for fox sakes...

if this stamp set doesn't make you full on belly laugh, i'm not sure what will.

for fox sakes
stamps: unity
cardstock: tangerine tango, white, crystal wilkerson pp
ink: tangerine tango, jet black
other:  prismacolor markers, silhouette cameo

heart...

this inspiration wednesday was a little deceiving.  it seemed so simple when donna made it.  but it was difficult for me for some reason.  it's the first time i actually started over.  probably not my favorite journal entry, but i do love the middle part.  made another stencil for this one, too.

heart

supplies:  gesso, acrylic paint, archival ink,
light molding paste, tags, washi tape, patterned paper

pink forest...

catching up again with inspiration wednesday!  this was such a fun journal page to do.  it has a bunch of office tags layered on the background and it give it a ton of texture.  i love how the colors turned out, so bright and cheery.  the inclusion is a little grungier that i had hoped, but i still like the effect.  i used a color i never thought i would ever use, gold.  it doesn't show up as good in the picture, but it gives a really cool effect.  i didn't have the stencil, so once again, good old silhouette cameo to the rescue.  just typed up a bunch of thoughts and made my own!

beauty

supplies:  gesso, acrylic paint, archival ink, office tags,
light molding paste, tags

stamps:  unity- donna downey

be yourself...

gee, that title sounds deep.  it isn't really.  just a stamp on this page so i thought i would make it the name!  this is week 4 of inspiration wednesday (orignal was on 2.18.15) but i'm a slow poke.  i've been way under the weather and it took a while to get these pages done and posted.  but better late than never!  at least it's before the next class, right?!?

like all the past weeks, i was watching the class and wondering what on earth i was going to do for this one.  then i just pretty much started going and didn't stress about it. i didn't have any stencils with words, so i made my own with the silhouette.  easy peasy.

be yourself

supplies:  gesso, acrylic paint, archival ink, masking tape, charcoal pencil,
light molding paste, dictionary page, tags

stamps:  unity-susan weckesser and donna downey

having fun...

happy world card making day!!

having fun
stamps:  elzybells, unity
cardstock: pool party, white, amuse pp
ink: broken china, midnight muse, bubble gum
tools:  silhouette

hip hip hooray...

seriously, it's been a week since my last post? time flies so fast when you have a vacation! we skipped town and went to vegas for a few days. it was pure bliss hanging by the pool each day.  here is another birthday card i'm sharing for friends with flair.  i used the silhouette to cut out the balloons.  love that machine.  the stamps used are stars of worn and one of the stamp of the week stamps, hooray it's your birthday.  be sure and see the rest of the fwf participants (clickie, clickie) for a chance to win some free stamps from unity!!

birthday
stamps:  unity
cardstock: white, pool party
ink: tumbled glass, onyx black
tools:  silhouette

mr moustache...

my cute friend sherri is addicted to mustaches lately.  they are all the rage and she is taking full advantage.  she hosted a mustache atc swap and i used the little owl from this stamp of the week and cut some little mustaches using the silhouette.  i think he turned out kinda groovy.

figured i'd play along (a little late) with this week's friends with flair. and spread the word about the awesome sale they are doing this weekend.  a whole slew of new stamps and a TON marked down!  your crazy if you don't go get you some!  and your crazy if you don't go check out the other fwf posts.

have a good weekend!

mr moustache
stamps:  unity
cardstock: white, tangerine tango, basic black, stampin up pp
ink: tempting turquoise
tools:  silhouette

snowflakes...

i can't believe i'm finally saying this, but my christmas cards are DONE!!! and with only days to spare!  i swear, next year, they will be done by the 4th of july!!  i had to limit who received cards this year.  because come on...stamps are almost 50 cents a pop!!  so if you happened to be one of my peeps and didn't get a card, consider this an e-greeting!  HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

i saw a card like this on pinterest a while back and of course now i can't find it again to give credit for the inspiration   i cut out a snowflake on the silhouette, then stamped snowflakes on the card.  love the effect.

snowflakes
stamps: unity
cardstock: crumb cake, soft sky
ink: bermuda
other: silhouette

stashing thru the snow...

there is a craze going around.  everywhere you look, there are little mustaches on anything!  my friend sherri asked at our last get together, "what's with the mustaches?"  now she is a little obsessed with them.  i made her this card for christmas.  (don't notice that there isn't a stamped anything on it!!)  made it mostly with my silhouette.  i used the lettering delights graphic set here.

stashing thru the snow
cardstock: white
embellishments:  washi tape
tools: silhouette, corner chomper
graphic set:  ld stashing thru the snow

believe...

playing catch up today.  trying to get some things done like christmas cards, tags, etc.  here's one tag i've been playing with.  it's got quite the mix of things...regular stamps, digital, used the silhouette.

believe

stamps:  eat cake graphics, unity
cardstock: white
ink: onyx black, iced spruce, tumbled glass
embellishments: prismacolor markers, washi tape, hemp twine, tag
silhouette design: kolette hall

thankful heart...

happy thanksgiving!  

