Flower Inspired!!

Hi there {ippity} friends!   You may know how much I love making my own handmade flowers.  So, I thought I would share a few different videos on how to make several type flowers using different elements such as Tulle, Burlap, Organza, Felt and Ribbon!

I love how you can make your very own unique flowers to accompany your {ippity} cards, laylouts, or projects!  Here are few that I am thinking would be fun to try out, and you might already have some of these supplies in your craft supply!

Tulle Flower

Burlap Flower

Organza Flower

Felt Flower

Ribbon Flower

If you want to give any of these a try, let me know!  I'd love to see your link to this post to show us what you've created on your {ippity} project!! That'd be fun!

Have a wonderful week! 

January Challenge Week 3!!!

Happy H{IPPITY} Hop Monday!!!! I hope everyone had a great weekend for some of us it's a long weekend yay!!!!!

Is everyone enjoying the fabulous new challenge you all have done an amazing so far and I cannot wait to see what you do with this weeks inspiration challenge!!!!

Just a reminder you CAN combine the challenges from the previous weeks or you can just do them separately!!!!

This weeks challenge the amazing inspiration photo

that Maria picked don't you just love it!!!!!

Here is a tiny sneak peek of mine!!!

I cannot wait see what the rest of the DT members did for this!!!
So click on the green button to start the hop with the Ippity Dt and then you can come right back here to see all the fabulous Ippity Customers and Ippity Chick creations!!!!

Robinson's Nest

Lone Pine Designs

http://www.jenniekader.blogspot.com/

Taylor~Made by JenMarie

A little inspiration from Rona

The Joys of Creating....

Stamping with Passion

Everyday Matters

Ippity Stamps 4 You

Gardner's {ippity} Basket

http://www.jowylde.blogspot.com/

Secret Scrapbooker

From My Bungalow

Emmie-Lou Who...Stamps & You!

My Crafty Creations

millers-ink

Mary's Creative Journey

Ramblings of a FibreJunky

Enjoy your day I can't think of a better way to spend a day off then crafting and Blog Hopping!!!!

Sunday Faves

Hope you have all had a good weekend. It's a three day weekend for the kids so that means one more day to sleep in...and I need it!!

We had another serious weekend of ping pong at my parents house and the kids are wiped out from playing with their cousins.

But I bet you are here to see some AMAZING {ippity} projects and not to hear about my exciting ping pong skills...right?!?

I had to start with this GORGEOUS

RED, WHITE and BLUE

creation from {Lynn Miller}
I KNEW you all would ROCK this color challenge....see Eva...these colors are FABULOUS together ;)

If you haven't checked out our NEW twisted challenge...{CLICK HERE} to see last Monday's newest addition...and come back...tomorrow is the inspiration challenge.

And look at this beauty from {Julie Ranae}! I've NEVER seen these Cosmo Cricket paper look so good. Everything about it is AMAZING!
And I'm totally LOVING the cuteness of this one from {Nora Anne}. The layers of hearts and the colors....so sweet!

{Susan} used the sketch challenge from week 1 for this AMAZING card!. I love the dark colors with the light yellow...so pretty!

There is something about black that really makes layers on a card pop and this one from {tamijo} did just that. I jumped right out at me from the gallery. Simply stunning. And last but not least is this ADORABLE scrapbook mini album from {lynnmd}.

I've had a major itch to get some scrapbooking done and this REALLY makes me crave a whole day in my craft room. Lucky for me...I have these papers ;)

Thanks for stopping by...make sure you leave these ladies some love

AND
come back tomorrow for the inspiration challenge!

Flattering Angela Fehr

I am back, just like I promised on Tuesday! 

Are you ready to learn some fabulous things about this awesome {ippity} chick???

