My Favorite Things VIP Blog Hop!

It's time again for the MFT VIP Blog Hop! That means you can get a whole fabulous bundle of MFT products 2 weeks early(before the March Release), including the new Who's That Girl stamp set! This kit is only available for 1 day, so act fast. And while you're at it, don't forget the new cute à la modes....you'll want to make sure those end up in your cart, too.

Hopefully you just found your way here from Christina's Blog. If not, then hop on back to the start with Kim. She's got all the info about tonight's VIP Kit. You've got 1 day to purchase the kit.

This month's kit is chuck full of crafty goodness! Here's what you'll get in the
Who's that Musical Girl? VIP Collection  for $38.25

• Who's that Musical Girl? stamp set
• Musical Girl mini (VIP exclusive stamp set - will never be offered for sale or be available again $9 value, FREE)
• Musical Notes Die-namics Die
• 10 pack of Wild Cherry Scalloped Note Cards
• An assortment of White and/or Black Pearl Flourish and Cream/Rhinestone Stick Pins
• Idea-Ology Trimming ribbon

Don't forget the two new à la modes:
Wishing You Luck
All Star

Here's the card I have for you using the super cool new Who's That Girl stamp set.  I looooove that she is a round shape this month. So cool and a wonderful change from the usual. It was one of those surprises that made me squeal with delight.

I stamped her on x-press blending cs, colored with copics and pieced a little bit, too. Then I mounted her up on one of the wonderful rosette die-namics. This one's the 3/8 rosette.  I  had fun adding a beautiful edge to the bottom of my card with the Perfect Bracket Edge die-namic, I also cut a jumbo ric rac border with some fun music dp. I just loved the sentiment and knew the smaller heart from the Hearts a Plenty die-namic was the perfect finishing touch in felt with a button and twine!

Lots to see tonight. Hope you enjoy the hop. Now off you go, Carole is up next. She's sure to have something delightful for you. Thanks a bunch!

MFT....à la mode Teaser no.2

Hey, now.  You're an All Star. Get your're game on go play. Allll that glitters is gold!.....are you singing it? Can you hear it??? Don't hate me but I've been singing that song all weekend as I played with this stamp set. 

Yep, this card took me allll weekend to finally put together. It had to be worked in stages thanks to my booty-kickin' cold I had. YUCK! But I'm feeling better and now I'm playing nurse to my two little guys who are under the weather. Okay, so you came here to see the goods! I've got 'em!

 MFT has two new à la modes being released tonight at 10pm along with the VIP kit! Here's a peek at the second cool chica! She's sportin' a flag and some cool sports attire! LOVE her. She's a natural paired up with the stacking stars die-namic and the star border die, too. I put some of that yummy Camp Fire dp to work by Oct. Afternoon. LOVE the playfulll colors and all those stars.

 You'll also spy a baby braddie and some striped twill ribbon. The All Star à la mode is stamped on the x-press blending cs and colored with copics. I did up two of the flags and cut one out and popped it up with a foam dimenional to add more interest. Like it?

Since I used a dark cs I also made the inside pretty with more paper, and one of the layers from the Layered Lables die-namics and some more stars. It's the perfect spot to write your own little message!

Head on over to Kim's blog-o! She's got the line up for today's teaser posts. Thanks for stopping by.

week 3...{ippity} challenge with a twist

Two things first....please scroll down for my MFT Teaser post

AND I want to give a HUGE shout out of gratitude to my fellow {ippity} DT sistahs! You girls sure made my day yesterday with that surprise blog hop. WOW! I was feeling horrible from a cold and I perked up as I went through and saw all your wonderful creations for me. Felt great to have one more day to help celebrate my birthday (especially since I share my day with other family members!). So Thank-You from the bottom of my heart.

It's another Monday and that means it's time for another round of our {ippity} Challenge with a twist series. This week is our inspiration week. Angie has a fabulous love piece for you...it is Valentine's Day after all! Happy Love Day! 

Use the photo today, anyway it inspires you.  It doesn't have to be love card...I decided I had made enough. lol! I was inspired by the 2 large images, and used flowers instead and the twiney look of those hearts inspired me,too. That's where I brought in the Bit O' Burlap stamp and of course, real twine. Flowers are from Now & Always and the sentiment is from Just Wanted to Say.

