Stampin' In Alaska

Happy Wednesday!  The work week is officially more than half over.  I picked up this sweet Free vintage image from the Create with TLC last week as I was browsing the shop.  Paulette is so generous with her creations.  You never know when a freebie will pop up on the blog or in the shop!  If you are a digital stamper, or want to experiment with digital, stop by Create with TLC and take a look. Here's the card that I created combining two free Create with TLC digital images from my stash: The image has such a sweet vintage feel!  I have combined it with designer papers from the Basic Grey Serendipity paper pad.  The card layout was provided by Janette for this week's Splitcoast sketch challenge .  I really liked all of the layers and it was perfect for this digital combo. I am also entering this into this week's Tuesday Alchemy Challenge #52: Anything Goes . Thanks for stopping by for a closer look!  I always enjoy reading your com...

This week on Mo's Challenge Blog , the Design Team has challenged us to use a masculine theme with our Mo Manning image in our projects.  I decided to make a Clean and Simple design with Mo's " Lazy Mutts " image.  This actually comes with three pup images and they are all adorable! Here's my card: The pup was colored using Prismacolor pencils, blending stumps and baby oil.  I received a comment recently asking me to explain the combination.  Below is a photo of the products which I used.  Some people call this the "Gamsol Magic" technique.  I found that baby oil gave the same blending effect and was much cheaper and accessible to me.  If you are interested in trying this technique you can check out the tutorial HERE on Splitcoast Stampers. I have also added a few score lines to the image panel to provide some dimension.   This card also qualifies for the following: Mark's Finest Papers Challenge to use scorelines. Tuesday Alchemy ...