Friends with Flair Friday :)

Oh how I have missed you Friends with Flair!!

I MADE time to play this week and I can't wait to see what everyone else created too!!

I have two little cards using Unity Itty Bitty Let the Spoiling Begin.  I have decided that when I make one card it's silly not to make at least two!! It doesn't take much longer and I never have enough cards when I need them!!

I also made a layout yesterday. (no pictures on it yet but I know what I want to use!!)  I made up 6 extras of these for kits and will be selling them (not put together - you do that part :) - if anyone is interested leave me a comment.  I really love the Octagon/Hexagon's lately so I stayed pretty simple with that.  I used SMAK kit True Story on this one.

Lastly - did you know there was a PARTY going on in The Outlawz Challenge group?  Come and play - there are seriously HUNDREDS of Dollars in Prizes!!! Lots of fun!! I am even doing BINGO on Saturday and will be giving away some Ippity!!!

June Ippity Release PARTY!!

It's IPPITY RELEASE DAY!!!

ARE YOU READY TO PARTY?

We have a blog hop - chatting in the Splitcoast Stampers Forum - Prizes

AND GREAT NEW STAMPS!!! LOVE IT!!

Here are the NEW Stamps:

Born in My Heart

Had fun with this one - great sayings -
this kit would be perfect for a little scrapbook!!

Dream to BE

I am IN LOVE WITH THIS ONE!!!

I already made 3 cards :)

I couldn't decide which one I liked better so I'm sharing them both :)

Stitches of Buttons

This stamp is BIG!!! Love it!

What's Cooking?

Isn't this chef the cutest!!!!

WHEW - you made it through all of that!!!
I tell you I haven't had so much fun stamping in AGES!!! 
NOW HOP and SHOP :)

Head over to the Unity Website to Shop, click on Ippity, then pick me Rona Mallard as your chick {pretty please} shop and have fun!! There is a great sale going on too!!! Remember you can purchase Unity and Ippity on the same sale - one stop shopping :)

READY TO HOP?!!

CHECK OUT WHAT THE REST OF THE IPPITY CHICKS HAVE BEEN CREATING!!

{ippity} blog 

mary - mary's creative journey

rona - a little inspiration from rona ------You are here

jennifer -  mitten's papercrafting

patricia - my crafty creations

barbara - {ippity} do da

andrea - ippity stamps 4 you

jenmarie - taylor-made by jenmarie

angie - {stampsings of the shug} 

christine - christine's creative therapy

cheri - the paper freak

heather f. - i heart {ippity}

maria - ria creations

rebecca - blooming pink

noelle -noelle scraps alot

aletha - aj's designs

lisa -  schnauz scraps

cyrstal - crystal's craft corner

{ippity} blog 

LOOK AT THESE SALES!!!

Click over to the UNITY SITE to purchase!

Click the graphic to enlarge!

Have fun :)

A beautiful new Ippity Release and Blog Hop

It's time for another {ippity} chicks blog hop!! We have a new release and a fun little blog hop on the second Thursday of each month. You should have arrived from the Ippity blog, if you did not, click the image above to go there and take a peek at the fabulous new releases! (and my other card using this release).  And remember to end there on the Ippity blog and leave a comment for your chance to win a prize!!

below is the list if you got lost along the way.

{ippity} blog 

rona - a little inspiration from rona

rebecca - blooming pink

susan - paper and joy

sabrina - ippity online

maria - ria creations

barbara - {ippity} do da

jennifer -  mitten's papercrafting

noelle -noelle scraps alot

andrea - ippity stamps 4 you

joan - tails in the stamp room

jenmarie - taylor-made by jenmarie

heather f. - i heart {ippity}

lisa - schnauz scraps

patricia - my crafty creations

jen - jens cup of creations

angie - {stampsings of the shug}

{ippity} blog 

I know great artists never have to explain their art - but since I am not a great artist I'm giving you my super deep, in depth, symbolic meaning for each step of my card! LOL