there isn't enough space to list all the things i am thankful for so i'll just say my heart is very, very happy.  i hope you have a happy heart, as well!!

thankful heart

stamps:  unity

material: canvas, book text, vinyl

paint: gesso, acrylic

tools:  silhouette (phrase, leaves)

believe in magic...

this is my second extra card for the bonus entry in the wcmd year's worth of kit of the month giveaway.  making a card for the unity kit of the month sketch challenge.  in this challenge  you had to make a card based on the sketch (found here) and use stamps from any kit of the month set.  i used stamps from faith, hope, love, live by it and love in an instant kotm.  here's what i made.

believe in magic
stamps:  unity
cardstock: echo park pp, white
ink: worn lipstick, spun sugar
tools: silhouette

cross your fingers!!  how awesome would it be to win a free year's worth of stamps??  and you all know me...i like to share!

and if  you haven't already, don't forget to check out this!!!

butterfly kisses...

another world card making day challenge. the challenge here was to create a card that is shaped.  basically, not your regular square or round card.  so i used my trusty silhouette to help cut out a ticket shaped card.  when it's flat, there's a heart in the middle.  (challenge #1 found here)

butterfly kisses
stamps:  unity
cardstock: crumb cake, cherry cobbler
ink: cherry cobbler
tools:  silhouette

batty pumpkins...

fall is in the air. have you noticed?  it's getting down in the 30's at night and is warm and sunny during the day.   can't say that i'm excited for winter, but i do like fall!!  these are pumpkin atcs for a swap with a fall/halloween theme. love the little bats hanging from the tree!!

batty pumpkins
stamps:  unity, stampin up
cardstock: summer starfruit, tangerine tango, old olive, becky higgins pp
ink: tangerine tango, walnut stain, black soot, peeled paint
tools:  silhouette

live inspired...

this is probably one of my favorite pages i've ever made.  at first, i wasn't digging the orange color.  but i wanted to try something i wasn't used to. after i added the yellow corners, i was ready to throw a layer of gesso over it and start over.  i had an idea for the flowers and as it evolved, i fell head over heels for it.  and i can't tell you how awesome it is to make stencils from cool words like this phrase from donna downey using my silhouette cameo.  i think i may have gotten a few of my peeps hooked on the silly machine!

live inspired

material:  canvas

paint: gesso, acrylic

cardstock:  project life pp

ink:  walnut ink

embellishments:  buttons

other: silhouette images (donna downey sentiment, flower), american crafts stencil

this page was part of week #3 of the canvas journal.

wonderful...

guess who's the featured chick over at the {ippity} chick challenges blog??   that would be me!!  so grab you some {ippity} or unity stamps and come play along.  there are prizes to be won, peeps!!  i used the latest and greatest stamp from {ippity}, most wonderful time.  i cut out the cool hexies using my silhouette 

wonderful
stamps:  ippity
cardstock: echo park pp, crumb cake, white
ink: cherry cobbler, soft suede
other: prismacolor markers, silhouette

come play along for your chance to win two {ippity} sets.  click the button below for the deets!

naughty...

no this isn't a naughty post!!  it's a post about being on the naughty list around christmas time!!  this is another awesome new release from {ippity}.  i just love this little santa!  i even busted out the liquid applique.  i was totally surprised it was still good since i haven't used it in ages!

naughty
stamps:  ippity
cardstock: echo park pp, white
ink: onyx black, cherry cobbler, tumbled glass
embellishments: liquid applique, silhouette

don't forget this little guy is on sale right now. click the link below to shop!!  don't forget to pick a {chick} before you checkout!  or just add my name in the comments section.

wish...

it's time for another fabulous feature over on the {ippity} blog!  this week the set alphabetically adorable is featured.  i made a fun 'wish' card using the letters. so check out the other projects for more ideas using this cute set!!

happy set
stamps:  ippity
cardstock: echo park pp, studio calico pp, tangerine tango
ink: burnt umber, antique linen, soft suede
embellishments:  ribbon tag
tools:  silhouette

hope.dream.believe

i had an idea in my head to make a trio of 4x4 canvases as a set.  but then i decided to make them individual.  here's how they turned out.  i used my favorite bubble wrap on them.  i cut out a butterfly on the silhouette from vinyl and used it as a stencil to paint.  the trail from the butterfly is india ink that i drew.  the words were painted with some stencils by folkart.

hope.dream.believe

ink:  india ink

paint: gesso, acrylic

other: bubble wrap

tools:  silhouette (bug)

what's cooking...

i love when you see something, don't love it, and then play with it and discover you really do love it!  that was how it was with this new set from {ippity}.  at first i thought, "i don't make recipe cards" or any thing like that so what would i use it for.  then i figured out i could just send a card to someone with this sentiment!  light bulb moment!!

what's cooking?
stamps: ippity (what's cooking?, bit o'burlap)
cardstock:  cherry cobbler, basic black, white, amuse pp
ink: cherry cobbler, onyx black
tools:  silhouette (recipe card, zigzag border)