So Many Birthdays!

First of all, it is Monday, which means that it is time for the H{ippity} Hop! if you started here head on over to the Unity Blog for more information on the hop and to get a list of blogs to visit.

Second, what is up with April having so many birthdays! You would think that July was a cold month or something!! LOL! It seems that every time I turn around lately there is another birthday and another card to make. So, guess what I am sharing with you today? Yep! You guessed it! A birthday card!

This one was made for my son's friend who turned 9 yesterday. Jarod was a little concerned that his friend was going to think that the flower and hearts that are originally on the cupcake stamp was to "girly" so I altered it a bit so the flower and hearts were not seen. I think it turned out pretty good! I used the {ippity} "Cuppy Cakes" set for the cupcake and, of course, the ever so versatile "How YOU Doin'" for the happy birthday sentiment. I got the idea for this card from the very talented Lisa Arana! You can see her blog post for the card here.  
Check out my {ippity} sales blog for information on how to get these sets or any other {ippity} sets!

Thanks for visiting!

Love, Patricia

Friends with Flair Friday!

Yup! It's that time again! FWF time! WOOHOO!! Friends with flair has changed this week and so have Unity and Ippity. If you head on over to the Unity Blog you can find out all about the great changes AND get a list of the blogs that are a part of this hop. If you are feeling up to it you can do a blog post for the hop too! It's not too late!! (One of the great changes!!).

Today is the 15th so there is also a new Unity Challenge up. All you have to do to participate is to make a project using Unity or Ippity stamps with a bird, or birds, on it. You link it up to the challenge site and you may win the monthly prize. This month you could win 100 random Unity stamps AND a kit of your choice up to $45!!! Amazing!!

There is also a new kit out and I cannot WAIT to get mine in the mail!

That little bird is so cute!! It would also be great to use for the Unity Challenge!

Ok, so on to my project. This week I made a card using both Unity and Ippity stamps.I also used buttons so I could enter it into the All Things Unity challenge! Here it is:

I made this for a kid whose birthday party my kids are going to tomorrow. I used the Unity March Kit Of The Month and the Ippity set "How YOU Doin'". You can check out my Ippity Sales Blog for information on how to get these awesome stamps!

That's it for today! Thanks for visiting!

Love, Patricia

It a beautiful day!

Wow! What a beautiful Monday morning we have here in the Codroy Valley! The sun is shining and the sky is so blue! Gorgeous! What a great morning for the Hippity Hop Blog Hop!! So, if this is the first blog you are visiting you may want to scoot on over to the Ippity Blog to get a list of other blogs to visit as well as the new challenge for the Ippity Hippity Hop Twist Challenge. If you enter a project into any if the challenges (there are 4!) then you get your name entered to win a fabulous prize! The more projects you enter, the more ballots you receive.

So, on to my card! Today I am going to show you a card that I made for my FIL for his birthday, which is early next month.

He has farm land and love tractors so I though I would break out my "Farm Fresh" set to make the tractor and the stalks. Can you believe this is the first time this set has seen ink? Believe me, it will see a lot more ink now. This set is awesome! I paper pieced the tires onto the tractor and I colored the stalks, sky and ground with watercolor pencils. The happy birthday sign is from the "How YOU Doin'" set which I seem to use for so many projects. That's because it is so great! You can find any of the Ippity sets on my Ippity Sales Blog.

I also added a little bling to the happy birthday sign and an entering it into the All Things Unity challenge. Have you visited that blog yet? If not, you really should. They have some awesome challenges to get your creativity juices flowing!

That's it for me today. Make sure you continue on the hop to see what everyone else has done.

Thanks for visiting!

Love, Patricia

Friends With Flair...Just Because

Hi! Its the Unity Friends with Flair time again! If this is your first stop on the blog and you want to start from the beginning that you can do so by visiting the Unity Stamp Co. Blog. There, you will get a list of participating blogs as well as the information on how you can win a bunch of Unity stamps...just for commenting on the blogs! How cool is that?

Today I have a pretty simple card to share with you because they are my favourite kind to make! I made this one using the color challenge for the Ippity Hippity Hop Twist Challenge for this month. You can also win some pretty cool loot for participating into those challenges. Anyways, here is my card using Ippity by Unity stamps.

The flower stamp came from the "Now and Always" set and the just because sentiment came from the "How YOU Doin'" set, which is one of the sets that I use the most because it is so versatile. If you are interested in these or any other ippity stamps you can check out my ippity sale blog for information on how to order them.

Well, that's all I have for you today. Please keep hopping along to see what everyone else has for you!

