Giveaway Winner...JOY Pine Branch Card

Hello and welcome,

I've contacted the winner of the November giveaway and am waiting to here from her! I'll give her a few days to respond since she lives in the Netherlands (hint, hint as to who it is!). While I can't mail her the prize since I won't mail outside the USA, I can mail it to someone she chooses as a gift from her or someone who will send it too her. I'll put her name here when I hear from her...

UPDATED: I've had to pick a new winner due to not hearing from the first one chosen so

KREATIVE KRISTIE

won the Altenew cardinal stamp set! Congratulations Kristie! It's going into the mail ASAP!

One of my many Christmas cards, this one will go to my brother in Nevada. I used the Concord  & 9th JOY stamp set for the large JOY sentiment done in Tsukineko Delicata Golden Glitz then over stamped with Versamark ink and clear embossing powder heat set over it to keep that gold glitz front and center! I used Stampin' Up Definitely Decorative Pinecone in Stampin' Up Glorious Green ink for the evergreen needles and Stampin' Up Close to Cocoa pine cones and splatters. I used a Hero Arts sentiment from the Heavens Rejoice set to go around the JOY and just masked using my MISTI to over stamp it in Stampin' Up Ruby Red ink. I used the Wink of Stella pen in green glitter to draw my own pine needles over the stamped ones because I just gotta add glimmer to every card! (He'll never even notice it, I'm sure!). I mounted it on a Gina K Designs kraft card base to finish it.

Thanks so much for stopping by and God bless!
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CHALLENGES:
Addicted to Stamps & More Challenge #221-Anything Goes
Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #224: Masculine Christmas
The Male Room Challenge #39 Theme- ???Scapes (Going out on a limb here ;) ESCAPE to the woods! My husband always escapes to the woods when he needs peace, quiet, joy!)
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: O Christmas Tree
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

November Giveaway... Blue Bird Birthday

Altenew's winter cardinal stamp set... I have an extra for my November giveaway! See below!

Hello and welcome,

November has come and I can't believe we're so close to the holidays now! I wanted to use my new Altenew Winter Cardinal stamp/die set in the non-traditional way so I made him blue! I think he kind of looks like a bluejay/Stellar's jay, except their heads are mostly black rather than just the mask. I used some Hero Arts, Gina K Designs and Stampin' Up inks for all the blues onto Gina K Designs heavy base weight card stock.  I used my Spectrum Noir shimmer pen on the dark areas of the bird. The background is an experiment with Brushos in yellows and greens. The branch (and bird) is die cut from the same combo stamp and die set from some Gina K Designs dark brown card stock. The sentiment is a combination of Papertrey Ink and Hero Arts. I added Nuvo drops in glossy black!

You can see the shimmer of the glitter pen on this photo.

Now on to the giveaway! I have the Altenew Winter Cardinal stamp set to giveaway because I accidentally bought two of them! Lucky you! See giveaway instructions below! I'll mail this out the Monday after Thanksgiving to the winner so they can get their own cardinal cards done for Christmas!

This is my used Altenew set but winner will receive the new set when it comes in the mail!

This giveaway will run through November 24th, Thanksgiving Day and I will pick a winner on November 25th!

To win all you have to do is:

1. Comment on this post below for one entry.

2. Comment and/or like giveaway photo on my Instagram account for one entry (Alaska.Kris)

3. Comment and/or like giveaway post on my Facebook page for one entry. (Alaska Forget Me Not Designs)

4. BONUS ENTRY: For a bonus (4th) entry, repost on your blog, Instagram account or Facebook page about my giveaway and leave the link in the comments on this post only.

That is four entries total per person. You have until midnight Alaska time November 24th to do one or all four ways of entering for this giveaway. I will pick a winner and contact them on November 25th. Sorry USA entries only due to shipping costs.

I would love it if you followed me on all my social media but it isn't required for the monthly giveaways. I make cards for the love of creating and love to follow, like and comment on the blogs and other social media accounts of those who love to do the same. That is all.

