Stampin' In Alaska

Good morning and welcome to a new Meljen's Design Challenge. This week's challenge theme is Loving You . Show us some love! Here's my card featuring Lovey Pup COLORED This card came together so quickly  by using a pre-colored image from Meljen's Shop! I'm also sharing my card with the following: Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge:  Red + Pink Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: All Creatures Great and Small Thanks for stopping by! I always enjoy reading your comments.

Happy Friday! I'm stopping in this morning to share a quick easel card that I created for the Sassy Cheryl Facebook January challenge. The sweet image is from Sassy Cheryl Sally's Winter Morning Social The image was colored with Copic markers and Prismacolor Pencils.  The sky was sponged using  a scalloped edge die and Memento ink. I purchased a bundle of the small 2015  calendars from my LSS a few months ago. They are perfect for my New Years  cards and projects to friends and family. The digital Word Art is a freebie from the Word Art Wednesday Challenge Blog. Thanks for stopping by! I always enjoy reading your commentss and appreciate the time you take to visit. I'm also sharing my card with the following: Word Art Wednesday Challenge #164:  Anything Goes Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes Kraftin' Kimmie's Wonderful Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

Happy Friday! I have been visiting family for the past couple of Friday's and missed posting with Unity's fun linky party. Friends With Flair Thanksgiving is such an overlooked Holiday. Maybe because it's hard to for us to give thanks? Maybe because it isn't a big money maker for retailers? I don't know, but...... The Pilgrims gave thanks to the Lord for their bounty. The Bible has multitudes of references to the giving of Thanks. Below is one of my favorites:   Psalms 100:4   "Enter into his gates with thanksgiving , and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name"  I'm sharing a card for Thanksgiving using the adorable Give, Give, Give & Goble Itty Bitty by Joslyn Nielson The sketch inspiration came from this month's Unity {be Inspired} Challenge I ran across an idea for DIY Embossing paste a few weeks ago. My husband pulled out his tub of joint compou...

I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend! I'm stopping in to post a clean and simple Anniversary card that I created tonight for a very special couple.... my parents. I used an older set from Stampin' Up! called Summer by the Sea. I love using water colors with this set. I kept the design very clean and simple to focus on the watercolor sunset image. I want to share my card with Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Emboss It and Simon Says Monday: A mid summers challenge Thanks for stopping by!  I always enjoy reading your comments.

Good morning and welcome to a new Stella Says Sketch challenge ! It's no secret.... I LOVE a good sketch. If I have a sketch, the entire project  is much easier for me. Here's what I came up with using this week's sketch and Bugaboo's " JJ Tequila and Shoes - Birthday " The digital image was printed onto Stampin' Up!  Whisper White cardstock and colored with Copic Markers.  Papers are from Basic Grey and Stampin' Up!  The candy dots were home made by melting perler beads in the oven for about an hour. I'm submitting my card for the following challenges: Simon Says Wednesday:  Anything Goes DigiDesigns:  Birthday Jo's Scrap Shack:  FFC #48 Anything Goes Don't forget to check out the Design Team inspiration. I know they will appreciate hearing from you as well!

I'm stopping in to share a quick card for this week's " Animal Antics " challenge over on Simon Says Wednesday Challenge blog. This may not be the best photo, but I was SO  excited to take a picture outside IN THE SUN! I bought this digital stamp set from Create with TLC a couple of months ago. It's called " Life is Better with a Puppy ". We've had a new puppy join our family recently. My mom and dad got a beagle pup. She's four months old and they've named her Jewel. Isn't she the cutest thing?! I wanted to send them a little note welcoming Miss Jewel to the family. I hope they like it! Thanks for stopping by. I always enjoy reading your comments!

It's Friday again!  That means a new Friends with Flair blog hop.  I look forward to Friday FWF each week. This week's card is also for the fun Facebook Itty Bitty Challenge. I have several Itty Bitty Stamps that need a little inky love. What better way than to join the fun! I kept it pretty clean and simple focusing on the fun birthday Itty Bitty image " Candles and Cake ". The sketch was inspired by this week's MFT sketch : I am also submitting this card to the following: Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Happy Birthday Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Anything Goes Thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget to leave a comment for your chance at winning a fun Unity prize.

I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend! Still a lot of snow on the ground here, but we still managed a short hike today. I received some exciting news today as well, but I'm not sure that I can share with you yet!   More to come! I also managed a little crafty time to put together this sweet card for a couple of challenges. First, I have used this week's Freebie Friday image from Bugaboo called " Button Bear ". This sweet image was so much fun to color and  quickly went together.  The image was printed twice and the button was fussy cut.  Glossy accents were added and holes punched to allow for the baker's twine bow.  I pulled out some older Stampin' Up! papers that worked perfectly with the button theme. The card layout is from this week's Stella's Sketch challenge : Here's a close up of the sweet Button Bear image: My card qualifies for the following challenges: Stella Say...

Happy Wednesday! The gals over on the Sassy Cheryl Digi Challenge have a fun new challenge going "All About Hearts". They must have known that I needed a little extra crafty time because now the challenges are every two weeks!   Is it a sign of old age when the week seems to Fly By?! I have used a vintage Sassy Cheryl image "Sassy Sally and her Raggedy Ann". I'm not sure if she is available in the store, but there are tons of fun Sassy Sally images available! A fun clean and simple design with a felt die cut heart,  vintage button and baker's twine.  I snuck in another wood veneer heart under the sentiment. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things. I'm also sharing my card with the following challenges: Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge:  We Love Stamps Sassy Cheryl's Show Me Challenge #138 Thanks for stopping by!  I always enjoy reading your comments.

Hello Saturday! Have you every had one of those weeks where you were super busy but yet you thought the work week would never end?? That's where this adorable giraffe from Art Impressions comes in..... I saw this at Stamp Attic , my LSS, a few months ago and couldn't resist the purchase.  It just made me smile. I colored the image with Copic Markers then fussy cut and  applied to the base panel of my card.  The card size is 6.25 x 3.5 and I followed this week's CAS challenge on Splitcoast Stampers . I'm also entering my card into this week's Simon Says Challenge: Anything Goes . Their sponsor this week is Art Impressions who is giving a lucky winner a fabulous prize.  I would LOVE to add more AI stamps to my collection! I am also sharing this with the new Create With TLC " Show it Off Sunday ". A  place to share your creations and be inspired by other artists.  How fun is that?  Hope you get a chance ...

I have to admit, I have lost my coloring mojo these past few weeks! However, I really wanted to participate in this week's  Sassy Cheryl Challenge . This week's challenge is to create a project "off the page". My card is very clean and simple using a vintage image called " Crabby Surprise ".  I have cropped the  image and used only the crab image. The sky and sand were sponged using Spellbinder dies.   The sun was created using a MFT die-namics die and the Swissdot embossing folder from Cuttlebug. I am also entering this for Simon Says - Animal Antics Challenge. AND Sharing with the ladies over on the Sassy Cheryl Show Me blog . Thanks for stopping by for a closer look!  I always enjoy reading your comments.