tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40553697745758281072024-01-22T15:26:43.025-05:00My Bucket Overfloweth!Kelly Mahanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976898233750273735noreply@blogger.comBlogger461125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055369774575828107.post-10915393462651705362010-12-30T08:34:00.000-05:002010-12-30T08:34:53.457-05:00Happy New Year!<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4055369774575828107"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I hope that you started all this fun at the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Unity Blog</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">so you haven't missed any special creations from the rest of the Unity or Ippity DT's. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hopefully you are coming to me by way of Karen Maldonado's blog!!!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I challenged you guys on Monday's Hippity Hop</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">to make a project that helps<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">RING in the NEW YEAR!</span></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Today I am sharing with you what I created for me to have as I head into 2011!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">(But first I am going to get a little personal.. scroll down to skip that if you choose!)</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Many of you who have been following me on my blog for some time now know that I have experienced some big changes in my life during the past year. Namely, I became separated and eventually divorced after a very short marriage. Since that time I have been struggling to find the real purpose in my life and I've been trying to find that inner peace within myself that helps me know that everything is going to be OK and that everything happens for a reason! By nature I am not a very patient person and so it has been very frustrating for me to not know all the answers yet! <b>But that is what I am going to be working on in 2011!</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I wanted to tell you guys that as I work on these things I have asked Angela if I could take a little furlough from the Ippity DT to be able to put my focuses completely on where they need to be. I need to sort some things out and put my uneasiness to rest! So I will be temporarily off the DT and starting Melody Ross' "Soul Restoration" class beginning January 11th. I am looking very forward to it. I hope you guys understand!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Keep stopping by because I should be able to share some of my creations </div><div style="text-align: center;">from the class here on my blog and I will be back as soon as I can... I promise!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, on to my project to help me<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">"RING in the NEW YEAR!!"</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Each New Year I try to think of ways to improve myself and I was so inspired by many of the quotes that our Ippity stamp sets have. So I thought why not turn them into a little book and have them at my side for those moments when I feel down or alone (or whatever) and I just need a little jolt of happiness!!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">So here is my book of inspiring <b>Ippity quotes </b></div><div style="text-align: center;">that will help me stay in the right frame of mind in 2011!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">See what I called it??? <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Quotes a la Happy!!</span>" </span>LOL!!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">I know after reading through these amazing quotes it will be very easy to get happy again!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">All of them are so uplifting and encouraging!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a look at some of the accordion pages that are contained within my book!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Just let me know if you need to know which set any of these quotes come from! I will be happy to share that with you! But don't forget you can get any one of these quotes for yourself by finding an <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.unityopportunity-ippitychicks.blogspot.com/">Ippity Chick</a></span> near you to buy your stamps from!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I promise not to be a stranger, but I hope when I come back I will be at more peace with myself and able to be the best DT member I can be. I apologize for my lack of involvement lately and appreciate all of you who have stuck by my side as I have been going through these crazy changes in my life!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Next on the Hop please stop by the wonderfully talented and oh so sweet friend of mine,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Lisa Arana!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4055369774575828107"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL43d2axm4mctYVpbaN8CCq3eGIx7LcBUn0HuLZAqBNFbI9zqMIGpXEHXmdQrfTBgJW6pYg8mmLrcvs9iY0rLHmFxO6x5w0yBcUA7ux7iC5yMyn2qnUgBsZwh3pMSh38PVSOuj6SJoWeQ//" /></a>Kelly Mahanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976898233750273735noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055369774575828107.post-15670751463381545002010-12-09T01:00:00.000-05:002010-12-09T01:00:01.139-05:00Hip Hop Ippity Gift Idea<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Happy Hip Hop!!</span></div><br />
I've missed you guys. I've been a little busy these days trying to keep up with all the happenings going on at work and also preparing for the upcoming Christmas celebration! My family LOVES Christmas and we like a lot of lights and we have two trees and even a Christmas Village that we put out! So needless to say I have been trying to get it all done and it hasn't left me much time to blog or craft! I hope you can understand! :-)<br />
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Next on my list is to tackle my Christmas cards and some hand made gifts to give away this year. And that's just what I have for you today! We all need easy gift ideas for this time of year, don't we? Well I have one to share with you that you can literally finish making in less than 30 minutes!! Woohoo!!!<br />
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Maybe you have a co-worker or a neighbor that you'd like to give a gift to, but you don't have a lot of money or time to spend. Then why don't you make something like this beautiful candle cover made from vellum and a recycled jar!<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">I stamped<b> Ippity's</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">So This is Love</span> <b>winter trees</b> stamp several times onto a length of vellum that is long enough to wrap around the jar with a bit of extra overlap. I used vellum tape to secure the ends together. <b> Ippity's</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hybrid ink</span> in the <b>Burnt umber</b> was the perfect color to stamp with and it dried well with just a bit of my heat gun applied to it. (Take care not to burn the vellum or make it curl!) To make the birds red I simply colored over the images with a <b>Copics</b> marker before stamping!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">The snow was created first by tearing a plain white sheet of typing paper and applying it to the underside of the vellum. Then I sprayed an adhesive using a mask cut to match the snowbanks and applied<b> white cotton flocking powder </b>on top of that!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Here is the candle lit up with a battery operated tea light illuminating it! It has such wonderful glow and shows off these amazing tree silhouettes so nicely!!</div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4055369774575828107"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Why don't you try one of these! I would love to see what you come up with if you do!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Here is the <b>Ippity stamp set</b> used to make today's project!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Do you need to get the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Ippity stamp</span> set that you see used here? </div><div style="text-align: center;"> Please find an<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Ippity chick</span> near you by clicking on the link below and order yours today!!</div><br />
