Sunday Faves!!!!

Happy Sunday I am so excited to be sharing some of my favorite creations over at The SCS gallery and really this does not even touch the amazing Ippity creations over there!!!!

Love this beautiful set of cards by Melissa

She did an amazing job with these!!!!

The Simple Things

Look at this beauty from Nora Anne!!

Love the embossing and the flower and stitching is fabulous

Cherish Your dreams

Love this masculine card by Savannah!!!!

What Matters Most and House A Home

Such a pretty card love the scallops love the colors!!!

SCS gallery tons of Ippity inspiration

A Moment In time

Sing A New Song

http://ajsdesigns.blogspot.com/

Such a fun cheerful card I just love the fun colors!!!

Thanks for letting me share a few of my favorites with you today and have a great rest of your Sunday!!!

Hugs!!!

Fresh Idea Friday

Hello Ippity Peeps!!!

Just wanted to wish you all a happy Friday and share a little fridge art.  Who says our kiddos are the only ones who can put some art on the old fridge. 

 

 

I made this springy scene using the  

Sweet Thoughts of Spring

ippity stamps set.  

 I added a strip of magnet tape (by Xyron) to the back so it will stick to my fridge.  

If you don't have magnet tape, cut a piece of a business magnet (you know you have a ton of those stashed somewhere) and glue to the back.

Just a cute way to add a little bit of spring to my kitchen.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

Backgrounds and Texture...a card tutorial!

Hiya! It's Lisa Henke here with you today.  So happy to be sharing a little photo tutorial with you. I need to give a shout out to Angie for giving me the inspiration to try a painting technique. She does some beautiful work with all kinds of mediums. 

I pulled out some white acrylic paint and decided to try it. I also wanted to use a little more of that canvas I have in my stash and I'll show you how easy it is to color with copics.

Let's get started.

Once again, if I had some fancy video equipment, this would be a bit more fun,

but I'm an advocate for use what you have....so it's a photo tut from me today :)

What you'll need:

white acrylic paint

re-inkers

paint brush or sponge dauber

canvas

copic friendly ink

copic markers

ippity stamps, of course!

Today I'm using the birds from

 Quotes à la Happy and the sentiment from

You Deserve

any embellishments you need to finish your card.

Let's Get Started.....

1.Start with little blobs (dotcha love my technical terms, lol) of white acrylic paint. I don't have a fancy holder for them, so I just use a scrap piece of plastic. Add a drop or two of your re-inker of choice and mix. Keep in mind,  your paint color will be much lighter than your re-inker, since you are adding it to white. Want a darker, more intense color, add more ink.

2.Using your sponge dauber (or paint brush), add some quick back and forth movements adding paint to your card base or card stock.  Feel free to blend your colors are you move from one shade to the next.

3.Let your paint dry or use a heat gun to speed up the drying process.  Set aside.

4.Next, move on to your canvas piece. Using a black ink that will work with Copics (I use Momento Tuxedo black) stamp your image. Let dry a minute.

5. Color with Copics (here is a looksie and some of the new colors that came out during Winter CHA). It's easy and makes a great finished look.

6. Stamp your sentiment. I added two colors of ink to my sentiment. Simply mask part of the sentiment to ink up with the first ink color. I then found it easy to add the second color with careful placement of the ink pad.

7. Distress the edges, sew around panel, add a strip of designer paper, and add buttons and ribbon.

8.Lay every thing out before adhering the layers and embellies down. This helps me get an idea of proper balance throughout my card.

Adhere everything down and your done.  Here's my finished card. I hope you'll feel inspired to work with some mixed media, acrylic paint, especially and maybe throw in some canvas with copic coloring. If I can do, so can you! Thanks for stopping by,  today!

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please find an Ippity Chick to work with.

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it's that easy!



And the Winner Is......

Woohooo! I can't believe how amazing the ippity gallery was last month.

 Well, I can, because you gals are always posting amazing things!

Thanks to all of you who played along with our March Twist Challenges.

Whether you played once or all 4 weeks, we LOVE it!

AND, once again, thanks for your patience.

The prize is well worth the wait.....
Random Org. picked.......

RONA's Card.

