If you didn't start at the Ippity Blog for today's hop, then be sure to head there now to start at the beginning to ensure you don't miss one of the blogs on the Hop today. There is a lot of inspiration to be had!!
Today's card was a fun one for me to make because I just loved the challenge that Maria has given us. For the Ippity Hippity Hop Challenge for today (IHHC32) we got to CASE any card in the SCS Ippity Gallery! Woohoo!! Talk about a LOT of inspiration!!
But after some careful consideration and remembering how much I was always inspired by Heather's work while she was one of Ippity's Guest Designers, I decided to choose one of her pieces to CASE. To see the card that I chose for my inspiration, please click HERE!
And here is my take on Heather's amazing card....
What inspired me the most about this card were the bright and vibrant colors that Heather paired with her Ippity stamps. I used similar colors but instead chose to work with Cosmo CricketsDelovely Line which had a very similar color palette. I love the layers Heather used and I also like how she rounded two of the four corners so I definitely wanted to incorporate in my card too.
Four Ippity stamps were used in the making of this card. Similar to Heather I chose to use the butterfly flower from The Simple Things stamp set, but I varied my sentiment and background. The musical score background stamp is from the Music of My Heart set and the butterfly is from the Books a Flutter set.
I also loved Heather's placement of her ribbons and rhinestones and chose to CASE those too! This was a wonderful card to CASE and I am so inspired by Heather's card. Both versions just make me so happy!! The sentiment on this card speaks so much to me right now. I am trying very hard to remember the truth in the quote I used. I sometimes feel that my life is in limbo, but I do believe that there are good things waiting in my future! Patience is a virtue...right?
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Have a fabulous day and may your bucket overflow with the things in your life that were worth the wait!!
Did you guys miss me this weekend? I took some time on Friday night and Saturday to get my scrap room all organized again. I had been not good about putting away my new stamps and wanted to get them all organized. I am happy to say that everything is in its proper place and my scrap room is all in order again!
Leah also came home this weekend from UF and yesterday was Tom's birthday, so we had a nice day just hanging out and spending time together!
Today is Monday which means that it is time to H{ippity} Hop!! If you don't know what that is, it is when we all share our creations made with {ippity} stamps and hop around to all the different blogs that sign up to share their goodies! Eva is our host today and she already has the list up on the {ippity}blog , so be sure to head over there to find out who all is participating!
Eva also is hosting this week's H{ippity} Hop Challenge IHHC14 which is to use Dry Embossing on our projects. I love dry embossing! So this one wasn't hard for me at all!! I just grabbed one of my trusty CB embossing folders and went to town! All of the DT members and our Guest Heather Rolin have made a card for today's challenge to share with you on our blogs today!
I used the bird and sentiment from the Music of My Heart {ippity} set and coordinated it with DP from Scenic Route (dark teal) and SEI. The dry embossing I chose to use was the musical score embossing folder from CB called Allegro. I sanded the raised edges to give the embossed area some added contrast. A little bit of Copics were added to give some dimension to the bird and to emphasize some of the words on the sentiment!
Be sure to head over to the {ippity} forum on SCS a little later today to find out who won the give away for participating in last week's challenge that I hosted which was to create a card for a boy! Have a great time on your hop today and may your bucket overflow with lots of {ippity} inspiration!!
(OK, well maybe that doesn't sound right!) It is however time for another
New Release of Whimsie Doodle Stamps!
Yesterday you got to see some sneak peeks of what was to come so are you ready to see the whole thing today? All right well get ready to be excited because Melyssa has done it again!
My first card uses the new digistamp called Standing Baby Bear...
The DP is from the new DCWV paper pack called the Crafty Stack. The musical score background stamp is from the {ippity} stamp set called Music of My Heart.
I used the Baby Bear from the set called Baby Bear Standing, but you can also get the sitting version!.
Standing and Sitting Baby Bears
And some adorable sentiments like the one I used are also being released!
Baby Sentiments Digital Stamp Set
The next card I have to share with you is one I call Berry Sweet that comes from the new set called So Sweet!
I am not sure who makes the DP I used, but to create the layered border, I used my new Martha Stewart Pinking Scallop border on three coordinating colors and them layered them while staggering the scallops.
