A H{ippity} New Year...

...is around the corner!

For the {ippity} Hop today, I'm wishing you all a very

Happy and Safe New Year's celebration!

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Recipe:  {ippity} Alphabetically Adorable, Party Hat Wishes, Dots for Sure, and That's Creepy;

Black, Gold, Silver and White cardstock; Memento Black and Color Box Gold Ink;

Silver Ribbon; Gold and Silver Spica Pens, round punch. 

I have 3 of these stamp sets in stock...

click on my {ippity} page on the top left corner of this blog for more info.

I'm entering this into the Really Reasonable Ribbon #14 Inspiration Challenge...
my inspiration was using the silver and gold from this picture below. 
You have until December 30th is you'd like to take this challenge too!

Be safe and have an {ippity} New Year!

Capture your {ippity} Moments...

...while hopping along with the fabulous {ippity} DT and all the {ippity} chicks and customers today! 

To see the list of participants, please go to the {ippity} blog to get all the links.

Lisa's recent challenge ( {ippity} DT ) was to make an easel card. 

I decided to use my {ippity} Life's Little Moments stamp set and create

a little jotter (a gift)

to

'Capture the Moments that take your Breath away'

(yes, there is a stamp set that has this saying!). 

Here's a close up of the top...not sure if you can see the shiny c/s that I used:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Here's the jotter opened up. 

Each one of the jotter sheets has that scallop lined image stamped on it

and you could either remove each page as you'd like (untie the ribbon)

or simply crease the sheet to work on the next one.

 :

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Since I'm showcasing this {ippity} Life's Little Moments stamp set today,

I have 3 sets in stock that I will put for sale for only $15!

Regular $18 (MSRP $24)

The patterned card stock that I used is the

Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 Mini Deck for $6 each.

I only have 2 left in stock and I can't get any more,

as they are sold out at {ippity}!

Send me an email (jenstampin4u at aol dot com) and I will confirm your sale!

Or, check out my {ippity} page by clicking

Jen's Cup of {ippity}.

If you want to make your own 'Easel Card',

go take a look at the tutorial at SCS in the Resources section, 'Easel Card'.

Thank you for coming by today!

Be sure to take a moment

and notice

what takes your breath away?!

joy! joy! joy!

Oh my, one more week and it's Christmas! 

Did you get all your shopping done? 

Do you have all your plans made?

(I'm not gonna answer these questions right now! heehee)

I'm sure everyone is busy, busy, busy and the holiday excitement is brewing! 
So I will make this post really quick!

This is one of my Christmas cards using the

Unity/Webster's Pages 'handmade holidays'. 
The outside frame is stamped with Versamark and white embossed, then sprayed with Candy Apple Red Glimmer Mist; looking through the square cut-out the image is stamped with Pacific Point and the 'joy' sentiment is a cut-out in red. 
The inside of the card is on shiny cardstock, but you can't tell with the picture.  And since it seemed like this card had lots of shine, I didn't want to do much more to this card, so I just added the triple bow and button on the front:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Don't forget to check out the new stamp sets at Unity...
you can click on the banner below to take you there:

Thank you so much for your kind words and
en'joy' your weekend!

Do you know what day today is?

It's the day that I 'THANK UNITY STAMP CO' for being such sweethearts and allowing the Growing in Unity hosts to give away one stamp set during their week!

So, it is the day to post my random WINNER for GROWING IN UNITY!

The winner gets a choice of one of these stamp sets:

Along for the Ride

or

Margarita Moments

or

Berry Good Life

 

or
Grow Yourself Extraordinary

So, I'm done with working today. 

I copied all my comments from this weeks Growing in Unity posts and

pasted them all out on an excel sheet. 

I printed them out. 

I cut strips of each comment. 

I put them in my blue empty box. 

I mixed them up and mixed them up and mixed them up and all around. 

I picked out one strip of paper. 

And the winner is...

.

.

.

.

Can you see that?

It's Wendy ten Hove! 

Yay Wendy!

Please contact Eryn – eryn@unitystampco.com  and let her know you won Growing In Unity on my blog, your prize choice and your address information!

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME BY THIS PAST WEEK...I HAD SO MUCH FUN!

HAVE A FABULOUS WEEKEND AND THE UPCOMING HOLIDAYS!

Merry Christmas...

...the most wonderful day of the year!

And so is Unity's Friends with Flair Friday!

Here I am at

Day 5 of Growing in Unity.

I can't believe how this week has just flown right by me. 

I really posted every day this week?...hahaha that's certainly a surprise!

