Sending My Love

First off, I can't say "thank you" enough to all of my sweet friends in the blogging world who wished me a Happy Birthday yesterday.  You all are the best!  You really know how to make a girl feel special. :)

I had a bit of time yesterday afternoon to play in my scraproom (best. birthday. gift. ever.)  I decided to play along with 2 different {ippity} challenges going on right now.  The first is the BRIGHTS CHALLENGE on the {ippity} blog.  This striped paper from Sassafras Lass is super bright and funky!  The second is this week's sketch challenge at Chick Challenges {with ippity}.  Here is my card:

I absolutely loved the idea of adding an envelope to the front of your card, as the sketch shows.  I cut this little envelope using my Cricut Wild Card cartridge.  Although I adhered it shut, you could also make it a functional envie for a little note or gift card.  I moved the bow from the sketch over onto my card flap, and moved the sentiment lower on the envie.  The sentiment is from {ippity}'s How YOU Doin' stamp set, on of my favorites sets for cute little sentiments.

I am also sharing a project today over at I Heart {ippity}-hop on over and check it out!

Happy Birthday Wishes

Just a quick share today using some patterned paper strips that I had leftover from a class. I also used this week's sketch from Chick Challenges {with ippity}. You can now use both {ippity} AND Unity stamps for the challenge, so I paired an {ippity} frame and "happy birthday" sentiment with a "wishes" stamp from Unity. They fit together perfectly! I love combining my sets like that-love getting more mileage from the stamps that I already have!

I have also been making a ton of new cards using the new {ippity} stamps that are coming out on thursday.  they are SO cute!  I can't wait to share them with you!  Here is a sneak of one of my projects using one of the new sets:

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today!  Be sure to come back on Thursday to see all of my cards for the new release!  

Priceless Friendship

I finally got a chance to play along with this week's Chick challenges {with Ippity}!  Many of you know that this is the challenge blog that I run with my sweet friend and fellow {ippity} chick, Jenny Johns.  Sadly, I rarely have a chance to join in.  I knew that this week's sketch would be perfect for an idea that I had in mind for the new "Fabulous Girl" stamp from {ippity}.

I imagined this sketch as a store window, filled with retro style dresses.  I started with a 3x3.75" white panel, which I stamped and paper-pieced with several different patterned papers.  Then, I cut the panel into three sections and adhered it to my black card base.  I drew some little price tags to go along with the sentiment and the theme of the card.  I was so happy with the results!

I hope that you will find time to play along with this week's challenge, too!  You can find the sketch and all of the challenge details HERE on the Chick Challenges blog.

thanks so much for stopping by today!