welcome spring...

welcome spring.  i would love to do just that.  but it continues to be sucky weather here.  hasn't snowed in a week (in the valley) but it has been cold and rainy.  i have seen tiny glimpses of spring...little tulips peeking up from the ground, buds on the trees.  hopefully it is really just around the corner this time. 

eta:  i take it back about the snow...it's currently snowing!!  WHERE IS SPRING???

welcome spring
stamps: kim hughes
cardstock: certainly celery
ink: daffodil delight, melon mambo, peeled pain distress, onyx black
embellishments:  buttons
tools:  prismacolor markers

special delivery...

i've been waiting for about two weeks to post this card!!  jennifer, one of the palooza-goers, is having a baby this summer.  we had a surprise shower for her this weekend.  so i needed a card for her but couldn't post it until she opened it!!

from the very first day
stamps: kim hughes
cardstock: barely banana, pear pizazz, my mind's eye pp, fancy pants pp, october afternoon pp, stampin up pp
ink: early espresso, pear pizazz 
tools:  prismacolor markers

party hat...

more birthday cards this weekend.  i'm hoping now that i have a bunch made, i will be better about sending them!!  time will tell!!  i used a few different stamp companies on this one.  some i haven't used in a long time!  i love finding stamps that i forgot i had.  it's like they are new again!!  i made some in boy and girl colors.

party hats

stamps: purple onion, kim hughes, ippity, unity

cardstock: pacific point, pear pizazz, blushing bride, rich razzleberry, crumb cake

ink: pacific point, wild wasabi, blushing bride, rich razzleberry, crumb cake, soft suede, early espresso

tools: prismacolor markers, corner chomper

hey dude...

funny story about this set of monkey atcs i made for a swap suzi is hosting.  i made a set for this swap, while watching the braves/giants game.  then i started thinking about another set of atcs i made and thought that i may have used the same stamp.  so i started looking through my blog.  and indeed, i did make a set with the same stamp in march.  and the same colors.  and both of them even had stars.  they looked so similar.  and the kicker??  it was also a monkey swap suzi hosted!!  so i decided to make something totally different.  and this is the end result.  if you are curious, here is the swap from march.

hey dude
stamps: stampin up, kim hughes
cardstock: night of navy
ink: pacific point, bordering blue, concord crush, soft suede, black craft

embellishments:  clear embossing powder