It's {Ippity} Exciting!!!

Lookie, lookie what I'm doing!!!! I'll have {Ippity} here and I couldn't be more excited.Unity Stamp Co. launched their sister company, {Ippity}, the other day and I just had to jump on board and be one of the first to offer these awesome new stamps to you!!! These stamps are not found in stores or at Unity's website, they are available only through an {ippity} team member ME or via wholesale at the Ippity site.
What a great opportunity! No minimums. No constraints. No pressure. I like that!
{ippity} stamps are pre-cut, unmounted (cling foam) deeply etched red rubber stamps packaged in eco-friendly packaging. New stamps released every three months!
If you have any questions, email me: lik@cinci.rr.com.

Prices are listed below each set. I have stock in Kissmass & Mistletoe and Simply Home arriving this week. If you order any of the other sets,It will be a pre-order, so your shipping time will be longer. AS A BONUS, I will take $1 off your shipping to compensate for the wait.

Shipping:
$2 per set, up to a maximum of $4.95,or FREE with a $50+ order!
For example:1 set - $2
2 sets - $4
3+ sets - $4.95

The buttons will not charge shipping accurately over 3 items, so any overages will be refunded to you.
{Ippity} Stamps For Sale:

Artists: Lisa Hetrick, Heather Rolin
$18.00

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Artists: Lisa Hetrick, Heather Rolin, Michelle Bertuzzi, Kelly Gaslow

$15.00

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Artist: Heather Rolin

$15.00

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Artist: Tanis Gieshrecht

$18.00

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Artist: Lisa Hetrick

$15.00

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Artist: Lisa Hetrick

$15.00

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Artist: Tanis Gieshrecht
$18.00

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Artists: Lisa Hetrick, Michelle Stancil, Angela Magnuson

$18.00

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I can not begin to tell you how much I LOVE these stamps. There is just something about the images that is new, fresh, and fun. You know how much I {heart} Unity- their quality and customer service is top notch, I'm here to offer the same! I'm so thrilled to be a part of this new adventure. I am here for all your {Ippity} needs!!! Order today and be one of the first to own these fabulous new stamps! Contact me if you have any questions. Hugs, Lisa

Time Crunch!!!

Man, I'm starting to feel a time crunch, here. Soooo much going on, which is great, but it's all happening at once! One day at a time, one day at a time...that's what I keep telling myself. Here's a card I made for last week's CAS challenge (did you see the new CAS DT call is up on SCS?). It was a sketch card and I combined it with the Embellish Magazine Owl Color challenge. Used my cute owl from the MFT kit released last month. The colors are chocolate chip, Mellon Berry, and Spring Moss (PTI stuff). Hoping to be back later today with some exciting news!!!!
Hugs, Lisa

Stamp Something with the Recipe for LOVE!

Scroll down to see my Limelight Papercrafts Monthly Project!!!!

Haaaapppy Friday!!! This week's Stamp Something challenge is a recipe for LOVE! It's a 1-2-3 challenge in honor of Jaimie. Have you seen this site? It's the Spread the Love blog, and it's another way you can help make something good come from something so horrible! You can read all the details here.
So the recipe for love is-use 1 ribbon, 2 papers, and 3 embellishments on your Stamp Something challenge card. Our sponsor this week is Mo's Digital Pencil! WOW! Have you seen this art work? It was new to me and I am so happy we got to pick an image to work with. I LOVED this Christmas Fairy Holly!


I used two patterns of paper from the Jolly by Golly mini deck by Cosmo Cricket! I love that there is a good mix of bright and fun and cute and traditional designs throughout the pack! I colored sweet Holly with copics and added some vintage buttons and stitched ribbon by PTI! The layout is another one from Mercy's Tuesday sketches. I love that her sketches help make a great CAS card-perfect for me! Come play along by creating a new card with the 1-2-3 recipe and link it the Mr. Linky on the Stamp Something blog for a chance at a great prize from Mo's Pencil and maybe you'll even make the top 5 for the week! Hugs,Lisa

Limelight Project Parade!!!

It's November 6 and time for another project parade with Limelight Papercrafts! This month we are giving thanks. This year for Thanksgiving we are hosting dinner. I haven't done it in 3 years and for the first time in 12 years Tim is actually off on the holiday!!! I know a lot of families have the tradition of going around the table and say what they are thankful for. I think that would weird out my family, so I thought it would be good for everyone to do this in a different way. When they get here I'll hand them a strip of paper so they can write down something they are thankful for. This way they are not put on the spot. I totally cased this idea from the front cover of my very last Stampin' Success magazine. Here's what I made.

Yes, I used the Sept. Store Kit again by Unity, (HEY did you see Sept. and Oct. store kits are both on sale for $28!!!) I just love the leaf and acorn images paired up with that sentiment. Button is from Basic Grey, ribbon is Bazzil, and the brown twine is by Jillibean! Here's what the strips look like. I fancied them up with some matching images.

