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 is...wonderful

Welcome to this week's FWF! I am constantly amazed at how Unity keeps coming out with gorgeous images month after month. When I joined their kit of the month several months ago, I thought to myself, "It's a really good deal, and if there are images I don't like I can always opt out for a month or two." I didn't realize then how hard it would be to resist all the gorgeous stamps, and now I'm a store kit member, too. Sheesh! Talk about addictions!

I decided this week to ink up two images from the October Stampin' Store Kit, {wonderful...you}. I saw a nifty tutorial on SCS called the "blurred vision" technique and thought I'd give it a go on the leafy branch image. It didn't blur as much as I thought it would (maybe 'cuz I let the ink dry?), but it did change the color slightly. The sentiment is the same ink as the leafy branch, but do you see how the leaves are slighty lighter?

supplies ~ cardstock: stash, dsp: DCWV Sweet Stack, images: Unity October SSK {wonderful...you}

Have a great weekend - less than a week to TURKEY DAY!

My loss...your {ippity} gain

I've been following the progress of shipments of {ippity}, and it looks like I won't be getting my {ippity} orders for at least another week. Soooooo, I've decided to extend my $15 per kit & FREE SHIPPING sale until they come in! Yeah for you! Just go to my {ippity} blog to place an order. I will adjust the prices after I receive your order and refund any overcharge.

Spread the word before time runs out!

FWF - a CASE

Remember that the brand-new {ippity} stamps are shipping TODAY - woohoo! If you want details on how to get your hands on them, please click here to go to my {ippity} blog. My special offer ends tomorrow! And before you leave, would you vote on your favorite {ippity} kits? You can see them all here.

Now, back to our regularly scheduled activities. ;)

I gotta tell ya; there is such a wealth of talent out in the blogosphere, and sometimes it just whacks me in the face before I knew it was there! I follow the CLASSroom blog by Ellen Hutson, and a few days ago a post jumped out at me. It featured four cards using the same stamps, punches, papers and embellishments to create four unique cards. I love kraft and earthy colors, so I KNEW I had to CASE them. Two of today's cards are just a couple of the cards I'm working on - I hope to have eight all together once I'm done.

The base is a cream cardstock that I inked with a sponge dauber around the edges to soften it. Then I stamped some background stamps on kraft paper. The sentiment is stamped on the same cream cardstock with the edges inked on it, too. A couple of buttons, and I'm done! I entered these cards in the Flourishes Favorite Things challenge.

supplies ~ cream & red cardstock: The Paper Company, kraft: Bazzill, stamps: Unity Tea Time Pattern, Distressed Dots, Baby Boy Plaid, Worn Music, Poinsettia from Hodge Podge of Happiness kit, sentiment: Unity Bright & Merry Winter Wishes

The second card is a really simple. I really like the poinsettia from the Hodge Podge of Happiness kit, and I thought it would make simple card to make up. I think this just might be the card I mass produce for Christmas this year, but we'll see. Some scoring and a single mat under the image keeps it clean and simple. I've entered this one in this week's CPS challenge.

supplies: white cardstock: Georgia Pacific Image Plus+, red cardstock: Martha Stewart, image: Unity Poinsettia from Hodge Podge of Happiness

Have a fantastic weekend!

Hurry! Time is running out!

Just a quick note to remind you that Saturday is the last day to get the brand-new {ippity} kits at the very special price of $15 each, or order them all and get a FREE pack of 6 sheets of MME paper for the low price of $99! Kits will begin shipping out to you in a couple of weeks, so make sure you order NOW to get the special pre-order price. After Saturday, full prices and shipping charges will apply.

I've established a new blog just for {ippity} products here. I'm working on getting some PayPal buttons on there to make your shopping experience a little easier. The blog is still under construction, so expect some improvements over the next several days. Thanks!