No. 22 at GHWI is Going Strong

Happy weekend! I want to remind you all about our Get Hippity with {ippity} Challenge #22. We have gone to a monthly challenge format, so you really have no excuse for not joining in. This month we have a color combo with an optional twist. That optional twist is to add the theme of wedding, engagement, or anniversary, for your project. You can make your project anything you would like, it does not have to be a card.

Now let’s take a look at what some of my GHWI Design Team has created this week. There's some wonderful creations with Design Seeds color combo. Each GHWI Designer has more information on their blog. Go take a read and leave them some love. Just click on their names.

“Angie Girl: Dream with Your Heart” is the {ippity} set that Melissa decided to use for her card. Her layout is stunning.

Kristy’s creation, using the {ippity} sets “Bloom & Simplify” and “Totally Happy,” is fabulous!

Julia also used “Bloom & Simplify” and added “Just Wanted to Say” to her art. Beautiful!

Jen’s gorgeous card was created with “Delightful Little Things” and “Angie Girl: Dream with Your Heart.”

We can’t wait for you to enter for your chance at winning an {ippity} set from my {ippity} Sales Blog. You are also invited to a couple of groups. One is at The Crafter’s Café – Get Hippity with {ippity}/Join the Unity Community. We have a monthly card game there with your chance at a six piece grab bag of {ippity} and Unity goodness and an {ippity} Itty Bitty of my choice. On Facebook, Get Hippity with {ippity}, is a place to gather and share your pieces of art using {ippity} and Unity stamps.

There’s a lot going on at Get Hippity with {ippity} and I hope to see you somewhere online. Thanks for stopping by and have a great and creative weekend!
Aletha

More beautiful projects from the GHWI Design Team

Happy Sunday! I have four more inspiring Get Hippity with {ippity} projects to show you. These beautiful little pieces of art were created by four more of my GHWI Design Team. Onward to the inspiration!

Rhonda was the first Design Team member to post this last week. She used the {ippity} set “Because of You.” Look at her colors and layout! Beautiful!

Second was Kristy. She used “Angie Girl: Dream with your heart.” Fantastic piece of wall art! This {ippity} set is perfect for any mixed-media art.

Beth was our third to post. Isn’t this black and white card beautiful? So simple, yet so elegant. The {ippity} set Beth used are “Bloom & Simplify,” “Fall for You,” and “You Deserve.”

Our fourth {ippity} designer to post was Pam. Another very elegant one. I love how she used her stamps for the background elements. Pam used “Now and Always” and “Just Wanted to Say.”

We start our GHWI Challenge #22 tomorrow. Don’t forget to hop over to our challenge blog and find out what the challenge is. We are going to a “once a month” challenge beginning with the June 4 challenge. Don’t worry, there is going to be the same amount of inspiration, just about every day, from my talented GHWI Design Team.

I want to take this time to invite you to two Get Hippity with {ippity} groups. We would love to see your little pieces of art created with {ippity} and Unity stamps. The groups are The Crafter’s Café – Get Hippity with {ippity}/Join the Unity Community and Facebook – Get Hippity with {ippity}.  I hope you come join us.

Thanks for stopping by this beautiful Sunday! I hope you have a great and creative week!
Aletha

Did you see all the {ippity} inspiration?

My GHWI Design Team has been busy for our Challenge #21: Flowers with Leaves. I wanted to show you all the inspiration they have given you and me! They are truly amazing!

Melissa’s lovely creation was completed using Now and Always and Friends + Flowers = Priceless. I love the colors she chose to use.

Julia used Now and Always and Just Wanted to Say for her beautiful card. Take a look at her keychain. She used Bloom & Simplify for her keychain. What a great idea for that {ippity} set!

Tracey used her own {ippity} design for her little piece of art. The {ippity} set she used is Raining Happy.

Jen’s lovely card was created using The Simple Things. She even made her own color of embossing powder. Jen was the Growing in Unity designer for this week. Stop by her blog and take a look at what she accomplished this past week.

You have one more week to join in our Get Hippity with {ippity} Challenge #21. Next week you will have more inspiration from the rest of my GHWI Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by!

Aletha

Dream with your heart!

