Win Win Win!

Natt Smith is giving away this awesome Dear Lizzy Neapolitan Date Stamp on her blog Awesomeness of Crafting

Head on over to her blog and follow the steps for your chance to win!

{ippity} cards

For a time I was lucky enough to be a part of Unity Stamp Co's select team of {ippity} chicks! The chicks sell an exclusive line of Unity stamps called {ippity}.

These stamps are fantastic! (as all Unity stamps are in my opinion). They are made from deeply etched red rubber and are manufactured with the highest quality static cling foam allowing you to adhere each and every stamp to ANY acrylic block.

Unfortunately for me, being an {ippity} chick didn't work out :( I love the connections and friendships I made while I was a part of the team and I love to see all the improvements being made in the program! If you can, you should select yourself an {ippity} chick off of the Unity website and place an order today!

Here are some of the sample cards I made during my time with the chicks!

 Stamp sets: Music of my Heart (sentiment), Now & Always (flowers)

 Stamp set: Regal Greetings

 Stamp Set: Fishy Philosophy

 Stamp sets: Fall for You (sentiment) Now & Always (flowers)

 Stamp set: Delightful Little Things

 Stamp set: Regal Greetings (sentiment), The Simple Things (flowers)

 Stamp set: Moon Beam & Heart Strings

 Stamp set: Simply Home

Stamp set: Love in Return

My Lucky Boy!

Ok, I know that this isn't a papercrafting post, but I just had to share.  My son Sullivan just turned 1 and for his birthday my mom (the quilter extraordinaire!) made him a Turtle rag quilt!  It is SO adorable!!!

In case you are so inclined, she made this little guy from this Simplicity Pattern.  You can see how big the turtle actually is in the pattern photo.  The best thing is you get 3 quilt patterns in one!

They also have this other pattern set. I had bought both sets for my mom when I was still pregnant since I didn't know if we were having a boy or a girl.

I secretly want her to make them all! Somehow I think that is wishful thinking! Maybe I need to learn how to quilt...ya right!

Dry Erase Message Frame

I loooooove Pinterest!! in fact, I'm pretty sure I'm addicted to it.  While mindlessly pinning away the hours one evening I found this cute little project...

I never knew you could write on glass with a dry erase marker!

So I had to make one of my own! I like the example, but I definitely had to pretty mine up a bit!

What do you think?

The frame was an ugly gold piece of work that I dug out of a discount bin. A few coats of shiny black spray paint and voila! Beautiful!

Unity Stamp Co. Pinterest Challenge

Are you on Pinterest yet? Well you SHOULD be!  It's fantastic! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!...and I'm a little addicted to it to as you will be as soon as you start.

Unity Stamp Co. is hosting a Pinterest Challenge. The idea is to use any stamps from their new Winter 2012 CHA release to make a project.  Angela from Unity is uploading all the projects onto Pinterest and then the Unity fans get to vote on their favorite entry.

I have been dabbling a bit in mixed media lately and so I decided to use the new Christy Tomlinson stamps that Unity just released!

I have also been into balloons a lot recently so I decided to combine the two.

To help me win please go HERE and "like" my project! THANKS!!!

Here is what I came up with....

Supplies used: Patterned Papers: MME, Echo Park; Stamps: Unity and Christy Thomlinson Painted Punchinella, Urban Chevron, Tattered Chickenwire; Rubons: Kaisercraft, Hambly Screen Prints, Fancy Pants, Basic Grey, Ki Memories, DCWV; Punches: EK Success; Ink: Palette Hybrid Ink; misc: piano sheet music, blue tissue paper, Mod Podge, Sharpie marker, canvas.

February Unity Challenge (2)

I made this card for the Unity Stamp Co. monthly challenge. This month's challenge was to make a card with hearts that were not red or pink. For the sentiment I used the Unity itty bitty stamp "To the bitty Moon". The rocket was cut from the "Boys Will Be Boys" cartridge, and the moon was cut with "George and Basic Shapes."

Products used: Stamp: Unity Stamp Co.; Patterned Papers: October Afternoon, MME, Ki Memories, MLYB, Basic Grey; Cardstock: Bazzill; Screw Brads: Karen Foster; Twine: The Twinery; Cricut Cartridges: Boys will be Boys, George and Basic Shapes; misc: buttons.

February Unity Challenge

I made this card for the Unity Stamp Co. monthly challenge. This month's challenge was to make a card with hearts that were not red or pink.  For the balloon baskets I used the balloon stamp from the Unity "Absolutely Priceless" set.  The sentiment is from the Nov 2010 KOM: "Picture Perfect"

Products used: Stamps: Unity Stamp Co; Patterned Papers: Echo Park, Scenic Route, Chatterbox; Cardstock: Bazzill; Ribbon: Bo Bunny; Twine: The Twinery; Heart Die Cut: Cuttlebug; misc: button.