A Banner Day!

It's starting out to be a fabby day!

I am happy to share that I am

being featured over on the

Ippity blog as this week's

Ippity Blossom!

I love selling Ippity stamps and

sharing creative ways to play with them.

When you visit my Ippity page here, you

will see that all the sets are discounted

and this week, I am offering an 

additional 'surprise' 

to celebrate being an Ippity Blossom

Any order of over $65 will

receive a free Ippity stamp!

 Now...wanna see the rest of my cards above?

Pop on over to the Ippity blog and

check it out!

Oh....while you're here, I would love if

you'd leave a comment so I know you

paid a visit.  I'd love to 'visit you back'!

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!

A Cyber Monday Deal You DON'T Want to Miss!

You are going to be 

thrilled

when you read the what I am

about to share with you!

Baker's twine is one of 

the hottest trends

in papercrafting today and

my friends over at

are getting ready for
Cyber-Monday
with a FanTABulous Deal!

Monday ONLY
November 29th

Place any order and receive...
wait for it....

30% off your entire order!

How terrific is that???
The Twinery has the best Baker's Twine
for crafters and in a multitude of
really fun colors....I mean....

Check out this scrumptious color!
Cappucino

And what about this Autumn Twine Pack...
Mandarin, Lemondrop & Cappucino

Of course, I needed one of each, so here was
my very first order....

If you love baker's twine or have yet to try it...
add TheTwinery.com
to your CyberMonday shopping list!

Remember....it's ONE DAY ONLY!
At the checkout, use the code
CRAZYSALE30
 to receive your discount!

And by the way.....
I hope you'll mention that I sent you  : )

Making New Memories...The Play Date Cafe Challenge

Wishing all of my US friends and followers a

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm coming to you with a new challenge from

The Play Date Cafe.

I love the simplicity of this photo from our host

this week, Sarah Anderson.

I love the fact that not only is she from the UK,

but so is this week's sponsor for the challenge,

The significance, of course, is that Thanksgiving

is non-existent in the UK and yet both Sarah's

color scheme and our sponsor's stamps

(which were generously provided to our DT)

both conjoured up thoughts of this US holiday for me.

I love this sentiment...

This year our family, immediate and extended, is going through

many changes that are just not conducive to celebrating our

holidays the way we have for over 25 years.

It toughest on the young adults, namely my children and

my dear nieces and nephews.

A house full of family numbering upwards of 30....

talk about memories.  That is why this sentiment is

so poignant to me.

So this season, I am spending time encouraging

my children to begin trying new traditions 

of their own.  It will take time, but I know it can be done.

On another note of mixed emotions...

The Play Date Cafe Design Team are saying

goodbye to two girls who have brought a 

whole bunch of good things to our challenge.

Lisa and Sue are moving on to some new

creative adventures and I wish them

all the best.  We were fortunate to have had

them extend their stay with us to a full 9 months,

so I can't be stingy! 

But I do know that things will not be

the same without them.

Please make sure you stop by The Cafe,

check out the inspiration pieces from our DT

and make sure you leave some love 

for Lisa and Sue.

Versatile Verses with Verses...Huh?

I spy with my little eye a fabby flower from Prima!

I'm coming to you today with just one project

courtesy of Verses Rubber Stamps.

You know me....I still go 'old-school'

and love a good wood-mounted stamp.

Combine that with a stamp line that specializes

in sentiments and verses and well.....

Although the sentiment here is a one-liner,

don't be fooled!

I saved the rest of the verse for the inside 

of the card.  Very versatile stamp indeed!

The other images used were from PaperTrey Ink.

I alternated with a variety of VersaMagic inks to

create a depth with my stamping.

I will be back at midnight, EST tonight with a

brand new challenge from The Play Date Cafe.

See you soon!

Thanks for the Shout Out & A Special Offer!

This is going to be a quick, quick, QUICK post!

I've been away for most of the day and have not been

able to be around to post about this, but there is

still time to take advantage 

of a wonderful offer!

Emily and Amy over at EAD Designs

honored me with a feature over on their blog!

