Ippity Sneak Peek #3- Winter 2010

Well Hello and Welcome to Day3 

of the Ippity Winter Release Sneak Peeks!!

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!!

Here is a list of more blogs to visit...

Eryn Hagen

Eva Dobilas

Heather Rolin (Guest)

Lisa Henke

Maria Gurnsey

Michelle Woerner

Unity Girls...

AJ Otto

Jen Erickson

Thanks so much for helping us out AJ and Jen!! We really appreciate it!  :-)

Have a great day and may your bucket overflow with people in your life who are truly fabulous!

Ippity Sneak Peek #2- Winter 2010

Wow!!  Wow! Wow!!

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...

Eryn Hagen

Eva Dobilas

Heather Rolin (Guest)

Lisa Henke

Maria Gurnsey

Michelle Woerner

Unity Girls...

Christi Snow

Jessica Diedrich

Natalie Dever

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!

I'm Seeing Red!!

I'm seeing RED and it's a bunch of Whimsie Doodles Stitched Hearts!!!  LOL!!

Today I am sharing with you a card that I made for two challenges. The first one is for this week's Whimsie Wednesday Challenge over at Paper Craft Planet.  Thanh, the uber talented co-DT member of mine at Whimsie Doodles has issued the challenge called Seeing Red!!  She wants us to use predominately RED on our card or project this week!

The second challenge is for the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger this week... (I told you I wanted to pretend that today was still Tuesday in my last post! LOL!)  Cath has given us this fabulous picture as our trigger this week. This gorgeous framed piece was created by Alicia Thelin.

So combining these two challenges, this is what I came up with...

Besides the hearts on the grid from the inspiration piece, I was also inspired by the name of the Whimsie Doodles Hearts that I used from the Lil Cupid collection.  They are called Stitched Hearts!  So I added lots of stitching around each of the hearts, plus you can see that these digi hearts come with stitching already incorporated in them when you print them out!  I liked the country feel it gave me! 

The sentiment is a Rub on that I have had in my stash for a while from Making Memories (I think!)  I added the gingham ribbon, button and bow to add to the country feel!

Red is one of my favorite colors so this was fun to do.  It will go in my stash of Valentine cards to give out this year!!

I hope that two posts today makes up for the few posts I have published in the recent past!  I am trying lick Heck to get back to my regular creative routine.  It feels great to be making cards again!! I so missed it!!

Have a great day and I will be back tomorrow!!  May your bucket overflow with things that make you see RED in a good way!!  LOL!!

It's Whimsie Wednesday

It's Whimsie Wednesday!

Every Wednesday on the Whimsie Doodles Forum at PaperCraft Planet, a new challenge using Whimsie Doodles is posted!  One of our newest DT members, Alicia (who is no stranger to we SheetLoad fans)  has given us the challenge this week called Outside Looking In (WWC14) She wants us to make a Window Card!  Everyone is invited to play along!  And while you are there checking out the challenge, be sure to get the free digital file designed by Melyssa for anyone who joins or is already a member of  the group.  For every 100 members that join, Melyssa releases a new image for FREE.  Click HERE to visit the PCP Whimsie Doodles group.

For my window card I used another old sketch from the SCS Sketch Challenge Forum in my quest to work my way through the over 250 sketches that are there.  I skipped sketch SC04 because I didn't think it would work well for a window card, but I will eventually use it too.  Instead, I used SC05 for my sketch.  But I turned my sample upright to portrait!

This card also was inspired by this past Saturday's Inspiration Challenge IC214 on SCS which was to be inspired by an image found on the website called  Groovy Inclinations. The piece that inspired my card can be seen HERE  it is called the Pair of Pears!

Here is my Outside Looking In challenge card...

Window cards are difficult to photograph without getting a lot of shadowing, so I had to close it really well before getting the shot.  When you open it, you can appreciate that the pears are actually on the inside of the card!

This is the view of the inside of the card revealing the sentiment as well. I used the Whimsie Doodles digistamp set called Mini Valentines that can be purchased from the Whimsie Doodles Store.  I used BG for the background and Cosmo Cricket for the striped paper.  I added a border with Bazzill paper using a MS punch.  The square frame for the pears and all the openings on my card were made with my Square Nestie dies!

Here is a picture of the whole Mini Valentines set...

Here is a closeup of the pears.  I colored them in with Copic Markers and added some sparkle to the outer portions with my Sakura Gelly Roller.  The pears are also popped up on foam dots to make them show through the window I created. Instead of using this card for a Valentine, I am planning on giving it to a couple for their anniversary or engagement!

I also am excited to inform you that Melyssa has now started carrying some of her images on

RED RUBBER!!!

You can see them by clicking HERE.  I am so happy for her that the business is doing great and she is growing and progressing as she one day dreamed she would!  Congratulations Melyssa!!

