The Remedy for Love

Gosh....just the idea that someone would need to

look for a remedy for love.....feels a bit sad at first.

It's H{ippity} Hop Monday!

What a terrific way to start the week by 

feeding your creative needs with some

wonderful inspiration by all of the

Ippity chicks and fans listed

on the Ippity Blog.

So.....

What is the remedy for love?

 According to this wonderful quote, it's to 'love more'!

This is such a fun set from Ippity called

'Quotes A'la Happy'

Twenty fun, creative images 

just right for so many occasions.

I have an order going in to Ippity this week

and would LoVe for you to get in on it!

Place an order for this set or any other

Ippity set from my page here and you will

receive 10% off your entire order!

Order $50 or more and get your choice of

one of these stamps free:

You'll find all Ippity sets here!

This offer expires on Sunday, Feb 6th at 11:59pm CST.

One more thing.....

You know I am on the design team for

The Twinery, right?

Well, I wanted to make sure you were aware of

the newest colors which are now available and

are shipping immediately....

Aren't they gorgeous?

One of the most requested colors has been black

and it's now here for you!

I personally LoVe the Honeydew and am really

excited to know mine is on the way!

There's also a very fabby Valentine's giveaway going on

over on The Twinery's blog!

So glad you were able to stop by.

I hope you'll leave me a quick little note to

let me know you were here.

Make sure you stop back later tonight as I will be

announcing the winner of the blog candy from the

'March of the Snowmen' Blog Hop.

Today's Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Bazzill, The Paper Company

Ink: Ranger Archival in Black, Tim Holtz Distress in 'Frayed Burlap'

Stamps:  Ippity 'Quotes A'la Happy'
Die Cut Tools: Cricut 'George & Basic Shapes'

Embellishments:  The Twinery baker's twine in 'Maraschino'
Recollections & K&Co rhinestones

Tools:  Fiskar's Corner Rounder, misc markers

Remember the Time.....

It's H{ippity} Hop Monday!

What a great way to start out the week, huh?!

All kinds of ridiculous inspiration with the

click of a mouse  : )

Once you've left here, hop on over

to the Ippity blog and check out the

list of wonderful designers who are

ready to inspire you.

Make sure you leave a comment

not just here

but on all the blogs you visit on the hop.

You just might win a prize  ; )

I didn't do a whole heap a stampin' on this card as I was

really inspired by using lots of these wonderful

papers from Cosmo Cricket's 'Circa 1934'.

Another reason I was inspired to play lots with paper

is because I scored a Cricut Personal Machine for

$60 after Christmas.  Brand, spankin' new and fabulous!

So I played around with the basics cartridge and made

the folk-art heart and fabby flowers.

The stamped sentiment is from one of

my new favorite sets by Ippity....

It's such a versatile set and the images are 

really substantial.  They are perfect for both

card makers AND scrapbookers.

Of course, this set and all Ippity stamps are

available for purchase right here on my blog

and most at a discounted price.

Visit my Ippity page here.

Have a great day...will see you soon with

a bunch of very quick and very easy

Valentine greetings.

Here's to 2011 H{ippity} Hop-Style!

I was really excited to see Kelly Lander's challenge
over at the Ippity forum on SCS.

'Ring in the New Year'

is the theme.

I thought it would make a great theme to
share for the first
Monday H{ippity} Hop of 2011.

If this is your first time visiting, after you check out my post,
pop over to the Ippity Blog and check out the fabby list
of girls who are participating and visit
their blogs as well.

This is my tribute to 'taking one day at a time' as
I look forward to the coming year.

I love this set from Ippity...'Here and Now'.
It's a very versatile set of stamps for both
card making and layouts.
I layered the images and included my very
favorite Ippity stamp 'Book It'
(a necessity for every stamp collection)
on the top label.
I love the designer papers from
My Mind's Eye and Girls' Paperie
(the paper flower is also GP).

So here are the sets I used:

and

and here's the deal....

For this week only, you can take advantage of a
great deal on these stamps from my Ippity page.
It's called....

'The Ippity Double'

Purchase

'Here and Now'

at the 
discounted price of $22
and get

'Book It'

for only
$4!!!

Email me at julieranae@hotmail.com
with your order and we'll go from there.

While you're there, check out the Ippity
sets priced in RED...they are  
clearance prices
  and will be available through the end
of this week.  Clearance prices are only
for in-stock sets listed in red.

Thanks ever so much for stopping by!

It's a Busy Cyber Monday! Want a Great Deal?

Let's get this Cyber Monday under way, shall we?!

