Happy Easter

For today's card I am playing along with the new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches. I haven't been feeling much mojo lately but when I saw this sketch I knew I wanted to pull out an image I had recently colored for The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge.

The paper is some I had in my stash and so I cut that for the bottom half of the card, rounded the bottom edges and then I used a die from MFT to create the middle strip. I popped up the image with dimensionals and then stamped the sentiment.

I kind of feel like I'm toeing the line for the sketch but after looking at some of the DT cards I think I'm ok. I'm going to try and get a card made that has a larger sentiment as the focal point though.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Celeste Amberglow Egg Hunt (Little Miss Muffet Stamps), I'm All Ears (MFT Retired)

Paper: Pear Pizzazz (SU), Neenah Solar White 110lb, Doodlebug Design Paper

Ink: Melon Mambo (SU), Memento Tuxedo Black

Copics: (I forgot to write them down, oops!)

Accessories: MFT Blueprints 15, Dimensionals

Winter Colors for LMMS

I'm still alive! Sorry for the lack of posts but on Nov.30 my area was hit with a 7.0 earthquake and while my home was spared any damage the school I work at was pretty much destroyed and today we combine with our high school next door to become a 6-12 school. There's been a lot of stress and upheaval the past few weeks and things are finally (hopefully) settling down!

There's a new challenge over at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog and I pulled out one of my favorite go to stamps this holiday season, Holiday Truck. I used colors that I normally wouldn't think about it (I'm not a purple fan) but I recently bought some paper pads at Michaels (70%off, woohoo!) and these colors were pulled straight from these papers.

Head on over to the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog to see what the rest of the DT created and then play along with us!

Peace for LMMS

It's time for a new challenge over at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog and this week I'm using the Moose Love digital stamp for my card. I really love the various moose images that Little Miss Muffet Stamps offers and this one with a mama and baby is too sweet.

I used the current sketch from The Paper Players for my card along with some retired DSP from SU that has just the right outdoor feel I needed to go along with my image. 

Make sure you head on over to the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog to see what the rest of the DT created and then play along with us!

Moose Wonderful Time of Year

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone that is celebrating in the US has a wonderful day! My husband works in the healthcare field so he works every Thanksgiving, so we'll have our feast this evening when he gets home. Our oldest is the only one of our kids that still lives in the area so he's also coming over to hang out and have dinner. He works retail so has to be at work at midnight to prepare for Black Friday, boooo!

It's Inspiration Week over at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog and this week I'm using one of the fabulous moose images, Moose Cheer, and the Moose Wonderful Time sentiments for my card. I just love this moose with the big wreath around his neck! I colored it with my copics and then used silver Stickles to create my ornaments. Normally this time of year I'd be seeing a bunch of moose in my yard and neighborhood but thanks to the stupid warm blob in the Pacific Ocean (look it up if you don't know what I'm talking about) our weather here in southcentral Alaska has been very warm and we have no snow, so the moose are staying up in the hills. It's pretty depressing! Good thing I have this image to help lift my spirits a bit!

Don't forget, there is still time to play along in our Anything Goes challenge, so head on over to the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog and join us!

Merry Christmoose for LMMS

It's time for a new challenge over at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog and this week I decided to create a little winter scene on my card. I combined 2 images, Moose Jingles and Winter Scene, to create a simple but fun scene. After I colored the image with copic markers I fussy cut along the top edges and then adhered the image panel for a section of patterned paper that looks like snow falling from the sky. I then pulled out a sentiment from my stash and put the sentiment banner at the top left of the card. Nice and simple card ready to mail off for Christmas!

Make sure you head on over to the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog to see what the rest of the DT created and then play along with us!

Happy Christmas for LMMS

Working night shift my days often blend together and that's what happened this week...I took Weds off from work and got so busy enjoying Halloween that I forgot about Thursday and posting my card for Little Miss Muffet Stamps, ooops!

This week I'm once again featuring the Holiday Truck digital image. I just love this truck and all the different ways it can be used. This time I decided to use the trees, ax and lights on my truck and I used some retired SU DSP I had in my stash. I really like these papers with this image!

Make sure and head on over to the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog to see what the rest of the DT created and then play along with us in a brand new Anything Goes Challenge!

Gobble Gobble for LMMS

It's Inspiration Week over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and this week I'm all about Thanksgiving. A lot of people say to me, what about Thanksgiving, there is another holiday between Halloween and Christmas ya know, especially since I am in full on Christmas mode all the time. Trust me, I know there is Thanksgiving and I love it...I love the yummy food, being with my family and just hanging out with good friends. Just because I'm focusing on Christmas doesn't mean I've forgotten everything else, I'm just more subdued about other holidays :)

I wanted something nice and easy for my Thanksgiving card. I started going through my stash of Little Miss Muffet Stamps images and came across this turkey. It's a digital stamp called Hazel's Turkey and I think it is so cute! I decided to put it on a white card base and then used a stamp to create some dirt below him with a sentiment that reads "Gobble Gobble" on the outside of the card and inside the sentiment reads "It's Turkey Time".

