Hip Hopping Down Bella Blvd!!

Hip Hop!!!

So by now if  you started the Hip Hop at Unity's Blog

you have heard the amazing news that Unity Stamp Company 

is now co-branding with Bella Blvd!!  

Isn't that amazing??

Today we are also having a Flip Flop Hip Hop so the Ippity girls get to play with their Unity stamps!!  And I have chosen the new Bella Blvd Stamp collection called Bella Trees!!

I love this set because it has so much versatility!!!

And I decided to use the trees just a little bit out of the box to show you some of that versatility!!

The DT members have been challenged this week to BAG it and TAG it!!!  So I have created this fun gift tag for a wine bottle bag using the Bella Trees stamps a little bit out of the box!!

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.

Here is a closeup of my project!  Were you wondering where the TREES are???

Well, I used two different tree shapes 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 ippity stamp called Thoughts from the Past and then I cut the tree shapes out.

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.

The Merry Kissmas stamp is from Ippity's Kissmas and Mistletoe set!

Next you are heading to the talented Lisa Arana's blog  for some more Bella Blvd Beauties!!

Have fun and be sure to have a very 

Happy Thanksgiving as well!!

Christmas: A Season of Joy

Happy Thursday and Happy Hip Hop!!!

Hopefully you are coming to me from the wonderful Karen Maldonado's 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!

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!

This week we are basing our projects after the December Daily type albums that you may have seen done by the famous scrapper Ali Edwards!  You can see her explanation of the project HERE!  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!

Both Maria Gurnsey and Angie Blom have done these albums for the past two years which you can see in the links below...

Maria's December Daily 2008

Maria's December Daily 2009

Angie's December Daily 2008

Angie's December Daily 2009

 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 Ippity stamps in their 2009 albums too!!  :-)

Christmas is my favorite holiday to celebrate!

 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.

Soooo, I decided to shorten my version of this

type of album, and create something that still captures

the specialness of Christmas to me and my family!

Here is the cover for my album called...

Merry Memories: 

Ten Things I (luv) about Christmas!

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 snowflakes found in the Kissmas and Mistletoe and the Season's of Joy stamp sets by Ippity.  I used Ippity's black noir Hybrid ink. 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 Basic Grey's Jovial collection. 

I slightly altered the 10 Things I {luv} about You 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 Ippity 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!

Here are the stamp sets that were used to creat the above cover...

Fram and snowflakes from Season of Joy

10 Things I {luv} About You words from

Love in Return set

And the snowflake from the

Kissmas and Mistletoe set.

Do you want to get some of these amazing Ippity Stamps?  They are perfect for completing your December Daily album.  To find a chick near you, just click on ther icon below...

Now to continue on the Hop, your next stop is the very talented Lisa Arana's blog!!  Just click on the button below to Hop over to her blog!

Be sure to stop back by soon when I have the chance to add to the pages of my album!! 

This is one project I am really excited about! 

I love the whole concept behind it and feel that Ippity Stamps

make the project even that much more fun to create!! 

Have a great day and we hope you see you on the SCS Forum for some chatting!!!

May your  bucket overflow with memories of your Christmases that bring a smile to your face!!

Giving Thanks!

It's Hip Hop time!

And today the Ippity and Unity DT members are showing off some

 projects that can be used for Thanksgiving Table Decor.

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!

What I decided to make for today's Hip Hop 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.

I created a "Thanks For" card for each person to use to write down what they are thankful for.

I used the leaf, the journaling stamp (turned upside down) and the word "for" from the Fall For You stamp set and the word "Thanks" from The Simple Things stamp set.  The DP is from Recollections.

Here are the sets used to create my project...

I colored the leaf in with Copic Markers and used my Gelly Roller to hightlight the veins and edges.  The words were stamped with SU's Really Rust ink to coordinate with the DP.  Three small rhinestones were added to the the little flowers on the journaling block.

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!!

But now for you, please head on to the next Ippity Blog to complete the Hip Hop!  

Your next stop is Lisa Arana's blog! 

 And make sure that to see the whole Hop that you start at the beginning at the Unity Blog!

Looking for an Ippity Chick to get your Ippity stamps from?  

Just click below!!

Hope you have a great day and may your bucket overflow with many things you are thankful for!

Hip Hop for Breast Cancer Awareness!

It's a FLIP FLOP HIP HOP!!!

(But I must confess that I used Ippity stamps instead of Unity!  

The project I made for today's theme worked perfectly with a certain Ippity stamp!)  Sorry!!!

I hope that you started at the Unity Blog 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.

Today's HIP HOP theme is

ENCOURGEMENT!

Specifically we are honoring those afflicted with Breast Cancer in honor of 

Breast Cancer Awareness being thing month!!

Here is the project that I made for today!

I  decoupaged a glass plate with tissue paper and added the sentiment 

you see from the  Ippity Stamp Set called 

Delightful Little Things!

To learn how I decoupaged the glass plate, please check out my Tutorial 

on Ippity Blog at the end of this HOP!!

But before you get there, you have a few more blogs to visit.  

For starters, your next stop will be at the talented Lisa Arana's blog!!

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!!!

ALSO... Unity is announcing their new co-branding with Jillibean!!  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 HUGE SALE going on today!!!

Have a great day!!!

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