take flight...

are you loving the april {ippity} releases as much as the rest of us??  this is another awesome set, let your heart take flight. love it!!  and again, my new favorite card size!  did a little paper piecing with this, too.

take flight
stamps:  ippity
cardstock: white, crumb cake, fancy pants pp, mme pp
ink: black
embellishments:  rhinestones

as always, if you need any of the {ippity} releases you can now order them straight from the unity site by picking me (angie reece) as your {ippity} chick or you can visit my {ippity} blog for all the details!!

hard to say...

one of  the nurse practioners i work with is taking a new job out of state and moving.  how do you say goodby to someone who has had such an impact you as a professional and as a person?  she joked that she better not receive a 'hallmark' card from me and although i really wanted to buy one, i couldn't.  i didn't want to make a good-bye card, because that just sucks.  so i made this.  it doesn't even sum up what she has taught me, the times she helped me through something horrible, the times she listened to me vent over something (probably stupid), and the times she let me cry because i didn't feel like i was good enough to do what i was doing but helped me realize i was.  so i'm not saying good-bye.  i'm saying thank you.

i'll miss you, kristin.  and don't slack on the arm pt!!

thank you 
stamps: marah johnson & unity, ippity

cardstock: crumb cake, pear pizazz, mme journaling spot

ink: early espresso, lucky limeade, pool party, peeled paint distress, old paper distress

embellishments: bling

tools:  corner chomper

winter wishes...

hello friday!!  and hello friends with flair!  i missed last week's installment of fwf because i was in indiana stamping with a fab group of friends. *sigh* but i'm back to reality this week, so i couldn't miss fwf two weeks in a row.  i feel almost guilty posting this card because it was so simple.  i think it took all of 5 minutes to do.  but i {love} it!  and the reason i {love} it is because it pairs two of my favorite companies of the moment, unity and echo park.  (i know...the both have been a fave for longer than a moment, and will for a long long time.)   which is fitting, because they partnered up this week, too!  i  used some of ep's amazing digital paper that i got from jessica sprauge (i really should be paid for my free advertising!).  i {heart} one buck wednesday over there!  and...i got the stamp free with this month's issue of paper crafts magazine (harmon's has a bunch!)  ok, enough of my gushing.  go start at the beginning of the fwf blog hop, look for the blinkie for your chance to win some free unity love, and have a great weekend!

winter wishes

stamps: unity

cardstock: riding hood red, echo park digital paper

ink:  riding hood red

embellishments: stickles

peas...

i have had this digi stamp for probably two years.  and this year, i told myself i really needed to use it because it is so adorable!  i was so excited after i made it so i had to show someone.  my mistake was showing it to kerry.  he just doesn't get craftiness!  he looked at it and said "cute".  i said "do you get it?"  and he said "get what?"  i just shook my head and walked away.  then this weekend i showed my stamping peeps and they all appreciated it!! 

i should also mention that i hate glitter.  sherri showed me this cool tinsel glitter from martha stewart.  i thought i had finally found a type of glitter (stickles don't count here...) that i could use and not hate.  well...this weekend at palooza, i made 10 of these cards.  ask anyone there.  i had a glitter melt down.  only reconfirmed the fact that i really do truly hate using glitter.  i think the hotel had glitter everywhere by the time the day was done!!

peas on earth
digi stamps: whimsie doodles
cardstock: cherry cobbler 
embellishments: prismacolor markers, tinsel glitter

huh?

do you ever see some stamps and just have to have them?  that's what i did when i saw this one.  i love it!!  it's from elzybells, who i don't think is making stamps anymore.  but i do love it.  this set of atcs is for a snowman swap that christie is hosting.  i just love the way the little bird and deer are looking at each other!  i don't know if you can tell from this dark picture, but the snowmen and ground are covered in tinsel glitter.   gives it a little sparkle.

huh?

stamps: elzybell, stampers anonymous
cardstock: riding hood red, soft sky
ink: soft sky, onyx black
embellishments: prismacolor markers, tinsel glitter