{ippity} Sale!

This says it all!!!

My Random Winners

Okay, so I picked two random winners from the {ippity} chick hop...

and the first winner of this {ippity} stamp set: 

So This is Love 

goes to...

 Scrapaddict said...

So, so pretty and I love butterflies! Check out Flashback Friday

and the second winner of this {ippity} stamp set: 

A Little Buggy 

goes to...

 Lindsey said...

Beautiful tag! That butterfly is so gorgeously coloured. Awesome!

Congrats ladies! Please send your contact information to me at: jenstampin4u at aol dot com,  so I could get these in the mail, along with some extra goodies too!

Also, Janice reminded me about Amy's Flashback Friday challenge...go check it out...it's always so fun!  I'll be playing soon too!  Janice chose the challenge to be your first butterfly card!

Thanks for coming by everyone!

Have a wonderful {ippity} day!

Jen

{ippity} Release Hop, Party and Prize!

It's time for another {ippity} chicks blog hop!!  

You should have arrived from the 

FABULOUS PATRICIA @ 

MY CRAFTY CREATIONS! 

 If you didn't, then don't forget to start at the beginning over at the {ippity} blog.  

(click the image above to go there!) 

Don't forget....our May release party is tonight too!

Don't forget to join us at 7p CST  for a party at the SCS forum!

Everything starts at 7p CST...see you there!!!

 For my project today, I decided to make a tag and did some Copic coloring:

Isn't this butterfly fabulous!!  It's from the new {ippity} set
"courage is my strength":

You got to see all the new {ippity} goodness and 
****if you have this terrible urge to want to buy something...
please don't forget to click on my name/picture**** 
at the Unity Stamp Co website!

*smile*

Here are the rest of the new releases:

    

         

I have been sooooooo absent due to having a new job (thank goodness for that!), but I haven't been creative and I have totally missed commenting on everyone's blogs!

So....

to make up for my absence and non-commenting....

I decided that I am giving away two prizes today!

One winner will win this awesome {ippity} set:

and 

One winner will win this cutie {ippity} set:

I will pack these with some extra goodies too!

So just leave a comment and I will pick random winners on Monday, May 14th!

So now....you've got to go visit ANGIE @ Stampings of the Shug!!!

I haven't seen her creation yet, but I am sure that it is gorgeous!

Thank you for visiting me my friends!


p.s. I created my tag based on the sketch over at Chick Challenges:

Come play with the sketch!


p.s.s.  there is a Unity SALE!

Below is the list of hoppers, if you got lost along the way.  

{ippity} blog 

rona - a little inspiration from rona
rebecca - blooming pink 
susan - paper and joy
sabrina - ippity online
 maria - ria creations
barbara - {ippity} do da
jennifer -  mitten's papercrafting
noelle -noelle scraps alot
andrea - ippity stamps 4 you
joan - tails in the stamp room
jenmarie - taylor-made by jenmarie
heather f. - i heart {ippity}
lisa - schnauz scraps
patricia - my crafty creations
jen - jens cup of creations **you are here!**
angie - {stampings of the shug}
{ippity} blog 

{ippity} release day party!

It's {ippity} release day and we've got another blog hop with the {ippity} chicks.
AND it's a Unity 'par-tee' at the SCS forum HERE...join us!
Over $500 in prize tonight!

You should have arrived from the fabulous
Susan's blog @ Paper & Joy.  Isn't she inspiring?

If you need to start at the beginning of the hop (so you don't miss out on these fabby creations), then click the badge above to take you to the start!

Oh my gosh...this {ippity} release is fantastic! The Unity Artista is Angie Blom and she is fantastically awesome! She is such an art-sy kind of gal and I love her work!

I used the new release on both of my cards today:
{ippity} Bloom & Simplify.

Here, I 'Zentangled' the flower and kept my card simple with a little bit o' Stickles:

For this card, I just stamped the flower as my background and then highlighted one with green Stickles:

I haven't been creative in a while and when I saw this stamp set, Bloom & Simplify, I was just drawn to black and white with a touch of green.  I love Angie's images so much and they speak for themselves...alone, they are beautiful!

So, the next fantastic chick is 
Noelle @ Noelle Scraps A Lot.  
Get ready, 'cause I'm sure she has some awesome inspiration too!

Here are the full sets for this release:


Let Your Heart Take Flight:


Bloom & Simplify:


Angie Girl: Dream with your Heart:


Fore!:


And here is the bundle pack...save some money:



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I'd be honored to be your Unity Endorsed {ippity} chick...all you need to do it click on my photo/name at the Unity store website when placing your order! 

Thank you so much for having fun with us today,
I truly appreciate YOU!

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Here's the full list of hoppers, if you get lost along the way:

{ippity} blog 
angie - {stampsings of the shug} **you are here!**
jennifer -  mitten's papercrafting
 barbara - {ippity} do da
 rona - a little inspiration from rona
anita - anita be stampin
mary - mary's creative journey
 susan - paper and joy
  jen - jens cup of creations
 noelle -noelle scraps alot
heather f. - i heart {ippity}
 jenmarie - taylor-made by jenmarie
 cheri - the paper freak
 lisa - schnauz scraps
andrea - ippity stamps 4 you
maria - ria creations
rebecca - blooming pink 
aletha - aj's designs
crystal - crystal's craft corner
joan - tails in the stamp room
christine - christine's creative therapy
{ippity} blog 

Life is a test...

Yup, I've been missing!  My new job coming up has me preparing to be out of town for a week and arranging for family to come stay at my house with my son, etc., etc., etc. Seriously, lots to do!

