happy grad, mad!

it's my cute niece, madison's graduation today! here's the card i made. i'm hoping to post pictures of her graduation later!


graduate
stamps: kim hughes-chf
cardstock: night of navy, bravo burgandy, midnight blue stazon
ink: onyx black & vintage sepia versafine, night of navy-su
other: bic markers, stickles
inside sentiment: hoop and holler, you're a scholar!

shoes...

i condisder myself a shoe girl. that is, i love to get new shoes. i had a time in my life where i had probably 20 different colors of low top chuck taylors. the yellow ones were my favorite. but now, it's all about flips. i love them. i don't go overboard, like i used to. now i have only a few pair. but the ones i have, i love. so when i got the latest circle journal in the "my theme" cj swap, i was all set on what i wanted to do. and i had this great new flip flop punch! then i did my 2 pages and hated it. so i had to redo it. this is the result. i'm still not liking it much, but i had to send it on it's way.



got flips
stamps: purple onion designs, stampin up, imaginisce
cardstock: morning marigold, buckaroo blue, rose red, purely pomegranate, soft sky
ink: onyx black versafine
other: bic markers, flip flop punch

happy mother's day...

swap atcs #3...

i was stumped with the western theme atc that christie is hosting. but i borrowed becky's stamp set and this is what i created.

wanted
stamps: stampin up
cardstock: riding hood red, close to cocoa
ink: chocolate chip, riding hood red, vintage sepia versafine
other: stampin up star punches

probably my favorite of the 9 i made the weekend of palooza. the them was fences. i borrowed the penguin farmer from sherri because he fit so good with the horse!!

neigh there
stamps: memory box, studio g
cardstock: wild wasabi, chocolate chip

ink: yoyo yello, night of navy, onyx black and vintage sepia versa fine
other: martha stewart fence punch, bic and copic markers

this was another one that stumped me and traci is the hostess. the theme was under the sea, but i didn't have any sort of fish stamps. so i had to make a trip to archivers to get some!

i love the ocean.
stamps: heidi grace
cardstock: unknown
ink: night of navy, buckaroo blue, soft sky, versamark
embellishments: stickles

swap atcs #2...

the theme for this swap was birds, hosted by christie.

hey, it's been awhile...
stamps: odd bird planet, stampin up, my favorite things
cardstock: soft sky, groovy guava
ink: groovy guava, onyx black versafine
other: bic and prismacolor markers

this swap theme traci picked for this swap was 'out on a limb'.

hello there
stamps: stampin up
cardstock: close to cocoa, we r memory keepers (?) pattern paper
ink: soft sky, riding hood red, certainly celery, vintage sepia versafine

this is for a floridan theme swap that joanne is hosting. i was worried i wouldn't have anything that worked, then saw this stamp of sherri's (i think it's sherri's!)

hangin' out
stamps: riley (hannah stamps), stampin up
cardstock: yoyo yellow, brilliant blue
ink: brilliant blue, onyx black versafine
embellishments: crystal effects
other: bic and copic markers

swap atcs #1...

this swap was a "just for kicks" swap that had to include soccer. it's kind of funny because suzanne is hosting it. she announced she was going to host a swap, then asked what an atc was. she learned quickly!

goal!
stamps: stamping bella
cardstock: unknown, the angel company patterned paper
ink: purely pomegranate, onyx black versafine
other: copic and bic markers

the theme for this atc was cupcakes, another one christie is hosting.

celebrate
stamps: stampin up, studio g, odd bird planet
cardstock: purely pomegranate, pink pirouette
ink: purely pomegranate, onyx black versafine
embellishments: crystal effects
other: bic markers

theme of the atc was faires that robin is being hostess for.

believe
stamps: studio g
cardstock: pale plum, perfect plum
ink: perfect plum
embellishments: stickles

i was a busy little bee at palooza. i completed nine sets of atcs (each set having 9 atcs...which makes 81 total!). this is a picture of the whole lot. i'll be posting them individually in the next day or two.

national scrapbook day...

happy national scrapbook day!! now you may be wondering why i would be excited about this day when i'm not a real scrapbooker. well it's because all the goodies and bargins that can be found today are great for stampers and card makers too!!!

one of my favorite stamp makers, purple onion designs, is having a huge sale. you should check it out by clicking below!!! michele is awesome. all the alphabet sets are 40% off. i just place an order!!