Happy Anniversary!

I made this card for my husband for our 5th wedding anniversary today! Yesterday we both thought it was our 6th! lol Shows how much we pay attention! I'm playing along with the sketch challenge at Chick Challenges {with ippity} I used quite a few Unity and Ippity stamp sets on this one. The large heart is from ippity's Loads of Love, and the small heart is from ippity's House a Home. The label stamp is from a Simple Stories itty bitty from Unity, and the sentiment I got from a Unity grab bag. Papers are Pink Paislee, and embellishments from my stash. Hope he likes it!

Paper Piecing

That is the theme this month at the Flashback Friday Challenges. This was my first paper pieced card that I posted just a little over a year ago. You can see the original post here. I used my favorite ippity set Now and Always, and pieced these flowers at the bottom. It's hard to tell in the pic, but they are layered with foam tape for dimension. Go enter this fun challenge yourself!! There is a $15.00 gift certificate from Paper and Such online store as the prize!!

Spots and Dots

That is the theme this week at 2 Sister's Challenge Blog, to use spots and dots. Our sponsor is Meljen's Designs, and I chose to use this Lil Rodeo Boy image. Very cute. He's colored with my pencils, and for the background, I punched various shapes of circles with different papers. The sentiment is stamped with my Lawn Fawn alphabet, and a bit of May Arts twine at the bottom. Click on the link above if you'd like to enter! Thanks for stopping by!

Fridge Magnet

Happy Friday everyone! Today, of course, I am playing along with Unity's Friends With Flair day! I have chosen to make something different, rather than a card or tag. This stamp image is one of my new Itty Bitty's called Everyday, Everywhere from the Co-Brand Authentique. I used Colorbox pigment ink on each of the little people, and Walnut Stain DI for the sentiment. And speaking of the sentiment, that's why I chose to make a magnet for our fridge, so we all can see this lovely saying every day! I used a heavy cardstock for the base so it would stand up to my son taking it on and off the fridge! I adhered the magnets to the back with glue dots. Thanks for stopping by, and have a lovely weekend!! Oh, and Unity has an awesome sale this weekend, go check it out!!

Get Hippity with Ippity!

I'm talking about ippity stamps that is!! It's time for me to share my first DT project for the Get Hippity with Ippity challenge blog! I used the ippity set Sweet Thoughts of Spring. I love the chickee and bunny!!

Out theme is to follow this sketch. I kept my card pretty CAS, I wanted to add more to it, but didn't want the sketch to disappear!

My patterned papers are from Pink Paislee, and I used markers to color in the little hearts on the chickee. There is only 2 days left to enter the challenge! Remember Unity and Ippity stamps aren't required to enter!! Come join us! A free stamp set could be yours!!

Ribbons and Lace Oh My!

The theme this month at The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog is to use ribbon/and or lace. I've had this paper mache book box for years, and you can see below what it used to look like. My failed attempt at doing a type of collage. Which I'm still not good at! So I totally remade this into something more pleasing to my eyes. I painted it with a couple coats of acrylic paint, then just glued on some lace and ribbon. I have tons of lace from when I used to sew, and never use it. So now was a perfect time! I had to add some type of stamping, so I used my favorite ippity flower stamp. I stamped it twice onto dp, then clear embossed the whole flower. Cut them out, and stacked them together, and glued it on the box. Now I have a cute box to store some trinkets and embellishments in. Thanks for taking a look!
The dreaded before shot:

Pretty Plaid

I have not played along with Grungy Monday at Linda's Studio L3 blog in weeks(ok, months) :(  I get the ambition to play along, then never get it done. So this week, she has us revisiting Tim's 12 Tags of Christmas from 2009. I have never tried this before, and it's super easy, and looks wonderful. For my plaid I used Alcohol Inks ink Lettuce, Stonewashed, and Eggplant, and Ranger's glossy paper. I wasn't in the tag making mood, so I die cut my plaid with a Spellbinders die. Rubber stamps are from Unity and Ippity, and I used an Ideaology mini paper clip on the two labels(they're just too cute!). And the papers are from Pink Paislee. This card is off in the mail today to a friend who brought me over some things the other day! So that's my piece for Grungy Monday, I do apologize Linda for being gone so long! I do appreciate the challenge blog, and Simon Says Stamp is the wonderful sponsor this week!