warm & toasty...

i just love this little polar bear.  he makes you all warm and fuzzy!  how are your christmas cards coming along?

winter wonderland

stamps:  purple onion
digi stamps:  birdie brown
cardstock: my mind's eye pp, pepple, white
ink: onyx black, iced spruce
embellishments: prismacolor markers

winter wonderland...

i mentioned last post that i needed to get some christmas cards done. so i've been working on a few.  i love when i've made a card and it's a design that will work for several different cards.  like this one (taken from my last post's card).  so simple, but lovely!  and i stumbled upon a cute new digi stamp designer.  birdie brown's digital stamps are so cute.  check her blog out here.  this image was a freebie from her blog.

winter wonderland

stamps:  purple onion
digi stamps:  birdie brown
cardstock: my mind's eye pp, pepple, white
ink: onyx black, iced spruce
embellishments: prismacolor markers

greets pt 2...

did you know it's time again for the {ippity} fabulous feature? every wednesday! and this week i'm sharing a set of atcs i made using halloween greetings.  if you think it looks a little familiar, you are probably right.  here's the story.  i made this set of atcs in anticipation of using the project for the new release blog hop (here). but then i thought it would make a cute card, so i posted the card instead.  now i'm finally posting the atcs, which are 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches.

halloween greets
stamps:  ippity
cardstock: old olive, echo park, crystal wilkerson digi paper
ink: onyx black, gumball green, tangerine tango
embellishments: rhinestone
tools:  silhouette, prismacolor markers

bone appetit!

i have joined a couple of animal themed atc swaps that my friend, chris, is hosting.  i was totally surprised to find that i only have 2 dog stamps.  one i have used for almost every dog swap i've been in and the other is brand new and too big.  so i was looking around and fell in love with this little guy from hambo stamps. and i forgot how i love paper piecing with digi stamps.  it's so fun!

bone appetit

 digi stamps:  hambo
stamps:  unity
cardstock:  fancy pants pp, pool party, white, daffodil delight
ink: pool party
tools:  prismacolor markers

the best...

friday.  fwf.  you know the drill.  unity blog.

on a different note, here's a shocker...joined a swap.  had no idea how it would turn out.  we had to draw our own birds or owls. i picked birds.   i made these little guys.  chirp! 

peace out, peeps!

the best
stamps: unity, amuse
digi stamps:  me!
cardstock: lucky limeade
ink: pumice stone, peeled paint, seedless preserves, broken china (all distress inks)
embellishments:  prismacolor markers

ps. one more day until new {ippity}!!!

bananas...

hambo stamps comes up with some of the greatest stamps and sayings!  this one is a digi image.  i decided to submit for the hambo stamps design team.  i'm not going to stress about it...but it can't hurt to submit, right?  besides, who wouldn't want to be a "bacon bit"?  check out their blog if you haven't ever!  this is one of the two cards i made.

bananas
digi stamps:  hambo stamps
cardstock: early espresso, amuse polka dot
ink: yellow citrus
tools: scallop border punch, label punch, scallop crop-a-dile, prismacolor markers

like enough...

while i'm not the most patriotic person, i am certainly very grateful for all those that serve, protect, and sacrifice for our country to allow us the freedom we have.  thank you just doesn't seem like enough.

like enough

digi stamps: digi doodle doo

cardstock: cherry cobbler, night of navy

ink: night of navy, wild honey distress

tools:  prismacolor markers

font:  snf little star skinny

easter gang...

happy easter!  made an easter card using this cute digi stamp from bugaboo. 

easter gang
digi stamp: bugaboo
cardstock: pink pirouette, melon mambo, papertray ink pp
ink: melon mambo
tools:  prismacolor markers

mr eggster...

i made a bunch of cards this weekend while at palooza along with 5 sets of atcs.  this is an easter card that i needed to be boyish.  i love the little egg!!  the stamp is a digi image from just some lines.  isn't that a great name??

mr eggster
stamps: tac
digi stamps:  just some lines
cardstock:  crumb cake, pear pizazz, stampin up pp
ink: onyx black, pear pizazz 
embellishments:  glossy accents
tools:  prismacolor markers

time to get together...

