Monday, February 14, 2011

Colour Challenge

OK, so here is instalment 2 in the Ippity Hip Hop Challenge.  It is a colour challenge and the colours were Red, Black, White & Aqua.  I immediately thought of the trim by Websters Pages and I have used the Ippity stamps from the set called "Where You Should Be".  I thought the berry type stamp matched the Imaginesce paper perfectly.
The quote is "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are".  So cool and true.

I am lovin' these challenges.  The next one is a photo inspiration and here is the photo.  Isn't it cute?

Off to get busy in between dinner prep and school meetings.  Ahhh, the life of a stamping mother!!  LOL.

Thanks for stopping by,

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Take the Challenge

Quite often I find myself stumped for an idea when I finally get to sit down at my craft desk.  With running around after three children, getting dinner, cleaning up and putting to bed...............it comes to MY time and my head sometimes won't function in creating mode.  So this year I have decided to "Take the Challenge".  There are so many fun and inspirational challenges out there online and the other day I took the challenge over at the Ippity Blog.  It is a challenge that goes for the whole month with different criteria revealed each week.  So last week was the sketch challenge and here is my take on it.

I have used the frame from the Regal Greetings stamp set and the sentiment is from Just Wanted to Say, which is a FANTASTIC sentiments stamp set. (Both available below for easy purchase!).   It is a really simple and quick card with the hardest thing being the fussy cutting around the frame.  I have used markers to colour the frame and make the two little flowers hot pink instead of aqua.  The papers are from October Afternoon and the button and twine from Papertrey Ink.

Thanks for stopping by and I will add my second challenge attempt (the colour challenge) tomorrow.
Bye,

Just Wanted to Say
$24

Regal Greetings
$30 AU

Monday, February 7, 2011

Off the Page Project

I love creating off the page projects with Ippity stamps.  They are so fun and versatile.  Here I have taken an old photo frame and altered it with Distress Crackle Paint and Glimmer Glam from Tattered Angels.
I removed the glass and then adhered vintage music paper to the backboard.  I stamped it with the flourish from Regal Greetings with black ink and then also used the Fleur De Lis and stamp it down a few times down the right hand side.  I inked and glimmermisted the background for some finishing touches.  Then I used Donna Downeys foam flourish stamp with Stampin' Up's shimmer paint to stamp down from the left hand side top corner.  I love that shimmer paint!!
I then stamped the frame from Regal Greetings and embossed it in black.  I over-stamped with the music background stamp from Music of My Heart with SU River Rock ink and then stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set with SU Old Olive ink.  Again I inked the edges with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo ink.  To finish off I used a GCD Studios chipboard bird and covered it in German Glass Glitter.  I love that stuff too!

Thanks for stopping by, if you would like any of the stamp sets I have shown today you can buy them HERE under the Winter 2010 Collection.

Cheers,

Monday, January 31, 2011

Life is Back To Normal

Sigh!  School went back today, holidays are over and life now goes back to normal.  I always breathe a sigh of relief when that happens.  I love school holidays but I do love it when life has a routine.

I have a couple of creations to share with you today.  This little card uses the stamp set called "Moon Beam & Heart Strings" from the Winter 2010 collection.  I love this set, even the name makes me smile.

And here is a scrapbook page I created using the "Regal Greetings" set, also from the Winter 2010 collection.

Simple projects that are so easy to create with the Ippity stamp sets.  Let me know if you would like either of the above sets, I would be only too happy to send them out to you.  Don't forget purchasing info is available above, just click on the "How To Buy?" tab.

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Welcome Home

Just a quick creation to share.

I used the cute houses from the set called "House a Home".

Friday, January 14, 2011

Multi Stamp Card

So on this card I had some fun with a whole bunch of stamps.

The stamps I have used on this card are:
Book It!
Thoughts from the Past
Just Wanted to Say

Thanks for stopping by,

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

More Scrap Pages

Just the other weekend I travelled to Wollongong with Georgina to visit the gorgeous Lisa Warren.  We had such a fun weekend, scrapping and shopping and having some girly time.  While there, I completed a number of projects and here is some pages to share with you.
I have used the Ippity stamp set called 'Lifes Little Moments'.  It is a fantastic stamp set for scrapbooking.

This set is just $30 and can be found under the FALL 2009 tab above.

Bye for now,