Good Morning!!

It is a wet and rainy morning here in Illinois this morning and with Ike moving onshore today, I have a feeling that a lot of you are facing the same style weather where you are or have it coming your way. Yesterday's hip-hop was so much fun. Thank you for all the loving that you showed for my projects and little cutie!

Today I just have a quick share for you. This was my project for yesterday's hip-hop just in case the bags didn't get finished (they have been in the works for 3 weeks, but something kept getting in the way of them getting completed.) I planned this project with a sketch first. I don't do that very often, but when I do, it makes the project go together so much faster so I thought that I would share the sketch with you too.

And now the final project. This is my Christmas planner/list book. It is simply a small spiral notebook and I have altered the cover.

I used three Unity stamps/kits for this. First the Wishes came from the stamp, My Biggest Wishes. I simply took my waterbased Zig Marker and only colored the Wishes part of the sentiment. I love using this technique to make my stamps more versatile. If you aren't familiar with it, let me know and I will explain it a bit further...it's super-simple!

The grey swirls in the background are from my favorite kit, Growing in Unity. I could easily use a stamp from this kit on every project that I make. Finally the Christmas images are from the kit, Bitty Christmas tags. I simply used watercolor pencils for the coloring on these.

I don't think that you can see it on these photos, but all of the jingle bells have a touch of glitter just to give them a more festive/holiday look.

I hope you have a fun {and creative}weekend ahead of you!