I colored the cherries using my Copic Markers and the button I used is from the black package I bought while at CHA from Clear and Simple Stamps. I paper pieced the towel that hangs from the jar. The adorable label is interchangeable with the other sentiments you see below.
And guess what?? This set is available in RED RUBBER!!
How Sweet Rubber Stamp Set
And finally how about a set just in time for St. Patty's Day? In fact that is the name of this set!
The DP is from the MME Home paper pack. I colored in the pot of gold and rainbow with Copic markers. I printed the image twice once to print the image with the cloud empty and then the second time so that the sentiment would fit inside the cloud. I used the color combo from this week's color challenge CC260 at SCS which was to use Basic Gray, Crushes Curry and Always Artichoke and conveniently were the exact colors from the MME collection that I used.
St. Patty's Day Digistamp set
Like what you see? Well then head right on over to the
We are having so much fun providing our projects to you and we appreciate you coming back to check out all the new sets.
Head to the {ippity} blog to see the snippets for today's two sets and then be sure to visit all the DT girls' blogs to see how they used the stamps from that set! It will surely be a treat!!
For my first project I am going to show you the inside of the CD Case that I showed you yesterday. Remember? It looked like this...
The inside is where I could give it a very personal touch so that my husband would know how much I love him. I used the new set called Love in Return and even a little more Music of My Heart also to complete the job.
On the inside left of the CD case from the Love in Return set I stamped the bottom with the distressed dots border stamp and used the 10 Things I {luv} about You stamp. I listed some of my husband's attributes that are my favorites! I embellished the corners by masking the ornate frame and also added the swirly heart again from the Music of My Heart set.
On the inside left of the case I continued the Distressed Dots border stamp across the bottom for continuity and added the Life is a Song sentiment from Music of My Heart. Below you can see the tags that go in the pocket shown here.
There are three tags that fit in the pocket of the CD case that can be taken out and held for easier reading.
Using the musical score backgrounder from the Music of My Heart and the notepage from Unity's Le Chic Vintage Scrapper's kit, I listed the songs that are contained on his CD. I picked some special ones that send him the message I want him to hear which is that I LOVE HIM very much!
This is a picture of us dancing at our wedding. The Life is not Measured... sentiment was perfect for this tag! This sentiment can be found in the Love in Return set. This is one moment in my life that I will never forget... the whole wedding day and honeymoon too were breathtaking!
I wrote Tom a little "story" that kind of ties the theme of the CD Case and CD together for him. I used the stamps The Story, the flourish and The End all from the Love in Return set.
Here is what I wrote...
Songs have been an important representation in our relationship
since the day we chose the Broken Road as our song!
It was fun picking songs for our wedding day too.
Sometimes I may not know all the words to our songs,
or even feel like singing along.
But know that your love for me makes me
want to sing out loud! I love you, Kelly.
Using a CD label maker program, I was able to put the picture of the front of the CD Case onto the CD so he will always be able to remember when he got it!
I hope he likes it and doesn't think all the love songs are too sappy!! LOL!
Are you ready to see something a little lighter??
The next project comes from the new set called Where You Should Be...
I created this card to give to a very special person in my life. Someone I think is fabulous!! I used BG papers from the Sugar Rush collection and stamped the card using the open style leaves and the You are Fabulous sentiment from Where You Should Be.
I followed another sketch for this card that I got from the Master Sketches list at SCS. This card follows SC09 as shown below...
I am having so much fun working my way through all the sketches. I would have to say that sketch challenges are my favorites!
Here is the closeup of the embellishment grouping I created with the leaves stamp that I paper pieced using coordinating DP from the BG Sugar Rush set. I also stamped off before stamping the same leaves onto the sentiment panel to give it a shadowy effect. The buttons were in my collection and I stitched them on using cream colored embroidery floss!
Here is a closeup of the darling sentiment! I can see that being used over and over again! Love that! The purple photo corner is made of metal and comes from American Crafts.
And here is one last look at the whole thing! I love how the lace trim came out after I cross-stitched some orange x's into the holes that were there!! Super cute!! I really loved that!
Thank you so much for bearing with me through these long posts and descriptions. Unfortunately I am very detail oriented so I hate to leave out anything that I can share with you!! I totally understand if you just zip through and look at all the pictures!!
