Stampin' In Alaska

  Happy Monday!  I love a good sketch challenge and I'm so happy that MFT is providing their fabulous inspiration once again.   My monochromatic design began with designer papers from Stampin' Up!  I recently received the new Not-So-Basic Happy Birthday Die-namic which worked perfectly for this week's sketch.  At the last minute I decided to add a few gems. I would like to share my card with the following: My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge #3 Allsorts Challenge:  #817 Shades of Blue  PIP Challenge #2507 Anything Goes Lil Patch of Crafty Friends:  #248 Anything Goes  

I recently rediscovered this adorable retired MFT set in my stash.  It brings back many memories for me of clothes (including my wedding dress) and doll clothes that were sewn by my mom and grandma.  Sweet memories!! The current sketch challenge provided the perfect opportunity to give the Sew Nifty Die-namics and stamp set some inky love. I started by selecting designer papers from My Mind's Eye Sunshine paper pad.  The base panel was machine stitched with my sewing machine that I've had since college.  I love adding machine stitching to my projects.  A great embellishment, easy and cheap! The dress forms were die cut with coordinating paper.  A pearl accent, silver die cut scissors and sentiment finish the card.  Thanks for stopping by for a closer look!  Do you pull out older sets and ink them up?  I definitely need to do this more often.  I'm sharing my card with the following: My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch:...

I'm sharing a quick card for a couple of the current challenges at My Favorite Things. I started by using cutting the MFT  Hello There Die-namic from  MFT Steel Gray card stock then applied a light layer of Stickles. The die was layered onto MFT Safety Orange and Ripe Raspberry cardstock.  Designer papers are from Crate Paper Gather paper pad. I'm sharing my card with the following: My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch:  Challenge #333 My Favorite Things Color:  Challenge #69  Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #282 - #283 Through the Craft Room Door Challenge:  May 16 Anything Goes   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:  A Bit of Sparkle   Aud Sentiments:  #180 Anything Goes + Sentiment  

I'm sharing a last minute entry for this week's sketch challenge at My Favorite Things .  My card features a retired stamp set and matching dies called Sew Nifty. The sketch was perfect for the dress form and tall sentiment. Verve Stamps Scripture Medley 4 was heat embossed in white. I think it really pops on the Real Red card stock from Stampin' Up! The little scissors die is  also included in the MFT set.  Thanks for taking a closer look! I'm sharing my card with the following: My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch:  Challenge #329   Brown Sugar Challenge:  #247 Use a Die Cut   Word Art Wednesday:  #278 - #279 Anything Goes Aud Sentiments Challenge:  #178 Use A Stamp for the Sentiment  

I hope everyone is having a great weekend! I'm stopping in tonight with a quick birthday card using this week's sketch from My Favorite Things. My card features a fun image and  birthday sentiment from MFT My Whole Herd stamp set and die. I just LOVE the expression on this cow's face!! Designer papers is also from MFT Trail Mix .  Thanks for stopping by for a closer look! I'm sharing my card with the following: My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch: Challenge #327   Simon Says Wednesday:  Happy Birthday!    Aud Sentiment Challenge:  #177 Happy Birthday Simon Says Monday:  Make a Rainbow   Kraftin' Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday Challenge:  April Anything Goes Creative Corner Challenge:  Farm Friends

Welcome to the March Bingo Challenge at Catch the Bug ! My card features the adorable Puppy Pile digital image from Bugaboo Stamps. The image was printed onto Stampin' Up! Whisper White card stock and colored with Copic Markers. It has been layered onto SU In-Color designer papers from my stash. A farm fence die cut from MFT and baker's twine finish the card. My Bingo Choices are: Twine, Green and Stripes This will be going out to "Sending Paw Prints" as part of the March Cards for a Cause at SplitcoastStampers. Be sure to check out the Blog for all of this week's Bingo Challenge  details, prizes and design team inspiration. I'm sharing my card with the following:   HLS March:  Anything Goes with a Die Di's Digi's:  Lots of Green   Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #274 - 275  Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Bit' O Green SplitcoastStampers: Cards for a Cause Challenge Brown Sugar...

