Think Pink!

As many of you already know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Well, Splitcoaststampers are partnering with the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center for the "Hope You Can Cling To" card drive. How it works is simple: you go to Splitcoaststampers, participate in their HYCCT challenges and send your cards to the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. Easy peasy! When you do this your name will be entered into a draw to wind some very awesome prizes! Even if you don't win a prize you should still feel good that your cards will be going to women who can use a few words of hope. For all the information check out the HYCCT forum.

I am going to try to participate in as many challenges as I can this month. So far I have only got two cards completed but if you saw the state that my craft room was in you would be surprised that I got those done! LOL! I spent most of this evening cleaning it so that I could get more done in there in the next few days.

These are the ones I have done so far:

This was challenge HYCCT1101A: Pink Critters! Basically we had to just take any critter image and make it pink! I chose this little guy from the Unity Kit of the Month Kit for April 2011. I think he is just so cute!

This card was made for the HYCCT1101B: Bling Your Cling challenge! For this one we had to bling it up! Simple! I chose an image from the Unity Kit of the Month for May 2011 and embossed, colored, and distressed it. Then I took a sentiment from the Ippity "Just Wanted to Say" set, which you can find on my sales blog.

Stay tuned to my blog! I am sure you will see a lot more pink in the next month!

Thanks for stopping in!

Love, Patricia 

Chick Picks Blog Hop!

 

 

Welcome to the Chick Picks Blog Hop, celebrating the official launch of our brand new challenge blog, Chick Challenges {with Ippity}!  Chick Challenges was created by the Unity Endorsed Ippity Chicks to provide you with inspiring sketches, creative project ideas, and the chance to win some fabulous Ippity stamps!

 

Our blog hop will run from Oct. 1 to Oct. 5.  Each day, we will feature 5 new Ippity Chicks and their projects.  We will be sharing projects made using our favorite Ippity stamp sets.  To sweeten the deal even more, Chick Challenges is giving away Ippity stamp sets to (2) lucky commenters!

 

To win, you must: 1) become a "follower" of the Chick Challenges blog (www.chickchallengeswithippity.blogspot.com); 2) visit each stop on the hop and leave a comment; and 3) come back to the Chick Challenges blog and tell us what YOUR favorite Ippity stamp set is.  (You can view all of Ippity's stamp sets by clicking on the "catalog" tab at the top of the Chick Challenges blog.

 

I'm so excited about this challenge blog! The chicks that sell Ippity Stamps are just as AWESOME as the stamps themselves! This way you get the best of both worlds...you get to meet the chicks AND you get to use the stamps! Plus, each week there will be prizes...and who doesn't love free stuff!! I love it so much that I'm giving away an Ippity set too! Wanna win it? Well, all you gotta do is comment on my post...that's it! You can tell me what you think of my project or you can tell me what you had for lunch...it doesn't matter! Then, check back here on October 6th to see if you are the winner. Easy peasy!

 

Now, on to my project!

 

Today I have a card to show you. I saw some really cute flowers made from string in a card magazine and I HAD to try it out! They are so simple to make! You just cut out some circles from cardstock (its best to use a color similar to your string), put a bunch of adhesive on it, and start winding your string from the outside of the circle in towards the middle. I stuck a button on each to complete them...and to cover up the end of the string. I'll throw some of that string into my blog candy too so you can try this for yourself!

 

 

I think they came out pretty cute! The leaves completed the project and they are from my all time favourite Ippity set "Now and Always". The sentiment "thinking of you" came from a newer set "Flowers + Friends = Priceless".

 Look at all those GORGEOUS flowers! And that leaf is perfect!

 

 

 

This set is just ADORABLE! I just love flowers!

 

And here's the set I'm giving away.

 

 

Isn't it cute?!?!!

 

Don't forget to leave a comment on this post (and the other blogs) for a chance to win the prizes!

 

And, if you need some Ippity goodness you can check out my sales blog to place an order.

 

Now, hop on back to Chick Challenges to comment on what YOUR favourite Ippity set is!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Love, Patricia

 

I'M NO LONGER MIA!!!

Yes. I know. It has been MONTHS since my last blog post. I'm sorry. (Hanging my head in shame.) OK! Now that we have THAT out of the way, let me tell you why.

