owl-right...

i've shown a glimpse here and there of this card. but here it is in all it's glory. these owls. i seriously don't know how the designers at unity continue to make stamps that i simply can't refuse to buy! smart cookies, they are!!

owl-right
stamps: unity
cardstock: mme patterned paper, crumb cake, white
ink: fossilized amber, hello honey, walnut stain, jet black
embellishments:  twine
other:  prismacolor markers

good friends...

good friends
stamps: unity
cardstock: mme patterned paper, crumb cake, lost lagoon, white
ink: smokey slate, early espresso

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

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

girlfriends...

it's the middle of winter.  blah.  anyone who knows me knows i'm not a fan of winter.  and give me a scene like this any day.  sitting, laughing, chatting it up, preferably with a tasty umbrella drink in my hand with some girlfriends by a pool or beach.  

girlfriends
stamps:  art impressions
cardstock: my mind's eye, simple stories, authentique, lilybee designs
ink: onyx black, tumbled glass
embellishments:  prismacolor markers

january...

wow.  can't believe it's the eleventh of january already and i'm barely posting my calender!!  a bunch of us are making mixed media calendars for the year (at least, that's the goal...the whole year!) and this is mine for january! i've definitely filled in the boxes, just took this picture right after it was done so they were all blank at the time.  this is one of the creative challenges for myself for 2013.  i added my one little word for the year too.  i have so much to believe in.

january
stamps: unity (smak kit)
cardstock: my mind's eye pp, fancy pants pp
ink: faded jeans, broken china, midnight muse, island indigo
embellishments:  washi tape, grungeboard letters, rub ons
other: acrylic paint, gesso, bubble wrap, mixed media journal

and i figure i might as well throw it on to friends with flair by the unity peeps, right?  don't forget their awesome sale for angela's 40th birthday!!  shop, shop, shop!!

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

pride...

i need to get started on my christmas cards.  by no way does this mean i'm glossing over thanksgiving like the  crazy people who have already decorated for christmas.  just means i'm "thinking" about christmas...and the time it takes to make my christmas cards!!  this card isn't necessarily a christmas card, but i did use cute christmas patterned paper from my mind's eye.  can you say a little obsessed?  i can't get enough of it!!  i also used the set, pain and pride, which is the fabulous feature over on the {ippity} blog.  you should check out the other cards using this cute set.

pride

stamps: ippity
cardstock: my mind's eye pp, echo park pp, white
ink: onyx black, cherry cobbler
embellishments: prismacolor markers

birthday wishes...

i adore this stamp of the week. as soon as i saw it i couldn't wait to get it inky.  it's perfect for cards...girls, boys, women, men, kids, adults, dogs, cats...you get the picture.  and i have never been a huge fan of mixing different patterned papers or using more than one.  until recently.  now i love to do it.

birthday wishes

stamps: unity, christy tomlinson
cardstock: my mind's eye pp, white
ink: onyx black, spiced marmalade, worn lipstick, spun sugar, broken china
embellishments: prismacolor markers, shipping tag

and the winner of the grab bag of unity goodness from my random acts of kindness post is...

 Julie Odil said...

Hi Angie, I LOVE this idea! Thanks for doing this. I work in a nursing home so it's easy for me to pass on RAK many times a day. One I did yesterday: as part of my job, I took 9 residents to a local restaurant for lunch. One woman had no money and wouldn't have been able to go, so I paid for her meal for her. She was very happy to go along and be with her friends.

10/26/12 12:24 PM

what an awesome thing to do, julie!! please email me email me your info and i'll get your prize to you.

your day...

today is a big day.  a shout out to my brothers, mike and mark, for their birthday.  happy birthday, boys!! and also to my cousin, mandy (who i still can't call miranda!), on her big wedding day to tyler.  congrats you two!!

here's the last of the challenge cards i made for world card making day.  how fun it's been trying to come up with a design for each challenge.  this one was using a sketch (found here).  i used the awesome stamps from this kit of the month.

your day
stamps:  unity
cardstock: certainly celery, my mind's eye pp, echo park pp
ink: spiced marmalade, onyx black

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!!

amazing...

happy friday, peeps!!  it's time for friends with flair.   i made this card for my hubby.  he is always amazing, but this week, even more so.  this was a pretty simple card...some patterned paper and a stamp (from what i know kotm).

amazing
stamps: unity
cardstock:  crumb cake, walnut cream, my mind's eye pp
ink: soft suede

and if you are thinking "why should i sit and look at a bunch of projects?"  well the answer, other than the obvious "because they are usually pretty awesome!"  is because you can win a bunch of unity goodness!!  last week,  i was one of the winners of this bounty.  woot woot!!  so take a few minutes, grab a beverage, start here and comment along the way.  you will never win if you don't play along.

and ps. unity is having a garage sale! lot's of [ippity} in the mix. don't forget to pick a chick (if not me, then someone!) before you buy!

one cool pop...

happy father's day to my cute dad!

i love you!!

one cool pop
stamps: unity
cardstock:  crumb cake, walnut cream, my mind's eye pp, authentique pp
ink: soft suede, onyx black
tools:  silhouette sketch pen (font: ck becky)


and happy father's day to all the other dads out there!

take flight...

