Stampin' In Alaska

  While cleaning my craft room yesterday I came across a few panels in my stash that were colored.  This features a digital stamp from a company who is no longer in business - Craftin Desert Divas.  It is always sad when a craft company goes out of business.  But I still enjoy using their great products! This image was colored with Copic Markers and die cut.  The designer paper was also in my stash.  A few pearls and digital sentiment complete the card. I would like to share my card with the following: Simon Says Stamp Wednesday:  Focus on the Sentiment Allsorts Challenge:  #828 Pretty Flowers Stamping Sensations:  Summer Flowers Polkadoodles Challenge:  #8 Anything Goes

  It's hard to believe that Fall is here in Alaska.  Trees are turning and there is a briskness to the air.  Time to begin my annual Thanksgiving card stock pile for friends and family. I began building my scene with digital kitchen images from Craftin' Desert Divas Stamps.  Sadly, they are no longer in business.  My card focus is on the Sweet November Stamps Wee Pie Baker image and her little pies.  They were colored with Copic Markers. The card size is 6.5 x 4.25 so I kept it simple with a green border and sentiment from Hero Arts. I would like to share my card with the following: Simon Says Stamp Wednesday:  Anything Goes  Time Out Challenge:  #273 Autumn  Allsorts Challenge:  Week 800 Anything Goes  PIP Challenge #2438 Anything Goes

  I'm joining the current challenge at Di's Digi Challenge Blog.  This week is about fancy folds or ABC (anything but a card).  I chose to create a fun Z-Fold card with Di's adorable Racoon Cupcake digital image.  You can find the card fold tutorial on Beccy's Place HERE. The digital image was printed onto X-Press It card stock, colored with Copic Markers then fussy cut.  I created the kitchen scene using pre-colored images from an older digital set from Craftin' Desert Divas.  Sadly, this fabulous stamping company went out of business several years ago. The flooring was hand stamped with MFT On Solid Ground clear set.  A Paper Smooches birthday sentiment finishes the card. I would like to share my card with the following: Di's Digi Challenge - Fancy Folds or ABC PIP Challenge #2345 Polkadoodles Craft Challenge:  #45 Anything Goes  Gem of A Craft Challenge:  #23 Anything Goes  

  I'm joining the current challenge at Art Impressions with a center step card.  This was such a fun card to create!  I colored and fussy cut every image in the AI His & Hers Flying High set. The images were colored with Tombow markers.  Paper is from Memory Box and the die cut border is from Craftin Desert Divas (retired).  I would like to share my card with the following: Art Impressions Challenge #308 Funky Fold Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes Word Art Wednesday:  Week #501 - 502 Anything Goes Aud Sentiments Challenge: #280 Anything Goes + Sentiment Colour Crazy Challenge: Week 30 Anything Goes   Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge:  Birthday Celebration

The cold, snowy weather in my area has sent my Crafty Mojo on a downward spiral this week!  But this fun CAS sketch design at AAA Cards Challenge gave me a boost today. I pulled out a folder with a few images which I've colored recently and decided this cute chicken from Craftin' Desert Divas would work perfect for a clean and simple Birthday card.  A Stampin' Up! emboss folder was used for the cross panel.  The sentiment is from Art Impressions.  The digital chicken image was colored with Copic markers and highlighted with charcoal pencil. I would like to share my card with the following: QKR Stampede:  Challenge #380 Anything Goes Word Art Wednesday: #420 - 421 Anything Goes   AAA Cards Clean and Simple Challenge:  #156 Sketch & optional Winter Birthday    

I'm joining the current Caffeine Fueled Paper Play Challenge at Coffee Loving Cardmakers with this card featuring Craftin' Desert Divas digital set Espresso Yourself. The Coffee Loving Cardmakers are paying a tribute to Tara and Craftin' Desert Divas this month as she sadly closes her shop.  I love the pre-color digital images that Tara provides.  They look great and are perfect when I need a quick card.  I have combined it with a sentiment from My Favorite Things - CS Coffee (Retired) and papers from Your Next Stamp. I would like to share my card with the following: Coffee Loving Cardmakers:  September Caffeine Fueled Paper Play Challenge - Craftin' Desert Divas   Cute Card Thursday Challenge:  #598 Anything Goes Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge:  #522 Word Art Wednesday Challenge:  #402 - #403 Anything Goes  

