~ H{ippity} Hop! ~

It's a bank holiday here in the UK and the start of an Easter break for me. Gosh, it does feel good not to have to get up early. Thankfully my boys aren't early risers either! 

Recently my boys played in a violin concert and I was fortunate to be able to capture that moment and turned it into a LO: 

This 4x6" LO was created using a Scarlet Lime Feb10 kit. I made use of {ippity} Music Of My Heart set as it fitted the theme perfectly. 

My next project is a tag using Fishy Philosophy. 

I sponged the background using distressed inks.  After stamping the 'tree', I coloured in using a glittery pen to make it shine.

Thanks for dropping by. Hope you had a great Easter and have a good week ahead! 

~ H{ippity} Hop! ~

It's Monday again and time to do a bit of hopping. I always luv looking at the inspiration provided by the {ippity} gals and see how one particular stamp can be used in so many different ways. 

I played with 2 stamp sets and created this LO. I made use of Moon Beams & Heart Strings as well as Life's Little Moments. Moon Beams & Heart Strings is fast becoming a fav of mine. Funnily though, I didn't think much of it when I first saw it but I'm reaching out for that set more often these days.

Patterned papers by Jillibean, a set that I got from a previous Unity scrapbooking kit. Sprayed the  background with Glimmer Mists using a Heidi Swapp butterfly stencil. 

Added some pearls onto the butterflies.

The stars and moon was gently outlined with a Copic marker.

Thanks for dropping by. Have a great week ahead. It's gonna be a busy one for me, all the way to the weekend! 

~ H{ippity} Hop! ~

It's Monday, the start of a new week and welcome to another H{ippity} Hop. I managed to sort out my new {ippity} stamps so that they are easy to find and use! I lose no time in playing with a couple of sets. I created this LO based on a sketch here. Always the sketch rebel, I had to put my own twist to it by rotating it to suit my photo. I made use of 2 stamp sets, Moon Beams & Heart Strings and Love In Return.

LO was created using Scarlet Lime Feb10 kit. 

The next offering is a quick tag I created. I made use of What Matters Most stamp set. 

The background was created simply by placing the tag over a stencil covered with glimmer mist.

Well, it's now mid-month and I guess I had better start working on my Xmas card quota. I'm doing quite well with keeping up. Thanx for dropping by and have a great week ahead. 

~ H{ippity} Hop! ~

The start of the week again. Weekend sure passed far too quickly. My new sets of {ippity} stamps arrived last week and I couldn't wait to play. 

I created a mini 4x6" LO using Love In Return. I luv making these mini LOs as they are quick to do and 4x6 albums are easily and cheaply available (I merely use photo albums). A 12x12 LO usually takes me 2-3 hrs to create and sometimes I just don't have time on my side to sit down to play. The minis can easily be done in less than half an hour. 

Patterned papers by My Mind's Eye Bloom & Grow. Bought a pack of 6x6 papers mainly for cards but they were so delish that I had to use some for this mini LO. 

I also created a tag as well. I luv creating them as they are easy to create and I can use the stamped images rather 'themelessly'. They tend to be given away frequently i.e. tucked in to birthday card etc.

The background was created by putting the tag over misted stencil. It's such a shame to wipe the mist off the stencil after it has been used on a background. Hence, I keep tags around to kinda 'soak' the mist up and they come in handy when I'm creating tags. Then I stamped the background with the musical note stamp image from Music From My Heart set. The rest kinda flowed in. Have to say, this stamp set is one of my favs!

Thanks for dropping by and have a great week ahead. 

~ H{ippity} Hop! ~

It's Monday and thankfully it's the last week of the term too! It's also time to h{ippity} hop as well. This week, I played with Life's Little Moments: 

I created 2 LOs to give to my parents. They are 4x6 and fits into an Ikea flipover frame (which I know my parent has). My dad is always asking for photos of his only grandsons! No doubt it is much easier to send them via email but nothing like scrapping them to give it a slightly more personal touch!

Both mini LOs created using Scarlet Lime Jan kit.

I've also created a card based on an {ippity} challenge which is to make a birthday card. I used stamp sets from Devoted, Just Wanted to say and Because of You.

 

Here's my card: 

Patterned paper by Basic Grey Sugar Rush and KI Memories Flourish collections.

