Stampin' In Alaska

  I'm joining the current Art Impressions Challenge with a fun masculine card featuring Catching Z's T4156 and Fish, Bait, Nap G4155 (both retired).  I love Bonnie's adorable people stamps and she has created SO many over the years. This guy is perfect for the fishermen in my family.  The sentiment perfectly coordinates with the image and can be used for birthdays or Father's Day. The image was stamped onto My Favorite Things Smooth White cardstock and colored with Copic Markers.  The die cut image was layered onto papers from Carta Bella The Great Outdoors collection. I would like to share my card with the following: Art Impressions Challenge - The People in Your Neighborhood #422 PIP Challenge:  #2610 Anything Goes Word Art Wednesday Challenge:   Anything Goes Polkadoodles Challenge: #3 Anything Goes

  I hope everyone has a safe and fun Independence Day!  I'm joining the current House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge with the optional theme of water.   My card features the adorable House-Mouse Designs Water Fun (RSC-030) cling stamp from Spellbinders.  The image was colored with Copic Markers and the sky was masked with a Creative Worship Stamps cloud mask. The image was layered onto designer paper Carta Bella's Beach Day 6x6 pad.  Doodlebug mat sprinkles and a sun die from MFT finish the 5x5 square card.  A coordinating sentiment was stamped from the Water Fun set. I would like to share my card with the following: House Mouse and Friends Challenge #443 AG or Show or Use Some Water PIP Challenge #2526 Monday Theme - Sunshine Lil Patch of Crafty Friends:  #256 Anything Goes Crafts Galore Encore Challenge:  #137 Anything Goes

  I'm finishing up Father's Day cards this weekend.  This pair of cards will be going into the mail for a couple of fishermen in my family!  The sentiment is an older woodblock $1 stamp from Michael's.   I stamped the full image of lures from Unity's Reel Great Guy clear stamp set .  It was fussy cut and colored then used as embellishments.  Designer papers are from Carta Bella The Great Outdoors 6x6 paper pad.   The inside sentiment reads "Have a Reel-Y Great Day!". I would like to share my card with the following: Lil Patch of Crafty Friends:   Anything Goes Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge:   Masculine PIP Challenge #2522:   Anything Goes Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:   Masculine

  The current Penny Black Saturday Challenge is On The Farm .  This is an older (2006) wood mount stamp from my stash called Spinning A Yarn.  The image was stamped onto water color paper and colored with Tombow markers.  It was layered onto a variety of designer papers from the Carta Bella Farm to Table paper pad.  A few enamel dots finish the card. I used baker's twine for the ball of yarn with this image a few years ago.  You can see it HERE . I'm sharing my card with the following: Penny Black Saturday Challenge - On The Farm Woodblock Wednesday Challenge:  March Anything Goes PIP Challenge:  #2512 Anything Goes Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends:  #250 Anything Goes    Simon Says Stamp Wednesday:  Anything Goes  

  This card has been rolling around in my brain for quite a while now.  I recently purchased the hen house digital image from Amanda Jayne Designs.  It was the final piece that I needed for this quirky Spring Chickens from Beccy's Place.  The sentiment is from Art Impressions. I started with the pre-colored chickens from the set and fussy cut them for the scene.  The hen house was also fussy cut and colored with alcohol markers.  I "built" my scene with papers from Carta Bella Farmhouse Living paper pad. I would like to share my card with the following: Beccy's Place August Challenge PIP #2434 Anything Goes Allsorts Challenge #795 Anything Goes  Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge:  #236 Anything Goes  

  I'm playing along with the current challenge at Di's Digi Stamps.  This week we were asked to include a digital element.  I was a recent challenge winner and found this cutie in the shop Aeroplane Racoon .  I'm loving Di's racoon images! The digital image was printed onto X-Press It card stock, colored with Copic markers and fussy cut.  It has been adhered with dimension tape to a background paper from Carta Bella The Great Outdoors paper pad.   A birthday sentiment from Sweet 'n Sassy finish the clean and simple design.  I was so happy when I came across the background page.  It works perfectly and made this card super quick! I would like to share my card with the following: Di's Digi Stamp Challenge - Use a Digital Element (Di's digital stamp) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday:  Anything Goes   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends:  #212 Anything Goes   Allsorts Challenge:  Week 743 Anything Goes or Butterflies  

