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

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!!!

fall...

talk about under the wire!!  today i'm posting the last two entries for the world card making challenge.  i figured i could make two extra cards for an extra chance to win an ENTIRE year of the kit of the month or the smak kit.  right?? right. so here is the first one. it is for the unity monthly challenge. only the tricky thing was the challenge changed after the wcmd challenge started but before it ended.  so i didn't know which one i should do!  so i did both on the same card!  the first one was using banners, the second was using pumpkins (pumpkin challenge is here).  how did i do??

fall
stamps:  unity, ippity
cardstock: echo park pp, dictionary pages
ink: seedless preserves, burnt umber, dusty durango
embellishments: twine

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

memories...

i think this may be the first time i've completed a bunch of challenges for world card making day. it's been fun to stretch my imagination. i've done a ton of art/canvas journaling and mixed media stuff lately, so getting back to cards has been fun.  this card is for the color challenge.  you had to make a card using cream, pumpkin, olive and brown. i used stamps from this smak kit and this kotm.  love them!!

memories
stamps:  unity
cardstock: pumpkin pie, crumb cake, fancy pants pp, simple stories pp, echo park pp
ink: tangerine tango, early espresso, crushed olive, early espresso

wonder...

here's another card for world card making day. this one really made me stretch. the challenge was to create a border using a stamp that was not a border stamp. i love this star stamp (i've used it a ton lately).  and i had some post it notes on my table.  and it dawned on me.  mask the middle of the stamp.  created a cool border!!  check out the challenge here.

wonder
stamps:  unity
cardstock: summer sun, island indigo, white, echo park pp
ink: summer sun, island indigo
embellishments:  button, twine

happy fall...

it's fall in my neck of the woods.  full blown.  leaves are changing.  the air is cool and crisp in the morning and evening, but still warm during the day.  i love fall.  except that it leads to winter.  which i don't love.  but here's a card i made in honor of fall.  i made it for the creative cuts and more blog, diecut diva.   and as part of the world card making day event over on the unity blog.  (have i hit all eight categories yet??)  go make some cards!!  you have until the 20th to enter.  HUGE prizes!

happy fall
stamps:  unity
cardstock: sunshine, basic grey pp, walnut cream
ink: pumkin pie, dusty durango, soft suede
tools:  prismacolor markers

hold it together...

how is it that i have not used this stamp. ever??? what is wrong with me? it's awesome! i think someone borrowed it a few weeks ago and i remembered i had it. so i had to use it. this is for another world card making day entry. this challenge was all about texture.

and it's friday.  and i know some fridays i need a little help holding it all together!  so check out friends with flair  (clickie clickie) to help you hold things together and have a good weekend!!

hold it together
stamps:  unity
cardstock: pistachio, walnut cream
ink: midnight muse
embellishments:  fabric, muslin, cardboard
tools:  tiny attatcher

and don't forget there are some killer sales going on this weekend.  here's one of them.  (click image to go to the sale).  and if you put any {ippity} in your cart (and you SHOULD!), put my name in the comments...brownie points, you know?

beauty...

i got a card the other day from my cute friend sherri.  it inspired me to make this card.  i loved how she did such a simple background.  this card is a bit of mixed media and stamping.  i gessoed some watercolor paper then stamped the image.  used watercolor crayons and painted the image and background.  so simple!

another unity world card making day challenge.  and you guessed it...the challenge was to color an image.

beauty
stamps: phyllis harris
cardstock: white, watercolor paper
ink: jet black
other:  watercolor crayons, gesso

what do you know?  it's a sale!  go shop...

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

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!!

wcmd...

happy card making day!!  of course i've spent most of the day sanding and staining our deck.  i thought about sneaking some stamping on it, but then decided my husband might not love that.  so i'm going to play in my craft room tonight and whip out some cards.  i'll post them soon!  here's what i did work on today!

congrats...

thanks to nancy, marji and chelsea for playing along with the world card making day challenge. since there were only three of you that entered, you all will get a little goodie!!! please email me your address and reply to this post to tell me you know you won!!!

halloween cards...

can you believe it's october already? sheesh...where has this year gone? oh well...fall is here (and rain today!) so i guess it's time for halloween cards then!! here are the cards i made for wcmd (see post below) today. what did you make???

spooky
stamps: stampin up
cardstock: tangerine tango-su, pumkpkin pie-su, black-bazzill, patterned paper-basic grey
ink: versafine, tangerine tango

halloween frights
stamps: stampin up, imaginisce
cardstock: tangerine tango-su, pumkpkin pie-su, black-bazzill, designer paper-su
ink: versafine, tangerine tango

happy halloween
stamps: imaginisce
cardstock: tangerine tango-su, black-bazzill, designer paper-su
ink: versafine

happy wcmd!!!

it's a national day today. did you know that? it's world card making day!! and i haven't made a thing!! you can read more about wcmd here. i'm actually going to a cousin's baby shower, so when i get home, i plan on getting crafty!! i've got a couple of challenges to catch up on over at the shack, so i've got plenty to do!!

i'll post more later!!! in the meantime, go out and get crafty!!! post a comment with a link to a card you make TODAY and i'll have a little drawing for a prize later. i'll accept comments until tomorrow (oct 5th) when i get home from work around 9pm mst.

happy world card making day!!!

drumroll please...

ok, there were so many to choose from!! thanks everyone for participating!! the big winner of the world card making day prize is...

(insert big fanfare here...)

JAMI!!!

woo hoo!!! check out her card here (it's the tuesday sept 27th post). it's a beautiful card!!

thanks again everyone!!!

happy world card making day...

today is world card making day. 5 years ago, i had no idea such a day even existed!!! can you believe that? look how far i've come!! now i've turned into a crafting/stamping/card making monster!!! with a blog to prove it!!

if you don't know what world card making day is, here's a little history: (taken from world card making day)

World Card Making Day began in 2006 as National Card Making Day. Founded by
Paper Crafts magazine in an effort to bring card makers together at the busiest
card-making season of the year, it was first held on October 7, 2006. The
initial celebration involved the Paper Crafts magazine audience only; however,
due to the positive response it received and the worldwide popularity of card
making, Paper Crafts recognized the need to expand, and the holiday transformed
into World Card Making Day.Now in its second year, World Card Making Day has
been expanded to include a dedicated web site; a wider, more inclusive level of
sponsorship; and a marketing campaign designed to get the word out at the
grassroots level. These steps were taken in hopes of uniting the card-making
community (hobbyists, retailers, manufacturers, and more) and celebrating the
connection and creativity that is at the heart of card making.

so, what does all this card making day business mean to you?? well, would a saturday be complete without a prize from shuggy?? heck no! (oh my...my utah heritage just popped out there for a minute...) so in lieu of saturday night shuggy snacks, there will be a world card making day contest!! i have a fantastic prize picked out for the winner. it is a set of unmounted rubber stamps from the wonderful creator of the stamp shack and owner of her own rubber stamp line, sherry, over at inkspirations. to see the set that is the prize, click here.

so what is it you need to do to win the fantastic prize?? well, if you are already participating in some sort of world card making day celebration, it will be easy. if you aren't participating, it will still be easy!! simply make a card with a holiday theme. it can be any fall/winter holiday, halloween, christmas, new year's, thanksgiving...what ever you would like. if you have a favorite card you have all ready made, that works too!! just post a comment with a link to your card so everyone can see your creation. also include your email so you can be contacted if you are the winner. i will have a judge review all the cards and select a winner. you will have until monday october 8 at 6pm mst to submit your card. you can submit as many cards as you like, the more you submit, the more chances you have to win!!!

so go get crafting and enjoy world card making day!!!