Play Date Cafe Challenge

This card is made for the Play Date Cafe challenge to use black white and a splash of color!  I made the card in the previous post and really liked it but then decided it would have been pretty with a pop of color too!!  So when I saw this challenge I decided to make another using what was already on my desk!  Plus my hubby needed a sympathy card for a co-worker so I whipped this up.  Stamp is Ippity from the Regal Greetings set. May Arts silk ribbon; Twinery twine; Blingage is Teresa Collins; Button is Jenni Bowlin; Prima flower.

Hippity Hop Monday!!

Hope you had a fabulous fall weekend!! Here are more cards I made for Unity's WCMD challenges.  I completed all 23!! I am so excited!! It is fun to stretch your creative brain every once in a while!! To see everyone else's Ippity creations start here.

Lots of Cards for FWF

I have a bunch of cards to share - several are design team cards for challenges on Simply Scrapping Crafts that I just have never shared here.  These first two are for challenges on Splitcoast Stampers that I entered this week.  I'm not posting deets on all of these but you can find them in my SSC and SCS galleries with more information or shoot me an email and I can answer any questions you may have.  Happy Friday!!

HAVE a Happy Independence Day!

So I finally had some time to CRAFT today!! I ended up making several cards and having a great time.  I also spent most of the morning ordering pictures 224 to be exact!! So I hope to have lots of layouts to share in the coming days!!  This first card was made for the Hip Hop Sketch challenge at Splitcoast Stampers.  I used kraft cardstock for the card base and the large rectangle. The printed paper is from 7gypsies. The punch is Martha Stewart.  I used PTI felt for the top layer of the flower.  The frame stamp from Ippity Regal Greetings was stamped with Unity Ink Burnt Umber and the sentiment is from the Unity June Store Kit. This second card was a super easy peasy card.  I used some of my FAVORITE October Afternoon Thrift Store paper!  A webster's pages flower and added some yellow crinkly ribbon - I soooooo can't get enough of this stuff!! It is so much fun!  My little birdie is from the Ippity Kit What Matters Most and the sentiment is from the Unity June Kit of the Month.  Isn't the red and yellow fun together? I willl be using this color combo again! To purchase Ippity stamp kits click here!  I will have lots more to share so check back :)

FWF - TGIF and HAPPY NSD

Well it looks like I neglected this blog all week!!  Today I can show you these two cards that I have over on Simply Scrapping Crafts.  My first two cards as Design Team!! How fun is that.  These are great challenges and you still have time to play. 

The first is a color challenge in the card challenge group.  I used PTI cardstock, ribbon and butterfly die.  GCD paper for the light pink, Crate paper for the green, Spellbinders die, Webster Pages AWESOME ribbon flower and (gasp) not a Unity stamp on this one!! But no worries I have lots of other Unity cards!! 

My second card is for the Technique Challenge Group - to Distress!!  I used lots of distressing techniques!! The stamp is from Unity's Donna Downey Insightful Meadow.  I stamped it on the green paper (from Kaiser Craft) then I masked the image and sprayed it with Shimmerz Spritz in Mudpie.  The I took the mask off and gave it a few more sprays.  I used Tim Holtz Distress Stickles to add some sparkle to the top of the wildflower.  Then I distressed the edges and used some Tim Holtz Distress ink.  I stamped the Ippity sentiment on a tag from the same Kaiser Craft 6 x 6 pad - inked up those edges - added some stitching and some ribbon - then put it on the card base (which I sanded first) from the Core'dinations Cosmo Cricket embossed pad!!

Card 3 is my 3-D flower card for the Ippity Challenge this week.  Paper is Bazzill and Crate Paper; Stamps are from Devoted and Where You Should be Ippity sets; the flower is Prima Sprites.

Card 4 is for one of the Unity Anniversary Challenges which was to use trees or birds (mine has both!!).  Paper is Cosmo Cricket and Core'dinations.

Hope you have had a great Unity Anniversary Party week - I know I have!! If you haven't joined in any of the fun yet - HURRY over to the Unity Blog and check it all out!!! Don't forget the new KOTM will be released tomorrow - and there is a NSD party over on SSC!!  Check it out if you get a chance - I have 2 challenges and a game and will be giving away some fun Ippity prizes!!

