Suzi's Scraps

Archiver's Vintage Chrsitmas Cards 4

2011-10-08T05:55:00.000-06:00

Isn't this just YUMMY??? Again, FOUR layers of shimmery cardstock. Bottom layer, sanded & stamped all over w/a poinsetta stamp. Looks so very cool!!! Then, the green was just inked, the 2nd gold left alone & then the white was sanded, stamped in green, distressed & inked. Then, we embossed teh Christmas greetings in gold & used a glue pen to add flowersoft. Added stickles to the centers & the dots on the swirls. SO cool!!!

Going back today for ANOTHER class. 10 Christmas Tags. I'll share them next week...

Archiver's Vintage Chrsitmas Cards 3

2011-10-07T04:56:00.000-06:00

This is my least favorite of the group. I think it's the black that turns me off. The ornament is kinda cool but I LOVE the embossing of it. Awesome!!!! Once again, sanded glimmery paper & the Coredenations (sp?) paper.

2011-10-04T05:20:00.000-06:00

This angel & the sentiment are the reason I never loved this stamp set. I felt they were both not my style. Too froo froo, even for Christmas cards. THIS CARD changed my mind!!! I LOVE everything in this set now!! All 4 images are from this set, the angel, the sentiment, the music (seen above & behind the angel) and the crackle (under the angel). Once again, this is all glimmery paper. We sanded the heck out of the gold & I think it looks soooo cool!! Then, stamped the crackle w/walnut stain. The angle & music are a black ink & then the sentiment was stamped in versamark & embossed w/distress embossing powder. Then we "smeared" walnut, peeled paint & pumice stone on the edges.

Then, the BEST part was the GLITTER!!!!!

We just used regular ballpoint pen glue & scribbled as if the Angel were throwing glitter. But this glitter is MEGA COOL. And Mega Chunky!!! I loved it so much I had to buy it. Champagne Crushed Glass Glitter!!!! Gives me the warm fuzzies just thinking of it.

I will be making a version of this for Christmas. If you get it, try to look surprised!!

Archiver's Vintage Chrsitmas Cards 1

2011-10-02T19:55:00.000-06:00

Took a class for my birthday, ON my birthday. It was soooo much fun!! I love Archiver's classes and especially anything that is based on Tim Holtz products.

This was my favorite card, going in!! I loved the silhouette. We covered it in shabby embossing powder. It's these GIANT chunks of white embossing powder w/chunks of gold glitter. Awesome!!! And, the bottom is glitter ribbon. It's so cool. Should have taken a close up of that! There are poinsettias stamped all over the background but VERY SUBTLE!

All the cards in this class were made some very cool shimmery card stock. We sanded almost all the shimmer off & then stamped. Very cool technique. Next time I'm in Archiver's, I'm going to have to buy some of that paper. I think the card could be made just as easily with regular card stock..

This is an EXTREME close up of the embossing. You can see the red of the background stamp. One of the girls wiped hers off & all of it turned PINK. I said I'd just leave mine, you can't tell it from a "real life" distance. LOL

Archivers Unity Class

2011-06-05T13:05:00.002-06:00

Tag made at the class. I like the "idea" of this flower but not my execution. I liked the ones Angie did at Palooza better.

Archivers Unity Class

2011-06-04T12:48:00.000-06:00

This card we actually COMPLETED in class. Making the roses was difficult to say the least. I was NOT happy w/the results no matter WHAT I did. Well, I tried to squish it a bit to make it look better & it SQUISHED but good. Well, I REALLY like how that looked. The added benefit; it should be able to be mailed now!

Stamps, Unity. Ink, TH Distress. DSP, cosmo cricket

Archivers Unity Class

2011-06-03T12:40:00.004-06:00

One of the cards I made at the Unity class. I did this one at home as we ran out of time AT the class. I loved the projects and getting to KEEP THE STAMPS!!! Woot woot!! Love getting some new Unity. And, I was able to pick up my SMASH book while at Archivers!!! I'm a HAPPY GIRL!!!!

Stamps, Unity. DSP, I think it's Cosmo Cricket. Ink, TH Distress Inks.

5 Fonts ATC

2011-06-02T12:36:00.000-06:00

Ok, I kinda feel like I cheated on this one. The 5 different fonts are all in the one stamp. I went thru tons of different stamps trying to get related words in different fonts but couldn't come up w/anything cohesive. I do like how this one turned out! I love the green/purple combo!

Stamps: either Ippity or Unity; I can't remember which. Ink: Pallet Hybrid. Cardstock & DSP: SU

Whoa, it's been a LONG time!!!

2011-05-29T14:25:00.000-06:00

I've got a TON of stuff to share!! I'm going to do my best to get some stuff posted & some stuff that will post over the next couple days (weeks???) I've taken pics of ALL the ATCs I've done (except that baby one I did for Jennifer, forgot to take a pic of that!) but NONE of the cards I have made have gotten a pic done. Dang! I need to send more cards!!!

Be prepared!!!

Tim Holtz Class

2011-03-30T08:38:00.001-06:00

This is the last & probably my favorite card that I did at archivers. I love the doily look of the b/g stamp & LOVE those canvas shapes!!! Plus, who can resist a stick pin?!?!?

Tim Holtz Class

2011-03-20T06:28:00.005-06:00

I do LOVE this card. I have never been all that jazzed by this die but I think I might be now!! Painted the wings, embossed the crown & covered the heart with stickles!! I'm not sure you can see but the background is embossed too! I love tying the twine around various elements. I need to incorporate that into more of my swaps! I also think I NEED that tiny attacher thing. The tiny staples are so cute!!

Tim Holtz Class

2011-03-19T06:27:00.000-06:00

While I LOVE the way this card turned out, I HATE those flowers. I'm sure Archviers wanted us to buyt the 4 punches and the tool kit to make these flowers but the were toooo much!! Punch them, ink them and then use a tool to curl them. Nuh uh!!!! I LOVE the ribbons stacked up & the cupid!!

Orange & Purple

2011-03-14T06:40:00.000-06:00

I made what I thought was a PERFECT purple & orange ATC for Chris's swap. She never got it & never got it. So, I made a different one & sent it to her. I don't LOVE this as much as I did the first one but maybe that's 'cause I KNEW it was a replacement. I think this is a Unity stamp & I KNOW the DSP is Basic Grey.

Last week, I got a USPS "body bag" and the original ATCs were returned to me. Chris' name was ripped thru so they sent it back to me. ATCs were not damaged!!! I'll have to come up with a swap theme that fits & host one of my own!

Tim Holtz Valentine Class

2011-03-14T05:49:00.000-06:00

Ever so long ago, I took a class at Archivers. I've just never got around to posting the pics! Now that Valentines Day was a MONTH ago, I'll post. LOL

I liked the IDEA of this card but my execution of it left something to be desired. I'm going to have to try this on another card. Maybe one I can actually do properly.

October Afternoon ATC Swap

2011-03-13T18:14:00.000-06:00

I hosted a swap with the only stipulation that you use October Afternoon paper. This is my ATC from the swap. A month or so ago, Lori (I THINK it was Lori; Lori was the one to send me star cut outs!) showed us how to make these 3D stars but much LARGER sizes. I thought that a smaller version would work great for this paper. I love how the end product came out! The grid star is from Unity, the orange one is a punch!

Love, love, lovel, love!

