kissmoose...

i know it's a little early for christmas, but i had to ink this cute moose up as soon as i got him. he is so cute!!

kissmoose
stamps: unity
cardstock: cherry cobbler, white, crystal wilkerson pp
ink: cherry cobbler, jet black
other:  prismacolor markers

peace...

happy christmas eve!!  tomorrow is the big day.  are you ready??  i finally got the last of my cards sent off (so if i missed you, consider this an e-greeting from me!)

wishing you all a peaceful holiday season.

 peace
stamps:  unity
cardstock:  white, midnight muse
ink: midnight muse, baja breeze
tools:  corner chomper
other:  acrylic paint, sharpie paint marker, hexagon embossing folder

merry.christmas.joy.

 merry.christmas.joy.
stamps:  stampin up
cardstock:  crumb cake, white, my mind's eye pp
ink: cherry cobbler
embellishments:  washi tape
tools:  envelope punch board

be merry...

blink and you'll miss it. that's how i've felt about this whole year! but especially the last month.  here's another christmas card from my stash.

 be merry
stamps:  susan weckesser, unity
cardstock:  rich razzleberry, white, stampin up pp
ink: rich razzleberry, onyx black
tools:  circle punch

i completely forgot it was friday, so i might as well link this up to unity's friends with flair!!  haven't played along in a while.  so go see what other unity friends have made.

merry & happy...

it's getting closer to sending out chritsmas cards!!  i still have a few i need to get done.

 merry & happy
stamps:  unity, maryse carrier
cardstock:  crumb cake, white, stampin up pp
ink: cherry cobbler, onyx black
embellishments: washi tape
tools:  swiss dots embossing folder, nestabilities

jingle...

time to start thinking of christmas.  and christmas cards.  good times!

 jingle
stamps:  unity
cardstock:  carina gardner, my mind's eye
ink: cherry cobbler
embellishments:  washi tape, tiny attatcher, date stamp
tools:  circle punch, envelope board

holiday wishes...

well the big day has come and gone.  hope the man in red (or whoever brings you goodies) was kind!!  now is the time for what i call, chill week. because the week between christmas and new year's is always pretty mellow and low key. i still have a couple of holiday cards to share, so i'll do it over the next week.  hope you are having a good chill week!

holiday wishes
stamps: unity
cardstock: white, soft sky, chevron cherry
ink: onyx black, cherry cobbler
embelishments:  rhinestone
other: prismacolor markers

merry & bright...

can you believe it's the saturday before christmas?  holy cow.  year's gone by in the blink of an eye.  i'm actually enjoying this weekend without the stress and frenzy of being so close to christmas.  i have to work christmas eve and christmas day, so my family is having a "holiday" party on new year's day this year.  will be a little strange waiting so long to see them, but will be nice to have it be stress free!!  i have one more think i need to do and that is make some of chocolate chip cookie dough truffle balls.  so addicting!!

here's a card i made for the die cut diva blog.  i used a fun little reindeer set from cottage cutz. i wanted a little color so i did a splash of washi tape on the edge of the inside of the card.  which i thought made the perfect touch!  i may have to do this more often!  inside sentiment says "may your season be merry and bright".

merry & bright
stamps: unity
cardstock: soft sky, forest, kilanrney green, pomegranate splash, carob creme, maltball
ink: peeled paint, tumbled glass, soft sky, onyx black
embelishments:  washi tape
other: elegant reindeer cottage cutz

hope you are enjoying the weekend and don't have too many last minute things to do!

snowflakes...

i can't believe i'm finally saying this, but my christmas cards are DONE!!! and with only days to spare!  i swear, next year, they will be done by the 4th of july!!  i had to limit who received cards this year.  because come on...stamps are almost 50 cents a pop!!  so if you happened to be one of my peeps and didn't get a card, consider this an e-greeting!  HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

i saw a card like this on pinterest a while back and of course now i can't find it again to give credit for the inspiration   i cut out a snowflake on the silhouette, then stamped snowflakes on the card.  love the effect.

snowflakes
stamps: unity
cardstock: crumb cake, soft sky
ink: bermuda
other: silhouette

stashing thru the snow...

there is a craze going around.  everywhere you look, there are little mustaches on anything!  my friend sherri asked at our last get together, "what's with the mustaches?"  now she is a little obsessed with them.  i made her this card for christmas.  (don't notice that there isn't a stamped anything on it!!)  made it mostly with my silhouette.  i used the lettering delights graphic set here.

stashing thru the snow
cardstock: white
embellishments:  washi tape
tools: silhouette, corner chomper
graphic set:  ld stashing thru the snow

wonderful time...

as i type this post, i'm looking out my window and watching it snow.  it's very pretty (knowing i don't have to go out in it!).  made me think of my snowman card i made for the christmas card swap we did with my monday night crafty group.  if you like mixed media things, you should join us each monday night.  it's a lot of laughs and inspiration   even if you don't do mixed media things, you can learn nifty little tricks for whatever kind of crafty you do.  here's a link to all the cards that the monday night peeps did.  big kudos to tracy for organizing!!

