Happy Monday!

Hello everyone, thought I'd share a couple cards this beautiful Monday Morning - First is a card I created for one of the April ippity challenges - the color challenge to be exact.  I used some scraps of 7 gypsies paper and stamps from the "Music of My Heart" set. (both the sentiment and the music notes background)   I finished it off with some ribbon, brads and distress ink:

Next is a card I made for the challenge over at Just Us Girls.    It's a technique challenge - emboss resist.  I used several stamps from the {ippity} collection,  distress inks for the background and a squirt of glimmer mist (which you can't really see in the pic, but I promise you it's there)  A bit of fiber, some silver leafing and a button finish it of. 

Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a fantastic week!

It's Friday again!

(sung to the tune of "It's raining again" by Supertramp...cause it is...both raining and Friday that is)  Welcome to another Friends with Flair Blog hop, this week I have some ippity goodness to share with you!    First is a simple blocked card I made for  an ad inspiration challenge I am hosting at Treasured Scrapbooking.   Easy peasy 10 minute card!  The sentiment is from the Music of my Heart ippity set and the little heart is from the House a Home ippity set.  A button, baker's twine and a bit if stickles finish it off:

Next is another quick and simple card, but I was very happy with how it came out.  I embossed the leaves from The Simple Things ippity set with distress embossing powders on a scrap of Basic Grey background paper. The sentiment is from The Music of My Heart ippity set.  A gold mat, thin gold cord and brads finish it off.  (This is one of those cases of:  it looks way better in real life, LOL)

All {ippity} stamp sets are available for purchase right Here!  

The full listing of FWF participants can be found Here!  

Your next stop on the hop is Here!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend!  Till next time...

Hopping with {ippity}

Hello and welcome to another Monday {ippity}hop.  I have a couple cards to share with you today.  First is a card inspired by the Color throwdown challenge this week.  I loved this combination!  I pulled out the "Authentic Man" set for this - I haven't used this gorgeous set nearly enough!  Papers are from Cosmo Cricket and October Afternoon.  I finished it off with some twine and beat up brads:

Next is a card based on the color challenge at Just Us Girls - Black, Cream and Kraft.  How can you go wrong with this elegant combo?  Elegant- so much so that I decided to finally ink up the chandelier in the "Regal Greetings" set.  Graphic 45 paper for the background, some beautiful vintage looking lace from KaiserCraft, a pearl and some black Diamond stickles finish it off:

All {ippity} stamp sets are available for purchase right Here!  

The full listing of h{ippity} hop participants can be found Here!  

Your next stop on the hop is Here!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great week!  Till next time...

[ippity} and Unity flair!

Hello ladies, Happy Friday!  Another week gone by, another weekend upon us and time for another Friends with Flair hop!  Have I mentioned that I just love our little Friday get togethers?  Such a fun way to put to rest a long work week!  First, I'll share a card that was inspired by this week's  color challenge at the Play Date Cafe:   Beige, light Blue and Mint-ish green.  I dug deep in my stash and came up with some old MME paper and accented it with the new baker's twine I just got.  The stamps, both sentiment and branch accents on the paper, are from the Totally Happy {ippity} set and the cross stitch border is from the Quotes a'la Happy set.

Next is a layout featuring my Golden Retreiver, Murphy.  Papers are from Echo Park (the little shapes reminded me of a doggie bone) and stamps are from the September kit of the month:

All {ippity} stamp sets are available for purchase right Here!  

The full listing of FWF participants can be found Here!  

Your next stop on the hop is Here!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend!  Till next time...

Stamp {ippity}!

Hello everyone, here we are another Monday, another {ippity} hop!  Keeping it short this week, cause I'm running late!  I have a few layouts to share with you today that I created at Scrap Camp last week.  The first one has photos from a day trip to Central Park.  I used Echo Park Papers and ippity stamps from Quotes a'la Happy and Love in Return.

Next is a page with photos from hubby's and my vacation to my dream place in Ontario, Canada.  I used October Afternoon papers and a stamp from the ippity set  Delightful Little Things. I also used a Bit of Burlap on the letters to give them dimension.  

All {ippity} stamp sets are available for purchase right Here!  

Full listing of {ippity} hop participants can be found Here!  

Your next stop on the hop is Here!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great week!  Till next time...

Friends, Friday and Fall!

Happy Friday everyone, hope you all have some wonderful plans in mind for the weekend!  Tomorrow is our annual pumpkin picking, apple cider drinking fall celebration day and I'm so excited!  Hoping to get a bit of creating squeezed in sometime during the weekend too...I've been feeling a bit uninspired this week - must have overdone it at scrap camp last weekend!  Today I have a couple {ippity} projects to share that I made at scrap camp.  First is a CAS card I made using the monthly card kit from Treasured Scrapbooking.  The paper is Pink Paislee, I have no idea where the cute little silver flowers are from and the flower centers are pom-poms cut from some trim.  The sentiment is from the Music of my Heart set.