2011-03-04T06:41:00.001-06:00

Love is in the air. That's Chris' swap theme. Applies a TH Mask to white cardstock. Sprayed with Glimmer Mist. Then, before removing the mask, I stamped w/my Ippity music stamp. LOVE how it turned out. Now, if Chris ever got them....

More Snow?

2011-03-04T05:37:00.002-06:00

I could have SWORN I've already posted this but, I didn't see it when I searched my blog. I think this was for a swap Angie was hosting. This was one of my first SU sets. I bought this back when I didn't know how to color images. In fact, I HAD no coloring mediums!! Kinda surprised I didn't get rid of this set for just that reason. But, I'm glad I kept it.

Blue & Green

2011-03-03T04:54:00.002-06:00

Chris did a couple of color combo swaps!! I had this old SU paper I got on clearance and it was PERFECT for the blue & green swap. You can't tell but I squirted the white paper w/glimmer mist. made it look really cool but, made it VERY hard to glue down properly. The paper curled & didn't want to stay to the mat.

I got your goat!!

2011-03-02T04:54:00.000-06:00

For a goat ATC swap. Digital goat, paper pieced. I really liked this goat. Aparently, so did everyone 'cause 2 other people used the same goat.

More Birds??

2011-02-14T06:45:00.000-06:00

This is my absolutely favoritist card of all those we did at Debi's. I MUST get the scratchy background & the Nature Walk set now!!!! I may need this emobssing folder too!!

My blogs are for the birds!!

2011-02-12T07:12:00.001-06:00

Go check out my 365 blog for EAGLE pics and a rather boring hawk pic.

And here, I have bird cards today & tomorrow. LOL Made these at Debi's SU party last month. This is my new favorite, must have set!!! It's so awesome!!

Baby Baby!

2011-02-07T07:46:00.001-06:00

Another card from the SU party! I needed a baby congrats card so I picked pinks to do this spinner card. The arrow is just a brad.

Plane & Simple

2011-02-05T20:46:00.000-06:00

I LOVE how the clouds turned out on this card. We took a Scallop circle punchie & inked around the edges of it. So simple but SO EFFECTIVE!!! Now, I'm ready for my dad's birthday!!!

Happy Birthday

2011-02-04T08:14:00.002-06:00

Another project from our recent stamp camp. All supplies SU. Sent this to my newest SIL for her birthday last week ;)

That's Amour!

2011-02-03T07:41:00.000-06:00

Went to a SU party and made some cards!! This is my least favorite but that's only 'cause I HATE how the ripped paper turned out. I am NOT GOOD on random; I can't tear, I can't stamp random backgrounds (see the big, blank space under the heart?) and I can't do jaunty angles.

All supplies SU

Sick, sick, the poor thing's sick

2011-01-27T09:27:00.000-06:00

When I was in fifth grade, I played Mabel in the "Rosy Cheeked Ghost". My only line was "sick, sick, the poor thing's sick". This has been ME for the last 3 days!!! Horrible cough I can't get over. There's nothing the doctor can do so I suck on Halls (sugar free, of course!) eat ice cream bars (NOT sugar free) and gag down cough syrup. Nothing works much. I have pics to post and will hopefully get them up here SOON!!!

Here comes the Hambo Hoedown!!!

2011-01-19T16:29:00.000-06:00

Coming to a blog near you on 2/2/11!!! Come and join!!!

Call your hat a home

2011-01-16T07:31:00.000-06:00

For Sherri's birdhouse swap. This is a VERY old SU set. I LOVE it & love the opportunity to use it!!!Basic Grey paper from my stash, colored w/SU markers.

Steampunk!

2011-01-15T07:09:00.000-06:00

For Kirtsty's swap. Now, to be fair, I didn't add quite so many "gears" to all the ATCs, others just go 2. I had a bunch left over & just started gluing them to my ATC. This was FUN!

Polar Bear

2011-01-11T12:23:00.001-06:00

I bought this paper a couple of years ago. I fell in LOVE with the cute polar bear on the paper. I looked everywhere for the matching stamp but couldn't find it! I even searched ONLINE (if you know me, I NEVER order online!!!) Never could find it. Finally, one day, casually strolling thru Michael's, there he was!!!! Then, Angie posted a Polar Bear swap. HOT DOG!!!! I love it when a plan comes together!!!

Peace!!

2011-01-10T19:52:00.000-06:00

For Sherri's wreath swap. I thought I was so far outside the box on this "wreath". Turns out, Chris used the same one. LOL I'm getting kinda bored w/my ATCs. They all seem to look the same but I don't know what to do to make them better. I was VERY rushed on the latest batch & there was no time to think of new techniques. They need some "tweaking" tho!!!

Give me a kiss!!!

2011-01-08T10:03:00.000-06:00

When I joined Sherri's Mistletoe swap, I KNEW I had no Mistletoe stamps. But, I figured I had some stamps I could working leaves & berries. Well, I didn't. As the deadline approached, I got DESPERATE. I searched for digital stamps. It's AMAZING how many people don't know the difference between Holly & Mistletoe. Even stamp designers!!! I bought a digital stamp. But, once I got it, I didn't like it. So, I found this free mistletoe circle. Then, I found a blog where a woman made mistletoe out of the SU Bird punch. Eureka!!! Love how it turned out. And, for stamping purists (me included) there is "real" stamping on the red scalloped circle, although you can barely see it. LOL

Can you take MORE Christmas?

2011-01-07T07:17:00.000-06:00

In honor of my tree STILL being up, I'll share some Holiday themed ATCs I've done recently. I think both were for Sherri's swaps. Santa and the elf stamps are both from the same set the Becca got me for Christmas last year. Just colored Santa but paper-pieced the elf.

It's (gonna be) A Girl!!!

2011-01-06T13:42:00.000-06:00

Scott's niece is pregnant & they know it's going to be a girl. They are keeping the name to themselves for now. We had a shower for Christie on Sunday & this is the card I made for her. This is the very first stamp I ever bought!!! Got it at a LSS that has long since closed!! I think it turned out very cute & girlie! This is the first girl born into (Scott's side of) the family since Becca!! All 4 of my MIL's great-grandchildren & Aunt Jackie's one are all boys!!! Time for some PINK!!!

It's Mrs. Claus

2011-01-04T09:31:00.000-06:00

For Chris' Mrs Claus swap. It's HARD to find a stamp of just the Missus!! This is a digital stamp. Cut out all the pieces for the hat, dress & apron. There is stickles on the holly leaves.

Last Christmas Card

2011-01-03T07:41:00.000-06:00

This is the last & my FAVORITE of the Christmas cards. Doesn't have much stamping but was really ALOT of work to distress EVERY piece of paper!!!! And, the worst thing is, I STOLE the whole idea from another stamper!! Check out JenMarie's inspiration here. Of course, I SAY inspiration but I changed NOTHING except I dyed my baker's twine so it wasn't quite so WHITE. I truly LOVE the results!!

Christmas Cards

2010-12-22T06:53:00.000-06:00

Yet ANOTHER Christmas card. Next year, I'm going back to ONE card!! LOL. This is another Unity Itty Bitty. I stamped w/versamark & then heat embossed. Then, I sprayed with glimmer mist! I should have wiped the GM off before it dried; I assumed it would resist the embossing.

Christmas Cards

2010-12-21T05:39:00.000-06:00

This might be my favorite of all the cards I made this year. I did the cracked glass technique although the inking didn't show so well after the Ultra Thick embossing powder was cracked.