Thanks so much for stopping by and God bless!
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CHALLENGES:
Happy Little Stampers November Challenge: Anything Goes with Dies
Seize the Birthday Challenge: Stencils (I didn't do this topping)
30 Day Coloring Challenge

Birthday Wishes Bird... October Giveaway Winner!

Hello and welcome,

I'm still waiting for the October giveaway winner to contact me... so you may still have a chance at winning it if I don't hear from her by Thursday, October 27th! I've emailed her and am waiting to hear from her!

*******UPDATED: WINNER IS MARIE FLAYER AKA NJSTAMPING QUEEN********

This card was hard to come by because I'm terrible at multi-layer stamping! It took several tries to figure out how to do it for me! Personally, I do light to dark in stamping... lightest ink is the bottom layer (the most solid layer) with darkest ink on top (usually the sketchiest details). That's probably how you're supposed to do it anyway but I needed to learn that for myself by doing it multiple times!

This card combines three different stamps from Hero Arts (bird), Altenew (branch) and Papertrey Ink (sentiment). And inks from Hero Arts, Stampin' Up, Ranger and Gina K designs. It was worth the effort because I think it turned out very nice for a fellow co-worker/friend!

I'll let you know next weekend if I have to pick another winner! It could be you! ;)
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CHALLENGES:
Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes (without the topping of Lots of Leaves)
Addicted to Stamps Challenge #216: Anything Goes

September Giveaway Winner... A Reworked Moose Card

Hello and welcome,

I had this card for sale originally with just the moose and the "Hello" sentiment stamped in Hero Arts Cup O'Joe brown ink but decided to rework it with Prisma color pencils and masked off the moose then added mountains and trees from an older Great Impressions stamp! Now I know my coloring needs help but I need to practice so here's one of my practice pieces that I can send to a friend!

And this is where the MISTI tool is invaluable... after coloring the image I lost the details on the moose, so I used my MISTI to align the moose stamp up again and restamp it in Versafine detail black ink! It proved to give me back the details I wanted and give a sort of 3D effect to the moose! Here are a couple of close up shots of the moose... he looks like he's looking back at ya! I used a black Sakura Glaze pen (for 3D effect too) to touch up his eye to give it more life-like appearance! I used Glossy Accents over the "Hello" to add some shine and texture!

Are you ready for the giveaway winner....

CAROL CASAVANT

who commented on my Facebook post! Congratulations again, Carol! I also "know" Carol from Instagram! She won my February blog giveaway too so don't forget to enter monthly! I've contacted Carol and the goodies will soon be on their way to her!

My next giveaway starts October 2... this coming weekend! Remember if you follow my blog, Instagram account or art business on Facebook you'll automatically get notified of posts including the giveaway posts!

Thanks again everyone and God bless you!
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CHALLENGES:
AAA Cards: Game #74 Masking
Great Impressions Monthly Challenge: Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
The Male Room Challenge #45: Leaves or Trees

September Giveaway Starts Today... and Ombre Sympathy Trees

Hello and welcome!

Happy September and Happy Labor Day! I've had four glorious days off of work and finally caught up on projects that have been on hold all summer!

This sympathy card was a quick one using Hero Arts gray to black ombre ink pad. I stamped the (I can't find the stamp company name because I unmounted it from a wooden block?) trees stamp on Gina K Designs kraft card stock twice. I used a Copic multi-liner to connect the mountains in the background. Then I stamped Winnie & Walter's "with sympathy" sentiment from The Big, the Bold and Comfort set in Ranger archival black ink. Clean, simple, one layer and on kraft!

SEPTEMBER GIVEAWAY TIME!!!

September giveaway includes: Studio Calico & Live, Love & Paper's gnomes and hedgehogs stamp set from the Penny Arcade Card Kit, foil sequins; 8" long acrylic block, and We R Memory Keepers/Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Pinking Ovals dies (6).

Studio Calico & Live, Love & Paper's gnomes and hedgehogs stamp set from the Penny Arcade Card Kit

This giveaway will run through September 19th and I will pick a winner on September 20th!

