Uniting Unity!

You probably read the news by now....BUT THIS is MY CHANCE to SCREAM it from the roof tops!!!!  Angela has decided to UNITE the {ippity} and Unity Design Teams...we are all ONE!!!! 

 There are lots of fun things in the works, and that means some changes, but CHANGE is good.

While we are sad to see some of the team members move on

(I know, some of you may be shocked!)

we are also excited about all the GREAT THINGS Unity is doing.

  {ippity} will become part of Unity,

instead of it's seperate entity that it has been. 

 It will be featured and promoted just like the other lines of Unity-the itty bitty, Store Brand, Co-brand,  KOTM.

 It's all very exciting. 

So for today we've got ONE BIG HIP HOP!!! It's Thrusday after all!!! I used this month's KOTM....Small Things Matter Most. LOVE it! I paired it up with Jen's ASFYTT....Unity is this month's sponsor, dontcha know.

There is lots to see, so I'll send you on your way!  Thanks for sharing in this good news with me.

Maren in up next.

If you get lost along the way....Start back at the Unity Blog.



MFT WSC15 and a little news!

I'm so excited for today.  I've been holding onto a little secret for a few months now and since it is finally April, I can share.....You may have noticed the new blinky in my side bar, if not.....I'm a Guest Designer with Christian Paper Crafts this month. I was so honored when Cindy asked me back in Janurary.  It's a great little stamping community, full of inspiration-both crafty and spiritual.  Come Check us out!  The week of April 20-27 is Salvation Week and you can join for Free.

Today's card is a two-fer....it's my My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club sketch card, AND it's a sneak peek at the Design Team Delights gallery over at CPC.  On the 15th of every month, the CPC DT and guest designers share a themed gallery and this month we're celebrating Mother's Day.

I created this week tag card with the beautiful new Hold Me Tight set from MFT.  You'll also see I added some hearts from the Hearts A Plenty Die-namic and used some Medium Simply Scallops instead of the waves from this week's sketch.

I even did up the inside to match. It's always such a nice finishing touch and a great extra surprise for the recipient. This one will be going out to my mom!

Check out Kim's blog for the Challenge Team and DT line up for this week's sketch. Thanks so much!

MFT April Creative Challenge....For The Kids

Welcome....so glad you're here.  It's time again for our monthly Creative Challenge by the My Favorite Things DT.  This month we were asked to create something for the kids, something more than just a card. I had my littlest guy in mind when I started thinking about this challenge.  While he started playing soccer this year, he still sits through lots of his brothers' soccer practices.  He is always looking for things to do. I thought it would be fun for him to have some cutie patootie MFT images of his own to color (I often use practice time to get my own coloring in). 

I also wanted to dust off my Silhouette machine AND wanted to finally make one of these super Sweet Suprise Gift Boxes.  I knew this was just the box to make to hold the MFT images for little man and a few colored pencils, too.

Here's what I did. I couldn't resist my FAVE Loveosaurus stamp set.  I pieced him up with some of that adorable Little Boy Paper by Echo Park. I also added some twine and two little tags with the Typewriter Alphabet (looks like you all loved that one too....it's sold out, but Kim will have it back in stock SOON!) and a Stacking Star die-namic.

I did up the inside flaps, too. I used the cool new, Open Zig Zag die-namic,

 some stitching and my little guy's name with the small letters from the same Typewrite Alphabet.

Then here's a few pics of the completed inside, with the blank images and colored pencils. 

 They all fit nicely with some room to spare. I'm thinking I'll add a pack of gum, too.

I was going to surprise him with this tomorrow night, but while I was creating this, he climbed on my lap and I spilled the beans.  He had fun helping me design it and picked out which images I should stamp for him to color. When I told him the name of our Bear. He cracked up and said, "You mean the bear's name is Fred, from Scooby Doo? That's weird...."   And that made me crack up.

Thanks for stopping by. Check out Kim's blog to see the DT line up joining me today.  I know there is some stuff out there! Have fun!

Second week of Twist Challenge....colors!

If you been around here long enough, you know these colors are right up my alley. LOOOVE anything with kraft! Lisa A. came up with this gorgeous combo to work with this week. Give it a try-kraft, cream, turquoise and red.
Combine the colors with last week's sketch, or use them alone....either way, we hope you join us for this week's Ippity Challenge with a twist. Please use keyword: IHHTC4 when uploading to SCS.

 Here's my card. I used Jen Del Muro's ASFYTT.  Did you know Unity was the sponsor this month? Check it out and play along.....there's some Unity Stamps up for grabs.

I used my {ippity} stamps today......Just Wanted to Say, Thoughts from the Past, and

Cherish your Dreams!

Maria is up next! Click the button and you're on your way.

the Ippity Blog is full of inspiration, too,

be sure to stop by.

Embossing Happy Birthday Tickets

After yesterday's post and having to pull my card, I decided I better get something else posted today. So here's my Make it Monday card for this week.  The challenge was touse Heat Embossing to your card.  I embossed all the stamped imges on my card. I do adore these tickets and the ticket die is so fun. I made this one in a festive colors scheme-red, enchanted evening, and new leaf all balanced out and toned down with some kraft card stock.

PTI product you'll find:
Just the Ticket stamp set
polka dot basics background
ric rac die
ticket die
bakers twine

See you back here on Monday!

Where You Are....FWF

ETA: I am so sorry, but I had to pull my card from today's post. GOOD NEWS is, you'll see it in the Sept. 2011 Issue of CARDS!!!!

I love Friday's, well most Firday's anyway.   We are supposed to have a beautiful weekend and it's filled with LOTS of soccer. Should be fun. I also love Friday's because it's my excuse to show off some Unity. I got my hands on this beautiful Itty Bitty last week and I put it to work on this card. I used one of my new MFT doily die-namic to mount my sweet little bird house on (the bird house is also paper pieced with some newsprint dsp from SU).  The fun colors from the Hattie paper pack set the stage for my card.  I also added in some wood grain impression in the background to tie together that feel of nature. Buttons and a pop of color from my ribbon finished it off.

There's a whole list of Unity goodness on the Unity Blog. Check it out! 

I think I'll have some weekend eye candy for you....I knocked out a couple sketches and challenges yesterday...we'll see if I get to posting them. If not, enjoy your weekend!

Mixed Media Backgrounds

My fellow {ippity} DT sister, Angie is the Queen of mixed media.  She does wonders with paint, ink, and stamps....you name it she'll work with it. Lesley Langdon also does wonders with different materials and then there's Arlene....beautiful creation after creation.  My list could go on, but I think you get my point.

I was inspired and decided to give it a go.  I pulled out some white acrylic paint, dyed it with some re-inks and painted a pretty background to work with. I did two, same technique, similar colors, but two different cards.

First one is an MFT creation.  It's so clean and simple and I LOVE how it turned out. Must be the beautiful new set, Inspired by Spring.  Did you order it?
 I'm a self-proclaimed font junkie.....I'm a sucker for a pretty, scripty sentiment  AND this one is at the top of my list (for now, lol!).

Then I pulled out some {ippity} and meant to create another CAS card (I was working from THIS sketch from the  clean & simple blog) but as you can see....it strayed FAR from CAS.   Lots of layers and texture added to this.

There's a How-To tutorial over on the ippity blog for this one. Check it out! 

Enjoy the day!