This is the last official day for my hosting Growing in Unity and I had a blast. 

THANK YOU so much for visiting me this week and

I was proud to share some of my Unity and {ippity} creations with you!

Don't forget to comment on each post this week to be entered in the random drawing

to win a stamp set from Unity! 

The choices are:

Margarita Moments ~or~ Along for the Ride ~or~ Berry Good Life ~or~ Grow Yourself Extraordinary.

I will post the winner on Saturday at 3p Arizona time (after I'm done working).

My share today is a gift card holder that I made for the

Moxie Fab World challenge: Glitter is Glam!

(you've got time to enter, click on the above name to go there)

Featuring the Unity Bright and Merry Wishes set, 

I used SU Chunky Glitter on the snowflakes and around the cut-out ornament:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Here's the inside view when you pull up the lid...glitter is on the stamped glassine envelope too:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Oh, and are you wondering who won the Unity Birdie Inspiration stamp set
and the Coffee Shop Glimmer Mist from yesterday's post?

Well,

it is...

'lynn said...

happy bday, jen! (today's my son's bday:) love your sweet tags!
December 9, 2010 7:18 PM'
Yay Lynn! Please send me an email with your info to: jenstampin4u at aol dot com.

Now, if anyone needs to go back to the Unity blog
for the entire list of participants today,

click HERE.

Again, I had a fun time this week...

I hope you have a fabulous day of Moxie Fab & Unity! *wink*



Christmas Tag

Day 4 of Growing in Unity!

Don't forget to comment on each day's posts this week to be entered into a random drawing to win a Unity stamp set!

Simple. Easy. Fun.

I like working with projects when it can be Simple. Easy. and Fun.

and maybe a little messy.

 

I'm sharing my little tags that I'm making for presents. 

One side is decorated. 

The other side is blank to write who the gift is for.

I played with my distress inks and mists and took out some bling. 

The stamps are Unity's 'Christmas Bough'.

(Hurry, if you want this set, it's on sale at Unity for...$5!)

This one has Shabby Shutter Distress Ink; Patina Glimmer Mist, Heidi Swapp Icee Bling and white embossing powder:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

This one has Broken China Distress Ink; Forever Green Perfect Pearls Mist, Heidi Swapp Icee Bling and white embossing powder:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Do you make Simple tags too?

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Guess who won the Unity Gratitude = Joy set?

The random pick is...

stamping sue said...

Friendship.....friends are a good thing to have. stamping sue

December 8, 2010 6:00 AM

Yay! stamping sue...please send me an email with your info: jenstampin4u at aol dot com.

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For my birthday, I am going to give away the Unity stamp set 'Birdie Inspiration'

and a bottle of 'Coffee Shop' Glimmer Mist (a warm reddish brown with copper glimmer). 

Oh yea, it's today. 

So one lucky commenter will get this gift sent to them in the mail. 

Just leave a comment on today's post and I will pick a random winner and announce it on Friday's post.

Thank you for all your comments so far 

and

I hope your day is happy and filled with *bling*!

we are family~

Welcome to my Day 3 of Growing in Unity!

Tags, tags, and more tags...isn't this the time of year for tags? 

Well this week's Unity Addict's Challenge is 'tags'!

Go take a look at the Unity blog today for all the details to participate.

And, the current All Things Unity Challenge is 'tags'!

Go take a look at the All Things Unity blog for all the details to participate.

Can you guess what creation I'm sharing today?

Yes, you guessed it... A TAG!

For this project, I used this gorgeous background stamp from

the Unity December 2009 KOM 'delightful moments'.

I used the owls and sentiment from the Unity Hodge Podge stamp set. 

 I ink embossed, ink distressed, paper pieced, cut out, paper punched, popped up, Smooched, and ribboned (is this a word? heehe) on this tag:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Here's a close-up of the embossing and Smooch on the owls' eyes

(oooh, the close-up makes their eyes look creepy...kinda like zombies...eeek!):

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

So what do you think?

I think I might make more of these and send them to my sisters

who all live in a different State.

Oh....

remember yesterday that I said someone who comments on yesterday's post

will win 5 random Unity stamps?

That person is...

StampinCathy said...

Love love love this magic card. I been wanting to try this style. Love that tree and the owl is adorable. You are so creative.

December 7, 2010 7:57 AM

Woohoo, StampinCathy!  

Email me at jenstampin4u at aol dot com with your info, so I can mail your prize!

Okie dokie...

now, I have a favor to ask you for a little project that I am working on...

if there was one single word that 'describes the joy in your life',

what is that one word? 