I LOVE this sentiment and believe it with all my heart! So I started with that.  I cut it into a pretty shape from Spellbinders and then used Shimmerz Vibez in Blue Jean and a waterbrush to swipe color over the sentiment.  I didn't feel like "splatter" reflected the "pain" but the soft swipes (some darker than others did).  Next the butterfly.  I colored mine with plain yellow because in the midst of pain we don't always feel multi-colored and beautiful...But a sparkle of hope is ALWAYS there! (the sparkle is red spica pen and then I spritzed the whole butterfly with Shimmerz Vibez in Egg Noggin).  My hope is in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the patterned paper (Cosmo Cricket) in the background reminded me of lots of pretty picture frames which for this card symbolized snippets of painful situations from my past that Jesus has brought me through and that now I can look back and be reminded that I AM STRONGER because of it!!!

 OK if you made it this far, you can laugh or just think I am silly - but it felt very good making this card today and it really makes me happy looking at it!!

Now have a fabulous time with the rest of the hop and don't forget that you can purchase all of these new stamps on the Unity Website.  I would love for you to choose me, Rona Mallard as your Ippity chick and then have fun shopping!!  Unity and Ippity can be ordered on the same order.  And there are lots of fun new Unity stamps being released today too!!

Rebecca is next and I know she has something fabulous to share with you!!

Enjoy.

stamps I used on my sample today:

Stampy Fun

FINALLY some crafty play time!!! I love to just sit down and create without having to worry about 50 other things to do!! A rare and happy day :)

So I have 3 cards to share today!!

My first card is for the Paper a la Mode challenge at The Outlawz!
Our challenge this week is to use Happy on your card or project.
I used the new Ippity stamps called Bloom & Simplify. LOVE these sets!!!  The paper is from the Sugar Chic 6x6 pad by Heidi Swapp. I used my Tim Holtz Distress markers to color!

On the inside I used Ippity single Happy are Those.  These Ippity stamps are available on the Unity Website. {please click my name - Rona Mallard as your Ippity chick}

My next card is for the Unity Kit of the Month Sketch challenge.  Click here to see April's Sketch.  I used Simple Stories Happy Day 6x6 pad and stamps from my March KOTM.

My last card is for the Unity Challenge - which is a color challenge to use Pink, Green and off-white.  I choose my paper first - this one is from Cosmo Cricket Tea for Two 6x6 pad - perfect for the color challenge.  And because this paper felt a little vintage I decided to use this great Unity set called For the Record. And the sticker letters are from the Echo Park paper set that matches these stamps.

 Have a fabulous weekend!!



 

Ippity Release Day - and a little wedding update :)

I know my blog has been extremely neglected lately!! I have probably neglected everything in my life getting ready for my daughter's wedding - which is SATURDAY!!! I will show off some photos of some of the projects I made for the wedding and of course my favorite wedding pictures too. We did a little bridal shoot this week and I can't show you everything but I have one little peek to share today.

OK so are you ready for an Ippity Hop to CELEBRATE this fabulous new release!! I have to tell you Angie Blom is THE BEST!! She is so sweet and such a wonderful friend!! I couldn't be happier for her and her dreams coming true through Ippity and Unity!! I am so proud to have these stamps that she designed!! This is my FAVORITE new release!! I have worked on wedding stuff for several months (some days 12 and 14 hours A DAY!!) but I HAD to put it down and pick up these stamps for a bit!!!

I used watercolor paper for my base. Then stamped the floral stamp in glimmer glaze (Island Spring; Purple Passion and Wicked). After stamping the flowers I spritzed the entire thing with glimmer mist (Cherub Pink and Electric Blue). Then I stamped the girl (isn't she GORGEOUS) with black ink and then added some color to the dress using the same glimmer glaze.  I used the twig Ippity stamp from the Sing a New Song set to stamp using the green glimmer glaze along the bottom.  I stamped the sentiment with black ink. Then  matted in black to finish. (finished size is 6x7).  The real life picture is so glimmery and fabulous - I love it!! I may frame it or put it on a canvas later!  Now check out all of these new RELEASES!!  LOVE THEM DON'T YOU?!!! I can't wait til next week when I have time to give them all the attention they DESERVE!!

