you had me at 2016

well this will sound a little wacky but

the December Unity SMAK consisted of this "2016" stamp

and I HAD TO HAVE IT since my oldest son will be graduating from high school this year

{gulp, my baby is all grown up on me}

and I've been wanting to get back into SMAK anyway

it push me over the edge!

When I received my new SMAK, I went crazy playing

I even used "inspire" from it on one of my Donna Downey

Inspiration Wednesday Journal 2015 pages

(I'm so far behind!)

another IW2015 created yesterday, made with an older Unity Stamp

MPC featuring G45

that's right, us girls at Mountain Plains Crafters are showcasing

Graphic 45 today!

and there is a little prize package, so be sure you leave us all some love

and go post on the main MPC blog for your chance to win

First up today is a tag

This is a big tag, I cut it larger than normal at 3.5"x8"

Why? Well I love all the details of the paper I chose for my base

it's from G45's Time to Flourish Collection

which is super girly and beautiful.

The lovely lace is from My Mind's Eye.

I diecut using Die-namics Fancy Flourish with Stampin' Up cardstock.

Those cute little metal flower brads are almost vintage at this point, I've had them for years from Making Memories.

The finishing ribbon is from American Crafts (boo the very last I have of this particular one).

And a wonderful miscellaneous paper clip to finish it all off.

Next up I have this great (or at least I think it is!) Canvas piece that will be a Christmas gift, nope I'm not naming names here! She'll just have to wait to find out.

This gorgeous paper is from G45's Typography Collection.

I have a hard time cutting the prints from this collection because I love them so very much!

Let me go back, I started with a plain white 9"x12" canvas; thanks to Dick Blick I get them in bulk for a great price.

I cut out all the sentiments using my CutterPillar Pro (best trimmer EVER).

I painted the edges of the canvas black using acrylic paint from Master's Touch.

Sized the Striped paper & started piling stuff on.

I border cut the Stampin' Up cardstock using a Martha Stewart punch I got on clearance. I added the sentiment strips on those & attached it all to the base piece.

Next I added the funky paper clips to the sentiment boxes and aheared those to the base.

May Arts sparkly thin red ribbon for a topper and also for some to dangle this sweet sunshiney face to with a Making Memories brad.

I chose to use some older metal flower embellishments from Basic Grey and some chipboard sequins from UmWow Studio which I decided needed a little more color, so I dabbed on a bit of Golden's Transparent Pyrrole Orange & Quinacridone Red.

Die cut paper flower I cut on the Circut but I'm clueless which cartridge it came from, it was in my stash, but I can tell you I spritzed it with Tattered Angles before flicking it with Red paint. I topped that off with a bit of UmWow Studio flair which also somehow got a bit of paint on it too!

Glued it all down, then found a few more metal embellishments I felt just went with it all & added those too. Last I did a little Red paint splattering, just cuz I can ;-)

Last glued it down to the canvas using Aleene's Tacky Glue

I hope you've enjoyed my portion of the Graphic45 paper showcase!

Don't forget to go to the MPC blog to get entered to win & leave all of us some love

Color Makes the World Go Round

ok not really but Color does make the world a better place

and Coloring makes you feel better... yep, it's a fact!

FINALLY!

When I'm sick, and I'm talking really really sick I have always reached for

a coloring book & my crayons

yes, I'm fortysomething but that has never stopped me.

I have no shame!

So it's with a happy heart that ADORNit has come out with these wonderful Coloring Books

the pages are the same awesome quality as their ArtPlay Paintables!

I was the lucky girl who received the coveted Christmas Coloring Book... oOo aAh
Starting you out with the cards I created

This card, I couldn't resist the little window showing off two of Lindsay's sweet ornaments

And now for the wallhangings!
The first is just mounted on foam-core board, super lightweight

Holly Jolly Christmas really needed some reindeer & I'm still in love with these Tim Holtz dies. I had this frame but the cut-out was about 1/2" too small so I chose to mount my creation over the cut-out instead of inside the frame

Now last but most certainly not least, this beauty was created using the
8" Pointed Bracket from ADORNit!

