Stampin' In Alaska

For this month's Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge I was inspired by the color combo. I incorporated teal, lime and grey into my card below. You can check out the challenge and the inspiration photo HERE . I have used a Cornish Heritage Farms set by Kim Hughes called "Winter Trees" for this card. I think the snowman is SO cute and the ice cycles make a perfect border. It's pretty icy and snowy in my part of the U.S. so this was perfect! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!!

The ladies over on the Sassy Cheryl Digi Challenge Blog has given us free reign again this week. I'm glad since I needed a Birthday card and the "Sneaky Cupcake Bear" was on my desk ready to finish and put together. This fun digi was colored with Copic markers and Stampin' Up Dazzling Diamonds glitter added to the frosting. The sentiment is also digital. I bought it from Pauline over on the TLC blog . It compliments the image perfectly, don't you think? Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! I always enjoy reading all of your comments.

Happy Thanksgiving! Welcome to another week of sharing over on the Sassy Cheryl blog. If you're new the "Show Me" game, you can check out the details HERE . Well, this week I thought I would show my ongoing project of organizing my Spellbinder Nestibilities. A few months ago I bought about 40 clear-mount stamp cases from Stampin' Up! As you can see, I can fit two full sets in the case (and labels). Would you believe that the hardest part of the project has been finding magnet sheets?! Who-da-thought? The blue box in the photo above shows how I have been storing all of my Spellbinders. The photo below shows them labeled, in the clear storage cases and neatly (visibly) on my desk shelf. Whew! This has been a project! I'm so glad that you stopped by! I really enjoy reading your comments. Let me know how you store your Spellbinders. Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving day with family and friends!

This week the Sassy Cheryl DT is trying to stump the "boss". So, the challenge this week is anything goes. I'm still working on Thanksgiving cards for family and friends so I colored "Polly and her Pumpkin" for this sweet Thanksgiving card. Polly has been colored with Copic markers. Spellbinder Labels 17 was used to cut out the cute image. Stampin' Up Pear Pizazz and Haiku dp was used with for the base. The sentiment is from a retired SU set called "Season of Thanks". Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Wow, can you believe that it's Thursday and time for another Sassy Cheryl Show Me ?! The time sure seems to fly! LOL! Well, this is my workspace tonight. The stack of envelopes are Thanksgiving cards that are ready to be mailed to family and friends. I had address labels for 27 families! Whew! I have 18 ready to go so a few more to make and address. Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks and reflect on what we have to be thankful for this year. I am so thankful that my family is healthy and I have another niece on the way! Below is the finished card that you see started on my work desk. The is a digital images from a vintage book called Tic Tock Tales for Children from 1922. I picked this up from Cora over on the Digital Two for Tuesday blog . If you enjoy vintage images you should check her blog! She is amazing at restoring these images that she finds at flea markets, etc. The sentiment is from a Crafty Secrets clear stamp set. Thanks for stopping by to take a look! ...

Sassy Peggy gets to hostess this week over on the Sassy Cheryl Digi Challenge Blog and her challenge theme is 'embossing'... any type of embossing that you would like. I recently treated myself to a little shopping spree over at Cheryl's shop and bought this cute Sally image called "Autumn Bench Sitter" Below is a close up of the finished image. Isn't she adorable? I have been working on my Thanksgiving cards this week to mail out to family and friends. "Sally" sitting on the bench has been lovingly colored and assembled as a Thanksgiving card to my grandparents. I am so blessed to have both of my grandparents still in my life. They recently celebrated their 69th Wedding Anniversary! Below is a picture of them together at my brother's wedding last month. Aren't they the cutest couple?? Here is my completed card with "Sally". The Spellbinder leaves die cut worked perfectly for this week's challe...

It's another week of sharing with the Sassy Gals over on the Sassy Cheryl Blog . Each week we get to peek at what everyone else is up to and get a chance to win a FREE digi from Cheryl I remember when I was young and a box of Crayola Crayons was the best thing ever! Of course, I had the large 64 count box with the built in sharpener and SO MANY shades of colors. I colored on everything it seems. When coloring books weren't available, newspapers or scrap paper was fine with me. And remember the smell of a newly opened box of crayons? It brings back a lot of childhood memories. Why the childhood memories this week? Well, last night I had such a childhood coloring experience with one of Cheryl's new "Sally" images. I pulled out my Prismacolor pencils, KOH-I-Noor pencils and baby oil. I printed the image of Sally a little larger than I normally would and I felt like a kid again coloring in a coloring book! It was so much fun! The "Sally" image tha...

This week's DP2 challenge is " Give Thanks ". We could interpret this as a Thank You or Thanksgiving project. I chose the second option since I'm still creating my Thanksgiving cards for friends and family. I bought this digital image by Mo Manning a few months ago called "Imperfection". It's a perfect representation of myself since I am cooking challenged!! Okay, I CAN cook but only when I'm hungry and not for enjoyment. Sad but true! Anyway, I colored the digi with Copic markers and layered it on an Autumn paper stack from Recollections. I kept it pretty simple since it will be going in the mail. Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Another week of sharing with the Sassy ladies over on Sassy Cheryl's blog. Each week we get to check out what others are doing AND get entered for a FREE Sassy Cheryl digital image. This week I tried something new. Sandy Redburn, owner of Crafty Secrets , challenged us to make a gift bag from an envelope. It's a great way to recycle and create a unique size of bag to fit your individual needs. Here's the short video from incrediblethings.com showing how to make these quick and easy bags. I've layered lace, a felt die cut tag, and images from the Crafty Secrets Girlfriend vintage scrap sheet onto my bag. I added a ribbon trim and some pins to finish off! Easy Peasy!! Hope you can be creative this week! Maybe you'll get a chance to recycle and envelope and make your own gift bag.

Sassy Pat has selected the theme of "Thanks" this week over on the Sassy Cheryl's Digi Stamps Challenge Blog . Below is a close up of one of Cheryl's newer images called "Polly and her Pumpkin". Cheryl has been a busy bee lately and the store is full of cute new images. You can check it out HERE . I colored this sweet digital image with Copic markers and cut it out. The dp layers are from a Cosmo Cricket mini deck called "Nutmeg". The panels have been machine stitched for a little extra texture and interest. I added baker's twine and a leaf button to the long panel and finally the sentiment is from Hero Arts. Thanksgiving is just around the corner and this will be going into my stash for mailing to friends and family later this month. Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

This month's Sparks Challenge was to create something inspired by the photo above. Cool Photo! I focused on the colors, woodgrain and texture of the photo. Below is what I came up with using Paper Smooches "Boob Tube" and "Sentiment Sampler". The quirky face was made with various small images included with the "Boob Tube" set. This was really fun! Thanks for stopping by to take a look! Be sure to check out all of the challenges and products on the Sparks Challenge blog .