Stamps or Unity, Letters are Sizzlets (I think) and the paper is MME.

Christmas Cards

2010-12-19T08:00:00.000-06:00

I fell in love with baker's twine this Christmas. Had some for YEARS and never used it. Used it on a card & needed MORE. I ended up buying 3500 YARDS for both read & green!!! Expect to see ALOT of it from now on.

Paper from my stash, twine from the GIANT SPOOL, Snowflakes stamp is Tim Holtz & the Merry Christmas is Ippity. The cardstock is SU Cherry Cobbler. I've discovered it's the BEST red on the PLANET!!!

2010 Christamas Cards

2010-12-18T07:30:00.000-06:00

For the first time in YEARS, I've not done just ONE card. Usually, I buy a stamp set I love & make all my cards from that stamp. This year, I made a bunch of different ones. I'm not sure that I like this way of doing things (what if next year I make something like these but a little different & then send it to the same people & they actually NOTICE and think I'm a freak?!?!) I also waited WAY too long & had WAY too big of a list. Of course, when I cut it back a little, the people I cut were the ones who actually SENT ME a card and now I'm making MORE cards to send back to those people. ARGH!!!

Anyway, this idea was STOLEN from Angie. She made a cute card w/this image & a tag & white ribbon. I LOVED the idea of the snowflakes behind the image too!! Stamps from Ippity. I versamarked the stamp & then colored the birds with a maker (can't wait for my Cherry Cobbler marker I'm hoping Santa brings me for Christmas). Then I heat embossed. I made the crinkle ribbon from seam binding & glimmer mist. LOVE this ribbon!!!

Rudholph the red nosed reindeer!

2010-12-16T08:09:00.000-06:00

This was for Angie's Reindeer swap. I LOVE this stamp. It's soooo cute!!! I forgot to stickle the nose before I mailed them off but I think they still look cute!! And I love the Jilly Bean Soup paper. I'm trying not to hoard it but.....

Last of the TH Inspired Cards

2010-12-14T05:43:00.000-06:00

This is my FAVORITE card of all that we did. I LOVE this snowman & am going to have to get him (although I did get the die to cut him out, I still don't have the stamp). I just love everything about this card!

TH Inspired Tag

2010-12-12T07:38:00.001-06:00

This one was pretty simple & easy. All one stamp, colored Santa w/fired brick, added glue & flower soft. Done & DONE! Oh yeah, stickles on the beard & fur.

Another TH Inspired

2010-12-11T07:07:00.002-06:00

This card made me fall in love w/Pumice Stone distress ink. I love how light it looks in the b/g trees!!! This includes flowersoft & the swirly made out of grungepaper. I don't know what that green ribbon is but it's beyond YUM!!!

More TH Inspired

2010-12-09T06:09:00.000-06:00

More from the Archiver's class. This is NOT my favorite! I did enjoy using the paint daubers on the numbers. Those are on my wishlist.

Finally, some Christmas!!

2010-12-07T07:05:00.001-06:00

Weeks ago, I took a Tim Holtz inspired class at Archivers. I LOVED it. I told hubby I want the Valentine's one for a Christmas gift!! I learned things I didn't know and ALOT that I did (which was good 'cause the class was 4 hours long as it was. If I was dumber, I would have NEVER gotten thru!!!)

Ok, so this tag introduced me to Grungepaper. I've used (and loved) grungeboard but this was my first time HEARING of grungepaper. It's similar in texture (and smell!) but much thinner. We die cut the flower out of the paper, texturized it (for the record, grungeBOARD can be texturized too!) and inked it with fire brick red distressing ink. We stamped the reindeer in fire brick & then heat embossed it (I forget that distress inks can be embossed!!). Then we cut & added the letters, distressed & inked the paper (this is where I learned how to use the ink tool that I've had for MONTHS & never could figure out what to do with it!!) Easy peasy!!

All paper is Bo Bunny. All stamps & inks are Tim Holtz/Ranger etc.

More Random ATCs

2010-12-05T06:57:00.000-06:00

One of these things is not like the others. Can YOU pick out the one that doesn't belong?? LOL Well, they are all inter-related; 3 changito's and the surfing one "goes" w/the innertube one, right? LOL Email me if you want to know anything about these.

Finally, a Project!!

2010-12-04T15:35:00.000-06:00

WOW!!! Christmas is staring us in the face and I still haven't shared my Halloween ATCs??? I'm very, very bad!! Someone needs to stage a Treasure Island intervention. I'm totally addicted & it's eating ALL my time!!!

Anyway, instead of doing one project a day, here's all the Halloween/Fall ATCs I've done over the last few months. If there is anything you want to know (supplies, technique, embellishments) leave a comment & I'll let you know!!!

Ok, new blogger pictures SUCK!!! I'll get used to it, eventually!!!

Long time, no post.

2010-11-14T06:24:00.000-06:00

Sorry guys. I've just been lazy! I've worked on some new stuff but nothing fantastic that I felt compelled to post. I AM thinking about doing the December Daily, ala Ali Edwards but, since I can't commit to an acutal "album", I'm going to do it via blog. Then, when I can finally commit to how to scrap it, I'll transfer the info & pics. I'm sure y'all are THRILLed to know. LOL In the meantime, I'll try to post some of the ATCs I've done & when/if I EVER get a Cmas card done, I'll post it here too.

Desktop Challenge

2010-10-14T05:06:00.002-06:00

Two weeks ago, Sarah suggested a challenge. Using only the items currently on your desktop, make a "project". You could add one item/tool not already on your desk to complete the challenge.

I made two projects. The first one I added googly eyes; the rest of the supplies were leftovers from previous projects. I kinda felt like this was cheating as I had EVERY Halloween stamp on my desk 'cause I'm in the middle of like 17 Halloween themed ATC swaps!!

The 2nd project also felt kinda like cheating. The reindeer was a new purchase that I set on my desk as soon as I got home. So, while it was on my desk, it wasn't a leftover! For this one, I added the 1/4 circle punch (the 1/2 was already on my desk).

What could YOU make w/what's left on your desk???

I've been Spammed

2010-10-13T05:50:00.003-06:00

or something. I'm going to owner approved comments until this goes away. I really, really, REALLY don't want to have to do that word verification thing! We'll see. Sorry guys!

ETA: Ok, I apparently DO have word verification on. How did the spammer get by that??? I'll keep an eye on it or awhile.....

Not really stamped but.....

2010-10-12T05:11:00.002-06:00

Sherri started a Washer Necklace craze over at the Shack a few months ago. I took FOREVER to get the supplies & jump on the bandwagon. I wanted to make some for my dd's class at school. I thought it'd be cool since her class is all girls (she goes to a teeny-tiny private school).

I'm still working on one where the washer actually SAYS Class of 2013. Maybe I'll have it done by Christmas????

Little Boy

2010-10-10T05:44:00.000-06:00

You can't have girls with boys!! This is for Joanne's Boy swap. Once again, the evil Digital Image rears its WAY TOO CUTE head!!! Used up some old Chatterbox paper for this one & retired SU cardstock too!!! And, this weathered wood stamp is a SU Background that never gets any love anymore.

