A beautiful new Ippity Release and Blog Hop

It's time for another {ippity} chicks blog hop!! We have a new release and a fun little blog hop on the second Thursday of each month. You should have arrived from the Ippity blog, if you did not, click the image above to go there and take a peek at the fabulous new releases! (and my other card using this release).  And remember to end there on the Ippity blog and leave a comment for your chance to win a prize!!

below is the list if you got lost along the way.

{ippity} blog 

rona - a little inspiration from rona

rebecca - blooming pink

susan - paper and joy

sabrina - ippity online

maria - ria creations

barbara - {ippity} do da

jennifer -  mitten's papercrafting

noelle -noelle scraps alot

andrea - ippity stamps 4 you

joan - tails in the stamp room

jenmarie - taylor-made by jenmarie

heather f. - i heart {ippity}

lisa - schnauz scraps

patricia - my crafty creations

jen - jens cup of creations

angie - {stampsings of the shug}

{ippity} blog 

I know great artists never have to explain their art - but since I am not a great artist I'm giving you my super deep, in depth, symbolic meaning for each step of my card! LOL

I LOVE this sentiment and believe it with all my heart! So I started with that.  I cut it into a pretty shape from Spellbinders and then used Shimmerz Vibez in Blue Jean and a waterbrush to swipe color over the sentiment.  I didn't feel like "splatter" reflected the "pain" but the soft swipes (some darker than others did).  Next the butterfly.  I colored mine with plain yellow because in the midst of pain we don't always feel multi-colored and beautiful...But a sparkle of hope is ALWAYS there! (the sparkle is red spica pen and then I spritzed the whole butterfly with Shimmerz Vibez in Egg Noggin).  My hope is in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the patterned paper (Cosmo Cricket) in the background reminded me of lots of pretty picture frames which for this card symbolized snippets of painful situations from my past that Jesus has brought me through and that now I can look back and be reminded that I AM STRONGER because of it!!!

 OK if you made it this far, you can laugh or just think I am silly - but it felt very good making this card today and it really makes me happy looking at it!!

Now have a fabulous time with the rest of the hop and don't forget that you can purchase all of these new stamps on the Unity Website.  I would love for you to choose me, Rona Mallard as your Ippity chick and then have fun shopping!!  Unity and Ippity can be ordered on the same order.  And there are lots of fun new Unity stamps being released today too!!

Rebecca is next and I know she has something fabulous to share with you!!

Enjoy.

stamps I used on my sample today:

Stampy Fun

FINALLY some crafty play time!!! I love to just sit down and create without having to worry about 50 other things to do!! A rare and happy day :)

So I have 3 cards to share today!!

My first card is for the Paper a la Mode challenge at The Outlawz!
Our challenge this week is to use Happy on your card or project.
I used the new Ippity stamps called Bloom & Simplify. LOVE these sets!!!  The paper is from the Sugar Chic 6x6 pad by Heidi Swapp. I used my Tim Holtz Distress markers to color!

On the inside I used Ippity single Happy are Those.  These Ippity stamps are available on the Unity Website. {please click my name - Rona Mallard as your Ippity chick}

My next card is for the Unity Kit of the Month Sketch challenge.  Click here to see April's Sketch.  I used Simple Stories Happy Day 6x6 pad and stamps from my March KOTM.

My last card is for the Unity Challenge - which is a color challenge to use Pink, Green and off-white.  I choose my paper first - this one is from Cosmo Cricket Tea for Two 6x6 pad - perfect for the color challenge.  And because this paper felt a little vintage I decided to use this great Unity set called For the Record. And the sticker letters are from the Echo Park paper set that matches these stamps.

 Have a fabulous weekend!!



 

Ippity Release Day - and a little wedding update :)

I know my blog has been extremely neglected lately!! I have probably neglected everything in my life getting ready for my daughter's wedding - which is SATURDAY!!! I will show off some photos of some of the projects I made for the wedding and of course my favorite wedding pictures too. We did a little bridal shoot this week and I can't show you everything but I have one little peek to share today.

OK so are you ready for an Ippity Hop to CELEBRATE this fabulous new release!! I have to tell you Angie Blom is THE BEST!! She is so sweet and such a wonderful friend!! I couldn't be happier for her and her dreams coming true through Ippity and Unity!! I am so proud to have these stamps that she designed!! This is my FAVORITE new release!! I have worked on wedding stuff for several months (some days 12 and 14 hours A DAY!!) but I HAD to put it down and pick up these stamps for a bit!!!