  Beccy has been busy again creating adorable critters and floral elements for her new August release.  I really enjoy all of Beccy's sweet critters!  The new Over the Back Fence digital set is no exception.  The set comes with 3 pre-colored and 3 black & white line images.  She has also included 5 adorable coordinating sentiment for your card making or any project. I had so much fun creating with this set!  My first project that I'm sharing today started by printing the black and white image onto X-Press It card stock and coloring with alcohol markers.  I then fussy cut the image and layered it onto a Woodgrain Fence die from My Favorite Things.  Designer papers are from Carta Bella Farmhouse Living paper pad.  The birthday sentiment from the set was printed and die cut with the Lawn Fawn Speech Bubble border die. My second project features Beccy's new Daisy Elements set.  I completed this card in about 10 minutes!  I LOVE the ...

  You have to be of a certain age to appreciate the humor of this birthday card.  Scrappy Boy Stamps released a couple of sets last year paying honor to Gilligan's Island.  One of my favorite shows from the 60's.  Of course, I had to purchase them both.  My card uses elements from both Three Hour Tour and Little Buddy .  I'm also joining the Scrappy Boy Sketch Challenge.  I kept the sketch simple and added pattern paper from Carta Bella Beach Boardwalk. I would like to share my card with the following: Time Out Challenges:  #241 Funny Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes   Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge:  Vacation   Corrosive Challenge Blog:  #7 July Anything Goes

  I'm playing along with the current challenge at Art Impressions.  We have been asked to include snacks in our project this week. My card features the adorable Spring Chicken set.   I love the fun chicken images and sentiments in this set.  Great for so many occasions!  The image was stamped onto X-Press It card stock and colored with alcohol markers.  After die cutting the image I sponged Memento Dandelion yellow ink for the background.  A coordinating sentiment was stamped and die cut with a MFT speech bubble die. The image has been layered onto various designer paper layers from Carta Bella Farm to Table paper pad. I would like to share my card with the following: Art Impressions Challenge #353 Midnight Snack PIP Challenge #2323 Anything Goes Allsorts Challenge:  #732 Anything Goes or Birthdays   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:  Lots of Layers

  I'm joining the current House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge with the optional theme this week - More than ONE fold.  The inspiration for my fun fold (more than one fold) came from the blog of Shoregirl's Creations.  You can check out her beautiful design HERE .  My card features the adorable little mice from the Stampendous Mini Spring set.  This is such a fun set with a variety of mischievous mice!   The image was heat embossed and colored with Tombow markers.  The Spellbinders die cut was mounted onto a small square "hinge" allowing the image panel to unfold and reveal the inside sentiment. Designer papers are from Carta Bella.  Long retired Stampin' Up! Barely Banana and Regal Rose card stock accents the card/cardbase. I would like to share my card with the following: HMFMC #384 Anything Goes Option theme More than ONE Fold PIP Challenge #2308 Anything Goes   Craft Galore Encore Challenge:  #109 Anything Goes  ...

  When I saw the current AI challenge I knew that I would use their His and Hers Campers set.  Hubby and I enjoy "glamping" during the summer months in Alaska. I started by stamping and coloring the trailer image from the set and fussy cutting.  Designer papers from Carta Bella Summer Market were layered.  I finished the card with a few enamel dots and a coordinating sentiment from the set. I would like to share my card with the following: Art Impressions Challenge #328 Home is Where the Heart Is Allsorts Challenge:  #678 Anything But a Birthday   Word Art Wednesday:  #545 - 546 Anything Goes   

  I came across this adorable Create A Smile stamp company a few months ago and couldn't resist this adorable Crazy Chick set!  The expressions on these chicks are so Fun! If you haven't checked the store, here's a little information: The name says it all: Create a smile stamps are made for cardmakers, scrapbookers, stampers - people, who like to create things that make others smile.   Our stamps are made from high quality photopolymer and are produced in Germany and the UK.   Fun designs, cute images and punny sentiment are exactly what we love - and we hope you agree that these... create a smile :) Supplies for my card: CAS Crazy Chick set, Carta Bella It's A Celebration paper pad, enamel dots, Tombow markers and sewing machine I would like to share my card with the following: Create A Smile Challenge - March Sketch Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Chall...

