Unity Friends with Flair Friday and a Sale!

If you haven't seen all the Unity CoBrands check them OUT!!! Exciting Stuff - gorgeous stamps and a SALE!!! I just received the new IOD ones and while I didn't have much time to play yet am already in LOVE with these and they go so beautifully with Ippity stamps...

For this first card I used stamps from IOD Devotion Collection and the Provencial Collection: Paris along with Ippity stamp You Deserve (which I have in stock and ready to ship with some fun freebies!!)

For my Christmas cards I paired the Jillibean Soup Blessing Fall from Heaven  with Ippity Season of Joy!! I only had time to make 50 of these and really needed at least 100!! How about you ready to start earlier for next year?  Season of Joy is a perfect set to get you started and I have this in stock as well!!

The hop continues - check out the Unity Blog for a list of all the participants!

Simply Scrapping Crafts Holiday Blog Hog!!

Yippee it's blog hop day!! Are you seeing lots of awesome stuff so far?

Welcome to Simply Scrapping Crafts First Annual Holiday Hop! We have quite a line-up for you today filled with lots holiday inspired goodies! Our DT has been busy at work in Santa’s workshop creating a sled full of gorgeous holiday projects to help you decorate, scrapbook or use for gifts!. Be sure to comment all of the blogs along the way because we have "hidden" some extra special treats along the way. There is no way to tell where we have them stashed, so be sure not to miss out! Some of our hop hosts are giving an extra entry for becoming a follower. Who doesn't appreciate more chances to win right? All winner will be announced on Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 via the DT blogs and also in the hop room at SSC, which can easily be accessed here . You have until 11:59PM EST tonight, December 4th, 2010 to comment for your chance to win. All you need to do is click on each link and leave a comment as you hop along to the end of the list. Are you ready for a Holly Jolly Holiday Hop? Let's get to hoppin'!

Maureen  http://stampandscrapwithmaureen.blogspot.com/
Theresa  http://procrastinatingscrapper.blogspot.com/
Nikki  --- http://gracie33.blogspot.com/
Rona  http://scraprona.blogspot.com/  You are here!
Colleen  http://cardsdelight.blogspot.com/
Amy  http://amybeansblog.blogspot.com/
Clare  http://bearydocardsinc.blogspot.com/
Pryn  http://mochavation.blogspot.com

Tammy http://tmaynard.blogspot.com/

OK are you ready for my project?  Well who else has older kiddos that are really hard to shop for? Or anyone on your list that you like to give gift certificates too?  Here is a super cute way to make gift card giving (and receiving) WAY more fun!! (side note - sorry for the silly bow on top the twine was not messed up when I got this ready but I guess I fiddled with everything too much when I was getting the picture placement ready - I have actually decided to add a big cut-out snowflake in the center of the blue bow but didn't have time to get that done for the hop.)  Back to the project... 

The paper is My Minds Eye and is very glittery!! I used May Arts ribbon for the bow and Ippity stamps on the tag.  The border punch is Martha Stewart.

I used two sheets of paper cut to 10 1/2" square. Scored them at 3 1/2" to make 9 squares. I glued the two papers together in the center square only. Cut off the squares at the four corners and then glued only the edges of the 4 outer squares to form pockets. I cut half circles to allow for pulling out the gift cards. The box lid is also cut 10 1/2" squared and then scored to that the center square is just slightly larger that 3 1/2" so that it fits down nicely over the box. You can cut the edges of the lid with a decorative border punch for a little extra flair! I also thought it was fun to add another layer of pockets by gluing in another box cut to 9" and scored at 3". I will then fill this with some $5.00 gift cards to the girls favorite fast food places, a few to their favorite places to shop and maybe even put in a gift certificate for a pedicure! We'll see :)

Well have lots of fun on the rest of the hop!!! and don't forget to leave comments - (you know how much I love to give away fun Ippity stamp surprises!!!)

H{ippity} Hop Monday!!