Congrats! Here's what you win......

please send your info with your prize info to

Andrea Garvick ( andrea@unitystampco.com )

Enjoy your prize

and we look forward to seeing what you all do with the April Challenges!

Many Hugs!

April Twist Challenge...getting sketchy!

Hello and happy April! Hope you are feeling refreshed and excited as we bring you the next series of challenges in our {ippity} Twist Challenges. Lisa A. is our hostess this month so all the credit goes to her as she brings us some fun stuff to be inspired by! First up is our sketch. Check it out!

You'll want to play along each week as we bring you another part to our challenge. There is a Grand Prize Package worth over $70 in product.  You can't win if you don't play. And the more you play the better your chances. So what are you waiting for???

Speaking of that great prize....we'll be announcing the winner from the March Challenge on WEDNESDAY right here on the {ippity} blog!

Are you the lucky winner?????

Check back to find out!

For now we'll start you off with the DT Challenge Hop.

Up first is a peak at my creation

 (oh, it's Lisa H. today! waving HI!)

and Angie starts us off today! GO!

And for more beautiful creations visit THESE talented ladies.

They are dedicated and many

if not all of them

 are with us

week after week and that

 makes me happy!

Stamping with Passion

Lone Pine Designs

Robinson's Nest

Ippity Stamps 4 You

millers-ink

A little inspiration from Rona

Paper & Joy

All Things Unity

The Journey of Life

The Crafty Frugalista

Adventures of a Yummy Genius

From My Bungalow
The Bunny Nest
Chris' Corner
Ramblings of a FibreJunky
{stampings of the shug}
savannahland 2



Enjoy the Day!

Many Hugs!



Flatterday Saturday

Happy Saturday!!!!!

Today I am back to flatter the BEAUTIFUL

McCine

I just love to learn more about our amazing Ippity Chicks!!!

Look at this beautiful watercolored ATC love the colors

Quotes A La Happy and Farm Fresh Kits were used on this beauty

This card uses Kissmas and Mistletoe

This beautiful birthday card uses Party Hat Wishes and Life Is The Journey love how McCine combined these two stamps!!!

Now onto the questions!!!

General Questions

Tell us a little about yourself. {Family, location, background, job, kids, etc.}

Just in case anyone was wondering... my name is pronounced "mac-seen". My Dad had a burst of creativity when I was born. I've not only grown into it, I've also come to love the uniqueness. My nationality is Chamoru = from the island of Guam. However, my Dad was in the Marines for 30 years, so I grew up all over (mostly around the Pacific) and I call home Okinawa where I spent my high school years. I grew more roots there than I have in my current location of Viva Las Vegas, NV in which I've been for ten years now. I'm currently a SAHM (self-titled "real housewife of Las Vegas" LOL), spending my days wrangling my 3 (going on 16) year old toddler Quinlen, sneaking into my "Craft Den" any chance I get, and feeding my reality tv addiction while crafting.

Stamping Questions

How did you first get involved in stamping?

My older sister is also a crafter & was in the midst of the stamp craze last year. When I made the decision to stop working & stay home--I was hooked!

What is your stamping style?Define "stamping style".

I'm definitely in a world of my own, I think. I Love to experiment with all kinds of styles I see & learn...and then I like to mix'em up. I absolutely adore Distress/Vintage/Retro - but, I'm just not into the lace, and butterflies, and bird cages (oh my!). Give me vintage suitcases (love traveling!), a rotary phone, and a bunch of inks/paints/sprays I can make a mess with, throw in a couple of alterables and I'm a happy crafter. I LOVE COLOR...and I love unexpected color. I don't "need" to have it all match...as long as it makes me feel good & makes the person I'm crafting it for feel good - well, then "It's All Good"! :-)

Tell us about your creative process

It all begins with either What I'm making or Who I'm making it for usually. From there, I go wherever my idea takes me to start: papers, stamps, or a cool embellie I have in my stash that'd be perfect for the project at hand. Throughout it all though I always have to be true to myself & own what I'm making because in the end I have to love it because then I know the recipient (if there is one) will love it as well.

What is your favorite {ippity} stamp set and why?

