CAGI ~ Recipe of Fun

Hello There!

Early this week I had the pleasure of escorting a couple of our Elders to a Native Elder/Youth Conference, there was some great key note speakers and I found it very informative and loved the workshops.  Cook Inlet Tribal Council has been collaborating with a E-Line Media in Seattle to make a video game "Never Alone"  See the preview on YouTube here  I was pretty excited about it!

Alaska is getting chilly now the last couple of day were in the 20's early in the morning, but today's morning temp was only 17 degree's we are expecting snow again by the latter part of the week and I suppose it will stick around

Okay that's enough chit chat so on to my card, Come And Get It Challenge is being sponsored by the  fabulous Lacy Sunshine & Oak Pond Creations, so come join us for our recipe challenge this week using Designer Paper, Die cuts, Ribbon and Bling

I've featured Lacy Sunshine's "Bride of Frankenstein Susie" in my Halloween Scene

Couldn't find a frightened pumpkin to go with my image so I ended up just drawing one this time

Sharing with these Challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge #131 ~ Trick or Treat (Halloween)

Crazy 4 Challenges #259 ~ Photo Inspiration

Open-Minded Challenges #22 ~ Halloween or Dressing Up

Delicious Doodles #107 ~ Halloween

Kitty Bee Designs #35 ~ Halloween 

Left of Center Creative #51 ~ Halloween

Sweet 7 Challenge #6 ~ Halloween

Jo's Scrap Shack #63 ~ Haunted Wishes

Monthly Challenges:

Catch the Bug ~ Colors Challenge 

Sunflower Fields Designs ~ Autumn/Halloween

Thanks for coming by to check out my creation this week!

Fishin' with Come And Get It

Hey There!

We are Fishin' over at Come And Get It Challenges this week, with Judy as our hostess.

So find some stamps or digital images of fish or fishing to join us for some fun....check out all the details on the blog here!

We have a Bugaboo as our fabulous sponsor this week, and

here's the scene for my Bugaboo image Girlz ~wiggle the bait 

Bugaboo ~ Digital Image & Sentiment

Stampscapes ~ Rubber Stamps

Judith Stamps ~ Rubber Stamps

SU ~ Rubber Stamps, Inks, Card Stock

Copic Markers

Ranger Inks

Misc. Clear Embossing Powder

Sharing with these Challenges:

Allsorts272 ~ Masking and/or stenciling

My Time to Craft255 ~ Unusually colored hair 

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge42 ~ ATG

Sister Act Cards70 ~ ATG

Sweet Pea Stampers ~ Embossing 

613 Avenue Create85 ~ ATG

Monthly Challenges:

Crafty Calendar ~ ATG

Cards Galore Encore ~ ATG

Country View Crafts' ~ Word Play

OSAAT #218 ~ Anything Goes

It's Challenge time again over at One Stitch At A Time and we have everyone's favorite theme "Any Thing Goes"......to find out all the detail for the challenge here

It was my turn to pick the image for our challenge and I went with a guy theme because we are doing a lot of fishing here right now in Alaska......so any way the image is from Stitchy Bear Digi Oulet and   it's called "Gone Fishing" you'll be able to find it here

I've done another note pad holder to keep track of all the fish! LOL

Here's the finished inside.....even with a little pocket to tuck things in

Sharing with these Challenges:

Fairytale Stampers40 ~ Brown + color

Hobbycutz53  ~ Something old, Something new (new image, old stamps)

Scribble and Scrap21 ~ ATG

A girl who crafts1 ~ ATG

Cards Galore Encore6 ~ ATG

Country View Crafts' Challenge16 ~ Only Men Allowed

Crafting Musketeers14 ~ Stamped image

Doodle Pantry47 ~Make it Manly

Just For Fun ~ ATG/Here come Summer

Lia Stampz Challenge67 ~ Summer Fun
Pumpkin spice76 ~ Masculine
Monthly Challenges:

Altered Eclectics ~ ATG

Mema's Challenge ~ Only Men Allowed

OSAAT #216 Summer Hot

Good Day To You!

One Stitch At A Time has a new Challenge up for the week and we are using a Digital Image for the theme this round......find all the details for entering here

My team mate Sujin picked an image from Priyanka called Summer Hot, so here's what I've done with the image for my project and you can find the image here

I've made a 5 x 6 note pad cover with pen & pad 

Sharing with these Challenges:

Thanks for coming by.....Happy Crafting!

