Have your Cake and Eat it too!!

Happy Hippity Hop!!

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!!

Eva is today's host for our Hippity Hop Challenge.  And she has given us a site full of inspiration to find some creative mojo from.  Her challenge is IHHC52 and she would like us to be inspired by one of the cakes at the website called Cakes for Occasions.

Boy was I getting hungry looking through this site!! LOL!

But I finally landed on THIS CAKE as my inspiration and here is what I created from that inspiration...

Ordinarily I wouldn't have chosen to put the garnet and goldish yellow colors together (mostly because I am a Florida Gator 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 "wishing you" sentiment from the So This is Love Ippity stamp set and create an anniversary or wedding card.  The inside sentiment (not shown) says "love and laughter."

Here are the three Ippity stamp sets I used to create this card...

And here is a closeup of the front...

I have to thank Eva 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!!  Thanks Eva!!  ♥

That's all I have for you today, but be sure to start the Hop at the

Ippity Blog

where you will find the list of today's Hop participants

 and be sent around cyberspace to find some amazing Ippity inspiration!!

Enjoy your day and be sure to check out your

  Ippity Chicks and the Unity Blog/website

where you are likely to find some fabulous CyberMonday specials!!!

May your bucket overflow with Love and Laughter!

A Thankful Hip Hop!

Happy Hip Hop Everyone!!!

Today is special because we are announcing all the winners from our 

World Card Making Day Challenges.

My Challenge was USCWCMD21 which was to make a One Layer Card!

Thank you soooo 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!!!

Without further adieu, the winner of my challenge is Katylynn with this gorgeous one layer card...

Thank you so much Katylynn!! Your card is so beautiful and such an inspiration for me!!  Please email Jimmi at Jimmi.mayo@gmail.com to claim your prize!  You have won the wonderful Ippity stamp set called

Faith Blooms

So to start off the Hip Hop today, please head over to the Unity Blog to get started!

Our theme for today's Hop is Giving Thanks or Being Thankful!!

I needed to make a "Thank You" card for a dear friend who recently gave me a gift, and so it was a perfect opportunity to pull some amazing Ippity Stamps!!

For my card today I used a Bit of Burlap and the "Many Thanks" sentiment from Bitty Pixie Paisley.

    

The DP is from BG's Pyrus collection.  It is perfect for this time of year with those deep fall colors.

I used SU's ink in the Really Rust and Chocolate Chip colors.

Your next stop on the Hip Hop today is Lisa Arana's blog!!  Click below to visit it!!

Don't forget to visit the Unity Stamp Co. page at SCS for some chatting and prizes!!

We will see you there!!!

Ippity Summer 2010 Release- Sneak Peek Day 4

It's Day 4 of the Ippity Sneak Peeks!!

And I don't want them to stop, but then we couldn't move on to our New Releases, so I guess it is OK if we keep progressing!!

So have you been following along for all the sneaks so far?  Are you leaving comments on all the DT members' blogs?  If so, you will have a chance to win one of the newly released sets each day of the Sneak peeks!!  Good luck!! We will announce the winners from the random DT blogs on Thursday!!  We will close the comments at 8pm CST on today!!

Have you picked your favorite stamp sets yet?  Well, be thinking about it and make contact with an Ippity Chick who can sell these stamps to you starting on Thursday!

Need to find a chick near you?  Just click below!

Please start our Hop over at the Ippity blog 

and follow along the Hop by clicking on the 

Next Blog Icon's on each of the DT members' blogs!

My card for you today is from the Sneak Peek set today called 

Bitty Pixie Paisley. 

This is a great set that you will find many uses for.  And I didnt' even use the actual paisley stamps that come with it!!  Wait til you see the whole set! You will love it!!

I think I was channeling with Eryn when I created this card because I used her favorite color combination of yellow and turquoise.  I was inspired by the DP from October Afternoon and fashioned my card after those sweet little flowers.  I colored the flower strip from the Bitty Pixie Paisley stamp set with my Copic markers.

That sweet sentiment also comes with the Bitty Pixie Paisley set and will be perfect for many cards!!  I love the fonts used in this one!!  I finished the card off with a little machine stitching and also a big bunch of flowers from Prima and Making Memories!  Then I added just a touch of bling to flower centers to add the right amount of punch to the card!!

If you aren't arriving at my blog from Karen Maldanado's blog, 

then please head to the Ippity blog to start at the beginning of the Hop.

And if you are following along the Hop, then your next stop is Lisa Arana's blog!!  I just love getting to see all the creations my fellow DT members make, because they so inspire me each and every day!!

Please mark your calendars and join us for our big New Release Day Party tomorrow!

S ee you tomorrow!! Be there or be square!!  LOL!!