World Cardmaking Day!

What a fabulous DAY!! 

 You have no excuse not to be inspired today!!  

The WORLD is making cards and showing off their stuff!!

If you are looking for some fun - check out SCS for some challenges!

The Ippity Blog has a new challenge every other week with a great prize!!

There is also a new Ippity Sketch blog kicking off today!!

I used Ippity Sets Sing A New Song and  What Matters Most for this card along with a pretty fabric flower that I made (I have both of these sets in stock and would love to send one your way - don't forget every order from ME gets FREE Fabric Flowers and FREE 6x6 papers!!)

This CAS card was for the Paper A La Mode challenge at The Outlawz. I used Ippity set The Best. Talk about some FUN going on - If you are not a member over there NOW IS THE TIME!!  We are kicking off a HUGE party Monday morning.  There are over $800 in prizes including 3 gift certificates from ME for Ippity Stamps!!! We will have some great games, challenges, a blog hop and DID I MENTION PRIZES!!!! Come join in the fun!!!

If you are continuing on the World Cardmaking hop click here for the next blog.

Challenge Fun!!

Who loves BoBunny?! MEEEEEEEEE!!! and I am totally in love with this Gabrielle line!! Gorgeous!!  This sketch is on the BoBunny Blog for their card challenge.  I turned the sketch on the side and used some papers from the Noteworthy book.  I also bought some of the buttons and oh my goodness the butterfly charms are beautiful!!! I used Unity and Ippity stamps (one of my favorite sets which I have in stock and ready to ship out!!).

For my second card I used more BoBunny paper for the All Things Unity challenge to use Buttons. The doily is from LYB.  The stamps are from the March KOTM and Simply Said.

H{Ippity} Hop Monday and more Class Examples

These are the other 3 cards that I will be teaching on April 15th. I wish you could see the glittery awesomeness on the butterflies!! It was my favorite!! As always all supplies are provided you just need to bring your tool kit and adhesive. I recommend zip dry and photo tape for these projects. Please see one post down for the other card and the layout.  Cynde will also have her projects on her blog.  I used three fabulous Ippity kits to make these cards. (and I have all of them in stock and ready to ship out!!) Have a great Monday!

Unity Friends with Flair time again!!!

I have a few more calendars to share today.  I used a variety of Unity and Ippity stamps and the Lilac House line of paper from Fancy Pants!!  I still have lots more I want to make so I sure hope you don't get sick of seeing them LOL! And PLEASE check back tomorrow too for the SSC Holiday Blog Hop - we will have lots of inspiration and prizes!!

H(ippity) Hop Monday

I have lots of Ippity fun to share today.  This weekend was the first time I had time to play with these GORGEOUS snowflakes from the Season of Joy set I used them on a tri-fold gift card holder and a layout with pictures from 5 YEARS AGO.  Felt good to pull out some old pictures and play.  The first card is my favorite - love how it turned out.  I used my favorite stamp from Where You Should Be.  These sets can all be purchased by clicking here.  I have also been working on some things to share here on Thursday - NEW RELEASE DAY!!!! See you then!

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 - 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!!

FWF Good Friday

Wow yesterday Unity has some fun stuff going on. The new releases are really great I had to order inside and out! Awesome sentiments! If you don't have the Unity Blog bookmarked you definitely should. Every Thursday is Unity Day and to join in the fun you need to check out that blog! 

My card for today is one that I will be teaching at our May 1st retreat!  I used Daisy Bucket paper and made a gift card holder.  I think this is such a fun way to give a gift card!  During class you will be able to use whichever sentiment you want under the circle - to say thanks or happy birthday or whatever.  I used lots of Ippity stamps to create this card. 

To see all the Ippity stamps available to purchase from me click on the 2 Ippity blinkies on the side bar.  Today is the last day to take advantage of the Spring Sale lots of goodies and Free shipping and be entered into the contest to win Fishy Philosophy!! (so far I have no one entered so if you make a purchase today you have really good odds of winning!! just saying!!)  I will be shopping in St. Louis today so if you email me I will not be able to respond right away.  Please be patient with me and I will be happy get some Ippity coming your way!!

Have a great day! and a very happy & blessed Easter.

H{ippity} hop Easter card

Happy Monday!! I have an Easter Card today using the beautiful cross from What Matters Most and the new French Lilac ink (which I have in stock - I would love to send some your way!!).  I also used chipboard on this card for the Ippity Challenge.  The picture looks a little funny because this is a gatefold card and it popped open a bit as I took the picture.  I used Crate Paper - Kaitlyn, May Arts Ribbon, Prima Flowers, Kaiser Craft pearls, a chipboard tag and Bazzill Cardstock.   If you have not participated in the challenges yet, you can find them each week on the Unity Blog or at Splitcoast Stampers - join us - the more the merrier!! We all love the inspiration and seeing what everyone else does!!

Guess What I have?

2 things really... Spring FEVER and new Purple Ippity Ink!!  Actually it is French Lilac doesn't that just sound gorgeous?!!  I used the new ink for both of these cards.  Both cards also have the Sweet Thoughts of Spring Ippity stamps (which is on SALE click the link on the sidebar to the right!!)  The first card I used one of the fun borders in the Spring Kit.  and the You are fabulous sentiment from Right Where You Should Be.  Hello Spring uses two stamps from the Spring Kit and the Butterflies from What Matters Most.  Isn't it great how all these stamps are so versatile!!  The papers are Crate - Kaitlyn (which I have had since I went to CKC last year and thought I better use up before I go back this year LOL!!) I LOVE the purple - I don't know why I waited so long to use them (can you say paper hoarder!!)  I made the flower using plain cotton batting and Shimmerz Vibez.  It is so shimmery and pretty (hard to tell in this picture). Check back tomorrow for Unity Friends with Flair AND Saturday - I have a surprise on Saturday ♥

I had an Ippity VSN weekend!!

Well at least part of the weekend - I got busy on Saturday and didn't get to do much but I did get several challenges done Friday night.  It was a lot of fun and really got me out of my normal comfort zone.
This first card had to be blue and white - I used my cuttlebug and sanded the blue paper and colored in some of the letters with a blue copic that matched the blue.  Not the best card ever but I thought it would be a nice guy card and I got it done in the allotted 45 minutes.  The second card here was a sketch and it was my first challenge.  It was very challenging LOL!!  The 3rd card turned out better than I thought it would.  I colored over some whitewash core'dinations cardstock with my copics then embossed it with my cuttlebug.  I then sanded the cardstock and colored my fishy with the same copics.  It turned out better than I expected. The fourth card was a music challenge and I used my new PTI cardstock and some of the background paper from My Minds Eye that you can buy from Ippity.  Love the distressed look.  THE LAST card is my favorite!! The challenge was to use white on white and I love how this one turned out!! In person you can see the snowy shimmerz vibez I used on the embossed paper, ribbon and flower.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!  Have a great Ippity Monday!! If you would like to see more inspiration go to the Ippity blog for the h{ippity} list.