Beauty All Around...

Hi Everyone!
Chick Challenges with {ippity} is a blog dedicated to presenting sketch challenges to use with your {ippity} stamps.
For this card I used one of my favorite Ippity stamp sets, Be Brave...Branch Out.
Used my Cricut for the die cuts and added some bling and twine to finish it up.
Here is my card:

This is the sketch:

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

• Chick Challenge # 32
• Ippity} Opportunity: Ippity Linky Party 
• Kaboodle Doodle: Anything Goes
• Ooh La La Creations: Make It Girly
• Crafty Sentiments Sentiments: Anything Goes
• Celebrate The Occasion: Anything Goes
• Party Time Tuesday's: Anything Goes
• Digi Designs: Show Us That Bling!

Thanks!

Love

Julia

Thanks!

Challenge 21 Inspiration!

Welcome to the Get Hippity with {ippity} Challenge #21.

The theme for this challenge is

Flower and Leaves!

You must use both: flowers and leaves. Remember your creation can be any type of art you'd like. You can share a card, scrapbook layout, art journal, mixed media, anything you want to create!!

We must be able to see the theme in your project!!

Be sure to check the rules before you post your entry.  

The winner will be chosen by random.org and the prize is ANY {ippity} set from Aletha's {ippity} sales blog!!!
I created two projects for this challenge.
The first one is an anniversary card:

Using the following Stamp Sets:

Now and Always

Just Wanted To Say

The second project is a key ring:

 The stamp set used:

Bloom and Simplify

I stamped the image on Shrink Film with Archival Ink. Colored with Copics and followed the manufacturers instructions for shrinking process.
Created the background with beads.
I want to invite you all to come join a couple of groups that GHWI is sponsoring. The first one is over at The Crafter’s Café, Get Hippity with {ippity}/Join the Unity Community. The second is a brand new one on Facebook, Get Hippity with {ippity}. Come join us and share your love of Unity and {ippity}! 

I can't wait to see your creations!

Thanks!

Love,
Julia

Hi!

The Stamping Boutique has a new challenge:

Bingo...

This is my inspiration piece for the challenge:

Image: Help from a Friend - Fairy, The Stamping Boutique

I did: Image & Sentiment, Faux Stitching and Distressing. The metal letters for the sentiment have been with me for a very long time, I think that they were one of my first scrapbooking supplies, many years ago.

For more inspiration hop over to The Stamping Boutique!
Come and join the fun!!!!
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• Tammy's Scrapin Corner: Show us your Distress
• My Heart Pieces: Anything Goes
• Bunny Zoe's Craft: Challenge 24, Anything Goes
• Paper Playtime: Ch# 75 - Say It With Sentiments - FRIENDSHIP CARD
• Oldie But a Goodie Challenge: Things with Wings
• Bearly Mine Challenge: Anything Goes
• Creative Craft Challenges 2: Distressing
• Digital Tuesday Challenge: Purple Yellow and Brown

Thanks!

Love,
Julia

Bingo at The Stamping Boutique!

The Stamping Boutique has a new challenge:

Bingo...

This is my inspiration piece for the challenge:

Image: The Fairy Curiosity, The Stamping Boutique

I did: Image & Sentiment, Bling and Flowers. 

For more inspiration hop over to The Stamping Boutique!
Come and join the fun!!!!

Thanks!

Love,
Julia

It Takes Two!

It's time for a wonderful new challenge at My Time To Craft:

It Takes Two

We want to see your creations, for the rules please visit the blog here.

Here is my card:

Image: Delicious Doodles

I used two chipboard embellishments, two designer papers, two bows, two buttons and two sets of jewels.
I can't wait to see your wonderful creations!!!

Thanks!

Love,

Julia

Embellies With A Twist: Distressing!

Hi everybody and welcome to Monday Challenge at The Crafter's Cafe!

We have created this special daily challenge to encourage you to reach outside your "box" and try something new!