I'm sharing a quick card featuring a retired die from My Favorite Things. The Ring Me die  is fun for this quick hello card. I received the Hello There Die-namics free with a  recent purchase. I'm sharing my card with the following: MFT Wednesday Card Challenge:  Sketch 300 MFT Card Color Challenge:  #54 Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #250-251 TTCRD:  Anything Goes September 26 Aud Sentiments Challenge:  #165 Anything Goes + Sentiment

It's been  few weeks since I've had a chance to play along  My Favorite Things. This week I was determined to play with both: Weekly Sketch challenge #188 and  Color Palette Challenge #8 My card uses " Document it - Bingo " and  Mix & Match Banner Die-namics . I was totally inspired this week by both the sketch and fun color combination. Thanks for stopping by! I always enjoy reading your comments.

I have really missed playing along with the Art Impressions challenges the last few weeks! I couldn't wait to ink up " Texting BFFs " for this week's challenge to use a doily. My card is full of bright colors. This has been my favorite lately! The image was colored with Copic Markers. Thanks for stopping by for a closer look! I always enjoy reading your comments.

Hi!  I'm back tonight with some exciting news, Paulette at Create with TLC has asked me to join her Design Team!  Woo-Hoo!  I can't tell you how excited I am to join this team! If you haven't visited Paulette's store you have to check it out HERE .  She provides quality word art and tons of digital images.  Okay, on to the rest of my post!  This week's Sassy Cheryl Challenge is provided by Peggy and she has asked us to use "Red, White and Blue" with our Sassy Cheryl image. Lucky me, I won last week's Show Me challenge over on Cheryl's Blog!  Of course, I had to shop right away and picked up " Sassy Sally in her Inner Tube ".  I decided this was the perfect image to use for this week's challenge with our recent warm Alaska summer days! The main image was colored with Copic markers and the inner tube was paper pieced with paper from Jellibean Soup.  The base designer paper and "sun" used papers from the new Bas...

Above is the sketch provided for this week's MFT Wednesday Stamp Club over on Splitcoast Stampers.  While reorganizing my craft room I found a stack of textured cardstock.  I thought this would be the perfect time to try the no-coloring technique that the MFT design team showcased last Fall.  This is what I came up with: This sweet Pure Innocence image " Peek-a-boo " was stamped using Memento Rich Cocoa.  The designer papers are from Pinkpaislee's Prairie Hill paper pack.  The paper flowers and leaves were made with the MFT " Upsy Daisy " Die-namics.  Here is a photo of the finished inside of the card as well.  I really want to be more consistent with finishing the inside of my cards as well! Thanks for stopping by to take a closer look!  I always enjoy reading your comments.  Have a great Memorial Day!  Thanks to all of the men and women who have served (or are serving) in our armed forces.

Sassy Pat has challenged us this week to create a card that is anything but square.  Of course, I had a couple of ideas rolling around, but this rectangle 6.5 by 3.5 card is what I came up with.  I already had "Crabby Surprise" colored so I did a little altering and this is the finished card. The image was colored with Copic Markers.  Lucky for you, this image is still available and on sale for $2.00 right now.  Check is out HERE before it's gone. The sun was created using an MFT die-namics, felt and fun foam.  A couple of dew drops were added for dimension.  A machine stitching border was added for the base and the crab was cut out and popped up.  The base designer paper is from the Echo Park Splash paper pack. Thanks for stopping by for a closer look!  I really enjoy reading your comments.

Welcome to the 3rd annual Mother of All Blog Hops sponsored by There She Goes Clear Stamps!  Over the next two days, we (customers and trendsetters!) will be featuring some of our favorite There She Goes Clear Stamp sets!  Not only that, we're going to give YOU a chance to win some fabulous prizes! To find out how, please go to the There She Goes’ blog and read the simple instructions. Side view of card using "Loads of Fun"   My project uses " Loads of Fun " by There She Goes.  This was the first set I purchased from TSG.  The images and sentiments in the set are so much fun to use!  I've colored the images with Copic Markers and combined them with papers from the new Basic Grey Shine On paper pad.  The clouds and grass were cut using Die-namics from My Favorite Things. I am new to the TSG stamping company and I'm loving it more and more!  Each release brings something new and exciting.  The product quality is f...