To win all you have to do is:

1. Comment on this post below for one entry.

2. Comment and/or like giveaway photo on my Instagram account for one entry (Alaska.Kris)

3. Comment and/or like giveaway post on my Facebook page for one entry. (Alaska Forget Me Not Designs)

4. BONUS ENTRY: For a bonus (4th) entry, repost on your blog, Instagram account or Facebook page about my giveaway and leave the link in the comments on this post only.

That is four entries total per person. You have until midnight Alaska time September 19th to do one or all four ways of entering for this giveaway. I will pick a winner and contact them around September 24th. Sorry USA entries only due to shipping costs.

I would love it if you followed me on all my social media but it isn't required for the monthly giveaways. I make cards for the love of creating and love to follow, like and comment on the blogs and other social media accounts of those who love to do the same. That is all.

Thanks so much for stopping by and God bless!

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CHALLENGES:

Addicted To Stamps Challenge: CAS (Clean and Simple)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Giveaway Winner... "I Moosed You" card

Hello and welcome!

The August giveaway winner is...

PEGGY ORMASEN

who liked and shared my Facebook post about the giveaway! Congratulations Peggy! (I happen to know Peggy from when we lived in Haines, Alaska so this thrills me for her to have won!)

My September giveaway will start Labor Day weekend so stay tuned!

My card today is another "Alaska" themed card I made to sell at the local Palmer, Alaska Friday Fling art fair. I had requests for cards with Alaska scenes on them so this is one of many I've done! This has a painted panel of blue metallic acrylic paint! I stamped the Misty Mountain Rubber Stamps "Moose collage" stamp in Hero Arts white pigment ink after the paint dried. It took some time for the ink to dry but eventually did! I used a thin strip of black glitter tape to offset if from the Gina K Designs base weight white card stock. I stamped (an unknown company)  "I moosed you" sentiment in Gina K Desings Blue Denim ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by and God bless!
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CHALLENGES:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Make for the Border
CAS-ual Fridays Challenge: Time to Color (blue painted background)
Addicted to Stamps: Make Your Mark (painted background)

August Giveaway Ends 8/18... Matanuska Glacier Birthday!

 Hello and welcome,

Just a quick reminder post about my August giveaway that is ending soon! You enter the giveaway on the original post here! Some great prizes and here's a photo of them

UPDATED: BIG OOPS! I tagged this post in some links of my card project and had added the giveaway ends 8/18 instead of 8/16... so to keep it fair I'm extending the time to midnight Alaska time on Thursday, August 18th! Good luck!

Just be sure to enter by midnight Alaska time Tuesday, August 16th on the original giveaway post! I am working six days this week so I will close the entries at that time and pick a winner but probably not contact the winner until Sunday! (SEE UPDATE ABOVE FOR CORRECTION!)

My card is for my husband's 60th birthday! We went and walked on Matanuska Glacier on his birthday for the second time but this time we had our daughter, Megan, and seven year old grandson, Logan, with us! It was their first time and both were suitably stunned by the event!

My card started with a Hero Arts stencil called Elegant Pine. I used Wendy Vecchi translucent embossing paste on it with some ultra fine glitter that I colored with Mowed Lawn distress ink. Then it sat for a very long time... months in fact! Then when I needed a card for my husband, who adores walking in the wild woods around our Alaskan cabin to nearby Granite Creek, I picked it up along with a panel I had white heat embossed with Stampin' Up pine branch and then used more distress ink to brush in a background. I didn't like the look of glittery tree for my husband so I used some distress paint in blue to mute the glitter effect. It worked perfectly! I adhered the tree to the pine bough panel. Then using two different My Favorite Things dies (Brushtroke Birthday Greetings and Blueprints #26) I adhered them in front of the tree. I decided to do the Happy in front of the Birthday greeting and pop it forward for some extra dimension. The numbers are from Papertrey Inks By The Numbers die set in black card stock and then Glossy Accents over it to make dimensional and shiny!

