H{ippity} Hopping Monday

Hello Monday Hoppers,

Today I made a quick spring card with the wonderful {ippity} set Just Wanted To Say.....
I had this Kraft cardstock I wanted to use but it was too dark. So I found my white pigment based ink and used a Unity background stamp and also inked the edges to soften it up a little bit.


Well, I'm not that really happy with how it turned out.....but I think it's OK for a thinking of you card.

If you just happened upon my blog today you should head over to the {ippity} blog to check out the list of h{ippity} hoppers, they have some wonderful inspiration to share with you. Click here to get there.

YAY!!! Today I made the top 3 at DIE CUTS R US with my yellow dress card a couple of posts down. It is one of my very favorite cards ever, so it is REALLY GREAT to have it highlighted!!! If you have never been there you should check it out, They have some GREAT challenges and they carry Unity stamps....I LOVE IT!!! CLICK HERE for the design team blog.

I'm so glad you took the time to visit, hope you have a happy, crafty week!!!
{HUGZ}
Jodi

card supplies
all papers- Making Memories Flowers Patch
stamp-{ippity} Just wanted to say...., Unity background stamp
ink-versafine black, CTMH White pigment based
tag die-spellbinders
border punch- Martha Stewart

H{ippity} Hop Monday with Taylored Expressions

Happy H[ippity} Hop Monday!!! I have one card to share today, using my new {ippity} set Just Wanted to Say. I've loved this set for it's beauty and versatility ever since I saw it, and now thanks to Jen (She's an {ippity} chick and you can find her at Jen's Cup of Creations) and her awesome blog candy I get to play with this set myself.

When I saw what was happening over at Taylored Expressions I knew this was the perfect set for that project. So I decided to do their sketch Challenge too, here is the sketch to use for inspiration....



My card has the beautiful frame and Thinking of you stamp from the {ippity} set mentioned above. The dragonfly stamp is from Unity's Oct 2009 Kit where ever you go. The rest of the supplies are from the February 2010 Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients except for the bling (doodlebug) and the black scalloped cardstock strip (Bazzill). The ingredients this month are black and white (which I LOVE) with some complimentary colors that pop. The colors to "pop" are beautiful and I can't wait to play with it a little more. Hope you like what I came up with.





The dragonfly is on my card for a special reason. Taylored Expressions is having a dragonfly card drive for parents that have suffered the loss of a newborn child. When I was in college I worked as a nursing assistant in a birthing center, and I have helped take care of some families suffering this loss. I think this card drive is a wonderful idea and if you would like to know more about it you can click here to get to their blog.
THANKS for coming over on this Monday, have a FABULOUS week and I hope to see you soon.
{{HUGZ}}
Jodi

Hello H{ippity} Hoppers

Happy Monday to you, hope you have a nice week ahead.

Today I have another Valentine card to share with you. I know the {ippity} challenge is a birthday card but right now I have my valentine supplies out. My crafting stuff is pretty unorganized and I didn't want to make it worse....I have enough to reorganize as it is. When I started with this card I had a different vision in mind. I wanted a collage type card with an {ippity}/Unity heart tree. Which is what this is, yet I am not very happy with the results. To me it looks more like a card made by a child, oh well. Next time will be much better. Sometimes my crafts mirror how I am feeling and lately my health problems have been REALLY bad. I'm sure checking out all of the H{ippity} Hopping blogs today will help me get my mojo back(I REALLY HOPE!!!).

All of the stamps here are from Unity or {ippity}. The background is Hearts of old, the tree is from Giggle Grove...the original set, wood mounted. The sentiment and small hearts on branches are from Love Grows. The heart on top of the tree is from you + me= happy, and the two hearts on both sides of the tree are cut out from the heart in the {ippity} set Life's Little Moments. Here is how it turned out.....

Supplies
Papers and Embellishments-Making Memories Love Story
Ink- Memento and Brilliance
Cutting Dies-Spellbinders
Ribbon-Close To My Heart
Border Punch- Fiskars
Stickles

Today I will be working on something MUCH BETTER, thanks so much for coming to visit today -Jodi

H{ippity} Hopping Monday with Some FUN Digi News!!!

Back to the beginning of another week and I'm SO glad to be H{ippity} Hopping with those of you like me, at home wishing I could be at CHA.....someday we will get there if we really want to!!!.
I have done a few of these H{ippity} hops and I am amazed at the versatility of these stamps(though we know I shouldn't be, because they are a division of Unity). I only have 2 of their sets and can find quite a few uses for them AND I haven't even used them on any layouts yet. While looking at my stamps this week, this Valentine idea came to mind, although it really wouldn't have to be a Valentine.


