Happy Easter Monday!!

Its Monday! YAY! That means it is H{ippity} Hop time! So, you know the drill. If this is your first stop hop on over to the {ippity} Blog to see what's going on. There is also a list of blogs to visit there too.

Today I have a birthday card to show you. I made it for my SIL...I hope she likes it! I got the idea for this card (and the AWESOME tutorial!) over on Cindy's blog. She rocks the tri-shutter card!! If you want a great tutorial on how to do these you should check out her blog, The Crafty Frugalista.

I am also entering this card into the Unity Challenge, which is to use a bird or birds on a card.

Now, here is the card:

I totally copied Cindy's card found here. For this one I used three {ippity} sets, "Party Hat Wishes", "Season of Joy" and "Quotes a 'la Happy". They can all be found on my ippity sales blog with information on how to buy them.

Thank you for stopping by!

Love, Patricia

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

Recipe for Hippity Hop!

Oh how I long for the days when Spring shows its beautiful self! Will it ever come? If you saw outside my door today you may think that no...Spring is not coming to Newfoundland this year. Today it is more Winter out there than it was in January. There is snow everywhere! We even had a storm yesterday! What a way to start a Monday morning. Thank goodness we have the Hippity Hop Blog Hop today! Something to lift my spirits! So, if this is your first stop you should go on over to the Ippity blog to get a list of blogs to visit as well as a look at the new challenge posted. If you participate in the challenge you may get the chance to win an awesome prize package!

The project I have to share with you today is a recipe card that I did for a swap a while back. I have never shared it on my blog so I figured that today would be a great day for that! Here it is:

As you can see, I did a lot of inking to get the embossing on the K&Company paper to pop. I also used an Ippity stamp set for the flowers, "Now and Always". You can find this set and others on my Ippity Sales Blog.

Well, that's all I have to share with you today! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to continue on the hop to see the other awesome creations!

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

Always in my heart...

It Friday again!! My gosh! Where is the time going?! Someone told me a long time ago that as you get older, time goes quicker. Boy! Were they right! Since this week has flew by, and it is Friday already, that means the the Unity Friends With Flair blog hop snuck up on me as well. Luckily I had a project made already.

So, first things first. If this is your first stop on the hop, you should probably visit the Unity Stamp Co. Blog to get a list of participants and to get a look at what the "blinkie" looks like. If you find the blinkie on a blog, you may want to leave a comment because there will be a winner picked from them to get some free stamps! Yippee!

And here is my project!

For this one I used two sets. The jar and the sentiment came from the ippity set "Quotes a 'la Happy" and the hearts came from the February Unity Kit of the Month, which I just became a member of last month! These kits are awesome, by the way! They are HUGE and they have lots of variety. The possibilities are endless on what you can use them for! This months kit looks awesome too and I can't wait to get it in my mailbox!

Look at those awesome butterflies and that heart with the wings! I am so in love!

Anyways, that's all I have for today. Make sure you continue on the hop to see the rest of the creations! you will not be disappointed!

Thanks for visiting!

Love, Patricia 

Check out my ippity sales blog for info on how to get ippity stamps!!!

Peace...

Today I have a card to share with you that I made for the latest challenge at Jingle Belles. The challenge was to use white, kraft, and pale blue.

I decided to use a a cute snowman stamp from the "Wintertime Let it Snow" kit by Unity/Echo Park that I got on Crafty Steals. Speaking of Crafty Steals, have you checked out that site? It is awesome! They have a new "steal" everyday and you can also purchase past steals that are still in stock. Ok, back to the card. I also used hemp to tie around it and some adhesive jewels...just because I love bling! The stamped scallops are from an Ippity set that I purchased recently, "Sweet Thoughts of Spring". This set is awesome for all your Easter and spring projects! The PEACE sentiment is from the ippity set "Kissmas and Mistletoe".

That's it for today!

Love, Patricia

Hippity Hop!