I even did a card to coordinate! When I first created this project, I thought we were going to my SIL's for dinner and I knew the card would be for her, but now that I'm having dinner I guess I can send the card to me!!! lol, nope, I just have another card for my stash. Here's the card created with some of the same products. I did add the beautiful journaling block from that same kit!

and one more close up of the note holder.

Be sure to hop on over the the Limelight Store and do a little shopping. Mandy always has the latest and greatest... THIS WEEK'S SALES*The entire Basic Grey Eerie line is 40% off! WOW!

*The entire Pink Paislee Twilight line is 25% off!

*Unity Build-a-Turkey stamp set $18!

*Unity September and October store kits ONLY $28!WHAT'S NEW!

*The Unity November Stampin' Store Kit, Believe in Fairytales, is now available! The October and November kits are on sale now, so be sure to pick those up, too, if you haven't already!

*Basic Grey Nook & Pantry!! (I personally love the Do Me a Favor Kits!! They areCUPCAKE-shaped and come with ribbon!!)

*We have new May Arts ribbon now in stock! Included are new colors of twill and 1.5" silk ribbons and Faux Suede Ruffled Edged ribbon! The super-popular coffee bean print twill ribbon is now back in stock, too!

But before you do, stop by the rest of the DT's blog and leave some love. Mandy, Amy, JenMarie, Ryann

I'm off to see what Thankful projects they have created, come join me. Give a nice warm welcome to our November Guest Designer, Kerry Angeles. Yeah, so glad to have her join us!!

Hugs, Lisa

This week has been a very sad one as one of Pink Cat Studion's DT members, Sarah Anderson’s 3 year old son Henry passed away. Little Henry was unable to overcome a virus that made him ill last week. Limelight Papercrafts and I{heart} Papers are teaming up to help honor Henry!

Lorie Ames has organized a way to donate for a memorial for Henry. Henry loved his local zoo and visited it almost every day in the summer. As a memorial, trees will be planted there in his honor. Melissa at Pink Cat Studio has created a digital stamp to help raise funds for a tree for Henry. All proceeds from the sale of the digi stamp, minus Paypal costs, will go towards the tree. If you would like to donate towards the tree, please visit this webpage to purchase the digi stamp: Pink Cat Studio Digi Stamps

Another way to donate to the memorial is to print out this form and mail in your donation directly. Here's the form.
Please write on the form that the donation is for Sarah Anderson’s son Henry. Once all of the money is collected, a tree and location will be selected. If you have questions about the form please contact Lorie Ames. Lorie will be in contact with Sarah along this memorial journey to ensure that her wishes are followed.To contact Lorie, please visit her blog.

If you don’t know Sarah and would like to learn more about her, please visit her blog. Thank you for your help to raise money for a tree for Henry. Here's my card.
Thanks for stopping by today. Sorry the news was so sad, BUT you can help make something good happen from this sorrow. Go get the digi image, today! Hugs and blessings! Lisa

Short Post Today, Working Hard!

Yep, I'm working hard on some stuff I can't show you. You'll see them soon enough, but for now here's a card I did last week and never posted here on the blog-o! It's my CAS creation for last week's challenge. I picked up some garden twine at Target for a $1 and decided to try a fun laced up look on my simple card. The challenge was to use brads or eyelets on your card.and here's the inside. Woodgrain is so in right now. It's fun to use it in different way.
All product is Stampin' Up! The designer paper is one of my all time faves, Haiku! See you tomorrow! Hugs, Lisa

Winter Wonderland!

It's an off day around here, literally. My kids don't have school on election day so they are home and it's totally thrown off my day and I'm sure the rest of the week. We are going to have some fun at the movies this afternoon. We're taking them to see Where the Wild Things Are.

I worked hard yesterday on the Guest Designer challenge for MFT. OMG, have you seen the sneak peeks of their new line? They are A-dorable beyond belief. Every month they offer up a guest designer spot for the following month with a challenge right before the release (which is wed. night, btw). This month's challenge was to make a mostly white card. I looooove how this all came together. I added lots of embossing, dry and wet, stitching, and fun MFT stamps (Grow Love, Baby it's Cold Outside, and an Owl for all Seasons). I wanted to make a wintry forest-like scene. I used kraft cs and softened them up with some frosty white shimmer paint. I stamped and cut out the trees and embossed each layer. On the top layer of the round tree, I embossed some snowflakes from the owl set with clear embossing powder and then sponged on some mellow moss ink to make the white snowflakes really pop. It felt unbalanced, so I then debossed the second, pointy tree and sponged on the mellow moss ink, too. That left the inside of the debossed snowflakes white, as well. I also embossed the snowflakes in the background of the white square layer. here are some detail shots.

and then some stitching details. Aren't those hills just the best! I've always done them with a straight stitch, but I really love them with the zig zag stitch! I finished the card off with a pop of red with the rhinestones, a buttony bow, and the sentiment. Thanks for stopping by! See you tomorrow. Hugs, Lisa