Story of a Beach (swap)

2010-10-09T12:34:00.004-06:00

This ATC has a storied history. Angie posted a pool swap. I came across these Heidi Swapp foam stamps that I have had FOREVER & decided I needed to use them. The paint & Paper are also all OLD stash items. Woohoo for me, using up the old, not spending!! Well, the swap was By the POOL, not the beach so, really, this is no good! So, I decided to host a Life's a Beach swap so I could use these already completed ATCs. Goodie, I'm ahead of the game!! In the meantime, Robin's beach swap has a flaker who drops the day BEFORE the swap is due!!! I emailed Chris (Robin was out of town at the time) & told her I had these all done, just had to mail them off. So, after I that, I now need to do something NEW for MY beach swap. LOL. And, while I've been typing this & staring at the image on the card, the bottom blue "waves" look more like whales to me. Time to check to see what's really in my Diet Coke!!!!

Congratulations Doug & Amy!!!

2010-10-04T16:44:00.002-06:00

Scott's Nephew got married Friday night (is he technically MY nephew or is that only reserved for the children of my brothers???). He was the ring bearer when Scott & I got married! It was so sweet to see him get married!!! And, in other family news, his sister is PREGNANT!!! Lots of happy family news!!

Anyway, the card in the background is the shower invitation. I used it as my inspiration for the shower card. I forgot to take a pic of the wedding card. But, I have determined, I need more wedding-y stamps!

Litttle Girl

2010-10-03T06:13:00.004-06:00

For Joanne's Little Girl swap. I looked EVERYWHERE for an appropriate image and ended up going, gulp, digital!! I think these Pure Innocence "stamps" are adorable!!

Happy October!!!

2010-10-02T08:27:00.002-06:00

I LOVE fall!!! It's my favorite season. And not just 'cause it's my B'day, Nick's B'day, my MIL's b'day, my bro's b'day and our Anniversary!!! I love the cooler weather. Love the decorations, love PUMPKINS and love that the holidays are on their way!!!

This is for sherri's pumpkin swap. I used my sizzix pumpkin die, some old MME paper and a PTI stamp. It was really difficult to cut the face out of the pumpkin w/o cutting the pumpkin!!

Happy Birthday Angie!!

2010-10-01T06:53:00.001-06:00

Belated card I sent to Angie for her b'day. Echo Park Papers, Unity & Ippity stamps & SU cardstock.

Digital Stamps: Greatest Invention or Tool of the Devil??

2010-09-30T05:36:00.002-06:00

This was my first experience with digital stamps. While I must say they were much easier to paper piece, I did NOT enjoy the process. I just think the whole idea is flawed; what's the point of "stamping" when there is no stamping????? I DO however LOVE this image. It was made by my friend Kirsty who does some amazing things. And, she gives the images away for FREE. She's such a doll!!!

Now, here's the problem. I did this sooo long ago that I don't remember the supplies I used. I'm sure SOME of this paper is MME and I KNOW I used a SU background stamp for, well, the background. I also know I messed up 'cause I INTENDED for the middle tree to be multi-striped.

It's Frakendoggy!!

2010-09-27T05:45:00.003-06:00

I have a ton of completed ATCs & even a couple of cards that I haven't posted. Gonna do my best to get back into the swing. And maybe back into the Unity & Ippity hops. No promises tho...

This card is for Sherri's swap. I love this set of animal Halloween images. They are all so darn cute!!!

Supplies: Stamps -- Inkadinkadoo PP -- MM, Cardstock -- SU, Ink -- Palette & SU markers, glimmer mist

Hippity Hop!

2010-09-13T08:01:00.003-06:00

Welcome Monday & welcome back to Hippity Hop. I've taken a break for the last couple of weeks but I'm back & will be posting all week & HOPEFULLY getting back into FWF & the Ippity hop!!

A few years ago, I made some of these pumpkins. I think are just the cutest things and since I LOVE fall & getting to decorate for fall, I thought I'd revisit them. I saw a blog where someone added stamped leaves (I just used hand cut, crimped leaves for my previous one) and thought, hey! I have cute ippity leaves!!! Of course, after I put the whole thing together, I realized the leaves I used were Unity not Ippity. So, I redid them w/Ippity!! LOL

Supplies: Stamps -- Ippity Fall for You & Unity (acorn), DSP -- MME, Cardstock -- SU, Ink -- Palette & SU Markers, Ribbon (inside the pumpkin) & button from my stash.

I'm still alive!

2010-08-31T05:25:00.002-06:00

Last week was not what I had planned. Didn't get nearly as much done as I'd like & then my mom desended on the house and ruined my weekend, from a crafting standpoint. I Did get 2 ATCs done & I made 4-5 cards. Those cards were made w/"extra" images from ATCs. But, looking at the one on top, I need to tweak them a bit; they're too plain!! I promise, I'll have a photo post up SOON!!!

H{ippity} Hop!!

2010-08-23T05:19:00.003-06:00

Monday, Monday. Hubby's out of town & the kids are in school ALL day today. Spending the ENTIRE day chained to my craft table. I have about 14 swaps to get done and 3-4 to mail out.

This ATC is for one of those swaps; Kirsty's Bead Swap. This one has to go to Australia so I need to GET MOVING on getting it mailed!!!

Supplies: Stamp -- Ippity Because of You, Cardstock -- SU, Ink -- Palette & SU Markers, Beads -- Mill Hill.

Friends with Flair Friday!

2010-08-20T05:09:00.003-06:00

This has NOT been a fun week for me. School issues, lawn guy issues, utter lack of time issues (created by the school issues!). I'm glad it's over. Next week HAS to be better!!!

This ATC I did for Angie's Bird on a Wire swap. Finally broke out my bird punch from SU. I HAD to have this (was it during SAB????) and haven't touched it (or any of the other stamps/punches I bought then) since. I've been all about the Unity/Ippity this summer!! LOL

Supplies: Stamps: Ippity Bit of Burlap (background) and Unity Moments in Bloom (sentiment), Cardstock, Ink & Punch -- SU, DSP -- Daisy D, Stickles.

Head to Tracy's blog next or back to the Unity site for the entire list. Have a happy Friday (Becca's first VB game is tonite!!) and a great weekend!!

Cupcakes anyone?

2010-08-18T08:37:00.002-06:00

This is for another swap at the Stamp Shack. I love this basic grey paper!!! Things that make you go YUM! LOL

Supplies: Stamp -- Hero Arts, Cardstock -- SU, DSP -- Basic Grey, punch, stickles

Hippity Hop!

2010-08-16T06:00:00.003-06:00

It's amazing how your day can change!! I was late posting my card so I just tossed it up here with the promise of coming back later, after dropping the kids at school. Here, 3 hours later I'm FINALLY getting back to it.

First, the card. This is actually not at all what it started. I started w/the flip side of this paper. It was pink & brown & orange leaves. I started w/a MUCH BIGGER flower but it just didn't work. So, I redid the flower (do NOT try this with scalloped nestibilites, too many petals!) and accidentally flipped the paper over. I liked it MUCH better so I went w/it. The pink may not "go" as well now....

Supplies: Stamps -- Ippity A Moment in Time (I don't know if you can see that I also used the tiny flower in the center of my flower), Cardstock -- Bazzill, DSP --BoBunny, nesties, glimmer mist & SU scallop punch.

Now, for the rest of the story. I get this posted & RUN upstairs to leave for school. 1/2 way up I hear a giant clunk, crash, smack. Nick's standing at the top of the stairs. I say "I don't want to know what that noise was, do I?" Becs walks out of the kitchen w/a wet skirt & SOAKED crocs & says "NO, you don't!!!" Somehow, the full gallon of orange kool-aid that she had just made 1/2 an hour before is now ALL OVER THE KITCHEN FLOOR!!!!!