Hi! Its Monday and time for Hippity Hop!If this is your first stop you should probably head on over to the Ippity Blog to get a list of people participating in this blog hop and to get a look at the awesome challenges you could do. There is also a great prize that you could win for doing the challenges!

Boy! Time is going WAY to quickly!! It is already the middle of March. Before we know it summer will be here again. And then Christmas! If you have been following my blog you already know that I have been trying to complete my Christmas cards early this year. I have joined up with the Christmas Card Challenge on Splitcoast Stampers and also taking part in the weekly challenges at Jingle Belles in order to keep my mojo going. Today I have a Christmas card to show you! I did this one using the Ippity Hippity Hop Twist Challenge Sketch Challenge for this month. Here it is!

I used two ippity stamp sets for this one. The tag stamp is from the "Season of Joy" set and the sentiment and mistletoe is from "Kissmas and Mistletoe" set. Check out my sales blog for info on how to get these or any other ippity sets. I embossed the tag, sentiment and the mistletoe using Martha Stewart embossing powder and heat gun. The ribbon is adhesive ribbon also from Martha Stewart. The jewels are from Hero Arts.

I will have more cards to share with you tomorrow so stop by and take a look!

Thanks for visiting! Make sure you continue on the hop to see all the other creations!

Love, Patricia

FWF Friday

Hey! Its Friends with Flair Friday again! If this is your first stop then you should go on over to the Unity Stamp Co. Blog to get a list of blogs participating in the blog hop and to get the rules on how you could win a bunch of stamps JUST for commenting on a blog!! How cool is that!

To be honest, I had to rush to get something done for the hop today. I signed up for the hop yesterday, before I had anything made, and then my 3 year old got really clingy and I couldn't get away from him long enough to do anything! So, as soon as he was asleep last night I figured that I would get at something. The thing is, I needed to do something quick because he was not feeling well and who knows when he would be waking up again! I figured that I would make a couple of bookmarks, since I have been using scraps of paper or pieces of the Canadian Tire flyer to hold my page in the last few books that I have read! They are really simple and took no time at all. I didn't add any layers to them either because I like a nice, flat bookmark. I apologize for the pictures...for some reason the blue ink that I used just didn't want to show up right! Anyways, here they are:

For this one I used a paper towel to blot and distress all over the paper and around the edges with Unity Haystack ink. Then I stamped it using the music sheet stamp from the "Music Of My Heart" set from Ippity using Raw Sienna Unity ink. Then I used Colorbox ink to stamp the butterfly and sentiment from the Ippity "Cherish Your Dreams" set. Then I added the ribbon and voila! Done!

This one was blotted with the paper towel using haystack ink as well but the design and grooves on the paper towel gave a really awesome texture print to the paper. Then I just added the stars and moons as well as the WISH sentiment from the "Moon Beams & Heart Strings" Ippity set. Then, again, added a little bit of ribbon and it was finished! Easy peasy!

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

Love, Patricia

Monday's Hippity Hop and Jingle Belles

Hi! I love starting off the week with the Hippity Hop! It seems to make the day a lot better. And, if they day starts to turn into a typical Monday (Yuck!) then I just take time out to visit the blogs on the hop and see everyones wonderful creations! So, if you are here for the blog hop and this is your first stop you should head on over to the Ippity Blog to get the list of participants and to see what the newest challenge is in the Ippity Hippity Hop Twist Challenge at SCS.

Today I have yet another Christmas card for you to see. I have been slack with completing my Februray cards for the Christmas Card Challenge on SCS so I figured that this would be a good opportunity to get them done...well...at least get one more done! The challenge this week over at Jingle Belles, Home For The Holidays,  also inspired my creation. Here it is!

For this one I used felt with sparkles in it for the snow...although you can't see the sparkles in the picture. I also used the Ippity set "House a Home". Visit my sales blog if you are interested in this or any other Ippity set.

Well, that's all I have for you today. I am planning on getting crafty later so I may have more to share in the next few days!