Our Monday challenge is

Embellies With A Twist

We all love using embellishments on our creations, but for this challenge we will add a little twist, a little something to make it interesting.

The twist this week:

Distressing!

Use your favorite technique to distress your creation, remember, we would LOVE to see all types of creations (ex. cards, scrap layouts, fat book pages, artist trading cards, tags, boxes, bags, 3D ~ Altered Art or any other crafting projects that have  some form of paper  on them).

This challenge will run until Sunday May 27, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Atlantic Time Zone.

Here are my inspiration pieces for this challenge:

Image: The Stamping Boutique

We can't wait to see what you create!
I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Lawnscaping Challenge: Embossing
Tammy's Scrapin Corner: Show us your Distress
Platypus Creek Digitals: Colors

Thanks!

Love,

Julia

Simplify!!!

Welcome to the Get Hippity with {ippity} Challenge #20.

This month we have a wonderful sketch from our very own Beth Pollock.  Remember your creation can be any type of art you'd like. You can share a card, scrapbook layout, art journal, mixed media, anything you want to create!!

We must be able to see the sketch in your project!!

Be sure to check the rules before you post your entry.  

The winner will be chosen by random.org and the prize is ANY {ippity} set from Aletha's {ippity} sales blog!!!
 Here's Beth's fabulous sketch.

I used the sketch as inspiration for my Art Journal and created this page:

 For this project I used the following {ippity} stamp sets:

Angie Girl, Dream With Your Heart

Let Your Heart Take Flight

Bloom and Simplify

Now and Always

I created the background using Distress Stains, Distress Inks Distress Crackle Paint and Perfect Pearls Mist.

I just love the freedom of working in my art journal.

Lately, things have been complicated with my health problems and personal situations, so simplify is the perfect advise.

I want to invite you all to come join a couple of groups that GHWI is sponsoring. The first one is over at The Crafter’s Café, Get Hippity with {ippity}/Join the Unity Community. The second is a brand new one on Facebook, Get Hippity with {ippity}. Come join us and share your love of Unity and {ippity}! 

I can't wait to see your creations!

Thanks!

Love,
Julia

Happy Birthday Blog Hop!!!!

The Paper Creations Ink Design Team is having a special hop to celebrate:

Sara's Birthday!

Sara is a great friend and a wonderful artist and you can see her creations at her blog, Creative Addictions by Sara.

If you have hopped over from Miranda's blog, then you are in the right place. If you just happened to stop by and would like to join our hop from the beginning, please go to Karen’s blog and follow along.

Each designer along the way is featuring a project made specially for Sara. Be sure to visit all the designers blogs and leave a comment. 

Here is the card I made for her:

Image: Bugaboo

Next, stop by Pat's blog, to see what she has in store for you today.

Below is your hop order in case you get lost along the way:

Karen

Marjo

Kristy

Lynn

Miranda

Julia - You're here

Pat

I have a surprise, we can't have a Birthday Hop without surprise candy, so here is what you have to do for a chance to win it:

• Leave a Birthday Wish on Sara's Blog
• Then leave a comment here, I will check

Sara, have a wonderful day! Happy, Happy Birthday!!! Many Blessings and Love!

Thanks!

Love,

Julia

Happy Healing (Get Well)

It's time for a wonderful new challenge at My Time To Craft:

Happy Healing (Get Well)

We want to see your creations, for the rules please visit the blog here.

Here is my card:

Image: The Stamping Boutique

I can't wait to see your wonderful creations!!!

Thanks!

Love,

Julia 

Bling!!!

The Stamping Boutique has a new challenge:

Bling...

any way you want...bling, bling, bling,..., yes, lots of bling!

This is my inspiration piece for the challenge:

Image: The Stamping Boutique

I added some silver decorator foil, that I cut some down to card size and then embossed it in my Cuttlebug to add some texture, then used black acrylic paint to distress the aluminum and age it.

Of course added some bling to finish my card!

For more inspiration hop over to The Stamping Boutique!
Come and join the fun!!!!

Thanks!

Love,
Julia