live in the moment...

yep.  another mixed media project.  but never fear...i've got some cards coming up in the next day or two.  this is another page in my september canvas art journal.  you can see the cover in this post.  you see, each monday night, tracy makes a page and we follow along via ustream.  or we just sit and chat while she creates.  this is my take on last week's page (week 2).

live in the moment
material:  canvas
paint: gesso, acrylic
stamps:  unity, american crafts
ink:  black staz on, india ink
embellishments: letter stickers, fabric flowers, buttons
other: pen

i am still having a love/hate relationship with the charcoal pencil.  i love to hate it.  maybe i'll see the light one day...but it's still dark now!

merry...

have you checked out the {ippity} chick challenge blog and played along with one of the sketch challenges yet? if you haven't, you should. you could win some{ippity} goodness! each week there is a new sketch to create a card/project from. i didn't get a chance to play along last week, but i created this card for this week's challenge.  the sketch is below.

merry
stamps: ippity
cardstock: cherry cobbler, soft sky, american crafts pp
ink: lucky limeade, early espresso, pool party, white craft, versamark
embellishments: clear embossing powder, prismacolor markers
tools:  scallop border punch, label punch, nestabilities

so go check out this week's challenge, get a little inky, post your project and you just might win a nice prize! hurry...you have one more day for this week's challenge.

happy birthday...

who's ready for friends with flair?  i made a cute little birthday card (something i should do way more of!) for today's fwf.  i used stamps from two previous kits of the month that i got for christmas:  nothing but blue skies and another sweet day.  i love both!! don't forget the beginning of fwf starting at the unity blog.  happy friday!!

happy birthday
stamps: unity
cardstock: blushing bride, crumb cake, vanilla (?)
ink: regal rose, purely pomegranate, crumb cake, early espresso, versamark
embellishments:  american crafts ribbon, staples, clear embossing powder
other:  border scallop punch, primsacolor markers

i used two kotm for this card.  you can get these awesome kits every month plus freebies!!

yum!

so my friend chris has a great story about a goat.  i won't pass along the details other than it involved a certain college with a goat and a trip to mickey d's with said goat. in honor of her story, we are having a goat themed swap.  these are the atcs i made for the swap.

yum!

stamps: maryse carrier, american crafts, stampin up
cardstock: early espresso, pear pizazz, glorious green
ink: pear pizazz, onyx black
embellishments:  baker's twine

gumdrop buttons...

another set of atcs for a swap robin is hosting. this swap is about christmas cookies. took me f.o.r.e.v.e.r. to come up with this. i only finished it 8 days before it was due! i never (ok, rarely) wait that long. i just had no ideas! happy weekend!!  (ps i totally didn't have time for friends with flair today...next week, for sure!!)

gumdrop buttons

stamps:  american crafts
cardstock: cherry cobbler, jillibean soup pp
ink: cherry cobbler, early espresso
embellishments: prismacolor markers
tools:  oval & oval scallop punch
font:  snf goody

here comes santa...

wow.  seems like the weather is ready for the big guy in the red suit to come.  this is a card i made on my stamping trip to indiana.  what a great time we all had.  4 days of stamping with friends, lots of laughing and crafting.  learning new ways to roast marshmallows!  awesome!  one of the shackies posted a link on using craft ink and a watercolor pen (i used a blender pen) so you could use white ink on kraft.  i love the effect.  i used it on santa's beard (and i used it on the snow in yesterday's post).  i also {love} the jillibean soup paper!  for the twill, i just gathered it in certain spots and stapled it. 

here comes santa...

stamps: studio g, american crafts
cardstock: crumb cake, jillibean soup pp
ink: oynx black, white craft
embellishments: prismacolor markers, twill ribbon, tiny attacher

bessie...

this is bessie.  she's just hanging out chewing some grass enjoying the sun.  she loves it.  bessie is for suzi's happy cows from california atc swap.  this is one of the swaps i've done while in indiana with 7 of my shackie buddies. i used a graphic set from lettering delights called cow clips.

bessie

stamps: amuse, american crafts

cardstock: cherry cobbler, early espresso

ink: old olive, baja breeze

embellishments: prismacolor markers

graphic set:  cow clips

in the meadow...

we can build a snowman...or not.  since it isn't snowing.  but a group of us whipped out a circle journal of a different kind.  instead of circling, everyone sent me their pages and i swapped them out.  which saved about 5 months time and who knows how much postage.  at first i wasn't thrilled with the idea...i liked getting each individual journal in my hands and trying to decide what i wanted to create.  with this swap, i made my design, then just repeated it seven more times.  i love how it turned out.  and i love that i wasn't stressing about getting a journal in the mail every three weeks.  only problem now is i need to make the actual journal part!  so i can put all the awesome snowman pages in.  when i do, i'll post pictures of the finished project.

snowman cj 
stamps: unity, purple onion, american crafts
cardstock: kiwi kiss, all my memories pp
ink:   baja breeze, old olive, onyx black
embellishments:  prismacolor markers
tools:  nesties
font: ldj christmas troll

happy fall...

ahhh...fall is in the air.  the mornings and evenings are getting cooler.  the sun is rising later.  i love fall.  if i could only have two seasons, i'd take spring and fall.  summer, eh.  winter...forget it!  so for now i'll enjoy the not so hot days and the smell of fall.  this is another 'reject' that i made.  i {love} how it turned out.  i actually paper pieced the pumpkin and dress.  played with another digi stamp, too.  good times!