He loved it, of course! And his 60th birthday was a memorable one! I'll post some glacier pictures in my giveaway winner announcement post!

Thanks for stopping by and God bless!
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CHALLENGES:
Simon Says Stamp: Work It Wednesday
Simon Says Stamp: Let's Go Wild (wild walk in the Alaska woods)
The Male Room: Challenge #41 Olympics/Sports (winter Olympics ski events in forested mountains!)
Addicted to Stamps: Challenge #206 Anything Goes
Happy Little Stampers: Anything Goes with Dies
MFTStamps Camp Create - Remarkable Resist

MARCH GIVEAWAY WINNER.... You're out of this world & Prayers!

Simon Says Stamp "Prayers" stamp set in Ranger Archival jet black over unknown company hydrangea stamp colored with Ranger distress markers on Gina K Design layering weight card stock trimmed and mounted on heavy weight card stock with Stampin' Up green card stock strip along the side and glittered up with Wink of Stella clear pen.

Hero Arts "Smile" background stamp in Memento Luxe Teal Zeal ink on Gina K Design heavy weight card stock. Studio Calico "Rocket" stamp in Ranger archival jet black ink  over masked Lily Bee Design "Persnickety Collection" Polaroid stamp, colored simply with Copics, Helmet coated with Glossy Accents. Other star and dot stamps added to fill in.

Hello and welcome!

I'm so sorry to be late announcing the winner of the March giveaway... life gets so busy sometimes! The winner is none other than...

MAKEUPOBSESSEDGIRL 25 aka ABAYNEY

A big CONGRATULATIONS to MAKEUPOBSESSEDGIRL25 aka ABAYNEY (on Instagram) and I thank you for being a part of my blogging life!

Next giveaway starts April 1st! Stay tuned for entering that...

A quick description of the cards above! On the first one, I'm still using the PRAYERS set that I won from Jennifer McGuire's blog to make those cards that are the hardest to make... sympathy or distressing news type of cards. The details are under the captions of the products used but I must say that this stamp set makes it easier to put cards together quickly with the sentiments that express heartfelt meaning.

This second card I sent to my grandson when I sent a box of clothes and books to him recently! I loved these three sets when I won them in a blog hop and wanted to put them all together into one card especially for him... because he is indeed, out of this world! (And I get to see him and my oldest daughter in May in California!!!)

Thanks for sticking with my on this one! Have a blessed day!
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CHALLENGES:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Use Some Lucky Stars

Sending prayers (thanks Jennifer McGuire!)... and giveaway reminder!

Stampin' Up "Thoughts & Prayers", Simon Says Stamp "Prayers", Fiskars butterfly punch, Gina K Designs base weight card stock, Hero Arts Cup O' Joe ink, miscellaneous pearls

Stampin' Up  "Upsy Daisy", Simon Says Stamp "Prayers", Fiskars butterfly punch, Gina K Designs base weight card stock, Hero Arts Soft Granite ink

 Hello and welcome!

My days off seem to go by so fast but I did get time to use the Simon Says Stamp "Prayers" set that I won from Jennifer McGuire's blog and a new to me technique that I probably saw on her blog too! These cards were made by coloring with distress markers and spritzing with water then stamping. It's a great way to get a variety of colors quickly without ink pads! I love the watercolor look too!

Just a quick reminder that the giveaway ends on March 15 Alaska time!! Here's a reminder of what's in the giveaway... (but make sure you comment on the giveaway post!)

March giveaway includes: Heidi Swapp "Sugar Chic" 6x6 and (not shown) Basic Grey "Fiction" 6x6 paper packs (not full packs, some pages missing); We R Memory Keepers Nesting Inverted Rectangles (7 dies); Studio Calico Gumball stamp set from "Sandlot" kit;  and one Close To My Heart 1" square acrylic block.

Thanks for joining me today and have a blessed day!
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Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Bit O Green

Butterflies... and Lasting Hearts Card Drive

Praying for you

Thinking of you

Hello and welcome!

