Have a Wonderful Adventure

It's time for a new challenge over at the Sunday Stamps blog and this week we have a color challenge for you. I won't lie, I struggled with this one a bit. I think it was the purple that kept messing with my mind, even though I love all the other colors! 

I ended up using the SU set Sea of Textures for my card. I stamped the octopus in Pretty Peacock and then used the die to cut it out. On a base of Whisper White Thick card stock I stamped one of the images from the set in Tempting Turquoise multiple times, then did another image from the set in Garden Green across it, kind of like seaweed floating through the water. I die cut the net out of Basic Black and then popped up my Octopus across the top of the images. I wanted my sentiment to kind of look like it was floating through the water so I stamped it in Pretty Peacock across the bottom of the Tempting Turquoise.

Make sure you head over to the Sunday Stamps blog to see what the rest of the DT created and then play along with us, we'd love to see what you do with these colors!

Stamps: Sea of Textures (SU)

Paper: Whisper White Thick CS (SU, Basic Black (SU), Whisper White (SU)

Ink: Perfect Peacock (SU), Tempting Turquoise (SU retired), Garden Green (SU)

Accessories: Under the Sea Framelits, Dimensionals

Flowering Santa

Our temps are still nice and low, Hallmark Christmas movies are still playing on my TV and I made another Christmas card :)

I'm playing along with 3 challenges for this card....Freshly Made Sketches, Creative Confetti and Jingle Belles.

As soon as I saw the Freshly Made Sketches sketch I knew I wanted to try it, it's very unique, but I was a bit scared. Then I got an email from Power Poppy where it said they were retiring some Christmas sets and that Flowering Santa would be one of the sets retired. NOOOOOOO!! Thankfully I had bought this set as soon as it came out as it is one of my favorites. It's one-of-a-kind and I just adore it. As I started thinking about how I could use it with the sketch another Power Poppy set came to mind, Snuggle Down. It comes with stamps to make your own plaid pattern....a perfect way to create the border that makes up the sketch! I headed into my craft room and started stamping my pattern using red, green, gray and black as my colors and I carried these colors into my Santa image. After coloring my Santa image with copics I popped it up with dimensionals in the center of my frame.

The Creative Confetti challenge is Christmas in July and seeing that Flowering Santa was retiring inspired me to create another Christmas card for the challenge!

The challenge over at Jingle Belles is a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge and I chose the middle row going down...glitter, red or green and Santa. I used red glitter Stickles on the red dots in Santa's beard, the red and green are the flowers and leaves plus part of the plaid pattern and of course the image is Santa!

Stamps: Flowering Santa, Snuggle Down (both Power Poppy)

Paper: Neenah Solar White 110#

Ink: Real Red (SU), Garden Green (SU), Smoky Slate (SU), Memento Tuxedo Black

Copics: R24, R27, R29

YG03, YG63, YG67

E0000, E000, E01

N0, N2, N4, N5

Accessories: Stickles Xmas Red, Dimensionals

Noel

Our heat wave finally seems to be over, wooohooo! The outside temp is 63 degrees and inside my house has fallen below 80 degrees. I've got my Santa leggings on, the Hallmark Christmas movies are playing on the TV and the Power Poppy Creative Confetti challenge is perfect for me today!

This weeks challenge is all about Christmas! Power Poppy also has a sale going on until the 12th where all holiday clear sets and digi's are 30% off so of course I had to grab a couple clear sets to add to my collection. Today's card features an image from one of the sets I just got, Spice It Up. I can remember my mother putting cloves in oranges and then spreading cinnamon sticks around them so this image definitely took me back to my childhood.

I'm very traditional when it comes to Christmas colors so having yellow and orange on a Christmas card is definitely new for me but I think the colors work well with the paper I decided to go with. The strip of orange DSP across the bottom really pops against the brown strip and I'm really happy with how it looks!

Make sure you pop on over to the Power Poppy blog to play along, it's always a lot of fun!

Stamps: Spice it Up (Power Poppy)

Paper: Chocolate Chip (SU retired), Tangelo Twist DSP (SU retired), Neenah Solar White, Always Christmas Paper Pad (Michael's)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tangelo Twist (inside card for sentiment, SU retired)

Copics: YG61, YG63, YG67

G24, G46

YG93, YG95

YR07, YR09, YR15

YR12, YR15, YR18

Y15, Y19, Y38

Y11, Y15, Y19

R35, R37, R39

E70, E71, E74, E77

T0, T1, T3

W5

Accessories: MFT Blueprints 23 and 27, MFT Inside and Out Stitched Ovals, Dimensionals

Dachshund Through the Snow

Today is a bit better heat wise, we are in the 80's, which next to the 90's is more tolerable, but the wildfire smoke is really heavy today. My craft room isn't too hot and the smoke doesn't hit the rooms in the back of the house as much so I headed in to create a card for the latest challenge over at Mo's Digital Pencil.

