Check this out!

Hi Everyone!

Just wanted to share this with you, Melanie Muenchinger a designer for GinaK stamp designs (and the card stock I use ALL the time!) just had her stamp sets used on 2 episodes of "scrapbook Memories" on PBS! And they used them to show 2 really cool techniques! I love to learn new techniques, in fact that is one of my New Year's goals, to learn one new one each week! ;)  And I thought you might like to as well!

The first one was water coloring with gel pens or the star dust pens with the beautiful mica powders in them! It is so easy to do that I wanted to share the link to the video so you could watch it if you would like! They used the stamp "Arranged with Love". The 2nd video is using the gel pens on transparencies to make your own embellishments. And again they used Melanie's stamps this time from "A year of flowers".

Here is the link: Hands,Head and Heart (Her Blog)

Enjoy!

Mary

{ippity} Hop, Color Challenge and a SALE!

Happy Monday! And for some a Holiday! (Not for my poor Hubby however. :(   )

Anyway! I hope you are having a great Holiday weekend.

I have 2 items I would like to share today.

The first is our color challenge for this weeks {ippity} challenge.
It was to use the colors red,white and blue.
Here is the card that I did,I hope you like it!

 I have not added a sentiment yet because I can't decide which occasion I need it for first! :) I have a few different possibilities!

The two different {ippity} sets that I used were Faith Blooms (the flower) and the Gurnsey Gingham for the background.
The card stock is from GinaK, and the ribbon I purchased from i{heart}papers.

Next I have just a little altered sticky notepad that I did to have on  hand for a little Hostess gift.
I picked up the notepads at Target and then tried to match the design to the stamps that I used.

 The {ippity}set that I used is How You Doin', card stock is GinaK,and again the ribbon I purchased from i{heart} papers.

I placed the little magnets under the square flower images so that they were covered. And they act as a closure for the cover.

And I added a small flap that I adhered with red line tape on each end so that you could tuck a small note inside. I thought the flowers and the images went well with the flower that was already on the notepads!

Lastly I  hope that you will check out my {ippity} sale page,I have a Anniversary Sale going on right now where you can get sets at 50% off when you buy qualifying sets at regular price! It is quite the deal right now! :) You could get the sets that I used today for 50% off! Please check the sale page for details!

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it so much!
Have a great day and a great week!

Blessings and Hugs,

Mary

Happy Anniversary to My Husband! And a Special SALE!!

Hi Everyone!

Well you may have guessed today is my Wedding Anniversary!
33years married to my high school Sweetheart and my Best Friend! It has gone very fast!!



SOOOOO! To Celebrate I am going to have a "LOVE SALE" !LOL

Here are the details:

Purchase any set that has to do with Love, has a Heart or Anniversary sentiment  at regular price and you can then purchase any other set at equal or lesser value for 50% off! Yeah!!
Purcahse 2 sets and get 2 sets at 50% off and so on!

Just sent me an email and I will invoice you thru paypal!
To make it easier I have placed an asterick by each set that qualifies on my {ippity} sale page.

Did you know that we 20 sets that have to do with Love, Anniveraries or have Hearts!?
That is a lot of sets to choose from!! And remember that Valentine's Day is fast approaching! ;)

This is the card that I did for my Husband!

Thank you for stopping by!

Blessings and Hugs,

Mary

{ippity} Hop and a Sketch Challenge!

Hello! And welcome to our first Hop with the New format for the {ippity} challenges!
And my 20% off sale extended until tonight!!

The DT is changing things up a bit and now our challenges will a month long adventure with a new portion added each week!

The first part of this months challenge is the sketch, and here is my take on it:

 I used 3 different {ippity} sets for this Birthday Card!
The first ones was Cuppy Cakes, this is such and adorable set, and who doesn't like cupcakes!?

 The next 2 sets were the flower from How you Doin' and the sentiment from Party Hat Wishes.

Card stock was from GinaK, pure luxury. The ribbon and trim in from i{heart}papers.
I did paper piece the cupcake for some added dimension. The images were colored with copics and I also used the atyou spica glitter pens. I may still go back and add some rhinestones,but can't decide on that yet! ;)

Remember if you need to add any of these sets to your collection, or if you need to start your collection please take a look at my {ippity} sale page.
I decided to go ahead and extend my 20% off sale until tonight since we were celebrating a New Hip Hop challenge format!

Thank you for stopping by today!
And thank you so much for all the sweet comments, they really do mean so much to me! Appreciate you taking the time to leave them for me!

Have a great day!
Blessings and Hugs,

Mary

Happy Saturday!

Hope you are all having a great start to your weekend!