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</center><center>Next stop on today's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hip Hop</span> is the talented <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><a href="http://dahlhousedesigns.wordpress.com/">Lisa Arana</a></span>!!</center><center><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Have a great day and may your bucket overflow with the light and love of this Christmas Season!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">I hope you stateside friends enjoyed your Thanksgiving Holiday!! It was wonderful for me and I am sorry that we have to get back to the weekly routine! However, since Christmas time is my favorite time of the year, I guess I can't complain that we are getting closer to that now!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Eva</b> is today's host for our <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Hippity Hop Challenge</span></span>. And she has given us a site full of inspiration to find some creative mojo from. Her challenge is <b>IHHC52</b> and she would like us to be inspired by one of the cakes at the website called <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.cakes4occasions.com/c-92-galleries.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Cakes for Occasions</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">.</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Boy was I getting hungry looking through this site!! LOL!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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But I finally landed on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.cakes4occasions.com/images/product/large/2419.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">THIS CAKE</span></a></span> as my inspiration and here is what I created from that inspiration...<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Ordinarily I wouldn't have chosen to put the garnet and goldish yellow colors together (mostly because I am a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Florida</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Gator</span> fan and not a Florida State fan,) but I have to admit this combo has a nice elegance to it! I decide to use the<b> "wishing you"</b> sentiment from the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">So This is Love</span></span> <b>Ippity stamp set</b> and create an anniversary or wedding card. The inside sentiment (not shown) says <b>"love and laughter."</b></div><br />
Here are the three <b>Ippity stamp sets</b> I used to create this card...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I have to thank<b> Eva </b>again for this fabulous ribbon!! She sent this satin ribbon to me as well and I love the size and feel of it!! It forms wonderful bows!! And it was the perfect touch to finish off my card!! <b>Thanks Eva!! ♥</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">So by now if you started the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Hip Hop </span>at <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.theunitystampco.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Unity's Blog</span></a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.theunitystampco.blogspot.com/"></a></span></b> you have heard the amazing news that <b>Unity Stamp Company</b> </div><div style="text-align: center;">is now co-branding with<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.bellablvd.net/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Bella Blvd!!</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Isn't that amazing??</span></div><br />
Today we are also having a<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Flip Flop Hip Hop</span> so the<b> Ippity girls</b> get to play with their<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Unity stamps!!</span> And I have chosen the new<b> Bella Blvd Stamp </b>collection called<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"> Bella Trees!!</span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I love this set because it has so much versatility!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">And I decided to use the trees just a little bit out of the box to show you some of that versatility!!</div><br />
The DT members have been challenged this week to<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> BAG it and TAG it!</span></b>!! So I have created this fun gift tag for a wine bottle bag using the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Bella Trees stamps</span></span> a little bit out of the box!!<br />
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Here is the full view of my tag on the wine gift bag! I got these cute little felt bags from the 1$ spot at Target. They are so cute!! And to add a tag is the perfect finishing touch. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a closeup of my project! Were you wondering where the TREES are???</div><br />
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Well, I used<b> two different tree shapes</b> to create the petals of the Pointsettia on the tag. The larger petals were created using the tall tree in the collection, but first I stamped the base paper with the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> ippity stamp </span>called <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Thoughts from the Past</span></span> and then I cut the tree shapes out.<br />
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Next I stamped the smaller solid leaf onto white paper using red ink to create the smaller petals for the flower. I layered them all together and kept them held with a brad from a Making Memories kit that I had on hand. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The <b>Merry Kissmas stamp</b> is from Ippity's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Kissmas and Mistletoe</span></span> set!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Next you are heading to the talented<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://dahlhousedesigns.wordpress.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> Lisa Arana's blog</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> </span>for some more <b>Bella Blvd Beauties</b>!!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Have fun and be sure to have a very </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Happy Thanksgiving as well!!</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you ready to put your <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Party Hat </span></span>on and celebrate???</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">FALL 2010 Ippity Stamp sets</span> are now available for purchase</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> from an <a href="http://www.unityopportunity-ippitychicks.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Ippity Chick near you</span></a>!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Woohoo!! Finally!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>We hope that you have been wowed with all the DT samples that we have been sharing with you since last Sunday and that you have picked out your favorite stamps sets to buy. But if you are like me, you wouldn't be able to choose just some of them and you would just want them all!! LOL!!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>Can I get a Hip Hop too???</b></span></span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">It's Thursday which means that we are having our weekly <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hip Hop</span> with the <b>Unity DT girls</b> too. But for Ippity's special day, all the Hip Hop fun is going to start at the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Unity Blog</span></a></span> as usual, but then make it's way through the <b>Ippity DT girls'</b> blogs first.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">But it's easy for you because all you have to do is look for the</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">"NEXT BLOG"</span> icon</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">and click on it to be taken to the next blog on the hop!!</div><br />
We also have some amazing blogs that you will want to visit from the Ippity Blog at the end of the Hop and that is the blogs of some of our amazing<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Ippity Chicks</span>!! If you need one to purchase your stamps from, please visit the link below to locate one near you!!<br />
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The card I have made for you today uses the following NEW stamps sets...<br />