 

You should have arrived from the {ippity} blog.  If you did not, then don't forget to start there.  Below is the list if you get lost along the way.  Thanks for hopping with us!!

{ippity} blog 

angie - {stampsings of the shug}

jennifer -  mitten's papercrafting

 barbara - {ippity} do da

 rona - a little inspiration from rona (you are here)

anita - anita be stampin

mary - mary's creative journey

 susan - paper and joy

  jen - jens cup of creations

 noelle -noelle scraps alot

heather f. - i heart {ippity}

 jenmarie - taylor-made by jenmarie

 cheri - the paper freak

 lisa - schnauz scraps

andrea - ippity stamps 4 you

maria - ria creations

rebecca - blooming pink

althea - aj's designs

crystal - crystal's craft corner

joan - tails in the stamp room

christine - christine's creative therapy

{ippity} blog 

There is a release party over in the Splitcoast forum.  I will be decorating for the wedding until late Thursday night and will miss all the fun so I hope you have some extra fun for me :)  You can order these fabulous stamps online at the Unity website (that bundle is a GREAT deal!!) - and I would love it if you pick me RONA MALLARD as your Ippity chick when you place your order!! Have a fabulous hop!

Outlawz Challenge and a little sneaky snippet

The new Paper a la Mode challenge at The Outlawz is to create a shaped card (or project)!!  I used one of the BRAND NEW release stamps for April - we can only show little snippets and not the full set but Oh My Goodness I am in LOVE with these new stamps!! Angie Blom designed them all and they are GORGEOUS!!

I realized (after) making an oval card - how hard it is to photograph!! Luckily my little neglected Easter bunny planter does not have a plant in it - so he held my card :)  I used paper from indigo blue collection by LYB and my newest spellbinders die (can't think of the name).  Check back on April 12th for the whole release and REMEMBER you can order Ippity stamps directly from the Unity website by clicking my name (Rona Mallard)!!  And there is a fabulous sale going on right now!!

Have a fabulous weekend!

March Ippity Release Day

It's another {ippity} release day!!  That means another blog hop with the {ippity} chicks.  You should have arrived from Crystal's blog.  If you did not start from the beginning, You will want to hop over to the Ippity Blog and go through them in order (there is a game and a PRIZE up for grabs!!)

With this blog hop comes some free {ippity} goodness!  To be eligible for the prize you will need to collect each word that shows up one each blog in the hop to make up an entire quote. There are a total of 14 words.  Collect the words, figure out the quote, then email Rona {me}.  A winner will be drawn to win two {ippity} itty bitty stamps.




My word is a name - Anthony J. D'Angelo

And now my favorite part - showing you what I did with these fabulous new stamps!!! This release is so much fun!!! LOVE THEM!!

This is my FAVORITE!! I used some super fun paper from My Mind's Eye called Lime Twist - so perfect for this new stamp!!

Isn't this image fun?! BoBunny paper on this one.

I will be using this one AGAIN AND AGAIN!!! more Lime Twist paper :)

And lastly for me today is this gorgeous bird house stamp - so pretty - I just had to distress a little :)

Here are the full stamps sets.

All of these are available on the Unity website.  I would love for you to pick me - Rona Mallard as your Ippity Chick!! Now on with the hop... HAVE FUN!!

{ippity} blog 

angie - {stampsings of the shug} 

anita - anita be stampin

joan - tails in the stamp room

noelle -noelle scraps alot

barbara - {ippity} do da

jenmarie - taylor-made by jenmarie

maria - ria creations

cheri - the paper freak

 jen - jens cup of creations

susan - paper and joy

lisa - schnauz scraps

  sarah - the joys of creating

crystal - crystal's craft corner

rona - a little inspiration from rona **you are here**

andrea - ippity stamps 4 you

heather f. - i heart {ippity}

{ippity} blog 

Friends with Flair

Did you see the new Unity/Ippity releases?

Oh my gosh - love them!! AND they are on sale!! 

I have two more Ippity cards to share today.  

 These were super fun to make!! 

If you like these stamps as much as I do - I would love to be YOUR Ippity chick - 

just click my picture Rona Mallard and order right from the Unity website!! 

Have a fabulous weekend!