OSAAT Challenge #212 The Big One!

Hello There!

One Stitch At A Time has their new challenge up and we are asking you to use a digital image for this round 

We'd love to have you join us for the challenge so check out all the details here

For my DT card this week I've used Stitchy Bear Digi image called "The Big One" I thought it would be a fun card to give to a guy, especially if they like fishing!

As you can see by my card I did a whole lot of stamping, masking on the scene and then clear embossed as well as sparkle glitter embossing for more effect for the water 

Sharing with the Challenges:

HobbyBook ~ Add a Sentiment

CardMania46 ~ Emboss It

ScribbleandScrabble18 ~ ATG

LeftofCenter31 ~ Card for Male

NatalieAndAmy20 ~ Rubber Stamping

MFPSpeedy96 ~ Simple Salutations

Monthly Challenges:

SparkleNSprinkle ~ ATG w/Embossing Powder

CraftyHazelnut's ~ Patterned Paper

CountryView15 ~ Nature's Glories

JustBCreativeCrazy ~ ATG

Thanks for stopping by today!

CAGI~ Where The Boys Are

Hello There!

Come And Get It has a new challenge up with Cindy hosting this week and we have a couple  fabulous sponsors with some awesome prizes check out the blog for all the details!

My card this week is using a stamped image of "Gone Fishing" by LOTV.....I've needed to get more guy images and found this adorable image, it's my current favorite right now!
 I've added a cattail stamped image and some reused twine tied then frayed it a bit.

Sharing with these Challenges:

CMC ~ ATG

CMM85 ~ Earth Friendy (recycle/reuse)

CRAFTITUDE63 ~ ATG

CraftyCatz227 ~ B is for.....(boy, brown, blue)

CraftyHands12 ~ ATG

Scrapping4fun15 ~ Use Stamp/digi image

SisterAct53 ~ ATG

WNWS127 ~ Lots of Layers

CraftyGirls16 ~ ATG

AudSentiments104 ~ Sentiment for Friend

RRInspirationals116 ~ Back to Nature

Monthly Challenges:

SFTW ~ Favorite Stamp

Wishing you and your family a wonderful blessed Easter!

One Stitch At A Time Challenge #182

Good Morning!

Here we are again, it's already Sunday again!  

Too little time to play in my craft studio especially when you have to take care of chores around the house.   I was cleaning up the guest room after having a friend stay with me for a month while they were in transition of waiting on an apartment to move in to.

This week at OSAAT our challenge is "Anything Goes" 

I've used the digital image from our Stitch Bear Digi Outlet Store called: Clowning Around by BBKakes 

Check out the wonderful creations at One Stitch A Time from the lovely Design Team

When I was coloring the image I was thinking she's going to a Halloween Party! 

Supplies Used

Third Coast Rubber Stamps ~ Tree's & shooting stars

Judith Stamps ~ Rocks with grass

Halloween die cuts ~ K& Company (oldies from stash)

Designer Paper ~ K& Company

Copic Markers

SU ~ Card Stock

Sharing with these challenges:

HIMCR ~ Layers

SendASmile4Kids ~ ATG 

CreativeCorner ~ Halloween

SisterhoodOfCrafters ~ Use Digi

SisterActCard25 ~ ATG

DivasByDesign ~ ATG

CardMakingMamas74 ~ For the Kids

DSC54 ~ ATG

Jo'sScrapShack18 ~ ATG

Scrappin4Fun2 ~ Create a Card

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day!

CGI~Fishin' for Frogs

Welcome back to my blog from Alaska!
We've been having some wonderful weather....as the plants in the Sun Porch are growing nice and strong, can't wait for some fresh vegetables!

Over at COME AND GET IT this week we have a fun theme going on......MASCULINE Challenge......though some folks may say they have a hard time making guy cards.

You can make them simple and sweet or bright and bold.

 Art Impressions ~ rubber stamp 

 Judith Stamps ~ fishing cube

Memory Box~sentiment

Sketch from Your Next Stamp Challenge 

Sharing with these challenges:

YNSC ~ Sketch

Pattie's Creations70 ~ Summertime Fun

LOC9 ~ Use a Sentiment

JellyPark ~ Celebrate Summer

Alphabet ~ J-Jiffy (CAS)

Creative Moments ~ Summertime

One Stop Craft ~Add a Tag

Little Claire's ~ Male Theme

Digidesign ~ Show some Summer Fun

TCC177 ~Summertime

OSAAT ~ ATG

Thanks for dropping in this week!