I send her to change real quick, throw her shoes in the kitchen sink, send Nick down for beach towels. I soak up as much as I can of the kool-aid, rinse her shoes & we run out the door. I text Scott to let him know he DOESN'T want to go into the kitchen (he was on a business call when all this "went down" LOL).

Becca's driving the van, doing fine (it's feels SOOOO much bigger than our other van!). We come to an on ramp & I suggest she get into the left lane to let all the 3 cars coming on to the highway on. She does & apparently, 12000 more cars get on BEHIND her & no one will let her back into the slow lane (she's not comfortable going over 55 yet). So she signals & tries to get over but the cars are in too much of a hurry to let her over. She starts to panic, slows down even more, tries to get over when there's a car coming, freaks & FINALLY someone lets her into the slow lane. (Not until she gets flipped the bird several times!) She survived & made it the rest of the way to school w/o any incidents but it didn't make for a good trip in. I think we need more practice!!!

So I get home to a soaked kitchen, a soaked fridge and the kool-aid has leaked thru the tiny hole in the floor that the ice maker water line goes thru & has dripped into the light fixture, the ceiling tiles, onto the carpet AND onto my scrap table. ARGH!!!!

Most of it's cleaned now. The kitchen still needs put back together. The towels are in the washer. The carpets been scrubbed. It looks like the only things on my table that got wet were my CIS Paper Taker (outside only it appears!) and my Cuttlebug (easily wiped off). Now, I'm wiped OUT and think I need a morning nap!!!

2010-08-15T09:35:00.003-06:00

First of all, I want to thank y'all again for your sweet comments!! I'm still trying to get thru Friday's blog hop before I get behind on Monday's blog hop too. LOL

Busy, busy, busy day today. School starts TOMORROW!!! I think we're ready. Half day but followed by 2 hours of VB practice. Poor Nick will be stuck at school while his sister practices. It's ok; he'll get even during the LONGER basketball season!! LOL

This ATC is for Angie's swap over that the Stamp Shack. I had a totally different ATC planned but it said "beach" not pool so, back to the drawing board. After I stamped the bikini, I thought it looked more like pink Swiss cheese than a bathing suit. LOL. The ribbon was a PAIN to get stuck. Used 12000 tiny home made glue dots!!! Hope it sticks.....

Supplies: Stamps -- Making Memories Foam stamps, Cardstock -- Archivers (bazzill??), DSP is probably MME, I'm not 100% sure.... Ink -- Stazon, ribbon -- Michaels.

Friends with Flair Friday!

2010-08-13T06:05:00.001-06:00

Woohoo!! Welcome Friday and FWF!!! It's been a fun week in Chicago but today we go home. I'm supposed to get to stop at Ikea on the way home. We'll see if it pans out. I want 2 more DVD shelves but, with all the stuff we brought, I don't know if they'll fit in the van. I may have to just come up here on an Ikea specific trip.

Today's ATC is from a swap I did a few weeks ago. The theme was "clothesline". I joined KNOWING I didn't have a clothesline stamp but figured I could find one somewhere. I never did. It was getting closer & closer to the deadline & I STILL didn't have an appropriate stamp. I tried to find something I could "hang" off a 3D clothesline & still didn't find anything. Then, I saw these birds. I figured, IF I had a clothesline, it would never get used 'cause I have a dryer. I hope no one was upset 'cause mine was a little off, like me.

Supplies: Stamps -- Ippity What Matters Most, Pattern Paper -- Echo Park (bg) and MME (birds), Cardstock -- SU, String -- Martha Stewart, brads

Next, head for Maria's blog or back to the Unity site for the full list. Have a fabulous weekend!

Final SU Project

2010-08-12T05:59:00.002-06:00

This project uses all of the new SU In Colors except for Blushing Bride. we stamped all the little flowers, punched them out w/tiny little punches & then glued each one down. The vase is an oval punch w/the top & bottom cut off (no matter how many times I did mine, it always looked crooked!) All supplies, SU.

More SU Party Cards

2010-08-11T10:36:00.002-06:00

Another card from the weekends SU party! Not my favorite card but it does work. All supplies SU.

Marge's SU Party

2010-08-10T06:31:00.002-06:00

I made this card at Marge's SU party on Saturday. I LOVE this flower. Going to have to try it in some different colors & add some glimmer mists when I get home. I think it's a gorgeous card!!

All supplies: SU

Hippity Hop!

2010-08-09T06:38:00.003-06:00

Happy Monday Greetings from Chicago! What a whirlwind! Got the car & paperwork done at 5:30 on Saturday. Dinner, finished packing, started laundry of what we needed still to take, slept, finished packing, loaded the rental van & drove to Chicago. Got stuck in 2 traffic jams & then took a "highway" that went thru the middle of the shopping district of several towns. 29 miles of stop lights & Walgreens. LOL

Now, the relaxing starts. I have NOTHING to do for 4 days. We'll do some shopping at night (Becca still needs volleyball shoes) but lay around the hotel room and/or pool all day. Ahhhh.

Here's my Ippity card for today. I was trying to clean up my stamp table (EARLY Sun AM!) and the pattern paper was just lying there. I slapped it onto a card back, stamped the image on a scrap of paper & viola', instant card. Kinda plain but it makes ME happy!!

Head on to Jen's next or back to Ippity for the full list of participants. Have a great day & come back tomorrow for the cards I made at the SU party I went to on Saturday morning! Oh yeah, don't forget NEW IPPITY RELEASE Sneak Peeks!!!! Yea!!!

Ever feel your life is spinning out of control??

2010-08-07T12:06:00.004-06:00

I really really don't want to complain. I have a great life! Really I do! But every now & then, I get a little stressed and this week has been it. Should all be better today!! We've had some problems getting our van but it's supposed to be here by 3pm. I officially decided at 10am that we WERE going to Chicago with Scott so I need to get PACKING & get some laundry done. I want to get some crafting kits to take with me so I'll have something FUN to do (Scott'll have the car everyday so we're "stuck" at the hotel.)

Anyway, it's all good: I'm getting a new car & I'm able to take the kids on one last week of fun before school starts. Becca made the varsity Volleyball team, sort of (she's going to play "some" but she's going to do the "books" too). It's all good. And I have WONDERFUL friends who read my blog (at least on Unity/Ippity days, LOL) who make me feel good. I just wanted to tell you (if you read this post) how wonderful you all are and, no matter how momentarily crazy things are, I feel so happy when I read you all comments. I STILL haven't finished Thursday's Hip Hop and haven't even BEGUN to look at y'alls FWF posts from yesterday but I WILL get caught up!!! Maybe I'll use hubby's computer "on the road" tomorrow & read during the 4.5 hour drive?? Thank you all!!! You really are Friends with FLAIR!!!

Friends with Flair Friday!

2010-08-06T06:18:00.003-06:00

Happy Friday!! This week has been BRUTAL!!! Last Saturday, my van died. We started (reluctantly) looking at new cars on Monday. Monday was the Ford Escape. Tuesday was the Hyundai Santa Fe. Wednesday was Dodge Journey. Thursday, I thought we were done & just going to wait to for the Ford guy to try to match the price of the other 2. Well, I guess I didn't get the memo that Thursday was Toyota Sienna day. Ended up, we signed for a the Sienna yesterday afternoon. I still don't HAVE the car as they needed to find one w/o all the cool stuff 'cause that's the only way they could match the $$$ we would have paid for the other SUVs. But, I'm getting a NEW van with everything my old van had (which is nothing!) except now I have a CD player & an iPod hookup. I really hoped that my next van would have power doors & heated leather seats but I guess since I get a van for the same price as the one I bought 10 years ago, I got a good deal!!!