I make a lot of cards that I don't sell or have a personal use for and when I read on Jennifer McGuire's blog about the Lasting Hearts Card drive I decided that not only did I recently make some cards to send for this very worthy cause, but that I'd be making more for this special program. (If you go to the links provided on Jennifer's name and the card drive itself, she will explain it a whole lot better than I can.)

This program touches close to home for me because I too, had a miscarriage. It was in between the births of my two daughters about 27 years ago and happened only a few days after I found out I was pregnant. My husband and I always figured that that special child was a son and he's now safe in the arms of Jesus. Why we didn't get to "keep" him is not ours to say. We felt all the range of emotions too... and only time passing has made it possible to even write about it now. Not many of our family or friends even know about it.

And so I will be sending these two cards as well as others I make along the way, to let someone else going through the same thing, that there is someone who cares and who prays for them to hold on... to Jesus.

God bless and thank you for stopping by.

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Praying for you card supplies:
Butterfly-Stampin' Up "Swallowtail" in Distress Inks on Ranger watercolor paper, Sentiment-Papertrey Ink "Keep It Simple: Praying for You" in Hero Arts white pigment ink, on Gina K Designs base weight kraft card stock
Thinking of you card supplies:
Butterfly-Stampin' Up "Swallowtail" in Distress Inks on Ranger watercolor paper, Sentiment-Hero Arts "Everyday Sayings" in Versafine black ink on Gina K Designs base weight black card stock
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Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Create with Critters
Addicted to Stamps Challenge: Make Your Mark (distress inks like watercolor)

Happy New Year... and a Giveaway!

Some recent cards using new-to-me products!

Hello and welcome!
Happy 2016 from Alaska! I didn't make quite to midnight last night but I have reason to celebrate today as it's my grandson, Logan's, 7th birthday! I wish I was with him in California to help him celebrate!

I did some online shopping during the Black Friday weekend and have been getting the goodies in and using them on cards! I've wanted some of these for awhile now and have been experimenting with Brushos, Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens, Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors and the Minc machine! Those projects will be forthcoming! But I realized I had a lot of supplies I was not and would not be using due to my own style of card making.

I've been purging some of my card making supplies and you will benefit from it! I've also won a few blog hops and giveaways lately (December seems to be my lucky month!) and so the items that don't suit my style of card-making will be given away as I host monthly giveaways starting today! Some of these are brand new items and some have been used but are still in very good condition. I have stamps, dies, patterned paper, embossing folders and embellishments in my giveaways and I have enough for seven months of giveaways so far! So every month around the first I will host a giveaway on my blog that will run for two weeks. Here is the first:

Included in this giveaway: Stampin' Up Sassy Sayings 1 stamp set, Gina K Designs The Giving Tree stamp set, Kelly Purkey Numbers die, Cuttlebug spider web embossing folder, miscellaneous butterflies stamp and Hero Arts flower gems (not shown in photo).

To win all you have to do is:
1. Comment on this post below for one entry.
2. Comment and/or like giveaway photo on my Instagram account for one entry. (Alaska.Kris)
3. Comment and/or like giveaway post on my Facebook page for one entry. (Alaska Forget Me Not Designs)

That is three entries total per person. You have until midnight Alaska time January 13th (my birthday) to do one or all three ways of entering this giveaway. I will pick a winner and contact them on January 14th. Sorry USA entries only due to shipping costs.

I would love it if you followed me on all my social media but it isn't required for the monthly giveaways. I make cards for the love of creating and love to follow, like and comment on the blogs and other social media accounts of those who love to do the same. That is all. I also share Alaska scenery, wildlife and just living here photos.

