Growing in Unity Day 3

This is my layout with the cutest little guy you have ever seen!  I am so upset that I couldn't get a good picture.  (you can see it a little better if you click on it) Lots of great stamps on this one.  I used my brand new December KOTM, last month's scrapbook kit, and a great Ippity kit Life's Little Moments!  I love that kit - did you notice that I stamped the fun bracket twice to make a cute box?  It is hard to line up perfectly (I did it once out of 6 tries on my practice paper) but you can't tell when you use a few little pearls.  I thought it was a fun look.  The papers are My Mind's Eye and Piggy Tales. The ink is Unity Burnt Umber - anybody else think this is their favorite ink now?  I love mine!!

Have a very Merry Christmas.  I will be back on Saturday to draw a name from all your fabulous comments for a free Unity Single!!

Day 2 Growing in Unity

This is my favorite way to make gift certificate holders.  For my oldest daughter's 18th birthday I made a whole book of these and attached them with rings.  I put gift cards from all of her favorite places in it.  It is a tiny brown bag.  I stamped on cardstock with my Ippity stamps and stitched it to the bottom of the bag.  Don't you love this butterfly stamp!  I love stamping it on this polka dot paper.  I usually glue the flaps together on the inside of the bag so that it holds the gift card better.  I made a tag to attach the gift card to. 

Enjoy your Tuesday - I will be back tomorrow with another layout. 

Ippity Hippity Hop & Day 1 Growing in Unity

Can you believe Christmas is only a few days away?  We had a wonderful weekend - finishing our shopping, wrapping lots of presents, doing some great baking with friends and today's wonderful service at Church. 

I entered this layout in the Ippity Design Team Challenge.  I love the way it turned out.  But, the winning designers are fabulous and I know they will have great stuff for us.  I will be back tomorrow and Wednesday with more Growing in Unity projects.

Last Friends with Flair 09

My last 2 Christmas cards to share with you (until January when I start the Challenge LOL) I am still working on getting them sent - hopefully they will all go out in the mail on Saturday!  Both of these cards use Fancy Pants and Creative Imaginations paper and my FAV. Unity Bright & Merry Winter Wishes stamps!  I hope all of you have a very Merry Christmas and check back next week when you have a few minutes I will have some fun things to share for Growing in Unity. 

H{Ippity} Hop

2 more of the Christmas cards I made this weekend. The goal was to finish and start sending them out tomorrow! I don't think I have enough which I hate because then I have to be careful with my list (I may try to squeeze in a little more stamping time tomorrow after work). Then I HAVE to get started on buying and wrapping LOL!! I am seriously taking the splitcoast challenge to make 10 Christmas cards per month starting in January!! Hope you have lots of fun along the H{ippity} Hop trail... next stop is JenMarie. And be sure to check out the Ippity blog for the full list and the another fun challenge!

I think I am about half way done with my Christmas cards!!

still not sure if I really like this one...

love this snowflake from Bright & Merry Winter Wishes!! Paper is glittery My Minds Eye!!

This is one of the pages from the 6 x 6 Webster Pages. The paper is so pretty I didn't need to do much to it for a nice simple card! The stamp is from Clear Dollar Stamps. I love Christmas messages with a beautiful meaning like these.

Another couple quick easy cards with my favorite Unity pointsettia stamp!!

the adorable Ippity Snowman with a nice clear dollar stamp message.

more Christmas cards for Friends with Flair

What do you think bow or knot? I can't decide LOL!! The paper is from My Mind's Eye. I sprayed the beautiful snowflake that JPScraps gave me with glimmer mist to make it match the paper. The sentiment is from the AMAZING Bright & Merry Winter Wishes.

Don't you just love these Ippity Trees!! I have an awesome kit in stock if you're interested. I added some stickles for some extra sparkle to go with the fun glittery paper! Only about 50 more cards to make - I sure hope I can get them done before Christmas LOL. Oh and I totally forgot to announce the winner of Little Me - it goes to NIKKI!! SURPRISE - okay she was the only entry but wow what an awesome page!! I'll get your stamps to you this weekend Nikki.

Not feeling well today but...

I got a few Christmas cards done last night.

Isn't this paper pretty! It is Webster's Pages petite papers 6 x 6 pad. I love the soft vintage feel. This Unity poinsettia is going to be on lots of my cards this year. I just love it!! The bottom card is my favorite so far. I cut out some of the poinsettia layers but you can't see it much on this picture - it looks more dimensional in real life LOL!! I will have more cards to post tomorrow.

These are the Christmas cards I made for our office to send out this year. The black and cream paper is flocked and I just loved it!! I also used my new bow maker on the Ultimate Crafter's Companion to make the bows and let me tell you I don't know how I ever lived without it LOL!! It sure made that part of this process a lot faster. This is 52 cards!!! I ran out of paper and have to get some more before I finish the last 15 or so. Now I need to start on my own cards!! No one ever gets their card from me early :)

H{Ippity} Hop

Yeah our first hop!! Start at the Ippity Blog and be ready for lots of awesome inspiration!! For my card I used the adorable little house from Devoted and one of the sentiments from Just Wanted to Say! I just got the Ultimate Crafter's Companion so I wanted to give it a try. The little embossed heart and the lines around the edges were from that. I colored in my house with Copics and sanded my embossing just a little. The flower was from the SWEETEST JPScraps! I love the little pop of red with this color combo. I can't wait to show you what else I worked on this weekend. (check back tomorrow!)

Hop over to the very talented Stephanie next :) Hope you have a great Monday!