Stampin' In Alaska

This time around our Can You Digi It? Challenge is "Bird is the Word".   Here is the inspiration collage for this challenge: There are tons of fun bird images in the CYDI store.  I decided to use " Henpecked " by LilyPink Designs.  I cut out only the chicken for this card: I used Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake for the base of my card and the Retired Stampin' Up!  Chicken wire background stamp with this fun digi.  The dp is from October Afternoon.  The sentiment is from There She Goes and I added a row of rhinestones from Amuse. Thanks for stopping by to take a look!  I hope you get a chance to check out all of the design team creations and play along.

This week's Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge is Picture Perfect .  Below is our photo inspiration: I choose to focus on the color combo in the photo - blue, yellow and kraft.  Here is what I came up with using Paper Smooches Bee digital image and sentiment. The digital image was colored with Copic Markers.  The clouds are Memory Box Marshmallow cloud dies.  The papers are SU Crumb Cake and Paper Crate.  I've made a hand drawn border around the card base and the banner. This is also being submitted for the Dare to Get Dirty challenge on Splitcoast to make a scene using die cuts.  It also qualifies for this week's Sweet 'n Sassy challenge - Flag You're it! Thanks for stopping by to take a closer look!

This week's Sweet Stop Sketch has a spin - Fun with Numbers.  The sketch we were asked to follow is below: Here's what I came up with using Sweet 'n Sassy's Timeless Classic set: Masculine cards are usually hard for me, but with this vintage auto set they are easy!  All of the images in this set are so perfect for the vintage auto buff in your family. The base panel was dry embossed with a Cuttlebug numbers embossing folder.  Additional numbers came from the Basic Grey paper pack "Life of the Party".  The image was stamped with Memento ink and nothing else is really needed.  Love that!  I added some baker's twine, distressed edges, sponging and a few dewdrops to finish the card. This also qualifies for this week's Tuesday Alchemy challenge #24 - "Very Vintage" Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

This week's Mo Manning digital challenge is "Hugs & Kisses".  Of course, I chose to use the adorable " Bronte Kisses " image for the challenge.  Being a furry mom, this is the first image that came to mind! Here's what I came up with: The sentiment is wood mounted and by American Art Stamp. I bought it on a recent trip out of state at Hobby Lobby. Isn't it true that a greeting from your furry friend after a bad day makes everything better?  I thought the sentiment paired perfectly with Mo's sweet image.  I love coloring this image!  It was colored with Copic Markers and outlined with Copic B000.  I am in love with the new Cosmo Cricket Baby Jane mini deck papers that I recently received in the mail.  I added a machine stitched border, bakers twine and a scalloped panel edge with a Stampin' Up border punch.  The finished card is 4.5 inches square. Thanks for stopping by to take a closer look!  I really enjoy reading your com...

A really quick post tonight with this sweet digital image from Sassy Cheryl called " Sassy Sally's Bluebird ".  This week's Sassy Cheryl's Digi Stamp challenge was fancy borders.  I hope the machine stitching and Wonky Spellbinder nestibilities makes a "fancy" border. I colored the digital image with Copic Markers and sponged the edges.  Of course, machine stitching was added to the border of the card and the base panel.  The papers just arrived in the mail are from the Cosmo Cricket mini deck "Baby Jane".  I recently found these little lady bug brads at my LSS and knew they would be perfect with Cheryl's images. This also qualifies for the following: Sassy Cheryl's Show Me #83 Kraftin' Kimmie - Stitching real or faux #138 Crazy 4 Challenges - Stitching real or faux - C4C146 Thanks for stopping by to take a look!  Have a great week.

This week's Sweet 'n Sassy digi challenge is to use a "Fun Fold".  I decided it was the perfect opportunity to overcome my intimidation of the side step fold.  The fold itself was pretty easy for me, but putting all of the elements together for the scene was a challenge! Here's what I came up with: It was a little difficult to photograph, but hopefully you get a good idea.  I followed Beate's tutorial for the side step card over on the Splitcoaststampers website.  The pup is a Sweet 'n Sassy digital called " Puppy Love " and the other dog related stamps are from a retired Stampin' Up! set called "Bow Wow".  The fun dog sentiment is a freebie from Raindrop Echo Designs Blog .  I used a MFT die-namic for the grass and the Marshmallow Cloud die from Memory Box. Thanks for stopping by to take a closer look!  I really had fun putting this together and hope to make another side step card soon.

This week's CYDI challenge is "A Day at the Beach".  I chose this adorable digital image by LilyPink designs called " Emma & Edward at Sea " for this challenge. This is our inspiration collage for the challenge: Here's what I came up with: The digital image was colored using Copic Markers and cut out with Spellbinder nestibilities circles.  The edges were sponged with Blue Danube Memento Ink.  The sentiment is from The Cat's Pajamas and the paper is from Echo Park. Thanks for stopping by to take a look!  I hope you get a chance to play along with this week's challenge.