Anyway, I dragged my sorry, tired behind home last night after cleaning 10 years worth of stuff out of the van (I left the old fries & the candy wrappers) and had to do my FWF card. What to do, what to do. Well, I pulled 3 unused stamps from the Everything Extraordinary & a sentiment & the piece of cardstock lying on top my table & viola', it turned into a card. you can't tell from this pic but the cardstock has been spritzed w/my newest glimmer mist: Tiger Lily & Coffee Shop. YUM!!!

Supplies: Stamps -- Unity Everything Extraordinary, Cardstock -- SU, DSP -- Basic Grey, Ink -- SU & Palette, nesties, CB embossing folder & glimmer mist!!

Next on the hop is Kim or head back to Unity for the full list. Have a happy, fun, SAFE weekend & see you at the Ippity Hop (not guaranteeing another post since we may have car stuff to do AGAIN today, SU party on Sat morn, picking up hubby's rental car by noon & then, we may tag along w/hubby to Chicago on Sun morn so that will mean I have to PACK!!! but I'm still not sure we're going to go. Gotta weigh the kids disappointment at not going against spending the $$$ and taking the TIME when school starts a week from MONDAY!!)

Flip Flops for Sherri

2010-08-04T11:41:00.002-06:00

For Sherri's Flip Flop swap. I discovered my eyes are too bad to try to color all those tiny lines on the first pair of flips flops. Next time I'll paper piece them. LOL

Supplies: Stamp -- Ms $1 stamp, card stock -- SU, Ink -- Palette, SU markers, PP -- I forget. It might be OA but I don't remember... I DID buy it new so I SHOULD remember. LOL

Unloved Rubber ATC Swap

2010-08-03T06:50:00.002-06:00

Cindy is hosting an Unused Rubber swap at the Shack. We were to use a stamp that hadn't seen ink. Unfortunately, I have TONS of these stamps (although I did sell several unused set to make $$$ for more Ippity/Unity!!). I bought this stamp set 'cause it was similar to a stamp my friend Sara had let me borrow. But, once I got the set, I never used it. So, I inked the sucker up for this swap.

Supplies: All supplies SU, Versamark ink & copper embossing powder.

H{ippity} Hop!!

2010-08-02T06:01:00.006-06:00

Happy Monday! Happy H{ipptiy} hop!! I got 3 new sets of Ippity on Thursday along w/2 new Unity sets. I should be set. At least until the new Ippity releases on the 12th!!! LOL I used one of my new sets for today's card.

Supplies: Stamps -- Ippity Music of my Heart, -- Cardstock & DSP -- SU, Ink -- SU & Palette Burnt Umber, Stickles, nesties.

Next on the hop is Rona or head back to the Ippity site for all the stamping goodness!!

In other, non-stamping news, the Cubs traded my FAVORITE player away on Saturday!! Hubby's a Cubby fan & is constantly watching their games. In a "if you can't beat them, join them" moment, I decided if the games were constantly on (the HD tv is in the basement where my stamp table is) I should have something interesting to watch during the games & Ryan Theriot was it!! Since we have the baseball package, I could continue to watch all the Dodger games but, it's not the same.

Nativity ATCs

2010-08-01T06:28:00.003-06:00

These are for Chris's swap at the Stamp Shack. I loved this image when I bought it last year. I made some ornaments for the kids' teachers last year using acetate & they turned out kinda cool. I'm wishing now that I'd stamped these on a different color. I don't remember now WHY I was so set on using blues.... Oh well, they aren't too bad (not as cute as the ones Angie did here!)

Supplies: Stamp -- Inkadinkadoo, all else -- SU.

Friends with Flair Friday!

2010-07-30T06:46:00.005-06:00

Woohoo!!! Happy Friday!!! I can't believe how fast this summer has gone. The kids start school TWO WEEKS from MONDAY!!! For some reason, I'm really sad that school's gonna start again. You'd think I'd be happy to have the kids out of the house for 7 hours but, it also starts volleyball games & practices, basketball practice, concession stand shifts and general "running around like chickens with our heads cut off" days. Plus, it starts another school year without a job for me. :(

On to happier things! I LOVE my FWF card I made for today. I originally had this idea for my "It's all fun and games until someone loses an eyelet" swap but the tree was too big to go on the ATC. So, I threw it together as a card for today. I gotta say, I'm VERY pleased w/the result!

You'd think, realizing that the image was too big for an ATC, I'd realize the card orientation need to be portrait. But, when I cut my striped paper, I cut it landscape. Was lucky there was enough of this stash paper to cut another piece the "right" way. LOL

Supplies: Stamps -- Unity Everything Extraordinary, Cardstock -- SU, PP -- Basic Grey, Ink -- Palette Burnt Umber, Eyelets & Snaps -- Making Memories (LOVE these colors!)

Next on the hop is Savanah or head back to the Unity site for the full list. Have a super-duper weekend!!!

More Christmas Goodness!!

2010-07-28T06:19:00.002-06:00

Also for one of Cindy's swaps. This one was a Christmas themed swap. More glimmer mistyness too!!!

Favorite Holiday ATC

2010-07-27T06:36:00.002-06:00

For Cindy's "Favorite Holiday" swap at the Shack. Was there any question what my favorite holiday is? I got these Tim Holtz stamps last year for Christmas & this was the first chance I had to use them.

Supplies: Stamps -- TH, PP -- Basic Grey, Cardstock -- SU, Ink -- Versamark & Palette Burnt Umber, heat emobssing.

H{ippity} Hop!!

2010-07-25T20:36:00.004-06:00

Happy H{ippity} Hop y'all!!! I decided that I wanted to make some 3x3 cards and I think these mushrooms fit the bill (although, now that I'm looking at it, the last "mushroom" looks more like a lamp! LOL) I'm wondering if I should go back & stamp the sentiment on that last card too, looks too plain.

Anyway, this color combo also fulfils Kerry's Color Challenge. I think that my green is too dark & I should have used Mellow Moss instead of Old Olive. I hope it fits the bill!! Be sure to go to Kerry's blog & check out all the gorgeous cards!!!

Next on the hop is Tracy or head back to Ippity for the full list.

My son was acting like a goof ball today & actually LET me take a pic of him (he has to grant permission or me catch him when he's not looking to get a pic. So, just in case I never get another chance, here's my youngest:

Lookie there, I LIED

2010-07-25T05:39:00.005-06:00

I promised last post that I'd post again on Saturday. And I didn't! Bad Suzi, bad, bad, bad. So, I'll post today. Like that makes it all better?? LOL

It's another ATC but it's not Unity/Ippity (in fact, of the last 7 ATCs I've done, only one is Unity/Ippity. ACK!! I need more Unity/Ippity, right?) This is for Angie's Gnome swap. I joined knowing FULL WELL that I didn't have a gnome stamp & had no idea where to even FIND a gnome stamp (don't recall seeing any at Michael's or Archivers!) So, while in Spfld, IL in May, I found the most adorable stamp/scrap/crafting store and can NOT remember the name of it!!! Argh! Anyway, of the 1000s of things they had that I wanted, I found this little gnome & 2-3 others. I picked her (him?? do gnomes have gender??) cause I thought she was soooo cute & could be used for other things (she was colored Christmasy on their display).