Don't forget to hop on over to the next blog! Have fun!

Love, Patricia

Hippity Hop Monday

Hi! Its Monday which means it is Hippity Hop time! If you just started here then go on over to the Ippity Blog to get a list of blogs to hop to. I am sure you will not be disappointed in the inspiration you see!

Today I have a birthday card to show you. DH's baby cousin turned three this past weekend and this is the card that I made for her:

This flower is from the Ippity set called "Faith Blooms". The best thing about this set is that it contains two flowers and two sentiment stamps for only $6! I also used the butterfly from one of my most favourite Ippity sets, "Now and Always". This one contains 4 really big flower stamps, a leaf stamp, a vine with butterflies, and this butterfly stamp. The blue and yellow card stock was embossed with my BRAND NEW BIG SHOT!! I am so excited to have it! I also heat embossed the outline of the butterfly with my Martha Stewart embossing powder and heat gun. I am not sure where the ribbon came from.

Here is the inside of the card. I like using a little bit of embellishment that is the same as the front, just to tie it all together. This stamp is from the Ippity Set "Party Hat Wishes". I use this sentiment on almost all my birthday cards! If you want this set or any others you can get them by visiting my sales blog.

This card was made using the Unity Hip Hop Sketch Challenge #46.

Well, that's all I have for you today! Now keep on hoppin' to see what else you can see!

Love, Patricia

Jingle Belles "ROCK"!

Have you been over to the Jingle Belles blog yet? If you want a great place to go to get inspiration to get you Christmas cards done then that is the place for you! They put up a challenge every week and you get one chance for every card made during the month to win prizes! Isn't that awesome! So, you get inspiration, motivation, less stress at Christmas by having your cards done, and the chance to win prizes. I don't see how you could lose!

This week the challenge is to make a card with print on it. You could use the print as a background or an accent. You could also use a sentiment and make that the main focus of your card. Here is what I made:

I used a page from a Christmas magazine as the background print. I also distressed the cardstock behind the print a little bit. Then I added some ribbon and the sentiment, which came from the Ippity set "Season of Joy". The tag stamp around the sentiment came from the same set. The bird came from another Ippity set, "Sing A New Song". (These stamp sets can be ordered from my Ippity Sales Blog.) I embossed all the stamping with Martha Stewart embossing powder and heat gun.

Thank you for visiting my blog! I will have another Christmas card to share with you on Friday for the Friends With Flair blog hop. Maybe I will have a couple of cards...we'll see!

Love, Patricia

FWF Friday

Guess what? I forgot to make a project yesterday for the Unity Friends With Flair Blog Hop! Oh no!!! So, I made one this morning. :)

I also combined this card with the Ippity Hippity Hop Twist Challenge...which is due in a couple of days!

Here it is:

I used the Ippity stamp set "Party Hat Wishes", which you can find on my sales blog!

One last thing before I go. Over on Splitcoast Stampers I have joined in a recipe swap for drinks...I am doing Starbucks Hot Chocolate and Punch...but we are in need of a few more people to join. If you are interested you should check it out the swap!

Well, that's it for my blog post today. Don't forget to continue on the hop at the Unity Stamp Blog. Thanks for stopping by!

Love, Patricia

Hippity Hop and All Things Unity

Hi! Its Hippity Hop time again! WOOT WOOT! If this is your first stop on the hop and you want to start at the beginning then you should go on over to the Ippity Blog to get a list of participating blogs and to get a look at this months Hippity Hop Twist Challenge where you can win some very cool prizes just for making something crafty!

The project I am going to share with you today is a project that I did for the All Things Unity challenge. This week, the challenge is to use Unity or Ippity Stamps to make an altered item. My grandmothers birthday is coming up so I decided to do an altered glass container for her and fill it with all kinds of goodies. Here is the containers before picture:

The top looks green but that is just the reflection of my green kitchen wall. It is actually chrome.

