Stampin' In Alaska

I'm sharing a quick card for a couple of challenges tonight. I started with a digital image from Gerda Steiner called Kitten In Boots. It was printed onto Stampin' Up! Whisper White card stock and colored with Copic Markers then die cut. The Scripture is Scripture Medley 2 from Verve Stamps.  I'm sharing my card with the following: Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes Kraftin' Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday:  Anything Goes Cute Card Thursday:  #488 Anything Goes  Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #292 - 293

We have a new Recipe Challenge for you this week over at Catch the Bug.  We are asking that you use the following on your project:  3 layers, scallops  and hot pink. My card features the adorable Bugaboo  digital image:  Hang in There Dog . It was printed onto Stampin' Up! Whisper White card stock and colored with Copic markers. The designer paper is from my stash and the  Passion Pink is retired Stampin' Up! A machine stitched border and pearls finish the card. I hope you get a chance to join the fun this week! Be sure to check the challenge blog for all of the challenge details, prizes and design team inspiration.   I'm sharing my card with the following: Simon Says Monday Challenge: You've Got the Edge Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes Kraftin' Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday:  Anything Goes Cute Card Thursday:  #488 Anything Goes  Word Art Wednesday:  Anythin...

I have to admit that the current challenge over at Art Impressions had me a little stumped.  Text only?  What?? That is until I pulled out my coffee themed sets and saw the wonderful sentiments  in both sets!  Usually the sentiment supports the image BUT this week the sentiment is the main focus. My card features sentiments (and image) from  Cathy Caffeine Set and Hot Java Mama. I started by inking a Tim Holtz Splatters stencil with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.  The sentiments were  then stamped and finally the image was  stamped onto Copic paper, colored with Copic Markers and fussy cut then adhered to the panel.  A few rhinestones finish the card. Thanks for taking the time to stop by! I'm sharing my card with the following: Art Impressions Challenge:  #213 I'll Text You   Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes Kraftin' Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday:  Anything G...

It's never an easy task to create a sympathy card. I had this floral image colored and in my crafty stash so I paired it with a sentiment from Sweet 'n Sassy for a quick card. The image is called "You're Too Kind". It was designed by Angie Blom for Unity Stamps. I stamped the image onto water color paper and colored with Tim Holtz Distress Inks. The edges of both the image and sentiment were inked with Versafine Vintage Sepia. It was layered onto paper from the All Abloom Designer Series paper from Stampin' Up! Thanks for taking the time to stop by! I'm sharing my card with the following: Simon Says Monday Challenge: You've Got the Edge Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes Kraftin' Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday:  Anything Goes Cute Card Thursday:  #488 Anything Goes   Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #292 - 293

While looking through my stamp stash last week I came across this adorable stamp set called "Float My Boat" from There She Goes and designed by Torico.  Sadly, TSG closed their shop a few years ago.  Torico is now designing for My Favorite Things and continues to create adorable stamps. The base panel was created with distress inks.  I replaced the banner element in the current SPD sketch with a felt cloud die cut and sun. Thanks for stopping by tonight! I'm sharing my card with the following: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge:  #391 A Retired Stamp Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #292 - 293 Penny Black and More Challenge:  July - For the Boys   SugarPea Designs Mix It Up:  Challenge #33  

There is a new sketch and color challenge starting over at Your Next Stamp .  I have combined a YNS retired silhouette stamp called Home Sweet Home with a digital Word Art Scripture provided by Ginny Maxam over on the Christian Card Makers FB group .  I really love how well the image and Scripture work together! I recently expanded my Distress Ink collection with these three yummy colors. They were the perfect combination to create a "sunset" sky background for  the silhouette.   Each of the colors were swiped onto a plastic page protector then spritzed with  water.  (I've also used waxed paper) Then the cardstock was placed onto the ink several times until covered and I heat dried the panel to speed up the process.  Finally, I ran the panel  through my HP Photosmart printer to print the digital Scripture and then stamped the silhouette with Versafine ink. Machine stitched borders finished two o...

