Stampin' In Alaska

  I'm joining a few challenges this morning with a quick card featuring Stamplorations Things with Wings card front .  These card fronts are super thick and are perfect for a quick A2 size card.  A simply framed Scripture stamp from Verve Stamps (sadly out of business) has been applied with dimension tape.  I've applied Stickles to the bee wings and finished with a few gems from Stampin' Up! I would like to share my card with the following: STAMPlorations Challenge:  April Anything Goes Time Out Challenge:  #311 Pick 2 (Pastel, bloom and Hope) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday:  Feminine Stamping Sensations:  Inspired by Nature We Love Stamping:  Spring

  Good morning!  It's been awhile since I've posted here.  I hope all is well with you and your family. Today I'm sharing a sweet Christmas card with you for the current House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge - Christmas Cheer .  With my recent move I've found a local stamping store and have made several trips to visit.  During my last visit I couldn't resist this adorable Hot Cocoa Day set from House Mouse Designs. My card design was inspired by THIS bookmark by Lorraine.  The image was colored with Prismacolor pencils and Copic Markers.  Designer papers and sentiment are from the DCWV Winter Frost paper pad.  Glitter paper, silver cord, Stickles and sparkle gems complete the card. Thanks for stopping by!  I hope everyone has a warm and cozy Christmas! I would like to share my card with the following: HMFMC#454 Anything Goes + Option Of Christmas Cheer PIP Challenge #2548:  Anything Goes Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #266 Anything G...

  Beccy has designed another holiday inspired set this month called Country Christmas.  You can find this digital set at Beccy's Place online store now. I've created two project featuring the new set.  The first clean and simple card was printed onto kraft card stock and colored with Prismacolor pencils.  Stickles were added for dimension.  I really liked how the hanging stars fit perfectly onto the sentiment! A second project started by recycling a wood block which was left over after removing the rubber mounted stamp.  The block was painted with acrylic paint.  The pre-colored image was merged onto  sheet music then printed and glued to the block.  Additional paints and splatter were added.  I finished with the burlap ribbon edging and Stickles on the ornaments. Be sure to stop by Beccy's Place store to find this set and many others.  Beccy also generously provides many free digital images, tutorials, videos and card fold ideas....

  Misti is hostessing at the House-Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge blog.  She included an option of Water for our challenge projects.  My card features House Mouse Designs Puddle Jumpers.  The image was colored with Tombow Markers and layered onto papers from Pebbles Inc and American Crafts. Blue Stickles were applied to the rain drops with a few raindrop gems for texture.  The cloudy dies are from Memory Box.  I thought the sentiment from My Favorite Things worked perfectly. I would like to share my card with the following: HMFMC #388 Anything Goes Anything Goes Option of Water PIP Challenge #2315 Anything Goes Polkadoodles Craft Challenge:  Week 15 Anything Goes   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge:  #204 Anything Goes    

  I'm joining the current challenge at Power Poppy to use shimmer and shine on our projects.  My card features their beautiful Snowy Church digital set.   The digital image was printed onto water color paper and water colored with Peerless water colors.  Stickles were added randomly.  The panel was layered onto silver glitter cardstock and snowflake embossed base.  A glittery snowflake and gem finish the card.  I would like to share my card with the following: Power Poppy Blossom Challenge: Gold, Silver and Shimmer PIP Challenge #2246 Anything Goes   Polkadoodles Craft Challenge:  Week 46 Anything Goes   Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge:  November Anything Goes

  This is a special Anniversary card going to my cousin and his wife.  They will be celebrating their 5th Wedding Anniversary and just returned from Cozumel, Mexico where they honeymooned.   My clean and simple design features a lovely beach scene from Stampendous called Beachfront Boat N234.  It was stamped and heat embossed on water color paper.  I used distress ink, Tombow markers and Hero Arts Reactive inks to water color the scene.  A sentiment from Hero Arts and Stickles on the water completes the card. I would like to share my card with the following: Allsorts Challenge Blog:  #676 Add Some Sparkle Time Out Challenge: #213 On Vacation! Word Art Wednesday:  #543 - 544 Anything Goes Colour Crazy Craft Challenge:  Week 19 Anything Goes    

