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

happy halloween...

pinked up my blog for octber!  do you like?  now, three words...friends with flair. and two more...it's friday! woot woot! if all goes well, i'm at work today. which seems like a silly thing to be happy about, but we've been a little slow lately (yea for the kids!) so i don't think i've worked my full three shifts in weeks! so i'll be glad if i am working! but back to fwf...i absolutely love love love the september kit of the month from untiy. i used two stamps from it on this card. i love that this crow can be halloweenie or not.  i distressed the edges of everything to give it a little grunge look.  i thought it looked cool!  go visit the other fwf blogs by starting here.  and if you live in the area and are bored tomorrow, come grab a paint brush with me to stain my deck!! 

ps happy birthday to my shackie sis, suzi!

happy halloween 

stamps: unity

cardstock: dusty durango, basic black, recollections pp

ink:  fired brick, weathered wood, black craft, versamark
embellishments:  hemp string, clear embossing powder

roar...

in the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight that song will forever remind me of the movie lion king! this atc set is for a wild animal swap that chris is hosting. this little collection was a giant pain to come up with as i struggled with what to do...even slept then came back this morning and finally had an epiphany!!

roar
stamps: stampin up, recollections, my favorite things
cardstock hot fudge-mft; crushed curry, kiwi kiss, close to cocoa-su
ink: vintage sepiea; chocolate chip-su; tim holtz walnut stain
embellishments: brads
tools: circle punch, cricut

sprockets...

i joined a robot swap with my friend chris. why? i have no idea. that's what i've been asking myself the past week or so while trying to figure out what to do. i found this cute sprockets paper at michael's and it made me think of the old snl sprockets routine. "we shall dance." but of course i couldn't figure out how to make that work. so this is what i came up with.


sprockets
stamps: we r memory keepers, imaginisce
cardstock: kiwi kiss, tangerine tango, recollections pp
ink: kiwi kiss, tangerine tango, basic black craft ink
embellishments: clear embossing powder

tree...

my friend christie is hosting an excellent "think outside of the box" kind of swap. it's making christmas atcs using non-traditional colors. it was definitely a challenge! i started picking my colors, then realized it was looking very halloween-ish! one of the papers is actually halloween paper! i wasn't sure about them, but i like how they turned out.


tree
stamps: stampin up
cardstock: basic black-su; hot fudge-my favorite things; we r memory keepers pp, recollections pp, stampin up pp
ink: gray/silver studio g

i'm too sexy...

sherri is hosting the best themed swap of the year. it's a sexy squirrel swap. and i know this stamp is a little creepy rather than sexy, but i used it anyway!! i embellished the crap out of these. a little fun flock here. a little distressed stickles there. some glossy accents and a brad. sheesh!



i'm too sexy
stamps: recollections, su
cardstock: soft suede-su, recollections pp
ink: soft suede, vintage sepia
embellishments: fun flock, distressed stickles, glossy accents, brads

don't feed the animals...

i love all the animal stamps i have. when i sat down to make the atcs for suzi's "let's go to the zoo" swap, i drew a blank. so finally, i just grabbed a couple of animals and started stamping. i almost never make a 'rough draft' for lack of a better term, before i make my projects. but this time i did. once i figured out what animals i was using, it needed some words. so i figured out where to put them and printed it out! then finished my stamping! here's the end result.



don't feed the animals!
stamps: stampendous, my favorite things, imaginisce
cardstock: hot fudge-my favorite things, recollections pp
ink: soft suede, onyx black
embellishments: buttons-bazzill, hemp twine, bic & prismacolor markers
font: ck roxy alternate

r.i.p...

had a hit of late night creativity. whipped out two sets of atcs and my cj (cutting it close, i know!). this set of atcs is for sherri's cawing crows swap. i got this cute little bird that has a star dangling from it's mouth (which i think is probably a christmas stamp!)so i left off the star and made it more crow-like!! i don't usually make flat single layer things, but i like how this turned out.

r.i.p.
stamps: river city rubber works, stampin up, recollections, inkadinkadoo
cardstock: sahara sand, basic black
ink: dusty durango, pumpkin pie, marigold morning, onyx black
other: bic and prismacolor markers