Happy Monday!

So glad you stopped by today! I have a little home decoration project to share with you all this morning. The other day, I was looking through a bag of goodies that I had brought home from CHA last January and found this make and take from the zutter booth. It was just the three panels and the connectors and I remember wondering if I would ever get around to making something of it. Well, it definitely spoke to me and it said, I should be a primitive wall hanging. So I broke out the "simply Home" set, did a bit of paper piecing, stitched up a felt heart, added some trim and put it all together:



Thanks for stopping by, Kim is you next stop on the hop, and as always, you can find the full list of participants on the {ippity} blog!

Button up!

Here's a bit of stampin for a challenge over at Our Creative Corner. The challenge was simply to use buttons on our cards...a wonderful challenge for me cause I'll take any excuse to reach for my beloved button jar! I used some vintage chatterbox for the background and several {ippity} stamp sets to complete this card. A couple buttons and twine were the perfect finish! Thanks for stopping by! If you're looking for the {ippity} hop...it's just one post down!

First H{ippity} hop of February!

Good morning everyone and happy Ground Hog Day Eve! Are you having fun with the hop yet? Getting loads of inspiration? For this week's hop, i played with the "Because of You" and "Devoted" sets, both of which can be found right here. The patterned paper I used is a beautiful new line by KaiserCraft - I had some scraps left over from a make and take at CHA. This first card is based on a sketch from Stamp TV. I used my favorite embossing powder - the verdigris finish was perfect with the birdcage stamp and was a great match with the papers:



The second card was made for the {ippity}Challenge this week, which was to make a shaped card. I used the opportunity to pull out my new "on the edge" Tim Holtz die to create the shape. Tim was passing these out at the Sizzix booth, and autographing each one. They're very cool and I can't wait till all of them come out. Now that I'm looking at this card closer, I'm thinking I need to add a bit of micro beads to the centers of the flowers!



Now it's time to hop on over to the next blog - you can find the links to this week's participating blogs over at the {ippity} blog!

Last day, and off to Hollywood!

Well, it's the last day of CHA, it always amazes me how quick the days go by and how totally exhausted everyone is! Our flight back isn't until 10 tonight so we're off to do some sightseeing in Hollywood! Lots of cute stuff this year and some new tools; I was really happy about an old tool, redesigned - score pal has made a card maker friendly scorer!!! it's 6x6 and has score lines every 1/4 inch and some every 1/8 inch. nice and compact for crops!



Here's a card I made with some new October Afternoon paper and the simply home stamps, which you can buy here; sorry for the dark picture:

Some cards for the 365 challenge

Happy Sunday everyone, we're having a dreary, dark, rainy day here in Jersey - just the perfect kind of day to putter around in the scrap room! Today I'm going to share some cards I created for this week's 365 Cards challenges.

For day 316, there was a sketch challenge. I kept this one really simple and pretty much true to sketch. the sentiment and frame are from the "Just Wanted To Say" kit from {ippity} stamps and the paper is from the Cosmo Cricket Ever After collection:



The next card is for the day 318 challenge which was simply to put a house in your card. Of course I reached for the "Simply Home" kit, which is one of my favorites and came up with a simple card on a craft cardstock base. I think the stitching is what really finishes this card off.



Finally, the third challenge I did was day 321: In stitches, but more specifically, the challenge was to sew on an image to create texture. This time I used the "Because of You' kit and some My Mind's Eye patterned paper. I did a bit of layering with the scroll flower and accented the center of the flower with a grid of french knots.





Don't forget, tomorrow is Monday and that means another {ippity} blog hop! Make sure you come around to visit - I've finally put picture to paper and have a layout to share with you. I want to thank everyone for the comments they have been leaving, they really make my day...see you soon!

H{ippity} Hop Blog Hop 1/11/2010 : 1 stamp, 2 looks

Happy Monday morning and welcome to another H{ippity} Hop Blog Hop to start the week off! This week I decided to play with the tree from the Simply Home set, and created 2 cards based on the same sketch, CPS 149 from Card Positioning Systems. My goal was to get a totally different look using the same basic design. For the first card I decided to go monochromatic (which to me almost always means green...) I used a quickie glue pen and some loose glitter on the tree and added a sentiment from the "Just Wanted to Say" kit.



For the second card, I did a bit of simple masking and added the cow and the sheep from the "Simply Home" kit. A bit of speckles and some inking gave this card a totally different feel.



Thanks for stopping by, I love having visitors and your comments make my day so much brighter! Make sure you check out the other ladies sharing their {ippity} awesomeness: you'll find the full listing of blogs participating in the blog hop on the {ippity} blog, right here!

Simply Home

Here's a card I made using the Simply Home Kit. I used a simple mask technique of the home so I could stamp the tree in the background. I just love the country feel of this set; for some reason it makes me want to cross stitch a sampler! Come around tomorrow as I join the h{ippity} hop blog hop with a few more {ippity} cards!