Stampin' In Alaska

  Good morning!  I hope everyone is having a crafty week so far. I'm sharing a fun beach scene featuring an older woodblock stamp from Art Impressions .  I love this series of cute penguins that Bonnie released.  The stamp is dated 2006, but her fabulous images are timeless! I began by stamping the penguin couple then masking to stamp the sunset (1997 Coronado Island Stamping) woodblock stamp.  The scene was ink blended with various distress inks.  The lounging couple was colored with Tombow markers.  The scene was die cut using Unity Stamp Company Postage Stamp Nesting Dies. I hope this card brings a smile to the recipient!  After all, isn't that what our crafty hobby is all about?! I would like to share my project with the following: Art Impressions Challenge - #437 Spread Kindness Woodblock Wednesday Challenge:  September Anything Goes Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes Word Art Wednesday Challenge: #772 - #773 Anyth...

       Get ready for an early dose of spooky season! From September 20–30, we're celebrating the Eek! Spooky Countdown with a full week of Halloween-inspired creativity using Pajama Crafter Stamps.  Be sure to check out all the inspiration from the Pajama Crafter Stamps Design Team for cute, spooky and creative ideas! This outer space design features an image from the Capes & Courage Stamp Set.  She was colored with Copic markers and paired with various image from Pajama Crafter Stamps I Come In Piece stamp set. Ink Blending Galaxy Background I began by creating the blended galaxy background with green and violet distress inks.  The colors were randomly blended onto my 4.25 x 5.50 card base. A deeper violet distress ink was blended from the edges of the base panel toward the center, followed by black soot distress oxide ink blended from the outer edges of the card base panel inward. Lastly, white acrylic paint thinned with a bit of water was sp...

  Ahoy Matey!  This week I created an ink blended scene inspired by a fun design by Tina Wilstrop .  It was perfect for the coordinating sets from Pajama Crafter Stamps . Ink Blending and Masking I began by masking off half of the base panel to create my scene.  The sky was ink blended with various blue distress inks then the ship image from  Adventure Awaits  was stamped with VersaFine Claire pigment ink.   The fun pirate image from  Kraken Good Day stamp set was stamped, colored with Copic markers and fussy cut.  To add dimension the image was adhered with foam tape.   Creative Takeaway To finish the clean and simple scene a few gems from my stash and coordinating sentiment were added.  Even the simplest design can be eye-catching!  Pajama Crafter Stamps Products Used: Kraken Good Day  Adventure Awaits Additional Supplies Used: Copic Markers Distress Inks Blending Brush Detail scissors (for fussy cutting) Mask...

  Funny how this group of hunters only see the cake somewhat hidden by the deer - who appears very unafraid!  Seems like something that my family hunters might do.  :) When I saw the current "Boy oh Boy!" challenge theme at Art Impressions I knew that the Ole Buck set would be perfect.  There are so many fun outdoor images and sentiments in this set. I created an ink blended background for the hunter image and used a retired Front-n-Backs fence stamp from AI as a border.  The cake image is from Art Impressions Retired Chocolate Therapy set.  I stamped, colored and fussy cut the deer.  It was adhered with foam tape for dimension. Of course, the card was finished with a fun sentiment from the Ole Buck stamp set. I would like to share my card with the following: Art Impressions Challenge:  #434 Boy Oh Boy!   Simon Says Stamps Monday:  Funny/Punny Lil Patch of Crafty Friends:  #283 Anything Goes Time Out Challenge:  #319 Pick 2 - ...

  It's Dinosaur Week at Pajama Crafter Stamps .  Get ready for a week of roar-some prehistoric creativity! The team will be sharing fun techniques, inspiring scenes with both cute and realistic dinosaurs. If you would like to join the fun, Pajama Crafter Stamps has you covered with several great dinosaur themed sets.  You can find them all here .  Ink Blending and Masking My card features the adorable Dinomite Birthday stamp set .  I began by stamping and masking the three dinosaur images to create my scene.  They were colored with Copic markers, fussy cut then masked to create the wood floor with a stamp from my stash.  A spotlight was created for the band by masking with copy paper and ink blending with yellow distress ink. I followed by ink blending shades of purple for the background and stamped with trio of star stamp from the same set. The fun musical scene was finished with glitter tape from my stash and a birthday sentiment from the  Dinom...

