Friends with Flair mini card

Hi everyone! I have a quick post sharing a mini card for today's Unity's Friends with Flair.  This 3x3 card was made by dressing up a pack of notecards I found in the dollar section at Michael's.  It came with 3 designs, 4 of each design with envelopes -not bad for a buck!

The stamp set is Ippity's What Matters Most, this set is an oldie but goodie!  I mean, how cute are these little birdies?

That's if for now, today is a jammie and Christmas cookie making day with my boys.  Well, they will probably play the Wii and eat the cookies I make, but you say potato I say potato! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend! 

Card Deets:

Stamps - What Matters Most (Ippity by Unity Stamp Co.)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - White cardstock (Gina K Designs), Marjolaine 6x6 paper pad (Basic Grey)
Accessories - Mini note card set "Bohemian" (Studio G), silver cord (May Arts), silver pearls (Recollections by Michael's), Copic sketch markers, Classic Square Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Mini flower punch (ProvoCraft)

Take Ten guest artist

Hi everyone!  I have some exciting news to share.  I am the Guest Artist for the current Spring issue of Take Ten magazine!  

I am so thrilled and honored to be featured and Amber (the former editor) did a fabulous job with my article (it's 6 pages!).  Here is the scan of the first page -this card features the JustRite stamp set Spread Your Wings.

Here are a few more cards from the article, they use stamps from Ippity (and some washi tape) and Gina K Designs respectively.

Thanks for stopping by and letting me share my excitement with you!  Have a great day and remember Sunday is Earth Day -there are lots of little things we all can do to make a big impact on the earth!!  Be sure to come back Sunday I will be having some fun blog candy in celebration of Earth Day!!

Sending Love

Hi everyone and happy Monday!  I have a card to share today using the brand new Ippity stamp set, All Things are Possible. Isn't this butterfly clever? I LOVE that the body is a ribbon that you can color to represent different occasions. I want to do a yellow ribbon for my Aunt for my next card.

The paper is from Pink Paislee, Butterfly Gardens (how perfect) and the gorgeous flower is Prima Trellis roses in Coral.  See the coral heart pin?  Well, it started out white and I colored it with a copic marker to match!  You can find them at Pizzaz APlenty.

 I love the butterfly wings, they are perfect for paper piecing and layering for dimension.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Before I go, here is the other Ippity set that was released this month.  It's called Gingham Christmas and is SUPER cute!!  Love the Gingham tree and retro snowflakes :-)

Card Deets:

Stamps - All Things are Possible (Ippity by Unity Stamps)
Paper - white cardstock, Butterfly Garden (Pink Paislee)
Accessories - clear rhinestones and heart pin (Pizzaz Aplenty), cream wrinkled ribbon (Stamp Simply Ribbon Store), grosgrain ribbon, thin lace, leaf stick pin, Spellbinders Circles LG Nestabilities, Swiss Dots EF  

Some summer publication work

Hi everyone!  I thought I would take a minute and share a couple cards that have been published lately. I don't always have a chance to post about publications, but with recent announcement of Borders going out of business, it had me kinda sad and thinking about magazines.  Print media is so important.  With the influx of the internet, it's easy to find inspiration online, but there is something so special about bringing a craft magazine to the park and browsing it leisurely on a sunny day!  Am I right?!?

This card is from the Summer issue of Paper Creations.  This card uses the Ippity Stamps set A Little Buggy.

This next card is from the June issue of Crafts n' Things.  This flower and sentiment are from Verve's Dream Big set and the delish striped twill ribbon is from Stamp Simply Ribbon store.

And last, I wanted to share this card from the Summer issue of Take Ten.  These flowers are from the Gina K Friendship's Garden set. 

 Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Hello girlfriend

Hi everyone! I have a fun Ippity Stamps card to share with you today.  This uses the new set, Flowers +Friends =Priceless, which has such cute little flowers in it.  The sentiment is from Take Time to Laugh from Unity.  See that black scalloped border piece?  That is from the new Classic Scallop Edgeabilities die template. 

You may recognize this card sketch.  I have used it before here and here when I was making housewarming cards for my real estate broker.  Hey, what can I say, I love this layout!  

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AND speaking of new Spellbinders release, they have just posted the entire new summer release on the website!  Check. Them. Out.  They are to DIE for (lol)!  Here is a video that Kim and Stacey did showing the new Box Die templates (yes -Spellbinders has BOXES!!!) and you can even see my sample in the video.  It's the little white box with the striped lid -it's the box on the upper far right close to Kim.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  Here is a close up picture.

