class

Wednesday March 11- Day (11:30 am)

or

Thursday March 12- Evening (7:30 p.m)

Come out for a fun filled night and learn how to make 3 cards! 

No experience necessary and all the supplies are provided. (except adhesive)

$15.00 or a $25 order from the current Idea Book(s)

Please comment below by March 10th at 8p.m if you are interested in joining in!

YNS March Blog Hop and New Release Day!

Hello and welcome to the YNS MARCH 2015 New Release and Blog Hop!

 We have an amazing lineup of stamps and beautiful dies for you this month !

We know you are going to fall in love with the new dies and stamps but here is a sweet deal- SAVE 15% off of your purchase!! Run, you can buy EVERYTHING now!

Everything is in the YNS Store HERE!

The Hop begins on Maureen's Blog and if you've been hopping along,
you should have come from Carole's Blog
Make sure you hop around to all the blogs featured in the link list located at the bottom of this post for lots of inspiration using the new products!

Here is my First Card for the Hop:
 For my first card I decided to make an explosion card and used the stamp sets called: Congrads
With a daughter graduating Grade 8 in June, this was a PERFECT stamp set to use!
Of course when I was finished I had to put a few of our gumdrops on it!

  My second card is using a gorgeous stamp called Belinda and Her Bunny

This stamp set has to be my favourite from the release! It is just the sweetest image and you could use it for a wide variety of occasions. I'm sure I will be using it a lot!

 These are the stamp sets I used for the cards.
They both come with some beautiful sentiments and are so much fun to use!

Thank you SO much for stopping by and hopping with us!

The lucky winner will be announced by Karen on the Your Next Stamp Blog on March 11th!
You could win a $20 Gift Certificate to YNS!

*Remember: You have to comment on all the blogs to qualify for the grand prize*
Hop ends on March 10th at 12 midnight (EST)

Now it is time to head over to Angel's Blog, but before you go, don't forget to leave a comment!

Happy Crafting,

Sue

Sneak Peek Day!!!!!! at Your Next Stamp

It is my favourite time of the month!!! Sneak Peek Day at Your Next Stamp!

This month is FULL of amazing stamps and Dies and I really think you will have a hard time picking what you would like...I think you should just get them all! lol

The stamp I used for my Sneak Peek is called Jessica and Her Horse. Isn't it darling?

Stay tuned until tomorrow when we have our big release and Blog Hop!

In the mean time, you can go to the YNS Blog and check out what the other DT members have created!

Then us at the YNS Blog tomorrow and Hop, Hop, Hop...you could even win a great prize! 

Happy Sneek Peek Day!

Sue

YNS Sketch and Colour Challenge

  Good Morning! Lets start off March with another exciting Challenge at YNS!

 It is Challenge #9 and is a Sketch and/or Colour Challenge!
Look at the beautiful colours! These should give you a ton of inspiration!

 Here is the card I made for this Challenge.

 For this month I decided to combine the sketch and the colour challenges.

  

In my card I used the stamp set called: Sprinkles Happy Easter,

 Hills Die Set and the Open Scallop Die Set

Join us in this weeks challenge HERE

Cheers, 

Sue

New Changes Over at Meljens!

New Changes happening over at Meljen Designs....Melissa has decided to close up shop and venture on to bigger and better things! This means the end of my journey as a Design Team member with them.....It was Melissa who helped me with my very first Digital stamp and she has made some beautiful artwork ever since. I am very blessed that she picked me to be a part of her DT almost 2 years ago...it gave me great tools, I met a lot of great people and had a load of fun! Thanks Melissa and I wish you the very best, Hugs, Sue

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

SHOP CLOSING - New Direction for Meljen's!

EXCITING CHANGES FOR MELJEN'S DESIGNS - New shop, HUGE sale, CUSTOM design work and more!

First of all, I am doing a big, HUGE sale - 50% off everything in my shop through March.* This is because I'm moving back to Etsy and taking on a new art adventure. I won't be making digital stamps any more, but I will be carrying some favorites with me and packaging them up for you over there for a while. Keep an eye on my Etsy shop, any new adventures I come up with will happen there!

I am also opening up CUSTOM design work! This means if you've wanted me to draw something for you in my style, now is the time! I don't know how long I will be doing this for, so please don't hesitate to contact me if you're interested.

To help move things forward in my new artistic journey, I need to close my current shop, my design team, our challenges and my facebook group. I will keep them open through March so you can collect and say / do anything you'd like before they close down.

I hope you'll join me in my new adventures! I have a NEW Instagram account (@meljensdesigns) - I've been playing with it a bit and it's quite fun! I hope you'll follow me there, and keep in touch with me on Facebook. I'll still be 'Meljen's Designs' - just taking a step forward down a new yellow brick road. :-)

(HUGS) Love you all, my beautiful & talented friends!

Melissa

  Your Next Stamp is one of the sponsors for Cupcake Inspirations 300th challenge! 

 It will be a two week celebration featuring over 20 of their favorite sponsors with 3 cupcake inspirations in 3 inspiration posts during the week of March 1 -7 and offering 3 prize packages for 3 randomly selected winners.

 To feature YNS stamps I created this card for the Colour Challenge:

I used a new stamp set called Jessicas Cupcakes and coloured them with Copic markers. Then I adhered it onto different coloured cardstock and onto a textured white card base.

To join in this great event go to the Cupcake Inspirations Blog 

and to see all the wonderful stamps, dies 

and accessories that YNS has to offer

click HERE.

Have a wonderful day!

Sue