And the inside: 

Thanks for dropping by and hope you have a great week ahead! Don't forget to check out the rest of the blogs for some fabulous inspiration!

~ H{ippity} Hop! ~

Where did January go? It's February and it's Monday so time to do a little h{ippity} hop. Well, I did a LO using Life's Little Moments and Because of You: 

This LO was created based on a challenge on The Studio. It has to be symmetrical in design, altering alphabets and having fabric on the LO. I stamped a background stamp on two of the strips and used a quote. LO created using stash mainly from Scarlet Lime Jan10 main kit, with alpha and lace trimmings from my own stash. 

Thanks for dropping by and have a great week ahead!

~ H{ippity} Hop! ~

Welcome to another round of H{ippity} Hop. For today, I'm showcasing a mini LO (4x6) that fits into an Ikea flip-over picture frame. I do these mini LOs whenever I have new photos and slot into those frames. Any old ones then go into a 4x6 album which is easily available in stores. These are fun to do and very fast to accomplish unlike the traditional 12x12 LO that takes me a good 2 hrs or more to finish sometimes.

I made use of Life's Little Moments stamp set. One of my fav stamp set as they are so well suited for scrapbooking.

Here's  my mini LO:

I used Scarlet Lime's December 09 kit. I've a knack of buying kits and not using them so my resolution this year is to use up previous kits before getting new stash (stamps exempted)! Luv this particular photo of us (we seldom get a chance to take a family photo) where we were on a fishing trip in Indonesia last summer. Sheer bliss! The quote was stamped on transparency and the back coloured in white ink to make it stand out.

My next project is a card created for a {ippity} challenge which ask to use black, neutral and another colour on the card. I chose kraft & red and use Kissmas & Mistletoe set.

My card:

 I'm starting my Xmas card early this year with a hope that I will eventually amass enough for Xmas this year! Let's see! Background embossed using Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder.

Thanks for dropping by! Have a great week ahead!

>>> H{ippity} Hop! <<<

Been busy the weekend creating and why not since the weather was too cold to go out. Neither the boys nor I seem inclined to wanna go out at all and we spent Sunday in our jammies. Bliss!

Here's a LO created using Life's Little Moments set. Can't tell you how much I've used this set for my pages.

I did this LO as part of my DT assignment for BackPorch Memories, using Sassafras Amplify papers. Misted the background using glimmer mist and cosmic shimmer and did a tone on tone stamping using the snowflake stamp from Kissmas & Mistletoe (which can't be seen in the photo). Used the journaling block for my title.

The next project is a card, also created using BPM kit. I used patterned papers from Bella Blvd, Honey I'm Home collection.

I used a background stamp to decorate the chipboard house from Scenic Route. Punched out a fence using my Martha Stewart punch and stamped another background stamp on it. The chipboard house was coloured using Copics.

Finally, my last project is another card. I created this one based on the H{ippity} Hip challenge that was issued last week, which was to use buttons on the card. Here's mine:

Patterned paper from Imaginisce. I made use of the Simply Home set. Have not really played with this set. The stamped house image was coloured using Promarkers. I luv using ribbons and trimming and I'm such a serious hoarder of them. So dug thru' my stash to find this particular one that was suitable for this card. I believe the buttons are from Making Memories (a very long time ago...)

Is it coincidental that my cards so far focus on homes? I just realised that the last few cards I created were related to homes. But then again, I don't have any of them in my collection so just as well I made some for 'in case' use.

Thanks for dropping by. If you have left comments, thanks so much. I appreciate them and enjoy reading  them. Have a great day!

>>> On Display: Kissmas & Mistletoe <<<

This is my all time favourite Xmas stamp. I can still see myself using it way after Xmas is over. It literally contains all images relating to snow, Xmas, winter themes! I used them in a LO as seen here:

I've used a tone-on-tone stamping for the snowflakes. Made use of the trees as embellishments and added a mistletoe to finished it off. Patterned papers are from Lilibee Vintage Poppy collection.

Created a card using Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses collection. Absolutely adore the mistletoe image.

Update on the stamp sets:

Just Wanted To Say, Straight From The Heart & Life's Little Moments are out of stock at the moment. I will be ordering more next month so if you're interested, email me to reserve a set. The rest are still available for immediately delivery.