It's a Sale-A-Bration

Welcome to the Meljen's Designs Blog Hop to celebrate Melissa Jenkins 1st Anniversary of providing us with fabulous digital images in her unique style. You should have come here from Nicole's blog. Hop along with all of the designer's blogs and finish at Meljens, leave a comment at each stop along the way from beginning to end and you will be eligible to be one of the 3 randomly chosen winners that will receive 3 free digital images of their choice. When you leave a comment if you have a favorite Meljen's image we would sure love to know, be sure to let us know which one it is at one of your stops along the way.The blog Hop will run Friday April 1st through Monday Morning April 4th at 6 AM EST. Winners will be announced on the Meljen's Design and challenge Blog on the regular scheduled Freebie Monday's Post. Remember you must leave a comment at each stop including Meljens to be eligible. In addition, Melissa is celebrating by offering a 50% off sale on all of her black and white digital images during the Hop. They can be found at Whimsy Stamps.

Well for the Anniversary Hop I did something different from my usual card. In the last month I've become a full-time Stay at Home Grandma to my 3 granddaughters while their parents are at work or school. The 5 yr old decided we needed to have a way to monitor behavior like they do at school, you know the Green, Yellow, or Red card thing. "Woe be unto he (or she) that receiveth a Red Card"-You get the idea. Well that seemed kind of boring to this Grandma so I started thinking what could we do that would be fun and yet still get the point across that Grandma was getting to the end of her rope. This is what I came up with:

Are You A Happy or a Grumpy Gnome?

I made a 5x6 card with their name at the top, this one is for Jade, age 4, she's been desperate for me to get this done for her. I used Melissa's Image - Toadstool Buggies for the background. Colored, punched, mounted on cardstock, then laminated and finally added a bow and buttons and magnets on the back so it will hang on the Frig. Notice the round velcro button on the lower right? We'll get to that in a minute. I also used Melissa's Images Gruffy Little Gnome and Happy Little Gnome. Printed, colored, Cut out and then laminated also. They have a velcro button on the back of them as well. That is so that the little gnomes are interchangeable and depending on what you are doing you are either a 'Happy Helper Gnome' or a 'Gruffy Grumpy Gnome' who is awfully close to a time-out. The girls are excited about these and this Grandma is hoping it will help save her sanity, some of her hair and that she will at least be able to put together a coherent sentence at the end of the day. There is a reason we have small children when we are young.... Well, thanks for stopping by. Hope you enjoyed the project here at Buttons and Bows and be sure to hop on over to Sandy's Blog, it's the next stop. Here's a List of all of the Stops along the way for easy reference. Anita, Audrey, Cheryl, Darsie, Dee, Dianna, Jessica, Katja, Marlena, Melissa, Nicole, Robbie That's Me), Sandy, MELJEN'S DESIGNS BLOG! Thanks again for hoppin on over and Happy Creating....