CAS and Hippity Hop Combo Card

Happy Hippity Hop!!

Hope you had a nice weekend.  Mine was productive but otherwise a very draining and emotional one.  There are some things going on in my personal life that have forced some change in my life.  I will feel up to telling you all about it pretty soon. Until then, just suffice it to say that I realize I have not been as involved and active on the forums and in the galleries as I typically am, and for that I apologize.  But I promise that I will return to some sense of normalcy as soon as possible!  Everything will be just fine!!

Given the crazy weekend I had, I decided to do myself a favor and combine two cards I needed to make for two separate challenges into ONE card!  So my sample for today is a CAS card for this week's CAS65 Challenge that was to be based on the theme of Mother's Day or May Flowers.  (I chose both!)  And it also combines the Hippity Hop IHHC22 challenge based on the challenge that Lisa Arana has given us to incorporate stitching on our cards.

(Mom, it's OK for you to see this... this is not your Mother's Day Card!  LOL!)

I used the flower from the Because of You {ippity} stamp set and colored it with my Copic markers to match the adorable DP from Cosmo Cricket's Material Girl collection.  Do you see where I added the stitching?  You might not have detected it at first glance, but the grass was actually created by zig zag stitching underneath the flower with green thread!

In this shot you can get a closer look at the stitching. I purposely spaced the zigs and zags unevenly to make the strands of grass appear more random.  The sentiment is a Stampin Up stamp from 1999.  I had to mask the sentiment to apply it where I did on the card and I also had to stamp the word DAY separately.

One last thing to show you is that I popped up the flower and the leaf by stamping and coloring the image a second time and placing it on top of the first one with dimensional dots 

Well, there are a lot more blogs with some {ippity} goodness on them today, 

so to start the hop at the beginning, 

just head over the {ippity} blog for the complete list!

My apologies again for having been a little absent from SCS lately.  As I gain back the control in my own life, things will improve dramatically.  I appreciate your patience and prayers!

Enjoy the Hippity Hop!

I am so thankful that my bucket overflows with the joys of 

motherhood and kids that love me and support me!!  

It's a Happy Birthday H{ippity} Hop!

Happy Birthday Lisa!!

Ok, so the DT members are guilty of hijacking today's H{ippity} Hop and using it to wish our very special DT member Lisa a Happy Birthday!!

Lisa, I am so happy to be on the {ippity} DT with you and hope that you have a very special day!

I made a card in honor of you (and it is on it's way to you via snail mail as we speak.)  I wanted to make sure that it didn't get to you before we could surprise you today!!  Hopefully you will get it soon!

To make this card I used two different {ippity} stamps sets.

Because of You and

Just Wanted to Say

I paper pieced the bird on the frame that comes in the Just Wanted to Say set and I chose to use the birthday sentiment!  The DP is from the BG Origins collection.  I just love the vibrant colors of this set!

Notice on the light brown background paper that I stamped the flower from the Because of You set to create my own patterned paper.  The big yellow sun flowers were some silk flowers that I purchased a long time ago from Michael's.

I tried very hard to make a card as beautiful as I feel my dear DT member Lisa is!! I think I succeeded!!

I hope she likes it!!

So for today's H{ippity} Hop there is a new challenge to make a Valentine card.  Michelle is hosting today and has a prize picked out for a special winner who plays along with us today! I hope that you will play along with us too!

To access the list of all the blogs filled with {ippity} goodness, please go to the {ippity} blog and start at the beginning!!

If you are interested in purchasing any of the {ippity} stamp sets you saw used on today's cards, or if you are interested in taking advantage of the clearance sale I have going on, or if you want to pre-order the soon-to-be-released stamp sets, just visit my {ippity sales blog to order yours today!

There's {ippity} in My Bucket!

Once again, Happy Birthday Lisa! I hope your day is filled with things that bring you pleasure and that your bucket overflows with ones who love you very much!!

A Clean and Simple Challenge

Can we pretend it is Tuesday still?

Where did my yesterday and end of Monday go?  I have been chomping at the bit to get to my craft desk and start the nearly one zillion projects that I have to make before the 15th, but time just keeps slipping past me!  Work is still crazy busy... much more than usual!  I am trying to cope with all of it, and just wish I could cut back and stay at home more!!  I think stamping is important don't you?  LOL!!