Here's the details of the cards in the first photo above (I like to credit companies who make superb products that's why I give you the details):

Papertrey Ink Background Basics:Retro in Kaleidacolor Caylpso ink, Memory Box Tristan & Chloe butterfly dies, Copic markers on vellum; black glitter paper, Winnie & Walter "hi" in Memento Tuxedo black ink on Neenah 110 lb Solar White card stock

Hero Arts Tree Trunks stamp, Ranger Distress Ink sky, Clearly Besotted "happy birthday" dies, Memory Box Birds of a Feather dies on Neenah 110 lb Solar White card stock, mounted on Gina K Designs kraft card stock.

Stampendous Jumbo Peony embossed in Hero Arts white embossing powder, colored with Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors, Winnie & Walter "prayers" in Ranger Archival jet black ink, misc pink sequins on Gina K Designs white heavy weight card stock, black onyx card stock Gina K Designs

Thanks so much for stopping by and God bless you in 2016 and always!
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Challenges:
Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes (the trees birthday card)

Home again... Share Handmade Kindness Challenge!

Hello and welcome!

Lots of things happening now after being gone for a week to help my youngest daughter move from Colorado to California! I've been home two weeks today but then moved a week ago myself!  So this is a catch-up post!

I'm starting to settle in to our new place (a 1940's log cabin) and even got my art table set up so I could make this card for Jennifer McGuire's Share Handmade Kindness Challenge!

Share handmade kindness

And I was channeling my inner Jennifer on this card after watching her recent video of tone on tone stamping. She used white accents with a colored pencil or pigment ink to highlight areas but I didn't in this case. The cardstock and ink is Hero Arts Tide Pool and the butterflies are from Papertrey Ink's Beautiful Butterflies set. I used some dotted confetti from Winnie & Walter's Big Bang Confetti set and an open heart (which is hard to see in this photo) is from Avocado Arts. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things Heart Balloons set and I cut the sentiment to fit it on this vellum that I heat embossed in Hero Arts white powder. (I must do more vellum sentiments! I really like the way it shows the card background through it!) I then colored some clear gems with the same Hero Arts Tide Pool ink so they matched and adhered them with some Ranger multi medium in matte to help hold the sentiment piece in place!

I'm giving this card to my new landlords as a thank you for the hard work they did getting the cabin ready for us so quickly! We love our new place and wanted them to know it!

I'll be teaching a Christmas card making class at the Joann's in Anchorage on November 22nd so if you are in town that day stop to see me... or come play! I plan on showcasing two kinds of embossing... dry and heat!

Thanks for stopping by and God bless your day!
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Challanges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Thanks/Thanksgiving

Balloons and your opinion...and a Hero Arts Giveaway!

Hello and welcome!

I've gotten several new products in but not much time to play with them! And since I'm leaving to head south for two weeks on Wednesday, it probably won't be until I get back before I can dig into the card making goodies!

If you've followed me on Pinterest you'd see that I have a board entirely made up of balloons on cards! I love seeing balloons on cards and especially one layer cards! So I tried my hand at it on this and one other card! I love the look of sponging two distress inks together too so I went with that technique for this one layer card. I know I have a lot to learn about sponging and blending! 

I used my new MFT (My Favorite Things) die-namics "Party Balloons" dies to die cut the balloons from sticky notes. That way I had both stencil (negative) and mask (positive) pieces to help me separate and cover each balloon to color. I used Ranger distress inks (two for each balloon) and layered the balloons at the top of the card through the negative sticky note. Then I was able to mask the finished balloon to add one right next to it. The mask on the purple balloon was over a little too far so I had a whitish shadow onto the blue balloon but I think it gives it more dimension. The red balloon is seen through the yellow balloon, but again I think it makes the yellow balloon look transparent! Happy little accidents! 

After getting the balloons onto the card I used the Hero Arts "Happy Birthday" stamp inked in Kaleidacolor Calypso ink for some more added color. I masked off the sentiment and used the new-to-me My Favorite Things stamp set "Heart Balloons" for the strings and my MISTI to stamp the strings in onyx black Versafine ink.  I especially love the heart string! 

