Stampin' In Alaska

  Last night I pulled out my folder of images which have been colored but waiting for the right project.  I often color images when traveling, camping or on vacation.  It's nice to have them ready when a quick project is needed.  It was time to create! This beautiful floral image is from an older digital set by Graciellie Designs called New Beginnings.  It is no longer in her shop but take a peek because she has so many lovely floral sets.  The die cut image has been layered onto Stampin' Up! 2020-2022 Designer Series paper in Magenta Madness.  It was finished simply with a Memory Box sentiment tab. I would like to share my card with the following: Time Out Challenge:  #319 Pick 2 (Birthday, Floral, Monochrome) Simon Says Stamp Monday:  Happy Birthday! Simon Says Stamp Wednesday:  Monochrome We Love Stamping:  Summer Blooms

  I pulled out one of my favorite gardener sets (now retired) from Art Impressions called His & Hers Gardeners.  I just love the sassy expression on this gardening lady.  Perfect for this floral birthday greeting. The image was embossed and colored with Copic markers then fussy cut.  I decided to add dimension to my card by fussy cutting part of the scene with the Art Impressions Garden Paper Pack and adhering with dimension tape.  I couldn't resist adding the water hose to the scene!  It's so fun!  The birthday sentiment is from another AI retired set Gotta Garden. Thanks for stopping by for a closer look!  I really appreciate all of the comments that you leave.  I hope you have a great week and maybe sneak in a little crafty time! I'm linking up with the following: Art Impressions Challenge - #433 Floral Frenzy Allsorts Challenge:  #855 Colours of Summer Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge:   Happy Birthday! Simon Says Sta...

  On a recent flea marketing trip I came across a packet of old book pages, sheet music and atlas pages.  That was the beginning of my altered tag.  A book page was used to collage the tag then various items from my stash were layered to create the Happy Birthday tag.   Several of the items - transparency, button and sticker - were included as freebies in my Unity Stamp Company orders.  The birthday tab is from Memory Box and the floral image is an older woodblock stamp. I would like to share my tag with the following: Tag-along (and ATC's) Challenge:  August AG or Fashion Time Out Challenge: #318 Nature Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Word Art Wednesday Challenge:   #762-763 Anything Goes

 Welcome to a new bi-weekly challenge at Word Art Wednesday !  The one and only Avery Elle is our sponsor for this challenge.  YES!  This amazing store carries lovely stamps, dies, washi tapes, storage options, watercolors, stencils, adhesives, and SO much more.  You can find loads of great inspiration on the Avery Elle Blog .  This AWESOME store is offering one lucky participant a generous $25 store credit.  Be sure to stop by Avery Elle to look around, see some FAB inspiration, and thank them for this very generous prize they're offering.  Thanks so much for your support, Avery Elle . We have a lovely free digital Scripture word art from Karen Murray this week from Psalm 113:9.  As always you are never required to use the Scripture but you're free to download it.  Simply right click on the image and select "save as".   We would love to see your crafty, family-friendly projects.  You may link up to five (5) projects e...

  I'm sharing a group of cards featuring a December digital release from Beccy's Place called Stems in a Teacup.  The set comes with both pre-colored and B&W images.   The first card in my post features a pre-colored image.  I colored the others with alcohol markers and applied Wink of Stella for a subtle shimmer. All three image panels were mounted onto the same designer papers.  The lovely floral images are so versatile and I enjoyed creating varying designs with the same papers.  Raise your hand if you have a huge stash of beautiful designer papers!  This was a great self-challenge! Be sure to stop by Beccy's Place online store to see all of the new products.  Beccy also hosts a fun monthly challenge in which to use (and win) Beccy's sweet images.  You can check out the challenge details on the Beccy's Place Blog .  I would like to share my projects with the following: PIP Challenge #2349 Anything Goes Polkadoodles Craft Ch...

  I'm joining the Fabulous Flowers challenge at Art Impressions.  My card features the AI Floral Truck set.  The scenic background is a digital image from Di's Digi Designs. The truck and all images were stamped onto water color paper then die cut.  They were colored with Tombow markers.  A coordinating sentiment and tall grass die finish the card. I would like to share my card with the following: Art Impressions Challenge #352 Fabulous Flowers Simon Says Stamp Wednesday:  Flowers Allsorts Challenge:  Week 731 Anything Goes with option of Dies  Crafts Galore Challenge:  #112 Anything Goes  

  I was a recent winner of the SheepSki Designs Challenge.  Bumble Bee Blossom is one of the digital images that I chose.  I'm joining their current flower power challenge with my card.   The image was printed onto X-Press It card stock and colored with alcohol markers then fussy cut. The card base is a gelli print layered with a cover die from Kat Scrappiness.  A simple sentiment, pink netting and pearls finish the card. I would like to share my card with the following: SheepSki Designs Challenge #74 Flower Power Allsorts Challenge Blog:  Week 729 Absolutely Anything Goes Polkadoodles Craft Challenge:  Week 19 Anything Goes Gem of a Challenge:  Week 10 Anything Goes Crafts Galore Encore Challenge:  #111 Anything Goes  

  Beccy's Place released a lovely floral digital set this month called Art of Friendship .  You can find it HERE in Beccy's shop.  This set comes with two lovely floral images and six coordinating sentiments.  I love the versatility of this set! My first project features one of the lovely floral images.  The card and bookmark set will be a great gift for a treasured friend.  I enjoy tucking a bookmark in as little gift!  The image was printed and colored with Copic Markers then die cut.  I kept the card design clean and simple to focus on the lovely image.  It was layered onto a diagonal stripe embossed panel and finished with rhinestones.   The bookmark was printed and colored with Copic Markers then die cut with Spellbinders Long Classic Rectangles Large.  It was layered onto Gina K. Passionate Pink card stock and finished with a gingham ribbon. I stepped out of my comfort zone with the final project featuring Art of Friend...

