h{ippity} Hop - Love, Hope, Joy

Hello everyone and happy Monday!

Time for the h{ippity} hop!  For a complete list of hoppers please go here.

Today's card is one that I did for last months Verve challenge over at SCS.  The flourish is from Regal Greetings which you can find for sale here.  I accented the flourish with some half pearls.  I just got a couple of Tim Holtz's Distress Ink's and I am lovin' the new colors he has!  That new red is just awesome! They will not move far from my hands I am sure!

Thanks for stopping by!

 Don't forget to go check out what the other hoppers have done - There is always some good eye candy on this hop!

Stamps: {ippity}, MSE

Ink: Distress Ink

Paper: AC Cardstock, Dcwv, Coredinations

Half Pearls

H{ippity} Hop - Mistletoe

Happy Monday!!! It is time for the h{ippity} hop today - for a complete list of hoppers go over and check out the {ippity} blog.

This card was done for the Verve Anni-verve-sary release challenge. If you haven't been over to Verve's blog or SCS check either of them out - There are sneak peeks of the new release happening all week and the sets are going to be fab! If you play along with the sketches you have the chance of winning some goodies  so go check it out!

I love the little Christams set that was in the first release - but seeing as I didn't get into {ippity} until after the first of the year, I certainly did not feel like inking up anymore x-mas stamps.  But I saw them sitting there so lonely and decided to break down and use them ( A little snow would feel nice in the middle of all this heat!) As always if you like this set it is available here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: ippity

Ink: Ancient Page, SU Markers

Paper: SEI, Coredinations

Spellbinders, EK Success Border Punch, Stickles

Rock my World and Back to School

This is my second post for today - For my H{ippity} Hop post please scroll down.

Since I was up early in the morning this weekend I was able to play a bit more than normal. So I played with a few sketches and challenges.  Stamptacular's challenge this week was something for the boys - for some reason I always think rock music when I think of boys.  Don't ask me why - I know rock music isn't only for boys - heck I like rock music! But anyway - I dug out this way cool jukebox from an old Unity KOM cause I thought it looked boy-ish.  I colored it up using my prisma colored pencils and smooch (to give it that old time plastic light look) stickled bubbles around it for more color and heat embossed the sentiment with Zing glitter EB powder.  It all makes for a very sparkly card - so maybe it is more Disco than Rock  - lol!   I laid it out using the sketch from CPS added the brads at the bottom and done! This is also for OCC's Embossing challenge. Fun, fun, fun to do!

I also played along with All things Unity back to school challenge, and CAS-tastic's Case a DT Member (which was Deb - find here gorgeous creation here.)  This one was quick and easy using a schoolhouse from Unity and numbers from "Life's Little Moments" by {ippity}. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Rock my World

Stamps: Unity

Paper: Cordinations, Staples

Ink: Ancient Page

Smooch, Stickles, Brads from TPS, Cuttlebug EB Folder

Back to School

Stamps: Unity, ippity

Paper: Kraft from Michaels

Ink: Ancient Page

Colored Pencils, Smooch, Ribbon, hemp twine,

Spelbinders, MS scoring board

H{ippity} Hop - Faith

Good Morning fellow hoppers! Monday means it is time for most people to head back to work - and more importantly - it's time for h{ippity} hop!

This morning I have a card that was done using Verve' Friday Challange over at SCS - if you haven't checked it out - i recommend it - the sketch's are fab and the inspiration is insane!

I love this little saying from the "Faith Blooms" set - and it does have an inside portion as well to finish the sentiment. 

And here is the pic that inspired me (well one of them at least - this was not the first pic that got me started.  This card went through three incarnations before I settled on something I was happy with!)

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to stop at the rest of the hoppers today - You can find the full list here.

Stamps: {ippity}

Paper: AC Cardstock

Ink: Colorbox

Cuttlebug EB Folder, crystals, Spellbinders

{Hippity} Hop - A Good Book

Hello my fellow {hippity} hoppers! I hope everyone had a good weekend and are prepared for the upcoming week!

Today I have a very simple card I did for two challenges Simplicity's  One Layer Wednesday and Bling it up for CAS-tastic Challenges.

I so love the look of simple when I see what everyone else does - but I find it so hard to do myself.  I always feel that since I am making the card that every cool thing I have ever learned/done has to be presented on one card.  It almost seems like cheating to stamp simply and leave it - know what I mean!?!? I used Smooch on the butterfly from Book's a Flutter to give him a little shimmer, a little blingy thing behind him and that is the sum total of what I did to this card.  Lots of fun - easy and fast! 

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to go visit all of my other fellow hoppers - for a full list go here.

Stamps: {ippity}

Paper: Kraft from Michaels

Ink: Ancient Page, Smooch

Bling from Michaels

H{Ippity} Hop - Lovebirds

Hello and Happy Monday! Today is the h{ippity}hop and the first day of my Growing in Unity week.  That means every day this week I will be sharing something that I have created with Unity/{ippity} stamps.  AND even better - everyone who shows up everyday and comments get the chance to win some Unity goodness -I get to pick a winner on Saturday from all the wonderful words of encouragement that you leave!  So glad you could join me for this week - I know it will be fun!

