Jul 30, 2009

watermarks...

messed around with a new program today and made some new watermarks. i could be in trouble. it's so fun to make these!!

Jul 25, 2009

thanks so much...

during 2 hours and 2 episodes of deadliest catch, i busted out 30 of these today! the inside says "thanks so much!"




thanks so much!
stamps: stampin up, my favorite things, odd bird planet
cardstock: red (bazzil), kraft
ink: vintage sepia versafine, riding hood red

Jul 23, 2009

pink, pink...

i've been working on a few swaps over the past few days. both swaps are hosted by my friend chris (aka stinkydog...) one is a baby atc and one is themed "drink up". i guess i'm liking the new in color from stampin up, melon mambo!




special delivery
stamps: heidi grace, green grass stamps
cardstock: melon mambo, pink pirouette
ink: onyx black versafine, melon mambo, pink pirouette
embellishments: doodlebug buttons, stickles diamond dust




cheers to you!
stamps: stampin up
cardstock: melon mambo, pebbles pp
ink: onyx black versafine, melon mambo
embellishments: glossy accents

Jul 16, 2009

reindeer games...

this entry for chris's holiday circle journal was a love/hate thing. i loved how creative she was in thinking up her theme. and her entry. i hated having to figure out what to do for mine. after much debate and many editing sessions, this is what was created!






reindeer games
stamps: amuse, stamps happen
cardstock: riding hood red, garden green, three bugs in a rug pp
ink: onyx black versafine, riding hood red
embellishments: stickers, love elsie round gels, hot off the press brads
font: ld string bean

Jul 15, 2009

first class mail...

i have a ton of stamps. i'm not even going to guess how many. so when i was talked in to joining a swap (thanks sherri!) that had to have some sort of mailbox, i thought no problem. oh my. i went through nearly every stamp i own and could not find a mailbox anywhere!! i even went to archivers to find a mailbox stamps and found nothing!! so i had to improvise, since the swap is due in a few weeks. thank goodness for the internet and clip art!! i ended up printing out a little mailbox and just cutting it out and adding it to my atc.











first class mail
stamps: eat cake graphics, maryse carrier, my favorite things
cardstock: melon mambo, kraft
ink: going gray, rich razzleberry, morning marigold, melon mambo

Jul 13, 2009

more bargains...

i kind of went a little nutso last two weeks and did a little (ok, a lot) of online shopping. amuse loves me...but i got great deals!! like these four stamps. 2 rileys and 2 changito monkeys for the bargin price of $11! wood mounted at that!! that's like a little over two fifty each!!! woo hoo!!

Jul 11, 2009

giveaway...




so i found a killer sale at archivers today. i rarely go there, not sure why, but i went today and found so many things on sale! i got a cute changio monkey set and i already have one of the stamps. so i want to give the wood mounted one away to a good home (it is slightly used, but great condition!) so please post here and i'll draw a random name on monday, july 13th.

update: and the lucky winner from my trusty random number picker (aka my husband!) is joan aka lakeslady!!

woot woot!! send me your address please!!

Jul 9, 2009

'shrooms...

ahh...i love being back in the crafty mode again. i was out of it for way too long!! here's a set of atcs i made yesterday for the mushroom swap that traci is hosting. i was stumped for a while about what to do, then found this paper yesterday at michael's and it just came to me. i'm proud that i used buttons, too. i almost never do and these were sitting on my table and they went so well with the paper! so viola!




home
stamps: studio g
cardstock: cool caribbean, american crafts patterned paper
ink: vintage sepia versafine, morning marigold, melon mambo
embellishments: doodly doo holiday buttons by sei
other: prismacolor markers

palooza memories...

remember back in april when a bunch of my stamping friends got together in indiana for a few days of crafting? well, kimmy is hosting an atc swap (actually two!) and the theme was 'memories from palooza '09'. so here is my version.







too much fun
stamps:3 scrappy boys
cardstock: certainly celery, pebbles inc pp
ink: onyx black
font: pea bandit

Jul 1, 2009

what's better than a sale..

not much! especially when it's a hero arts sale! i love so many hero arts stamps and a lot of places locally don't have them. so i must buy online (i mean, twist my arm!). so i just thought i'd do my little part to help the economy by spreading the word! the link sends you to the blog, but from there, you can find the sale! happy looking!