FWF - more cards for NSD

Happy Friday!!! I have 3 more cards to show you that I will be teaching on May 1st for our National Scrapbook Day Retreat!! The first card uses fishy philosophy and I used a quote from Where You Should Be for the inside! My second card uses What Matters Most and Because of You.  The third card is Regal Greetings and Sweet Thoughts of Spring!! I just can't get enough of this Ippity!! If you would like to give some a try shoot me an email - I would love to send some your way!!!  Did you know you can become a Fan of Ippity on Facebook?  Check it out here.  There are also Ippity contests every week on Splitcoast Stampers check that out here.  And lots of Unity challenges and fun along with a list of everyone else participating in this Friends with Flair hop today!  Check it out here. 

Have a great weekend - I plan to!!

Flatterday Saturday

did you see it on the Ippity Blog? I am totally flattered!! This month also marks the 2 year anniversary of closing my store and the 1 year anniversary that I have been hooked on Unity!! SO to celebrate I am giving away PRIZES!!!  All you have to do is click on the link on my sidebar that says Ippity Sweet Thoughts of Spring Sale and leave me a comment!!  Just by leaving a comment you have a chance of winning the Sweet Thoughts of Spring kit (including all the freebies shown there!!)  AND if you would like a chance to win Fishy Philosophy all you have to do is make a purchase of one of these kits! ETA: This will be open until Friday, April 2nd at 8:00 p.m.!! Please email me if you are interested in any of the kits not listed on the sale post with buy it now buttons - I can easily email you an invoice!   I have had a lot of fun with Fishy Philosophy you can see a few of my cards here. These are a great size for scrapbooking too - think about all those fun summer pictures!!  You can order any of the kits from either release by sending me an email.  Remember purchasing one of the kits on sale plus any other kit gets you all the free paper and embellishments and FREE shipping!!

I also have a card for you today too!  This is one of the cards that I will be teaching at our May 1st Retreat.  Save the date ♥  I will be teaching with the brand new Pink Paislee Bayberry Cottage and 365 degrees! Love these! 

PageMaps Sketch Challenge Layout from ACOT

A Cherry on Top is a fun online store that I like a lot.  It has fun challenges every month and online crops every so often. I made a layout using a PageMaps Sketch for this Challenge. (I tried to upload the sketch I used but blogger isn't liking it. - if you click the link it is the 5th sketch).  I used Kaiser Craft, Making Memories and Reminisce papers. I also used Prima Bling and Ippity Stamps Regal Greetings and Love in Return!   If you would like to see all of the Ippity Stamps I have available for purchase click the blinkies on the right.  These are amazing quality stamps (a sister company to Unity and only available from Ippity Chicks like ME)  I would love to send some your way!! If you are interested in either of these sets and purchase one of the sets on sale along with it, I will still offer you FREE shipping and lots of FREE paper and embellishments!! Send me an email if I can help!  To see the layout a little better click on it.  Sorry for the bad picture.

Friends with Flair Friday

Happy Friday!! What a week - we saw some beautiful spring weather - a stormy night and the inside of lots of doctors offices!! Husband had knee surgery last week (now doing his physical therapy) Oldest daughter has sinus yuch and PINK EYE! Youngest daughter has a soccer injury that isn't healing as quickly as she would like and is off getting an x-ray as I type this!! Anyhoo... I'm still healthy and stamping away with all my lovely Unity/Ippity stamps!!  This card is my entry in the Ippity Challenge this week (there is still time to play you just need to use dry embossing (and of course Ippity stamps) on your card and upload to Splitcoast Stampers using keyword IHHC14 before Monday check it out.  If you need some Ippity stamps to play I would love to send some your way!! I still have a sale here!  And I have all of the other Ippity sets available as well.  Questions? just send me an email!

Check out the rest of the Unity Friends by starting here.  And you are going to want to bookmark that site 'cause they have some exciting things planned to surprise us all with on April 1st - no foolin'!!! Can't wait - love my Unity ♥!!