So this card I'm posting is actually fitting for my frame of mind...

I re-posted this card for Amy's Flashback Friday Challenge:  

'your first paper pieced card'.  

I 'paper-pieced' the television screen and this card is the furthest back that I found with paper-piecing

...this card was posted at SCS HERE on November 1, 2007! 

It was for a Chalk it Up Challenge: I used the technique "crinkled chalk", by using cellophane wrap and crinkling it, then inking it with the chalk to get that background.

 

You still have time to play, so click on this badge above to take you there!

To play...all you need to do is find your first paper-pieced card and RE-POST in a new post and link it up!

Amy's challenges are so fun and all of her guest designers have been fantastic!  

YOU WILL have fun!

Jen W is the fabulous Guest Designer who came up with this months' paper-piecing challenge...you can visit her blog here too: 
JENerally Speaking.

Julie Smith is the sponsor for this challenge...check out her blog 

http://www.paperandsuch.blogspot.com/

and I just discovered she has a shop too!

http://paperandsuchonline.com/ 

Have a fantastic week...I've got to go check out Julie's shop now...see ya!

Happy Friends with Flair Friday~

It's Unity Friends with Flair Friday...yippee!

Doesn't gingham make you happy? I love this red gingham ribbon paired with one of the new releases from {ippity}: Raining Happy!  This stamp set was released yesterday...isn't it darling!

This stamp set reflects how I feel right now...my stamping has been sporadic and was put on hold a little, as I have been totally concentrating on getting a better job.  Searching, applying online (everything is online now), networking, etc...that's a job in itself, and I know my commenting on fellow crafters blogs was lacking!  

Well, guess what? I was just offered a fantastic job, and I have a huge sigh of relief...woohoo!  I start this new job soon...I am so excited! 

So, YES, you bet 'it's raining happy' in my home!  

I love these ribbons...from Really Reasonable Ribbon...look at the patchwork on the Checkerboard Satin lemon yellow ribbon.  I'm searching and getting info on a light box...a fellow crafter just got one and gave a rave review.  I need better pictures and as you can see by the Stickles that I used on the umbrella....I'm not too fond of the picture.

Here's a close-up for detail that you can't see from the first picture.  I actually stamped in Craft White Ink, our {ippity} A Bit of Burlap stamp, for the background.  I actually wanted a 'texture' of some sort and I think this looks awesome, especially when you see it in person.

I created this card from the current sketch at Chick Challenges.  

Did you know you can now not only use your {ippity} stamps for the challenges but YES you can now use your Unity stamps too!  Woohoo!

Here's the sketch...I actually flipped it for my card:

     

Click on the badge here to go play at Chick Challenges with {ippity}...there is a new sketch every Thursday!

Thank you so much for coming by today!

Remember, you can now buy {ippity} stamps along with your Unity stamps at the website HERE!  If I can be your {ippity} chick, I would love you to click on my name and picture at the website when placing your order! Thank you for thinking of me!

Hope your day is RAINING HAPPY too!

Psst...here's the Unity 'bundle pack' for the {ippity} new releases!

New ~ {ippity} Releases are Here!

It's another {ippity} release day!  That means another blog hop with the {ippity} chicks.  You should have arrived from Cheri's fabulous blog!  If you missed the beginning of the hop, then start at the Unity {ippity} blog, (click the blog hop badge above to go there!)

There is some free {ippity} goodness on this hop! 

To be eligible for the fabulous prize:

There is ALWAYS one word on each blog that you need to collect...it makes up entire quote. 

There are a total of 14 words and they will be highlighted to stand out, so you know what that word is.  Collect all the words, figure out the quote, then email Rona (her email will be given at one of the last blogs on the hop).  

As ALWAYS, a winner will be drawn to win some {ippity} faaaabulous sets!

Here are two cards that I created with two of our new sets:

{ippity} Be Brave...Branch Out:

{ippity} Something Groovy:

Here's a quick peek at the other new sets:

 

 

Remember:  You can now ALWAYS buy your {ippity} from ME at the Unity Stamp Co website!

If you would be so kind to ALWAYS click on my name and photo when placing your order,  you will be helping my family!

Now on to the next {ippity} chickie....

Susan at Paper & Joy:

Click on the badge to take you to her blog!

Thank you soooooo much for coming by today! 

You certainly are ALWAYS GROOVY!

{ippity} New Release Hop Tomorrow!

Hey, {ippity} chicks are having a ~new release~ party tomorrow on Thursday, March 8th!

Prizes will be involved too!

We will be hopping with some new stamps and creations...see you then!

Chick and {ippity} Challenges~

Hi there!  

Okay, so I don't know if you've noticed, but I loooove little tags and mini kraft bags and have used them on past creations.  I needed a birthday card for a gift, so I decided to make a birthday greeting out of three tags.  

I played with one of my new {ippity} sets fabulous girl:

Yea, these kinda look similar to another tag set that I created HERE , 

but as I mentioned....I loooove mini tags!

Here are the close-ups:

You can write on the back of the tags, but it also would be fun to write in the open spaces of the front of the tags, don't you think?

My tags are based on two challenges:

Chick Challenges with {ippity} sketch:

     

and

Unity {ippity} CAS challenge:

I would LOVE to be YOUR {ippity} chick...

send me an email and ask me about the sets

jenstampin4u at aol dot com, 

or visit my 

Jen's Cup of {ippity}

or go to the Unity Stamp Co store, 

where you can order them WITH your Unity stamps too!

Please click on my name and photo when you order ANY Unity and {ippity} stamps

...I would be ever so grateful!

HAVE A FANTASTIC {IPPITY} DAY!