Now to your opinion! I stopped there... which is the top photo. But it didn't quite looked finished to me. I wanted the balloons to have sparkle or shimmer or something! So I got out my Winnie & Walter Scenery: Big Bang Confetti stamp set to add the open circle confetti inked with the same ink as the sentiment! I think this finished it nicely and it's still one layer! I also sprayed Perfect Pearls mist over the balloons and the ink reacted with the water to give some splotchiness and shimmer to the balloons. Which card do you like better? The clean and simpler with no confetti or the one with confetti? I'm curious as to your opinion!

GIVEAWAY!!!

Now onto the giveaway! I'll be gone for two weeks down to Illinois then California! So this giveaway will run from today until September 15th when I return home. I'll choose a winner on September 16th! This is a Hero Arts "Real Leaves" stamp set and just in time for those fall cards and crafts!

How do you enter? For each of these things you do, you will receive an entry into the giveaway when you leave a blog comment telling me you've done each one! That's SEVEN comments on this post per person that you can do to enter. (If you do one comment for all seven then you only get one entry!) I will count all the blog comments and enter that number into random.org to choose a winner!

1. Comment on this blog post

2. Become a blog follower (or let me know you already follow)

3. Follow my Instagram account - Alaska.Kris (or let me know you already follow)

4. Like or comment on my giveaway post on Instagram

5. Like & follow my Facebook page for this blog: Alaska Forget Me Not Designs (or let me know you already follow)

6. Share my giveaway on your Facebook page. (enter the Facebook link here in a comment)

7. Follow my Pinterest board(s) (or let me know you already follow)

That's seven entries per person! You don't have to do all of them but it does give you more chances to win this lovely leaf set!

I'll try to post the other balloon card I made this way next Sunday... and to remind you to enter the giveaway!

Thanks and God bless your day...
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Supplies:
Stamps: Hero Arts "Happy Birthday", My Favorite Things "Heart Balloons"
Ink: Ranger distress ink, Kaleidacolor Calypso, Versafine
Paper: Gina K Designs heavy weight 120 lb
Dies: My Favorite Things "Party Balloons"
Tools/Misc.: MISTI, Perfect Pearls
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Challenges:
Addicted to Stamps Challenge: #159 Clean & Simple 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
Seize the Birthday: All About Weather (no topping for me!)
Winnie & Walter: Join in & Win (confetti)
Inkspirational Challenge: #90 Clean & Simple

Giveaway Winner... and Hero Arts Layered Bird Card

One layer CAS birthday card for my husband

Hello and welcome!

Today I'm sharing the card I made for my husband Kevin's birthday. I've always wanted to try the multi color layering stamps that I've seen from Hero Arts and this bird was the perfect one for my husband, who has been a bird watcher his whole life! I personally adore chickadees but this bird isn't really chickadee shaped so I went with muted drab tones (that are usually the female of the species!) in Hero Hues. I used my MISTI stamp tool but still had a hard time perfecting lining the stamps on one another... that will come with practice, I'm sure. My issue, not the stamps! So to cover a slight "miss" I outlined his body with a black Copic multi-liner.

I wanted the focus on the bird and so used soft green and brown for the branch and needles (from an old Stampin' Up set, I believe). The sentiment is a combination of Penny Black ("happy birthday") and a lesser known company from Blitsy ("love"). I call my husband, Babe and Love... what do you call your spouse?

And what you've been waiting for the GIVEAWAY WINNER IS....

MAGGIEB1983

Congratulations Maggie! I've emailed you for your mailing address! Thanks to everyone who shared, liked, followed, and posted about my little giveaway! I'll be having more as I get more time to share!

Thanks for stopping by and God bless your day!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts "Color Layering Bird & Branch", Stampin' Up "Pine Branch", Penny Black "Friendship", Avocado Arts (little heart)

Ink: Hero Arts Black, Cup O' Joe, Soft Granite, Field Greens

Paper: Gina K Designs 120 lb white

Accessories: MISTI, corner rounder

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Challenges:

Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes Birthday (topping embossing which I don't have)

4Crafty Chicks: #257 Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
CASology: Precious (love for husband)