GHWI Challenge #23 Still Happening...

Welcome to a new week!!! Today I have a little inspiration to share for the GHWI Challenge #23 - Christmas in July with a Tag. We are only half way through the month so there is still lots of time for you to play along in the challenge.  Remember all you have to do is create a project, card, ATC any piece of art with a Christmas theme and has a tag!!I 

I decided to get a jump on my Christmas gifts and created a little box this week.I wanted it to be simple since I usually end up making 20-30 of these types of gifts for my co-workers. I cut the box using my Cameo which of course I LOVE!!! I have such a hard time when I'm crafting somewhere besides my craft room and I can't take it with me. 

I used 2 sets in the creation of this little gift - Warm Wishes and Gingham Christmas Greetings!! 

As you can see below the snowflakes with I heat embossed in silver came from the Warm Wishes set that can be found here.

Then I used the Gingham Christmas Greetings for my little tag which you can find here.

Remember these sets can be found on Aletha's sales blog or through Unity but be sure to choose to Aletha as your Ippity Chick!!

I also wanted to invite you to join The GHWI Customer blog hop on August 10-12. We are going to be celebrating Aletha as our awesome Ippity chick!!! The requirements are as follows -

1. To create a project using your favorite {ippity} stamp set. You only need to create one project for the hop.

2. Have it posted on your blog by Friday August 10^th at 8AM EST

3. Include information about and a link to Aletha’s {ippity} sales blog

And if you can't be part of the hop, we sure hope you'll do some hopping along the trail. There will prizes to win along the trail.

Sign ups will close by Friday August 3^rd.  If you are interested in joining the fun then please email me (Melissa Czapor) with GHWI August Blog Hop in the subject line. My email ismelissac1966@gmail.com

As always remember if you haven't joined the Facebook group and GHWI group at The Crafter's Cafe, you are missing lots more inspiration!!

I'd also like to enter this project in the following challenges - 

One Stitch at A Time - Anything Goes

Robyn's Fetish - Christmas in July

That Craft Place - Anything Goes

As always I am so grateful that you stopped by today!! I hope you have a fabulous week!!

Blessings and Hugs,

Melissa 

TIme for a new challenge at Get Hippity With Ippity...

The monthly challenge for July starts today at the Get Hippity with Ippity Blog!! We are on Challenge #23 and this one is to make a Christmas project that includes a tag.  You can create anything from a card to an ATC to a Scrapbook LO. Whatever is your style works great as long as it is Christmas themed and includes a tag. 

Here's the card I made for a little inspiration

I used one of my favorite Christmas Sets - Gingham Christmas Greetings

The papers are all from one of the first kits I ever purchased from Taylored Expressions which happened to be a Christmas Kit.  And now, I am a monthly Key Ingredients subscriber!! :-) The inks are all from Close To My Heart and the tag I made myself. 

If you are looking for an Ippity Chick please head over to Aletha's sales blog. She has awesome customer service. If you are ordering from the Unity site and plan on adding some ippity to your cart then be sure to pick Aletha as your Ippity chick.

Don't forget the groups at The Crafter's Cafe and Facebook where we do lots of wonderful sharing of all kinds of ippity and Unity projects!!

I hope you will stop on over at the GHWI blog and join the fun this month. You have from now until the last day of the month which happens to be July 31st. 

Thanks so much for coming by and looking!! I hope you have a fabulous week.

Many Blessings and Hugs,

Get Hippity With Ippity Challenge #15 - Music

Today starts the new challenge at Get Hippity with Ippity - Challenge #15 - our theme is music.  We figured that Ippity and Unity had lots of great musically themed images it would be a good theme.  

Don't forget the AMAZING prize for this challenge is any set of your choice from Aletha's sales blog.  Let me tell you my list grows with each new Ippity release!!! 

Here's my inspiration - I did a Layout this time around.  This is one of my favorite pictures of my DH and my girls. I have started an 8x8 album that is going to be filled with LO's of my favorite family pictures. These three truly do make my heart sing - they are the joys of my life.  Their smiles make me smile!

