Miss You So Flippin' Much

It's time for a new challenge over at the Sunday Stamps blog and this time Stef has a great new sketch for us that uses a slimline design!

For my card I went with a min slimline card, so I could use the stitched mini slimline dies from MFT. The set I used is also MFT and is called Playful Penguins. I just adore this little penguin hanging out on a piece of ice.

I blended Stormy Sky and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide inks to create the water and the sky. When you're floating out there in the water it all kinds of blends together so I sprayed some water on the lower half of the card to make it look like water around the penguin and his ice shelf. After adhering the penguin to the card I then added some white dots in the sky as stars, because at this point I decided to add some stars that come in the set and make an evening scene.  I colored the stars with a metallic silver gel pen and then I added some Wink of Stella to the ice chunk for a little more sparkle.

I have a lot of friends and family that live far away so this card will come in handy!

Make sure and head on 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 this sketch!

Moosing You

I'm still trying to get back into the craft swing of things so I found this sketch from last January and thought it would work well with the MFT set Sweater Weather in the Woods.

I colored the moose and beaver up and then based on the colors I used for their clothing I picked some MFT patterned paper to use on my card. I kept the background neutral, using Crumb Cake from SU.

It's -22 tonight with a windchill of -38 and I haven't seen any moose recently. I'm guessing that with our subzero temps they are all hunkered down and only popping up for some quick meals!

I Really Moose You

Thanks to Instagram I learned about a new (to me )challenge, the Cupcake Inspirations blog. They use a cupcake image to inspire and theme or color palette. This week the theme is plaid so of course I had to make time to play along. I LOVE plaid!

My friend Susan lives a few hours north of me in North Pole Alaska and she is an amazing photographer. Every year she puts out a calendar and we trade services....I send her a large pkg of cards for one of her calendars. I'm finishing up the card for her and pulled out some retired green plaid DSP to make some moose cards. These were so simple to make but I just love how the card came out and I know she will love them too. We've got about 4 ft of snow in my part of Alaska and we have moose all over right now. They come down to the lower elevations for food and to escape the deep snow by walking on the roads or established trails in the area.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Decorative Pines (SU retired), Warm Winter Wishes (Pretty Cute Stamps)

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

Ink: Garden Green, Early Espresso (both SU)

Accessories: Cuttlebug, MFT Stitched Horizontal Cover Up, dimensionals

More Moose for Sunday Stamps

I'm still alive! April is a busy month around here...my nephew (who lives with us) is graduating, prom is this month and both my boys are going, my junior has baseball, we have several road trips happening, all of this on top of the regular work week so my crafting time is pretty much nonexistent! Of course I did find time to create my card for Sunday Stamps, I love this great team!

Right now in Alaska the moose are all over the place....cows are pregnant and will be giving birth soon and with 14 hours of daylight they are really visible in the mornings and evenings now. I still had the MFT Warm and Fuzzy Friends kit on my desk so I used the moose in that set to create my card!

I stuck to the sketch and if you've been to my blog before I like to keep things simple, I'm not big on embellishments. This card is proof of that! I like the moose with the small sentiment under him and didn't feel like I needed to add anything else to the card.

Make sure you head on over to the Sunday Stamps blog to see what the rest of the DT came up with and then play along! We also have a new team member, Heidi Baks! You may recognize her name from the Friday Mashup blog, and I am so excited to be working on a team with her still!

A Spring Moosing You

Things are settling down here again so I am trying to catch up on challenges. Today's card is for the newest sketch over at SugarPea Designs and I pulled out my favorite set, Merry Christmoose. Don't let the name of the set fool you, this sweet moose can be used for any occasion!