Don't forget, the Anything Goes challenge is still open over at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog so head on over there and play along with us!

Getting Cozy for LMMS

It's time for a new challenge over at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog and it's our 200th challenge! Wow, 200, can you believe it? As always it's Anything Goes so grab your favorite Little Miss Muffet Stamps rubber stamp or digi and head on over to play along!

For my card I'm featuring Holiday Truck again. Have I said lately how much I love this digi and the possibilities it offers? I seriously can't get enough of it! This time I kept it simple and used one of my favorite dies to create a frame, adding patterned paper that I thought went well with the Holiday Truck. I stamped the sentiment in white on the frame and to the left of the image and then I popped up the Holiday Truck with dimensionals to really make it pop off the front.

Head on over to the Little Miss Muffet 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 Little Miss Muffet Stamps!

Hey, Pumpkin for LMMS

It's Inspiration Week at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and this week I'm highlighting a brand new stamp, Polka Dot Pals Jack. Isn't he just darling? I've got 2 boys plus my nephew so I love having super cute boy stamps to use and PDP Jack does not disappoint!

I decided to use bright colors for my card so I pulled out some retired SU DSP that I have in my stash. I pulled some of the colors from the paper and used them for coloring in my image. The card is perfect for Halloween, Thanksgiving, an autumn birthday or just to say hi to your favorite young boy. I love images that can be used several different ways!

Don't forget, the Anything Goes challenge over at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog is still open so make sure you head on over there and play along! Go over to the NEW section at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps store and pick out an image to use for your next project!

Christmas Cheer for LMMS

It's time for a new challenge over at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog and this week I once again used the Holiday Truck image. I can't help it, I simply adore this stamp and all the different possibilities with it. It's perfect for creating winter or Christmas cards!

When I went to SC in May I went by Hobby Lobby and picked up a pad of Christmas paper. The paper I used on this card is from that pad. I really like the contrast between the lettering on the upper half and the plaid on the bottom. I texted a picture of the card to my daughter when I finished it and she texted back "that is definitely a Lisa card". LOL

Head on over to the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog to see what the rest of the DT created and then play along with us!

Joyful Wishes for LMMS

Happy Thursday! It's Inspiration Week over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and today I'm using one of my new favorite digital stamps, Holiday Truck. I am SUCH an old fashioned girl when it comes to Christmas and this image totally makes me think of Christmas in a small town...I can just picture the driver waving to everyone as he drives through town square, everyone calling out his name and wishing him a Merry Christmas. It reminds me of growing up in New England and the Christmases we had when I was young, everyone in the neighborhood knew everyone. I'm such a sap, I know!

I colored in the image with copics and then I used some retired DSP from SU to create my card. The base is Soft Suede (not retired), which was a perfect match for how I colored the truck. I then used some dies to create my scallop borders, heat embossing the sentiment on one of the borders. I thought it still needed a little more visual appeal so I took my white gel pen and added the white dots on the scallops and around the truck.

Don't forget, our Anything Goes challenge is still open so head on over to the blog and play along with us!

Witchy Greetings for LMMS

It's time for a new challenge over at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog, plus there are new images being released today! I am SO excited about the new images and was really torn about what to use, but since Halloween is a little over a month away I decided to go with the new Halloween image.

The new image is called Jr Hatter Agnes and she is just too cute! I colored her with copics and then I grabbed a pad of paper that I got from JoAnn's over the weekend, it's from DCWV and has some seriously awesome Halloween patterns in it. I grabbed 2 papers from the pad that made it super easy to have the image front and center on the card. The purple frame was cut from a 12x12 sheet that has other frames and sayings on it, I cut this frame out and adhered it to the green spiderweb paper and then popped up Agnes with some dimensionals. I wanted the colors and image on the front of the card to be the main focus so I decided to keep a sentiment off the front and to put one inside the card if needed/wanted.

Make sure you head on over to the Little Miss Muffet Stamps store to check out the 3 images being released today and then grab one and come play along in our Anything Goes Challenge! 

Too Cute to Spook for LMMS

It's Inspiration Week over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and this week I'm using the Swing N Slides Lil Spook image again, I just love him!

I wanted to keep the card pretty simple so I created a white card base and then used a retired set from Stampin Up to create the colored splotches for the background. I pulled the colors right from the Lil Spook image. I stamped the sentiment in black and then popped up the image to the right of the sentiment. Easy peasy for a quick and cute Halloween card!