Up next is Mountain Plains Crafter's fabulous Terri!
oh and if you're collecting words... mine is "old" {sheesh of all the words I get that one} lol

Adornit ArtPlay Blog Hop

Welome to the AdornIt & Mountain Plains Crafter's Blog Hop! I'm so glad you're here because I have LOTS to show you, I may have gone a little coloring crazy with these awesome ArtPlay Sheets

(lots of pics)

You should have arrived here from Deb's Blog

if you didn't, please start at the beginning: HERE

I'm going to keep the chatty stuff to a minimum but if you have any questions, please ask!

Since Halloween is just around the corner, let's get started there

ArtPlay Paintables - Eek {broom}

ArtPlay Paintables - Eek {spider}

ArtPlay Paintables - If The Shoe Fits {shoes}

ArtPlay Paintables - If The Shoe Fits {jar}

ArtPlay Paintables -  Wicked {kittie}

ArtPlay Paintables - Wicked {web}

ArtPlay Paintables - Wicked {batty}

and right after Halloween we have Thanksgiving (fall just hit our neck of the woods)

ArtPlay Paintables - Adventure {happy}

ArtPlay Paintables - Eek {tag}

ArtPlay Paintables - Harmony {pumpkins}

ArtPlay Paintables - Wicked {wishes}

And all those other themes you just might need a little something specially colored (by you)

ArtPlay Paintables -  Adventure {picnic}

ArtPlay Paintables - Alphabet Soup {owl}

ArtPlay Paintables - Think Big {fly}

ArtPlay Paintables - Walk In Love {create}

ArtPlay Paintables - Walk In Love {flower}

I hope you've enjoyed at least a couple of my creations, I had such a great time coloring these then selecting papers & embellishments to coordinate with them. A huge THANK YOU to ADORNit for letting me play along! And if you're collecting words, make sure you include mine: day

and up next is the fabulous Marilynn!

Mojo 416

well this card has taken me

all.week.long.

to create!

just too busy with too many things

the sentiment is why I bought this stamp set but the wonderful butterfly didn't hurt

fro Unity Stamp Co. Letting Go-Not Loving Less

Black ink - Memento

Colored ink - various Tim Holtz Inks

Unity Love

in my last post I told you about winning the $100 Unity Stamp Company Shopping Spree

Well all those wonderful stamps arrived yesterday in my mail box!

{I shared the first card I created using one of those stamps in that post as well}

Also I received a smallish order I had placed on Tuesday too

So.Many.NEW.Stamps.

Last night I got busy & today I'm going to stay busy

creating with Unity & just taking it easy at my house.

This is a little 3x3 gift card

Unity Stamp Set - Be Joyful

Stamped using Black Memento Ink

Watercolored (with a handy dandy water brush) using Tim Holtz Inks in Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey, and Mowed Lawn

Cardbase is from Studio G

little bit of bling in flower centers from Tulip "Beads in a Bottle"

Next Up, I think I may give this one to the pastor of our church

I created this wonderful background using Tim Holtz Ink pads in Iced Spruce, Dried Marigold, Victorian Velvet, and Milled Lavender

Unity Stamp Set - Blossoms & Blessings

Stamped using Ranger Archival Ink (3 generations)

Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Black Soot around the edges

mounted on plain black cardstock

And last ( at least for this post)
is another small card, a 4x4 from the mystery cardbase drawer

sweet Unity Stamp Set - Little Bunny for you
stamped using black Memento on a plain white cardstock
I colored the flower & leaves with Twinkling H2O's
the rest is Copic marker
I punched the "sun" from pearlized cardstock
the pearl brad is My Mind's Eye
and that tag, well that's from those big packs you use when labeling for garage sales

Kitty

there is nothing like a cat, I have two tuxedo kitties in my life

they make me happy

This Hallow's Eve Kitty from Unity Stamp Company

makes me happy too

I created the center circle using various mists

stamped the kitty/moon/bats using Ranger's Archival Ink

then using a tiny paint brush I painted the moon with Liquid Pearls in White Opal

Printed papers are an old Making Memories 8x8 pack Spook Alley

The awesome little chipboard bats are from UmWowStudio

I painted the bats with Tuxedo Smooch

edges are distressed with Tim Holtz Black Soot

I played along with Sketch Saturday #379

I made very small changes: left off the staples, added a sentiment strip, changed the stars to bats plus dropped one and moved them over but I think you can still see the basic sketch idea :-)