Stampin' In Alaska

I am having so much fun creating with Melanie's newest addition to her State Flower series called " Stately Flowers 3 ". Since I live in Alaska, I gravitated to the Forget-me-not images. This is a clean and simple design with a card sized 4.25 square. The image has been colored with Copic Markers and yellow Stickles added to the centers. A couple of dry embossing lines and I have a sweet note card that is appropriate for any occasion. Supplies: Gina K Designs: " Stately Flowers 3 " by Melanie Muenchinger Gina K Pure Luxury White Card stock Stampin' Up! Basic Black Card stock Stickles -yellow Copic markers: Sky Blue, Light Walnut, Dark Pink, Cadimium Yellow, and Cool Gray #1 A Muse ribbon Thanks for stopping by!

Sassy Cathy is our hostess this week and her theme is "no designer paper". This is what I came up with using a Sassy Cheryl Freebie from the Paper Craft Planet website. The image is so sweet and makes a great CAS birthday card. The background clouds were sponged with Memento ink and a scalloped die cut. The image was colored with Copic Markers and the sentiment is from a Stampin' Up! set called "Warmest Regards". I am also posting this on Cheryl's blog for this week's "Show Me" challenge. Thanks for stopping by!

It's Day 15 (and the final day) of the CPS 5th Anniversary Celebration. Kim Moreno is the hostess and she chose the following sketch: Here's my take on the sketch: The main image is a vintage image from Crafty Secrets Creative Scraps called "Sew Nice". The bright colors really caught my eye tonight. I've used designer papers from Echo Park For the Record paper pad and GKD Pure Luxury Kraft as the base. I really like the wall hanging on the main image: "Let us grow old like beautiful lace. Cherished and treasure and cared for with Grace." Thanks for stopping by! Whew! I've finished the final of 15 cards for the CPS Anniversary Challenge. It was a lot of fun and kept me busy!

Day 14 of the CPS 5th Anniversary Celebration is hosted by Keri. She chose the following sketch: Here is my take on the sketch: I used a silhouette stamp set from Inkadinkado called "Down by the Sea". The backgound was sponged then the image stamped. The sun was made using a Die-namics die cut. This is also being posted to the Sassy Cheryl blog for this week's Show Me challenge .

Day 13 of the CPS 5th Anniversary Celebration is being hosted by Lea Lawson. This is the sketch that Lea chose: Here is my take on the sketch: I used a couple of images from a Gina K StampTV kit called "Falling For You". The papers are from Gina K as well. She just released designer papers to match the fabulous pure luxury card stock that she sells. This designer paper pack is called "Red Carpet". This card also qualifies for the Friday Free For All challenge on StampTV. This week's theme is "Let's Get Moving" - using any image that moves. Thanks for stopping by!

This is Day 12 of the CPS 5th Anniversary Celebration. Lisa Silver is our hostess and she has chosen the following sketch: Here's my take on the sketch: I have used a digital image by Sassy Cheryl called "Mother's Day Heart Girl". I have combined the image with papers form the Basic Grey Hopscotch paper pad. The image was colored with Copic Markers and paper pieced. Winter White 3d paint was added to the Spellbinder Hearts die cut. A machine stitched border, a row of pearls and a sweet little card! This card also qualifies for this week's Sassy Cheryl Digi Stamp Challenge Blog #101 - "Be My Valentine". Thanks for taking a look!

It's Day 10 of the CPS 5th Anniversary Celebration. Lee Murphy is the hostess and she has chosen the following sketch: Here's my take on the sketch: I've used Stampin' Up In Color card stock and designer papers in Island Indigo. The motorcycle is a digital image that I picked on from Cora on her blog: Digital Two for Tuesday . I printed it out and cut it out then popped it up for a little dimension. Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Day 7 of the CPS 5th Anniversary celebration is hosted by Jen Buck. Here is the sketch that Jen chose: Here is my take on the sketch using Penny Black's stamp "Spinning a Yarn": When I saw this sketch I immediately knew that I wanted to use this silly stamp with the chickens sitting in a row with their feet dangling onto the chicken wire panel. I saw this stamp used on Splitcoast Stampers website about a year ago. I ordered it right away for my aunt who had a chicken farm AND knits! How perfect! The image was stamped on Stampin' Up Very Vanilla and colored with Copic Markers. I added baker's twine for the "yarn" and a paper flower with a Stampin' Up! vintage brad center. The designer paper is from a stash of Daisy D's. I used a retired background stamp called "Chicken Wire" from Stampin' Up for the bottom panel. The finished card size is 5.5 x 5.75. Thanks for taking a look!

This is Day 11 of the CPS 5th Anniversary Celebration. Jennie Harper is the hostess today and she chose the following sketch: Here is my take on the sketch using a Gina K Designs StampTV kit called "Vintage Chic": This card came together so quickly using this fun silhouette stamp, Spellbinder Fancy Tags and nestibilities and an MFT Die-namic border die. The papers are a designer series paper stack from Stampin' Up! which coordinates with their most recent In-Color series. This color is the Wisteria Wonder. This card also qualifies for the "Free For All Friday" challenge on StampTV .

