Happy Thanksgiving

To all my friends here in the States, Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you are surrounded by lots of family and friends and that your day is filled with love, and of course, good food!



I am so thankful for many things, here are just a few:


I am thankful for.....
my wonderful husband,
my 3 great kids,
the fact that I live in the beautiful state of Alaska,
the snow that covers the ground around me,
having a job I love,
my husband having a job he loves,
the good health of my family,
the moose that wander into my yard,
the birds that entertain me with their song,
the glorious mountains that surround the Valley I live in,
the wonderful father I had,
the wonderful stepmother I have,
all the friends and family that make my life so much better,
the internet, for it allows me to reach and see places I never would otherwise,
and for all the wonderful people I've met thanks to my stamping habit!

CAS with Paper Players

I love this weeks challenge on The Paper Players blog. Its a CAS challenge with a color twist...you are to only use the colors Night of Navy, Whisper White and Silver. If you've been to my blog recently you'll see this is a color combo I have used before, I love it!

I also used a stamp set that I used recently, Wandering Words. I love this image of Santa and his reindeer, I think its one of the best that SU has ever put out. And speaking of Santa, did you know that on Christmas Eve you can track him thanks to the USAF and NORAD? It's true, they even have a Facebook page! I spent my teen yrs in the town that NORAD is in and loved tracking Santa as a kid(you know, the old fashioned way, calling NORAD by phone since there was no Net then!) and now I do the same thing with my kids. So anyway, just thought I'd share!

Back to the card...for my silver I used Silver Metallic ink for both the Santa images and the snowflakes on the larger Night of Navy layer. It sparkles and looks so pretty in the light! The white makes up the card base and the layer underneath the Santa image and of course, you can see how I used Night of Navy. I also used the Swiss Dots embossing folder to give the look of Santa's sleigh flying through snow.

Hmmm, after making this card I think I need to go play some "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" by Michael Buble :)

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Wandering Words, Snow Burst

Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy

Ink: Metallic Silver

Accessories: Swiss Dots embossing folder, dimensionals

Paper Rosettes and a Sketch

Are you ready for another Friday Mashup challenge? Its brought to us by Holly this week and I have to say, I had a few choice words as I was working on 1/2 of this challenge :0) So whats the challenge? Here ya go:

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge :

Make a project using "Paper Rosettes".
Or Make a project using "the Sketch Above".
Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Project with the Sketch using Rosettes".

Now I know that paper rosettes are all the rage right now but they just arent my thing. I did get mine made, because I always like to mash up the challenge, but I cant say that I'll be doing another one anytime soon, LOL.

Be sure to head over to the Friday Mashup blog to check out all the great cards from the Design Team and play along with us...we want to see what YOU come up with!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Pines and Poinsettias

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Holly Berry Bouquet DSP

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron

Accessories: Dazzling Details, Xmas Red Stickles, Simply Scored, 1 1/4" circle punch, glue gun, sponge, dimensionals

Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Today's card combines 2 challenges....the new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches and the Ways To Use It challenge over at Splitcoast, which has the theme "Baby Its Cold Outside". I had to laugh at that because that's the EXACT name of the post I made on my Alaska blog the other day, when I woke to a temperature of -16. 300 miles north of me Fairbanks has been seeing temps of -45..yes 45 BELOW zero. Bet that makes your temps seem pretty warm by comparison :)

I used by Fireside Christmas stamp for this because when its that cold out our wood stove gets a good workout. So even though the stamp is a fireplace it portrays the same idea!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Fireside Christmas, Punch Pals, Merry Winter

Paper: Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Naturals White, Frostwood Lodge DSP

Ink: Black StazOn, Versamark, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Garden Green, Marina Mist, Elegant Eggplant, Bravo Burgundy, More Mustard, Always Artichoke, Basic Gray

Accessories: 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, blender pen, dimensionals

Christmas Carol with Paper Players

For todays card I played along with this weeks challenge over at The Paper Players. It's a color challenge and we are to use the colors Riding Hood Red, River Rock and Always Artichoke.

I love the stamp set A Christmas Carol and decided to use that image for my card. I stamped it on Naturals White with Early Espresso to get a bit of an old-fashioned look, and I sponged the edges with Always Artichoke. Its a bit hard to see but I used River Rock as the layer underneath the Deck The Halls DSP. The sketch is from Splitcoast, SC353.

I didnt want to over-do the card so I just added some paper piercing for a little extra visual.

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: A Christmas Carol

Paper: Riding Hood Red, River Rock, Always Artichoke, Naturals White, Deck The Halls DSP

Ink: Always Artichoke, Early Espresso

Accessories: Paper Piercing Tool, Sponge, Dimensionals

Santas Sleigh with Freshly Made

I finally dragged myself in from the snow to play along with the Freshly Made Sketch challenge for this week.....well, that and my football team lost to my husbands fav team today. Its amazing how much stamping I can get done when I am ticked off, LOL.

I saw this sketch and knew I wanted to use Wandering Words. I sat down at my desk, grabbed the stamp and turned on the Hallmark Channel and guess what was on...The Santa Clause...a definite sign that I picked the right stamp to work with :0)

I really love the way the card came out but I hate the way it photographed. I sponged the edges of the Whisper White in Metallic Silver so the transition between the Brushed Silver and Whisper White isnt as severe as it appears in the photo. I also added some rhinestones...they are the sparkly stars that guide Santa and the reindeer along their route :)

I also eliminated one of the layers on the sketch...with this long image across the middle a layer underneath it just didnt look right. I hope thats ok!

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Wandering Words

Paper: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Brushed Silver

Ink: Night of Navy, Metallic Silver

Accessories: Rhinestones, Snow Burst Embossing Folder, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, sponge

Getting Girly with Friday Mashup

This weeks challenge at The Friday Mashup is brought to us by Kasey and here is what she has to say:

Last time I bought you a masculine sketch mashup so this time I thought I'd go all girly, it seems like I'm seeing a lot of Chirstmas cards starting to appear on blogs and challenges so here is your chance to get back to creating with lovely ribbons, lace, bling and pretty girly colours before you go all out on the red and green.



The mash up is to use your favourite technique, so if you like embossing, or using alcohol inks or shaving cream or rock n roll stamping, die cuts - Whatever it is, use it on your girly project and enter the challenge.


So here is the "Mashup" Challenge :


Make a project featuring "A Girly Theme".
Or Make a project using "Your Favorite Technique".
Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Girly project using your Favorite Technique

Well, Kasey did mention Christmas cards and thats what I went with, but although there is some red I think I went pretty girly with the addition of pink, pearls and scallops!I used some retired DSP and for my favorite technique I did spotlighting(and some watercoloring too).

 I'm glad I got it done earlier in the week, in between snow storms, because right now I'm surrounded by a winter wonderland and I admit it, I would much rather be out in the snow than in the house stamping! LOL

Now dont be like me, ROFL...head over to the Friday Mashup blog and play along with us! We love seeing everyones creations every week!

My backyard right now :)

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps:  Greeting Card Kids, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Close To Cocoa, Watercolor Paper, Candy Lane DSP

Ink: Soft Suede, Riding Hood Red, Garden Green, Pink Pirouette

Accessories: 1" square punch, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Modern Label Punch, Pearls, sponge, dimensionals, aquapainter