Don't forget, the Anything Goes Challenge over at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog is still open so head on over there and play along with us!

Happy Halloween for LMMS

It's Thursday and you know what that means, Little Miss Muffet Stamps goodies! This week I am using one of my favorite Halloween images, Polka Dot Pals Hauntly. How fun is she? I love the spiderweb on her dress and the bats around her head! She's the perfect image to use for people who like "cute" Halloween and not scary Halloween!

I used a spiderweb stamp that I picked up at my local stamp store last year to create my background. I colored my image with copics and then used my Scan N Cut to cut her out. She's popped up with dimensionals and then I tucked the sentiment under her and to the left.

Make sure you head on over to the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog to see what the rest of the DT created and then join in our Anything Goes challenge, you could win $10.00 to the LMMS store! There were also 3 brand new images released today, head over HERE in the Little Miss Muffet Stamps store to check them out!

Warm Wishes for LMMS

It's time for Inspiration Week at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and this week I'm using Polka Dot Pals Wyleen. I just can't resist this sweet girl making snow angels!

I grabbed some older Lawn Fawn paper I had in my stash and pulled the colors from my paper to color my image. I just love the red and this cool aqua color together, it definitely says winter to me!

Don't forget, the Anything Goes challenge is still open over at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog, head on over and play along with us!

Trick or Treat for LMMS

It's time for a new challenge over at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog! There are some awesome new images in the shop but for this card I decided to take it back and use an older image, Swing N Slides Lil' Spook. I just love this fun image and I'm in a fall frame of mind so a Halloween card was just the thing I needed.

I used a retired die from MFT to create my "window", using fun bat themed paper for the inside openings. Using Versamark I stamped a retired spiderweb from SU around the orange frame. I then popped up my Lil' Spook image with dimensionals and adhered a sentiment to the top of the card.

You can find this image HERE in the store and you call find all the brand new images HERE. Make sure to head on over to the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog to see what the rest of the DT created and then play along with us!

Let it Snow for LMMS

It's Inspiration Week over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and this week I'm using a brand new image, Polka Dot Pals Wyleen. I was SO happy to see a winter image being released since winter is my favorite season! Pretty soon I'll be able to look out my craft room window at a snow covered yard, I can't wait!

I printed the image out and then die cut it with a circle. I then pulled out the patterned paper I wanted to use and pulled the colors from that to color the image with. I then cut all my papers and assembled them on the card base, embossing one layer with a snowfall background, and I also used that same embossing folder on my image. You have to have snow falling if you're making snow angels, it makes it that much more fun :)

If you head on over to the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog you can see how LMMS customers used the images as part as Customer Appreciation Day! More great news....over at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps store a big sale starts today and goes until Saturday! Head over to the store and stock up! 

Don't forget, the Anything Goes challenge is still open over at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog so head on over and play along with us!

Wander Often for LMMS

It's time for a new challenge over at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog and there are some new images that were just released today! I am featuring 2 of those images on my card today, Polka Dot Pals Joshua and the Wander Often Sentiment. You can find these images and the other new ones in the LMMS store HERE.

I kept my card nice and simple...I placed Polka Dot Pals Joshua over the sentiment in Word, and then I changed the color of the sentiment from black to blue because I knew I would be coloring with some blue on my image. Plus I just love blue LOL

Make sure and head on over to the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog to see what the rest of the DT created and then play along with us!

Summer Vibes for LMMS

It's Inspiration Week over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and this week I'm going with a summer themed card. I used the one of the newer images, Pick-Me-Up Truck with the summer option. It's got the watermelons in the bed of the truck with a blanket going across the tailgate, perfect for a summer greeting!

The watermelon paper is from a paper pad I got at Michaels, it was perfect for this stamp! The striped paper is from SU and the color went beautifully with the paper from Michaels. I love it when things work out like that.

Don't forget, the Anything Goes challenge is still open over at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog so go check it out and play along with us!

No Place Like Home for LMMS

It's time for a new challenge over at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog and there are also a few new images being released today! My card features one of the new images, Polka Dot Pals Dorothy.

I've always loved the The Wizard of Oz so of course I had to color my image as close to the original Dorothy as possible, and I kept the blue, white and red theme going with the background paper, card base and lettering of the word 'home'. The sentiment is actually from SugarPea Designs and I cut out 'home' several times and stacked it up so it would pop more when adhered to the card.  If you've been by my blog before you'll know I'm not big on embellishments, therefore I left the card alone after putting the sentiment and image on it.

Head on over to the Little Miss Muffet Stamps store to see all the new images HERE and then hop over to the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog to play along with our new Anything Goes Challenge and to check out what the rest of the DT came up with!