Stampin' In Alaska

Monday comes around pretty quick at my house. Off to begin another work week! But first, I wanted to share a sweet little "just because" card that I created last night. The sweet image is from Meljen's Designs and appropriately called " Bear Butt ". Melissa shares such fabulous art and has recently begun posting a Friday Freebie. Be sure and check the blog or join Meljen's Facebook group to learn about the weekly freebie. This sweet image was colored with Copic Markers. The cloudy sky and grass were sponged with Memento inks. I replaced the sentiment panel in the following sketch with a die cut sun from My Favorite Things and button with twine for added dimension. The sketch is from Sunday Sketch & Stamp . For this week's Birthday Celebration they have asked that we choose a past sketch for our projects.  I chose sketch #191: This card also qualifies for the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: ...

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...

Sharing with Friends With Flair ! Don't forget to leave a comment for the chance to win some Unity goodies! Also, check this weekends fabulous sales. 50% off this fabulous Phyllis Harris image AND $2.95 shipping!! I hope everyone had a nice start to the new week. Can you believe that March is almost at an end? Where did the month go? Well, a few inspirational challenges prompted this sweet card tonight.  Crafting is my relaxation and stress relief after coming home from my "day job". It was so much fun to put this little card together using Unity's " Happiness Is " by Phyllis Harris. The image was stamped onto dictionary paper and colored  with Copic Markers.  I sponged the cloudy background with Memento Summer Sky ink and a scallop circle die cut.  The lace and pink border were machine stitched. Finally, a Heidi Swapp Ghost flower (from my stash)  and button were added to finish the card. I used this month...

I hope you are having a great weekend! We've had a beautiful, sunny day here in Anchorage. We even managed a hike with the pups earlier today! I'm stopping in to share a card that I created for Mother's Day. The sweet image is from Sassy Cheryl. I searched my stash of digis this week and couldn't resist using " Pigtail Gabby " again for this card. This week's Sassy Chery challenge is "Lot's of layers ". The sweet Gabby image was colored with Copic Markers and Prismacolor pencils.  It was fussy cut and applied with foam  dimension tape.  The sentiment is from Create with TLC and  called " Happy Mother's Day to Everyone ". Here's a close up of the colored image.  So much fun to color!   Except for the freckles, I couldn't help but think that "Gabby" looks like my little niece!  Maybe that's why I've been drawn to this image  so much recently.  LOL! ...

The week's seem to fly by and we are back to play along with Unity's Friends with Flair blog hop party. I made a promise to myself that I would scrapbook this year's vacation before  next year.  You smile, but pictures are still in  my drawer from our last two annual vacations! UGH! Unity kits and IttyBitty stamps have really inspired me to use more stamped images with my scrapbook layouts. Here's what I came up with this week. I can't believe how quickly it all went together! The following Unity stamp sets were used: Beautiful Place, Clear Head All day pass (to the beach) Epic Moments SMAK 6/13 Here's close up so you can see how beautifully the sun ray image from "Epic Moments" stamped on the Kraft: The sketch inspiration came from  Sketch~N~Scrap Challenge #52 : Thanks for stopping by for a closer look! Don't forget to leave a comment for your chance at winning Unity goodies. ...

Hello and welcome to a new challenge with Meljen's Designs ! This week it's all about the girls. Our theme is " Girls just wanna have fun "! Create a girlie themed project, but don't forget to use a Meljen's Designs digital image. Here's my project for this week: I purchased a pack of these little canvas bags  at JoAnn's a few weeks ago.  They came in several different colors and the perfect size for my two nieces who are age 2 and (almost) 4.  Wow, where does the time go?! I printed the adorable " Little Loved Bear " onto an iron-on transfer sheet.   Don't forget to 'flip', 'mirror' or 'reverse' the image in your computer application so that  the image will be printed backwards.   Let the ink on the transfer dry well then trim closely to your printed image. The image was then ironed onto  a piece of cream colored canvas.   This was also trimmed and colored wit...

I needed a birthday card this week and decided on something humorous.  I was the lucky winner over on the Art Impressions Challenge a couple of weeks ago. This image and sentiment were among my prize goodies! This week's Art Impressions Challenge is "Take a Peek" creating a window card or some style to see inside the card. I used two stamps from the AI Bird-Brains collection the adorable " Birdie " and " Laying an egg... " The card base was stamped with a chicken wire  background stamp from Stampin' Up!  The window was created by using a Square Spellbinder die. The window frame was created with two of the square dies. The inside image was colored with Copic Markers. I love the "attitude" of the chicken and this  sentiment coordinates perfectly.  AI makes creating a humorous card SO easy! Thanks for stopping by for a closer look. I always enjoy reading your comments!