It is H{ippity} Hop Monday for all of

the Ippity Chicks and fans.

Stop by the Ippity blog and you will

find a list of lovely girls who created

inspirational projects to share with you.

I LoVe being an Ippity Chick!

I created this fabby little card using a brand new set

from Ippity called 'Sing a New Song'.  It's a terrific set

that can be used for a variety of occasions.

I happened to make this card in conjunction with

the CR84FN challenge....

So here is the first deal of the day

for Cyber Monday Shopping...

Any order of $50 or more will

receive FREE SHIPPING

AND

any order of $75 or more will get

FREE SHIPPING and a 

FREE IPPITY STAMP

Check out my Ippity page HERE

and just email me with your order.

Contact and shipping info at the

bottom of my Ippity page.

This offer is only good through

11:59pm EST Monday, November 29th.

Now how about another fabby

Cyber Monday Deal???!!!

I love baker's twine!

It's the hottest design trend in

paper-crafting today and the girls at

The Twinery  

are ready to hook you up

BIG TIME!

Place any order on Cyber Monday and

receive 30% off your entire order!!!

Yeah....I know!!!

I am thrilled to be a part of The Twinery's

Design Team and I know you are gonna

love the quality and colors of their baker's twine.

When you place your order with The Twinery,

at the checkout, use the code
CRAZYSALE30
 to receive your discount!

Remember....it's ONE DAY ONLY!

Happy Cyber Monday!

Time to go shopping!

H{ippity} Halloween!

It's H{ippity} Hop Monday!

Have you hopped with us before?

It's so fun and very easy and a

great source of project inspiration,

especially if you love to play with Ippity stamps.

Just 'hop' over to the Ippity blog here to see a

list of all the talented designers who have

something to share.

My first little offering is this little Halloween gift tag.

I used Ippity's 'That's Creepy' set.

I love my EK Success bat punch.

The DP is from Basic Grey's 'Eerie' and

'Pyrus' collections.

Next up is another little tag using the same set

as above plus the 'Book It' stamp from Ippity.

Just a little EeRiE shading and some fabby

purple rhinestones make it so simple.

Paige over at CREATE is asking for
Halloween Tags this week, as well as the
Halloween challenge over at Card of the Week
and Wee Memories,
so I will share these there as well.

So here are the stamps I used...

If you know me, whenever I share in

the H{ippity} Hop, I love to offer a good

deal from my very own Ippity shop here.

So what's the deal?

Order both 'That's Creepy' & 'Book It'

for only $22 (includes postage) and get

'Bit of Burlap' for only $3!

If you would like to see 'Bit of Burlap' in action,

here's a taste...

...and if you want to see more, just click here.

As always, if you would like to order these stamps

or any others in my Ippity shop, please email me

directly at julieranae@hotmail.com

and I will invoice you through PayPal.

I also accept Money Orders from

Walmart and the USPS.

One more personal note....

I had my 7 year old grandson CJ over for

the weekend and had to make an 

'emergency call'

to the Tooth Fairy!

This is the second time he has lost a tooth at our

house (and he's only lost three total).

I'm beginning to think he's wise to it because he

scores pretty well when he lifts up his pillow.

This little tooth made him

five dollars richer!

Have a great Monday and I would

love if you would leave a quick comment to let

me know you stopped by...

Birthday Hopping with Ippity!

It's H{ippity} Hop Monday

and I am coming to you from the Hilton Garden Inn

in beautiful Middleton, Wisconsin.

I LoVe the internet!

I spent seven whole hours....

creating...shopping...chatting...shopping...playing

and shopping at Archiver's today.

I will share more on my little excursion on Tuesday,

but here is a little photo that Paul snapped after I finished

the project for this post...

Now...back to The H{ippity} Hop!

For a complete list of the other talented

folks who are 'hopping' with me, click here

for a direct line to the Ippity Blog.

I really enjoyed making the 'elements' for this card.

I pulled out the 'Tattered Flowers' die from Sizzix/Tim Holtz and

started making a whole bunch of blooms.

These particular ones were created by using VersaMagic inks

in a variety of colors...just layered one on top of the other

to 'build' the color.  I then stamped each one with 

Ippity's 'A Bit of Burlap' stamp.

I then shaded the edges using Distress Inks and VersaMagic.

I then stamped this fun journaling image from

Ippity's 'Fall for You' set.

Placed the blooms randomly, added a few pearls,

shading around the borders and done.

If you have not tried Ippity stamps yet or have and do

not own the above images yet,

this week is a great time to add them.

It's time for the Ippity Double Deal!

