Catch the Unity Excitement - Friends with Flair

A few more pages of Michaella's 21 Wishes book - I had hoped to be done but a huge Ippity shipment put the book on hold!! Stay tuned in for Monday's big release!! and until then check out the sneak peeks by going here and don't forget to go to all the design teams blogs because they have some fabulous creations with the sneak peeks!

happy blessing will go next
then there are two pages for strength, confidence and courage (that will have some of the new Ippity on them!!)

these two are really sparkly because I used the new Shimmerz Vibez on them - the little green flower was white!  and this last page doesn't have any stamping but I thought I would show it anyway.  The page that will be next to it says and Peace that passes all understanding.  The back cover has the adorable Unity stamp that says May you Live all the days of your Life!!  It will all be bound with a ring on the side.  I hope she likes it was really fun to do!!  All of the paper is bobunny.  All stamps are Unity or Ippity! Have a fabulous Valentine's weekend!!

Super Ippity Monday

Did you enjoy the Super Bowl?  I was happy to see the Saints win (not that I don't love Peyton Manning) but it is fun to root for the underdog!! How about the ads?  I thought the Doritos ads were hilarous!!

So I have a story for you... my oldest dd's best friend sent me a text and asked if I was making my dd a 21 shot book... uh NOOOO!! (Her 21st birthday is Valentine's Day) so I got the idea for a little 21 Wishes book instead.  I have 10 of my wishes done so far.  I will have more to share later this week.  I know all of these are not Ippity stamps several are Unity but I wanted to share what I had so far. Check out the Ippity blog for a list of the rest of the hop. Have a great Monday. Don't forget to email me if you are interested in Ippity stamps - I will have all 8 new sets available after the big reveal on the 15th!!

Friends are Good - Friends with Flair ...Great!

I am so happy it's Friday!! I can't wait to create this weekend! I have so much I want to do. Starting with the fabulous January KOM.  I had time for a quick little thank you card using this adorable owl and branch. The February Kit is just as amazing - so if you haven't signed up DO IT!!

Speaking of Amazing the new Ippity kits are seriously FABULOUS!! Next week there will be some sneaks and the 15th is the big reveal.  I have them all pre-ordered and I am working hard on some great kits to go with them.  Email me if you are interested. We are also planning a super fun day of classes and cropping using the new stamps. Save the date - March 6th!!

We got enough snow!! Y{Ippity} Yea!!

It started Thursday night and after ALL day Friday and Friday night we woke up to this beautiful snow on Saturday!!  My youngest still likes to go sled riding with me (as long as I take a few pictures of her in the snow)!!  The snow really drifted and was so deep in places it made getting back to the top of the hill pretty challenging.  After several trips (when we were both breathless) she said "can we please go in now Mom!!" So for all you mom's of young kiddos it all comes full circle eventually! 

I did get a little stamping time in too! These cards are finishing out my cards for St. Jude's hospital - they have to get in the mail to Winter!  The first two are Ippity and I threw in the last one using last month's KOM just because I thought it was going to be a quick easy card and I ended up spending WAY to much time on it!!  and I don't even LOVE it - it's not very "valentiney" but I thought it might be a nice one to send anyway.  I hope whoever receives this first card "gets it"!!  The first person I showed said Hello Tweet what does that mean?  and I was like tweet heart you know sweet heart - oh - oops!  The second is my shaped card that I once again did not get uploaded to SCS in time for the challenge!  I need to become a fan so I can upload on Sunday!!  I can't wait for the new Ippity stamps to arrive I woke up last night (again) with another design in my brain!!  But I do have to say the 3 stamps on my shaped card will probably stay my favorites for a very long time.  They are amazing!! Enjoy your Monday and enjoy the H{Ippity} Hop!

Paper Maniac Magical Mystery Blog Hop

Welcome!! If you arrived here from Christine’s blog, you are on the right track. If not, go back to the Paper Maniac Store blog.  I am super excited to be participating.  This is a very fun online store with GREAT customer service!! They carry my favorite UNITY stamps and so much more!! They also started some fun challenges and guess what - I won the last challenge with this card - how fun is that.  For the hop we were challenged to find a Beatles song and use it for inspiration for our cards.  I chose "Something" it was released in 1969 which is the year I was born!! It is a timeless love song - I'm sure you have all heard it!  This song was on the album Abbey Road - and when I realized that I got so excited and thought I have some of that paper!  (oops - that would be AMBER ROAD - LOL)  anyway still pretty fun and I went ahead and used my Amber Road paper which you can find in the store here.  I used stamps from both the December Store Kit and the October Store Kit.  If you haven't gotten this December kit yet you definitely should do that TODAY.  It is my FAVORITE!!  I felt that this first card was a pretty love card inspired by Something. 

For my second card - I saw this design a while back and wanted to try it with these fun stamps also from the December Store Kit. Cute and Easy Peasy!! 

AND speaking of Easy Peasy how about a shot at a great prize or maybe 2!!!

Prize Number 1: One random blog hopper will win a deluxe prize package that includes one mini-deck of all three new Cosmo Cricket papers, a package of American Crafts pearl brads, and the new Flourishes clouds background stamp.  All you have to do to win this prize is leave a comment on each of the participating blogs.