happy fall

stamps: ippity
digi stamp:  heather ellis
cardstock: tangerine tango, early espresso, my mind's eye pp, american crafts pp

ink: tangerine tango

 embellishments: prismacolor markers, american crafts ribbon

slice or two...

happy independance day!! nothing says 4th of july like a big slice of watermelon!! i made these for the watermelon (go figure!) atc swap i hosted. please remember why we celebrate this holiday and the freedom we have. and my psa for the holiday weekend: wear your seat belts. wear a helmet if you are on anything with two wheels (or and atv!) or a skate board. watch your kids around any body of water (no matter how small you might think it is) and don't assume someone else is watching them...especially if they can't swim. it's not worth it otherwise. i love my job, but that doesn't mean we need to be busy we people who aren't being careful! thank you.

now go have a big slice of watermelon today!


slice or two
stamps: studio g
cardstock: certainly celery, american crafts pp
ink: onyx black
embellishments: glossy accents, prismacolor markers

wedding cards...

i've decided i'm not great at wedding cards. a lady at work asked me to make her a couple and i've been stumped. i've put it off long enough so i had to get them done. i made two different styles, a cutesy one and a prettier one. in the second one, i paper pieced the couple and used a glaze pen to highlight some of the flourishes.

happy day
stamps: stamping bella, unity
cardstock: basic black, me & my big ideas pp
ink: purely pomegranate, onyx black
embellishments: satin ribbon, prismacolor markers
inside card: happy day



congrats
stamps: heidi grace, kim hughes
cardstock: melon mambo, buckaroo blue, american crafts pp
ink: rose red, pink pirouette, melon mambo, onyx black
embellishments: glaze pen, glossy accents

chicks rule...

t.g.i.f. this week has been eternally long. i'm so glad it's almost over. and it's memorial day this weekend, so does that mean summer is finally here? probably not in utah...but we'll see. by now you should know that friday means friends with flair!! here's my contribution this week. who says crowns on birds aren't cool?

remember to catch the rest of the blog hop back at the {unity blog}!


chicks rule
stamps: unity
cardstock: soft suede-su; walnut cream-bazzill; we r memory keepers & american crafts pp
ink: chocolate chip
embellishments: ribbon, stickles, bling
tools: corner rounder



ps. chicks do rule!!!

thread of love...

time for friends with flair friday! is it really friday already? i can't believe how fast this week has flown by (but yet how slowly at the same time). i can't believe that work gets so in the way of my crafting! but i guess if there wasn't work, there wouldn't be crafts to play with. i've done the 9-5 (ok, 8-4) gig this week at work (doing the schedule) and all i can say is i love my usual schedule of three 12 hour shifts. i realized last night that i needed to get this done so i could post in today. i had great intentions all week, but somehow it got put aside. but this weekend i hope to have craft-o-palooza in my little studio!! i paper pieced the spool of thread. this is actually an atc for a swap my friend suzi is hosting. i just haven't finished the whole set yet, like i usually take a picture of.

don't forget the rest of the blog hop starts at the {unity blog} ! thank goodness for friday!

thread of love
stamps: unity
cardstock: kiwi kiss, bermuda bay, american crafts pp
ink: kiwi kiss, onyx black
embellishments: prismacolor markers, button mini brads-making memories

childhood summer...

sometimes people ask me if i scrapbook. i usually just laugh. i am definitely not a scrapbooker. i've tried. can't do it. this is the best i can do at an attempt of scrapbooking. it's for the summer circle journal (that is swiftly coming to a close). this is my entry for joanne's cj. she wanted something about our favorite childhood summer memories.

speaking of childhood, and not having one if it weren't for my cute dad being born, i'd like to wish him a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

happy birthday, dad!!

childhood summer
stamps: unity, inkadinkadoo
cardstock: soft sky, pacific point, american crafts pp
ink: pacific point, onyx black
embellishments: su ribbon, may arts ribbon, prismacolor markers, staples
font: pea swimmy

what's up?

i figured that if i make a few dollars selling cards, i should be able to buy more supplies. right? so i made a little archiver's run today. armed with a 30% off coupon and a quest to get some new unity stamps, i came out with a little more than i went in for. but isn't that always the case? i also did a quick and cute make 'n take while i was there. it was so cute, i case'd it and made this atc for christie's riley swap. i also used some new embossing powder that was a cool color of brown, chestnut. i'm not usually one for colored ep, but i loved it on the orange.

what's up?
stamps: riley, my favorite things
cardstock: hot fudge-mft; tangerine tango-su; crate paper pp
ink: versamark
embellishments: zing chestnut embossing powder-american crafts

celebrate sunshine part ii...

my friend leeann wanted to buy some cards. she choose the celebrate sunshine atc that i made. i simply put it on a card base rather than reinventing the wheel. i think it makes the card more elegant looking with the simple white background.

celebrate sunshine
stamps: dear lizzy+american crafts
cardstock: melon mambo, pink pirouette
ink: pretty in pink, melon mambo, pink pirouette, purely pomegranate

celebrate sunshine...

let me start this post off by saying i'm am so not a girlie girl. i don't even own a dress. i've never had high heels. i don't even wear makeup (dressing up to me is khaki's and lip gloss). but i do adore this new stamp set from dear lizzy+american crafts. it's the cutest thing ever. i used it to make the "anything pink" themed atcs for suzi's swap. i just can't get enough of the cute little set of flags!

celebrate sunshine
stamps: dear lizzy+american crafts
cardstock: melon mambo, pink pirouette
ink: pretty in pink, melon mambo, pink pirouette, purely pomegranate