It's time for the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop !  If you love coffee, tea or cocoa this is the event for you.  Amy Tsuruta coordinates this fabulous blog hop event twice a year.  It's a fun time of inspiration and prizes.  There are over 80 sponsors for the event!  Be sure to hop over and check it out. I'm back for Day 6 of the hop with a sweet pre-colored digital image from Super Sponsor Craftin' Desert Divas called Java Fox . The image was printed onto textured cardstock and fussy cut.  I couldn't resist adding a little pompom to his hat! The base started with snowflake paper from my stash and a Memory Box snowy landscape die cut.  I finished with a sentiment from my local stamp store. I'm also sharing my card with the following: Word Art Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes #364 - #365 2018 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop 2 Crafty Critter Crazies:  #51 Sponsored by QKR    

I'm sharing a couple of cards with Craftin' Desert Divas and their March Moodboard Challenge on Facebook.  This cute pre-colored digital image is called Cute Chick and you can find it in the store for only .99. The sentiment I used on the first card is a free digital Scripture from Word Art Wednesday Challenge.   The second card includes a sentiment from CDD Joyful Day set.  Designer papers are from Simple Stories Vintage Bliss paper pad. I'm sharing my card with the following: Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes Word Art Wednesday:  #324-#325 Anything Goes   Crafting with Dragonflies:  #99 Birds/Feathers   Aud Sentiments Challenge:  #198 Anything Goes + A Sentiment

I'm sharing a fun clean and simple design featuring the pre-colored Java Fox digital image from Craftin' Desert Divas.   I created a quick distress ink splashed base panel with a background stamp from Stampin' Up called Off the Grid. A few wood stars and sentiment from Art Impressions finish the card.   I'm sharing my card with the following:   Word Art Wednesday Challenge:  #300- #301 Anything Goes Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop   Aud Sentiments:  #188 Anything Goes + Sentiment Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Clean AND Simple Simon Says Monday Challenge:  It's Written in the Stars 2 Crafty Critter Crazies:  Challenge #6 

It's that time for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop ! If you haven't joined the fun before, be sure to check out all of the sponsors  and week long fun that is going on. Amy and her team are SUPER great to sponsor this hop several times a year for those of us who LOVE coffee  and/or tea.  I have created a quick clean and simple card for the hop using a freebie image  from one of the hop sponsors. Be sure to check out Craftin Desert Divas for inspiration and how you can get this  sweet freebie!  The lovely scripture word art is a free  digital image from Ginny Maxam .  Be sure to check her blog for some fabulous inspiration! Thanks for stopping by! I'm sharing my summer coffee card with the following: Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #288-289 Crafting from the Heart:  #164 Anything Goes   Crafting with Friends Challenge:  #45 Anything Goes   Summer Coffee Lovers Bl...

I'm sneaking in one last card for the   2017 Spring Coffee Lovers BlogHop. My card features an adorable pre-colored digital image from Craftin Desert Divas . The image was printed twice, fussy cut and adhered with dimension tape. It was layered onto designer papers from Pink Paislee Memorandum paper pad.  The sentiment is from a TPC Studio set Coffee Cafe. I'm sharing my card with the following:   2017 Spring Coffee Lovers BlogHop   Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes Aud Sentiments Challenge:  #176 Any Sentiment Except for a Birthday  Word Art Wednesday:  #276 - 277 Anything Goes  Your Next Stamp Sketch and Color Challenge:  #61  

  Craftin Desert Diva's is a Super Sponsor of the Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop and is generously giving this sweet Java Fox as a freebie this week. I couldn't resist printing out the  pre-colored image for this quick  Thanks A-Latte card! Thanks for stopping by for  a closer look!   I'm sharing my card with the following: Winter Coffee Lover's Bloghop Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #260 - 261 C raft Your Passion Challenge:  Anything goes #342 Sugar Pea Designs:  Mix it Up Challenge #26 Anything Goes Brown Sugar Challenge:  #228 Anything goes