Here I used bazzill cardstock, Heidi Grace and Doodlebug Dp, a Quickutz die cut tag and the embellishments are from my supply. There are 3 {ippity} stamps here. The heart and journaling tag are from Life's Little Moments and the sentiment is from Simply Home. The large polka dot paper is flocked and shimmery but doesn't show well on this picture...I LOVE the feel of it.


Now for my news. Around new years I was thinking that I would like to get into the Design Team world...... after having this blog for quite a while, loving to visit other stamping blogs and leaving lots of comments where I find beauty and inspiration.....I think it is just SO MUCH FUN!!! I also love meeting people with this same passion of mine. I asked Jessica Diedrich, the brand new Unity ROCK STAR, for some advice and soon found myself a digital Design Team. I am SO EXCITED for this new adventure and look forward to meeting many more people with the same addiction and have lots of fun.

I am now a member of The Rusty Pickle Digital Delights Design Team. I have created a list on my sidebar of the wonderful and talented ladies I am joining, be sure to check out their blogs when you have a chance. THANK YOU to Heather, the Design Team Coordinator, for all of your help!!!I have been playing around with digital images and have had lots of fun with sizing and coloring so far. We will be having a challenge every Tuesday called Tart and Tangy Tuesdays and you could win digital images. I will participate in my 1st Tuesday challenge tomorrow, so be sure to come back here and check it out. There are a few freebies on the site that you could use to enter the challenge. We also have some BEAUTIFUL new releases that will be coming out Feb 1st, 2nd,3rd. I hope you are able to follow along to see the wonderful images Michelle has created!!! My VERY FAVORITE part about the digi images is that they are INSTANT, they don't have to be shipped and I don't have to stalk my mail woman (though that will probably continue too!!).

THANKS so much for visiting me today and for reading this LONG post...sorry, hope you can return soon!!
-Jodi

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CPS 150.......I LOVE this {ippity} tree!!!

Happy H{ippity} Hop Monday to all of my {ippity}/Unity friends and welcome to my 1st CPS sketch challenge card also!! I've had this idea in my head for a card with my favorite {ippity} tree and as soon as I saw this CPS sketch it was finally complete. Here is the CPS sketch...

And here is what I came up with....

Then a close up of that great tree from the {ippity} Simply Home set.

To emboss this image I stamped with versamark dazzle champagne and heat embossed with super fine detail gold embossing powder from Ranger. All papers are from the jillibean soup Cream of Mushroom line and die labels are Spellbinders.

THANK YOU for coming to visit today, hope you like my creation!!!
-Jodi

H{ippity} Hop Monday

Hello and happy Monday to all you stampers out there. Today I made a Valentine for the H{ippity} Hop. I pulled out my very favorite of all time Basic Grey line BLUSH for this card, did you know they have fabric that matches this line now?? It is beautiful and I am working on some projects with it that I hope to share soon.
This card has 2 {ippity} stamps, the bracket and heart on the right side. They are both from the Life's Little Moments set. The 2 stamps on the card are from the Love Grows Set from Unity. All papers and fibers are Basic Grey. Ink is Unity.

Thanks for stopping to visit today and head on over to the {ippity} Blog to see the list of super talented stampers that are H{ippity} Hopping today. You can click on the title of my post or my {ippity} blinkie to the right to get there.

Have a GREAT week everyone!!
-Jodi

H{ippity} Hop!!!

Hello and happy H{ippity} Hopping Monday. This is my 1st {ippity} blog hop and I'm so excited to see all of the wonderful creations by all of the incredible {ippity} girls. Sorry if my post is late, I wasn't sure what time things got started and my daughter has a late start at school every Monday (9:15 first bell). If you just happened upon my blog today you should really go to the {ippity} blog to check out where things started and to see the list of creative participants....there is an {ippity} blinkie to your right that will get you there.
Here is my project for today. This quote is an absolute favorite of mine, especially in the last 2 years. We have had to downsize from a 3 bedroom full basement duplex condo home to a 2 bedroom apartment. Though I've worried about my daughter (of course) and how things would affect her....she is still in the same school she has been in since Kindergarten....this quote is SO TRUE for us. There is so much love between us that it really doesn't matter where we live and what we have, or don't have, as long as we are together.

This project includes
stamps from {ippity}
bracket from Life's little moments
tree from Simply Home (LOVE this tree, I think it may be an {ippity} classic)
Papers (piggy tales) and ribbon are left overs from an old kit, not sure where I got it.
house chipboard and bird charms are Maya Road
pearls from Kaisercraft
Fiskars border punch
label dies from spellbinders

I would like to say CONGRATS to Lisa and Michelle for becoming part of the amazing {ippity} design team!!! I can't wait to see what fabulous and inspiring projects you have for us in the future.

THANKS so much for stopping by today, Have a great day!!!
-Jodi