Prize #2: if you are not a registered customer, Sign up in the store now! One new customer registering on January 30-31 will be randomly selected to win a $20.00 gift certificate

So let the fun continue!! Hop on to AMY

FWF + a Snow Day = FUN

ok so I am scheduling this post and hoping for a snow day!   I also hope our electricity doesn't go out - I would hate to miss a hop!  *edited: No snow day and not enough snow YET to go sled riding - maybe tomorrow. This card woke me up the other morning!  Anybody else dream about their Unity stamps?  I wish you could see the pretty glimmer.  I used Kakhi Glimmer Mist, the distressed dots was stamped with creamy brown fluid chalk ink.  I used one of my favorite Ippity stamps (the bracket) and the small polka dots from this month's Unity KOM.  The flowers were from the June KOM and the sentiment is from the simply said.  I liked this one so much I made 3!!  I should do that more often since it doesn't take much more time and I could always use a few more to send!

My second card uses my new cuttlebug embossing folder!  This was my first try and I'm not too crazy about it.  I do love this paper and this new stamp from the KOM.  I'll be excited to see what everyone else is doing with these.

Check out the Unity Blog for a list of everyone else who is showing off their stuff today!  I'll be back with more Unity goodness tomorrow for the Paper Maniac Magical Mystery Blog Hop!

Love Cards - H{ippity} Hop Monday

For the first card I attempted the color challenge for this week.  Black, Neutral (brown) and one other color.  My green is actually a really pretty green but it sorta looks yellowy here.  I thought I was getting a much better picture than this!  The pretty background stamp didn't show up here too well either.  Anyway in person the brown and black work well together.  The card itself is Core'dinations black with green on the inside.  The stitching is brown.  The Love background stamp is from the May KOM and is stamped in creamy brown chalk ink (as well as around the edges).  The Love Birds (Ippity Because of You) are stamped with black Unity ink on the green card (MM 6 x 6 pad) then again on white and cut out.  The flowers are bazzill.  The black heart brad is doodlebug and it is fuzzy!! (love it)  I threw this second little quicky card in - it will be going to the St. Jude's card drive (along with several others that I have made and/or still want to make)  you can get more information on that on Julie Campbell's fabulous blog or by clicking here. I cut the alligator with the cricut (I thought it looked like he was smiling!)  It's really harder than I thought to do a Valentine for a child that I do not know and is for either boy or girl!!  The heart is Ippity the sentiment is Unity (I think the December store kit - but I may be wrong on that one.

I wanted to thank you all for the well wishes - the card class for our women's retreat went very well.  They all loved it!!

FWF - Be WHO you are

Isn't that a great sentiment!  It is from the January KOM which is super awesome!!  The flower is from Everyday Adorable and I hadn't used it yet {gasp}!  Anyone else order faster than they can stamp sometimes?  I know that will be the case after CHA too - wow there are some great kits being released!! OK back to the card.  I colored in my flowers with twinkling H2O's and it really shimmers in real life :)  I used some Basic Grey platinum pearls which matched so pretty with this Basic Grey Sugar Rush paper.  The yellow is DCWV.  The card base is Core'dinations with the purple in the center of the card.  I love that paper because you can have the black on the outside and the lighter shade on the inside for stamping and writing.  I used my spellbinders die to cut and then just traced with a precision pen for a different touch.  Probably too much going on with this card but it is growing on me.  Have a great weekend!

H{Ippity} Hop Holiday

Well actually I am at work today.  We are closed but I am here while they put together our new office furniture. I should be finished with all the work I have to do today by 11:00 or so and then will have the rest of the day to hop.  I sure am glad a lot of the Ippity friends signed up today!!  The two cards I am sharing today are ones that I will be teaching next Saturday for our women's retreat at church.  I had to have designs that were simple enough to teach 35 beginners!!  I wanted something that would keep everyone busy even while they are waiting to share the stamps (since I don't have one for each). And something that they would all be able to send easily (nothing lumpy that will cost extra at the post office).  So here is what I came up with - I was inspired by Michelle Stancil's beautiful card for this first one.  I used some A2Z paper I already had and my beautiful Devoted set.  The second card you will probably recognize because I was asking for advise on it.  I ended up just adding another strip of the dark gray which I already embossed (and I will have my embosser there so they see how it works.)  Then all they will have to do is just sand it a bit, do the stamping and glue it all together.  I think the purple and gray will work for a valentine for a man and the pink of course is more girly.  Thanks so much for all the advice.  Have a great week!

FWF - NEW

Don't you just LOVE NEW!!! Last night after work I headed over to Kohls (I had my 30% off coupon in hand which I am only lucky enough to get every once in a great while) and wow all I needed were new pillows but I found some great bargains - the receipt says I saved $529.75!! How fun is that!!  Then when I got home my NEW Sugar Rush paper and some fun new bling was in the mail!!  Makes for a fun day!!  Anyway I cut right into that sugar rush (I also got a MM 6 x 6 paper pad and I used that to stamp the image on)  This little birdie from Spring Unity is the absolute cutest isn't it?!!  I was "feeling" this message which is from simply said and I also added a couple of little branches from Birdie Inspiration which may be a little too much sometimes I just get carried away!! And if you would have seen the back of my car after the Kohl's adventure you would totally know that I am not exaggerating! Have a great weekend especially those of you enjoying a long weekend!! I will be working for comp time that I will get to enjoy this summer :)