  I'm playing along with this week's House Mouse and Friends Challenge with House Mouse Designs Special Delivery stamp.  The image was colored and blended with Tombow markers.  Stickles were added to the raindrops and distress ink clouds were masked for the background. I would like to share my card with the following: HMFMC #347 Aug 16th Anything Goes Option Water Play Simon Says Stamp Wednesday:  Add A Sentiment Aud Sentiments Challenge:  #281 Anything Goes + Sentiment Word Art Wednesday:  Wk #505 - 506 Anything Goes    

  I'm joining the June challenge at Beccy's Place using her fun freebie Birthday Stanley .  The birthday cupcake was so much fun to color!   I used my favorite bright colors using alcohol ink markers.  Stickles were applied to the flames and "sprinkles" were created with 3D liquid paint. I created my card using the top row of the optional bingo grid. The digital image was layered onto older papers in my stash from Doodlebug Take Note paper pad.  I used my favorite "Bright" colors and Beccy's freebie digital image. I would like to share my card with the following: Beccy's Place June Challenge Word Art Wednesday:  Week #497 - 498 Anything Goes   Polkadoodles Craft Challenge:  Week 25 Anything Goes    

  I'm joining the current Show Sparkle challenge at Di's Digi Challenge with a sparkly birthday card. My card features Di's digital Wendy's Cupcakes.  The image was colored with Copic Markers with various Stickles applied.  The coordinating birthday papers are from Carta Bella It's A Celebration paper pad.  I finished with lots of rhinestones! I would like to share my card with the following: Di's Digi Challenge - Show Sparkle Colour Crazy Craft Challenge: Week 22 Anything Goes Cute Card Thursday Challenge:  #689 Anything Goes   Polkadoodles Craft Challenge:  Week 23 Anything Goes    

I'm joining the current House-Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge with the adorable House-Mouse Designs Puddle Jumpers.   I included the optional sparkle with LOTS of Stickles on this rainy scene. The image was colored with Tombow Markers and blended.  I water colored the sky and watery ground with Tim Holtz distress inks.  After it was dry, I came back and applied Waterfall Stickles to all of the raindrops.    This was so fun to color and create!  I finished the card with an embossed sentiment on vellum from Stampin' Up!  The Wonky Rectangle die used for the main panel is from My Favorite Things. I would like to share my card with the following: House-Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge:  #313 AG + option of Sparkle  Word Art Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes #434 and #435 Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge:  Add Some Texture Aud Sentiments Challenge:  #248 Anything Goes + Sentiment 2 Crafty Critter Crazi...

I'm joining the current Embellish It Awesome challenge at Di's Digi Design with this Di's adorable Daisy Bear image.  I picked up this guy from the shop for $1.00 this morning!   The bear was colored with Prismacolor pencils and blended.  The flowers and butterfly were colored with alcohol markers I recently bought at Tuesday Morning.  I LOVE the bright yellow!  So cheerful! I fussy cut the image and layered with a couple of patterned papers from Pebbles using the Mojo 533 sketch.   My card was embellished with grosgrain ribbon, stickles, gems and a glittery butterfly punch.  This little guy was so much fun to color and create with tonight. I would like to share my card with the following: Di's Digi Design Challenge:  Embellish It Awesome Cute Card Thursday Challenge:  #626 Just For Fun!   Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes Week #430 - #431 Mojo Monday Sketch:  Challenge 533    

I'm so excited that Verve is bringing back their monthly inspiration challenge starting this month and it's all about Green.  I have also included the current sketch from Viva la Verve into my project.   Of course, I'm featuring the adorable digital set by Verve called Lucky Day .  Be sure to check out Verve's 30% off sale as well. So, green is a color that I use very often.  But I used this as a challenge and sifted through my paper stash until I found these coordinating papers in the Lost & Found Rosy paper pad.  A little watercolor splash was added to the sentiment and Stickles on both images.  The card with finished with a machine stitched border and ribbon from Stampin' Up. I'm sharing my card with the following: Verve Diva Inspiration & Blog Hop:  March Challenge - Green   Viva la Verve Sketch Challenge:  March   Word Art Wednesday:  #324-#325 Anything Goes Aud Sentiments Challenge:  #198...