Love, Patricia

Hippity Hop Monday

Welcome to the Hippity Hop Monday blog hop! If this is where you started you may want to hop on over to the ippity blog to get a list of people participating. You can also get a look at the new challenge for the Hippity Hop Twist challenge where you can win an AWESOME prize for playing along! I'll show you the challenges and prizes later in this post. First, here is the card that I have made for the hop.

I also entered this one into the Hippity Hop Twist Sketch Challenge. On this one, I used the "How YOU Doin'" set which just came out this past fall, to stamp the happy birthday sentiment as well as the butterfly's. The cute oval around happy birthday is also from a set that came out this past fall, "Cherish Your Dreams". You can get any of these stamp sets over at my sales blog. 

I also made a card for the Hip Hop Sketch Challenge #44.

I used the "With Sympathy" Unity store kit for the sentiment. The butterfly came from one of my favourite Ippity sets, "Now and Always". If you like flowers, you would love this set as well because it has the most AWESOME flowers!!

So that's my cards! Now on to the challenge info that I promised!

Here is the first two challenges:

Make sure to check out the newest challenge at the ippity blog! Here is the prize that is up for grabs:

Now hop on over to Banu's blog to check out what she has created!

Thanks for visiting!

Love, Patricia

FWF Friday!!

WOOHOO! Its Friday! That means it is time for the Friends with Flair Blog Hop! If you just started here, you should pop on over to the Unity Blog to get a list of participants. You don't want to miss out on any of the inspiration.

Here is my contribution to the hop.

This is a quick and easy sour cream container that I whipped up for a Valentines treat for my niece. It took me about 5-10 minutes to make it so it won't be a shame when she rips it open to get at her Hershey Kisses! There are tutorials all over the place for these, I am not sure where I got mine but I saw it a while back. Then I used an ippity stamp set that just came out this past fall, "How YOU Doin'", to make the little heart and the enjoy sentiment. If you are interested in ippity, guess what? I'm an ippity chick! Yep! You can visit my sales blog to get a viewing of this set as well as all the others.

Thank you all for visiting my blog. Now hop on over to the next blog for more ideas!

Love, Patricia

Friends with Flair Blog Hop!

Its Friday again (thank God!!) and you know what that means. Its time for the Friends with Flair Blog Hop!! If you just started here then you should hop on over to the Unity Blog to get a list of participants so you won't miss any of the awesome projects that will be shared today.

Now, on to my project! I combined this one with the Unity Hip Hop Sketch Challenge # 42 over at Splitcoast Stampers. Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

I used Ippity stamps for this one. The I love you stamp is from the "How YOU Doin'" set that came out during the Fall 2010 release. I also used the music notes background stamp from the "Music of My Heart" set which is a part of the Winter 2010 collection. If you like any of these stamps or any other Ippity stamps you can visit my Ippity Sales Blog for information on how to purchase them.



Well, that's all I have to share with you today. Don't forget to continue on with the hop to see all the other wonderful projects!! Thanks for visiting my blog!!

Love, Patricia

Friends with Flair Jan. 21

Hi! Its been a while since I have taken part in the FWF blog hop. Blame it on the holidays! But, I am back and I have been busy the past few days making birthday cards for the ump-teen birthdays that fall within this month and the next. Today I will show you three cards that I have made.

This one was done for the Unity Addicts Challenge #34 where we had to use one of our older stamps and a new one. Well, I am pretty new to stamping so all of my stamps can fall into BOTH of these catergories! So, I used the bug from "A Little Buggy", which is in the Spring 2010 Ippity by Unity collection. That set was in the first lot of stamps that I ever bought from Ippity. The birthday hats are from the "Party Hat Wishes" which is from the newest ippity release, Fall 2010. This card is going to my sons friend for his 9th birthday.

This one is for my 1year old nephew. I LOVED making this one!  It was so much fun! I used the bug from "A Little Buggy" and the hat from "Party Hat Wishes" again. This time I also added that cute little bird from "Fall From You" which is in the Spring 2010 collection. This was also made as a part of the Unity Hip Hop Sketch Challenge #40.

This last card is for my Grandmothers birthday, which is next month. I did this one for a challenge as well. The first week sketch challenge for the January 2011 Hippity Hop Twist Challenge. I used two sets on this card. The scallops on the right hand side of the card comes for the "Party Hat Wishes" set and the happy birthday sentiment as well as the butterfly comes from the "How YOU Doin'" set, both from the newest Fall 2010 Ippity release.

All of these challenges can be found on the Unity forum over at Splitcoast Stampers. Also. if you are interested in any of the sets that I have used or any other Ippity sets please visit my Ippity Sales Blog.

Thank you for visiting my blog!

Love, Patricia