  I'm so excited to share my first design team project for Pajama Crafter Stamps! For today's card we'll be combining ink blending, stenciling and wobbler action for a fun underwater scene. Stenciling and Ink Blending I began by creating the blended background with various blue distress inks.  Then layered with a sunray stencil from my stash and inked with a darker blue distress ink.  I like to create my scene first which helps me to decide where to place both the focal image and sentiment. Stamping and Cutting The fish image from Mother Puffer stamp set was stamped, ink blended and fussy cut.  A mini wobbler was adhered for the swimming action. Pro Tip:   To make the most of my stamps, I used the shore image from Adventure Awaits  stamp set for the ocean floor by simply cutting out the ocean waves from the polymer stamp.   The image easily realigns on my stamping platform if I want to use it for the original design. Pajama Crafter Stamps Pr...

  It's time for another bi-weekly challenge at Word Art Wednesday .  Word Art Wednesday is also hosting their annual Blog Hop. My clean and simple design features a retired image from our sponsor Unity Stamps called All is Calm All is Bright.  The Maple Leaf Stencil is from Blue Knight Stamps.  Silver cord is from my stash and the pre-printed sentiment was a freebie from Unity. We have many fabulous prizes from our generous sponsors.  To be eligible to win a $25 gift card to Unity Stamps, just enter your art in our gallery as usual.  The winner of this prize will be selected  by random draw from our entries.   I hope you will take a moment to stop by the online shop and check out all of the great products.  To be eligible to win the blog hop prizes simply leave a comment on each blog to be eligible for that prize.  When you've completed the blog hop, leave a comment at Word Art Wednesday saying that you've completed the hop. Below ...

  I'm so honored to have been invited to Guest Design with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps for the month of July.  I have been a customer of Sweet 'n Sassy since their beginning.  Korin Sutherland began Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps , LLC in 2007 as a small, family-owned, Christian company offering their own brand of clear stamps, dies, stencils and digital products to the paper crafting community. The SNSS products are proudly made in the USA and offer many Scripture based stamp sets.  Be on the lookout for a new company name soon - Creative Worship Stamps! Masculine designs are always challenging for me.  But when I saw the Birthday Guy clear stamp set from Creative Worship Stamps I knew it was a must-have!  This set contains four great sentiments - three are specific to the guys. I began by sponging a colorful cloudy sky then stamping the tree and moose image from Creative Worships Forest Silhouettes stamp set .  A couple of bird dies from the Forest Silho...

  I'm so honored to have been invited to Guest Design with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps for the month of July.  I have been a customer of Sweet 'n Sassy since the beginning.  Korin Sutherland began Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps , LLC in 2007 as a small, family-owned, Christian company offering their own brand of clear stamps, dies, stencils and digital products to the paper crafting community. The SNSS products are proudly made in the USA and offer many Scripture based stamp sets.  Be on the lookout for a new company name soon - Creative Worship Stamps! I'm sharing a birthday card today using several of my favorite SNSS products.   I started my card by masking a 1 1/2 inch strip to ink blend using Hero Arts Creamsicle and Lemon Drop inks as a "sunset" for the deer scene from Landscape Silhouettes set.  The grassy pond silhouette image was also stamped at the bottom of the panel.  The deer die cut from the Forest Silhouettes die set was cut with black card s...

  Time Out Challenge is celebrating their 10th Birthday this month.  Congratulations! My birthday card features products from one of the celebration sponsors - Gina K. Designs .   I began by foiling a toner card front from Unity Stamps called Floral Background using Gina K. Bubblegum Fancy Foils .  The foiled panel was then ink blended with Tim Holtz distress inks. The tag image was also heat foiled using Gina K. Designs Birthday Essentials Foil-Mates.  Two additional tags were cut for a matting and held together with pink baker's twine.  Several gems finish the card. I would like to share my card with the following: Time Out Challenge #257 - Time Out 10th Birthday! Paper Funday Challenge:  #62 Anything Goes   Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Tie It Up   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:  Fun with Foil Polkadoodles Challenge:  Week 6 Anything Goes  

  We have a new challenge up for you at Word Art Wednesday .  Our awesome sponsor this week is My Favorite Things!   They are generously providing a $20 gift card to one randomly selected challenge entry.  Hope you get a chance to join the fun! My card features the retired You Have My Heart set by Birdie Brown.  The image was colored with Copic Markers and masked to create the cloudy sky.   Clouds were created by masking with a cloud die and inking with Salty Ocean and Seedless Preserves distress ink.  A few gems and this week's free digital Bible Verse complete the card. The Scripture Word Art is free for you.  We would love to see your project using the Scripture, but it's not required.  You can submit up to 5 projects each week -- a total of 10 for the challenge.  The challenge is always Family Friendly Anything Goes. I would like to share my card with the following: Paper Funday #56 Anything Goes with a Twist of Great Outdoors Si...