{ippity} cards for Operation Write Home!!

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!

I hope you have ENJOYED your Memorial Day weekend and that you have been able to spend LOTS of time with your family!  I have thoroughly been enjoying my weekend with my family!  We always open up our family cabin and I get to spend time with FAMILY that I don't typically get to see as often as I would like. PLUS my nephew's and niece just LOVE the lake so we have now played croquet, kayaked, walked & talked, looked for fish, laughed & laughed, eaten great food, and simply just enjoyed each other's company!

SO much FUN!  :)

NOW...on to this week's H{ippity} HOP!!

Kelly is our hostess this week and has come up with a wonderful challenge!

the Challenge:

Create an {ippity} Project that can be sent to

OPERATION WRITE HOME

&

Using the colors...RED. WHITE. & BLUE.

{more details on the ippity blog today!}

Have you heard of Operation Write Home?

It is SO WONDERFUL what they do...

they collect hand made cards that the soldier's can then use to send home to their loved ones!

How AWESOME is that!!!

You have to check out their site because they

share SO MUCH more!!

http://operationwritehome.org

Here is my project for today....

Get this!!!

I did a little garage saling this past weekend and found

PAPER CRAFTING SUPPLIES!!

Can you BELIEVE THAT!?!

I got the STAR punch that you see here

and also the CIRCLE punch

{the one I had broke so this was perfect!}

Supplies:

{ippity} Stamps from Regal Greetings, What Matters Most, and A Bit of Burlap

October Afternoon Paper {found in the Spring 2010 {ippity} paper pack}

 A HUGE heartfelt thank you to ALL of our SERVICE 

men & women and their families!!

My prayers are with you always!

And I’m proud to be an American,

where at least I know I’m free.

And I won’t forget the men who died,

who gave that right to me.

 ~Lee Greenwood

{click here to go back to the ippity blog}

H{ippity} Hopping...

Happy MONDAY!!
HOORAY...

the SUN is shining here.

it's FEELING like SUMMER

{my fave!!}

and it's time for some crafty stampin' inspiration!

This week's challenge is to

incorprate something

FAUX

into your {ippity} project!!
{click here for more details}

I decided to create a FAUX BUTTON.

it is super EASY and

I love it because you can create one that matches your project

PERFECTLY!!

My nephew turned 7 on Friday so this card was for him...

how PERFECT since his favorite color is orange and the camo totally fits his style!!

I used the "happy" & "birthday" sentiments from one of our newest kits:
Fall for You

Have a FUN day hopping! 

{click here to check out the ippity blog}

ENJOY! 

  

H{ippity} Hopping with a 3d flower challenge!

This week's H{ippity} Hop Challenge is brought to you by our

ever so LOVELY DT member Lisa Henke...

create an {ippity} project using a 3D Flower....

{for details on how to join us...check out the {ippity} blog!}

My card uses THREE different {ippity} stamps...you will find them in the following kits:

Music of my Heart {for my 3d flower!}

Where you Should Be

Love in Return

Need some INSPIRATION?!?!?

start at the {ippity} blog for lots of stamping goodness today!

&

Unity is celebrating it's TWO YEAR anniversary this week...

EACH & EVERY day we will have

INSPIRATION!

sneak PEEKS on the NEW RELEASES!

GAMES!

GIVEAWAY's!!

& MORE!

{check out the Unity Blog}

Happy H{ippity} Hop Birthday....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our VERY SWEET & TALENTED DT Member

EVA!!

Her birthday was actually yesterday...but we are CELEBRATING it TODAY!!

Eva is one AMAZING women...I am honored to work side by side with her on the {ippity} design team...and to also call her a friend!  She is tremendously talented and has a heart of gold...love ya girl!!

Eva is the host of this weeks H{ippity} Hop Challenge which is:

TO USE SCALLOPS in your {ippity} project!

for all the details on how to join us in this fun challenge...check out the {ippity} blog.

Here's my birthday card I made for Eva...

WITH scallops, of course!

I used the Happy Birthday stamp from the kit Life's Little Moments & of course snuck in one of the scallops from Sweet Thoughts of Spring.

If you haven't already...

Be sure to check out today's H{ippity} Hop...

no other like you...

Just a REALLY QUICK post today...

hope your week is GOING GREAT!

The weather here is getting more and more "spring like" which I LOVE...so I am feeling HAPPY!

It's GOOD to be original, right!

 supplies:
{ippity} stamp from the Love in Return kit
Crate Paper from the Brook Collection
Unity Stamp Hybrid Ink in Umber Brown {available through an ippity chick}
Brads from My Mind's Eye Lush Collection

Here's a little quote to leave you with today...

