Sketchy Snowfall

Today's card was inspired by 2 challenges....Jingle Belles and Merry Monday.

The current challenge over at the Jingle Belles blog is to make a project that celebrates snow. No problem for me because I LOVE LOVE LOVE snow...heck, that's why I moved to Alaska and we even got our first dusting of snow this past weekend! I used my Polar Party stamp set and did my favorite thing to get the look of snow falling...I ran my image panel through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I just love how that looks! I also added glitter to all the raised dots but its hard to see in the picture.

The sketch is last weeks challenge from Merry Monday. Because of my crazy schedule lately I wasn't able to play along last week but wanted to make a card with this sketch.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies used (all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Polar Party, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Sage Shadow(retired), Always Artichoke, Whisper White, Wintergreen DSP (retired)

Ink: Black StazOn, Certainly Celery, Sage Shadow, Real Red, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Lovely Lilac, Baja Breeze, Only Orange

Accessories: Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots EF, Always Artichoke ribbon, Modern Label punch, sponge, dimensionals

It's time for Sunday Stamps and this week Joan is bringing us a fabulous color challenge! She wants us to use the colors Gumball Green, Marina Mist and Soft Suede. Now Joan picked them because these hues remind her of fall but as soon as I saw them I instantly thought snowmen!! I've been in a snow mood and can you believe it, this morning we woke up to a dusting of snow! I was so excited! I was also jealous because parts of Anchorage (which is an hour south of me) got over 5 inches of snow....I cant wait for that!

Make sure you head over to the Sunday Stamps blog to check out all the great projects from the rest of the design team and then play along with us, we'd love to see what you do with these great colors!

My backyard this morning:

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Frosty Friends, sentiment from Owl Occasions

Paper: Marina Mist, Soft Suede, Whisper White, Be of Good Cheer DSP, Polka Dot Parade DSP

Ink: Black StazOn, Gumball Green, Marina Mist, Baja Breeze, Soft Suede, Primrose Petals, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Gumball Green Ribbon, Dazzling Details

Leaves and Twine for Friday Mashup

Welcome to another Friday Mashup! Lisa here with this weeks challenge for you!

Even though I am a winter girl I do enjoy autumn and here in southcentral Alaska it seems our autumn is just about over(and it's always short to begin with!). Most of the leaves are off the trees and the weather forecasters are saying the higher elevations in the area could see the first snowfall this weekend, woohooo! Until the snow flies though I do enjoy looking at the carpet of leaves in my yard, the beautiful oranges and yellows that fade the longer they lay there. To keep with the fall spirit I'd like to see projects that have autumn inspired leaves on them and while you're at it, go ahead and add some twine to your project! Or you can do a project that has twine on it and no leaves, that's all good too!

You will notice that I forgot to put twine on my card. I had every intention to do that, it is my challenge after all LOL, but I was concentrating so much on everything else that I forgot. Oooops!

Thanks to everyone that comes to play with us weekly, we really enjoy seeing all of your submissions! Make sure to head over to The Friday Mashup blog to see the rest of the great projects from the design team, and then play along with us!

 

Fall Feelings for Friday Mashup

Happy Friday from a soggy and flooding southcentral Alaska! Our storms have brought several inches of rain to my area and there is a lot going on, one of those issues being my internet cutting in and out, ugh!! Of course compared to the people whose homes are flooding my internet going out isnt that bad. I love the rain but hopefully we dry out soon.

Heidi has a great challenge this week over at The Friday Mashup....she wants us to create a project with an Indian summer in mind, create a project using 3 of these colors :Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade & Early Espresso or mash it up and create an Indian summer project using 3 of the colors. I love this image from Fall Blessings and chose it to represent an Indian summer. It reminds me of when we lived in MA and CT and we'd go to pumpkin farms and just enjoy a beautiful fall day with endless blue skies. For the color portion I ended up using all of the colors listed in one fashion or another!

Make sure you head over to The Friday Mashup to see the other great projects from the rest of the design team!


So here is the "Mashup" Challenge:

Make a "Indian Summer" themed project. 
Or Make a project with any three colors from "Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade & Early Espresso".
Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Indian Summer Themed project with the color combo".

 

Merry Moose for Merry Monday

Sneaking in a card while I can...we did indeed lose power on Monday, but thankfully only for a few hrs. Now we're in the middle of yet another storm with wind gusts over 60 mph (over 100mph in the Anchorage area) and so the power going out again is a big possibility. We have a wood stove and our stove is run by gas so at least we can stay warm and eat when the power goes out :)

Today's card is for the Merry Monday challenge. Now I will fully admit to being a SU snob and generally only buy their stamps but when I saw this moose stamp from Whipper Snapper Designs at a local stamp store I HAD to have it. I mean hello, it's a moose AND Christmas. Perfect!

I wish I could get a better picture, because this one does not do the card justice. It is so cute in person, I just love it. I'm definitely going to have to make more to send out to family and friends at Christmas!

Stamps: Merry Kiss Moose from Whipper Snapper Designs
Paper: True Thyme(SU retired), Cherry Cobbler, Watercolor Paper, PP from My Minds Eye
Ink: Black StazOn, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Old Olive, Baja Breeze
Accessories: Cherry Cobbler ribbon, Aquapainter, Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details, Big Shot, Snowburst EF, sponge, dimensionals

Color Combo for Sunday Stamps and Freshly Made 1 Year

We've got a big storm moving into the area bringing high winds and lots of rain so I'm getting this post up a little early just in case the power goes out, which happened 2 weeks ago with the last storm!

It's time for Sunday Stamps and this week Holly has a color combo for us...Melon Mambo, Pool Party and Basic Black. I'm not going to lie, these colors threw me a little bit. I was going to do a Halloween card but then I decided to go out of the box and use these colors for a Christmas card. I'm pretty traditional when it comes to Christmas...I like the red and greens...so that's why using these colors was out of the box for me.

For my sketch I played along with Freshly Made Sketches and their one year celebration. I chose to use sketch #21, I just really like the lines of this one!

I wish I had been able to get a better picture, mine came out awfully dark. This card is so cute in person, I am really happy with the way it came out!

 

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Wonderful Winterland, Itty Bitty Banners

Paper: Pool Party, Basic Black, Whisper White, Melon Mambo DSP (retired)

Ink: Black StazOn, Pool Party, Melon Mambo, Crumb Cake, Basic Black

Accessories: Big Shit, Nestabilities (Standard Circles and Lacey Circles), Bitty Banners Framelits, sponge, dimensionals

Sketchy Starburst Gratitude

It's Friday and time for another Friday Mashup challenge. Our challenge this week is brought to us by Rita, who is back from maternity leave! We are so excited to have her back, we all missed her!

The challenge is a fun one......you can either create a project using the "starburst technique", create a project using the provided sketch OR you can mash it up and use the starburst technique with the sketch!

I chose to mash it up and pulled out my very favorite fall DSP ever, SU's Spice Cake. I really wish this paper had made it into a catalog and not just a holiday mini, its so pretty! I also wish I had bought at least 10 packages of it but alas I didnt, and pretty soon the paper will be gone :(

Make sure you head over to the Friday Mashup blog to welcome Rita back and to check out the rest of the great projects from the design team!

1. Make a project with the sketch.
2. Or Make a project with "Starburst technique".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project using the "sketch and starburst technique".

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Seasonal Sentiments

Paper: Pool Party, Very Vanilla, Spice Cake DSP

Ink: Soft Suede

Accessories: Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, Soft Suede Ribbon, Scallop Edge Border Punch, sponge, dimensionals