penguin box...

did you know that it is christmas in july over at the creative cuts & more blog, die cut diva?  all month long there is a new project every day.   here's a sneak of the penguin box i made.  go check out the projects,  escape the heat and think about cooler weather!

life brighter...

so are any of you fans of the show, next food network star? i love it. i know...what does this have to do with crafting? well, on this season, the room where team giada goes after the competitions, there is a lamp. and it's the coolest lamp! and every time i see it, i love it more. so when i saw this quarterfoil stamp, a light bulb went off! (hehe) i used this stamp from the stamp of the week and created a card inspired by the lamp i love from the show!  now it's time for friends with flair friday on the unity blog! 

life brighter
stamps: unity
cardstock:  not quite navy, summer starfruit, white, authentique pp
ink: not quite navy, onyx black, walnut stain, spun sugar, black craft
embellishments:  clear embossing powder

ps. i was able to copy a picture of the lamp from the show! 

true to herself...

looking for something to do on the eve of the nation's independence celebration? why not make a card?  i know nothing screams "it's the 3rd of july" like a challenge with the {ippity} chick over at the   chick challenges blog!!  (what can i say...i'm feeling much better!!)  i made this card today for such an occasion.  and i don't know that i'll ever get tired of this {ippity} set, angie girl:  dream with your heart. works perfect with this donna downey stamp.

true to herself...
stamps: ippity, donna downey
cardstock:  white, authentique pp
ink: chocolate chip, walnut stain
tools:  prismacolor markers

here's the sketch for this week.  there will be a new one on thursday, so you only have a day to play with this one!! as you can see, i mixed mine up a little.

so go grab some stamps, get inky and come play along with the challenge!  remember you can use both {ippity} and unity for these challenges!  if you need some {ippity} you can order them straight from the unity site and pick {me} as your {ippity} chick or you can visit my {ippity} blog for all the details!!

and have a SAFE and happy 4th of july!!

canvas swap...

ack!  i haven't blogged in five days?  oh that's right...i've been in bed for the past four days...sicker than a dog. but i'm hopfully on the mend.  so moving on...

i decided to host a challenge over at the shack to spread my new found obsession crafty love.  the swap: a group of us signed up and picked partners (well, i assigned partners), then each person makes a canvas for their person and sends it to them. whatever theme they want.  this is the canvas i made for christie.  and she told me she has received it, so i'm going to post it!  and the one i received from here was amazing!!!

not a hobby

stamps:  christy tomlinson

paper: tissue paper, glitz pp

ink:   jet black

paint: gesso, acrylic

embellishments:  muslin, glimmer mist, buttons

other: decoupage, bubble wrap, gel medium

font:  rough typewriter

i took the ideas from a few places.  i know i used this quote from pinterest last week on my art journal, but i love it!  i also tried the cool transfer technique again.  you can't see it very well, it's very subtle in the corner...a bicycle with flowers in the basket.

and talk about button heaven!!  then i got the stacked canvas idea from tracy's ustream class last week.  talk about open a whole new set of options!!

another cool technique i tried was printing on tissue paper.  if i print on regular paper with an inkjet printer, the ink smears when i use mod podge.  but i read that if you print on tissue paper, it doesn't.  so i tried that  and it totally works!

so if you get nothing out of my mixed media posts lately, get this...just try something new.  you never know where it will lead you.  if you would have asked me if i would have loved this so much, i would have laughed.  so just go out and try something new!!