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I started by stamping the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Gurnsey Gingham</span></span> as my background using Real Red <b>SU</b> ink. Then I stitched around it haphazardly to create a messy border. Next I applied the cake bingo card and a strip of paper from <b>We R Memory Keepers</b>. Then I added the cupcake from the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Party Hat</span> </span>set as an embellishment that I popped up. And then I finished it off with the <b>"happy birthday"</b> sentiment from the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">What You Doin</span></span> set.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>cupcake</b> was colored with <b>Copic</b> markers and then I added Distressed clear Rock Candy<b> Stickles</b> to the frosting for dimension and some glaze.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I love these sets... I know they are going to be seeing a lot of ink in my house!! </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Please come by the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/unity-stamp-company-f197/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">Splitcoaststampers Unity forum</span></a></span> for a full day of fun today! Also be sure to check out all the challenges that we have in store for you to help us celebrate our <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">New Release</span>!! It is going to be a day packed full of fun!!! We promise!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The winners from our comment contest will be revealed on the Ippity forum too! So be sure to check it out!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Next on your way to seeing some more<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Ippity</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Unity</span> goodness</div><div style="text-align: center;"> is the oh so talented blog of <a href="http://dahlhousedesigns.wordpress.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Lisa Arana's!</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have fun!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And thanks so much for stopping by and celebrating our New Releases today!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Today is the last day of our Sneaks!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you as blown away as I am with all these <b>amazing new<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"> Ippity stamp</span></span> sets</b>???</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You know you are going to want them all!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And the best news is that<br />
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And speaking of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">BEST NEWS</span>... we have something exciting to share with you all today!<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">We enjoyed having <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Angie Blom </span>as our <b>Guest Designer </b>sooo much that we have asked her to stay on board for<b> another three month term</b>!! She is so amazing and her talents are so inspirational that we just weren't ready to see her go just yet!! But we will be inviting a new guest for the Winter Release Term, so be sure to keep uploading your Ippity Creations into the SCS Gallery and participating in our Hops so we can see your talents. You never know who will be our next Guest after Angie's next term is over!!</div><br />
We love you Angie... thanks for staying on with us for another Guest term!!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Our NEW RELEASE PARTY is tomorrow!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Please come to SCS's and join us for the celebration!!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">To see the last two sets we are revealing today</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and to start deciding which sets you are going to get,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> please start at the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://unityopportunity-blog.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">Ippity Blog!!</span></a></span></div><br />
Then follow along the <b>"Next Blog" icons</b> to make it through all the DT girls' blogs for some more stampy inspiration with today's showcased stamps!!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The project I have for you today is a scrapbook layout! (I know!! I scrapbooked!!! LOL!)</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b>It uses the new Ippity Stamp set called</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">Here and Now</span></span></div><br />
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I chose to use the <b>Sweet Moment Title/Journaling block stamp</b>. I stamped it in <b>SU's</b> Chocolate Chip ink to coordinate with the brown tones of the <b>Bo Bunny</b> Sophie collection papers. It is hard to see it in this picture, but I added machine stitching to the layout as well.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Here is a closer shot of that cute stamp. I love that you can personalize the date by adding in the month and circling the day! I stamped it twice to allow myself a little extra room for journaling and to match the sketch that I was using.</div><br />
Here is the<a href="http://www.pagemaps.com/dec09maps.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;"> Page Maps</span></a> sketch that I created my layout from...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And because I added the scalloped border that is shown above, my layout also qualifies as a submission for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">Eva's "SCALLOPS" New Release Challenge! </span> (<b>INRC2Fall2010)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can see all the challenges for our New Release right</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/ippity-f221/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #76a5af;"><b>HERE!</b></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We sure hope you will play along with us!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of course there are prizes to random winners!!! :-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also should note that I stamped the corner embellishment from the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">Cherish Your Dreams </span></span>set that we showcased yesterday. I know I will be using that stamp A LOT!! I love it!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">So hop on over to<a href="http://dahlhousedesigns.wordpress.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"> <b>Lisa's blog</b></span></a> to complete your journey and be sure to be leaving comments along the way because we will be picking our comment winners tomorrow! Each DT member will randomly choose one winner from all their comments during the Sneak Peeks!! Good luck!!</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now you have seen 4 of the 8<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> Ippity stamp</span> sets </div><div style="text-align: center;">being released on Thursday</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and today you get to see <b>two more</b>!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Start<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://unityopportunity-blog.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"> HERE</span></a></span> to see them!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Then follow the blog hop icons to go through all the DT's blogs!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Today's sets are so wonderful!!! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">You are going to <b>LOVE</b> them!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The one that I am showcasing for you today is called </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Cherish Your Dreams</span></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">While the stamps in this set look very ornate and elegant, I decided to use two of them a little out of the box and give my card a masculine touch. Once again it shows the <b>versatility </b>of these<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"> AMAZING Ippity stamps!! </span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">The word<b> happy</b> and the <b>oval frame</b> are both in the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Cherish Your Dreams</span> </span>set. The word <b>birthday</b> comes from the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Fall For You</span> set. I needed to make a masculine birthday card for a friend and I still had my <b>October Afternoon</b> sample packs sitting next to me so they were easy to grab and go. I think the blocking and the colors and patterns lend themselves to make a card that a guy could even like!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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The ribbon actually had a pink stripe through the middle but with a trusty red <b>Copic</b> marker, I was able to make it match the red on the card!! LOL!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">Only two days until our NEW RELEASE PARTY!!!</span></span><br />
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I hope you will be there!!! Lot's of challenges, prizes, chatting and of course<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">NEW RUBBER for sale!!!!!</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">Thanks again for your sweet comments!! </span></span><br />
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Keep 'em coming each day for a chance to win a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">FREE stamp set.</span><br />
Each DT member will be choosing one to give away from all of the comments during our Sneaks!<br />
