Wish you were here.....

Today's card is for a challenge taking place over at the Lawn Fawn Flickr group. They want you to use Lawn Fawn products along with kraft on your project (you can also do Simon Says Stamp products or combine SSS with Lawn Fawn, I only used Lawn Fawn on mine).

I used the Lawn Fawn Sets Wish You Were Here and Wish You Were Here Too. I was so happy when Lawn Fawn came out with the Alaska stamp and die! I stamped the US on kraft paper and then also on some paper from the Lawn Fawn Snow Day collection. I fussy cut  (I thought I had bought the matching dies to WYWH but ooops, need to get those!) them out and adhered the green one to the kraft paper so it was more stable. I then did the same thing with the Alaska stamp, but actually had the die for that one :) The arrow was fussy cut and all 3 layers are popped up for dimension. The arrow is pointing to the area I live in, an hour north of Anchorage.

My idea for this card came from a popular photo that gets shared on Facebook a lot by proud Alaskans :)

Stamps: Wish you were here, Wish you were here too

Paper: Kraft (SU-retired), Lawn Fawn Snow Day collection

Ink: Early Espresso (SU)

Accessories: Round Corner Punch, Paper Piercing Tool, dimensionals

State Crazy for MDS Monday

 

I haven't played along with MDS Monday in a while (I know, bad me, its a great challenge blog!) but when I saw the states/province challenge I just couldn't resist. I love geography, especially US geography, and learning new things about the states excites me. After looking at the DT examples I'll be researching Canada some more too (Tara, I'll go with you to Nunavut, it looks like I place I'd get a kick out of!).

I didn't have the Fifty Nifty download so  what a great excuse to get it :) I went with my state, Alaska, and the photos are from a trip we took up to Fairbanks in Oct. 2011. It was the one year anniversary of my dad's passing and my birthday is in the same time frame and I didn't want to be home. On our way north we stopped had some marvelous views of Denali ( aka known as Mt. McKinley to those who don't live here, aka as the highest mountain in North America) and so that's one of my pics on the page. We also went by North Pole AK to Santa's house to see him and do some shopping. For dinner one night we went to Denny's, the most northern one in the world! Some people may see Denny's and go "ew" (said in my best Jimmy Fallon voice) but I tell you, it was one of the best meals we've had and our waitress was fantastic!

The highway to get from my house to Fairbanks is 2 lanes most of the time and its a pretty long drive with no real services offered along the way. When we went up we didn't see many other folks on the road(its different during the summer, tourists galore clogging the highway) and you need to make sure you are prepared for anything. Our weather changes rapidly and our wildlife is plentiful, which means hitting a moose or caribou is a worry. Its a beautiful drive though and one I highly recommend to anyone that comes to visit our state!

Polar Pals for Jingle Belles

I sat down and got a card made for the Jingle Belles challenge and I used one of my favorite SU sets, Polar Pals. It's an older (retired) set but its perfect for Alaska!

When some people see this image the first thing they probably think is the word "Eskimo". A lot of people think the term 'Eskimo' refers to the people of Alaska and that's incorrect. It technically only refers to 2 groups of Native Alaskans, the Inupiat and the Yupiks. Just a little trivia for your day today!

Here is my card made with the sketch...and this sketch was so versatile that I also used it for a Fathers Day card, as you can see HERE.

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Polar Pals (retired), sentiment from More Merry Messages

Paper: Old Olive, Confetti Cream (retired), Merry Moments DSP (retired)

Ink: Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Garden Green, Versamark

Accessories: Big Shot, Nestabilities Standard Circle, Chunky Glitter, sponge, dimensionals

Woodland and Green

I posted how a friend ordered a set of cards from me and I posted 2 of the cards the other day, here and here. This post shows 2 of the other cards I made.

My friend lives here in Alaska also, a few hours north of me in Interior Alaska and like most Alaskans she is very much into the outdoors. She is a photographer and gets some of the most amazing shots of Alaska you'll ever see! That was the inspiration for these 2 cards.