Stampin' In Alaska

Lydia is our challenge hostess over on Mo's Digital Challenge Blog , and this week her theme is to use THREE PUNCHES in addition to using an image from Mo's Digital Pencil. I decided to use Mo's " Coexist " image to make this sweet Thanksgiving card for a friend who is an animal lover. The image was printed on Gina K Luxury layering weight cardstock. I colored the image with Copic Markers then cut it out with Spellbinders Labels Thirteen. The image was sponged with Stampin' Up! Brilliant Blue and Creamy Caramel. The card base corners were rounded with a corner rounding punch. The horizontal panel was layered and the edges were punched Stampin' Up's scalloped edge border punch. Three Punches: Spellbinders Labels Thirteen, Creative memories corner rounder punch, Stampin' Up! Scallop border punch, Marvy Square punch

Lydia continues as our hostess for this month over on Mo's Challenge Blog , and this week she's set the theme as 'Vellum &/or Acetate" for our cards or 3-D projects. It's been a long time since I've created with vellum. I had a sheet of embossed vellum in my stash and decided to put it to the test with this week's challenge. Mo's sweet image of " Jack and Ginger " was printed on Gina K Luxury White cardstock. I colored the image with Copic Markers and cut it out. The base was dry embossed and I used the Scallop Heart Spellbinder die cut for my vellum window. I added a border of gold Stickles, some vintage lace and a crocheted fleurette. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

I haven't gotten a chance to play along over on the Sassy Cheryl Digi Blog for a few weeks. I recently picked up a few of Cheryl's sweet digi images and got a chance to use one for this week's challenge. Sassy Jeni is hostessing this month and she asked us to use Tulle or ribbon on our project this week. Since I rarely think to use I tulle, I took the challenge! I used Cheryl's Terrible Sock Trouble for this sweet card. It was printed on Gina K Luxury layering weight card stock and colored with Copic Markers. The image was layered with Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Twelve die cut. I hand drew a dotted frame with Inkssentials Opaque white pen. October Afternoon Thrift Shop designer paper and Stampin' Up! Real Red Cardstock were used for the base of the card. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Another fun sketch over on the CardPatterns blog this week. Below is my take on the challenge: I flipped the sketch to focus on a beautiful verse from Gina K Designs "So Grateful" stamp set. The sentiment was embossed with Close to My Heart gold emboss powder. The gold foil is also from Close to My Heart and has been dry embossed with the Swirls Cuttlebug folder. I layered the sentiment with Nestibilities Labels 4 and added A Muse pearls. The vine die cut is from the 2010 Mother's Day special edition Cricut cartridge. Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

I haven't gotten a chance to participate in the Card Patterns challenge for awhile. But this week's sketch looked fun so I decided to give it a try. Here's my take on the sketch: The main image is "4 Robins" digital stamp from i-mage-nations. I colored the image with Copic Markers, applied Icicle Stickles to the branch and Aleene's Paper Glaze to the red berries. Spellbinders Labels 4 die cut was used for the main image and layered on one of the Spellbinders Fancy Tags. Paper: Stampin' Up! Kraft and Basic Grey Jovial Accessories: Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip Grosgrain ribbon, Spellbinder dies, Stampin Up Emboss folder, Aleene's Paper Glaze and Stickles, Copic Markers Ink: Adirondack Mushroom, SU Brilliant Blue Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Dawn is our hostess for this month and this week she's continuing with a sketch challenge for us to play with. This is what I came up with using Mo's Siku and Shiya. The image was colored with Prisma pencils and baby oil. I added a border of Icicle Stickles for a little "bling". The snow was made using Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter "Faux Snow". I have layered the image on Basic Grey's Jovial designer paper and Stampin' Up! Black and Cherry Cobbler cardstock. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

This is my final submission for this month's A Muse Lounge Challenge. I loved Krystie's sample sketch and this came together so quickly I couldn't believe it! I used A Muse "Tiny Bird" and "Little bird told me" sentiment. A Muse gingham dp on Memory box green base and Gina K Pure Luxury white cardstock base. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!