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</div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4055369774575828107"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL43d2axm4mctYVpbaN8CCq3eGIx7LcBUn0HuLZAqBNFbI9zqMIGpXEHXmdQrfTBgJW6pYg8mmLrcvs9iY0rLHmFxO6x5w0yBcUA7ux7iC5yMyn2qnUgBsZwh3pMSh38PVSOuj6SJoWeQ//" /></a>Kelly Mahanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976898233750273735noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055369774575828107.post-12493932083961692010-11-15T11:04:00.000-05:002010-11-15T11:04:33.547-05:00Ippity New Release Sneaks Day 2<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Welcome to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Day 2</span> of the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">New Release Sneaks</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> for Ippity's Fall Collection going on sale this Thursday!!</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Wow!! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">How about those first two sets Ippity showed off yesterday!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Aren't they amazing!!!</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">I am so glad that you came back today to see some more. We have two more sets to show you today too. So be sure to start at the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Ippity Blog</span> so you can see the whole sets being released on Thursday, and then follow the <b>"next blog" icons</b> to see all the wonderful creations the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Ippity DT</span> made for you today!!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">And DON'T FORGET!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The HUGE NEW RELEASE PARTY is Thursday!!! Please come celebrate with us!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And <b>Eryn</b> is our challenge host for today and her challenge (<b>IHHC50</b>)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> is to create a mini card!!! How fun is that!!!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">So, I have used one of the sets we are showcasing today to create some mini card sets! This new set is going to be a major "GO to" type of set for all us!! <b>You HAVE to get this one</b>!! It is packed full of cute sentiments and little embellishment type stamps that are the cardmaker's dream come true!!!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">The set I am using is called </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">How You Doin</span></span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I had so much fun creating these little jewels. The finished sizes are 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches and I used the sample packs of <b>October Afternoon</b> paper that I got from CHA this past summer. Two little samples were enough to finish two of these cards and have them coordinate together perfectly. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I think these are the perfect size to give away when you need a card to go inside a gift bag or want to attach a note to some baked goodies you are sharing at the holidays.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">These two also use the Party Hat from yesterday's set we showcased called </div><div style="text-align: center;">Party Hat!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhx4K2XRNDV-7pQ3ogvA9DsAKvH8fDsNhCXUFGgzmWBVHfInYVJEll3AS-VN_sUGUJ-81nlc3KAke72fuzik_uBpUCE_FTXXGNOX9kcfnsUHBvJwvCvDJCRrGuB3wIHEl9gqjH2t9TP8/s1600/How+You+Doin%252C+Mini6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhx4K2XRNDV-7pQ3ogvA9DsAKvH8fDsNhCXUFGgzmWBVHfInYVJEll3AS-VN_sUGUJ-81nlc3KAke72fuzik_uBpUCE_FTXXGNOX9kcfnsUHBvJwvCvDJCRrGuB3wIHEl9gqjH2t9TP8/s320/How+You+Doin%252C+Mini6.JPG" width="318" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Today where I am<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">soooo honored</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"></span>to be able to show you the first of our many new<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Ippity Stamps</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;">that will be available for purchase from an<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.unityopportunity-ippitychicks.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Ippity Chick</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"></span>beginning this Thursday! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And you ALL are invited to the NEW RELEASE!! It's going to be one great party!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Can you believe that we have had <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Ippity Stamps</span> for <b>ONE YEAR</b> already???</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">What a joyful year it has been for me to be able to represent <b>the best stamp company </b>out there!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I <b>LOVE</b> Ippity and Unity and all the fabulous stamp designers </div><div style="text-align: center;">that keep coming up with these amazing stamps for us to use!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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The set I am using is called <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Sing a New Song</span></span>. And it is one that is so sweet that you can't help but want to sing when you see it!!! :-)<br />
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Here is my sample made with the <b>bird</b> and one of the <b>sentiments</b> in the set...<br />
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The papers are used are from <b>Cosmo Cricket</b> Circa 1934 line. I stamped the bird onto PP using Memento black ink and added a bit of shading to the birds belly with my versamagic Jumbo Java ink pad.<br />
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Then I nested the sweet bird atop of some ribbon and a huge button embellished with a <b>Prima</b> flower. This card won't fit inside a standard envelope, trust me!! LOL!! The crinkle ribbon is some of the gorgeous stuff that Eva made and sent to me in a care package!! I LOVE it!!! Thanks again <b>Eva</b>!!! ♥<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I ♥ that sentiment!! <b>"Today I will have a song in my heart!"</b> </div><br />
And that has been my theme over the past couple of weeks!! Life seems to be starting to make a little more sense to me these days and just when I thought it might not be OK, it suddenly comes around and starts to look a lot better! So for me, I do have a song in my heart and want to keep it that way!!! <br />
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So now if you want to see all the samples that the DT has created for you today, please start at the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><br />
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Then follow along all the Hop Buttons to go through each members' blogs. I have seen some of the fabulous creations these ladies have made for us today and trust me when I say you will NOT be disappointed!!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Ippity Stamps </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">plus a bunch of talented and creative women </div><div style="text-align: center;">makes for some wonderful </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">INSPIRATION!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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Hopefully you are coming to me from the wonderful <strong>Karen Maldonado's</strong> blog and are following along with us by hopping from one designer's blog to the next. To start at the beginning, please head over to the Ippity blog!<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">I think that you are going to like this week's theme for Hip Hop! I know that I do! And I was motivated to get creating a little ahead of the holiday's for this one!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This week we are basing our projects after the<span style="font-size: large;"> December Daily</span> type albums that you may have seen done by the famous scrapper <strong>Ali Edwards</strong>! You can see her explanation of the project <a href="http://aliedwards.com/2009/12/december-daily-compilation.html"><span style="color: #990000;">HERE!</span></a> But basically, the premise is that you document the days of December between the 1st and the 25th, sharing events that occur as you prepare for Christmas!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Both <strong>Maria Gurnsey</strong> and <strong>Angie Blom</strong> have done these albums for the past two years which you can see in the links below...</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://scrapsbym.blogspot.com/search/label/Daily%20December%20Album%2008"><span style="color: #990000;">Maria's December Daily 2008</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://scrapsbym.blogspot.com/2009/12/december-daily-album-days-1-6.html"><span style="color: #990000;">Maria's December Daily 2009</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://angiesscrappinspot.blogspot.com/2008/12/daily-december-diary-dec-1st-7th.html"><span style="color: #990000;">Angie's December Daily 2008</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://angiesscrappinspot.blogspot.com/2009/11/december-daily-2009-basic-book-is-done.html"><span style="color: #990000;">Angie's December Daily 2009</span></a></div><br />