  I'm sharing with Di's current challenge - Cute and Cuddly animals.  My card features Di's Measure Up Mice digital image.  The image was colored with alcohol markers and charcoal pencil. I pulled out some sewing themed papers from Carta Bella to coordinate with the image.  A few flower accents, pearls and a scissor eyelet finish the card. I would like to share my card with the following: Di's Digital Challenge - Cute and Cuddly Animals Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes   Allsorts Challenge: Week 665 🐶🌷 Hand coloured or paper pieced image Colour Crazy Craft Challenge:  Week 8 Anything Goes

  I'm joining the current Art Impressions challenge with a mini slimline birthday card.  My card features critters from the adorable Baby Critters Set . The images were stamped onto water color paper and die cut.  I colored the images with Tombow markers and blended.  This set is perfect for birthday party scenes and the slimline card size worked perfectly! My party scene is layered onto papers from Carta Bella with a small strip of glitter card stock.  I finished the card with Stickles accents and a few star embellishments. I would like to share my card with the following: Art Impressions Challenge #313 - Slimline  Gem of a Challenge #20 - Anything Goes   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday:  Anything Goes Simon Says Stamp:  World Card Making Day Challenge Word Art Wednesday:  Wk 511 -512 Anything Goes    

  I'm joining the current Art Impressions Challenge - Shaken, Not Stirred (include a drink).  I took advantage of the recent Anniversary sale at AI and got this adorable fall set called Feast Mode.  The fox looks very satisfied sitting on the pumpkin enjoying his coffee! The image was colored with Copic Markers, die cut and layered onto papers from Carta Bella Welcome Autumn. I used a tag from my stash for the sentiment and added a few enamel dots to finish the card. I would like to share my card with the following: Art Impressions Challenge #311 Shaken, Not Stirred Word Art Wednesday Challenge:  Wk #507 - 508 Anything Goes Polkadoodles Challenge:  Wk 37 Anything Goes  

The current challenge at Di's Digi Design is to use our paper scraps.  I colored Di's adorable Party Patch digital image for my card. I colored the image with Copic Markers and applied shading with charcoal pencil.  The scraps for my card are from Carta Bella It's a Celebration paper pad.  A few rhinestones and birthday sentiment finish the card. I would like to share my card with the following: Di's Digi Challenge:  Use Your Scraps   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday:  Anything Goes   Crafty Sentiments Design Challenge:  Anything Goes Wk 30 - Anything Goes Craft challenge at Digi Choosday/Polkadoodles    

The current Fun Friday Challenge at YNS is all about pets.  I pulled out one of my favorite YNS sets - Aquarium Antics and created a quick shaker card. I started by using the coordinating die cut for the shaker window using designer paper from Carta Bella's Beach Boardwalk.  The fish bowl was stamped and colored on a separate sheet of card stock.  I created the shaker with a piece of plastic from my stash which I layered with the sequins and dimension foam.  Then layered it all and easy peasy! The turtle was stamped into water color paper and colored with Tombow markers.  I added a little orange for him to stand on and for a pop of color! I would like to share my card with the following: Your Next Stamp Fun Friday Challenge:  #116 Pets Simon Says Stamp Wednesday:  Anything Goes Word Art Wednesday:  #392 - #393 Anything Goes

The Bugaboo Design Team is sharing inspiration today featuring a new release called Super Dad. I printed the image onto Stampin' Up Whisper White cardstock and colored with Copic markers then fussy cut.  The image was adhered with foam  tape onto paper from Carta Bella Beach Boardwalk paper pad. Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to check the Bugaboo store for all of the new images released this month.