Hope everyone enjoyed a fabulous Thanksgiving with family and friends!! It's so nice to have a few days off of work and get lots accomplished around the house! We have the Christmas tree up, decorations everywhere and even the lights on the house.  I just LOVE Christmas!!  I am sharing a couple of Christmas cards I made a few weeks ago for SSC challenges.  (and then I had them at the craft show and they sold - in fact ALL of my Christmas cards sold - so... I have ZERO to send - back to the scraproom LOL!!!)  This first card has sparkly SEI paper in the background and a kind of hodge podge poinsettia.  Different but I liked it.  The second card is more my norm - distressed and lacy!!  Can you see the mistletoe stamp for the background?  Ippity stamps used are from sets Season of Joy and Kissmas & Mistletoe.

Also this weekend I put together tags for our Acteens fudge sale (to help pay for our mission trip this summer) I need to make about 25 more to finish up the 100!! We have these large boxes and some smaller ones that will have cellophane and then ribbon along with the tags in the bottom photo. Not all ippity but I thought I would share.

H{ippity} Hop Monday!!

Whew... what a long couple of weeks!!  The craft show this weekend was a lot of fun (exhausting) but fun!! I loved seeing so many of my friends I hadn't seen in ages!!  I made this card real quick Saturday night because most of my Christmas cards sold!! I had to use my new snowflake punch - isn't it pretty!!  The snowflake stamp is Unity (jillibean) and the Merry Christmas stamp is Ippity from Season of Joy!! 

H{Ippity} Hop Monday

I have a couple of Christmas cards for you today for H{ippity} Hop Monday!!  Both of these cards were made for challenges at Simply Scrapping Crafts this past week.  The first was an inspiration photo challenge and the second was a challenge to use a stamp in a "non-intended" way.  I used the mistletoe stamp from Ippity set Kissmas and Mistletoe to add a background to the diecut flower.  The Merry Christmas stamp I used for both cards are from the Season of Joy Ippity set.  I have lots of Ippity stamps in stock and ready to send your way!!  Don't forget every purchase from me includes free 6x6 papers, embellishments and FREE handmade fabric flowers!!  To see more Ippity inspiration check out the Ippity Blog.

Ippity Monday and Cards for Class

I will be teaching all 5 of these cards at our next class Saturday, November 6th.  Cynde will also be teaching 2 - two page layouts AND a mini book.  All supplies are provided in class and you will also receive a free Dots for Sure stamp!!! All for only $25.00!!!  Leave me a comment with your email address and I will send you more details! 

To see more great inspiration from other Ippity friends, see the list on the Ippity Blog.

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.

Unity Friends with Flair Friday

I just have one lonely card today - it has not been a scrappy week - I have had an allergy headache since Sunday and just haven't felt like making anything.  I am hoping for lots of scrappy time this weekend though - so check back on Monday for Ippity Hip Hop!!  So anyway for this card I used my FAV new paper from Echo Park!! (which just so happens to fit perfectly in Jimmi's WCMD challenge!! YEAH!) I used Ippity Season of Joy set.  Have a great Friday!!

A Fall Friends with Flair

and a Unity Christmas card too!!

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!!

It's FRIDAY!!! Unity Friends with Flair Day :)

Christmas card #2 only 78 more to go!! I love this Ippity Thoughts from the Past postcard!! It is the perfect size and will work with so many different cards!!  Gotta love a versatile stamp!!  The Joy is from Ippity Season of Joy!! If you haven't taken a peek at this one yet you should!! Oh my goodness those snowflakes are amazing!! My DP is Webster's pages. Crinkly ribbon I made myself and some fun little lace on the side.  Hope you have a great Friday - I am off work today volunteering at Special Olympics - they are letting me DRIVE a golf cart!!! How fun is that!! Of course it's partly because I know absolutely NOTHING about golf and wouldn't be much help!! I hope I know where to drive...

Click here to find the list of all the Friends with Flair participants.

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!