Live life fully while you're here.

Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends.

Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up!

You're going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process.

Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes:

 find the cause of your problem and eliminate it.

Don't try to be perfect;

just be an excellent example of being human.

~ Anthony Robbins

LOVE that...
now go have FUN & be CRAZY...and ORIGINAL!!  :)

H{ippity} Hop Monday...

MONDAY + H{ippity} Hop = LOTS of creative inspiration!

Can you believe it's Monday again...already?

This week's {ippity} CHALLENGE is brought to you by our fabulous Kelly!
MAKE a PROJECT USING BLACK, A NEUTRAL AND ONLY ONE COLOR!
{for more details CLICK HERE}

This weeks prize is:
a UNITY STAMP HANDLE!
{wowzers, THAT is a GREAT prize!!}

For this week's challenge I made a simple Birthday gift tag.
{ippity} stamps used are from the kits:

Life's Little Moments

Snippity of {ippity}

For details on how to participate in the weekly challenges...and to visit the rest of today's H{ippity} Hop Friends check out the {ippity} Blog!

Thanks for stopping by!!

bring on the GLITZ!

HELLO!

Time for some BLOG HOPPING inspirtation via some fabulous {ippity} designers and friends!

DETAILS: Every Monday the {ippity} design team hosts the H{ippity} Hop blog hop, BUT it's NOT ONLY for the {ippity} design team to post...it is for EVERYONE who wishes to join us! The only requirement is that you use {ippity} in your project. Just for FUN {and for a fabulous prize} we also have a NEW challenge posted every Monday. Please join us if you can....there is always a FABULOUS prize that you can WIN!

This week's CHALLENGE is:

add GLITZ to your project!

so simply, anything SPARKLY....

GLITTER, BLING, GLITZ, etc.

this week's prize: 10 RANDOM {ippity} stamps.

to play along:
1. Simply create an {ippity} project and add some GLITZ
2. THEN upload it to the Splitcoast Stampers gallery by next Sunday {the 17th} with keyword: IHHC6
3. Post it in this thread so we can ALL see your pretty creation
4. We will randomly choose a winner next week and post it in a new thread

I used the Live, Love, Laugh stamp from the {ippity} kit

Simply Home

Visit us at the {ippity} blog for the master list of

{ippity} girls posting.

{ippity} Blog

CLICK HERE if you need some {ippity} of your own!

hint hint...BUTTONS! :)

Happy MONDAY!!

I hope you had a fabulous NEW YEAR'S! I don't know about you, but I am more than ready to get back to "normal" living. Wowzers, the past few weeks have just been a whirlwind...not that I haven't enjoyed every moment but getting back to normal is just fine by me! :)

Well, it's MONDAY....and YOU know what that means...

LOTS of {ippity} inspiration via our H{ippity} Hop Blog hop AND

a FUN, new CHALLENGE!

This weeks challenge is brought to you by our FABULOUS {ippity} Design Team Member - Maria!

The Challenge:BUTTONS! BUTTONS! BUTTONS!

just simply ADD buttons to your {ippity} project this week for a chance to WIN!!

upload your project to the Splitcoast Gallery with keyword:

IHHC5

My first card is created using the stamp "just a note"

from the {ippity} kit "Just Wanted to Say"

My second card...with a few more BUTTONS...is from the kit

"Devoted" and the LOVE stamped at the bottom is from the "Because of You" kit.

THANKS so much for stopping by...

now be sure to head on over to the {ippity} blog for some ippity inspiration via lots of talented women!

Get more CREATIVE INSPIRATION at the {ippity} blog!!{ippity} blog

NEED some of your own {ippity} stamps?

CLICK HERE to find an {ippity} chick sales rep!

Cute & Sassy...H{ippity} Hop!

Happy Monday...

a day I can now consider FUN DAY, Monday! :)

It's a NEW week,

with a NEW challenge,

and time get some NEW inspiriation by hopping through the {ippity} blog hop today!

The challenge:

"RESOLVE" TO TRY SOMETHING NEW

it can be ANYTHING as long as it is NEW to YOU!

use NEW paper, NEW stamps, try a NEW technique....

Upload your creations to the Splitcoast Gallery with keyword: IHHC4

for your chance to win an {ippity} t-shirt!

I decided to try

HAND STITCHING.

I love the look that if gives...

This is my little niece Emersyn!

Here's a close up on the stitching I did...

as you can see I started off small.

But I really do think this might be a new FAVORITE for me!!

I used the stamp set

Alphabetically Adorabable

for the word Sassy.

Be sure to check out the other {ippity} designers and the rest of

the {ippity} girls posting on their blogs today!

Ippity Blog