Hippity Hop- A CAS card for a soldier!

It's a Hippity Hopping Memorial Day kind of Monday!!

Here in America we get to enjoy the festivities associated with Memorial Day.  It is like the official beginning of Summer and families and friends usually get together for picnics, boating and just having fun! But through all of these parties and celebrations, I hope that we remember the real meaning of Memorial Day.

It is a day to honor the fallen heroes who have lost their lives while serving in the American Armed Forces.  They are the real reason that we have the freedom and liberty to enjoy what we do as Americans. So let's remember and be thankful!!

The card that I have for you today serves two challenges!!

The first one is my LAST CAS DT assignment for my term!! I can't believe it has been three months already!! Boy has time just flown right by.  But Jen asked us to make a card to honor a HERO (CAS69)!  I can't think of anyone I consider a HERO more than the members of our branched services!!

The second challenge fits right in with the first one.  It is today's Hippity Hop Challenge IHHC26 which is called Operation Write Home.  I am today's hostess and have challenged you to make a card (or cards) for service men and women currently serving our country oversees who need handmade cards to send back to family and friends.  We are asking that you mail them in to Unity Stamp Company so that we can send them one big care package of cards all at once and show them that Unity/Ippity Stamp fans are also fans of our Military personnel!!

The Ippity stamps you see used here are the A Bit of Burlap from the new Spring 2010 collection and the sentiment is from Just Wanted to Say!  The card is clean and simple and plays on the stars and circles from the DP by Fancy Pants.  I did a little cutting out and popping up and added a few accents to give it some spunk.  I think a soldier will appreciate getting this for me and I will include a note of thanks and gratitude inside telling him/her how much I appreciate the sacrifices they make for my freedom!

To purchase any of the Ippity Stamps you see used here today, 

Click HERE

to find an Ippity Chick near you!

You can read all about the Challenge on the 

Ippity Blog 

and also have the list of all of today's 

Hippity Hop participants!!

I hope you are enjoying your weekend!  And may your bucket overflow with thankfulness for the brave men and women who are defending our freedom everyday.  We must always remember!!

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!!