Card Deets:

Stamps - (Ippity Stamps) Flowers+Friends=Priceless and Take Time to Laugh (Unity Stamp Co. for sentiment)

Ink - Memento tuxedo black

Paper - (Gina k Designs) Pure luxury black and white cardstock

Accessories - Copic markers, (buttons Galore) orange button from Class collection, (Pizzazz Aplenty) 3mm grass green rhinestones, (Ranger) Stardust Stickles, (Offray) black satin ribbon, (Spellbinders) E8-001 Classic Scallop Edgeabilities, Linen thread

Some Ippity fun

Hi everyone!  I have a couple Ippity Stamps cards to share today.  You all remember I used to design for Ippity and also sold Ippity Stamps?  Well, even though I don't do either anymore doesn't mean I stopped loving me some Ippity.  I was totally excited to get my hands on some of the newest releases! My friend, JenMarie sells Ippity Stamps and she has great service, I highly recommend her!

First I have a card using the new set, Flowers+Friends=Priceless.  Love the whimsical flowers in this set.  I found this washi tape on clearance at my LSS from American Crafts and used that as a starting point for my color scheme.  I stamped the base flowers and colored them orange, then cut out the littler ones, colored them blue and added a small button to the center. 

 Next is a card using the set The Simple Things that I made for a magazine call awhile ago for a color challenge.  It was to use bright red, yellow and Christmas green.  Yeah, I really struggled with these colors, but I think using them with lots of white helped -lol!  I embossed the flowers with clear powder and hand drew the outline with a fine point black marker.  Needless to say, it didn't make the cut, but it is a cute and simple thank you card which are always nice to have on hand.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to come back Monday for my blog-a-versary giveaway!  I can't believe it's been 3 years.  whew!  I'll leave you with some close up pics.

Card Deets:
Stamps - Flowers+Friends=Priceless (Ippity Stamps)
Accessories - Copic markers, Washi tape (American Crafts), hand dyed seam binding ribbon, clear rhinestones from Tiny Twinkles wheel (Taylored Expressions)

Stamps - The Simple Things (Ippity Stamps) and Dutch Mustard (for sentiment)
Ink - Picante, Yellow Citrus and Ice Jade (ColorBox)
Paper - (SU!) Poppy Parade and white cardstock
Accessories - Multiliner .2 black pen, clear embossing powder, clear rhinestones from Tiny Twinkles wheel (Taylored Expressions)

A baby card and color challenge card to share

Hi everyone!  I have a new Spellbinders card to share!  I made this baby card as a sample for Stacey's recent Spellbinders HSN appearance.  My little card was sitting on the left side of the table.  Stacey's segment was bumped up do to the prior segment ending early.  Thus, my DVRing the show missed it!  So, if you happened to see my card, let me know :-)

The card uses the new Shapeabilities die templates, New Arrival, the Nestabilities Labels Seventeen, and the Jumbo Scalloped Border Petites (say that 5 times!).  The stork and baby were sponged while they were still in the die.  That way only the paper "embossed" gets color.  I have never done that technique before, it was one of the things I learned at the Spellbinders retreat.  Cool huh?  The adorable pattern paper is from Graphic 45, the Baby 2 Bride collection.  So pretty and soft! 

Next up, is a card I made for this week's SCS Color challenge 322.  I rarely have time to play along with SCS challenges anymore and I MISS THEM!  Anyway, this week's colors were Blushing Bride, Certainly Celery and So Saffron.  What great soft colors!  I used the cutie stamp set by Unity, Loolah (an Iron Orchid Designs co-brand). The pattern paper is Echo Park, Little Girl Collection and the ribbon is So Saffron.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Deets:

Ink - Vintage Photo distress (Ranger), Papaya Cream and Curry (ColorBox)
Paper - Cream cardstock (GKD), Baby to Bride "Unchained Melody" (Graphic 45)
Accessories - Stickles, Cream twill ribbon (May Arts), S5-025 Labels Seventeen die #4, S4-260 New Arrival, and S4-241 Jumbo Scalloped Border Petites (Spellbinders Paper Arts), Lippy Red rhinestones (KaiserCraft)

Stamps - Loolah Collection (Unity), Just Wanted to Say (Ippity Stamps) for sentiment
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - white cardstock, Little Girl collection pp (Echo Park)
Accessories - S4-293 Lacey Circles and S4-114 Standard Circles LG Nestabilities (Spellbinders Paper Arts), copic markers, 3mm yellow gold pearls (Pizzazz Aplenty), Stickles

Paper Crafts May/June online bonus projects

Hi everyone!!  Things have been kinda quiet around here on my bloggy as I am doing some behind the scenes projects.  Lots of deadlines to meet!  But I can share with you a couple cards that made the current Paper Crafts May/June issue online bonus section!  You can check out all the fabulous cards that are in that section online for FREE!