The projects are from my most recent offerings

used for DT inspiration from The Play Date Cafe Challenge.

Here's a taste....

EAD was one of our fabby sponsors this past week

over at The PDCC and I enjoyed working with

their 'vinyl' stickers, aka 'Stickerz'....

The set I used was called

'Merry and Bright'

and I think YOU will like playing with them as well.

So here's the offer....

With any purchase EAD Designs purchase of $20,

they will include a set 'Merry and Bright'

for free with your order!!!

You have to get your order in by midnight TONIGHT

which doesn't leave a whole lot of time, but I hope

you will take advantage of this terrific offer.

Click here to see the post and check out their catalog.

I will see you again at midnight EST tomorrow

with a brand new challenge from

The Play Date Cafe!

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like...Well, You Know!

For the H{ippity} Hop
New Ippity Release

click here or scroll down

It's 

Player Appreciation Week

over at The Play Date Cafe.

There are:

Three Brand New Sponsors

Three Terrific Guest Designers

Three Amazing Prizes

 I had lots of fun creating for this challenge.

Our DT was given a set of 'Stickerz' from

and I went to town!

 

Isn't that wreath lovely?

I embellished with fun red pearls,

my favorite Baker's Twine from

The Twinery, and a sweet trim

from Jolee's Boutique.

StampTV had a nice tutorial on creating a

blank space in between embossing, so I 

thought I would give it a try.

I used my Cuttlebug Swiss Dot EF.

But there's more....

This was actually my husband favorite card

for this challenge.

I used the Cuttlebug Ornament EF for

my base card, rounded the corners, aged the

edges of my cardstock using a variety of 

Tim Holtz Distress Inks, and layered each

piece.  There's that twine from The Twinery

once again!  So versatile and fun!

The vinyl stickers from EAD Designs are

repositionable, which is a bonus to be sure.

Yep....there's more....

 This card plays on more of the colors from the

color inspiration photo for the challenge.

 I am in love with that fabulous extra-large snowflake brad

from Paper Studio.  I took the smaller snowflake brads,

which are white metal, and embellished them with

Martha Stewart Fine Glitter and Shredded Glitter.

These colors all work together because it's all about layers.

I added Unity's 'Have a Holly Jolly' sentiment

to the vinyl sticker from EAD Designs.

Here are a couple more little gift tags that I did

with the same set....

What I really LoVeD about using these was they made

for really quick projects. Quick but effective, I think.

So I invite you to play along with us this week.

We sincerely thank all of our regular players and

always welcome new players to our challenge and

this week is all about that!

There's plenty of inspiration over in The Cafe this week!

I will be back soon with the new releases from Ippity!

Yep, it's the Fall 2010 Collection Blog Hop!

So I hope you'll stop back and see what's new....

It's H{ippity} Hop Time with the NEW Fall Collection!

It's an exciting day to be sure!

It's the official release day of the

 2010 Fall Collection

from

Along with the release, we are also having an

Ippity New Release Blog Hop!

I encourage you to get over to the Ippity Blog

and check out the list of Ippity Chicks that are

participating in the Hop!

This first card was made with stamps from the brand new

'Cherish Your Dreams'

set from Ippity.

 I layered a variety of beautiful papers from Webster's Pages

on top of my base card and adorned the sentiment with

some of my favorite flowers from Prima & Bo-Bunny.

The top layer is woven through lines of baker's twine

from The Twinery.  If you haven't gotten on the

baker's twine bandwagon yet, you are gonna love it!

The second little creation comes courtesy of

the same Ippity set PLUS a set called

'Sing a New Song'.

I borrowed the little scalloped border to create

a small shelf for the Poppy Picture to sit on.

I used Cosmo Cricket's Circa 1934 Collection

for my 'wallpaper' and once again, The Twinery's

Baker's Twine completes the look as the

'picture hanger'.

Wanna see the entire collection?

Here you go.....

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You can visit my

 Ippity Page Here.

if you would like to place an order with me.

I accept PayPal as well as money orders

from either Walmart or the USPS.

I would LOVE to be YOUR 

Ippity Chick!!!!!