Friends With {ippity} Flair

Welcome to this week's FWF hop! I hope you've been getting lots of inspiration!

I finally received my {ippity} kits, but haven't had a whole lot of time to play with them. I decided that I needed some quick cards, since I'm also trying to put together a classy card set I can give away, teach in a card class/stamp camp or sell in my Etsy shop. I may have found just the ticket!

I sat down with the {ippity} kit called "Just Wanted to Say." With three frames and eight sentiments, you have lots of ways to mix and match them to get the look you want. It seems to be one of the more popular kits according to my little poll over on the right (which YOU can do, too).  --->

I started with a thank you card, since I need more of those and plan to make this a gift set, too. It's a simple little card that I cased from Jackie Pedro. I left more white space on mine and kept the stamping to a single focal panel. I also opted for stamping in VersaMark and using some pearlescent chalks instead of simply ink. For mass production, I'd probably just use ink that matched my dsp and cardstock.

supplies ~ cardstock: Martha Stewart, dsp: Papercraft Inspirations, images: {ippity} Just Wanted to Say



The second card is for a co-worker whose family lost a loved one this week. I decided to keep the same layout, drop the extra patterned paper and simply highlight with my chalks one of the birds from the dry embossing. The sentiment on this card was chalked, too.

supplies: cardstock: Martha Stewart, images: {ippity} Just Wanted to Say

If you like this set, feel free to pop over to my {ippity} blog to purchase your own. As a thank you, leave a comment here and I'll refund up to $5 on the shipping if you place an order this weekend.

Thanks for coming to visit today! Now it's time for you to hop over to Kerry!

Penny, meet CPS

It has been FOREVER since the last time I got to play in a Penny Black Challenge. This week was "Winter Wonderland," and I happened to have this cute little snowman from a PB swap. I used CPS Sketch 143, too.

I started with a white card blank and some Cosmo Cricket papers. Once I got the papers arranged and the image cut down to the size I wanted, I pulled out my chalks to color. To add a little sparkle, I painted on some Icicles Twinkling H2Os. It's hard to see the shine, but it's on his headband and underneath him.

supplies ~ cardstock: Georgia Pacific Image Plus, dsp: Cosmo Cricket Jolly By Golly, chalks: Inkadinkado, sparkly paint: Twinkling H2Os Icicles

Have a great day, and stay warm!

Friends With Flair Friday

This week I decided to make a sympathy card since one of the seniors at my church passed away earlier this week. It was very sudden. I decided to keep the card very simple with muted colors. Since chalks are a really soft coloring medium, that's what I used on this card. I briefly thought about heat embossing them, which would also look really pretty, but I really wanted a subdued, muted feeling.

I stamped with VersaMark, then used my dauber to sponge on the chalk. I dry embossed only the image to draw more attention to it. Both the image and sentiment were popped up on dimensionals.

supplies ~ cardstock: The Paper Company, dsp: Hot Off The Press, image: Unity Bevy of Butterflies

Thanks for coming by today; have a relaxing weekend!

Week of Unity Day 1...comment candy!

ANOTHER week of Unity?!?! You betcha! I love my Unity stamps and they haven't had enough love lately, so I'm hosting another week of Unity projects. Leave me a comment each day for a chance to win a Unity single of your own! I'll use Random.org to pick a day and then a comment, so make sure you comment EVERY day!

Today I'm sharing a very simple one-layer card using a technique I've never tried before called chalk popping. Maybe you've heard of it? You stamp your image with VersaMark, then use chalks to go over the image. The chalk sticks to the VersaMark. I chose to rub a little harder on this project so that some color would show up within the outline. Because this medium gives such a soft image, I also let the chalks stray outside the lines a little, too.

supplies ~ cardstock: stash, Versamark,  chalks, image: Unity KOM {...another sweet day}

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a marvelous Monday!