Purchase 'Fall for You' for only $24 and get

'A Bit of Burlap' for only $3 and

free shipping for both!

I have them in stock and ready to send.

I accept PayPal and money orders

from USPS & Walmart.

Just email me at julieranae@hotmail.com

with your request.

Of course, you can order all your Ippity from me

and let me be your 'Ippity Chick'!

Click here to see the newest images I have available

and click here to see the others I have in stock.

Thanks to Maria at Ippity for choosing not only my

turquoise snowman card from last week's GIU,

but also the creations of fellow PDCC teammates,

Savannah & Suzanne as her Sunday faves!

Click here and check them all out!

Thanks for popping by!

Growing in Unity & Hippity Hoppin' all in One Day!

It's going to be a very busy week here at The Open Window!

I am so excited to be this week's hostess for

'Growing in Unity'

Each day, I will be sharing a new project that will hopefully

inspire you to use your Unity stamps in new and creative ways.

If you are new to Unity, then you have got to get over to 

their website and check out all their wonderful images.

Along with each daily project, I will remind you to leave a

comment because on Friday, I will have a random drawing

from the comments left all week.

You could win a set of Unity stamps!  

So make sure you stop by each day!

This was a fun card to work on.  

You could totally switch it up and use different color combos.

The ornament image is from the brand new holiday set

 from Unity called 'Bright & Merry Winter Wishes'.

I heat embossed it (which I rarely do anymore) with

metallic bronze from JudiKins.

The letters were cut from a Sizzix/BasicGrey set and

the designer papers are from The Girls' Paperie 'On Holiday'

and My Mind's Eye 'Lost and Found'.

The satin ribbon & pearls are from Martha Stewart.

I added depth to each piece by using Tim Holtz

Distress Inks in 'Old Paper' & 'Vintage Photo'.

Now it's time to share with you my offering for

H{ippity} Hop Monday with Ippity Stamps.

If you are new to the 'Hop', each week a great group of 

{Ippity} 'chicks' and {Ippity} fans create a variety of projects

to share with you.  To get the complete list of who is

hopping with me, just click here to visit the {Ippity} blog.

Again, I think this is such a great card to do in a variety

of colors.  It's a simple one to put together and would be

a great 'assembly-line' card if you need to make alot.

The fun and funky snowman is from 

{Ippity}'s 'Kissmas & Mistletoe' set

and the other images are from 

Unity's 'Bright & Merry Winter Wishes' set

used for the first card.

I cut the silver metallic cardstock and red circle using my

Spellbinders die cuts and added gems and checked ribbon

for fun little embellishments.

Each time I participate in the 'hop', I offer

a great deal on the {Ippity} stamps I used.

This week, you can get....

'Kissmas & Mistletoe' for only $18 

which includes free shipping!

I would so love to be 

your {Ippity} Chick!

If you are interested in this set or any of the

others listed in my {Ippity} page here,

just email me at julieranae@hotmail.com

There are several sets not yet listed on my page,

but all are available through me.

So glad you stopped by today!

Don't forget to stop by each day 

and

leave a comment if you would like a chance

to win the fabby Unity set on Friday.

See you tomorrow with more 

Growing in Unity!

Autumn Breezes...

Happy Labor Day to all of my U.S. friends!

Have you had a busy, long weekend?

My husband treated me to a little 'crafty' shopping in the

Chicago suburbs on Friday and the rest of the weekend

was spent playing with my new goodies.

Not only is it Labor Day Monday, it's also

H{ippity} Hop Monday!

This is the day that you can visit the Ippity Blog

and check out a fabulous list of Ippity 'chicks'

who both sell and play with these wonderful stamps.

The weather this weekend was unSEASONably cool.

We experienced temps down in the 40's at night

and only high 60's in the day.  They assure us that the

80 degree days will return shortly, but while I had a

 taste of autumn, I was inspired to use the

'Fall for You' set from Ippity for this card.

This is a terrific set with so many possibilities.

Look at all those images!

 

This set is available here in my Ippity shop.

for only $21.99 (reg. retail $24)

This great price INCLUDES postage!

Why not treat yourself to this fun set to create

unique and versatile cards for autumn and beyond?!

 

To order, just email me at julieranae@hotmail.com

I accept PayPal as well as USPS and Walmart money orders.

Make sure you hop on over to the Ippity Blog and check out

all of the other creative folks who are joining in today's

H{ippity} Hop!

 

I am also thrilled to have had last week's creation

featured on the Ippity Blog as one of Kelly's favs.

In case you missed it.....

Click here to see more of Kelly's favorites

Thanks for stopping by today...it's always great to hear from you!