mmm coaster swap...

what?  never heard of mmm??  it's mixed media mondays with tracy weinzapfel.  a weekly gathering to get a little crafty.  and we had a swap of altered/painted coasters.  turns out the peeps i spend every monday night with are a crafty group of ladies!  you can see all the coasters in this post on tracy's blog.  here are the two sets i made.

 

coasters
stamps: tim holtz/stamper's anonymous
ink: faded jeans, cherry cobbler, daffodil delight, jet black, crumb cake, pink pirouette
other: acrylic paint, gesso, bubble wrap, canvas, coasters

august...

i know, i know...it's not august, it's november!  but i'm sharing a calendar of august with you.  each year for the past probaby five years maybe?  i've hosted a swap with 11 other peeps  and we create a coaster calendar.  i'm addicted to them.  they are so cute!  i have august in this year's swap.  i struggled trying to think of something "augusty."  i came up with a sort of back to school/varsity type theme.

august
stamps: jilibean soup
cardstock: white, pebble, becky higgins pp
ink: raspberry ripple, pacific point, dafodill delight, lulu lavendar
embellishments:  wood veneer stars & arrows
font:  king cool kc
other: acrylic paint, gesso

and i of course used lots of unity stamps on it, so it fits right in with friends with flair.  after you check out the awesome projects, visit the unity site for an awesome sale!!

finally, remember you have another day to enter my random acts of kindness contest for a grab bag of unity goodies.  check it out here.

happy are those...

happy monday!  this is a coaster notebook i made to start collecting quotes.  i used one of the new {ippity} itty bitties, happy are those. 

 happy are those

stamps: ippity

cardstock: my mind's eye pp, coasters

ink:  iced spruce distress, mustard seed distress, walnut stain distress

embellishments: acrylic paint
tools:  cinch

and...angela from unity is extending the sale of 39% off  {ippity} and unity stamps until friday, jan 20!  so you have even more time to get some {ippity} goodness.  shop here!

and, and...a  huge thank you for tracy for showing my journal page on her blog!  come join in on her live broadcast tonight at ustream.

and, and, and...i realized this totally fits the current {ippity} challenge!  must have something old (the coasters...like 5 year!!), something new (the {ippity} stamps), something borrowed (the o-wires from my cute mom) and something blue (the cardstock).  you need to join in on the fun too!!!

april showers...

i know, i know...it's december.  and now is the time for all things wintery and christmasy.  but i had to share a little sunshine (i guess rain!)  for the past few years, i've hosted a coaster calendar swap.  12 people each take a month and make a coaster of that month.  in the end, you have an awesome little calendar for the year.  and we just finished making the one for 2012.  (holy crap...it's nearly twenty.twelve!!)  anyway, i had april and this is what i created.

april showers
stamps: purple onion, unity
cardstock: american crafts pp, daffodil delight, blushing bride
ink: regal rose, baja breeze, mustard seed distress, peeled paint distress, blue chalk
embellishments:  buttons
tools: cricut, prismacolor markers

december...

the past few years, i've hosted a swap at the stamp shack. the swap is a coaster calender. twelve people participate and each person chooses a month. when you get the swap back, you have a full calendar for the next year. this is my coaster for the 2011 calendar.  this has probably been my favorite.  everyone did such an awesome job.

december

stamps:  purple onion
cardstock: cherry cobbler, echo park pp
ink: baja breeze, early espresso, cherry cobbler, old olive, night of navy, soft sky
embellishments: prismacolor markers, hemp twine, tags, glitter pen
font:  snf goody

here is the finished project.  amazing!!

coasters...

so what was hyped the "blizzard of 2010" was mostly a lot of hype.  which was probably not a bad thing because it got people home early and off the roads for the most part.  i guess it had the potential to be horrible, but turned out not so bad in some areas.  some bad wind and snow for a few hours and now it's just freezing cold!  so here are some more christmasy coasters to get you in the christmas spirit if it isn't freezing or snowing in your neck of the woods!

peace

stamps: unity, stampin up

ink:  burnt umber; barn door, weathered wood distress ink;  midnight blue, forest green stazon
other:  marble tile, prismacolor markers

don't forget my little giveaway here.

peace (part 2)...

good morning!!  over the weekend it turned into winter.  it snowed probably at least 6 inches saturday night and over a foot in some areas.  so i'm happy to stay home and enjoy the h{ippity} hop today!!  the guys over at unity are hilarious and made a video demonstrating how to make some coasters.  i thought it would make a cute gift for people, so i headed to lowe's on saturday (a place i never thought about buying craft supplies!) and experimented.  i think it turned out pretty cute!  i have a few more, that i'll share tomorrow, but wanted to only show the one i made with {ippity} stamps for the hop.  check out the rest of the h{ippity} hop and have a good week..for most people it will be a short week!

peace

stamps: ippity

ink:  burnt umber; barn door, weathered wood distress ink;  midnight blue stazon
other:  marble tile

2010 coaster calendar...

last year i had a swap where we made a monthly calendar with coasters (it's here). i was asked it i was going to host another one for 2010 so i figured why not! i'm glad i did. it turned out amazing (as usual...everyone is awesome!). here is the calendar.

coaster calendar swap...

i was the hostess for a 2009 coaster calendar swap . each person chose one month and altered 12 coasters. then i swapped them all and used my bind it all to bind them. they turned out so great!! everyone did a great job!!