Here is the after pictures:

I used an Ippity set that had never seen the ink before and I am glad I did! I love it! The set is from the newest release and is called "Sing A New Song". The brown ribbon is from Martha Stewart and it is the adhesive ribbon. Oh! I used another Ippity set for the tag! That is the "Season Of Joy" set. I also used Martha Stewart heat embossing powder for the sentiment as well as the bird. By the way, if you need any Ippity stamps check out my sales blog for information on how to get them.

Thank you for visiting! Now, hop on over to the Ippity Blog to see who is next!

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

Three Birds With One Stone!

Happy Sunday! Today I am posting a card that I made for not one, not two, but THREE challenges! I love it when I can take inspiration from more than one challenge and make something that fits in all. That is a challenge itself! So, here it is:

First, I used the Sketch Challenge for week one of the January Hippity Hop Twist Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers. Then I used the rules for this weeks Jingle Belles challenge: No Red. I also used one of my favourite Unity/Ippity stamps, from the "Season of Joy", which includes the Joy stamp as well as the Holly and the Tag stamp, so it can be entered into this weeks "All Things Unity" challenge.  This set as well as any other ippity set can be purchased on my sales blog.

So there you have it. Three birds with one stone...er...card!

Thanks for stopping in!

Love, Patricia

Dreaming of Summer...

I love summer. Here in Newfoundland it only lasts a couple of months. We get fall for 2 month, Winter for about 5 months, Spring for 3 months and Summer for about 2 months. That's it...Winter dominates BIG TIME! So, today to get out of my wintertime funk I decided to break out a few beach pictures and get them scrapped. I used sketch #240 over at Scrapbook Challenges as my inspiration.

Here is the sketch:

 Here is my page:

I also added Daphney's picture to the page that I had done...

That's my short blog post for today. Check back on Monday for the H{ippity} Hop!

Love Patricia

FWF Friday and its Christmas!

OK, not really. But, the weather we are having makes it feel more like Christmas than it did in December! You know whats better than Christmas? FRIDAYS!! And with Fridays bring the "Friends with Flair Blog Hop" by Unity. If you just started here you can go on over to the Unity Blog to get all the details and the list of blogs to visit.

Here is my card for today:

Yep! Another Christmas card! This one was done last month as a part of a One Sheet Wonder template I found online. I wish I could remember exactly where I found it but I can't! I know it was over on SCS...somewhere. I used a stamp from the "Season of Joy" ippity set that came out in the Spring 2010 collection. If you are interested in ippity you can visit my sales blog as well, since I am an ippity chick!

Thanks for stopping in! Now, continue on to see the rest of the creations!

Love, Patricia

H{Ippity} Hop Monday!

Yay! Its Monday! I know, I know...Mondays are yucky...I hear ya! But, Mondays mean H{ippity} Hop so its not all bad! If you are here for the blog hop you should probably stop over at the {ippity} blog to get a list of participants and to get the low down on how you can possibly win a prize by joining into the Hippity Hop Twist Challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers (SCS).

Now, on to my card. This time I made a Christmas card. Imagine! Me! The Grinch making Christmas cards in February! Its not a secret that I am not a big fan of the Christmas holiday. One of the reasons why I don't like it is because of the stress of having to get everything done and, like most moms, having to do most of the work myself. So, this year, I have joined the Christmas Card Challenge at SCS and also taking part in the challenges posted at Jingle Belles, just to see if some of the stress can be taken out by having my cards done in plenty of time! This card was done for the current Jingle Belles challenge, which was to use something warm on a card...mitts, hats, felt...whatever you felt was warm.

I used a Unity Set for the Hat and the Mittens. The Warmest Wishes sentiment came from the "Season of Joy" set from the Spring 2010 collection. You can get your {ippity} fix on my sales blog as well, since I am an {ippity} chick!

Thanks for visiting!! Hop on over to the next one on the list to see some more great projects!

Love, Patricia