When I colored in my moose I used yellow and green on the scarf so I decided to keep that theme going with the papers I used, giving the card a nice spring feel. It's still chilly in the spring so Mr Moose needs his scarf to keep his neck warm :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Merry Christmoose

Paper: Chocolate Chip (SU), Pear Pizzazz (SU), Neenah Solar White, Gingham Garden DSP (SU retired)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Chocolate Chip

Copics: E13, E15, E17, E30

E31, E33, E34

E29, E49

YG25, Y35

Accessories: Cuttlebug, SU Banner Framelits, MFT Zig Zag Stitch Circles, SU Scallop Edge Border Punch, PPP Sequins

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

Moosing You

It's my last week of vacation and I finally had some time to stamp and play along with challenges, woooohooo! Hopefully 2015 brings me even more crafting time (fingers crossed).

I had visitors in my yard Sunday and these 2 inspired me. I was really surprised to see them as once again Alaska is having a crappy winter with above normal temps and below normal snowfall. Usually when we don't have much snow the moose stay further up in the hills. I was very glad to see this mama and her calf and I must have stayed outside for over an hour taking photos and just watching them. Mama wasn't bothered by my presence but baby was very curious and at one point I had to retreat back towards the house because baby was headed straight for me. I have no desire to get mama mad at me! One must always keep a safe distance from the wildlife (which many tourists don't seem to understand, but that's a whole other post!).

Mama Moose snacking

Mama and baby

 Baby checking me out with mama's ears visible above the fence

The sketch is from Freshly Made Sketches. Instead of the circle I popped up my moose in that spot and then I added some sequins because the white space to the right of the moose was really bugging me.

SugarPea Designs is having an "anything goes" challenge so this sweet moose and his winter greeting of "moosing you" was perfect for the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

*I'm playing along with the Let's Get The Party Started linky party at Paper Issues* (celebrating love, has heart on it).

Stamps: SugarPea Designs Merry Christmoose

Paper: Coastal Cabana (SU), Whisper White (SU)

Ink: SU Blendabilities: Crumb Cake, Coastal Cabana(SU), Real Red (SU)

Accessories: Sequins, sponge, dimensionals

Going Dimensional for Friday Mashup

Normally I show my 18 yr old daughter all of my projects to get her opinion on them but this one has to stay hidden for a few more weeks. She has been asked by a family friend to help them open a coffee stand in North Dakota so my little girl is moving to the Lower 48 :( In Oct/Nov she'll be moving to AZ to live with her best friend and start a new life there. She hasn't even left yet and I miss her already....sigh.....

Needless to say Sara's challenge for us at The Friday Mashup came at the perfect time, as I will be sticking this card in my daughters luggage to read when she gets to the Lower 48. So whats the challenge? Sara wants us to use a background stamp and to also have a 3D item on our project.

I used the stamp World Map for my background and although its hard to tell, I used 3 different colors to ink it up......Mossy Meadow, Island Indigo and Soft Suede. I took the globe from the Traveler set and inked that up with the exact same colors and stamped it on some Whisper White and cut that with the Window Frame Framelits. I stamped the image on a scrap piece of paper and cut out the globe portion. I took the stylus from the Simply Scored Tool and moved it around in circles on the back of the globe. This puffs up the globe and makes it pop off the page (I know, you cant really tell in the photo but I promise the globe does puff out off the card!). I layered the Whisper White piece on a piece of Mossy Meadow also cut with the Window Frames Framelits and popped the whole thing up with dimensionals. To finish it off I added a sentiment from Just Sayin', one that fits the way my heart feels!

I hope you'll head over to The Friday Mashup blog to see the rest of the great projects from the DT, and then play along with us!


Here's your Mashup Challenge:

• Create a project using a "Background Stamp".
• Create a project with "something 3-D on it".
• or Mash it Up! and create a "project with a 3-D element and a Background Stamp".

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: World Map, Traveler, Just Sayin'

Paper: Island Indigo, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White

Ink: Mossy Meadow, Island Indigo, Soft Suede

Accessories: Big Shot, Window Frame Framelits, Word Bubbles Framelits, Festive Paper Piercing Pack, Paper Piercer,dimensionals