I wanted to share a few more projects that will be on the {ippity} blog today as part of my {ippity} blossom week! AND to remind everyone that my {ippity} Celebration Sale of 20% off is still going on!!

These projects are related to Valentines day, and use the {ippity} sets Moon Beams and Heart Strings, Quotes a'la Happy, How you Doin' and Music of My Heart.
First Up is a Valentine Card, this uses the sets Moon Beams and Heart Strings for the hearts, the birds are from Quotes a'la Happy, and....

 the little letter and the sentiment are from the kit "How you doin' ". DP is an older release from Memory Box and the card stock is from GinaK. The ribbon is silk which I think I got from i{heart} papers or from the Stamp Simply Ribbon store. Can't remember which!

The roses are from wild orchid crafts. And I used Nestabilities labels for the main image and the black mat.

 Next up is a Candle and bookmark that I did using "Music of my Heart". I used the flourished heart image and stamped onto white issue paper and embossed with white embossing powder. Then using my heat tool I carefully melted the candle to absorb the tissue paper so that all you have showing is the white embossed heart!

 Then I added the white silk ribbon and the little flowers to embellish it. I later added a pearl and crystal stick pin into the bow, but I did that after I had taken the picture. It does finish it off nicely.

The last thing that I did was the bookmark. This is one of my favorite techniques. Embossing onto or into velvet! I think because it can look so elegant! I used the Heart again from Music of my Heart,and then using an iron heat embossed the image into the velvet. I then placed the velvet onto sticky back tape and then cut it out using my long rectangle nestabilities. Then adhered it to the black card stock from GinaK. I used my crop-a-dile to set an eyelet in the top and then added the 1/4" silk ribbon. I thought it still needed a little something so decided to use the white inkessentials pen from Ranger around the outside in the scallops. I think it added just the right of "something". ;)

This has been a fun week! And remember my {ippity} SALE going on until Sunday night at midnight! (pacific time! :) 

 ALSO i have started a Customer Appreciation Program!! Pleases see my store page for details! ;)

Thank you so much for stopping by and for your sweet comments! You have no idea how much they all mean to me!!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Blessings and Hugs,

Mary

Oh My Goodness!

Hi Everyone!

I got so excited about it being my turn on the {ippity} blog that I forgot to post the card here today!
Good Grief! LOL
Be Sure to read all the way to the bottom because I am having a SALE and a BRAND NEW Customer Appreciation Program! Yay!!

I used the "Farm Fresh" set from the new release to do scene card.

 It will lay flat for mailing, and then once opened it stands on its own.

 I thought this would be a nice card to receive if you needed a little cheering up or just to say Hello!

It was a lot of fun to put together. I found the tutorial for it on the Whiff of Joy blog, and I think there is one on Split Coast Stampers as well.

I hope you like it!
If you would like to purchase this set, just send me an e-mail and I will contact you straight away!
And the best part of all is that it is on sale for 20% off to celebrate my {ippity} blossom week! Yay!
In fact ALL sets are on SALE for 20% off this week! :)

Be sure to check out my Sale Page for a BRAND NEW CUSTOMER APPRECIATION PROGRAM!!!
Did that get your attention! tehe
This is something that I am offering as a Thank you for choosing me as your {ippity} chick!
All the details are on the next page, please take a look!

Until next time!
Blessings and Hugs,

Mary

{ippity} Hip Hop! The First of the New Year!!

Hi Everyone!

I know it has been a few weeks since I have had a project, and I thought what better way to start the year than to have a project for the first {ippity} Blog Hop of the New Year!

Our challenge was to do something to "Ring in the New Year"...so I did a Calendar!

 I used the {ippity} set "Sing a New Song" and......

.... made the calendar as you would make an Easel card. I did add these flowers at the bottom to hold the pages of the calendar down . I originally wasn't going to do that,but I wanted to pages to stay flat! ;)




The other thing that I decided to do was to insert the image on the upper part into photo corner slots so that I can change out the image each month or every other month if I want to. Maybe along with the Holiday that happens to be coming up! Maybe for Valentines day! I  can always add this one back in again!
 The DP is from Websters Pages, card stock from GinaK, the crystal flourish is Zva,and the pearls from Kaiser Craft. The sentiment is die cut using a Nestabilites set,and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Designs.

Please check back to the {ippity} blog tomorrow as I am the {ippity} blossom this week! So excited!  I have new projects to share with you and a special that will be on my {ippity} sale page, along with a New Customer Appreciation program that I will be starting with this New Year!
Can't wait to see what the year has in store for me and for all of you!

Have a Great Day,and see you back here tomorrow!!

Blessings and Hugs,

Mary