birthday cloud...

holy friday batman!!  don't you love when you have an idea in your head and it actually comes out better than you thought? i've been organizing my stamps (a way overdue project!) and i saw this cloud stamp from the may 2010 unity kotm.  i can't believe i have only used it maybe once!  it's so cute!  i also love this color of baker's twine.  of course, i can't think of the color off the top of my head, but it's cute! it's fwf today, so check the unity blog for more fun projects. (and a change to win some rubbery love!)

birthday cloud
stamps: unity, bella blvd+unity, ippity
cardstock: pink pirouette, elegant eggplant
ink: baja breeze, soft sky, spun sugar distress, elegant eggplant craft
embellishments:  clear embossing powder, baker's twine

while you're here, don't forget that tomorrow is the official chick challenge launch and it starts with an awesome blog hop.  and it's also national card making day.  so go get yourself a little inky!!

wanna hop...

wanna hop?  there are a few blog hops coming up in the next few weeks that will knock your socks off!!

october 1st

on october 1st (this saturday!), the chick challenge blog is having it's first blog hop!  it will be a 5 day hop to get things warmed up for the first chick challenge on october 6th.  you don't wanna miss out on the awesome creations some of the {ippity} chicks have made!  plus, there are prizes to be won!!!

october 15th

and on october 15th, it's an {ippity} christmas in october blog hop!  with more {ippity} goodness to be seen!

don't miss it!

plus you can buy any of the {ippity} stamps your little heart desires right here from me! (and there's a great bonus to pre-order in the next few days!)

winter.joy.noel...

happy monday!! i can't believe that is nearing the end of september. it was just five minutes ago (i swear!) that this new {ippity} set came out. but really it's been 20 days! crazy! it's almost time for anther new release!

i found this new patterned paper stack at the scrapbook expo a few weeks ago and fell absolutely in love with it.  it's from s.e.i.  and the colors screamed "use me for winter!"  so i paired it with the awesome {ippty} set, gingham christmas greetings...you should get one now...it's so cute!

winter.joy.noel
stamps: ippity
cardstock: island indigo, s.e.i. pp
ink: broken china distress, soft sky, pear pizazz, kiwi kiss
embellishments:  stickles

here's a sneak of the second set releasing on october 5th.  pre-order either october set from me  before friday sept 30 and i'll throw in a free random unity itty bitty with your order!! (visit {ippity} shug for details)

have a great week!!

city of love...

so i stepped out of my comfort zone a little and signed up for a swap that i really had no idea how to do.  i guess there is a kind of stamps called stampscapes and you create little scenes with them.  well, i didn't exactly have any, so i asked lori (the hostess of the swap) if i could just make a little scene.  i think you are supposed to use a brayer and different colors of ink to blend the background together, so i played around with that, too.  here's what came out of my little experiement.  it was kinda fun, although i'm not great with the brayer.  i'm having a hard time with it being only one layer, but i'll live with it!!

city of love
stamps:  unity
cardstock: glossy white
ink: onyx black, broken china distress, soft sky, baja breeze, blue bayou
tools: brayer

plus it's friday, so that means friends with flair!  remember you have a chance to win a bag of nifty stamps from unity so go check out the blog and play along (i remembered the link this week)!!

and if you are ruby, remember to see this post! 

and while i'm at it, check the new peek of {ippity} that is coming here...and go play in the {ippity} challenge here!

ok, i'm done.

just kidding...i decided to add this to the all things unity challenge #40 (thanks stampincathy!) which you have to make a one layer card.  you can play along too...visit the atu blog!

ok...now i'm done!