thank you...

do you love dicuts?  do you love specialty cards?  scrapbook but hate cutting out things to go on your pages?  have you checked out the website creative cuts & more?   they have whatever you could imagine just for those reasons!  this card was made for my first post as a design team member for creative cuts & more.   check out their blog, diecut diva, to see my post!

thank you
stamps: hero arts, unity
cardstock:  date swirl, white
ink: wistera wonder, dusty concord, eggplant
dicuts:  scallop circle, small circle window a2

one shot...

here's another installment in the mixed media file.  on monday, tracy threw down a challenge.  she dared us to do something out of our comfort zone.  we had to create something using this quote, "let go of whatever holds you back and no longer serves you because you only get one shot in life."  check out her blog post here.  i saw a mixed media canvas the other day while surfing the web (my guess is on pinterest!) and of course can't find it now to save my life.  but what i got out of it was inspiration for this.  and i thought the quote went well with it.

strength

stamps: hero arts

cardstock: fancy pants pp, basic grey pp, authentique pp

ink: burnt umber

paints:  acrylic, gesso, gelatos

embellishments:  glimmer mist; cardstock stickers-october afternoon, authentique, dear lizzy-american crafts

other:  india ink

here's a little more detailed view.

you should join along with the dare!!

sledding...

it is jan 30th and we have had the wierdest winter.  by weird, i mean temps in the 50's and maybe three big snowstorms.  not that i'm complaining because i loathe winter.  so i'm actually enjoying it.  i'm just hoping it doesn't rain until july again!!  i made these atcs for a swap with the theme "anything winter".

sledding
stamps: my favorite things, hero arts
cardstock:  island indigo, white
ink:  onyx black, broken china distress,  tumbled glass distress
embellishments: prismacolor markers

birdcage...

spent a little time in the craft room this weekend.  let me just say, it's been too long!!  i definitely need to make more time, more often!!  here is a set of atcs i made for a birdcage swap that christie is hosting.  love this bird stamp!  and a bonus, i found this cool hero arts background stamp on clearance at hobby lobby for $4!  hope you had a great weekend!

birdcage
stamps: hero arts, melody ross+unity, katie & co
cardstock: walnut cream, dusty durango
ink: wild honey distress ink, peeled paint distress ink, walnut stain distress ink

thank you tree...

so the other day i went in to joanns. the entire papercrafting/scrapbook section was on 40% off. i mean everything from paper to stamps and everything else in between. it was awesome! and i actually bought a few things. usually when everything is on sale, i can't find anything i want. not so. i got this cute hero arts stamp. i love the tree. like i need another tree. add that to the list of the "like i need another..."!

thank you
stamps:  hero arts, recollections
cardstock:  crumb cake, pear pizazz, stampin up pp
ink: purely pomegranate, peeled paint distress, onyx black
embellishments: rhinestones, prismacolor markers

squirrel...

so i saw the cutest card at a stamp store in nc.  (i know...i was there in like june...) and i took a picture of this cute card because i loved it and thought it would make a cute set of atcs.  in fact, i bought the stamps, just so i could make them and posted a swap with the theme of woodland creatures.  wouldn't you know it?  i couldn't find that picture anywhere.  but i did make a half decent set of atcs anyway.  i just love the little set of logs!!

squirrel 

stamps: memory box, hero arts

cardstock: early espresso, walnut cream, cosmo cricket pp

ink:  early espresso

a haunting...

i can't believe october is here in a few days.  seriously!!  i hosted a "halloween free for all" atc swap.  free reign on a halloween atc.  i think i got this cute ghost stamp last halloween and never used it.  i decided he needed some ink!

a haunting 

stamps: hero arts, imaginisce

cardstock: elegant eggplant, tangerine tango 

ink:  elegant eggplant

embellishments:  bling

christmas tags...

fall is finally here. one day it's 75, nice and sunny, the next day it's 40 degrees. halloween is next week so that means winter and christmas are around the corner! so here come the christmas themed swaps!! this is a set of gift tags for a swap christie is hosting. they are similar to the one's i made last year, but i used different stamps. i love this little christmas tree.



laughter & merriment
stamps: hero arts, purple onion designs
cardstock: vanilla
ink: riding hood red, wild wasabi, blue bayou
embellishments:hemp twine, yellow stickles
other:prismacolor markers

friends forever...

i love hero arts stamps. they have some of the cutest stamps ever made. i've been checking their blog a lot lately, especially when they started doing atcs!! they have a group on flickr which is very cool. it's kind of like a discussion/gallery thing. anyway, they are hosting their first atc swap, so me being obsessed with atcs, signed up! this is actually a "hybrid" i guess is the buzz word people are calling it. it's got a mix of regular stamps and digital stamps. i got the digital kit free from two peas in a bucket. i also did some paper piecing...pieced the owls with patterned paper.