For today I have used a stamp from {ippity}'s Because of You set using the colors from the PPC Challenge (Brown, Red and Rose) and the sketch from ICS.

Don't forget to leave some love today to be eligible for the Unity stamps!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: {ippity}

Ink: Ancient page, Distress

Paper: Crate Paper, Coredinations

Ribbon by American Crafts, stickles, Crystals,

Border Punch by EK Success

FWF - Thinking of you

Happy Friday all – hope everyone here in the NE is enjoying the  heat wave!  I haven’t been able to do much crafting – but at least I am getting to enjoy the pool this year! 

Here is a thinking of you card that I did with my {ippity} stamps – for sale here – from the set “Now & Always”  I had fun paper piecing the smaller flower with paper from Basic Grey, coloring in the stem with markers and finishing off with a little bling and ribbon.  What a great way to cheer someone up by letting them know you care! 

Keep your eyes out for the Flair blinkie – I don’t have it!  For a complete list of hoppers go check out the Unity site. 

Thanks for looking!

Stay cool – if you can!

Stamps: {ippity}

Ink: Ancient Page

Paper: Basic Grey, Coredinations

Ribbon, Crystals, stickles

FWF- Sympathy

Hello all! Happy Friday and that means it is time for friends with Flair! Today I have a couple cards that I have been working on during the week. I had to do a couple sympathy cards for my guy this week – so I broke out my brandy new Donna Downey for Unity "Artist in You" set. What versatile stamps – they really do work for any occasion. I also broke out my June SSK for the other card – love, love, love that SSK! The sentiment on the blue card is a Rub on from MSE – they work sooo well – they are one of my favorite rub on's to use; they have some very nice sentiments. The other sentiment is from {ippity}'s "Regal Greetings" set which I have for sale here. I kept them quite simple because they do need to go through the mail, and they just seemed be better with less on them.

Don't forget to check out all the ladies that are hopping today – there is a blinkie out there that can earn you some Untiy goodness!


Thank you for stopping by and have a safe and happy fourth of July




Stamps: Unity, {ippity}
Ink: Ancient Page, Colorbox
Paper: AC Cardstock, DCWV
Rub on Sentiment(on blue card) from MSE, Crystals, Spellbinders

{hippity} hop - Home

Good Morning - Happy Monday! Hope you are having fun on your hop today! If you need a full list of all the hoppers check out the ippity site.  Don't forget to check out the new ippity challenge that starts today to win some ippity goodness.  I originally did this card for last weeks challenge of paper piecing(not that I need a challenge to do it!) but I totally spaced and didn't upload to SCS - oh well! It is coming at you for the hop instead!  Using Color Q's colors as inspiration - I paper pieced the cute little houses from "What Matter Most" and used the sentiment from "Simply Home", a couple crystals to add a little sparkle.  I wanted to keep it nice and simple to balance out the busy-ness of the papers.  Hope everyone has a great day - and happy hopping!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Ippity

Paper: K&Co, ACCardstock, Cordinations

Ink: Ancient Page

crystals

{hippity} Hop - Baby Girl

Hello! I didn't think I was going to be able to get this card done by today - I was so not in the zone!  But I pulled through and here it is. I used a couple challenges to help spark the mojo - Embellish magazine's color challenge (with the requirement of something baby, mom to be, etc.) and seeing that Stamptacular Sunday Challenge had almost the same requirement -it was easy to use my {ippity} set "A Little Buggy" to add the bug requirement.  I Love this buggy set from {ippity} - who knew bugs could be so darn cute!

I hope everyone has a happy Monday - and don't forget to check everyone's {hippty} hop cards.  For a full list of bloggers - check out ippity's site.  Thanks for looking!

Stamps: {ippity}, not sure where the "Baby Girl" Stamp came from

Ink: Ancient Page, Colorbox

Paper: Bazzill, K & Co.

Half Pearls, Crystals

{hippity} Hop - Live

Happy Monday All!  Click here to check out all the {hippity} hop partcipants -There is some great talent out there!  For today {hippity} card I used Play Date Cafe's color challenge, The Our Creative Corner challenge and Sketch Girls Sketch for inspiration.  The {ippity} sentiment that I used is from the Delightful Little Things set.  Thanks for Looking!

Stamps: {ippity}

Ink: Ancient Page

Paper: Basic Grey, DCWV, Kraft from Michaels

Felt and paper flowers from MM, Ribbon,

Buttons, clear Pebble colored with Alcohol Ink

{Hippity} Hop - Best Things

Hello All! Happy Monday - it is time for the {hippity} hop! Check out the Ippity blog for all the blogs that are participating. Todays card is using "The Simple Things" set using the color challange from PPC of Pink, Olive, and Brown and the sketch from ICS(pick your own - I chose #40) A quick card that came together pretty easily - of course it helps that I liked the color combo! ;-)  Thanks for looking and don't forget to go look at everyones wonderful creations!