in a few weeks, i'm going on a little trip.  it's my annual (turning into somewhat semi-annual!) girls trip to indiana to hang out for four or five days with my stamping friends from around the globe.  ok, no one is coming from a different country, although we have many friends in far away places.  but there will be six states represented...illinois, michigan, north carolina, ohio, tennessee and utah.  14 of us will gather to stamp, laugh, eat, stamp, laugh, laugh, laugh, and make s'mores with our heat guns (video here!).  good times.  so to celebrate, i made some atcs to send to all the girls going.  i figured it was an appropriate sentiment!!  and i hope they all have them by now!!  (if not, surprise!!)

get together
stamps: unity
digi stamp:  dustin pike
cardstock: purely pommegranate, blushing bride, fancy pants pp
ink: purely pomegranate, peeled paint distress
embellishments:  stickles

tools: prismacolor markers

hambo hoedown...

have you heard about the hambo hoedown?  it's a chance to get free digi stamps!!  why would you not want to do that??

(clickie, clickie)

score big...

this is another card i made for my  hambo dt entry.  there is still time to enter.   what am i thinking!!  i don't need more competition!!

score big
digi stamps: hambo
cardstock: marina mist, basic black, dcwv pp
ink: going gray, marina mist

other:  primsacolor markers

in line...

did you know that mrs. clause is way under represented in the stamp world? chris is hosting a mrs. clause atc swap and i had the hardest time finding a stamp! there aren't many of them out there. luckily i found this one at bugaboo. i mean i know the big guy is very important and runs the show on christmas eve, but who do you think gets him ready for the big event??

in line
digi stamps: bugaboo
cardstock: early espresso, riding hood red, echo park digi pp
ink: cherry cobbler
embellishments:  prismacolor markers, glossy accents
tools: quikcutz dies, corner chomper (cloud), label punch
font:  snf little star skinny

what's this...

who doesn't love presents under the tree? that's the theme for the swap sherri is hosting...under the tree. and who says gift bags aren't an acceptable way to wrap something under the tree? :) i did a little paper piecing of the present.  luckily i'm about done with my christmas shopping (except for my husband, who needs nothing...and won't tell me what he wants!).  now just have to wrap it (or gift bag it...) and put it under the tree!!

what's this

digi stamps: bugaboo
cardstock: kiwi kiss, crystal wilkerson digital pp
ink: cherry cobbler
embellishments: prismacolor markers

think cocoa...

it has been freezing the past few days.  and there is nothing better on a cold day than a huge cup of cocoa.  ok, maybe a huge cup of cocoa with a little irish cream in it!!  this set of atcs has that cute penguin i love so much from bugaboo stamps.  it's for a swap that robin is hosting with a hot cocoa theme.  i paper pieced the cup with the cute echo park digi paper!

think cocoa

stamps:  stampendous
digi stamps:  bugaboo stamps
cardstock: night of navy, echo park digi pp
ink: night of navy
embellishments: prismacolor markers, silver glitter pen

penguin wishes...

working on more christmas cards!!  oh how i love mixing stamping media/techniques!  i printed  some echo park digi paper for my pattrned paper.  then i used a bugaboo digi stamp.  i just love this little penguin.  i think his name is popi.  adorable!

penguin wishes

stamps: unity
digi stamps:  bugaboo
cardstock: night of navy, echo park digi paper

ink: night of navy
embellishments: prismacolor markers

don't forget my little giveaway here.

happy thanksgiving...

chicks dig me...

taking a little break from holiday cards to post an atc.  this is for a swap that suzi is hosting with the theme of baby, baby.  i love this little guy from bugaboo stamps and once i saw him, i knew i had the perfect stamp to go with it!! 

chicks dig me

stamps: just johanna, stampin up
digi stamp:  bugaboo
cardstock: cotton candy

ink:  crumb cake, pacific point
embellishments: prismacolor markers
font:  db speak bubbles

ding dongs...

so i may have mentioned this before, but on wednesdays over at jessica sprauge, there are fab deals for a buck.  makes the boring midweek a little more exciting!!  yesterday, i got a few things.  cosmo cricket had two things for a buck.  one was the jolly by golly paper pack and one was the jolly by golly element pack that matched.  i love them both!  so i made this simple card that has absolutely no stamping on it.  i did try something new and used my scoring board to make the frame.  love it!  this tag cracked me up!

 ding dongs

digital element:jolly by golly-cosmo cricket
cardstock: riding hood red

other: scoring board-martha stewart

and don't forget that today is the new {ippity} stamp release!  

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