Welcome to Bugaboo's Holiday Chaos 2016 ! If you are new to Bugaboo,  this week will be full of fun Holiday themed challenges  AND lots of prizes! We are kicking off the week with a fun theme challenge "All that Sparkles" My card features a fun new winter image called Snowmen Blocks The digital image was colored with Copic Markers and various Stickles were applied. I kept the design clean and simple to focus on the fun block image and used a 4.25 inch square card base. Be sure to check the Blog for all of the challenge details, prizes and design team inspiration. I'm sharing my card with the following: Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #258-259 Aud Sentiments Challenge:  #169 Anything Goes + Sentiment Craft Your Passion Challenge:  #340 Always anything Goes  Brown Sugar Challenge:  #227 Anything Goes  Little Red Wagon Challenge:  #370 Chilly Friends 

Welcome to a new challenge at Eureka Stamps . This week we are asking that you use a snowman or snowflake  on your project. My card features: 27301 Snow Background 27502 Wonderful Counselor This clean and simple design uses a little mixed media background this week to showcase  the fun Snow Background digital image. I started by randomly sponging blue chalk. I then lightly applied metalic rub-on over several of the snowflakes, applied Stickles then sprayed the entire panel with Sheer Shimmer Mist by Tsukineko. Thanks for stopping by and don't forget  to check out all of the design team inspiration! I'm sharing my card with the following: QKR Stampede Challenge:  #171 Snowman or Snowflake Word Art Wednesday:   Challenge #214/215 - Two Weeek Anything Goes Simon Monday Challenge:  Winter Wonderland Simon Wednesday Challenge: Make It Sparkle

Good morning and welcome to the  December BINGO challenge at Catch the Bug. My card features the adorable Scene it - Christmas Mice I chose the following BINGO options: Bugaboo image Glitter Player's Choice - Clean and Simple Design I hope you get a chance to join the fun! Be sure to add your project to the Bugaboo Stamps   challenge blog, Catch the Bug ,  by 1/3/15 at  6:00 AM EST to be entered a random drawing for three digi prize packs –ten ( 10) (using Bugaboo only) seven (7) or four (4), using any image!  New projects only no backlinking please!  Limit 3 projects per follower! Be sure you check this out Now to the end of December 50% all images so stock up now!  I'm also sharing my card with the following: Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenge #80: Christmas Wags 'n Whiskers Stamps Challenge #144:  Merry Christmas Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge:  Anything Goes   Thanks ...

Art Impressions is embracing the winter this week with a "Feeling Frosty" challenge. Although we don't have penguins in Alaska, I thought Penguin Pete (Sku G3060) would work perfectly for a frosty card. The stamp was embossed with CTMH Black embossing powder and colored with Copic marker then fussy cut. The snowy background was created using the Country Landscape die from Memory Box.  I tore a couple of strips from white cardstock then applied Stickles to the edge for snowy shimmer and dimension. Finally, I applied a line of glue to the edge of the base panel and sprinkled on Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter Faux Snow. I really like how this frosty card turned out! I'm also sharing my card with the following: Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:  Bling it On! Thanks for stopping by! I always enjoy reading your comments.

It's time for another Stella Says Sketch Challenge . This week's sketch is very versatile. Here's what I created using  Bugaboo's digital Thank You Tulip Block The image was printed twice and the tulip blooms were colored and fussy cut for dimension.  Yellow Stickles were added to the blooms for dimension as well.  The background was water colored with Tim Holtz distress reinker.   I hope this has inspired you to join this week's sketch challenge!  Be sure to link your project to  Bugaboo's challenge blog for your chance at winning free Bugaboo images. I'm also sharing my card with the following: Challenges 4 Everybody:  #41 Anything Goes Stamping Sensations:  May Challenge Anything Goes Thanks for stopping by!  I always enjoy reading your comments.