I hope you had some time to peruse what these girls have created! They are both so talented!! And if you look closely you will see lots of<span style="font-size: large;"> Ippity stamps</span> in their 2009 albums too!! :-)<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Christmas is my favorite holiday to celebrate!</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"> I do believe it is magical and I have always done my best to make it memorable and very special for my kids!! I would love to create one of these albums to document what a typical month of December is like for us, but I knew realistically, I just wouldn't be able to keep up with 25 days of the crazy month of December.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Soooo, I decided to shorten my version of this </div><div style="text-align: center;">type of album, and create something that still captures </div><div style="text-align: center;">the specialness of Christmas to me and my family!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Here is the cover for my album called... </div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3P6xDw2eMpbu7QdyeIR8GvE3cvpalmG3IT9NFMIcHXRKHsBr9r96F5pUfKyLgGs2o-zcXvTa4dkzipKOzWtfYB8D4ye3zV6kJ-g17lClJs4oKzeE7G3fE34rbDZVJy3FnlgD3_yZa7Q/s1600/Ten+Things+About+Christmas.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3P6xDw2eMpbu7QdyeIR8GvE3cvpalmG3IT9NFMIcHXRKHsBr9r96F5pUfKyLgGs2o-zcXvTa4dkzipKOzWtfYB8D4ye3zV6kJ-g17lClJs4oKzeE7G3fE34rbDZVJy3FnlgD3_yZa7Q/s400/Ten+Things+About+Christmas.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My front cover started as a frosted acrylic cover to a notebook that I removed and repurposed! I cut it down to 6x6 inches. Initially I stamped many of the <strong>snowflakes</strong> found in the <span style="font-size: large;">Kissmas and Mistletoe</span> and the <span style="font-size: large;">Season's of Joy</span> stamp sets by <span style="font-size: large;">Ippity</span>. I used <strong>Ippity's black noir Hybrid ink</strong>. It was admittedly slow to dry, but after a bit of patting off excess ink and mildly heat setting them with the heating tool, I was able to keep the ink on the cover. The DP that I used is from <strong>Basic Grey's</strong> Jovial collection. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I slightly altered the <strong>10 Things I {luv} about You</strong> stamp set by masking over the word "You" and by adding a rub on for Christmas. I also created the embellisment you see next to it by using a green star felt piece under a cut out snowflake from <span style="font-size: large;">Ippity</span> and adding the flowers from the DP and the number 10 Bingo number that I picked up at the last CHA at a make n take!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Now to continue on the Hop, your next stop is the very talented<strong> <a href="http://dahlhousedesigns.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: #38761d;">Lisa Arana's blog</span></a></strong>!! Just click on the button below to Hop over to her blog!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And today the Ippity and Unity DT members are showing off some</div><div style="text-align: center;"> projects that can be used for Thanksgiving Table Decor.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">My family is rich in tradition and each year on Thanksgiving we all write down what we are thankful for and share it with each other before we have our Thanksgiving blessing. It is always fun to hear what each member of my family is thankful for and I especially love to hear what the kids have to say. It usually evokes tears in me... I am kind of sappy that way!</div><br />
What I decided to make for today's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Hip Hop</span></span> may not be actual table decor, but at our Thanksgiving table this year you will find one of these in front of each person's plate. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I created a "<b>Thanks For" card</b> for each person to use to write down what they are thankful for.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">I used the<b> leaf</b>, the <b>journaling stamp</b> (turned upside down) <b>and the word "for" </b>from the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Fall For You </span></span>stamp set and the word <b>"Thanks"</b> from<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">The Simple Things</span></span> stamp set. The DP is from Recollections.<br />
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Here are the sets used to create my project...<br />
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I colored the leaf in with <b>Copic Markers</b> and used my <b>Gelly Roller</b> to hightlight the veins and edges. The words were stamped with <b>SU's Really Rust</b> ink to coordinate with the DP. Three small rhinestones were added to the the little flowers on the journaling block.<br />
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It's not official yet, but it looks like I am hostessing Thanksgiving dinner for my family this year, so I better get busy making a bunch more of these!!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">But now for you, please head on to the next Ippity Blog to complete the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Hip Hop</span>! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">WOW!! How does time fly by so quickly? I had a great weekend, in fact I didn't get called in to work at all on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, and now I am off today, so it's kind of like I had a four day weekend. And oh how I needed some down time from work! It's been so busy lately that this break was very welcomed!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4055369774575828107"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Can't think of a more fun way to spend Mondays!!! </div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Angie </b>is our hostess on the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Ippity Blog</span> today, so be sure to start the Hop there and then keep returning there to follow along the list of today's Hop participants. I promise, you won't be disappointed seeing all the Ippity goodness out there!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The <b>Ippity</b> creation I am sharing with you today </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">combines a few challenges!</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Angie has challenged us <b>to use FIBERS</b> for this week's <b>Ippity Hippity Hop Challenge<a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/ippity-f221/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"> IHHC48</span></a></b></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">It also uses last week's <b>Hip Hop Sketch Challenge<a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/unity-challenges-f279/hip-hop-sketch-challenge-31-%7Bhhsc31%7D-t510331.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"> HHSC31</span></a></b></div><br />
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AND, it follows last Wednesday's<b> Unity Addicts Challenge <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/unity-challenges-f279/unity-addicts-challenge-24-%7B10-27-10%7D-t510216.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">UAC24</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span>which was a complicated recipe using our initials. I was to use black, white and one other color (I chose turquoise), use three layers, and add fibers! <br />
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For today's card I used some black and white paper from<b> Creative Imaginations</b> and <b>Scenic Route.</b> Then I added the teal CS for my background and base. <br />
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The bird is an electronic cutting file that my BFF and I created way back when we had our online Die Cutting Store called the Wishblading Well. If you are interested in having this cutting file, just email me and I will happily give it to you for<b> FREE!!!</b><br />
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The<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> Ippity stamps</span> I used on my card are the scallop border from the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Sweet Thoughts of Spring</span></span> set and the word "YOU" from the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">You Deserve</span></span> set.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The next Ippity Release Party day is scheduled for </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">November 18th!!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Be sure to join us all week long for special projects and sneak peeks in preparation for the big day!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</a></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4055369774575828107"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL43d2axm4mctYVpbaN8CCq3eGIx7LcBUn0HuLZAqBNFbI9zqMIGpXEHXmdQrfTBgJW6pYg8mmLrcvs9iY0rLHmFxO6x5w0yBcUA7ux7iC5yMyn2qnUgBsZwh3pMSh38PVSOuj6SJoWeQ//" /></a>Kelly Mahanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976898233750273735noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055369774575828107.post-56900993970717613582010-10-28T01:00:00.000-04:002010-10-28T01:00:05.465-04:00Hip Hop for Breast Cancer Awareness!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It's a FLIP FLOP HIP HOP!!! </span></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">(But I must confess that I used Ippity stamps instead of Unity! </div><div style="text-align: center;">The project I made for today's theme worked perfectly with a certain Ippity stamp!) Sorry!!!</div><br />