Next is a darling gift card holder.  I stumbled upon this design while browsing blogs a few years ago, unfortunately I have no idea where so I can't give proper credit - but really what a cute idea is this!   I used Echo Park paper and the tag is stamped with Dots For Sure and the sentiment is from the Fall for You set.  I think I might be making a bunch of these for Christmas!  Have I mentioned how much I adore my Bow-Easy???  

All {ippity} stamp sets are available for purchase right Here!  

Full listing of FWF participants can be found Here!  (remember - one of them has the super special secret blinkie!)

Your next stop on the hop is Here!

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful weekend!  Till next time...

It's a blue day

and that's odd for me cause I usually don't scrap in blue, but both of todays cards are blue.  First is a Holiday card using the "Kissmas &  Mistletoe" set along with a sentiment from "Season of Joy":

Next is a card based on the Unity Addicts Bingo challenge.  My choice was O down, so I had to use glitter, flowers, embossing, blue and an animal on my card.  I used "The Simple Things" set, along with the butterfly from "Books a flutter" and one of the birds from "What Matters Most".   Background papers are from October Afternoon and EchoPark.  I embossed the butterfly Flower with a blue glitter embossing powder  (technically, the glitter is purple and the embossing powder is blue)- and that took care of the challenge elements, LOL!   Thanks Michelle for everything you've done for us {ippity} chicks, you were greatly appreciated and will be missed!

  

Thanks for stopping by - I appreciate your sweet comments!  Next blog on the hop is Savannah, and the full list of blog participants is Here!

If you would like to see any of the {ippity} sets up close, I invite you to visit my {ippity} and accessories sales site and take a look around.

Until Next time...

Boo!

Well, from the previous post you know I have the T!m Holtz wood grain embossing folder.  What other folder comes in the package?  The brick wall!  At first I was like, okay, so I won't use the brick one, but I like the wood grain so much that I'm getting it anyways.  But as I looked at that brick wall, it spoke to me. It said, "Halloween".  I had to listen.   So in grand Elisabeth fashion I was stuck in my work room, happily creating till 1:30 in the morning...on a work night.  I used this week's "Just Us Girls" Sketch to create this all card stock, no patterned paper card. The background was embossed on grey cardstock, with pumice stone distress ink applied directly to the embossing folder.    The hat was heat embossed on white card stock with Judikins Black Opal embossing powder, then detailed with a touch of distress ink.  To create the pumpkin, I stamped the quilted background on white cardstock, overstamped the pumpkin with archival ink ,added a bit of shadowing and paper pieced the stem. The card was finished off with a couple dew drops, acrylic paint edging and a little gingham bow.  (Honestly, how did I survive without my Bow-Easy before this?)

The stamps used were from the following {ippity} sets: "Fall For You", "Quotes a'la Happy" and "That's Creepy" and can be found for purchase on my Stamp{ippity} site.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you're having a fabulous week!

Woodworking...

Well, it sure felt like it at least.  I sat down to play with my new Tim Holtz wood grain embossing folder last night ...simply awesome!   This week's challenge over at the Ippity forum in Splitcoaststampers was for a fall card, so it seemed like the perfect excuse to try out the folder and play with some of my favorite color pallete.  (Just a note, before I embossed, I took my Vintage Photo distress ink pad and smeared it all over the inside of the folder - both sides.)  Now, the colors I used were chosen for me over at the Play Date Cafe.   This week's challenge was to use Pumpkin, Plum and beige.  The inspiration photo was off these beautiful old wooden wine barrels - which is what inspired me to use the embossing folder in the first place.  The patterned paper I used was from Pink Paislee and Jenni Bowlin.  The stamps were all {ippity, from the "Fall for You" and "House A Home"   sets.  I colored the leaves in with a Dove pen and my SU! markers.  Buttons, trim, twine and a leaf pin are the finishing touches.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a wonderful week!  Thanks for your visit and kind comments, they really mean so much to me!

A good day

Hello everyone and happy Labor day, hope you're all enjoying the long weekend and that the weather in your part of the world has been as glorious as it is here!  I have a few cards to share for today's {ippity} hop.  First, a bit of Winter cheer, with this card made with the "Season of Joy"  set.  I used an EK success snowflake  border punch and then used the little punched out snowflakes on the background.  The stamped snowflakes are accented with vintage glass glitter:

The next card was created using the lovely vintage postcard stamp, "Thoughts From the Past" and a sentiment from the "So This is Love" set.  Papers are from Scribble Scrabble and the twill is from Stampin Up!  Kaiser pearls and a K and Co. button finish the card off:

Thanks for stopping by, your next stop on the hop is Jennie, and the full hop listing cane be found on the {ippity} blog.

If you would like to see any of the {ippity} sets up close, I invite you to visit my {ippity}and accessories sales site and take a look around.  My newest "must have" accessory is the Bow-Easy! 

Oh the joy of a long weekend!