are you loving the april {ippity} releases as much as the rest of us??  this is another awesome set, let your heart take flight. love it!!  and again, my new favorite card size!  did a little paper piecing with this, too.

take flight
stamps:  ippity
cardstock: white, crumb cake, fancy pants pp, mme pp
ink: black
embellishments:  rhinestones

as always, if you need any of the {ippity} releases you can now order them straight from the unity site by picking me (angie reece) as your {ippity} chick or you can visit my {ippity} blog for all the details!!

gather the peeps...

i'm so excited that my annual girls/crafties trip is finally NEXT WEEK!!  going a year without hanging out with this group is way too long!!  of course some of us don't go a whole year, but not everyone can get together more than that.  so i'm very excited for next wednesday when i get to go to palooza '12!  i saw this stamp and knew it was meant for them!!

it's also friday, so friends with flair.   i aslo entered it into the unity kit of the month challenge. check out the unity blog for all the deets.  i used the march '12 and august '11 kotm.

gather the peeps
stamps:  unity
cardstock: crumb cake, pink pirouette, amuse pp, my mind's eye pp, sei pp
ink: pink pirouette, broken china, worn lipstick, walnut stain
tools:  silhouette

plus...another huge sale!!

house a home...*giu day 3*

it's hump day...or whatever name you have for wednesday... and it's *growing in untiy* day 3!  hope you are enjoying your week.  i'm having a blast being the *giu* girl.  today i have another card to show you.  i was looking for something the other day and ran across a box of regular old envelopes.  i don't think in all my card making days, it's ever dawned on me to make a card to fit this type of envelope.  i don't know why, because i have a ton!  so now i'm smitten with the size of card that is 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches.  and i'm having a blast making cards this size!  i used two {ippity} kits on this card, house a home and loads of love.

house a home
stamps:  ippity
cardstock:  white, my mind's eye pp
ink: soft suede, spun sugar, worn lipstick

come back tomorrow and check out another project.  and here's a little sneak peek of one of the new {ippity} sets being released next week.

branch out...

holy cow...friday.  which, in my world lately, means i'm working.  grumble, grumble.  oh well.  work=more stamps, right??  at least i got time to play yesterday!  speaking of which, so much going on with this card!!  it is for today's edition of friends with flair.  check out the other unity fanatics fans and their  creations.  this is also for this week's sketch from chick challenges blog. and i used another one of the new sets from the {ippity} release last week.  how cute is this birdcage??

branch out
stamps: ippity
cardstock: white, crumb cake, my mind's eye pp
ink: old paper distress, island indigo, early espresso
embellishments:  prismacolor markers, rhinestones, glossy accents
tools:  scallop border punch

have you joined a challenge yet?  you should because you can use any {ippity} or unity stamp now!  speaking of which, there is a LUCK sale going on now.  and free stamps!  who doesn't love free?  so go check it out, pick me as your {ippity} chick when you get some {ippity} goodness and come play along with the challenge!

fabulous blog hop...

it's another fabulous {ippity} release day!!  that means another blog hop with the {ippity} chicks.  you should have arrived from the {ippity} blog.  if you did not, then don't forget to start there.  (click the image above to go there!)

 groovy

 stamps:  ippity
cardstock: so saffron, night of navy, pool party, my mind's eye pp
ink: broken china distress, so saffron, pool party, night of navy
embellishments:  prima flowers, stickles, glossy accents

with this blog hop comes some free {ippity} goodness!  to be eligible for the prize you will need to collect each word that shows up on each blog in the hop, which will make up an entire quote. there are a total of 14 words.  collect the words, figure out the quote, then find who to email at the end of the hop. 

 remember to look wherever (hint, hint!) in each post!

below is the list if you get lost along the way.  thanks for hopping with us!! 

{ippity} blog 
angie - {stampsings of the shug} **you are here!**
anita - anita be stampin
joan - tails in the stamp room
noelle -noelle scraps alot
barbara - {ippity} do da
jenmarie - taylor-made by jenmarie
maria - ria creations
cheri - the paper freak
 jen - jens cup of creations
susan - paper and joy
lisa - schnauz scraps
  sarah - the joys of creating
crystal - crystal's craft corner
rona - a little inspiration from rona
andrea - ippity stamps 4 you
heather f. - i heart {ippity}
{ippity} blog 

if you need the new (or not new!) {ippity} releases  remember you can now order them straight from the unity site or you can visit my {ippity} blog for all the details!!

remember to pick me as your {ippity} chick for any purchase on the unity site (even if you aren't getting {ippity}...it earns brownie points!!)

off the path...

who plays along with the weekly sketch challenge from the chick challenges blog?

if you don't, you should.  if you do, awesome!  either way,  the rules have changed a little (for the better!)  now, in addition to using {ippity} stamps on your project, you can also use unity stamps!!  i know that sooooo many of you have unity stamps, so now is your chance to play along with the {ippity} peeps for some free {ippity} stamps!! 

here's my take on this week's sketch.  i can't believe i haven't used anything from authentic man until now.  and i'm not sure why because i love this sentiment and the stars!

off the path

stamps:  ippity, unity
cardstock: white, my mind's eye pp, jillibean soup pp
ink: onyx black, stormy sky distress
tools:  silhouette

so grab some {ippity} or unity stamps and get inky!! then go check out the chick challenges blog and join this week's challenge!