Here we go... Angela Fehr was super sweet to share a little bit about herself:

• Tell us a little about yourself.
  I'm a 33 year old artist and mom of three living in northern British Columbia, Canada.  In my teens, I lived in a remote tribal village in Papua New Guinea where my parents were missionaries. I always think that adds interesting colour to my background! I am passionately creative and make art every single day, between homeschooling my two daughters, aged seven and six, corralling my four-year-old son, helping my husband run his construction contracting business, doing some freelance writing and graphic design work, and running our household as an at-home mom.

• How did you first get involved in stamping?
  When I was sixteen and living overseas, someone sent us a letter that had a heat-embossed stamped image on the bottom.  I saw it and thought immediately, "I don't know what that is called, but when I get back to Canada, I am going to learn how to do it!" Seventeen years later, I am still stamping with some of the same stamps I bought back then.
  
  
• What is your stamping style?
  I'd like to call it retro chic. I am always inspired by classic vintage images and designs. And I love making altered items for home decor.
• Tell us about your creative process
  In scrapbooking, I start with a photo, but otherwise I am product-driven, starting with a stamp or a sheet of paper, and building from there.
• What is your favorite {ippity} stamp set and why?
  I am currently in love with the Cherish Your Dreams set. It is vintage, is great for both card making and scrapbooking, and is just beautiful. Farm Fresh is another favourite, for the retro look!
• How often do you stamp?
  I papercraft (usually with stamping) almost every day. My kids all have quiet time in the afternoon, and I pull out my papers then.
• How long does it take you to make a project you are happy with?
  My friends tell me I work fast! At a recent evening crop I made three layouts in 4 hours. But who's counting? I just want to smile when I open my scrapbooks.
• What does your craft room look like? {messy, clean, etc.}
  My craft room also doubles (quadruples?) as storage, play room and office, so it looks messy even when it's clean. It's not pretty, but it's very functional.
• What is your biggest paper crafting challenge?
  I'm spendy! My New Year's resolution is to use more of what I have before I start buying more. Hard to do with all the New Year's sales on right now!

• What is the name of your Ippity Sales Blog?
  Scraps From My Table
• What made you decide to start selling Ippity?
  I loved the stamps but wanted to buy them from within Canada.
• Tell us about your experience selling Ippity
  I am excited to be able to present a product I can be excited about. The quality is excellent, and the variety of designs means there's something for every stamper. I'm looking forward to what the new year has to hold.

• What song best describes you?    
  

  I'm wracking my brain, maybe "I Like to Move It, Move It" I know I sound like an overachiever!
• If you were stranded on a desert island what are the three things you would bring?  
  

  Books to read, mocha mix and bug spray.
• What is your favorite quote?  
  I love so many! One that I apply to my art is: "I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living." Robert Henri
  
  
• What would I find in your refrigerator right now?  
  

  It's full! Fruits & veggies, lunch meats, cheese and more cheese, dips and yogurt and leftover pizza.
• If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?  
  

  I'd like the gift of being able to live without sleep. Think of all I'd get done!
• If someone wrote a biography about you, what do you think the title should be?  
  

  The Life of Angela Fehr - I bet you were hoping for something more creative! How about, I'm Not Sure How I Find the Time to Get So Much Done But Thanks for Asking!
• What would your dream vacation be?  
  

  We haven't been on many vacations, but I think we all want to go somewhere with a beach!

Here are TWO MORE great layouts from this girl!!!

Isn't it amazing!  I love how she used the stamps from Here and Now, Party Hat Wishes, and Gurnsey Gingham.

Lots of fun going on here too with all that {ippity} goodness!!!  Thanks for sharing your fabulous projects!

Don't forget to check out Angela's blog  

Scraps From My Table

and that you get FREE shipping for orders over $50 this week.

Fresh Idea Friday.. Ippity Fashion

Good Morning Everyone..

Welcome to Fresh Idea Friday

I know this is not a new idea but it is a fun one to do.

How about some Ippity Fashion.

I just made this tee for my daughter. She just loves all the Ippity stamps and was so thrilled to wear something Ippity to school today.