Happy Monday! I hope y’all had a great weekend. It was, and still is, beautiful in Oklahoma. We do need some rain, but this sunshine is wonderful.

To start this blog off I wanted to let you know that Get Hippity with {ippity} Challenge Blog has announced Challenge #21. The theme is “Flowers and a Leaf.” This should be a real easy one for you, but do take note of the quantity of leaves. You do not have to use an {ippity} or Unity stamp, but it is encouraged. Why you ask? Because if you use an {ippity} or Unity stamp, your entry is counted twice. Also, this is our last bi-monthly challenge. In June we are going to a monthly, but you are still going to get the same amount of inspiration from my amazing GHWI Design Team. These ladies are the most awesome when it comes to using {ippity}. Their creativity does shine!

This has nothing to do with our challenge, but I wanted to share a project I completed this weekend. This is a handmade and hand stamped greeting card (of course). The only Copic coloring that I completed is on the background, skin, and flowers. The rest is paper pieced and layered. My DP is from Cosmo Cricket and the CS is from Stampin’ Up! The inks I used were Memento Tuxedo Black and black pigment ink. I also did a little embossing with black embossing powder.

The set, Angie Girl: Dream with your heart, that I used for my little piece of art, was designed by Unity Artist Angie Blom. This set was also one of our April {ippity} releases. If you are interested in purchasing this set, please click here. You will be directed to my {ippity} Sales Blog. You can also purchase it through Unity Co.’s site. Just pick me as your {ippity} Chick and shop for your {ippity}. While you are there, you can shop Unity too. Are you interested in this 5”x7” greeting card? You can purchase that here at my brand new IndieMade site.

Just a few other things…I would like to invite you to join our groups. We have one at The Crafter's Cafe - Get Hippity with Ippity. We have another contest going on over there. Whoever posts the most {ippity} or Unity cards wins a grab bag of stamps. Some of the ladies are really keeping busy and making some beautiful cards. Please come on over and check us out. We also have a group on Facebook for more inspiration.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate asking. Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again!
Aletha

Counts as a Fruit!

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. I think that Spring is gone and Summer has arrived in Oklahoma. I think our high is suppose to be 92º today. That is hot for the beginning of May.

I have one little piece of art to share with you today. I rather enjoyed making this one. It reminded me that I need to get back on track with my Weight Watchers®. It also reminded me that with Weight Watchers® we all try to stretch that point system as far as we can! ;o)

This card is using {ippity}’s Itty Bitty stamp set, “Counts as a Fruit,” and was designed by Unity Artista Tracey Malnofski. It’s also my sample for our “A Year in Cards” challenge over at Crafting by Designs. I hope you join us. We have some wonderful prizes and sponsors. My {ippity} store is one of the sponsors, no subtlety at all!

I am also entering this in the Chick Challenges with {ippity} #29. The Chickies have a sketch for you and your deadline is May 13th. We have extended the challenges to every other week. I hope you join us to win some {ippity} goodness.

For some fun challenges check out these two sites, Crafting by Designs and Chick Challenges with {ippity}. A third site to check out is our Get Hippity with {ippity} Challenge Blog. This challenge will be a beatiful sketch designed by my Design Team Member Beth and begins on Monday. It's also another chance for you to win some {ippity} goodness.

For more {ippity} goodness check out my {ippity} sales blog. If it’s not in stock, I can order it for you. Your can also order {ippity} on the Unity site. You just need to pick me as your ippity Chick and while you are there you can order some Unity too. Just a teaser here...we will have a new {ippity} release on Thursday, May 10, at 7 p.m. Be on the look out for a blog hop and a party!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!
Aletha

And the winner is…

Hi y’all!

I wanted to announce my "blog candy" winner during our {ippity} Chick NEW release blog hop. You had to become a follower and leave a comment. I want to YELL a very big THANK YOU to everyone. I so appreciate all the follows and all the support. I had 19 comments,

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the 8th comment

Rhonda Miller

Congratulations, Rhonda! You are going to truly love this set Bloom and Simplify!