This card was for the masculine cards section.  It uses the Ippity (by Unity) set, Authentic Man.  This one is clean and simple to the max.  In fact, in looking at the design, I think I cased it for my the card on this post.  lol!

This next card was for the Mother's Day section.  The fabulous sentiment is from Verve's Because of You set -one of my favs! 

This wasn't pictured online, but here is the inside of the card.  I used a sentiment and a touch of greenery from One Person -another favorite Verve set. 

I am lucky enough to have another Father's Day card in that issue, so if you have a chance, check out page 62!

Thanks for stopping by and I'll leave you with a couple close up pictures.

Card Deets -Enjoy the Ride:

Cardstock: (Dark Chocolate, white) Papertrey Ink   
Patterned paper: (Fine and Dandy 6x6 pad) My Mind's Eye   
Stamps: (Authentic Man) Ippity by Unity Stamp Co.   
Ink: (Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko   
Accessories: (blue, yellow, orange markers) Copic, (brown twine) May Arts
Dies: (Circles Nestabilities LG and SM) Spellbinders, (1/2", 1" circle punches) Stampin' Up!  

Card Deets -Mom:

Cardstock: (Vintage Cream) Papertrey Ink; (pink) Prism   
Patterned paper: (Flower from Bayberry Cottage collection) Pink Paislee   
Stamps: (Because of You and One Person) Verve Stamps   
Ink: (Chai, Spring Moss and Black) Papertrey Ink   
Accessories: (clear rhinestones) Zva Creative; (green flower) Wild Orchid Crafts; (green rhinestones) Kaisercraft, (pink seam binding) Schiff Ribbons   
Dies: (Standard Circles and Scalloped Circles Nestabilities) Spellbinders, (border punch) Stampin' Up! 

Gina K designs sketch and Ippity stamps sale

Hi everyone!  I played along with Gina's Stamp TV sketch challenge (STVSKSP5).  My card uses the new set, Mugs and Kisses and the new Mistletoe papers by Memory Box (LOVE these!).  I am having such fun with this set.  I love how you can mask off the mug and get crazy with the marshmallows.

I admit, I struggled with the mug a bit.  I decided on a simple green mug with a large snowflake on it.  Here is a picture of the first mug I made, it's cute, but didn't work with the DP.

I am also announcing a FURTHER and FINAL price reduction of my Ippity Stamp inventory!!  In case you missed the announcement, I am handing in my "ippity chick" card and will no longer be selling the stamps.  So I am having a final "everything must go" sale!!

Here is a list of my inventory and the new prices.  Please go to my Ippity Sales blog to purchase these (PP buttons on my sidebar):

Where you should be, $12.50 ($18 msrp)

Because of you, $15 ($24 msrp)

A Moment in Time, $15 ($24 msrp)

You Deserve, $7 ($10 msrp)

Authentic Man, $12.50 ($18 msrp)

House A Home, $12.50 ($18 msrp)

 

Book it!, $5.25 ($6 msrp)

Books A' Flutter, $5.25 ($6 msrp)

Quotes a' la Happy, $15 ($24 msrp)

A little Buggy, 12.50 ($18 msrp)

Ippity Stamps are made by Unity Stamps and are red rubber mounted on cling which can be used with any acrylic block.  They are die cut, so no cutting required!

 
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!  For those of you interested, this mug card is now listed in my Etsy shop.

Card Deets:

Stamps - Mugs and Kisses
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - Pure Luxury cardstock Lipstick red, Fresh Asparagus, white (Gina K)
Accessories - copic markers, snowflake punch (MS), red rhinestones, tag nestabilities and baker's twine (Stamp Simply Ribbon store), circle punch (SU!)

Ippity Stamps SALE!

Hi everyone!  I need more room in my craft area, sooooo.....

I decided to have an Ippity Stamps inventory sale!

I have reduced the prices on ALL IPPITY STAMPS IN MY INVENTORY!

All sets normally $18 are now only $16

All sets normally $15 are now only $13.50

All sets normally $8.50 are now only $7.50

All sets normally $6 are now only $5.25

AND, I will include FREE with every order 5 sheets of 6x6 designer paper!  Papers will be chosen from Basic Grey or My Mind's Eye.

For pictures of all the sets in my inventory, click on my BUY {IPPITY} HERE TAB AT THE TOP OF MY BLOG.

 

TO ORDER YOUR {IPPITY} STAMPS, CLICK HERE FOR MY SALES BLOG.

 
The stamps are red rubber mounted on cling and can be used with any acrylic block.  They are die cut, so no cutting required!

Here are pictures of my top 5 favorite sets:

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!