Stamps: {ippity}

Ink: Ancient Page, Colorbox

Paper: Coredinations, Bazzill, Scrapbook Walls

Ribbon, brad, Spellbinders

{Hippity} Hop - Never Forget

Happy {hippity} Hop everyone!  Todays card is brought to you by the new set "Now & Always" which as always can be purchased by clicking on the link.  I used the color challenge from ColorQ, luckly I went to the Buffalo CK Convention last Friday and found the perfect paper in the ton of stuff I got there! I kept it pretty simple to let the stamps stand out on their own. I hope everyone has fun hopping - I am sure there is some fab stuff out there - there are some very talented ladies out there! 
thanks for looking!

Stamps: {ippity}
Paper: SEI, Coredinations
Ink: Colorbox
Corner Rounder, Button, Half Pearls

{FWF} 5/21/10 Unique

Happy Blog Hopping today - I hope you are enjoying all the wonderful projects that are out there!  Today's card is using the May Store Kit and the scallop from the {ippity} set Sweet Thoughts of Spring - I love those scallops, they are soooo versatile. I used the sketch from ICS and the color challenge of PDC.  Thanks for joining in for the hop today and keep searching for that blinkie, find it and Unity goodness could be coming your way! 

Stamps: Unity , {ippity}

Paper: K & Co., Coredinations

Ink: Ancient Page

Cuttlebug EB Folder, Copics, Stickles, Half Pearls, Ribbon

Wander - H{ippity} Hop May 17

Hi!  Thanks for stopping by for todays H{ippity} Hop.   Todays card I used a couple different challenges to help give me inspiration.  I used the sentiment from new {ippity} Delightful Little Things and What Matters Most

Play Date Cafe has this awesome picture to get color inspiration from. I also used Stamptacular Sunday Challenge's requirement for a tree, as well as Inspirational Card Sketches Sketch.

Stamps: {ippity}

Paper: Coredinations, K & Co.

 Ink: Ancient Page

Metal Butterfly Charms from MM,

Copics, Buttons, Crystals

Thanks for looking and enjoy the hop! For a full list of H{ippty} Hoppers please go to the {ippity} blog.

FWF May 14th

Happy Friday! TGIF - Thank you for stopping by for todays Friends with Flair blog hop! For a complete list of all the hoppers please visit Unity's blog.  Todays card features two {ippity}sets Moonbeams and Heartstrings and Delightful Little Things. DLT is one of the brand new {ippity} releases, which are all quite fab! I kept it quite simple, and used stickles to add a little sparkle by the sentiment and the stars - I was hoping they would show up a bit better but the sun just doesn't feel like coming out much this week!  Thanks for stopping by and keep hunting for the blinkie - if you haven't found it yet!

Stamps: {ippity}
Paper: DCWV and K & Co.
Ink: Ancient Page

Gold Stickles, Spellbinders, Copic

{ippity} release!!!!

Hooray!!! the new {ippity} is here.  Books a' Flutter is the set I used for this card.  the background was created from an old and favorite book that I read to pieces (literally!) and decided to put the remains to good use.  I used the sketch from CPS as inspiration.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope every one enjoys all the {ippity} goodness on your hopping.

Good eye, Becky - it is a Little House book - It is from Farmer Boy (it was one of my favorites - it is in several pieces - which is why I used it, lol) :-)

Delight {hippity} hop

Monday again! At least there is the {Hippity} Hop to brighten everybodys Monday!  Today I used {ippity} sets Devoted and Love in Return - both for sale here.  I used the sketch from Taylored Expressions challenge. I tried to keep it pretty simple to let the sentiment take center stage. TFL!

Stamps:{ippity} Love in Return and Devoted

Ink: Ancient Page

Paper: AC Cardstock, Coredinations

Crystals, markers, Nestibilities

{FWF} Fabulous!

Hello All, and thanks for playing along with Unity's Friends with flair!  My card today uses both Unity and {ippity}. I love this little retro flower stamp that came with the April '10 KOM and decided to pair it with the "fabulous" sentiment from {ippity}'s 'Where You Should Be' set.  I decided to use the colors from the Play Date Cafe (I may even have to use this color story again - LOVE these colors together!) and the sketch from CPS. 

Hopefully you are following along with all the other FWF bloggers - the full list can be found on Unity's blog.  Don't forget to keep your eyes peeled for the special blinkie - it isn't here so keep on looking!  Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Unity, {ippity}

Paper: Coredinations, Gemstones

Ink: Ancient page, SU Marker

CB Emboss folder, brads from The Paper Studio, crystals 

P.S. - I also have a mystery set that was found at a garage sale that I am trying to identify over in this post - so any help would be much appreciated!

PS.......

Well I tried to use no embellies at all for the OLW3 challenge at the Simplicity blog, and I almost did it! But then I had to put a couple little pearls in the saying - I couldn't help myself! :-)  The main focus of the challenge was to use the extra punctuation that always comes with stamping sets (and are always forgotten about!) I kinda cheated because the brackets on the sentiment were already a part of the stamp.  Both stamps are from {ippity} the sentiment from the Love in Return set and the heart from Music of my Heart both are for sale on my {ippity} blog.  A really clean and simple card.  Thanks for looking!

Stamps: {ippity}

Ink: Ancient Page

Paper: cardstock from Staples

Half pearl embellies