And guess what...

if you leave me a comment on today's post with your word, 

I will pick one random person to win the

Unity stamp set 'Gratitude = Joy'

(winner will be posted tomorrow):

 

I'm grateful that you joined me today...

have a joyful day!

appreciate the beauty...

Day 2 of my Growing in Unity

First I'd like to show you a creation that I made...a 'Magic Card'!

Okay, so have you ever seen the tutorial that Beate has on SCS? 

You make a card with an image that is stamped in black with no color...

then, you pull up the card and the magic of color appears!

At first glance, there is no color on the tree image
(but I had to paste that cute little owl there).
The tree and sentiment are from Unity's KOM {delightful moments}, Dec 2009.

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

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Pulling up the card is revealing a polka dot background
and the paper pieced leaves
(the leaves show lots of color in person...and that Staz-on ink is really coming out dark on that acetate....hmmm, must be the photographer!heehee):

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

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Now the magic appears and there is color!
(Looks more colorful in person, trust me.)

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

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So what do you think?  Have you ever made one of these?
You could also write a message on the blank space to appear when you pull up the card!

Click HERE to find the instructions to Beate's Magic Card...

they are fun and her tutorial is step by step!
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Okay, drum roll
for the winner of

{ippity} Kissmas & Mistletoe

is


"Anne said...

Gorgeous and elegant card! I love the music background and the awesome angel:)
December 6, 2010 3:20 PM"

Anne, please email me your information to jenstampin4u at aol dot com,
so I could get your stamp set sent to you today!

Don't forget, I will be putting everyone's name from all the comments in a hat and
pick a winner for the Unity stamp set on Saturday!
So if you comment each day, you will have 5 chances to win!

p.s. TODAY...I have 5 random Unity stamps to send to one of my commenters from today's post...
I will announce the winner tomorrow!

Yay! Thank you for all your comments and...
Have a fantastic day!

Unity and {ippity} Music of my Heart

Happy {ippity} Monday!

Guess what?  I'm also hosting Growing in Unity this week! 

So, I'm sharing a card that has both {ippity} and Unity images.

Did you see Eva's {ippity} challenge to get inspired from a gallery called 'Cakes for Occasion'...oh my gosh those cakes looked so yummy! 

I made this card using {ippity} Music of My Heart,

and the cut out angel is from Unity's Friendship.Love.Miracles KOM (Sept 2008). You can't tell very much from the photo, but the wings have some 'shine' and is popped up:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Based on this cake for inspiration...my inspiration was the musical notes and the colors (I added a little red):

So glad you came by today!  Please make sure to visit all the {ippity} goodness...if you need to get the list of participants, visit the {ippity} blog!

Oh, and don't forget to leave a comment on this post for a chance to win

some Unity goodies for my Growing in Unity week.  

You have 5 chances to win...one comment on each day's post! 

I will chose one winner on Saturday morning...yay!

p.s.  Oh, and another thing,

I will have additional goodies you could win from my own stash...

I will pick one winner from today's comments (announced tomorrow), and the prize is:

{ippity} Kissmas & Mistletoe stamp set!

p.s.s. Take a look at my {ippity} page

to see check on the sets that I have in stock...

you might find that you NEED to have a set or two! *wink* 

Have an {ippity} kind of day!

happy holidays...

Happy Unity Friends with Flair Friday! 

To see all the flair friends who are hopping today,
you can find the list at the Unity Blog.

If you are following the list, then you have arrived here from

Judy's - Joy in A Jar

(wow, fantastic creations!) 

I finally had time to play with my new 'A Handmade Holiday' stamp set
by Webster's Pages & Unity! 

I have been pretty busy and also worked lots during the holiday, that I didn't get to stamp much till now.

I'm sharing a card that I made for the
Unity Addict's Challenge by NoraAnne - 'fussy cutting'.

I did 'fussy cut' the ornate frame and 3 layers which hold the sentiment,
and the blue highlighted words on the image,
and the flowers on the edges of the vintage lace...hope this qualifies as 'fussy cutting'.

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

I really looooove the dress form on this stamp and paired this stamp set
with my SU Pacific Blue c/s; papers from My Mind's Eye Magnolia;
vintage lace; Prima flower; and a shell button.

You're next stop is

Michelle's - Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

(awesome inspiration and she's one of the Unity Stamp Company Artista's too!)
Don't forget to look for the 'blinkie'...and you could win a prize!

Thanks for visiting me!

p.s. I'm hosting Growing in Unity next week...

along with the Unity prize, I will be giving away a few other items.

*wink*