winter joy...

christmas in july is going strong over at the creative cuts & more blog, die cut diva. here's a sneak of the gift card holder i posted today.

about you...

yay!!  friday is finally here!!  time for friends with flair and the unity gang.  check it all out here. this is one of those "blast from the past" posts, since i have been a slacker with the camera this week. but it's a goodie!

about you
stamps: jillibean soup+unity, unity
cardstock: early espresso, walnut cream, bo bunny pp
ink: early espresso, fired brick distress
embellishments:  prismacolor markers, twine

and in honor of mr. unity's birthday yesterday, they are having a birthday sale!!  378 itty bitties to choose from.  awesome!! click the picture below to shop!!  and pick me as your {ippity} chick if you get any of the awesome {ippity} itty bitties.  they are on sale too!!

plus a bonus coupon for later shopping!!!

what's cookin' take 2...

playing a little more with the new what's cooking?  set from {ippity}.  i just think this little chef guys is too cute!

what's cookin'
stamps: ippity
cardstock:  cherry cobbler, basic black, white, amuse pp
ink: cherry cobbler, onyx black, white craft
embellishments:  clear embossing powder
tools:  silhouette (recipe card, zigzag border), prismacolor markers

there is a new feature each wednesday on the {ippity} blog, where one {ippity} set will be featured. called, the fabulous feature!  so check back for all the projects by the {ippity} chicks using that set!

in the process...

so i always post finished projects on my blog.  sometimes, i'll post the process of a project i made along with the finished project.  but i've never just posted about a project that isn't complete.  tracy just proclaimed it "share" day over on facebook, so i figured, why not!  i'll post about a project in process!  plus, without her, i might not even know what any of this stuff was!!  join us tonight over at ustream for the monday night get together (6pm pst).  best part of the week!

i started with a blank page in my art journal, then added a layer of gesso.  this is like a primer, sorta.  i saw some cute purple and white dotted project somewhere yesterday and it stuck in my brain, so i wanted to do something with that.  i have a great purple colored gelato, so i used that for the next layer.  the cool thing about gelatos...you kinda feel like a kid again using them.  i just scribbled all over the page, covering the whole thing.  then i spritzed it with water and painted the page.  it's so neat watching the medium transform!!  

anyway, that's where i'm at.  so now i'm off to finish it!