Just for your information, I will have this set for sale in my {ippity} sales blog within the week. I am updating my sales blog with more inventory and reducing my prices. It’s an ongoing process, so most of the newest {ippity} releases will show the reduced price very soon.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening!
Aletha

It’s Raining Happy at GHWI

It’s the third Monday of the month and time for another challenge at Get Hippity with {ippity}. We have a wonderful Challenge #19 for you. It’s April, which means “April showers.” In the Get Hippity with {ippity} (GHWI) world “April showers” means that our challenge theme is “Rain and/or Showers.” We want to see rain and/or showers on your project. We want your little piece of art to be anything you want to create but we must see rain and/or showers. The rain or those showers must be the resemblance of water. Please read our challenge blog rules before entering. If you follow our rules and you are randomly chosen, your prize is an {ippity} stamp set of your choice from my {ippity} sales blog.

I kept my project very simple, but it was fun to make! The {ippity} stamp set that I used is “Raining Happy.” I even used the sentiment that is provided with the set. Using a sentiment is very unusual for me, but I like it.

The background was completed using the “rain drop” stamp from the Unity February 2012 KOTM. I stamped the image with white pigment ink and then embossed with white embossing powder. The rain drops were then colored with a glitter pen and covered with a gel glaze pen. I stamped the strawberry image with Memento Tuxedo Black and proceeded to color with my Copics. I filled in the strawberry seeds with a black Spica pen, cut it out, and added foam on the back for dimension. The finishing touch was adding the pearls with a black Pearl Pen.

We, the GHWI Design team, would like to invite you to join us at a few groups that are going on right now. The Get Hippity with {ippity}/Join the Unity Community group at The Crafter’s Café. We have a monthly card game and the prize is a six (6) piece grab bag of {ippity} and/or Unity goodness. Our Facebook group, Get Hippity with {ippity}, is a place for chatter and to share your love of {ippity} and Unity!

Did you see the new release {ippity} bundle pack that Unity is offering? Your imagination will sore with these stamps. They would be great for all your mixed-media project.

Just  pick me, Aletha J. Williams (I’m in the second row from the bottom), as your {ippity} Chick, order some {ippity} and then some Unity. I would appreciate it tremendously!

If you just want some {ippity} goodness visit my {ippity} sales blog to view the latest releases and purchase all the {ippity} you want! You got {ippity}, then you’re Hippity!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I am on my way to link up with the {ippity} Linky Party. If you create a project using {ippity} or Unity, I hope you join us. I also hope you join GHWI for our 19th Challenge. I can’t wait to see what you can create using rain and/or showers.
Aletha

It’s Monday!

Mondays, for me anyway, mean that I will be late with everything today. So, I guess with that said, I will start with my blog post for our Get Hippity with {ippity} (GHWI) Challenge #18. GHWI ‘s Challenge #18 is another wonderful color combo from Jessica’s Design Seeds. Jessica has given us some amazing color pallets for our imagination to run wild. I am always finding myself going to her Design Seeds blog when I need color inspiration. The one the GHWI Design Team chose is Henna Tones, a beautiful color combo.

My project today was a lot of fun to make. I put my Copics, watercolors, and pencils aside. I let the paper do all the talking. My flower and leaves are from the {ippity} set “Now and Always.” I embossed each and then cut them out. The flower has three layers for dimension. You will see some writing on the background paper and the burgundy oval die cut. This was accomplished with a stamp from the {ippity} set “Because of You.” The background stamp was stamped on the paper with Peeled Paint DI, and on the oval die cut stamped with SU’s Very Vanilla. I then heat set the craft ink for permanency.

Now and Always

Because of You

Some of the supplies that I used were SU Craft inks in basic black and whisper white; DI in peeled paint;; DP from New Leaf collection; CS from SU in kraft and bravo burgundy; Perfect Pearl mist; Sharpie white pain pen; pearls; dies from Spellbinders and Memory Box.

I will be sending my little piece of art over to the {ippity} Opportunity Blog. Every Monday we have the beginning of an  “{ippity} Linky Party.” If you are creating with an {ippity} stamp, please “link up” and show us your beautiful work.

Did you know…we have a group, Get Hippity with {ippity}/Join the Unity Community, at The Crafter’s Café? We have a monthly card game and the prize is a six (6) piece grab bag of {ippity} and/or Unity goodness.