Here is the sketch that Deb Felts chose for Day 9 of the CPS Anniversary Celebration: Here's my take on the sketch: Latisha chose the following sketch for Day 6 of the CPS Anniversary Celebration: Above is my take on the sketch using Sweet 'n Sassy's new set "Together Silhouettes". I have combined it with papers from Websters Pages. Thanks for taking a look!

This is Day 8 of the CPS 5th Anniversary Celebration . Lori Craig is our hostess and she selected the following sketch: Here is my take on the sketch using a Gina K Designs StampTV kit "Sent With Love": I've paired the image with paper from the Basic Grey Sugar Rush paper pad. Hearts were cut out of felt and card stock with the Spellbinder Heart Nestibilities. A brad heart was added as well. The heart border was made with the Martha Stewart border punch. The main image was colored with Copic Markers and paper glaze was applied to the heart/leaves. You can see a close up of the glaze below: Thanks for stopping by! I'm really trying to keep up with the Anniversary sketches. It's been a lot of fun so far! This also qualifies for the StampTV challenge - adding texture .

The Sassy Cheryl Digi Stamp Challenge blog is celebrating their 100th challenge this week. Wow! Sassy Jeni has challenged us to use a punch and something shimmery with our Sassy Cheryl images. I knew immediately that I wanted to make something special for the 100th challenge. I used one of Cheryl's newer Sally images called "You Are My Sunshine-Sally" for this scrapbook page. I'm a little rusty, but it felt really good to put together this page with my niece using Sassy Sally as an embellishment! The Sassy Sally image was colored using Copic Markers with Stickles added for Shimmer. The Kraft border was made with a Martha Stewart Punch. The grass and cloud border were made with Cut ups die cuts from The Cat's Pajamas. The "sun" was made with Spellbinder Nestibilities die - Inverted Scalloped and Standard Circle. Thanks for stopping by to take a look! I really enjoy reading your comments.

This is Day 4 of the CPS Anniversary celebration. Below is the sketch that Jeanne chose: Here is my take on the sketch with a sweet Pure Innocence set called "Out on A Limb" by My Favorite Things. She's so sweet and the dress just HAD to get paper pieced. I used papers from the October Afternoon "Fly A Kite" collection. Stampin' Up! Rose Red and Chocolate Chip were also used. The fence border punch is from Martha Stewart. And the paper rose was made with the MFT rolled rose die. Thanks for stopping to take a look!

The Card Positioning System blog is celebrating their 5th Anniversary. Laura picked the the following sketch for Day 5: Here is my take on the sketch: I've used a digital stamp from Paper Smooches that you can find HERE . I pulled inspiration from the Sparks Challenge to use the striped designer paper and felt clouds. You can find the Sparks Challenge Inspiration photo HERE . The sentiment is from Paper Smooches clear art stamp set "Sentiment Sampler". Great inspiration from both challenges! I used designer papers from October Afternoon "Fly a Kite" and "Modern Homemaker" paper pads. Base card stock is Stampin' Up! Kraft. Thanks for stopping by to take a look! This card is being submitted to the following challenges: CPS Anniversary Challenge Day 5 Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge

Tami Mayberry and the Design Team are celebrating the 5th Anniversary of CPS with sketch challenges and prizes. You can check out all of the details HERE . Here is the sketch challenge that Lisa Beeson chose for Day 2: Here's my take on the sketch: I used "Garden Fresh" from Gina K Designs. I've paired it with Gina K Designs Pure Luxury Card stock and designer papers from the StampTV kit "Enjoy the Sunshine". I really like this fresh and fun color combo. Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Tami Mayberry and the Design Team are celebrating the 5th Anniversary of CPS . Here's the sketch for Day 3: Here's my version of the sketch using a Gina K Designs set "Gnome One Like You" by Tami Mayberry. This set is so much fun and I couldn't resist paper piecing this goofy bird! The images were paper pieced with Basic Grey Sugar Rush designer papers and Gina K Pure Luxury cardstock. The tilted panel is a Spellbinder Nestibilities die cut called Wonky Rectangles. Thanks for stopping by to take a look! This card is also for the Gina K Release challenge hosted by Lori McAree to use designer paper.

Tami Mayberry is celebrating the 5th Anniversary of CPS with 15 days of sketches and prizes. This is the sketch for Day 1 of the celebration: Here's my card using Gina K Designs "Garden Silhouettes": I went a little shabby with the ink distressing and added machine stitching. The image was stamped with Adirondack Red Pepper. Thanks for stopping by! This card is for the following challenges: CPS Day 1 Sassy Cheryl Show Me #60 GKD Free For All Friday - to use a stamped flower and two shapes