CGI~ H2O: Just Add Water

Hello and Good Day!

 This week I'm hosting the challenge over at Come And Get It and I asked the Design Team to come up with their version of water play or simply playing in the water......LOL 
So anything related to water will work for the challenge

I've used some long neglected wooden stamps from Stamps by Judith.....and would you of guessed I've never used them until now,  well I knew I'd use them some day!

So now on to my Fishin' Guy card  

Stamps by Judith used: Fishing Boat, Fishing Cube and Lg.Fishing Pole

Stampscapes used: Cloud Bits, Pines and rocks, and water patterns

Sharing with these challenges:

Crafts by Design~ATG

Penny's Paper-Crafty115~ ATG

Loves Rubberstamps40~ Layers
Through the Craftroom Door~ ATG
Joanna Sheen~Layer it up!
My Time to Craft210~ Song Inspired (Chris Rea-Rock)

Thanks for stopping by, love your comments!

Be Thankful~Your NOT A Turkey!

Hello Crafty Friends

This week over at Come And Get It  we are having a fun Farm Animal Challenge this week and if it's got Chickens, Pigs or Cows.........or other farm animals some where on your card or project!

Here's my card

I'm still laughing about this Turkey card........Love the image but didn't seem to have the right sentiment

that would work so I came up with this one! LOL

Sharing with these challenges:

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards 21 ~ Down on the Farm

Raise The Bar 111 ~ I Believe I Can Fly

Fun with Shapes & More 117 ~ Beastly Good

Paper Crafting Journey ~ Sentiment

Card Makin Mamas ~ Be Punny

Speedy Fox and Friends 125 ~ Favorite Technique-Layers!

One Stitch At A Time 131 ~ Autumn

Lethann with Lute

The day was beautiful for Lethann, she was strolling in the lush gardens enjoying the serene mood when the wind suddenly kicked up and her veil went blowing just about ready to snag on the grape vines.
The sky was starting to darken in the distant horizon and Lethann knew it was time to head toward home before she was caught outside in the on coming storm.

Third Coast Rubber Stamps used:

Lethann with Lute FT-184-J

Grape Trellis FA-255-I

Third Coast Rubber Stamps can be found here

I first started with stamping Lethann and making a mask, then stamp image of Grape Vine.........color images and sponge in background, stamp extra grass and sponge color for ground.

Cut out with Spellbinders, layer with cut out that has been embossed using A2 folder, then layer on coordinating designer paper........mount on card stock.

 

 

I would like to share with these challenges:

Daisy Doodles~ Anything Goes

Whimsical Designs~ Anything Goes

Stamping with the Dragon~ Anything Goes

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Thanks for stopping by today..............please leave a comment!

LAILA’S LUTE

As soon as I saw this stamp image in the on line catalog at Third Coast Rubber Stamps I knew I had to get her.

The outfit that she's wearing is so feminine and she has so many possibilities.  

I've featured Laila playing her lute by the partial wall stamp a couple times, die-cut with spellbinders added a small scrap of lace, some coordinating colored mini flowers and punched leaves

but something has caught her attention!  Oh what could it be, a favorite pet ........or is it another musician?

Third Coast Rubber Stamps used:

Laila’s Lute FT-192-I

Partial Brick Wall CH-715-I

Other supplies used:

Grass ~Judith Stamps

SU Card Stock and Dye Inks

Spellbinder Die-cut

Wild Orchid ~Roses

Leaves ~MS Punch

Scrap Lace

Copic Markers

 You can find all these rubber stamps and more here

Have a creative day and go out and stamp something!

I'm late for a very important date!

I'm late, I'm late for a very important date! 
So I loaded up the cat in the kettle side car, she clawing at the edges trying to hold on in fright as we are zipping on our way down and around the wooded path with the full moon shining bright..........

Now that I have started the story line for you, I bet you can imagine several different ending for this fun card!

Third Coast Rubber Stamps used for creating this card are: 

Commuting Witch ~AP-478-J
Large Birch Trunks ~ CM-055-P 

To see these and a complete selection of stunning stamps visit Third Coast Art Rubber Stamps here

Coloring was done with copic markers, and dye inks. I then finished the card with 2 layers of clear embossing for that glossy look, then layering it with SU card stock......designer paper was from my stash so it's unknown at this time.

Thanks for stopping in to see another Halloween scene!