I used watercolor paper for my base. Then stamped the floral stamp in glimmer glaze (Island Spring; Purple Passion and Wicked). After stamping the flowers I spritzed the entire thing with glimmer mist (Cherub Pink and Electric Blue). Then I stamped the girl (isn't she GORGEOUS) with black ink and then added some color to the dress using the same glimmer glaze.  I used the twig Ippity stamp from the Sing a New Song set to stamp using the green glimmer glaze along the bottom.  I stamped the sentiment with black ink. Then  matted in black to finish. (finished size is 6x7).  The real life picture is so glimmery and fabulous - I love it!! I may frame it or put it on a canvas later!  Now check out all of these new RELEASES!!  LOVE THEM DON'T YOU?!!! I can't wait til next week when I have time to give them all the attention they DESERVE!!

 

You should have arrived from the {ippity} blog.  If you did not, then don't forget to start there.  Below is the list if you get lost along the way.  Thanks for hopping with us!!

{ippity} blog 

angie - {stampsings of the shug}

jennifer -  mitten's papercrafting

 barbara - {ippity} do da

 rona - a little inspiration from rona (you are here)

anita - anita be stampin

mary - mary's creative journey

 susan - paper and joy

  jen - jens cup of creations

 noelle -noelle scraps alot

heather f. - i heart {ippity}

 jenmarie - taylor-made by jenmarie

 cheri - the paper freak

 lisa - schnauz scraps

andrea - ippity stamps 4 you

maria - ria creations

rebecca - blooming pink

althea - aj's designs

crystal - crystal's craft corner

joan - tails in the stamp room

christine - christine's creative therapy

{ippity} blog 

There is a release party over in the Splitcoast forum.  I will be decorating for the wedding until late Thursday night and will miss all the fun so I hope you have some extra fun for me :)  You can order these fabulous stamps online at the Unity website (that bundle is a GREAT deal!!) - and I would love it if you pick me RONA MALLARD as your Ippity chick when you place your order!! Have a fabulous hop!

Outlawz Challenge and a little sneaky snippet

The new Paper a la Mode challenge at The Outlawz is to create a shaped card (or project)!!  I used one of the BRAND NEW release stamps for April - we can only show little snippets and not the full set but Oh My Goodness I am in LOVE with these new stamps!! Angie Blom designed them all and they are GORGEOUS!!

I realized (after) making an oval card - how hard it is to photograph!! Luckily my little neglected Easter bunny planter does not have a plant in it - so he held my card :)  I used paper from indigo blue collection by LYB and my newest spellbinders die (can't think of the name).  Check back on April 12th for the whole release and REMEMBER you can order Ippity stamps directly from the Unity website by clicking my name (Rona Mallard)!!  And there is a fabulous sale going on right now!!

Have a fabulous weekend!

March Ippity Release Day

It's another {ippity} release day!!  That means another blog hop with the {ippity} chicks.  You should have arrived from Crystal's blog.  If you did not start from the beginning, You will want to hop over to the Ippity Blog and go through them in order (there is a game and a PRIZE up for grabs!!)

With this blog hop comes some free {ippity} goodness!  To be eligible for the prize you will need to collect each word that shows up one each blog in the hop to make up an entire quote. There are a total of 14 words.  Collect the words, figure out the quote, then email Rona {me}.  A winner will be drawn to win two {ippity} itty bitty stamps.




My word is a name - Anthony J. D'Angelo

And now my favorite part - showing you what I did with these fabulous new stamps!!! This release is so much fun!!! LOVE THEM!!

This is my FAVORITE!! I used some super fun paper from My Mind's Eye called Lime Twist - so perfect for this new stamp!!

Isn't this image fun?! BoBunny paper on this one.

I will be using this one AGAIN AND AGAIN!!! more Lime Twist paper :)

And lastly for me today is this gorgeous bird house stamp - so pretty - I just had to distress a little :)

Here are the full stamps sets.

All of these are available on the Unity website.  I would love for you to pick me - Rona Mallard as your Ippity Chick!! Now on with the hop... HAVE FUN!!