Hope you are having a great week... It is hump day already and can I just say that I am so excited because I am leaving for CHA in just over a week!! Woohoo!!

I hope you have a great Wednesday and may your bucket overflow with happy things to look forward to in your life!

 

REAL Hugs and Kisses!

OK don't even ask me to explain what has happened to my life, but it seems that just a few minutes ago it was Tuesday and all was well and then, well you know what they say.... All He** broke loose!!  I can't believe it is Thursday and that I haven't blogged in a couple of days!!  Man!! I hate when that happens!!

I finished this project late Tuesday night and after waiting for the stickles to dry, I just didn't have the energy to get my blog post ready.  And now here it is Thursday evening and I am finally getting the chance to do it!!

 I made my project today for the current challenge going on over at the Paper Craft Planet in the Whimsie Doodles Forum.  Kelli gave us the challenge this week and it is called Keeping it Real.  We were supposed to substitute something stamped with something real.!!  Like if there is a hair bow on the stamped image, instead of coloring in the bow, you could attach a real ribbon made into a bow!!  Get it??

Well my project involves chocolate, so I know all my lady friends are going to love this one!! I have put REAL Hershey Hugs and Kisses inside this cute container I found on line!!  I guess I didn't really substitute my candy for the stamped ones, but I did include REAL ones too!

I call this the Whimsie Doodle Kit and Kaboodle!!  It also qualifies for this week's challenge on Digital Tuesday Challenge Blog.  Their challenge was to create a Valentine's Day Card using a digistamp.  This isn't exactly a card, but it is still the right theme!

Kit and Kaboodle is the name that the creator of this project, Rochelle Wick calls it.  So I didn't want to change that.  You can see her blog post about her creation HERE!  And you can also get the instructions for the project from the ScorPal website HERE!

This little teepee shaped holder is the perfect container to hold six Hershey Kisses and Hugs!  Isn't it  just adorable??  I printed the XO border strip from Whimsie Doodle's latest release called Lil Cupid onto pink CS twice, so that when it was folded according to the directions, the border was right side up for both the front and back portions.  I then colored and embellished the digital  "Hugs and Kisses with Copics and Stickles!  The REAL Hugs and Kisses (the chocolate) are hidden inside!!  LOL!

I created the tag using the same Lil Cupid digistamp set and did some masking on the computer screen to alter the sentiment to say the phrase you see above.  The original sentiment in the stamp set just says "for my Sweetie."

From this angle you can see how the Stickles really makes the hearts (hugs) pop!! 

I colored the letters and candies in with my Copic markers.  Have I told you my really exciting news yet??  This Sunday I will be travelling to Sarasota to get Copics certified.  Woohoo!! I am so happy about this and can't wait.  I have all four of the Ciao Copic sets and the airbrush system, so I am stoked about getting to improve on my techniques.  If you look closely at my projects, you will see that I need some improvement!!  LOL!

Gonna call it a night!  I am happy I finally got to share this with you!  I will be back in the morning with some Unity stuff!! It is FWF Friday tomorrow!!

Have a great night and may your bucket overflow with all kinds of hugs and kisses...the REAL ones and the chocolate ones too!!

Happy Hippity Hop!!

OK, so today is the first official day of the New Year for me where I am back on track and into my routine.   Boy have I missed having a regular schedule and some quiet time around my house!!  Sorry for the lack of posts recently, but besides being slammed at work, I have been trying to get my house back in order, and the Christmas stuff put away!

I am really looking forward to this coming year as I have given myself some small crafting goals that will make my designing fun for me and hopefully for you too!!  I will talk more about that tomorrow!!  :-)

Today is Monday which means we are having another H{ippity} Hop Blog Hop!! I LOVE Mondays now!!  It is so much fun to visit all the blogs showcasing {ippity} stamps!! I am always so impressed with what I see and can't wait to stamp when I am hopping around!!  Thanks to all of you for your inspiration!! Be sure to stop by the {ippity} forum and chat with us too!

To start the H{ippity} Hop at the beginning, please click HERE!

Maria is our hostess with the mostest today and she has issued another challenge for us this week too!  For our fifth challenge, IHHC5, she has asked us to incorporate BUTTONS into our creations!!  I also combined the H{ippity}Hop Challenge with today's CAS Challenge CAS48, which was to make a Valentine's Day card!  You know how I love challenges and combining them is one of my favorite things to do!!  I hope you will play along and upload your card into the SCS Gallery and post a note on the thread.  You will have a chance to win a prize too!

I first stamped the heart image from the Straight From the Heart kit.  I stamped the row of black and then stamped again in red on white cardstock and paper pieced the red hearts on top of the black ones.  I also stamped the same image again in both black and red and cut them apart to use down by my sentiment.  The sentiment is also from the Straight From the Heart kit.  Easy Peezy and it came together really quickly!