I have a new craft room! Well, sort of. It's not quite finished yet...but I do have a whole wall of shelves and I do have all my stuff moved in. I promised myself that I was not going to do anything crafty until my room was all done. I was not going to put myself through the agony of digging though boxes, bags, and piles of stuff to find the exact items I was looking for. Nope. Not going to do it. I was NOT going to move anything into my room until it was all done... Well, I don't think the sawdust was settled on the shelves when I started hauling stuff from my bedroom, down the basement stairs, and into my new room! I broke that promise to myself. That's OK, though! I am happy that I did! I have everything down there. It's not all neat and tidy and organized like I want but that's OK too! I still have an island and a desk that has to be built yet. Plus I don't have any pegboard or organizers put up yet. What I couldn't fit on the shelves is either on the floor or on one of those long, folding tables. The same table that I cleared a spot big enough for my cutting mat last night and actually created a scrapbook page! Yup! Promise number two gone RIGHT out the window! That's OK, too! I had lots of fun!

So, do you want to see it?

I actually did this page for a layout challenge that a friend of mine has on her facebook page. Here is the sketch that she posted:

Here is my layout:

This is Jarod's first day of Grade 4...at the end of the driveway waiting for the bus. Our dog, Daphney, likes to go with him in the mornings and I have a picture of the two of them together for every first school day...hmmmm...I see another page in the works!

For this page I used My Minds Eye Abbey Road paper. I really love it because it has a nice weight to it and the colors are awesome! Especially for boys! The tree and birds are my first attempt at coloring stamped images...I'm not sure that  I am all that much into it but maybe if I practice I might enjoy it a little more. That image is an {ippity} by Unity stamp from the set "Straight From The Heart".  You can purchase this set, or any other {ippity} set from my blog.

Well, I hope you enjoyed my post! Make sure you come back on October 1st for the Chick Challenges Blog Hop to celebrate the start of a whole new challenge blog!

Thanks fro stopping in!

Love, Patricia

THANK YOU CINDY!!

You should see the beautiful Pay It Forward gift that I had come in the mail a little while ago. Actually, it was the day before the Canada Post strike started! Anyways, take a look at these images that I got from Cindy's blog:

Isn't it beautiful??!  Now, if you want to be inspired by all the wonderful creations Cindy does you should visit her blog at http://thecraftyfrugalista.blogspot.com/ and become a follower. You won't be dissapointed in all the wonderful things you will see there!

Now, it is my turn to pay it forward. The next five people who comments on this post and states that they would like a pay it forward creation from me will get one! I can't promise that I will get it to you before the summer is over (its a really busy time for me!) and I can't promise you it will be as beautiful as Cindy's creation...but I will try my best! The only thing that I ask is that you pay it forward to someone else in the same way that Cindy and I are doing. Don'r forget to leave your comment and thanks for stopping by!

Love, Patricia

You're so sweet!!!

And you all are! But, the title just so happens to be the sentiment on the card I am about to show you. But first I will let you in on the particulars of the stamps used and why I made this card.

First of all, I made this card for two reasons...number one is for the Unity Challenge, which is called "Tooty Fruity"...so you have to include fruit into your project. I bet you already got that, right? I tend to explain things out a little too much. My mom tells me that when I was a kid and I would go to the movies I would come home and give her every single detail about the movie. It would take me longer to tell her about it then it would to actually watch it! She didn't mind...she would just say that now she don't have to watch that one! LOL! Anyways! I'm rambling! Back to my reasons!

Reason two is because it is Friday and Friends with Flair time! I have not participated in a long time and I was missing it. I figured I would get back into the game today and ,make something for it.

Now for the stamp sets that I used. I broke out my brand spankin' new {ippity} set that just came out..."New Season, New Wonder". I LOVE it!!! Here is the set:

 Isn't it awesome!! Here is the card that I made using this set:



 Like my friend (and fellow {ippity} chick) Noelle, I LOVE embossing! I fire up my heat gun and sprinkle that lovely powder wherever I can! So, it only seemed right to emboss those lovely cherries to get them looking nice and red. The sentiment came from two sets, the "SWEET" part came from the "New Season, New Wonder" and the You're so" came from the March 2011 Unity Kit of the Month. What an awesome deal those kit of the months are! You get a whole 81/2 X 11sheet of red rubber goodness!!

Now if you like this new {ippity} set you will love the rest! You can check them all out on my sales blog and get all the information on how to get them there as well!

Well, I will be going now. I promise that I will not wait so long to do my next blog post! See ya then!

Love, Patricia

Looky, Looky!!!

Look what I got!!!!

The new {ippity} stamps are here!!! If you want to get your hands on them you can check them out on my sales blog to see them up close! Also, you will get FREE SHIPPING until next Friday June 17th!! YAY!

Love, Patricia

WOW!!

First of all happy Mother's day to everyone out there!! Whether you have kids, kitty's, or anyone else that you take care of (including parents or partners!) celebrate YOU today!!

Second of all, have you been over to Bella Blvd? Did you see the AWESOME giveaway? You didn't???!! You should take a look! Here's a link: AWESOME BLOG CANDY