Colorful Goodbyes!

Today could really be a sad day around here. BUT instead of dwelling on the sadness, the {ippity} DT and some of the Unity DT members have decided to celebrate one beautiful woman.  If you haven't heard, Eryn has decided to leave her position with Unity.  She has a fantastic opportunity to open her own Boutique, something that has been a dream of hers for a long time! We are so proud of her and couldn't be more excited for her, but it is bittersweet, since she is saying good-bye.  You can read Eryn's heartfelt post from Friday, Here!
We have dedicated this hop to her today and created cards to show Eryn, just how much we LOVE her! 

Along with this, my card also shows off the new IHHTC3......it's our color combo week and Eva has picked some beautiful, Spring colors to work with. This was easy for me, I had just the right papers....more of those Gertie papers by My Mind's Eye!

I used the amazing kit, What Matter's Most. 

I thought it was so fitting to the occasion. The sentiment is just what Eryn is doing-Dream it, Believe it, Live it! I wish you all the best, Eryn. Thanks for all your hard work, dedication, and inspiration. I am honored to have had the chance to work along side of you!
There is lots more to see today. Check out the ippity blog for the Full Line up of participants today.

TCP.....Lucky in Green!

Quick Saturday post from me. This card has been sitting on my desk, completed for 3 days now. I decided the sunshine wasn't coming, so I just photog'd it anyway.
I was sad to say, I missed out on almost all of Feb.'s TCP Tuesday Challenges. I didn't want to start out March in the hole, either. Susan's challenge is: Let's Get Lucky. Use any stamps from The Cat's Pajamas to wish someone good luck or for St. Patrick's Day.

So here's my Let's Get Lucky challenge card.  While I'm a BIG advocate of "use what you got" it's challenges like these that make me want to shop. I didn't have ANY TCP Luck stamps....so I got creative.  I guess that's what we're supposed to do, right? lol!

 I used the sweet lil' Snowflake Girl  and turned her flower into a four-leaf clover (cut out an extra flower, clipped off 1 petal and added some glitter to help hide the actual petal when you attach it back to the image) and then used my Heart trio cut up to make a sweet embellie! The sentiment is from MFT. I figured there was enough TCP on my card to mix in a little something else. TFL! Enjoy your weekend.

FWF and some Jillibean Co-Brand!

I've had a crush on Jillibean Soup since it first began. I've always loved their papers and fun embellies and then when Unity joined forces with them and Co-Branded some stamps.....HEAVEN!!! I just got the Dutch Mustard Soup stamp set earlier this week (thanks to the Publication Incentive Program) and I got crafty with it. Made this CAS card in a matter of minutes.

The House, the stamped circle frames, the hearts and sentiment are all included in the set, along with many other cute images. I added a pop of color by adding little red dots stamped with the eraser from a pencil (thanks for the tip Lesley Langdon!).

Make sure you check out the Unity Blog for the full list of players this week. Always great creativity and ideas, plus if you find the blog blinkie, you've got a chance to win a prize! Happy HOppin!

Papertrey, Spring, and Foam!

Sooooo, what do these 3 things have in common?  How about my card!

 I used this weeks Make It Monday challenge (use fun foam) and the Papertrey Posse March Petite challenge (make a Spring Card) to create this cheery card. I loooove the color combo-Spring Moss, Plum Pudding, Lavender Moon and a touch of Aqua Mist.

PTI products you'll find:
Tag-its #1 stamp set
Limitless Layers dies
text impression plate
double banner die
lavender moon gorsgrain ribbon

bitty dots dp

I didn't have any fun foam on hand, except for a small white ghost I found in my stash. So I die cut that into the double banner and stamped my sentiment on it.  If you can't tell.....I LOOOOVE that banner die!

WSC with NEW MFT!

A lot of blogging going on this past week....LOVE it, but I'm a little out of words. So I'll keep this short today. Had this half done last night and put the finishing touches on it this morning. Another great sketch.

 Play along for a chance at a $15 MFT gift voucher. If the winning card uses MFT stamps, the participant will earn a $5 bonus, for a total of a $20 gift voucher!  How cool is that?!! See all the deatils in the Forum or on Kim's Blog.

I used the sweet new Pure Innocence One Sweet Chick , paper is Echo Park-Little Girl.

Happy Hump Day!

MFT Hop & Blog Hop

Happy March and WELCOME to the My Favorite Things hop & shop blog hop!  How much fun was the release party???? I love popping on and joining the excitement and sharing all that with my crafty friends.  It's time to shop....alll new stamps and die-namics are UP and ready in the MFT Boutique. Check out the Brand Spankin' new section so you don't miss any of the great new finds!