I hope this isn't too cluttered to still be considered CAS.  But as far as my designs go, I really limited the layering and didn't add the extra fluff like stitching, bows and bling!!  So this is CAS for me!! LOL!!   We will let Miss Boo decide if this qualifies for her challenge or not!  He he!!

I tried to keep this one masculine enough that I might be able to give it to my husband for Valentine's Day.  We will see if I can improve on one for him between now and Feb 14th!

The rest of the {ippity} DT will have some more cards using buttons to show you too!  Have fun Hopping and have a great Monday!!   We are experiencing a cold front here in FL and it is 40 degrees this morning!  It is really chilly for me!!

To get the Straight From the Heart {ippity} kit, please visit my {ippity} sales blog!  It is the perfect kit for your Valentine's creations!  I have three in stock and can ship them immediately!

Have a good one and may your bucket overflow with enough love to keep you warm!

Time for Another Edition of Sweet Sketch Wednesday!

I Hope you are having a sweet Wednesday today!  But if you are not (and that would be sad) I have a way to make it sweeter!!  Just take a look at the sketch below from Sweet Sketch Wednesday, copy it and get busy in your craft room making a card! I know that always makes me feel sweeter!!

Our sketch this week is being sponsored by Sally Ann from the Digistamp Boutique again!  We are so happy to have her as one of our sponsors and really thankful that she keeps sponsoring us again and again!!  Thanks Sally!!

We are already up to sketch number 28!  Can you believe that Arlana has been making these awesome sketches for us for over half the year already!! My how time flies!!!

I printed this adorable image called Coco with Little Hearts onto GP cardstock and heat set the ink using a heat tool.  I colored her in using Copic markers.  The background DP is from BG and the pink and white heart paper is from Design Originals. 

I altered the sketch slightly by using two strips of ribbon instead of one.  And for the three embellishments, I chose to use bows!   I thought it made this really girly and since I have plenty of girls in my family to give this to for Valentine's Day.  So the girlier the better!!

I hope that you will stop by and visit Sweet Sketch Wednesday where you can see what all the DT has done with this sketch this week. Also be sure to check out the details for this weeks challenge, because you could be the lucky winner of $15 worth of digistamps from Digistamp Boutique!!  That is huge, so I hope you will play along!!

Have a very sweet Wednesday!!  I'll be back tomorrow!

May your bucket be overflowing with peace and tranquility despite the craziness of the holiday season!

Happy Hippity Hop!!

It's Monday and around {ippity} that means that it is time for our weekly Hippity Hop!  Don't know what a Hippity Hop is? Well it is easy, it is just a blog hop that starts at the {ippity} blog and goes to all the blogs that have signed up to show {ippity} on their blogs today!

So START HERE if you didn't come here from the list.  And enjoy being inspired by all the {ippity} goodness you are in store for.  If after seeing all these {ippity} stamps you decide you want some of your own. Please visit my {ippity} sales blog to order some of your own!

Maria is hosting our Hippity Hop today and she is also assigning our challenge for this week too.  Her challenge (IHHC2) is to use our {ippity} stamps to create our own designer paper.

Here is the card that I made for today's challenge...

To make my own designer paper, I started with a piece of pink Bazzill paper and then repeatedly stamped the heart image from the Devoted set.  I alternated it right side up and then upside down in strips across the paper. 

To top it off  while keeping it really simple, I just added a doily that I stamped the sentiment from the Straight From the Heart set on.  The flowers are from Prima and the ribbon's source is unknown.  I added the glittered MM brad to the center of the flowers.

It went together very quickly and it felt great to make something that wasn't Christmas for a change!  I even hae another valentine card to share with you later this week!

Have fun on the Hippity Hop today and thanks so much for stopping by!!

Friends With Flair Friday!

Happy Friday to all of you! I hope you have had a great week! I am half way through a six day vacation that I took from work, but I feel like I am working harder than ever. I have had a lot of projects to complete and have enjoyed many hours of uninterrupted time in my scrap room this week! Soon I will be able to share with you some of my latest designs!!

As you read this, my family and I are on a camping trip getting a little R&R and hanging out with some friends and family. So now the real vacation starts!! I am looking forward to some kayaking, trail hiking and game playing. And with any luck it will be cool enough in the evening to have a campfire to sit around and visit!

Today I have my Friends with Flair project to share with you using Unity Stamps. I used some of the new JilliBean papers that came in the first Unity Scrapbooking kit, but I used them for a Valentine card instead of a Christmas card!

Unity Stamps Used: Calendar, heart and sentiment from Confession: I {luv} Unity set.

If you are feeling in the mood for some wonderfully inspiring projects and want to see some glorious Unity images on some cards, then please stop by the Unity Blog and go down the whole list of today's participants. You won't be disappointed!

Have a great weekend and I will be back with some more stuff for you as soon as possible!!

May your bucket be overflowing with some R&R for you too!