We have a new challenge up over at Catch the Bug . This week is a fun color challenge and we hope you will join us. My card features the adorable Bugaboo Under the Sea Birthday Set .  I've been seeing a lot of mermaid themed projects out on blogland and couldn't resist printing this sweet little Bugaboo mermaid this week. I also tried a distress ink background for my "watery" window. Be sure to check the challenge blog for all of the details, prizes and design team inspiration. Thanks for stopping by for a closer look!  I am sharing my card with the following: Through the Craftroom Door:  Anything Goes July 18     Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #292 - 293 Crafty Sentiments Designs:  Clean and Simple or Fussy and Fancy   Cute Card Thursday Challenge:  #487 Summer Colors Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps:  Wonderful Wednesday Challenge  The Cutie Pie Challenge:  #113 Here Come the Girls...

Welcome to Day 6 of the annual Christmas in July Challenge at Catch the Bug! Today we are featuring an Oldie But Goodie Photo Inspiration. My card features the adorable Rudolph Presents digital stamp. The image was printed onto Stampin' Up! Whisper White and colored with Copic markers. Be sure to check the challenge blog for all of the challenge details, prizes and design team inspiration.  I'm sharing my card with the following: Dragonfly Journeys Challenge:  #96 Christmas in July   Through the Craftroom Door:  Anything Goes July 18   Di's Digi Designs Challenge:  Christmas in July   Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #292 - 293 Little Red Wagon:  Challenge #403 Christmas in July  

I'm sharing a quick camping scene using the current MFT sketch challenge and the adorable MFT stamp set Warm & Fuzzy Friends . I was lucky enough to take advantage of the Warm & Fuzzy Card Kit from MFT. A fabulous kit! The images were stamped onto watercolor paper with MFT Hot Fudge Hybrid ink  and cut with the coordinating die cuts.   I  then colored with Tombow markers and used a blender pen. I really like the finished effect!! Thanks for taking the time to stop by! Happy 11th Birthday to My Favorite Things and it's founder Kim van der Sanden!! I'm also sharing with the following: My Favorite Things:  Sketch Challenge #342 Crafting from the Heart:  Anything Goes #168 Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #292 - 293 Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: We're Seeing Stars Penny Black and More Challenge:  July - For the Boys

Sharing a clean and simple design for the current Art Impressions Challenge Bling, Glitter or Glossy!  I think I've covered all of these items on my card with Stickles, rhinestones and glossy accents on the balloon. Thanks for taking the time to stop by! I'm also sharing with the following: Art Impressions Challenge:  #212 Bling, Glitter or Glossy  Crafty Sentiments Designs:  Clean and Simple   Crafting from the Heart:  Anything Goes #168 Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #290 - 291  

I couldn't wait to announce that I will be joining the  Graciellie Design Team in August! Gracie designs beautiful digital images and I'm so excited to get the opportunity to create with them. Be sure to SAVE the Date for my very first blog hop with Graciellie Designs on Tuesday, August 1. Hope to see you then and have a great week!

  I'm playing along with the current challenge over at SugarPea Designs. My card features their new set called RV There Yet?  and Happy Camper paper pack. I used Tim Holtz distress inks to make the paper for the tree line.  I inked a  piece of wax paper then spritzed with water. I then layed a piece of textured paper on the wax paper until it was covered with the green.  After letting it dry, I sprayed it with water lightly.   Finally, I used the SugarCut TreeScape  die and cut twice for a layered look.  The camper (which I LOVE) was colored with Copic Markers  and fussy cut then adhered with dimension tape. The fun banner die is from Verve Stamps.   Thanks for taking the time to stop by! I'm sharing my card with the following: SugarPea Designs Mix It Up:  Challenge #33     Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #290 - 291 Crafting With Friends:  #47 Anyth...

I gave this week's MFT sketch challenge a try and really like how it turned out. It was a tough one for me, but I  combined it with the MFT Color challenge and found some older papers that helped get my Mojo going! I pulled out my large collection of MFT Pure Innocence stamps and  decided to use "Feeling Sassy" which appears to be retired from the MFT store. I love this little image.... It reminds me of my nieces!  ;) The paper pieced dress and shaped panel are from a retired Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper pack called Everyday Enchantment. The dress photographed a little reddish, but it real life it's actually coral. Of course, I added a little machine stitching and a few sequins from Verve to finish my card. Thanks for taking the time to stop by! I'm sharing my card with the following: MFT Card Challenge:  Sketch #341 MFT Color Challenge:  #73 Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #290 - 2...