Oh man... it's tough to pick just one. I need to cheat and put up Top 5 (LOL): How You Doin', Farm Fresh (stems from my love of cow collecting), Where You Should Be, Music of the Heart, Books a'Flutter & Book It! (The last 2 kinda count as one since they're a single and a duet, right? hehe)o How often do you stamp?Daily if I can..! I'm definitely churning up plans & making notes for more projects on a daily basis. To actually sit down and be able to get in the zone is probably 4-5 times a week.

How long does it take you to make a project you are happy with?

Anywhere from 10 minutes to 3-4 days! Really just depends on how hard I critique myself -- which is usually pretty hard unless things are coming together.o What does your craft room look like? {messy, clean, etc.}It STARTS clean. I've gotten better at having "stations" for things like scraps, current inks/tools, etc. so it doesn't get too outta hand. But, some days it's the thought that counts when it comes to keepin' it all nice and tidy!

What is your biggest paper crafting challenge?

I have two actually...first is deciding on the project. Second is critiquing TOO much. Doesn't have to be perfect...but, the frustration face rears it's ugly head when I get the "creativi-TAY block". Sometimes I'll scrap the whole thing and start over or I'll take a break, then instead of going back to it -- walk around my "Craft Den" and paw thru my stash to help inspire other paths I could take with it, and then it's back to the project.

{ippity} Chicks

What is the name of your Ippity Sales Blog?

"Under Construction"... LOL! It's still forming, but it is definitely linked up from my personal blog @ http://creativebaggage.blogspot.como/

What made you decide to start selling Ippity?

The artistic freedom, a search to fill the void to feel accomplished at something I can do to contribute to our family, and the no pressure/quota/high minimums definitely had me changing to the {ippity} side. Plus, the stamps feed my creativity by not being so "cookie cutter" and the artwork in the stamps challenges ME to create with them -- I LOVE THAT!

Tell us about your experience selling Ippity

As of right now, I've been slow at selling {ippity}. I like to have a plan in place and my focus in one direction before I dive in. Not to mention, I also want to at least have a set of each for myself to use and make samples. It's a work in progress -- but I love sharing my excitement and passion for expressing one's creativity thru {ippity} and helping others find their way down the {ippity} trail alongside me!

Just for FUN Questions

What song best describes you?

"Dynamite" by Taio Cruz "I came to dance, dance, dance..." "I throw my hands up in the air sometimes, saying aayy-ohh, gotta let go...! I wanna celebrate and live my life..."

If you were stranded on a desert island what are the three things you would bring?

My family, a boat with all of my crafty happiness, and sunscreen.

What is your favorite quote?

"Let's not and say we did.." & "..two scoops of crazy with a side of coo-koo cachoo!"

What would I find in your refrigerator right now?

Leftover pizza & wings for my boys. In the freezer is my veggie meat goodness. (Pescatarian here...but mostly Veggie-Saurus, lol)

If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?

the ability of speed in running/walking/flying/etc. then all would get done and I'd still have time left to relax.

If someone wrote a biography about you, what do you think the title should be?

"mac-seen." (LOL)

What would your dream vacation be?

Taking my family to Okinawa/Japan someday... so they can experience it the way that I was lucky enough to have made memories there. ~ Thoughts and prayers being sent out to them as I type this up.

Wow so much fun learning about McCine!!!

Thanks McCine for giving us the opportunity to get ot know you better!!!!

Spring Money holder

Hi there, happy Friday!  It's Eva here. Hope you are having a lovely day.  It's sunny from where I am typing  and wishing you lots of sunshine, wherever you are.
Today's post started out with a different idea, however it quickly turned into something different...don't you like how the creative mind works?  LOL  I sure do! I had these really pretty Maya Road envelopes I purchased a while back and they were staring at me...so I just had to play with them.
So, with Easter coming up, there might be a need for a little gift card or money giveaway to some loved ones, and that is where this idea came from.
Dress up an envelope!  Simple, quick and oh so FUN!  Here is what I came up with.

I used the Sweet Thoughts of Spring set to create this little holder.  It has everything you need in it.

And here is a close up of my little cluster.

Well, hope you enjoy today's little project and create a sweet little envelope for someone!  I bet they will love both the outside and the inside!
Have a FABULOUS day and thanks for visiting!