Feel free to combine the challenges from the previous week with this week's photo or use them all separately. We just want you to feel inspired to stamp, and well, with a FABULOUS prize involved, how could you NOT?!!!
Be sure to use keywords: ippity, IHHTC2 when uploading to splitcoast to be entered in the drawing for the prize at the end of the month.

Maria is up next! Click the button and off you go!

à la Mode Teaser!!!!

It's time for two new à la modes to be released.  Today you get the first look at the newest cutie being added to the line up. She's holding a giant 4 leaf clover for luck,. just in time for St. Patty's day! She's called Wishing You Luck and I know you'll  just adore her.

 In case you are new to the à la modes, here's a little info on  these fun, flirty and fabulous girls:

•  Each set is produced in the USA using the highest quality rubber, with the deepest etch possible. 
• Each image and sentiment is backed on cling foam and scroll cut, making it ready for stamping right out of the bag!
• ged in a clear hang bag, we've also provided the ideal storage solution by including a thick laminated header card in each set that can be used to store the stamp set, in its entirety, after purchase.

I used two of our new die-namics on this card-Butterflies and Simply Scallops. Love these! You'll also spy some yummy black stitched ribbon. That from the new ribbon collections.

Stay tuned, tomorrow we've got another à la mode to tease you with followed by our VIP hop tomorrow night. Don't miss it! Kim's got the full line up of teaser posts. Hop on over there to check it out.

FWF....Layers of Love

Hello my crafty friends. I decided to show off the card I did for the {ippity} blog yesterday. So if you already saw it, I guess you can move on. lol!

It was my day to post the tutorial and went back to some stamping basics and really focused on my stamps and ink. I LOVE layers, so I got busy layering up lots of different {ippity} stamps to create yet another LOVEY card. You can read all about how I did this card on the {ippity} blog.

Thanks for stopping by again today. I'll be seeing you on Monday! It's a 2 post day.....so be ready!
Stop by the Unity blog to see the full line up of Friends with Flair inspiration!

WSC....a little late, but I made it!

Phew! What a week I am having. It is busy, busy with all the birthday hoop-la! BOY was it fun! Thanks to all of you for your sweet, sweet words. You sure know how to make a girl feel loved!
It's Wednesday  now Thursday and I'm trying hard to keep up with the My Favorite Things WSC challenges.  I didn't make the DT line up on Kim's blog, but I have a card and since you have a whole week to play, I know it's okay.

I've had this card half done for 3 days now and finally got it all put together and photographed. My mind didn't stray too far from the sketch.....I needed to use the new Great Outdoor Sentiments (just arrived at my door ☺ the other day) and I knew the sunshine die-namic has to be pulled out. So, this sketch was perfect....all the hard work was spelled out for me, lol!

The great shape in the middle is the Textile Rectangle die-namic. It's a must have, too! I also used some MFT cs, and ribbon from the new Black Ribbon Collection.

Join the fun and see all the details on Kim's blog or in the MFT Forum!

We encourage you all to play along, and to enter your card in the weekly draw for a $15 gift voucher to the MFT Boutique. Simply follow the sketch and create a card or other paper creation. You may use any stamps and supplies that you wish. Each week, a keyword is assigned to the sketch. All you need to do to enter, is upload your card to the gallery at SCS, and enter the given keyword in the keyword box, during the upload process. After the deadline, we randomly choose a winner from that week's entries and the winner will receive a $15 gift voucher. If the winning card uses MFT stamps, the participant will earn a $5 bonus, for a total of a $20 gift voucher!

It's still a busy week here and I'm signing off. Thanks for stopping by.

MFT.... Feb. Creative Challenge

It's time for our monthly DT Creative Challenge with My Favorite Things! We are getting DIGI this month and sharing all things from the DIGI side of MFT. Did you know there are lots of goodies you can buy and play with instantly from MFT. There are stamps, templates, and even PAPER! You know I've got a thing for polka dots, so this amazing polka dot digi paper (Halloween Dotty Papers) was perfect for this instant gratification girl.

Today is a special day....it's my birthday, and it's my brother's birthday (I'm a twin) AND it's my little man's birthday. Four years ago, I got the greatest birthday gift ever-MY Nicholas!

This is his sweet little birthday card, cuz he's my Little Loveasaurus. I added the fun kite (fly a kite die-namic) with the Happy Birthday Banner.

I even did up the inside, cuz I really wanted to add that super sweet sentiment.

Kim's got the full line up of digi posts for today.