So for the supplies you are going to need. a tee shirt some ippity stamps ( I am using the heart from the Ippity Devoted Set) some colourful fabric paint a sponge piece of chipboard for the center of your shirt.

Let's get started

Get all your supplies ready to start, making sure your chipboard is in between your t-shirt.

you are going to need to put some of the paint in a plastic container, and put a little of the paint on your sponge

Lightly paint up your stamp of choice. If you want you can try it on a piece of paper first to see how much paint you want to apply. press down.. make sure you have the chipboard in between your t-shirt. I want to make a dragonfly so I will be doing this twice. Now with a paint brush do the dragonfly body Now if you want to dry overnight or just use your heat gun and dry.. that is what I did. Now you have a wonderful design for your child to wear. Ippity Fashions.

She told me she is going to tell her class that she is wearing Ippity.. maybe we will start a new trend, you never know.

Hope you give this a try, make some old t-shirts, new again.

Have a great weekend

Let's get Crafty!!

{ippity} handmade garland...

better late then never, right?  :)

i am a wee bit late in posting this today...

so i am going to get straight to business....

a tutorial on how to make

HANDMADE GARLAND

with your {ippity} stamps!

above  are the supplies i used in creating this project.

first... choose one of the {ippity} background stamps or something that has a nice pattern to it.  i am using DOTS FOR SURE in this project but i have also used the music note background from Music of My Heart. 

 

second... choose a shape that is fitting for your project.  i used this star punch to go with this week's color challenge ---> red. white. and blue.  ohhhh, but how cute would HEARTS be for valentine's day coming up...or BUTTERFLY's for a little girl birthday party... 

third... i like the distress look, so i decided to add some distress ink to my project.

the star on the left hasn't been distressed and the one on the right has...totally YOUR call, so that you get the desired look for the project you are making!

fourth... i used my spellbinders nestabilities to create the perfect felt circles.

this machine is AMAZING!

fifth... choose 2 different colored threads to create the "baker twine" look that i have achieved here.

sixth... as you are sewing just keep pulling the thread while still sewing - even though you are not actually sewing ON anything...then add in another star or felt piece as you see fit...

keep doing this until you reach the desired length of your garland.

and WAH LAH...

JUST. LIKE. THAT.

pretty garland that can be used for party decorations, unique gift wrapping, and SO MUCH MORE!

hope you have had a SPLENDID week....

thanks for stopping by!  

{ippity} Blossoms with Angela Fehr

Oooooh, it 1-11-11!!!  I just get a big kick out of dates like this.  It would make for one awesome birthday or anniversary.  Anyhoo, hope it is a fabby 1-11-11 for you all!

I am excited to introduce you to another one of our 

FABULOUS CHICKS...

Angela Fehr

you can find some amazing crafty finds and of course {ippity} stamps at her blog:

Scraps From My Table

Did you know that Angela is located in Canada???  Yuppers!

So if you are looking for an ippity chick north of the American border, Angela is ready to hook you up!  She ships to the US as well in case you wondered!!!  Shipping fees are the same for both.  Too cool!

AND for this week she is giving

free shipping for orders over $50!!!

Angela created this BEAUTIFUL layout to share with us today!

Isn't it gorgeous?  She used Authentic Man, Party Hat Wishes and Cherish Your Dreams to create this sweet page.  I just love all the layering and details.  You have to click on the little pictures to see all the amazing details.

Angela also has a great TIP regarding selling {Ippity} stamps to share:

I think that the best advertisement for Ippity stamps is great projects. I have sample projects on display when I do craft sales, and I offer workshops using Ippity stamps as part of the workshop kit.  I try to market to people who have never heard of Unity or Ippity - brings new, loyal customers to the brand, plus they associate the Ippity name with the person who introduced them to Ippity - me! I also like to showcase the versatility of Ippity stamps for both card making and scrapbooking.

 I'll be back Saturday to share a little more about Angela... she is full of surprises!