A long weekend, the promise of cooler weather and a Friends with Flair Blog Hop...no better way to start the weekend!  My blog has been sorely neglected for the past several weeks, but with vacation behind me I should be back on track!  I have a few cards to share today.   First off I finally inked up that fabulous manly {ippity} set, "Authentic man"  I paired it with some Bella Boulevard papers, a couple banged up brads ( I knew I bought that hammer for a reason!) A blender pen and markers colored in the car and the headlights are accented with a yellow spica pen:

Next up is a simple one layer card on craft cardstock using several {ippity} sets: "So This is Love", "Life is the Journey" and "A Moment in Time". A bit of ink was sponged on the edges to soften things up and a thick bit of knotted twine finishes it off.  

Thanks for stopping by I've missed our visits!  Have you found the secret blinkie yet?  still looking for it? Next up on the hop is Lisa! and the full list of participants can be found on the Unity blog. 

Interested in any of the {ippity} stamps you see here?  You can get them here - on my newly redesigned, (and still a work in progress) {ippity} sales site. 

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Could it be fall?

Good morning everyone, welcome to the {ippity} hop!  We've had a rather abrupt change in the weather here in Jersey, cooler, rainy and when I went for a walk the other day I noticed leaves were starting to fall.Made me want to make this card:

It's based on this week's sketch from Unscripted Sketches, I used some October Afternoon and Cosmo Cricket patterned paper and the Lovely "Fall for You" {ippity} set.  

This next card is based on the challenge at Embellish Magazine, which called for a quirky, cutesy CAS card using the colors Sea Foam, craft, peach and cream.  I usually don't do CAS much, or quirky or cutesy for that matter - but I was happy with the way this came out.  I featured the awesome new set, "Quotes a'la Happy"

If your looking to get yourself some more {ippity} - and honestly who isn't?  Please stop by my {ippity } site to view all the available sets.  Next up on the hop is Carissa, and the full hop listing can be found on the {ippity} blog. 

Thanks for stopping by, till next time...

FWF and new ippity!

I've missed the past couple of FWF's and am so glad to be back!  This monday I received my shipment of the new {ippity} summer release and have been playing with it every chance I get.  Today I'm going to share a few cards I made for an upcoming "Floral Thank You" class I have been working on.  The first card is all cardstock, background embossed with a Tim Holtz ebossing folder.  I used every stamp in the "Pixie Paisley" set on this card.  Now, I almost never work with purple, but I do like it paired up with lime green.  Some Kaiser rhinestones,purple grosgrain, Crushed Olive distress ink and  lime green zing embossing powder finish this off.

Next is a card made with the beautiful flower image from "So this is love" .  A Nestie label, some My Mind's Eye paper, fiber and a bit of Art institute glitter finish this off.  Sentiment is from Hero Arts.  

Now back to the Unity blog for the full listing off participants, including that one special blog that has the secret blinkie!  

Stop by my {ippity} sales blog to see the full Summer release, available for purchase and immediate shipment today!

Monday hop

Good morning everyone, another weekend gone another Monday upon us and it's time once again for another {ippity} hop!  This week I'm going to share a layout that I made.  Treasured Scrapbooking is sponsoring this week's August Thaw challenges at Willow Traders and I made this page based on the sketch challenge.  Since I used papers from the as yet unreleased August card kit, you'll be getting a bit of a sneak peek :)  I used the awesome journaling stamp from the "Love in Return" set, I just love that this image fits perfectly in the spellbinder's label!  I also used a BSS challenge on this page, and ran a punched border through my paper crimper.  I love the effect it made and I have a feeling I'm going to be using this technique on a bunch of cards!  ( I knew there was a reason I hung on to that crimper!)

Now if you'll pardon me, I have a mailman to go stalk...rumor has it there's a big box of brand new rubbah from {ippity} due to be delivered today!    Next up in the hop is Sarah!

You are cordially invited!

It's almost time...The summer {ippity} release is right around the corner, and you're not gonna want to miss this one!  Stop by the {ippity} blog and the SplitCoast Forum for  sneak peeks of some of my favorite {ippity} designs yet!

Then on Thursday, August 12th, stop by my {ippity} site to see all the new kits - The complete release is on it's way and due to arrive in my hot little hands in plenty of time for immediate shipment on reveal day, August 12th!

Monday? Already?

Wow, where did the weekend go?  I can't believe it's Monday once again!  A quick H{ippity} hop post this morning with an altered frame I made for a friend, using the "Now and Always" set and the "Devoted" set.   My Mind's Eye paper, stickle, paint, buttons and lace (and a bit of sanding)  finish off this project.

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I just can't wait to see it hit 50!

As always, the full list of wonderful participants can be found on the {ippity} blog!

It's a rainy Monday

here in Northern Jersey..pouring rain, thunder and lightning and I love it!  Hopefully it will cool things down some, but I'm not overly optimistic.  Well, Christmas card season started this week in the Ostrowski scraproom,  and right away I reached for the "Season of Joy" kit to create this following card.  The background is stamped with a SU! background stamp on green cardstock, then I embossed a Studio 490 splatter stamp with tacky powder and applied crystal loose glitter for a glimmery snowflake effect.  Lots of distress inks to give this a worn look, a bit of krylon edging and tada...done!

Don't forget to check the {ippity} blog for the full listing of h{ippity} hop participants, and have a wonderful week everyone!