wonderful time
stamps: purple onion, unity
cardstock: white, watercolor paper
ink: jet black
embellishments:  buttons, hemp twine
other: acrylic paint, gesso

christmas trees...

oh my tgif!!  i don't love that saying, but i'm so glad it is friday because i have the whole weekend off!!  woot woot!  and i missed last week's friends with flair so i wanted to get in on this week's.  i'm just under the wire!  check out the rest of the friends with flair peeps on the unity blog.

this is a project i made using some die cut boxes from creative cuts & more. they are intended to be slices of cake, but i saw cute christmas trees instead!

christmas trees

stamps:  ippity
cardstock: white
ink: iced spruce, evergreen bough, more mustard, versamark
embellishments: wire, hemp twine, rhinestones, clear embossing powder

have an awesome weekend!  i hope to get my christmas tree up!

believe...

playing catch up today.  trying to get some things done like christmas cards, tags, etc.  here's one tag i've been playing with.  it's got quite the mix of things...regular stamps, digital, used the silhouette.

believe

stamps:  eat cake graphics, unity
cardstock: white
ink: onyx black, iced spruce, tumbled glass
embellishments: prismacolor markers, washi tape, hemp twine, tag
silhouette design: kolette hall

warm & toasty...

i just love this little polar bear.  he makes you all warm and fuzzy!  how are your christmas cards coming along?

winter wonderland

stamps:  purple onion
digi stamps:  birdie brown
cardstock: my mind's eye pp, pepple, white
ink: onyx black, iced spruce
embellishments: prismacolor markers

winter wonderland...

i mentioned last post that i needed to get some christmas cards done. so i've been working on a few.  i love when i've made a card and it's a design that will work for several different cards.  like this one (taken from my last post's card).  so simple, but lovely!  and i stumbled upon a cute new digi stamp designer.  birdie brown's digital stamps are so cute.  check her blog out here.  this image was a freebie from her blog.

winter wonderland

stamps:  purple onion
digi stamps:  birdie brown
cardstock: my mind's eye pp, pepple, white
ink: onyx black, iced spruce
embellishments: prismacolor markers

under the mistletoe...

it's flashback day today for the fabulous feature.  (read: no time to create a new card.  shushh...don't tell!)  visit the {ippity} blog for other cards using the fab feature, kissmas & mistletoe.

mistletoe

stamps: ippity
cardstock: crumb cake, early espresso, echo park pp
ink: baja breeze, early espresso
embellishments: prismacolor markers, hemp twine, glossy accents

and don't forget to visit this post to #spreadthelove #rak #payitforward #sharethejoy!!

the list...

it's time for {ippity} fab feature wednesday!!  this week's feature is naughty.nice.not sure.  i love this set!  i also love the paper pad, merry, from my mind's eye.  i think out of the whole stack, there's maybe 2 papers that i don't adore!!

the list
stamps:  ippity
cardstock: baja breeze, my mind's eye pp
ink: baja breeze, cherry cobbler, black craft
embellishments:  clear embossing powder, eyelet, twine

i'm also using this as my "embossed" card for the unity world card making day challenge (read the deets here).  have you entered any of the challenges??  there are 8 total.  so surely there is something for you!!

starry tree...

i know it's not time for christmas yet, but i had to make a set of atcs with a christmas tree. i was playing with my silhouette and found this cute tree and wanted to use it. then i inked it up with the cute stars and added the banners too. love all things unity!! and it fits in with friends with flair. go check out the unity blog for the other fwf stuff.

starry tree
stamps:  unity, susan weckesser,
cardstock: crumb cake, gumball green, echo park pp
ink: pebble, peeled paint, broken china
embellishments: brad
tools:  silhouette

and while you are checking out fwf, don't forget the cute new phyllis harris releases which are all on sale!. and angela is finishing up the website changes so she is marking things down like a mad woman!! unity bargains galore!

wonderful...

guess who's the featured chick over at the {ippity} chick challenges blog??   that would be me!!  so grab you some {ippity} or unity stamps and come play along.  there are prizes to be won, peeps!!  i used the latest and greatest stamp from {ippity}, most wonderful time.  i cut out the cool hexies using my silhouette 

wonderful
stamps:  ippity
cardstock: echo park pp, crumb cake, white
ink: cherry cobbler, soft suede
other: prismacolor markers, silhouette

come play along for your chance to win two {ippity} sets.  click the button below for the deets!

naughty...

no this isn't a naughty post!!  it's a post about being on the naughty list around christmas time!!  this is another awesome new release from {ippity}.  i just love this little santa!  i even busted out the liquid applique.  i was totally surprised it was still good since i haven't used it in ages!

naughty
stamps:  ippity
cardstock: echo park pp, white
ink: onyx black, cherry cobbler, tumbled glass
embellishments: liquid applique, silhouette

don't forget this little guy is on sale right now. click the link below to shop!!  don't forget to pick a {chick} before you checkout!  or just add my name in the comments section.