This months challenge is Anything Goes with an optional theme of Christmas. That's my favorite type of card to make so I saw that and was like wooohooo! For my card I used brand new images that just went into Mo's shop the other day, this is called the Dachshund Sleigh Set. I have 2 mini dachshunds named Anna and Elsa so of course I had to get this set!

My Anna girl is a chocolate dachshund so I colored the dogs with her as inspiration. I tried my hand at my first night sky and added snow falling with a white gel pen. I also used a gold gel pen on the sleigh and a silver one for the bells around the necks of the dogs. There are also white and silver accents on the trees in the landscape.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Dachshund Sleigh Set (Mo's Digital Pencil)

Paper: Soft Suede (SU), Nennah Solar White

Ink: Printer Ink

Copics: YG03, YG67, E55

R35, R37, R39

R14, R17

B000, C00

E23, E25, E27, E97

BV20, BV23, BV25

V000, V04

Y28

C1, C2, C4

Acessories: Avery Elle Wonky Stitches Dies, White, Silver and Gold Gel Pens

Cozy Winter Wishes

We're having record breaking temps in my area of Alaska and I've been avoiding my craft room because the entire house is just so hot! It's the first time I've ever regretted not having blinds on the big window in my craft room. I really wanted to play along with the Power Poppy Creative Confetti and Jingle Belles Challenges though so I dove into my craft room today before the hottest part of the day moved in!

For the Creative Confetti challenge we were to create a project based on inspiration from the sneak peeks the DT held for the fabulous new clear sets Marcy just released. There were so many awesome cards made by the DT members that it was really hard to narrow it down! For this card I was inspired by the fabulous layout that Allison Cope used on her card HERE. I love how clean the card is and how the image is in the bottom right corner with the sentiment off to the left, plus the top of the card with some simple paper and a simple border. 

For the Jingle Belles challenge they have a fun Tic-Tac-Toe challenge, I always enjoy those. I went with the diagonal row that has stamping, red or green and ribbon. My main image is stamped, as is the sentiment, and red and green can be found in both of those as well as the paper and of course the red ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Snuggle Down

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Frostwood Lodge DSP (SU retired)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Copics: R35, R37, R39

G03, G09

E70, E71, E74

E81, E84, E87

B000, B52

Y11, Y15, Y26, E27

C00, C1

N1, N3, N4

T0, T3

Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Ribbon (SU retired)

Love You Bunches

Today's card features an image from Mo's Digital Pencil that is only available to her Patreon subscribers right now. Have you checked out her Patreon page? If not, head on over! There are 3 different tiers you can sign up for and for each tier you get special offers, discounts and access to free or pre-release images, all while supporting a talented artist. It's a win-win situation for everyone!

I just think this image is too cute! It's called 'Dandelions' and it's a little girl holding a big bouquet of dandelions. I have to admit, I'm one of those people that will leave the dandelions in my yard long enough for the bees to do their thing and then I pull them out and they go into my burn pit.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Dandelions (Mo's Digital Pencil)

Paper: Calypso Coral (SU), Neenah Solar White, Wildflower Fields DSP (SU retired)

Ink: Printer Ink, Hello Honey (SU)

Copics: Y11, Y19

YG03, YG17, YG23, YG25, G07, G14

E000, E00, E50

YR04, YR09

YR21, YR24

T2, T4

C1, C3

B0000, B000, B00

Accessories: MFT Blueprints 2, MFT Stitched Mini Scallop Circle, Pinkfresh Studio Diagonal Stitched Rectangles, Dimensionals 

Hydrangea Hi

One of my favorite teachers at the school I work at has been gone since Christmas break, she took a horrible fall coming into the school and has been out recovering. Her husband updated me on her progress a few weeks ago and it looks like she will be able to return this upcoming school year. I've been sending her cards to let her know I've been thinking about her but it's been a while since the last one so I colored up this one for her today and will put it in the mail tomorrow!

I used a digital stamp from Power Poppy called Hydrangea Hype. I just think it's so pretty, plus I love hydrangeas, although I haven't had any luck with them here in Alaska.

I also colored this up for the Creative Confetti Challenge but missed the link up before it closed, ooops!

Stamps: Hydrangea Hype (Power Poppy digital stamp)

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Highland Heather (SU)

Ink: Printer Ink

Copics: YG03, YG63, YG67

RV00, RV52, RV63

BV0000, BV000, BV00, BV02, BV11, BV13

B000, B00

Colorless Blender

Accessories: MFT Blueprints 27, Silver Gel Pen