Beccy's Place released an adorable new digital floral set this month called Hello Lovely .    The water lily image is lovely and I had so much fun creating both cards. The first card was printed onto water color paper and water colored with distress inks.  A sentiment from the set was printed onto vellum and layered over the floral image.  Sequins and a mulberry paper layer finish the card. The second design features the water lily on dictionary paper and colored with Prismacolor pencils.  The floral image was layered onto a floral die cut panel.  A sentiment, pearls and gems finish the card.  I would like to share my card with the following: Colour Crazy Craft Challenge: #34 Anything Goes Simon Says Stamp Monday:  Mixed Media Allsorts Challenge: #690 - #691 Anything Goes   Crafts Galore Encore Challenge: #102 Anything Goes   The Paper Funday Challenge:  #44 Anything Goes  

  I'm playing along with the current Blossom Challenge at Power Poppy featuring Wildflower Mini digital set. The digital image was printed onto Xpress It card stock and colored with Copic Markers.  It was die cut with a wonky stitched die and layered onto papers from Fancy Pants Meology paper pad. I finished it simply with a few pearls and gingham ribbon from Gina K. Designs. I would like to share my card with the following: Power Poppy Blossom Challenge - Glassy Eyed   Simon Says Stamp Monday: Fabulous Florals   PIP Challenge #2228 Anything Goes Polkadoodles Cardmaking Challenge:  Week #28 Anything Goes  

  Welcome!  The new Word Art Wednesday challenge starts today, and our sponsor is Altenew, who are giving a generous gift of a $15 voucher to their store. My card features a floral set from Altenew called Paint-A-Flower: Spider Mums .  The floral image is huge and the detail is fabulous.  I began stamping the image onto watercolor paper with versamark then heat embossing in white.  I then used the ink smooshing technique followed by watercolor of the flowers. I finished the card simply with a black mat, sentiment and a few Stampin' Up! rhinestones.  This is not my typical style, but I will definitely try this again. This week's free Word Art Scripture is available for your use.  The challenge is always anything goes with a family friendly theme.  You can enter up to 5 times each week.  We are always excited to see your creations! I would like to share my card with the following: Simon Says Stamp Monday:  Something Beginning with "S" (...

  We are finally seeing Spring-like weather in Alaska!  It's so refreshing to see the daffodils and tulips in bloom.  So, I couldn't resist using Di's adorable Puppy Pals for this week's Loads of Flowers challenge. I printed the image onto water color paper and used Peerless water colors and Tombow markers to color the image.   The 5.75 inch square card base was in my stash and worked perfectly for the die cut layers and floral accents.  Designer papers are from Pebbles Garden Party and sentiment is Paper Smooches. I would like to share my card with the following: Di's Digi Design Challenge - Loads of Flowers Allsorts Challenge:  #677 Anything for a Birthday   The Cutie Pie Challenge:  #171 Digis & Die Cuts   Simon Says Stamp Monday:  Add Texture Simon Says Stamp Wednesday:  Layer it Up

  I'm joining the March Challenge at A Blog Named Hero.  The current theme is Floral.  I couldn't resist making a fun scene with Hero Arts newest HeroScape set called Lily Pond. The base panel is a gel print using a Simon Says Stamp Dye Inks and Distress Oxide ink.  I was happily surprised with the end result. The lily pond scene was created by layering each stamp using my Misti and distress inks.  A Hero Arts Happy Mother's Day (F333) sentiment and a few enamel dots finish the card. I would like to share my card with the following: A Blog Named Hero March Challenge - Floral Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes #481 - #482 Cute Card Thursday: #676 Anything Goes Simon Says Stamp Wednesday:  Beautiful Blossoms    

I'm sharing a quick clean and simple anniversary card featuring Hero Arts Botanical Peony.  The image was stamped with Versafine Claire ink and colored with Tombow markers.   I added sparkle with a few sequins and a layered the image panel onto gold glitter paper. This will go into my stash for family or church anniversaries this year.  Thanks for taking a look! I'm sharing my card with the following: A Blog Named Hero:  December Challenge - Sparkle   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:  Fun with Florals   Word Art Wednesday: #420 - 421 Anything Goes

Graciellie Design features beautiful floral digital stamps sets.  The new April release is no exception.  My card features the new True Beauty Digital set .  This set includes the beautiful floral image and four coordinating sentiments. My card started by printing the floral image onto Stampin' Up! Whisper White card stock.  The image was colored with Copic markers and fussy cut. The image was layered onto coordinating papers from my stash.  My favorite (easy) embellishment is machine stitching.  I quickly added a machine stitched border to the base panel. Machine stitching is decorative, provides dimension and holds my panel in place.  I am using my old standby Brother sewing machine.  Be sure to keep a needle handy just for paper projects since it will get dull quickly.  I also keep a supply of sharp needles for sewing projects. A sentiment was printed from the True Beauty set and layered onto black cardstock.  I finishe...

I'm so excited to share a beautiful new digital set from Graciellie Design called Friends Like You .  This set comes with a beautiful floral image and four sentiments.  It's perfect for any occasion AND it's available in Gracie's Etsy shop right now! My card started by printing the floral image two times on Stampin' Up! Whisper White cardstock, coloring with Copic Markers and then fussy cutting both images. Gracie has designed a beautiful new digital paper selection which coordinates perfectly with this set.  I chose to print two coordinating Blue & Pink Watercolor digital papers for the card base.   They were trimmed to size and then machine stitched. Machine stitching is one of my favorite techniques!  Not only does it provide a finished look, but it's a great way to adhere panels.   The colored image was applied to the based and the second floral cut out was layered with dimensional foam tape for dimension. I cho...