Anyway, I was SO HONORED this week when Jen (MissBoo on SCS,) chose my card to be CASED for the Clean and Simple Challenge (CAS52) on SCS this week!  Talk about making me feel good, especially because I don't consider myself naturally to be a CAS kind of girl.  But after hanging out on that forum a bit, I have learned so much about the CAS style and how important the balance, coloring and design are when doing those types of cards!

Here is the card that is being featured...

Thanks So Mush(room)

Stamps Used: {ippity}: Because of You, Just Wanted to Say

Ink: Stampin Up, DP: K & Co.

Jen is asking that we play along by using the sketch from the above card for our inspiration! I hope you will play along too and upload your card into the Gallery and include the keyword CAS52.

I wanted to play along too, but since I had the sketch down already, I decided to add an additional challenge for me and make it a MASCULINE card to boot!!  Now we all know how challenging those can be right?

The perfect masculine card to make was for my step son's birthday which is today!!  I used the number collage stamp from the Life's Little Moments set from {ippity} and stamped it three times on the Kraft cardstock using SU's Chocolate Chip ink.  

Next I used Basic Grey  number stickers (which didn't match so I colored them with my Copics!) and applied them to the accent circle to represent how old he is.  The strip of DP is from the BG Blush collection.  I also added the paper piercing and twine to add texture yet keep it masculine. 

And for the final touch I added the sentiment which is from {ippity's} Just Wanted to Say set. This came together really quickly and got the seal of approval from my DH too!!  Sometimes it is hard for me to keep masculine cards masculine!! LOL!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY THOMAS!!  

I love you and hope that you have a phenomenal day!  I know that this world holds so many opportunities for you to succeed and it is my prayer that you reach out, grasp them and hang on to them until you become the man that you always dreamt you would be!  I am looking forward to celebrating your birthday with you tonight!

Thomas and Jess (his girlfriend) in December

So since we pretended that today was Tuesday (for my post's sake), I will be back soon with my Whimsie Wednesday Post too!! Have a great day and may your bucket overflow with all the time in the world you desire to spend on your papercrafting!! 

I'm Back!!

Happy H{ippity} Hop Everyone!!

Sorry for my sudden absence over the last week, but in preparing for Christmas for my four kids, my step-son and his girlfriend and then travelling to my in-laws where there was no internet connection, I haven't been able to get online and blog! I have missed you guys though and thought of you often!

I hope that all of you had a wonderful Christmas and are planning a Happy New Year too!!  I am rested and excited for what the New Year will bring!

So speaking of the New Year, Eryn has challenged the DT and our {ippity} fans this week. She would like us to resolve to try something new on our project this week!  Is there a new stamp you haven't used, or a new paper or embellishment, or maybe even a new technique or tool that you have never used?   

Well now is your time to try something 

NEW for the NEW YEAR!!

To play along with us and for a chance to win a prize this week, simply create a new project using {ippity} stamps and submit it into the SCS Gallery using the keyword IHHC4 (Ippity Hippity Hop Challenge #4).  There will also be a thread on the forum for you to comment on telling us that you have submitted!  Have fun!!

For my challenge card, I decided to use a technique that is new to me.  It is one that I have seen many times and loved, but have never tried!

This is a thank you card made using the Flower Pot Pocket Card tutorial from SCS!  You can find the tutorial to make one yourself HERE!

Rather than using the punches or die cuts that the tutorial suggests, I thought it would be perfect to use the flower from the Because of You set.  I stamped it five times and colored it with Copic Markers.  Then I trimmed around each of them as close to the lines as possible.  For stability, add an extra layer of CS to the back before stamping and cutting.

This is the view of the card with the tag pulled out of it. You can see how the card is constructed.  This reveals the sentiment which is from the Just Wanted to Say kit from {Ippity}.  The branches and leaves that I also added are from the Devoted kit.

This is the perfect note to send to someone you want to thank who also likes flowers!  It is sure to brighten any day!  I am so happy that I tried this technique because it was easy and makes a great impression when finished!

Thank you for looking and I can't wait to see what you choose to do as you resolve to try something new! 

To follow along with all the blogs that are participating in today's H{ippity}Hop, and to see what  the other DT's members have resolved to try, please visit the {ippity} blog for the complete list. of blogs!  Have fun and thanks for stopping by!!