But please make the time to go and see what the rest of the DT members have to share with you today! We are blessed again by having two more of the Unity DT girls joining us with their awesome creations so be sure to send them all your love when you stop by!!
Yesterday was amazing and I want to thank ALL of you who left a comment on my blog and all the other blogs for Day One of our Sneak Peeks!! I know Angela is giving an amazing prize package away to a lucky commenter (read her blog post here!) But I got the feeling that you guys were really liking what you saw anyway and for that I am thankful!!
Welcome to Day Two of our Ippity Sneak Peeks and Friends with Flair Friday!! (Scroll down to see the Whimsie Doodles Blog Hop)
Today we will not disappoint as we have two more amazing stamp sets to share with you !! To see the actual snippets of the stamps sets please visit the {ippity} blog HERE. These stamps sets will be available for purchase from an {ippity} Chick beginning Monday February 15th at 12:01 CST.
What is an {ippity} chick you ask?? Well they are women or men (in which case we call them {ippity} dudes) who have signed up to sell {ippity}. You see these stamps are not for sale at your stamp stores, online stores or even Ebay or Etsy. The only way you can buy them is by contacting an {ippity} chick who sells them. I happen to be an {ippity} chick and will gladly sell you some stamps! To see my sales blog click HERE. If you are interested in becoming an {ippity} chick and want the opportUNITY to make some extra cash doing something that you love then click HERE and tell them Kelly sent you!!
Now on to the goods...
The first project I want to share with you is from the new stamp set called Regal Greetings
If you like flourishes and fleur de lis patterns then you are going to LOVE this set!! It will make any of your projects take on a look of royalty!! These stamps are AWESOME and I have no doubt you are going to reach for these over and over again!!
This set comes with a total of five sentiments for many occasions. I figured that this one would be perfect for a wedding couple or even an anniversary card! I stamped this with Memento black ink and added some Rhinestones from Studio 18 in a few spots to add some bling and help frame the sentiment. Speaking of the frame, that too is one of the stamps in this set that will hold any of the five sentiments that come within the collection.
The border you see here was actually created by stamping four times in a row one of the ornate designs and then cutting around the edges very closely. More bling was added here too! LOL! The DP is from MM Black Tie collection and I can't remember where I found the velvet ribbon you see here! But I just love how stately and regal this card turned out!! This set leads to so many possibilities!!
The next stamp set to share with you is called Music of My Heart
The project that I made for this sample is going to be given to my hubby for Valentine's Day. It is a decorated CD holder that contains some of our favorite romantic music that we like to listen to together. Today I am going to show you the outside that uses the Music of My Heart stamp set and tomorrow I will show you the inside that features a stamp set we will be showing you then!
Both the sentiment and the swirly heart come in this set, but I though it went perfectly with this Creative Imagination DP designed by Marah Johnson with that gorgeous guitar on it. It has the perfect amount of grunge and really helps make this very masculine! I started by covering the CD case with the DP. Then I stamped the sentiment directly onto paper and then colored the little heart in with a red Copic marker. The swirly heart I stamped onto Kraft CS and colored with the same red marker and then carefully cut around the edges and adhered it over the guitar. I really love the way it looks and with this DP being so ornate already, my work was done rather quickly!! :-)
For the back I stamped the huge musical score stamp that comes in this set as well!! I mean tell me that you won't be using this as a background stamp ALL THE TIME!! It is fantastic!!
Here is the covered case opened up so you can see both the front and the back together. I think it is really neat! If you are interested in knowing where I got the CD case from just click HERE. The River City Rubber Works has a great price on a pack of three which can be altered individually or put together to make a fabulous mini album!
So be sure and stop back tomorrow to see how I stamped the inside of this case using some more new {ippity} releases!
Are you ready for more {ippity} inspiration??
Then be sure to check out what these fabulous ladies have done with these amazing stamps...
I can't thank the Unity girls enough for helping us show off these fabulous stamps!! Thanks ladies you really ROCK!! :-)
Well have a wonderful day and fun time hopping on the {ippity} new release hop and the Friends with Flair Hop too!! May your bucket be overflowing with fabulous Unity/ippity inspiration!
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