Monday, July 19, 2010

One Week to Go!!

Oh I am getting soooo excited because in only one week I am leaving to Chicago for CHA!!  Woohoo!!

I can't wait to reunite with many of my stamp buddies and all the Unity and Ippity peeps that will be going!  It is always so inspiring and tons of fun and a real treat to see the new merchandise coming out.  But by far, my favorite part of it is bonding and building friendships with other people who share my passion of stamping with me!

I first met Eryn at last CHA in January and I can't wait to see her again.  She has the biggest sweetest smile and is such a doll!!  I'll see you really soon Eryn!!  I can't wait!!  

Eryn is our hostess for today's Ippity Hippity Hop!  She has issued a new challenge to us which is to use her favorite color combo on our project today.  This is IHHC33 and she has asked us to use

Turquoise
Yellow 
and any Accent Color
I have chosen Cream for mine!

Using some awesome October Afternoon papers from the Thrift Shop and Fly a Kite lines, I have created the card you see here...



I stamped the word "happy" from the A Little Buggy Ippity stamp set three times using two shades of turquoise ink from SU.  Then I also stamped the sentiment "birthday wishes" which is in the Just Wanted to Say collection onto a small tag and attached it to one of the flowers as if it were dangling from it!



To make the accents, I cut around the circles and stacked them on each other and lined them up to form a border and then placed some small Prima roses in the center of each of them!  I can see why these are Eryn's favorite colors to play with... they are fun to work with and definitely made me feel happy while working with them!

To start the Hippity Hop at the beginning please visit the Ippity Blog for the full list of today's participants and be sure to read all the details of Eryn's challenge.  We sure hope you will play along with us!!

If you need some Ippity stamps of your own, you can check out my sales blog HERE or you can find an Ippity Chick near you by visiting the Ippity Chick Locator page HERE!!

Enjoy the rest of your Monday... I am ready for a good week of spending time with my daughter Leah who is home for almost a month visiting with us until her Vet program starts in August!!  We have a lot of crafting planned for this week!!  :-)


Have  a great Hippity Hop and may your bucket overflow with the same warmth that the colors Turquoise and Yellow evoke!

22 comments:

Lisa H. said...

hehehe! I'm starting to think I missed out on a Happy stamp challenge today, LOL! I love how this happens-you, Eva and Eryn all used this image and in such different ways! Great use of that dp, totally gives it a different feel! great card, Kelly!

StampinCathy said...

This is one stunning card. I just love your take on this challenge. The color combo is beautiful and love those flowers and layout. Enjoy the CHA! I hope one day I will be able to all the Ippity and Unity peeps.

farmhouse-story said...

Very sweet card, Kelly!

Elisabeth said...

Oh wow, wow WOW!

Eva said...

Hehehe...laughing at Lisa's comment here..yeah, we sure made a lot of HAPPY cards today, but WOW, your is just DIVINE...every so perfectly and gorgeously put together..so love your positioning your pretty flowers, this is just gorgeous girlie! And can't wait to see you!!!!! Hugs...

Heather said...

Stunning! Fabulous use of these colors and LOVE the starbursts with the rose centers! So fab!

Anonymous said...

double hehe...laughing at Lisa AND Eva's comments. I missed using the Happy stamp for today's card but it's ALL OVER my thursday card ;)
I LOVE how you used the circles from the october afternoon dp. I still haven't used that paper because I had no idea what to do with it...gonna try this :)

Aleks said...

wow, this is sooo sweet! I love it,thanks for sharing!

Susan B. said...

How pretty Kelly, I love how you used the October Afternoon paper!

Anne Tussing said...

GREAT Card!!

Julie Ranae said...

I think the 'Happy' stamps just fits the colors, don't you Kelly?!
Wonderful card and use of the colors...can't wait to meet you at CHA : )

JenMarie said...

This is BEAUTIFUL!

Anonymous said...

I just adore this kelly!!! Wonderful card.

lisa a.

NoraAnne said...

So beautiful! I love the little flowers! Gorgeous!

Angie Blom said...

Oh Kelly this is sooooo beautiful! I just love this combo and those flowers are fantastic on that card. LOVE it.. oh give Eryn a big ole hug for me.. I have never met her but she is such a sweetie..I am a big fan!!

eryn hannig said...

kelly you have no idea how excited i am to see you and all the other girls...we are going to have the BEST time & thank you for your sweet sweet words, it means so much!! TOTALLY awesome card...LOVE that HAPPY stamp {haha eva & i both used it too...too funny!} See ya SOON and big big hugs!

Jessica Diedrich said...

OMGOSH I LOVE This so much! Those circles, flowers etc. are perfectly placed! Super cute!!!

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Unknown said...

Great job, Kelly (I just came from Karen's blog)!

Handmade Creations by Stephanie said...

Oh wow I love this and the roses are beautiful!!!!

Karen said...

You rock Kelly! I love your design and choice of extra color!! Stunning card!

Jessy said...

hey kelly, this is a really pretty card. love how you put the flowers inside the pattern paper. have fun at CHA (i was almost going to go this year, but something else came up) maybe next yr. enjoy it, and please post pics!! :-)