At any rate, I colored her, cuttlebugged her b/g (tho I don't think it shows in this pic) and sent her on to Angie. I got a text from Angie yesterday: THREE of us used this exact same stamp!!! Great minds think alike? Oh well, I LOVE it when people use the same stamp; I love to see what everyone else does with it. My favorite swap was back when the Michael's skinny $1 cow was all the rage and we did a swap w/9 people using the same stamp. AWESOMENESS!!!

Supplies: Stamp -- Poppy Stamps, Cardstock -- SU, PP -- October Afternoon (I'm pretty sure anyway), Ink -- Stazon & SU Markers. cuttlebug.

Be sure to come back tomorrow when I PROMISE there will be a H{ippity} Hop card posted. Back to the Unity/Ippity goodness!!!

Friends with Flair Friday!

2010-07-23T05:17:00.007-06:00

Happy Friday Everyone!!! Once again, a whole week has gone by and the only things I have posted are Ippity & now Unity. I guess it could be worse; if I hadn't discovered Unity & I hadn't discovered the blog Hops from SCS, I'd have NO POSTS?!?! Anyway, I PROMISE that won't be the case for the next week. I finished 7 ATCs recently and have taken pics & will be posting them ALONG with my Ippity & FWF posts!!!

So, yesterday afternoon, I had an inspiration for the Ippity Color Challenge. I knew the idea I wanted to do & I knew it would qualify for my FWF post. But, I kinda sorta feel it's a rip-off to post my cards for the challenge & then turn around & use them on my blog. No offense to anyone who does that, I just kinda feel disappointed when I click on a blog & it's "oh yeah, I've seen that". Sometimes there's so more info or a description of the creative process & that's nice but, usually I've already left a comment on SCS & can't come up w/something new to say on the blog post. So, I said ALL this to say, I didn't want to use my color challenge card. LOL

So, I sat amongst my stuff (which is ALL OVER THE PLACE, trying to clean up & organize but not having enough luck). I was determined to use this set. So, I grabbed the cupcake/pincushion stamp and the stack of all my new papers (yes, I've been trying to clean out my stash but sometimes, the paper SCREAMS at you from the aisle of the stores & MUST go home with you) and messed around until I came up w/the papers & colors here. I must say, I think I LOVE this card!! I don't know if you can tell in the pic but the pins all have seed beads for heads!!

Supplies: Stamps -- Unity Sew Cute, Cardstock -- SU, Pattern Paper -- Pink Paisley, Ink -- Palette Burnt Umber, Beads -- Mill Hill.

So, if anyone is still reading this far, head over to Rona's for the next blog or back to Unity for the whole list of hoppers. Have a wonderful day & I'll have something NEW to post tomorrow!!!

Hippity Hop

2010-07-19T06:00:00.002-06:00

It's Monday. It's H{ippity} Hop time. This is not the card I had intended when I sat down to craft last night. But, sometimes your supplies speak to you and you must listen. But, it seems to me that I'm getting very Orange in my Ippity. I think it's the gorgeous October Afternoon papers!!

Supplies: Stamps -- Ippity Because of You, Cardstock -- SU, PP -- October Afternoon, Ink -- Palette Burnt Umber & SU markers. And, of course, Glimmer Mist.

On a side note, I tried to make my own glimmer mist tonite. My mist, in a word, SUCKED! I used cheap spray bottles from Target & the paint I guess got stuck (I think I might have used too much paint too). So a friends said use the mini misters, they are better. The mini mister became a squirt gun, NO MIST. None of the results had enough glimmer for me. I guess I'm stuck paying Archiver's prices (and praying for coupons!)

Friends with Flair

2010-07-16T05:51:00.005-06:00

Still in Springfield and I didn't bring stuff to make a card and none of the ATCs I've done this week used Unity or Ippity (bad planning!) Anyway, since it is FRIENDS with Flair, I thought I'd share what my friends did for a recent Unity Swap I hosted on the Stamp Shack. When I was taking pics this morning, I realized the 2 ATCs I did are not included here. Go figure. So, here are MY Friends with FLAIR!!

Next on the Hop is Maria or head back to the Unity Blog for the full list.

I'm heading back home tonite. As always, I'm sad to leave but will be happy to be home. We had fun swimming & eating out & playing with the cousins but now time for real life & laundry! LOL

Sorry, no new pics

2010-07-14T05:31:00.002-06:00

I have completed a couple of ATC while here in Joplin but didn't get a chance to photo them (plus the lighting in here is BAD!) We're moving on to Springfield today & maybe I'll get a chance to post something tonite.

Hippity Hop

2010-07-11T18:43:00.004-06:00

Hippity Hop to you all!!! I'm reporting to you from Beautiful Downtown (I have NO idea if I'm downtown) Joplin MO! Hubby has an audit trip this week & we're tagging along! Wednesday, we leave for Springfield, MO which is near Bolivar/Fair Play where my family lives. Woohoo!!!

Anyway, I managed to finish a card for today's hop last night while waiting for the laundry. I'm sooo happy with how this turned out!!

Supplies: Stamps -- Ippity Because of You, Ink -- Stazon, SU Markers, Nesties, Cardstock -- SU, PP -- Basic Grey, Glimmer Mist (I'm seriously addicted!!)

Next on the Hop is Rachel or head back to the Ippity site for the full list. Enjoy your week!!!

Friends with Flair Friday!

2010-07-09T06:55:00.005-06:00

Happy Friday Y'all!!!

Boy, is it just me or does this week seem to have RUSHED by! I guess it's that whole Monday Holiday thing. Spent the week being chauffeured by my beautiful daughter. She's doing so well; hasn't hit anyone or anything yet!! She's getting better & better each day!! And I'm a little calmer. Her brother is not used to riding w/her yet. Says he's going to bring a Bible & a pillow. I'm not quite sure what the pillows for. Cushioning himself in case of a wreck??

I did a little better on getting my FWF card done. I did it at 11pm last night (while the Cubs blew their lead!) I'm happy w/the concept but not quite the execution. I think that has to do w/the fact that I did the stamping on vanilla cardstock & the b/g paper is too WHITE! I tried to find a Pretty in Pink/Vanilla combo but was too tired. LOL.

So, I used a journalling stamp WITHOUT any journalling (thanks for the idea Shuggy!!) Trimmed the inside image to it around a circle. I love how that looks!!

When I originally inked the butterfly, I thought it might be too solid & boring so I "kissed" it w/a swirl stamp before stamping. I LOVE how this turned out!!! Made the butterfly really have some pop to him (can you have a pink BOY butterfly???) Here's a close up of the butterfly "texture". Isn't it cool?

Supplies: Stamps -- Unity Everything Extraordinary (butterfly), Growing in Unity (swirl), Following My Heart (journalling block) and Purple Onion (sentiment), cardstock -- SU, Ink Pallet Hybrid, SU markers, SU Pretty in Pink, nesties & SU DSP.

Next on the hop is AJ or you can head back to the Unity site for the whole list. Have a FAB Friday!!! I'm off for Joplin & Springfield, MO next week. I guess that means I'll have to do my H{Ippity} Hop & FWF card BEFORE I leave. Yikes!!! Hope I can manage.....