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I hope that you started at the <span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.theunitystampco.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Unity Blog</span></span></a></span> to begin today's Hop and if you follow along all the links, you should be getting to me by way of Karen Maldonado's blog.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Specifically we are honoring those afflicted with Breast Cancer in honor of </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Breast Cancer Awareness</b> being thing month!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4055369774575828107">I </a> decoupaged a glass plate with tissue paper and added the sentiment </div><div style="text-align: center;">you see from the <b>Ippity Stamp Set </b>called </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">To learn how I decoupaged the glass plate, please check out my Tutorial </div><div style="text-align: center;">on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Ippity Blog</span> at the end of this HOP!!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">But before you get there, you have a few more blogs to visit. </div><div style="text-align: center;">For starters, your next stop will be at the talented Lisa Arana's blog!!</div><br />
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Be sure to stop by the SCS Unity Forum for some wonderful chatting and bonding time with the DT members and all the Unity/Ippity fans!!!<br />
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ALSO... <b>Unity is announcing their new co-branding with Jillibean</b>!! The new stamps are amazing!! Many of the Ippity DT members are showing them off today!! Don't miss any of the DT members' blogs!!! AND... be sure not to miss the <b>HUGE SALE</b> going on today!!!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Have a great day!!!</span></div><br />
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</div>Kelly Mahanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976898233750273735noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055369774575828107.post-78605302622515474282010-10-25T08:55:00.000-04:002010-10-25T08:55:08.838-04:00Celebrating my Birthday with Ippity!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">It's time for Hippity Hop!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Today I am celebrating my 47th birthday!</strong> And I am so thankful to say that it is a good day and I expect an even better year ahead of me!! The past year was full of many changes in my life, but in retrospect they have all been good ones that I am thankful to have experienced all of them!! </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I have the most wonderful and loving family who came over yesterday to celebrate with me and their love and support has gotten me through so much!! I am truly blessed. I love my job and have the most amazing co-workers and friends at both the hospitals I work at. And I can't fail to mention my fabulous friends who make every day so special in one way or another!! </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">Thank you so much to all of you Ippity Chicks, fans and DT members!! You guys are like family and friends all in one!! I was so blessed yesterday by the outpouring of love from the DT when they all gave me a bouquet of handmade flowers!! They are so talented and so giving.... it made me cry tears of joy!! I love you guys so much!!!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">I am hostessing today's Hippity Hop and in honor of it being my Birthday, I am challenging you this week to create a <span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">BIRTHDAY CARD</span>!!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">For <strong>IHHC47</strong> please create a <span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">BIRTHDAY CARD</span> </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Upload it to SCS Ippity Forum using the keywords</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><strong>Ippity, Unity and IHHC47</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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Thank you <b>soooo</b> much for all of you who participated. I went through the Gallery and left you all some love. It really means a lot to me that you participated in any of our challenges!! Thank you soo much!!!<br />
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Without further adieu, the winner of my challenge is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Katylynn </b></span>with this gorgeous <b>one layer card</b>...<br />
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Thank you so much Katylynn!! Your card is so beautiful and such an inspiration for me!! Please email Jimmi at <b>Jimmi.mayo@gmail.com</b> to claim your prize! You have won the wonderful Ippity stamp set called<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Your next stop on the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> Hip Hop</span> today is <b><a href="http://dahlhousedesigns.wordpress.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Lisa Arana's blog!</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">! </span> Click below to visit it!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So start over at the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> Unity Blog</span></span> </a></span>to find the blog hop button to get you started on the Hop. </div><div><br />
</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">You will head to the blogs of all the Unity and Ippity DT members. You are on the right track if you are heading to me from <b><a href="http://reallifeinpictures.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Karen Maldonado's blog</span></a></b>!!</div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div>For my project today, I made a candy treat holder that is very easy to create!! The idea and directions came from<b> <a href="http://www.paperscrapz.screentastic.ca/templates.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">this blog</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">!</span> It's the template for the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.paperscrapz.screentastic.ca/box%20templates/peek%20a%20boo%20box.pdf"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Peek a Boo Box</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></span></span></div><div><br />
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</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Did you hear the great news today??? <b>Unity has their new website up and running!!</b> Make sure you check it out!! We have been waiting for this for a long time!! I am so happy for Angela and the Unity Gang!!</div></div><div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Please come by the Unity Forum at SCS for some chatting today too!!</span></span></div></div><div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Welcome to this week's edition of some of the best blog hopping there is to be had with some of the most amazing stamps out there! We are talking about<b> Ippity stamps</b>!! Want some of your own???</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">To start our <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hippity Blog Hop</span> at the beginning, please head over to the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.unityopportunity-blog.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #76a5af;">Ippity Blog!!</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #76a5af;"> </span> Then follow down the list of all of today's participants!! Have fun and be prepared to be inspired!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Yesterday was<b> Eryn's</b> Birthday and <b>Eva</b> hijacked the<b> Sunday Faves</b> post to celebrate her birthday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You may have seen my card there yesterday, but I wanted to share it with you here too!!</div><br />