I used the following sets from Ippity -

      Gingham Christmas Greetings 

              

    Your Friendship

                                              

All of the paper is from my stash so I have no idea where it is from. I also wanted to let you know that Aletha has the Music of My Heart set available too. It is going to be my next purchase!!

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I am entering this project in the following challenges as well -

    Allsorts Challenge Blog - anything goes

    Joyful Stamper - Inspire Me Friday

I'd also like to invite you to join our group at The Crafter's Cafe.  You have another chance to win some Ippity goodness by posting your cards made with Ippity stamps.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!! I hope you are having a wonderful week!!

Blessings and Hugs,

Christmas Basket

I can't believe next Sunday is Christmas!! I still have SO much to get made, bought, and wrapped.  I have been so busy running the girls here, there and everywhere and making lots of gifts, I haven't had much time for blogging. I did want to share a few of the projects I made for a fundraiser at the beginning of the month.

The good news is that I'm on Christmas break from school. Let me tell you it didn't come soon enough!! 

 I am ready for some time to slow down, reflect and prepare for a new year. I am also ready to focus on the coming of our Lord and Savior - the real reason for celebrating Christmas.  I have so much to learn and am so grateful that our Lord is always there to show the way - my life is truly blessed!

The first one is a Christmas themed basket of cards and wrapping goodies -

Sorry this next picture is so out of focus! I should have checked before I gave it away! I thought it would be fun to have a place to keep all your Christmas card addresses.  I used the Card Catch All Template from My Time Made Easy. 

I included a set of 12 cards - 4 of each design below. I used Gingham Christmas and Kissmass and Mistletoe from{ippity}.  Remember my dear friend Aletha sells {ippity} here.

I also put a note pad in there - everybody needs to keep lots of lists during the Holiday season right? I used notepads and the cover template from Papertrey Ink.  The images are from My Time Made Easy.

I finished off the bag with a few gift card holders, hand made tags, gift bags, ribbon and bows. 

I really had a great time putting this together! I'm sure many of you feel this way as well - how wonderful it would be to be able to create as my job. :-)

Hope you have a wonderful day! Blessings and Hugs!!

Get Hippity With Ippity Challenge #10 Reminder

Happy Sunday!! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and weekend. I didn't head out for any Black Friday sales but I did do a bit of online shopping!! I have been so stressed and busy that I haven't done much crafty shopping so I figured it would be OK. :-)  I also know there's one more place to stop tomorrow for a Cyber Monday Sale -

I was able to get some crafting time this weekend. A friend of mine is doing a chinese auction next weekend for her daughter's band/orchestra booster group.  So I spent the whole weekend creating a couple of baskets to use. I'll be back later this week to share them. I still have one to finish between now and next Sunday so wish me luck!!

Here's another card I made for the Get Hippity with Ippity Challenge #10 - embossing.  I hope you'll come by and enter for the chance to win a set from Aletha's wonderful Ippity sales blog!!

I combined the Gingham Christmas Greetings

and the Kissmas and Mistletoe set

As always thanks so much for coming by!! Hope you have a wonderful week!!

Blessings and Hugs,

Get Hippity with Ippity Challenge #10

Welcome to another Get Hippity with Ippity Challenge Post!! I don't know about you but {ippity} stamps are truly some of my favorites and Aletha is my favorite {ippity} chick!! 

The challenge this time is to use embossing on your project.  It can be heat embossing or dry embossing whatever you choose.  You can find all the details on the Get Hippity With Ippity blog! 

Here's my inspiration for you -

I used the snowflakes embossing folder from cuttlebug for the background. The images are all from the {ippity} set Gingham Christmas Greetings which of course Aletha has available here.

I hope you'll join the fun!!! So get on over there and share your creativity!!

Thanks as always for coming by! Blessings and Hugs!!