Stampin' In Alaska

We awoke to -10 degree temperatures in Anchorage this morning.  If that wasn't enough fun for the day, when I went to get my car out the garage for church, the garage door was frozen.  Ugh!  DH had already left for work so I got to stay home all day. Since I had a little extra stamping time today, I decided to put together an altered composition book.  My mom likes to use a journal when they take trips.  I recently bought this adorable camera embellishment at Mike's in the $2 bin.  So, I thought, why not make a travel journal?! Here's the supplies that I used: Here's the finished book: Easy peasy!  After I glued the designer paper to the book, I trimmed and sanded the edges.  In all, it only took about 30 minutes to put together.  Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!  Now I have to get this in the mail so my Mom can use it on her next trip! Don't forget to take a photo of what you've been up to recently.  It's...

It's finally Friday and time for a new Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge .  This week our challenge is for you to use ALL white papers.  You can emboss, ink or color them but they must all be white. Here is the card that I created using one of the new January digi images " Too Tweet ": I layered the white cardstock after applying various dry embossing.  The sweet bird image was colored with Copic markers and highlighted with prismacolor pencils.  Red twine and pearls were added as accents. Please remember to use digital images ONLY for the challenge.  You don't have to use SNS digi images to play along but we sure do love when you do! When uploading to online galleries, please use the keyword SNSDC89 . For EVERY card you enter into our challenges throughout ...

It's time for another Friday Friends with Flair blog hop with Unity Stamps.  Angela hosts a blog hop every Friday to share our Unity creations.  It's a lot of fun and you might be the random winner of a Unity prize.  Two prizes are given each week - one for a blog participant and another to a blog commenter. Here's what I came up with using an itty bitty called "Line of Love": This image is so sweet!  I wanted to keep the design CAS and focus on the sweet clothesline.  The image was colored with Copic Markers and layered on dp from MME Bramble Rose paper pad. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

This card uses the January Freebie from Birdie Brown.  I had so much fun coloring this little image.  Check out the FREEBIE and give it a try.  You have until January 31 to link up your creation. I colored the "Amigurumi Bear" image with Prismacolor pencils and Copic Markers.  The designer papers are from Basic Grey Bittersweet.  The adorable sentiment is from Create with TLC . I am also sharing a couple of photos with my Sassy Cheryl friends from our skiing adventure yesterday. Of course, you can see that the "girl-dog" had to get into one of the photos.  The second is of the treeline and the sun beginning to set. Our boy-dog, Bud, had a little incident two weekends ago and cut his leg open.  We spent some "quality" time at Pet Emergency getting stitches and antibiotic.  Needless to say, he has been quarantined to the house until the stitches are removed and he is healed.  Never a dull moment at our house with these two!! ...

This week Sassy Dawn's challenge is "Thinking of You".  Well, who could resist using the new " Penny for your Thoughts " image from the Sassy Cheryl shop?!  If you haven't heard, Cheryl is focusing on the Sassy Sally image and she is really on a roll!  Be sure to check the shop for all of the NEW images she has come up with! Here's what I came up with using the new image: In case you've missed it, Cheryl has also started a new BLOG .  Along with sneak peeks of the new designs, she has created a couple of coloring tutorials that are fabulous!  Before I started coloring this Sassy Sally image, I hopped over and watched THIS tutorial on how Cheryl colored the hair, shorts and shoes.  I had to use a couple of alternate colors on the hair, but I like the end result.  I picked up some fabulous coloring tips from the tutorial! Here's close up photo of the finished image: The clouds were created with a die cut from The Cat's Pajama'...

Today is the final day for the Bugaboo Birthday Bash Challenges .  We were asked to use the Friday Freebie image and add texture.  Here's what I came up with using the Freebie: I decided to keep the design pretty simple and focus on the fun Word Art collage image.  This week has been all about Bugaboo's Birthday so I tried to focus on the "Party" in the image.  I have added texture with Stickles, rhinestones, glossy accents and dry embossing. Thanks for stopping by for a closer look!  Happy Birthday Bugaboo!

Hello and welcome to another Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge.  This week we have lots of exciting news so grab a cup of coffee and settle down for all of the "dirt"!! Sweet 'n Sassy Digi is releasing SEVEN new adorable images this month.  You will want to check the Store for a peek at all of them.  Each image comes with it's own unique sentiment and is selling for .99!  Yep, only .99 for these adorable little images.  How can you resist?! The next exciting news is that the Sweet 'n Sassy Digi design team is currently looking for members.  This is the last week to apply so be sure to include DT Call after your name when you upload your project this week.  And to make it super easy for you, this week's challenge is "Anything Goes"! I got the opportunity to play with three of the January new release images this week.     The images are so much fun to color and it was so much fun creating these cards: This card uses "...