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I knew I wanted to use<b> Turquoise and Yellow</b> as my main colors because those are two of <b>Eryn's</b> favorite! We were challenged as a DT to<b> incorporate a banner</b> on our projects for her. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">So I decided to use the <b>banner stamp</b> from the</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Love in Return set! </span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">I simply stamped the image on many different <b>October Afternoon</b> papers and alternated them yellow and turquoise to fit across the card. I added the sticker letters from <b>OA</b> also. And stitched the tops of the banners with embroidery floss.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">I used some of the amazing crinkle ribbon that <b>Eva</b> gave to me and added some felt embellishments to the ribbon for its' center! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I hope Eryn likes it!! Sorry Eryn but it is running late! I will have to mail it out to you ASAP!! Hope you had a wonderful birthday yesterday! I was thinking of you!! :-)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So now you just have to head back over to the </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.unityopportunity-blog.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966;">Ippity Blog </span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">to find who's next in the lineup!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Can you see where I dry embossed one of the <b>Spellbinders</b> snowflakes onto the card base and then added sparkles with my Gelly Roller to help emphasize it? If it weren't for all the fancy cutting on this one, I would have considered sending this out as my Christmas card this year!! Oh well, back to the drawing board for that! LOL!</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">All month long,<b> SCS</b> is hosting challenges for <b>Breast Cancer awareness</b>!! We hope you will participate each day in all the challenges!! It is going to be so much fun!!!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> The first one is <b>Lisa Henke's</b> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hippity Hop Challenge IHHC44 </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">c</span></b></span><b>alled OCT</b>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> She wants us to use something "<b>old", "crinkled" and some "twine!" </b> </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">But it also qualifies for my challenge for the </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hope You Can Cling To Challenge </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d3d3d; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>HYCCT04</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d3d3d; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><br />
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Here is how I met each of the challenge requirements for this card...<br />
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<b>OCT: IHHC44</b><br />
Old; I used the "Thoughts from the Past stamp set<br />
Crinkled: I crinkled the Kraft paper that I used an emphasized the crinkled areas with ink!<br />
Twine: I added some dark brown twine from Jillibean<br />
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Four layers: cream card base,Kraft cardstock, PP, and stamped image of the post card<br />
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The Ippity stamp sets used for this card are the following....<br />
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To continue the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> Hippity Hop Blog Hop</span> with all of this weeks Ippity fans, be sure to head over to the blog for today's complete list!<br />
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AND...don't forget to check out the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/hope-you-can-cling-challenge-forum-f299/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">SCS challenge forum</span></a></span> to play along with this and all this month's Hope you Can Cling to Challenge!<br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4055369774575828107"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL43d2axm4mctYVpbaN8CCq3eGIx7LcBUn0HuLZAqBNFbI9zqMIGpXEHXmdQrfTBgJW6pYg8mmLrcvs9iY0rLHmFxO6x5w0yBcUA7ux7iC5yMyn2qnUgBsZwh3pMSh38PVSOuj6SJoWeQ//" /></a>Kelly Mahanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976898233750273735noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055369774575828107.post-73087323532534578582010-10-02T00:22:00.000-04:002010-10-02T00:22:49.254-04:00Happy World Card Making Day!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTOR7RumRvBVGKdEDZVXfusYdb_7YC708WTldOjR6fv99eZs1n8BBlChBZk7zUu0Pa4SI0uhQ18MZYVUorSkF_qCgEA0lt2-uY0ZwrLKf-2gTR4OtP1jDSbo0Jxze2G5IuYaLOGJ6DPEA/s1600/WCMD+logo+papercrafts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTOR7RumRvBVGKdEDZVXfusYdb_7YC708WTldOjR6fv99eZs1n8BBlChBZk7zUu0Pa4SI0uhQ18MZYVUorSkF_qCgEA0lt2-uY0ZwrLKf-2gTR4OtP1jDSbo0Jxze2G5IuYaLOGJ6DPEA/s1600/WCMD+logo+papercrafts.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Today is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">World Card Making Day</span> and do we have some fun planned for you!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Many of the <b>Unity and Ippity DT members </b>have created challenges for you so you can participate in this fun event. Just head over to the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/unity-challenges-f279/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">Unity Challenge Forum</span></a></span> to look for all the WCMD challenges that have been created for you. You will have two weeks to participate and one lucky participant in my challenge (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d3d3d; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">USCWCMD21) </span>will win the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Faith Blooms </span>stamp set for participating! Have fun!!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">My challenge for you is to create a<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> ONE LAYER CARD!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">It's OK if you add an embellishment to your layer, but ONLY have ONE layer of paper!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">To enhance a O<b>NE LAYER CARD</b>, you might consider doing things like I did above. I used my Scor-Pal to make an embossed frame around the sun and I also added some paper piercing. Then below my sentiment I added an organza ribbon!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">I colored in my sun image with <b>Copic markers </b>and love how the bright and sunny colors just pop off the page and give more dimension despite the fact that the image is only one dimensional!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">I made a card today following the <b>Hip Hop Sketch Challenge HHSC 27</b> which was made by our ever so talented Ippity Guest Designer <b><a href="http://angiesscrappinspot.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">Angie Blom</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">!!</span> (You know her talents don't end with just amazing cardmaking... she is a great sketch designer (like Maria) too!)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Anyway, I got home from work yesterday, wishing I wasn't the procrastinator I am, because I really needed to go straight to bed and catch up on some overdue rest. But, alas, I had to finish my card for today's post!</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I am nearly "drowning" in my responsibilities these days!! I am going through my divorce which means that all the household responsibilities that my husband used to assume are now falling on me (currently a broken disposal tops the list) in addition to all the day to day responsibilities that I continue to have. But to make matters worse, something horrible happened nine months ago causing a baby boom in my area that I just don't understand!! We are slamming at both the hospitals I work for!! I have been on call for 26 of the 30 days in September and am doing my best to train for my triathlon in October too! I am simply exhausted!!!</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I put a post on Facebook (you can friend me BTW by searching for <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1180652496"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">Kelly Mahany</span></a>) stating how exhausted I am and how something needs to give. But I love everything that is on my plate, so I can't imagine giving up any of it!! My wise BIL Claude says "just keep juggling!!" And truly, he is so right!! :-) </div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">But to put it in stamp terms... I need to "just keep swimming!"</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">What a fitting sentiment for someone who feels like they are drowning on a daily basis and also for the person (like myself) training for a triathlon who needs to remember to stay strong during the swim portion of my race and just keep swimming!! </div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I think I need to send this card to myself!!!</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">LOL!</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">And the DP is from <b>My Mind's Eye</b>. I used two of the square scallops from <b>Nestabilities </b>to create the scalloped frame and then stamped the fish and background seaweed in <b>SU ink</b>. I colored in the fish (aka ME!!) with <b>Copics</b> and added a <b>Gelly Roller</b> for sparkle on the fishes' fins!!</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Here's to hanging in there when it gets really, really tough out there!! I know I can keep it up... my whole life I have been in training for this specific time!! I am trying to patiently wait to see what happens next to help my life find some peace again, but in the meantime, I am just going to keep on swimming!! It really is what I do best!! </div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Thanks for letting me vent!!