{ippity} blog 

angie - {stampsings of the shug} 

anita - anita be stampin

joan - tails in the stamp room

noelle -noelle scraps alot

barbara - {ippity} do da

jenmarie - taylor-made by jenmarie

maria - ria creations

cheri - the paper freak

 jen - jens cup of creations

susan - paper and joy

lisa - schnauz scraps

  sarah - the joys of creating

crystal - crystal's craft corner

rona - a little inspiration from rona **you are here**

andrea - ippity stamps 4 you

heather f. - i heart {ippity}

{ippity} blog 

Friends with Flair

Did you see the new Unity/Ippity releases?

Oh my gosh - love them!! AND they are on sale!! 

I have two more Ippity cards to share today.  

 These were super fun to make!! 

If you like these stamps as much as I do - I would love to be YOUR Ippity chick - 

just click my picture Rona Mallard and order right from the Unity website!! 

Have a fabulous weekend!

New Release L.O.V.E. blog hop

happy {ippity} release day!!  are you hopping with the {ippity} chicks today?

l.o.v.e. is in the air with this blog hop.  i'm using:

l - letters

o - orange

v - velvet (ribbon)

e- envelope

and here is what I came up with using the new Ippity set - sucks to get old

Next up on the hop is Maria.  Visit her blog ria creations.   Thanks for hopping with us!! 

{ippity} blog 

angie - {stampsings of the shug}

crystal - crystal's craft corner

susan - paper and joy

lisa - schnauz scraps

sarah - the joys of creating

rona - a little inspiration from rona (you are here)

maria - ria creations

anita - anita be stampin

barbara - {ippity} do da

jenmarie - taylor-made by jenmarie

rebecca - blooming pink

patricia - my crafty creations

andrea - ippity stamps 4 you

joan - tails in the stamp room

cheri - the paper freak

nancy -  http://jeansinkyhugs.blogspot.com/

jen - mitten's papercrafting

noelle -noelle scraps alot

sherri - sharecroppers kits

mary - mary's creative journey

jen - jens cup of creations

Be sure to join the Unity and Ippity fans in the Splitcoast forum tonight at 7:00 p.m. There will be bingo, prizes and lots of fun!!  The new Ippity stamps will be available for sale on the Unity website tonight at 7:00!! (watch for a sale!!)

Winner Winner

Thank you all so much for the sweet comments!!  Random.org picked 48 which is Pat K. who said:
Love your choice of colors and the
card is so creative.

January 25, 2012 12:20 AM

Congrats Pat K. you win two Itty Bitty stamps of your choice.  Email kelli@unitystampco.com with your choices.

The Outlawz Paper a la Mode challenge

I have been very neglectful with putting my Outlawz cards here on the blog for my blog friends to see.  This week our challenge is a SNOW challenge (I always love at least one snow deep enough for some sled riding but it has been such a warm winter here in Missouri that I am beginning to wonder if that will happen for us.) 

The challenge is: S - stitching (real or faux)
                              N - newest stamp you own (I used my January Unity Kit of the Month)
                                O - Oval
                                   W - white space

We would love for you to join us over at the Outlawz - there is a challenge every day of the week!! 

If you have not taken a peek at my Growing in Unity posts scroll down - hurry and leave a few comments!! I will be picking a winner Saturday afternoon for two free Itty Bitty stamps!  and Don't forget that you can order Ippity from ME - Rona Mallard right on the Unity website along with your Unity stamps and there is even a sale going on right now!! Check it all out here.

Growing in Unity Day 5

It has been a great week of sharing my Unity creations!! Thanks so much for all the sweet comments! Makes me want to blog everyday LOL - I have been very bad about that lately!! For my project today I made a shaped card using a spellbinders grand calibur die.  I also used a new spellbinders die from Blisy (it was a GREAT Price) to make the black frame. I used my favorite scripture stamp from Ippity set Devoted and the heart from Ippity set Straight from the Heart. I used a red copic spica pen for some added glittery fun!!

 

Leave your comment for a chance to win 2 Itty Bitty stamps! And remember that you can order Ippity on the Unity website now - I would love to be YOUR Chick - all you have to do is click on my name - Rona Mallard.  Have a fabulous weekend - check back tomorrow to see if you are the winner!!