LOVE & laughter...PERFECT for a MONDAY morning!

it's time for another h{ippity} HOP my friends...HOORAY! 

this week's CHALLENGE is the start of our NEW FEBRUARY challenge - if you didn't start out at the ippity blog be sure to head BACK that way.  you will find lots of DETAILS there about how to participate in our monthly challenge - and it is WAAAAYYYYY worth it...because the PRIZE is FABULOUS!

here is my project using the SKETCH CHALLENGE {from last week}....

pretty and PINK...PERFECT for valentine's day!  :)

i used the stamps from

here and now

so this is love

in the image below you will find this week's challenge which is actually the
COLOR CHALLENGE...
BUT the BEAUTIFUL thing about our AWESOME new challenge format is that YOU get to decided what you want to submit this week!!
{i absolutely LOVE these colors...i am hoping to find time this week to create another project to share with you!}

{click on image for a closer view}

now it's time to HOP on over to one of my
most FAVORITE CHICKS...
ANGIE!

{YOU deserve the BEST!}

HAPPY hip hop thursday!!!

getting STRAIGHT to the details o' the day...

did you start out at the unity blog? 

if not...head there right away

{you'll end up back here through the hop!}

there are LOTS of FUN things going on today and

angela has them ALL posted on her blog...

here's a lil hint if ya haven't already been there

S-A-L-E!!

B.I.G.

SALE!

yep...a BIG

UNITY SALE!!

which means it's the PERFECT time to treat YOURSELF to some NEW stamps!! 

you will now be hopping through the {ippity} by unity design team...

keep on hopping through all the amazing projects...

and then at the end EVA has a beautiful SURPRISE that you

WILL.NOT.WANT.TO.MISS!!!  :)

here's my project i created for today...

i have been WANTING & wanting these flowers from dear lizzy and i was FINALLY able to pick them up when we went to ScrapFest at Archiver's!!  they are SO FUN to work with!!

do you see that ADORABLE METAL brad in the bottom right corner...

it was a PERFECT finishing touch that i just had to add!!

WHICH means it qualifies for sweet eva's {ippity} CHALLENGE this week...which is to incorporate METAL into your project!

click here for more details on how to play along!

paper & brad - my mind's eye 

pink flowers - dear lizzy

{ippity} stamps from the following kits:

i am LOVIN' these 2 kits...think about how much use you can get out of BOTH of these sets...

THEY are 100% versatile...and PERFECT for the upcoming HOLIDAY season!

get them from any one of our

FABULOUS IPPITY CHICKS!

TIME for you to HOP on over to our

TALENTED & SUPER SWEET girl ANGIE!!

HAVE FUN...and ENJOY!

here's the PERFECT quote to leave you with today...

“No matter how qualified or deserving we are,
we will never reach a better life until we can imagine it
for ourselves and allow ourselves to have it.”
~Richard Bach quotes

see ya back here SATURDAY as we celebrate World Card Making Day!!

easy peasy pennant {ippity} card...

h{ippity} hop MONDAY...

this weeks {ippity} CHALLENGE is to

use STRING in your {ippity} project!

i have been wanting to make a pennant banner card for quite some time...and when i saw that Lisa's challenge this week was to USE STRING, i knew exactly what i wanted to do!!

{ippity} stamps from house a home {heart} & quotes a'la happy {sentiment}

unity ink in burnt imber, my mind's eye so sophie collection

be sure to check out all of our FABULOUS {ippity} friends posting today...

start out on the {ippity} blog.

get your very own {ippity} from your favorite {ippity} CHICK!!

clean & simple...fast & easy...

Are you READY for some

hIP HoPin'

bloggin'

CHATTIN'

prize givin' away

FUN?!?!?

{does that evem make sense?

...if you are new to hip hop, click here for details!}

:)

hooray...

then you are hanging out with the right peeps!

If you started out at the Unity blog...you are in the RIGHT PLACE...you will now be taken through the {ippity} Design Team blog hop {& I assure you...you will LOVE what you see!}

{if you are starting out here...be sure to head back to the Unity blog for all the deets!}

I was INSPIRED by our very own lovely {ippity} DT member {& co-coordinator}, Kelly to create a SET of cards...here is my inspiration! 

..and since SPRING is in the air...I went with the SPRINGY, bright, HAPPY colors that I LOVE!

I wanted to keep these cards CLEAN & SIMPLE, so I stuck with ONE piece of patterened paper, the same 4 inks, and CUTE {ippity} polka dot background stamp on each of them! 

My {ippity} POLKA DOT background sure got a LOT of use this week...{how cute are they!?!}

it's from the kit Love in Return & the sentiment stamp is from kit Just Wanted to Say.

I inked up that background FOUR times for EACH of my cards...just imagine all the possibilities with this little versatile stamps! 

This card definitely makes me HAPPY...I just love my butterfly punch!!

Living by this sentiment EVERYDAY...
LIVE

LAUGH

LOVE!

{from the kit Simply Home}

okay...here's the LAST one...with a little extra BLING!

{this sentiment is in the Just Wanted to Say kit as well!!}

before I let you let you go...I want give a
HUGE WELCOME

to our newest {ippity} Design Team Members

Karen Maldonado &

Lisa Arana

YAY...i am so SUPER excited to have you both apart of our team!!

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping BY!

{see you in our scs forum...chatting & prizes start at 10am cst!!

...yes, that means FREE stamps will be given away!!}

hIp HoP pEEpS!

Eva's up next...and YOU WILL LOVE what she has to show you today!!

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!!  :)

simple. quick. AND easy....

gotta love that, right? this card WAS all that...simple. quick. AND easy!

paper from My Mind's Eye {the spider web & Andreavictoria lines}
Hello...i thank you stamp from Unity's October Kit of the Month {...wherever you go} get the ENTIRE kit {includes 21 stamps} for just $24 plus the kit Crazy for Daisies FREE...this kit is ADORABLE! offer good thru Oct. 31st only! {click here to sign up}

the details:

Today is a GREAT day!

The sun is shinning AND plans of crafting are in my near future!

I think this afternoon a nice walk outside in this gorgeous weather is a must...and then off to do a little stamping and creating - just not sure what yet..I'll be sure to share, so stay tuned! :)

I created this layout a couple of days ago but just got it photographed today. As I was creating this layout I realized that the paper that I am working with is definitely my inspiration. If I am not inspired by the paper, my whole project just doesn't seem to ever get to where I want it to go.

So after finding the perfect paper, I was able to create....

paper used: My Minds Eye

Of course, ALL stamps used are Unity:

Thank you
Journal Box - {a scrapper's must by the way!}

you {heart} me

Don't forget 15% off all weekend at Unity...plus other fabulous specials that are just too great to pass up! Check them all out by visiting Angela at the Unity Blog by clicking HERE!

I hope you're having a GREAT Saturday!