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Now to continue on the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hip Hop</span></span> today, </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">please head over to<b><a href="http://dahlhousedesigns.wordpress.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #76a5af;"> Lisa Arana's blog</span></a></b> for your next Ippity inspiration!!!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Hope you had a great weekend!! I had been nursing a pretty mean cold/virus all week long and was so thankful to have gotten most of my strength back by Friday and Saturday. I got a lot of neglected housework done over this weekend and even found some time to clean and reorganize my scrap area too! Things are looking good and it really helps me feel more creative when my scrap area is organized!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Our lovely<b><a href="http://evafromca.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"> Eva</span></a></b> is our <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hippity Hop Hostess</span> for this week and <b>she has challenged us to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">use metal</span></span> (IHHC43) on our creations this week</b>!! Be sure to stop by the <b>DT members' blogs</b> (the links are <b><a href="http://www.unityopportunity-blog.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">HERE</span></a></b>!) to see what we have done with this challenge. And then head back to the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.unityopportunity-blog.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">Ippity Blog</span></a></span> for the complete list of today's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hippity Hop</span> participants!! You can have a chance to win a prize just by playing along with our challenge so be sure to visit SCS's Ippity Forum to read more about this week's metal challenge contest!</div><br />
Here is what I created for today's challenge...<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">The<b> Ippity stamps</b> I used on today's card are the<b> frame and Birthday sentiment</b> from the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">Just Wanted to Say</span></span> set and the <b>leaves</b> from the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">Now & Always</span></span> set.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">You will be directed to all the DT members by clicking on the "<b>Next Blog" icons</b> from each blog. Hopefully you are arriving to my blog from Karen's. And next I will be sending you off to Lisa A's blog!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My project was based on this week's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hip Hop Sketch Challenge</span> <b>HHSC26</b></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">The Unity stamp set that I chose to work with is the <b>Donna Downey</b> set called <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">She</span>! (Available only in stores. To find a store near you, please click <a href="http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/p/whos-got-unity.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">HERE</span></a>!) I love this set and intend to make a complete album using the whole collection. My album will be a sort of autobiography taking me from young womanhood til now and talking about the accomplishments, challenges and dreams that I have experienced in my life.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I made the cover for my album for today's project using the sketch above.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The DP is from <b>Basic Grey's Pyrus collection.</b> I cut strips at various lengths and widths and staggered them onto the background paper that I spritzed with <b>Glimmer Mists</b>. The edges of the cover were distressed with <b>Jumbo Java</b> ink and it was adhered to a chipboard album cover by <b>Zutter</b>. I also added a piece of lace to add more texture, dimension and femininity to the cover.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4055369774575828107"><br />
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I colored the faceless lady with <b>Copic Markers</b> and used only the word "She"as my album's title. "She" will be defined by my stories that will follow in the future.<br />
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<b>For some more Unity goodness by one of our Ippity girls, please head over to<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"> </span></b><a href="http://dahlhousedesigns.wordpress.com/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Lisa Arana's blog</span></b></a><b>!</b><br />
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Have a great day and we sure hope you enjoyed us flipping this around a bit today! We enjoyed the chance to play with some of our other favorite stamps!! Please stop by the SCS Unity Forum today for some chit chatting and prize give aways!!<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Thank for stopping by my blog today! If you started at the beginning of today's Unity and Ippity DT Hip Hop blog hop then you have made it through all the Unity DT girls' blogs and should have just left Karen's Ippity blog on your way to getting through the Ippity DT girls' blogs. I hope you are finding lots of inspiration!</div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4055369774575828107"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Many of you know <b>Michelle Ogdahl</b> as the previous Manager of <b>Ippity</b>. She was kind of like the team mom for the DT too! But most importantly from the minute I started working with her and especially upon meeting her in person for the first time at CHA Winter in Anaheim, she has been my friend!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">She has decided, with the blessings of all of her Unity and Ippity friends to move on in a new direction in her life and the card that I have made for today will be sent to her to show her my love and support in all that she does and has done for us! I love her to death and hope for continued success and happiness in her new life's travels!! <b>We will miss her for sure</b>, but you never want to hold someone back from knowing when it is their time to make a change!! </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for all you have done Michelle </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and I wish you the best in your New Beginning!! ♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The card I made is based on this week's Hip Hop Sketch Challenge which is pictured below!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>HHSC25</b></div><br />
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As we bid farewell to <b>Michelle</b>, we are also welcoming <b>Amy</b> as her replacement, (<a href="http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/2010/09/just-little-reminder.html">see the blog post about it here!</a>) so all will be wonderful as always in the Unity and Ippity worlds!! Hope you guys have a great day and enjoy the rest of the Hop.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Today there are lots of bloggers and the <b>Ippity DT</b> ready to participate in our weekly Hop. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Just start at the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"><b><a href="http://unityopportunity-blog.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Ippity blog</span></span></a> </b></span></span> for the complete list of blogs and hop along with us! </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://handmade75.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Stephanie Muzzulin</span></a>,</b> a dear and sweet friend of mine (who I CAN"T WAIT to meet someday) was the <b>Ippity Guest Designer</b> for our last release and she is currently the<b> Unity Guest Designer</b> for August and September. Well, tomorrow is her birthday and the Ippity DT wanted to do a little something special for her! So the DT has dedicated the cards that we made today to<b> Stephanie</b> in honor of her birthday!! When you are done with the Hop, you can head over the<span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Unity blog</span></b></span></a></span> where you can see <b>Stephanie's</b> post for today and leave her some birthday wishes in the comments section!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>Here is the card I made for her. ( It is going to go postal today Steph!)<br />
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The sentiment stamp from <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Just Wanted to Say</span></b></span></span> stamped perfectly onto the pre-made journaling block from <b>Cosmo Cricke</b>t. At first I wasn't sure I would like working with these colors, but when all was said and done I was quite happy with my finished product. Now I just hope that <b>Stephanie</b> is! LOL!!<br />
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Many of the other <b>Ippity Chicks </b>have a special blog post honoring <b>Michelle Ogdahl</b>, our Ippity Manager who will be leaving us for a new venture soon. So enjoy the hop and be ready for some wonderful <b>Ippity</b> Inspiration along the way!<br />
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