I took a few minutes today and printed a  couple of freebie digital images for Friday Fellowship over at Christian Card Makers . Ginny Maxam is so generous and had this free poppy floral digital image on her blog recently.  I loved it immediately and  knew I had to color it up! The image was colored with Copic markers. Below are the colors which I used: Poppies:  R22, R14, R05 Leaves & Stems:  YG23, YG17, YC67 I applied yellow Stickles to the flower centers.  The Scripture Word Art was a freebie for this week's Friday Fellowship and was printed onto vellum then machine stitched to adhere. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are having a great weekend! I'm sharing my card with the following:   Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #290 - 291 Stamping Sensations:  July - Anything with Flowers Little Red Wagon:  #402 Thanks Bunches    

Welcome to Day 1 of the Annual  Christmas in July event at Catch the Bug! Be sure to stop by the blog for all of this week's fun challenges, prizes and design team inspiration. Our first challenge is to make a Christmas themed project with either sparkle, shine (or both). I can't wait to see all of the fun sparkly projects!  My gift tag features Christmas Hedgie . I have used the pre-colored version.   LOVE these pre-colored images. Be sure to stop by the blog for all of the challenge details, prizes and design team inspiration. I'm also sharing my project with the following: Dragonfly Journeys Challenge:  #96 Christmas in July   Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #290 - 291 Through the Craftroom Door:  Anything Goes July 11   Di's Digi Designs Challenge:  Christmas in July  

Happy Monday! Today the Bugaboo design team is sharing projects which are  Anything But a Card. My project features the lovely Thank You Tulip Block . I removed the "Thank You" sentiment with  Paint program on my computer. The sentiment was then stamped from Verve Stamps. I have created a  Acrylic Post-it Note desk holder using a 4x6 acrylic frame which I picked up at Wal-Mart for $1.00. It's a fun and easy project which is also a great gift idea! I'm including a link to the Splitcoast Stampers Tutorial if you would like to give this a try.   I'm sharing my project with the following: Stamping Sensations:  July - Anything with Flowers Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #290 - 291 Brown Sugar Challenge:  #258 Anything Goes

  Welcome to a new challenge at Catch the Bug! This week the design team has a fun theme challenge - Outdoor Fun . My card features the adorable Bugaboo digital image Poppi Innertube. Jodie is still busy moving images to the new store so watch for  this image soon! The image was printed onto Stampin' Up! Whisper White card stock and colored with Copic markers. It was die cut using Stitched Circle Dies from Pink & Main then layered onto Designer Papers from Carta Bella and Echo Park. Be sure to check out all of the challenge details, prizes and design team inspiration at Catch the Bug Blog . Also, be sure to join us next Saturday when Bugaboo will host their annual Christmas in July challenge week.   I'm sharing my card with the following: My Favorite Things Sketch:  Challenge #340  My Favorite Things Color Challenge:  #72 Pink and Main Challenge:  #23 Red, White and Blue   ...

I'm sharing a clean and simple card tonight for the current Unity Stamp  Facebook Challenge - Use Flowers. My card features an image from Unity's Sometimes I Wonder set. The digital Scripture is a freebie from Ginny Maxam and her Facebook group.  Thanks for stopping by! I'm also sharing with the following: Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #290 - 291 Stampin Sensation:  July - Anything With Flowers Brown Sugar Challenge:  #258 Anything Goes  

I'm sharing another card for the current color challenge at My Favorite Things . Thanks for stopping by! It's been a tough week or so here and my Mojo has left me. I would like to enter my card in the following: My Favorite Things Color Challenge:  #72 Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #288-289   Kraftin' Kimmie: Wonderful Wednesday Challenge Crafting with Friends:  Anything Goes #46 Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes  Kraftin' Kimmie Saturday Challenge:  #388 Red, White, Blue Pink and Main Challenge:  #23 Red, White and Blue  

Welcome to a new challenge at Catch the Bug ! The first Saturday of each month the design team hosts a fun and easy Anything Goes Challenge. I hope you will grab your favorite Bugaboo image and us this week! Be sure to check out the new shop. Jodie has includes lots of new images and some fun new products  including t-shirts and mugs! My card features an image from Bugaboo's Stella line called Stella Work Monday .  Please check the challenge blog  for all of the challenge details, prizes and design team inspiration. I'm also sharing my card with the following: Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #288-289 Kraftin' Kimmie: Wonderful Wednesday Challenge Crafting with Friends:  Anything Goes #46   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes