New Ippity Stamps are now for sale!!!!

The three month wait for new Ippity stamps is over!!

Are you ready to put your Party Hat on and celebrate???

The FALL 2010 Ippity Stamp sets are now available for purchase

 from an Ippity Chick near you!!!

Woohoo!!  Finally!!!

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!!

Can I get a Hip Hop too???

It's Thursday which means that we are having our weekly Hip Hop with the Unity DT girls too.  But for Ippity's special day, all the Hip Hop fun is going to start at the Unity Blog as usual, but then make it's way through the Ippity DT girls' blogs first.

But it's easy for you because all you have to do is look for the

 "NEXT BLOG" icon

and click on it to be taken to the next blog on the hop!!

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 Ippity Chicks!!  If you need one to purchase your stamps from, please visit the link below to locate one near you!!


The card I have made for you today uses the following NEW stamps sets...

Party Hat

What you Doin

Gurnsey Gingham

I started by stamping the Gurnsey Gingham as my background using Real Red SU 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 We R Memory Keepers.  Then I added the cupcake from the Party Hat set as an embellishment that I popped up.  And then I finished it off with the "happy birthday" sentiment from the What You Doin set.

The cupcake was colored with Copic markers and then I added Distressed clear Rock Candy Stickles to the frosting for dimension and some glaze.

I love these sets... I know they are going to be seeing a lot of ink in my house!!

Please come by the Splitcoaststampers Unity forum 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 New Release!!  It is going to be a day packed full of fun!!!  We promise!!

The winners from our comment contest will be revealed on the Ippity forum too! So be sure to check it out!!

Next on your way to seeing some more Ippity and Unity goodness

 is the oh so talented blog of Lisa Arana's!!

Have fun!!

And thanks so much for stopping by and celebrating our New Releases today!!

Ippity New Release Sneaks Day 4

Today is the last day of our Sneaks!!

Are you as blown away as I am with all these amazing new Ippity stamp sets???

You know you are going to want them all!!

And the best news is that

TOMORROW

you can have them!!!

And speaking of BEST NEWS... we have something exciting to share with you all today!

We enjoyed having Angie Blom as our Guest Designer sooo much that we have asked her to stay on board for another three month term!!  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!!

We love you Angie... thanks for staying on with us for another Guest term!!

Our NEW RELEASE PARTY is tomorrow!!!

Please come to SCS's and join us for the celebration!!

To see the last two sets we are revealing today

 and to start deciding which sets you are going to get,

 please start at the Ippity Blog!!

Then follow along the "Next Blog" icons to make it through all the DT girls' blogs for some more stampy inspiration with today's showcased stamps!!

The project I have for you today is a scrapbook layout!  (I know!!  I scrapbooked!!!  LOL!)

It uses the new Ippity Stamp set called

Here and Now

I chose to use the Sweet Moment Title/Journaling block stamp.  I stamped it in SU's Chocolate Chip ink to coordinate with the brown tones of the Bo Bunny Sophie collection papers.  It is hard to see it in this picture, but I added machine stitching to the layout as well.

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.

Here is the Page Maps sketch that I created my layout from...

And because I added the scalloped border that is shown above, my layout also qualifies as a submission for Eva's "SCALLOPS" New Release Challenge!  (INRC2Fall2010)

You can see all the challenges for our New Release right

HERE!

We sure hope you will play along with us!!

Of course there are prizes to random winners!!!  :-)

 

I also should note that I stamped the corner embellishment from the Cherish Your Dreams set that we showcased yesterday.  I know I will be using that stamp A LOT!!  I love it!!!

So hop on over to Lisa's blog 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!!

Ippity New Release Sneaks Day 3

Okeedokee!!!  

Are you ready for some more???

Now you have seen 4 of the 8 Ippity stamp sets 

being released on Thursday

 and today you get to see two more!!!

Start HERE to see them!!! 

Then follow the blog hop icons to go through all the DT's blogs!

Today's sets are so wonderful!!!  

You are going to LOVE them!!!

The one that I am showcasing for you today is called 

Cherish Your Dreams

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 versatility of these AMAZING Ippity stamps!!

The word happy and the oval frame are both in the Cherish Your Dreams set.  The word birthday comes from the Fall For You set.  I needed to make a masculine birthday card for a friend and I still had my October Afternoon 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!

The oval frame was stamped with SU's Not Quite Navy, the happy was stamped in Real Red and the birthday was stamped in Wild Wasabi!

The ribbon actually had a pink stripe through the middle but with a trusty red Copic marker, I was able to make it match the red on the card!!  LOL!

Next stop on the Hop today is Lisa Arana's Blog!!!

ENJOY!!!

Only two days until our NEW RELEASE PARTY!!!

I hope you will be there!!!  Lot's of challenges, prizes, chatting and of course
NEW RUBBER for sale!!!!!

Thanks again for your sweet comments!!  

Keep 'em coming each day for a chance to win a FREE stamp set.
Each DT  member will be choosing one to give away from all of the comments during our Sneaks!

Ippity New Release Sneaks Day 1

Hello and welcome to my blog!!

  

Today where I am soooo honored 

to be able to show you the first of our many new 

Ippity Stamps 

that will be available for purchase from an 

Ippity Chick 

beginning this Thursday! 

And you ALL are invited to the NEW RELEASE!! It's going to be one great party!!!!

Can you believe that we have had Ippity Stamps for ONE YEAR already???

What a joyful year it has been for me to be able to represent the best stamp company out there!!

I LOVE Ippity and Unity and all the fabulous stamp designers 

that keep coming up with these amazing stamps for us to use!!

  ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

So check out one of the first stamp sets being released on Thursday!!

The set I am using is called Sing a New Song.  And it is one that is so sweet that you can't help but want to sing when you see it!!!  :-)


Here is my sample made with the bird and one of the sentiments in the set...

The papers are used are from Cosmo Cricket 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.

Then I nested the sweet bird atop of some ribbon and a huge button embellished with a Prima 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 Eva!!! ♥

I ♥ that sentiment!!  "Today I will have a song in my heart!"  

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!!!

So now if you want to see all the samples that the DT has created for you today, please start at the 

Ippity Blog! 

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!!

Ippity Stamps 

plus a bunch of talented and creative women 

makes for some wonderful 

INSPIRATION!!

So click below for your next stop on today's New Release Hop!

Have fun and enjoy your journey!!

Thank so much for your comments!! They are greatly appreciated!!  :-)

Ippity Summer 2010 Release- Sneak Peek Day 3

Yay!! 

It's Day 3 of our Ippity Sneak Peeks!!

Are you leaving comments on all the DT members' blogs everyday  for a chance to win some stamps?

Have you chosen your favorite sets so far?

Got an Ippity Chick picked out to buy your stamps from?

Only two more days and these new 

Ippity stamps are available for purchase!! 

 Woot Woot!!

But first, the whole Ippity DT has some more Sneaks to show you!

The card I have made for today showcases two of the sets/singles being shown today!

The first one is a fabulous Halloween set called That's Creepy.  The second one is a single (with a great lower price point!) called Dots for Sure.  I know that the dots are going to get a lot of use in my stamp room!

I am not sure why but I really love to make Halloween cards, so when I saw the That's Creepy set, I knew I wanted to show it off.  I chose to keep this one Clean and Simple.  The argyle paper is from Lil Yellow Bicycle.  I stamped the pumpkin image twice and cut one of them out, ran it through the argyle embossing folder and raised it up above the base pumpkin.  The sentiment was stamped on white and then cut out with a circle punch.  I used the Dots for Sure stamp to create the upper and lower borders around the argyle print.

So what do you think?  Are you liking what you have been seeing so far?

Well be sure to come back tomorrow for another day of sneaks, 

then on Thursday, it is New Release Party Time!

So please start the Hop at the Ippity Blog to see more of the sneaks and then follow along the Hop to visit each of the DT members' blogs.  If you started at the beginning, you should have come to me by way of Karen's blog.  But next on the Hop is miss Lisa Arana's blog!!  Get ready for some more inspiration!!

Have a great day and may your bucket overflow with lots of inspiration!

Ippity Spring Release Hip Hop

Welcome to this week's Unity and Ippity DT Hip Hop.

Today is a very special day.  Not only will you get to see some more of the Ippity DT's projects using the new stamps, plus a lot of amazing Unity stuff from the Unity DT girls, but you will also get to see what some of the Ippity Chicks have also created with the new sets for the release!

The long three month wait for new Ippity stamps is over!!  

The Ippity Spring 2010 Collection is HERE!!

Woohoo!!!  

Isn't it amazing!!!

Now all you have to do is find your Ippity Chick and order yours today!! 

 Be sure to do it quickly so you can ensure that you get your sets while your chick still has stamps in stock.

Need an Ippity Chick to buy from?

Then just click HERE to locate one near you!

I have a couple of cards to share with you today.  The first one uses this week's Hip Hop Sketch for this week's challenge.  Our very own Maria designed the sketch for us.  You can play along with us and upload it to the SCS Gallery using the keywords Unity and HHSC07.

I love this sketch and I chose to use the flower stamp and flourish from the Now and Always set and the sentiments from the Fall For You set.  The DP is from October Afternoon.

The extra details I added were buttons from Clear and Simple stamps.  The border punch from Martha Stewart and some machine stitching!  I paper pieced the flower stamp in two different colors and layered them on top of each other.

My second card is for one of the challenges that will be posted on the Ippity Forum for our New Release Celebration.  Lisa A is the hostess for this challenge and she has made it a color challenge.  We are to use the following colors...

This was truly a challenge for me because I didn't have any DP on hand that had all of these colors in it.  So, I had to kind of put some separates together.  What do you think?

The flower and sentiment stamps come from the A Little Buggy collection.  And I also used the A Bit of Burlap stamp with a window masked out of it to stamp the flowers into.  The stamps from the Little Buggy set are all so fun and whimsical.  It was a joy to create a sweet and happy card like this!

To create this card, I used this week's sketch from the challenge on SCS.  It is SC280.

Instead of stamping the center flower bud, I chose to replace it with a button!  I added two paper strips and folded them to look like ribbon tabs.  The Happy sentiment was popped up with pop dots for added dimension.  I went into my DP archives for this paper.  It comes from the DCWV Nursery for Boys collection.  The flowers are from Prima.

Our big New Release Party is on the SCS forums 

today at 10am CST.  

Be sure to join us... it is going to be a lot of fun!!

Now head over to Lisa Arana's blog to see what special treats she has in store for you!

Ippity Spring 2010 Release- Sneak Peek Day 4

Oh my goodness!!  We are almost there!!!

Tomorrow is finally the day we have been waiting for!!

The New Ippity Spring Release stamp sets 

will go on sale at Midnight tonight!!

But we still have some more to show you before that!!

And did you read Michelle O's post about what is special with this release?

This release has 10 sets instead of 8!!

Instead of the 8th full set of stamps, they have designed two smaller sets and one single.  

This is perfect for the shopper with a limited budget or for someone who wants to give Ippity a try without spending too much money to buy large sets!  I think this is genius!!

Start at the Ippity Blog to begin the Hop at the beginning.

If you are coming to me from Karen's blog then you are on the right track!

Click HERE to go to the Ippity Blog!

I am so short on time today as I have been super busy dealing with New Release Party Plans and other things that have come up, so I have just one sample to share with you today.  But, it does combine two of our new sets...Faith Blooms and A Bit of Burlap.

I used some adorable October Afternoon paper and the Labels 12 die from Nestabilities to create the shape of my card and panels.  I had to use my stamp-a-majig to set up the sentiment that way.  In the original stamp, the word Faith is actually placed about the words "is when you close your eyes," and then on a separate stamp is the "and open your heart" sentiment.  I love this phrase!!  Not sure who made that ruching ribbon because I got it from my LSS and it was precut into a strip with no labels!  Sorry!

I used SCS Sketch SC36 for the layout of my card!!  I added the little panel under the flower because I thought it needed to be grounded a little better!!  

I used the A Bit of Burlap (our new single stamp) to create the background that I stamped the flower onto.  I paper pieced the flower and added the little pearls that I colored to match.  All coloring was done with my copics or ink from SU and Memento.

Are you ready for a PARTAY???

Be sure to join us in the SCS Forums tomorrow for all the New Release Celebrations!

It is going to be one heck of a time!!

More details will be posted on the Ippity Forum today!!  

Then anytime after midnight tonight you can contact your Ippity Chick to order the sets you desire!!

Now, hop on over to Lisa Arana's blog for some more crafty goodies!

Just an FYI, I have decided against selling Ippity Stamps for now.  You know I adore them, but my first passion is in playing with them so I would rather focus more on promoting these stamps to others as part of the DT!  Because I have a full time job (plus some) I just can't devote enough time to sell them, so I would rather let others have the opportunity to do that!  I will be contacting my customers personally and will be updating my sales blog with some clearance sales as soon as time allows.  

Until tomorrow....may your bucket overflow with the positivity you get by being good to others and by displaying a sweet spirit.  Not much else is needed beyond being sweet and kind to others!  Have a wonderful day and Happy Stamping!!

Ippity Spring 2010 Release- Sneak Peek Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of 

Ippity's Spring Release Sneak Peeks!!

I am super excited about the projects that I have to share with you today!!  But first I was wondering if you are loving all the new stamps that are coming out as much as I do!  Aren't they awesome!!  Be sure to contact your Ippity Chick about getting your favorites sent to you as soon as they are released!! I know you are going to want to ink them up as fast as you can!!  EVERY SINGLE KIT is AMAZING!!!

Same drill as the two previous days!!

Start the Hop HERE on the Ippity Blog!

If you got here by way of Karen's Blog then you are heading down the right blog hop path!

Leave comments on all the DT Members blogs each day of the hop and you will have a chance to win one of the sets that are given away each day.  The blogs that the commenters will be drawn from are a secret even to us!  We will announce the winners during Thursdays New Release Party!!

Speaking of the New Release Party...

It is going to be so fun so be sure to join us on Thursday May 13th on the SCS Forums for Challenges, Chatting, Games and Prizes!!  It is going to be A LOT of fun!!

Two new kits were partially revealed on the Ippity blog today!

One of them is called A Moment in Time.  It is the most amazing scrapbook kit and I just love it!!  So I decided I just had to put together a layout to showcase many of the stamps that are in that kit!

I scrapped a layout from Mother's Day this past Sunday.  I used one of the Unity Scrapbook Sketches (USCSSC04) that I hadn't had a chance to work with yet!  It was the perfect sketch for what I needed!

In total I have used FIVE of the stamps from the Moment in Time set.  I will point them out in some of the closeups I have for you below!  I know this is not your typical Mother's Day themed paper, but it was all I had to match all the bright blues that many of us were wearing.  So a few flowers later, I think I feminized it well enough!! LOL!

Here you can see three of the stamps from this set. One is the frame with the hearts, and then one is the "Love you yesterday" sentiment.  I used my Copics to coordinate it with my DP.  Then if you look to the right of the paper panel you will see to bracket shapes.  Well that is a portion of a "top note" style square that is filled with script writing!  It will be so versatile to use for many projects!

This is a gorgeous journaling block that was perfect for my family's  Mother's Day get together!

To create the scalloped border I used one half of one of the stamps from this set.  It is a cute little date stamp in a circle.  It is so cute with the tiny polka dots in negative space!  I used SU's inks to ink them in coordinating colors.  Shown here are Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, and So Saffron.

And here is the other half of that stamp!  It is the perfect sentiment to record the date of an event you are scrapping!  It says..."some moments you don't want to forget."

Here is one last peek at the whole layout!  I am so happy to be scrapping again!!  And what makes it even better is having awesome stamps to use on my layouts!!

Next I have my project using the Delightful Little Things set...

I was channeling Eva and Karen while I was working on this project!  It reminds me of some of their amazing projects which inspired me to try this!  I used Webster's Pages for all the beautiful decorations on the DP.  But the stamp that I used on this project is the sentiment.  It is such a wonderful phrase that I plan to keep right next to me to remind me of the darkness we sometimes have to endure to have true beauty!  I love that!

Here is s closeup for you of the sentiment.  I highlighted some of the words with a Copic marker.  Can you see how I also cut out some of the images on the DP with an exacto to allow them to be layered onto the frame that holds the sentiment?

To emphasize the words I created an additional frame using two nested Labels 11 Nestabilities.  The Kraft pearls are from Zva!

Well that is all I have for you today!!  Enjoy the rest of the hop! You are headed now to the amazingly creative Lisa Arana's blog!  Have a great day and be sure to come back tomorrow for the last day of our Sneak Peeks!!

May your bucket overflow with the right balance of light and darkness 

to enjoy the beauty that can come from both!