Unity Challenge Sketch

2010-07-06T06:27:00.003-06:00

This was a Unity Challenge from a couple weeks ago. I pretty much LOVE it!!! But, I needed a birthday card for hubby's Uncle Don. Scott plays cards every chance he gets w/Jackie, Don & his mom (I think only OLD people play pinochle; it's a dying game? We are trying to teach the kids so at least WE'LL have someone to play with. ) Anyway, I needed his card to have something to do w/playing cards. I didn't have any Unity stamps but I took the sketch & used some clear stamps I had picked up.

What do y'all think?? I think it's a good sketch & I need to keep it in my head for future cards!

Hippity Hop

2010-07-05T05:05:00.006-06:00

Who would have thought I'd look forward to MONDAYS?? Loving the Ippity Hop!

Made this card for a friend who is ailing. I PROMISE to mail it to her in time (I FINALLY have that b'day card from like a MONTH ago ready to go to the birthday girl. Everyone should celebrate the 2 month anniversary of their birth, right???) This is pretty straightforward: stamp & stamp off for the greenery, stamp & watercolor the fish, cut & pop dot. I then sprayed the whole thing w/glimmer mist! I'm going to have to buy MORE Glimmer Mist in MORE colors. I'm loving it! I used the "sentiment" on the inside and, horror of horrors, MY HANDWRITING!!!

Supplies: Stamps -- Ippity Fishy Philosophy, Cardstock -- SU, Ink -- Color Box Chalk & SU markers, glimmer mist.

Next on the hop is Nora Anne or head back to the Ippity site for the full list.

On a totally unrelated note, I'm back home!!! My daughter finally got her permit. She's been a driving fool all weekend. She's getting better & better but mom still needs a Valium to drive with her. LOL I think I'm a closet control freak & can't deal w/HER being in charge. We're getting there.

FWF, Redux

2010-07-04T06:03:00.000-06:00

Ok, the stamps spoke to me when I got back home from McDs. This is the "fixed" version & I {heart} it soooo much more!!! To get the 2 colors, I inked the sentiment up with the burnt umber then used a paper towel to wipe off the words I wanted pink. Then, I took a pink maker & colored in those words. Worked SOOOO much easier than trying to ink everything w/a pen! LOL. I posted this on SCS gallery for the Unity Addicts Challenge; using a sentiment stamp as the focal point. Diggin' it!!

Friday Unity Friends with Flair

2010-07-02T07:35:00.006-06:00

Talk about cutting it to the wire!! I was up at 5am making this card. I haven't been feeling great for the last few days. I went downstairs last night w/every intention of making a card but was too tired & wrung out. Went to bed instead! Now, it's 8:46, I'm sitting at McDs (my home for the last few weeks trying to upload this before the 9am deadline!!

Anyway, this doesn't look quite as good as I envisioned. I thought the cut out words would look a little better than they turned out. I'm probably going to redo this & see if I can make it look better. But I like the CONCEPT!!!

Supplies: Carstock, SU & Bazzill, PP -- October Afternoon, Ink -- Pallet Hybrid & SU, Stamps --Unity Following my Heart.

Next on the hop is Donna or head back to the Unity site for the full list of participants.

Puppies!!!

2010-06-30T05:32:00.000-06:00

I'm hosting two Doggie swaps at the Shack. I bought these adorable stamps at Michael's and hosted a swap to have an excuse to use them. LOL They are so cute!!

Supplies: Stamps -- Inkadinkadoo, Cardstock -- SU, Pattern Paper -- My Minds Eye, Ink-- Colorbox & Versacolor, Stampin Up corner punch.

Hello, I Love You

2010-06-29T07:31:00.002-06:00

This was my first attempt at Paper Piecing for the Ippity Challenge last week. After I was done with it, I decided I didn't like it. Cutting a detached image out just doesn't feel like paper piecing, as far as I'm concerned.

Supplies: Stamps -- Ippity Because of You, Cardstock -- from my stash, Pattern Papers -- Basic Grey, Ink -- Colorbox Chalk inks

Hippity Hop

2010-06-28T05:11:00.004-06:00

Hippity Hop everybody!!! I know I'm hopping around here. Hubby's out of town, Becca's got Driver's Ed for one more week & Nick's "working" at the library today. Hop, hop, hop goes the mom taxi!! Only 9 months & 1 week until Becca can start driving. LOL

On to today's card. I picked the PP and then the matching colors. I knew I wanted a circle inside a scallop so I stamped & cut that. The card needed something else but the PP seemed too busy for everything I tried: ribbon, buttons, primas. Nothing looked right. Well, if the paper's too busy, lets add STAMPS!! LOL I pulled out the tubs of MM paints that I HAD to have an probably haven't used in at least a year. Pulled out a Unity swirly and, I don't know about y'all, but I think it works.

Supplies: Stamps -- Ippity Because of You and Unity Growing in Unity, Cardstock -- Pink from my stash and Cool Caribbean from SU, Ink -- ColorBox Chalk Ink & MM paints, nesties and Fiskars threading water punch.

Now, on to Angie's blog or you can go back to the Ippity blog for the full list. Have a great Monday!!!

Eyelet Swaps Number Two

2010-06-26T04:55:00.003-06:00

For the second half of my eyelet swap. I'm not sure how much I like the eyelets on this one. They DO match better IRL but they are awfully bright & the b/g (oooo, that can stand for background or Basic Grey in this case. Neato!) is a little subdued. And, I'm trying to decide if I should go back & color in the leaves.....

Supplies: Stamp -- Unity Everything Extraordinary, Cardstock -- SU & pink from my stash, DP -- Basic Grey, Ink -- SU, Eyelets -- from my stash.

Friday Unity Friends with Flair

2010-06-25T05:31:00.001-06:00

For my eyelet swap. I went thru so many ideas for this swap & none of them worked. I really wanted a stamp the incorporated the eyelets INTO the stamp but what I had planned just didn't look right. So I settled for this. And, you know what? I LOVE it!!! IRL, the eyelets match a bit better.

Supplies: Stamps -- Unity Everything Extraordinary, Cardstock -- SU, PP -- MM, Ink -- stazon & SU Markers, eyelets from my HUGE stash of eyelets that I didn't even make a DENT in!!!

Next on the hop, Lori's blog. Or you can go back to the Unity site for the entire list. Happy Hopping!

Fuzzy Ducky

2010-06-24T05:55:00.002-06:00

YIKES!! 2 days in a row w/o a unity stamp? Y'all are going to start worrying about me. LOL. I fell in love w/this little Imaginisce stamp & bought it w/o a plan to use it. Then, Angie posted a duck swap. Well, I'm not really sure this IS a duck but I figured if it quacks like a duck & walks like a duck, you'll have to assume, it's a DUCK! LOL

I made fake flower-soft for this little guy. I took a Styrofoam ball and shredded it. Then, I colored part of it w/yellow Alcohol ink. I think it turned out CUTE! Hope everyone else in the swap thinks so.

Supplies: Stamp -- Imaginisce, Cardstock -- SU, PP -- Sweetwater (from the stash!) ink -- stazon & SU Markers, nesties

Sorry No New posts

2010-06-23T05:40:00.001-06:00

I'm driving my little pumpkin-lumpkin to drivers ed every day this week (and next). I'm taking my laptop & have plenty of time to post but, my Externa Hard Drive is home w/the pics. When I get home, it never occurs to me to move the pics to my laptop so I can post. I'll try to get something done tonite.