A Sneak Peak from Tonight's Release Party!

Hi Everyone!

Are you all as excited as we are about the New {ippity} Release Party Tonight!?

You will be able to join in on all the Fun and Excitement here on Split Coast Stampers!
There will be Games, Prizes,a lot of Chatter with the Artista being featured this month Angie Blom,and with Angela! Our Fearless Leader!! And I think there will be a special sale or offer going on as well! :D

I am just going to show you a Sneak Peak from one of the sets that I have worked with already, and I LOVE it! I will tell you that this is a page from my New Art Journal that I am working on! I will reveal the rest of it this evening during the Release Party! I hope that you will join us at 7pm (central time)!

Until then, Have a Great Day!

Mary

A Sweet little Gift Tag!

( If you are looking for my Art Journal post please scroll down!, of course if you want to check out my sweet little tag first...please do! :D )


I am back with a sweet little tag that I did for a Customer! I hope she liked it!!

I used the {ippity} sets called "Sing a New Song", and"Party Hat Wishes".
The flowers are from Prima Marketing.

The leaf punch used is by EK success. I used memento tuxedo black ink and clear embossing powder,then colored in the images with copic markers.

And edged the card stock with distress ink.

Thank you for looking!

 Have a great week!!

Hugs,

Mary

Another Art Journal page!

Hi Everyone!!

I wanted to share another Art Journal page that I have done with the help of the class taught by Tracy Weinzapfel, called "Do Something Creative Everyday"! I have so loved this class! It has given me a little more courage to branch out and to do things that I guess you could say scared me a little! LOL

I used several different mediums on the background. There is acrylic paint STUDIO by Claudine Hellmuth, Glitter spray from Tattered Angels,and Distress inks from Tim Holtz.

The Flowers are from Maya Roads and the leaf ribbon was in the kit from Tracy, however I think it might be Maya Roads as well. The rose colored flowers were in the kit as well, but I had the light pink and the large purple one at the top to add to them. The sentiment stamp is by Tim Holtz.Love that verse. So true to me right now! I drew in the box around it and added the little "leaves" at the top and the bottom with my copic multiliner 0.3 in black ink.

The Alphabet stamps are from Unity co-branded with Marah Johnson. The set is called "Carnivale Alpha". The fence Fleur DE Lise at the bottom and top is from the same set.

 Well I hope you like it! I had so much fun creating it!

I am getting ready to move my studio office into my youngest Daughter's room now that she has moved out. Still have a hard time saying that! haha. Anyway I am painting now, a Lavender color,they say that the color and shades of purple are suppose to help with Creativity! I guess we will see! Lol. The new flooring goes in next week,and then the storage and such!! A busy couple of weeks ahead! I will try to post in between, and we have a NEW {ippity} Release coming on the 12th of April!! So MARK your Calendars! We will be celebrating with a BLOG Hop!! And I will be sure to be there!!

Have a great week! And Thank you so much for stopping by! Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think! And if you have any suggestions on how to improve I would love to hear them! ( I think! LOL)

Blessings and Hugs,

Mary

It is a Linky Monday!

Hello Everyone!

I hope you all had a great weekend!
Saturday was moving day for my youngest Daughter. She bought a condo all on her own,and I am so proud of her!! And even though she is only 2.3 miles ( Not that we would calculate or anything! lol ) it still seems strange that she and her dog are not here. Although I do get Daisy ( her Siberian husky) for doggie daycare when she is at work! ;)  I don't know why I am having a strange time with this. I think of the Mom's whose children move across country or even abroad! I would be a basket case! Lol

Anyway I made this card for her. I used a NEW release stamp set from {ippity} called"BE BRAVE...BRANCH OUT".

 The clock in the background is from Unity's stamp set "the TIME is NOW",and I stamped it using VersaMark Champagne.

  The sentiment was done by using only the bottom half of the stamp say "Beauty is all around- It is time to fly". I just used tape and covered the words before I inked them up,that way you can position the sentiment the way you want it.