Hopefully you just came from Christina's blog. If not, you'll want to hop on back to the start with Kim's blog! She's got all the deets about tonight's release and this hop.

Tonight I've got a few cute things that I saved to share with you.  I've been having fun with the oh-so-cool Say What? stamp set and coordinating Say What die-namics!!! There are so many great things you can do with this set and dies.  I love that fact that I can now make any of my stamps, "talk"!!!!

The two are sold as a set. Say What contains two dies  and comes complete with a Say What 4 x 6 Stamp Set.

First up I've got a card that shows both sizes of the dies AND a lot of the stamp set.  There are two large borders for the largest Say What die-namic and then two different borders for the smaller die.  All the words fit in either of the sizes.  The fun text talk words make this another great set for the teens in your life, and well, for anyone, really! 

 I also get to show off the beautiful dizzy border die-namic and then inside I used the matching Dizzy Doily die-namic!  While I ♥ LOOOOVE♥ the previous released doilies, THIS one is my FAVE!  You'll also see some of that YUMMY twine!

I told you the other day that I had more Pure Innocence stamps that I was coloring up, so here's one I saved for tonight. It's the Warm Fuzzy PI and LOOK! I made him into a boy!!! I just omitted the heart barrette in her hair and with a little dark hair color, it was a smooth transition.  He just fits better in my house....a house of all boys! These yummy papers are from the Hattie pack by My Mind's Eye, Stella & Rose. You also can see I used the Say What die-namics and the Dizzy Doily again. You'll also find Hearts a Plenty die-namic and a custom button thanks to the Button Quartet die all done up with the word window from Sweet Stack die-namic and a sentiment from Say What?.

This last project is just a bonus and you all have sweet, Jody to thank for it. I already did! She sent me the coolest package the other day chuck full of little hand-made notebooks.  I mentioned in passing one day how I didn't have one of those fancy binding tools, so she thought it would be nice to send some books so I could alter them. They are just perfect and soooo cute!

 So, that's just what I did. I used some Gertie paper on this one and the awesome new Upsy Daisy Flower Builder die-namic to do up a great 3-dimensional flower.  I also added a Simply Scallops strip and the sentiment from Sassy & Sweet mounted on the word window piece from the Sweet Stacks die-namic.  I continued with this same stamp set, using lots of the flourishes, hearts and butterflies to do up the pages on the inside of the notebook. My counter and phone needed a new little message book and it makes me happy to see it perched there!

Alrighty! More eye candy for you along the way. Off you go to the super talented, Megan. 

Make sure you are leaving comments along the way.  There is some secret blog candy up for grabs. 

Thanks for all your sweet words this week! It's been another fabby release. I hope you think so, too.

Final Day of Teasers....MFT day 5

Tonight's the night! Can you feel the excitement??  I can. The release party is always so much fun. I hope to chat with you.....come hang out. Things move fast so have your F5 button ready and waiting.

BUT, before all the festivities start tonight, we do have one more day of teaser posts for you. 

So before I get started, here are the details about the upcoming release on March 1st at 10 PM EST:

• The MFT release is on March 1st at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available on March 1st at 10 PM EST.
• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog NOW! Be sure to leave comments as you go for a chance to win one of 2 $10 gift vouchers being given away daily, just for leaving a comment. :) Check Kim's blog every day for the winners.

Today we're teasing and tempting you with the cool new WTG.  You saw her back during our one day VIP package, but you get to see her again and if you missed out on the VIP package, you can add her to your cart tonight. She's called Who's That Music Girl.  Along with this fabby set, we also have Clearly Sentimental about Music. This set is March's Triple Scoop set (you can earn this for FREE tonight with the purchase of 3 full sized sets. Details are on the MFT site).

This card also lets me show off the super cool new Music Notes die-namics. I cut a bunch of these shapes in hot fudge cs and added them to the same color cs on my card. This gives a great faux, dry embossed look to the card. Oh, and I ran them through my Xron sticker maker. This is the best way for me to add adhesive to skinny edges like those in the music notes. I also used my favorite notebook edge die-namic. All neutrals and a pop of color just make me smile. 
There you have it! Happy March and see you in the MFT Forum tonight for all the FUN!!! We've also got our Shop & Hop blog hop at 10pm......just in case you need more reasons to spend!

off you go to Kim's blog for the Teaser line up for today!