friends forever
stamps: hero arts
digital stamps: meredith fenwick
cardstock: purely pomegranate, old olive, pebbles inc. pp
ink: onyx black, purely pomegranate, old olive
embellishments: stickles
other:prismacolor markers

witchie poo...

here's number two for the week for the witch themed atcs. i found this cute stamp on clearance at archiver's a a few months ago. i couldn't believe it because it is so cute!!











witchie poo
stamps: hero arts, stampin up
cardstock: elegant eggplant , kiwi kiss, stampin up pp
ink: elegant eggplant , kiwi kiss, onyx black
embellishments: we r memory keepers buttons

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!

a new circle journal...

well it's finally finished. i'm hosting another circle journal swap over at the shack and it's the first mail day today. i didn't realize when i picked this theme how hard it would be do create my cj! but i finally did. i love the papers...they are from we r memory keepers. very fun! and i was inspired by an idea from friend sarah that i should be using more of my embarrassing large collection/obsession of ribbons and fibers. so i found this funky turquoise fiber i had received in a swap (probably a few years ago!) and it worked perfectly i think!! i had a fun (or frustrating!) time trying to come up with what to do for each month, but i like how they all turned out. i left it unbound for now, since i have no idea how big it will be when it's returned to me!

what i {love} about
stamps: studio g, hero arts, ctmh, autumn leaves, fontwerks, imaginisce, chf, 3 scrappy boys
paper:we r memory keepers, close to cocoa (su); kraft (bazzil)
ink:
jardin moss (palette)
old paper distress ink (tim holtz)
vintage sepia, onyx black (versafine)
cool caribbean, summer sun, riding hood red, pink pirouette, tangerine tango, always artichoke, blue bayou (su)
embellishments: rubons-scrapworks, jenni bowlin, american crafts; ribbon, twine (su, making memories, american crafts); unknown ribbon
fonts: ld woodland, ld distorted drusillus, db journal doodles
other:: weeds and wildflowers designs digital images

here is a link to sherri's circle journal. she's so on top of the game already!!!

christmas tags...

my friend chelsea made some of the cutest christmas tags a while ago. i was inspired by them, so i totally cased her idea!! here are how mine turned out!!

merry little christmas
stamps: purple onion designs, hero arts, stampin up
ink: mellow moss, riding hood red, baja breeze (all su); old paper-tim holtz
other: twine (su)

christmas and atcs...

i'm finally finishing up the bazillion swaps i had that were due in the past few weeks. whew!! here are a few that i've done in the past few days. i had more fun with fun flock (it's hard to tell, but the moose's hat has it) and i even broke out the glitter. i'm starting to be more patient with glitter. i bought some of martha stewarts chunky glitter, so it's not as fine and annoying. plus i put it in a ziploc storage container and just spoon it on over the container so it's much less messy. this is what i do with embossing powder, too, and it's so much easier on clean up!





merry kissmoose
stamps: kim hughes (cornish heritage farms)
cardstock: riding hood red
ink: versamark
embellishments: fun flock, clear embossing powder

snow owls
stamps: hero arts, su
cardstock: night of navy, 3 bugs in a rug patterned paper
ink: onyx black versafine
embellishments: glitter

merry christmas
stamps: su, green grass stamps
cardstock: riding hood red, american crafts patterned paper
ink: riding hood red, wild wasabi
embellishments: stickles, star brads

dear santa...

a few more atcs for swaps. the first one is for chris's santa atc swap. i love the little santa and forgot i had him until i was digging around for a different stamp!!! the other one is a swap suzi is hosting that is a christmas atc using basic grey papers. i need to stop using this little owl. he ends up on everything because he is so stinking cute!!









dear santa
stamps: river city rubber works and unknown
cardstock: riding hood red (su), sweetwater patterned paper
ink: riding hood red (su), versafine onyx black
other: bic markers, ribbon (su)

merry christmas
stamps: hero arts
cardstock: baja breeze & blue bayou (su), basic grey figgy pudding
ink: blue bayou(su), versafine onyx black
other: bic markers

owl christmas...

over at the stamp shack, we play a little game of shack survivor. to play, you make a card. any kind of card. then each day, sherry posts an elimination statement like "if your card has only one layer of card stock, you are eliminated". if that statement matches anything on your card, you are banned to exile island. it's a fun game and it's great to see what everyone comes up with. i made a card today for my entry. it ended up being a christmas card and i think i'm going to make more to send out this christmas!! i've sort of got this thing with owls lately, if you didn't notice!!!

owl christmas
stamps: hero arts
cardstock: riding hood red (su), kiwi kiss (su), basic grey figgy pudding
ink: chocolate chip (su), riding hood red (su), onyx black (versafine), versamark
embellishments: bic markers, su ribbon, embossing powder