 On the inside I stamped the clock again using VersaMark,and then stamped the Birds in flight from Unity's "With Sympathy" in memento rich cocoa over the top of the clock.

The sentiment is from "The time is Now".

The design paper on the front is from Memory Box,card stock is GinaK pure luxury. The image on the front of the card was colored in with copics and a clear star glitter pen from Sakura.

I hope you like what you see!

Remember if you would like to purchase this stamp set from {ippity} you can email me at maryscreativejourney@gmail.com, OR you can purchase straight from the Unity website so that you can check out their sets that I used as well! Just click on my picture on the {ippity} page!

Thank you SO MUCH for stopping by! I ALWAYS appreciate it and your comments mean the world to me! They are what helps me grow and discover!

Blessings and Hugs,

Mary

An Art Journal!

Hi Everyone! I hope you are having a Blessed Sunday!

I have something different for you today!
I started an on-line class this past week! It is an Art Journal workshop given by Tracy Weinzapfel from Helmar USA. The first class was so fun. She is doing it live on U-stream so were are all working together from the kit that she provided. She is a blast! And we are almost neighbors! She lives near me (well probably 30 miles or so) but in the crafting world with us all over the map, it is close! Close enough to run into her in a target store! lol
Anyway, I wanted to share the cover of my journal with you today! I will share pages as I complete them. Our homework is to finish page one before the next class this week. FUN!!

Thank you for stopping by! I would love your feedback, since this is a learning experience. Many of you have probably done them and I would love to know what you think!
Thank you for taking the time. I appreciate each and every comment so much!

Have a Beautiful week!

Mary

Market Street Stamps: Stay Calm and Sip On!

Happy Wednesday!

Can you believe I am back already! tehe!
Today I wanted to share with you a card that I did for a good friend who recently had surgery. I used a stamp single from Market Street stamps that I purchased from I {heart} papers. Kate has a wonderful selection on her website,and  a lot of new ones since she returned from CHA!

I used Ginak pure luxury card stock, vintage photo distress ink from Range with clear embossing powder.
The large and small label Nestabilities and the film strip at the bottom from Tim Holtz. The little red wagon at the bottom has special meaning to my friend!  It involves a Large White bucket from Smart and Final, Sangria and a TGIF party at the Neighbor's home! Yes good Times!
I hope it made him chuckle!! :D

 The design paper is from MME Kraft funday. I love the paper in this 6x6 pad! It is great for creating masculine cards!

 The little adhesive brads are from 7gypsys.


Thank you so much for stopping by! I would love your feedback!
I will be back tomorrow!

Hugs,
Mary

An {ippity} Princess for a Day!

Hi Everyone!!
Wow, I hadn't realized it had been so long since I posted last! Well I am going to fix that this week!
I have a card to share today that I did using the BRAND NEW March Release from {ippity}called " Dream a little Dream".
Here is the Stamp Set:

This set is just 14$. And it is so fun to play with! I did a Birthday card for my Niece whose birthday is in April. For once I am trying to be ahead of the game! tehe...

For this card I used GinaK pure luxury cs, Echo park dp, copics for coloring,icicle stickles for sparkle on the flowers,and citrus crush super fine flower soft for the flower's centers.

 Also used were the large and grand labels from Nestabilities as well as the tag. The white sparkle tulle is from Joann's, red crystal hearts from Hero Arts and the 2 little brads from Fancy Pants! Goodness I hope I got everyone! ;D
I did layer the flowers twice for dimension,cut into the petals a little so I could shape them. The top and bottom of the window are paper pieced,and I did use foam squares in between the layers.

 If you would like to purchase this set (and who wouldn't! right! ;) ) you can do so just by clicking on my picture on the Unity Website under {ippity} by Unity! Or you can still order from me by just sending me an email to maryscreativejourney@gmail.com.

Thank you so much for stopping by,your comments always mean the world to me!
Have a great day,and I will be back with a few things that are a little different! See you then!

Hugs,
Mary