Did you know…we have a brand new group, Get Hippity with {ippity}, on Facebook? Come join us and share your love of {ippity} and Unity!

Aletha J. Williams

Did you know…that you can order {ippity} and Unity at the same time? You can pick me, Aletha J. Williams (I’m in the bottom row), as your {ippity} Chick, order some {ippity} and then some Unity. I would appreciate it tremendously! You can also visit my {ippity} blog to view the latest releases, or purchase the sets that I do have in stock.

I hope we see you at our GHWI’s Challenge #18. Thanks for stopping by! If you need more information on my project, or just have questions in general, don’t hesitate contacting me.
Aletha

I Have Bragging Rights!

My bragging rights are for my Get Hippity with {ippity} Design Team. I think that everyone of them have gone above and beyond the call of duty in some way. With that said, it is my pleasure to bring to you spotlights of their little pieces of art. For this beautiful Thursday, I am spotlighting three GHWI Design Team members.

KristyLee will be the first spotlight. She has created two beautiful cards for GHWI Challenge #17 “Things with Wings.” The {ippity} sets KristyLee created with are “What Matters Most,” Regal Greetings,” and “Music of My Heart.” Take a look at her blog, “KristyLee’s World.” Kristy is amazing in her creativity! She keeps churning out projects left and right.

Melissa did double duty this challenge. Beth, who would have been spotlighted, is ill. Get better real soon Beth, we miss you! With Beth’s absence, Melissa stepped in. Melissa mentioned that her mojo hasn’t been there, but I have to disagree. Her colors and layout on her art is gorgeous. The {ippity} sets Melissa used are “Friends + Flowers = Priceless” and “Now and Always.” Melissa’s “My Many Journeys” showcases all her ippity goodness!

Pam has created one of the sunniest farm related cards I have seen in a long time. Her choice of colors depict what a morning on the farm feels like. You may be ready for bed after doing all the chores, but the mornings are precious. Pam created using the {ippity} set “Farm Fresh.” Want to learn more about Pam? Take a visit to her blog “Crazy Stamper.”

Unity is having a 40% off sale this weekend, so if you want any of these {ippity} sets, or you just want some {ippity} with your Unity, pick me, Aletha J. Williams (I’m on the bottom row), as your {ippity} Chick and go shopping. I also have a few {ippity} sets for purchase on my {ippity} blog. You can see the most recent {ippity} releases there also.

Just a few FYIs, we have another new {ippity} release and a blog hop on April 12. So get ready to win some ippity goodness. We at GHWI will have Challenge #18 up and running on Monday, April 2. This will be a color combo challenge. I hope to see you all at both events.

Thanks for stopping by. If you have any questions, or need some {ippity}, just contact me.
Aletha

Happy Monday!

Well it’s Monday again! One good thing about this Monday is I have two more Get Hippity with {ippity} (GHWI) projects to share with you. These two are from a couple of my GHWI design team members and their projects are for our current GHWI Challenge #17 “Things with Wings.” You still have six (6) more days to enter.

This first little piece of art was created by Jen, and this is her second one for this challenge. Jen has completed her project with the {ippity} stamp sets “Now and Always” and “Quotes a’la HAPPY.”

Our final piece of art, for this Monday anyway, was created by Rhonda. Rhonda completed her project with one of my favorite {ippity} stamp sets “Wise Guy.”

Did you know…we have a group, Get Hippity with {ippity}/Join the Unity Community, at The Crafter’s Café? We have a monthly card game and the prize is a six (6) piece grab bag of {ippity} and/or Unity goodness.

Did you know…we have a brand new group, Get Hippity with {ippity}, on Facebook? Come join us and share your love of {ippity} and Unity!

Did you know…that you can order {ippity} and Unity at the same time? You can pick me, Aletha J. Williams (I’m in the bottom row), as your {ippity} Chick, order some {ippity} and then some Unity. I would appreciate it tremendously! You can also visit my {ippity} blog to view the latest releases, or purchase the sets that I do have in stock.

Thanks for stopping by! I will be back Thursday to showcase more inspiration from my GHWI Design Team.
Aletha