miss grace...

may i present miss grace. full of style, full of elegance. probably not full of much grace. but cute none-the-less. when i decided to host a hippo swap i think i had a hippo stamp in mind for my atcs. then i ordered some stamps from river city rubber works and found this gem. how could i not use it? she's a doll!! then a moment of brilliance (well, brilliant in my mind) struck. add some of that foofie stuff that tutus are made out of. ta-da! so i went to wally's (don't judge me) to get some. and forgot to get it while i was there. then last thursday happened. and then i went to about 4 different wally's, some multiple times, in search of a skirt. and at the last one (just two days ago!), i remembered i needed the foofie stuff. and got it. it's cheap, fyi. 1/4 of a yard--which was plenty!--was only twenty four cents!! bargain! i even gave miss grace a little mani and pedi. with the glaze pen. too cute!

miss grace
stamps: river city rubber works
cardstock: kraft, melon mambo, making memories pp
ink: melon mambo
embellishments: prismacolor markers, tulle (aka foofie stuff), glaze pen

ice cream, ice cream...

sometimes i think ice cream should be its own food group. except vanilla. which is just a waste of time. ice cream is made out of milk, so that's good for you, right? oh wait...there's the cream part... i love this ice cream cone stamp from kim hughes at chf. (that's cornish heritage farms, not congestive heart failure for all my work friends!) it's a great stamp to paper piece with, which is what i did. then i added a little glossy gloss to the cherry on top! and some sprinkles of course.

ice cream, ice cream
stamps: kim hughes, purple onion, river city rubber works
cardstock: melon mambo, creamy caramel, heidi grace pp
ink: melon mambo, frost white all purpose ink-tsukineko
embellishments: prismacolor markers, glossy accents

xoxo...

seriously. this is my third penguin post this week! what can i say? i love them! this little gem is for cheryl's 'love, love, love' swap. and i love, love, love how this turned out!

xoxo
stamps: river city rubber works, studio g
cardstock: hot fudge-mft; pink pirouette, riding hood red
ink: onyx black, pink pirouette, riding hood red
embellishments: prismacolor markers
other: corner chomper

tropical paradise...

i've mentioned before my love of penguins. they are adorable. in any shape or form. i'm hosting a perky penguin atc swap and this i my creation for it. i just can't stand how cute this penguin is! i love the shell bikini top!!


tropical paradise
stamps: river city rubber works, studio g, inkadinkadoo
cardstock: cool caribbean, su pp
ink: river rock, soft sky-su; majestic blue, vintage sepia, onyx black-versafine
embellishments: prismacolor markers

don't hate us...

and the sentiments keep coming from river city rubber works. i love that place! this atc kind of came together by accident. i was looking a tag i had (left over from my tag swap) and i set it down to go do something. when i came back, i realized i laid it down right on top of a piece of cardstock that was the size of an atc. i loved how it looked, even though i knew i wasn't making a real tag. so i went with it and made this. it's for suzi's atc swap, rudolph & the guys. the reindeer stamp fits perfectly with the theme and the sentiment is great with the stamp!



don't hate us
stamps: river city rubber works, purple onion designs, stampin up
cardstock: riding hood red
ink: riding hood red, soft sky, onyx black
embellishments: extra large eyelets-we r memory keepers, ribbon-su, stickles, bic & prismacolor markers

your fault...

another great sentiment stamp from river city rubber works and the church ladies again. this one just makes me smile!! i made this card for a little contest over at the shack, but got eliminated in the third round. oh well.

your fault
stamps: river city rubber works
cardstock: river rock, cranberry crisp
ink: soft suede, versafine-vintage sepia
embellishments: flower brad

blue hair...

i have been waiting for the right swap to use this stamp. well, both stamps, actually. they are from river city rubber works and crack me up. first of all, the group of ladies. kills me. then the phrase! this set of atcs is for a friendship swap that my friend cheryl is hosting. her first one (woo hoo!)


blue hair
stamps: river city rubber works, papertrey ink, rubber stamping fun
cardstock: river rock, bravo burgundy
ink: soft suede, versafine-vintage sepia, majestic blue

stressed {equals} desserts...

this is another one of those stamps that i saw and just had to have before even knowing what i might use it for. it's from river city rubber works and it's great! i used it with this cute riley moose stamp for suzanne's marvelous moose atc swap. i think they go hand in hand!!


stressed = desserts
stamps: hanna stamps, river city rubber works
cardstock: melon mambo, stampin up pp
ink: onyx black, melon mambo
embellishments: crystal effects
other:prismacolor markers

r.i.p...

had a hit of late night creativity. whipped out two sets of atcs and my cj (cutting it close, i know!). this set of atcs is for sherri's cawing crows swap. i got this cute little bird that has a star dangling from it's mouth (which i think is probably a christmas stamp!)so i left off the star and made it more crow-like!! i don't usually make flat single layer things, but i like how this turned out.

r.i.p.
stamps: river city rubber works, stampin up, recollections, inkadinkadoo
cardstock: sahara sand, basic black
ink: dusty durango, pumpkin pie, marigold morning, onyx black
other: bic and prismacolor markers

christmas favorites...

i can't believe that the latest circle journal swap i'm hosting is half way done. where has the time gone? it's been fun (and challenging!) doing this swap. here is my entry for ellie's cj. in it we were supposed to use our favorite christmas stamps. (and i think we were supposed to put why they were our favorite, but i forgot!)

christmas favorites
stamps: my favorite things, eat cake graphics, maryse carrier, rubber moon, stampin up, river city rubber works
cardstock: riding hood red, blue bayou, wild wasabi, my minds eye pp
ink: riding hood red, blue bayou, wild wasabi, onyx black
embellishments: stickles, liquid applique

sleigh surfin'...

it's funny how you think you have a ton of something. like i joined sherri's santa atc swap because i just knew i had a ton of santa stamps. truth is, i have about 3! i did recently get this cute surf santa from amuse, so i knew i wanted to use it sometime. then i remembered i had this cute sleigh (coincidentally, also amuse!). so i came up with this fun little piece!

sleigh surfin'
stamps: amuse, stampendous, river city rubber works
cardstock: pacific point, riding hood red
ink: riding hood red, pacific point, onyx black
embellishments: twine

all things christmas...

another circle journal headed out to continue on it's journey. this is my entry for patty's cj in the holiday cj swap. her theme was 'all things christmas'. i had a hard time with this one, trying to figure out what i wanted to do. i love christmas trees, so i grabbed my favorite christmas tree stamps and then decided to add little pieces of christmas to it. and this is what it evolved into.





all things christmas
stamps:amuse, rubber stampede, stampin up, stamps happen, river city rubberworks, cats pajamas, maryse carrier, purple onion designs
cardstock: riding hood red, glorious green, american crafts pp
ink: onyx black versafine, riding hood red, always artichoke
embellishments: glossy accents, stickles: stardust, diamond, christmas red
other: prismacolor and mark it markers