The Paper Freak

We're LIVE!!! New {ippity} releases for January - now order on the Unity website!

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:55:00 +0000

Now that the bugs have finally been worked out at Unity's website, we are READY FOR ORDERS!!!! And in the spirit of starting anew, we have another FIRST for you.....{ippity} ITTY BITTY stamps!!! We have five of them this month...check 'em out!

Now, how's that for fabulous?!?!? There's a sale this weekend - and these cuties are included! So head over to the Unity Stamp Co.'s website and start shopping - you can just click my photo! Be sure to use this coupon code - ANG39 (all caps no spaces) - to get 39% off your ENTIRE ORDER! Don't walk...RUN! Click my photo to SHOP! ;)

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!http://unitystampco.com/ippity-chicks/default.aspx?id=116

Update to changes in {ippity}

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:53:00 +0000

Well, it has been a few days since my big announcement, and I'm afraid that the changes on Unity's website have been delayed. I know Unity is working very hard to get the changes made as soon as possible because we know that the changes will make it much easier for you to order, plus you'll get your stamps much more quickly in many cases because Unity will handle the shipping directly from their warehouse. I'm sorry it has been taking so long, but the changes ARE coming! I will post again once I have more news for you. Thank you for your patience!

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!

Something FANTASTIC & NEW at {ippity}!

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0000

We are VERY EXCITED about the NEW YEAR CHANGE with {ippity} stamps by Unity!

Starting this weekend {ippity} will be available on the UNITY WEBSITE!

All you have to do is CLICK ON MY PHOTO (that's me!)...

...and BUY your favorite {ippity} stamps!

But that's not all! If you would like to add UNITY STAMPS to your order YOU CAN! :)

You can buy BOTH UNITY and {ippity} at the SAME TIME and the order will NOW SHIP from Unity.

ALSO - ANY Unity DISCOUNT CODE used in combination with your order of {ippity} WILL WORK, including Unity Kit Member 25% discount codes!!! And did I mention that there's a SALE this weekend on UNITY, including {ippity}?

These changes will end up making shipping faster, and YOU can get a better deal - gotta love that! Stay tuned for the new stamp release this weekend!!!

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!

Something new with {ippity} is coming!

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:46:00 +0000

Boy, oh boy! There are a whole BUNCH of fantastic things coming your way this month! Make sure you check back here tomorrow to find out what they are - you don't want to miss it!

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!

Time for {ippity}!

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:40:00 +0000

It's December 5th, so you know what that means.....a new {ippity} release! Check out the cuteness!

You can get all of these sets from my Etsy shop or you can email me!

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!

{ippity} Thanks(giving) hop winner - claim your prize!

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:04:00 +0000

Hello! Sorry I'm a bit late posting the winner from the {ippity} blog hop. I was so busy trying to get my Christmas and grocery shopping done that I got a bit sidetracked. So without further ado......

Random.org chose #2...

...which means this commenter wins!

Jen W. said...

That background is gorgeous!

Thank you, and congrats, Jen W.! Please email me (billandcheri dot howard at gmail dot com) your address so I can mail your set to you!

See you all soon!

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!

FWF is Joyful

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:00:00 +0000

Hello, again! It's Friday, and that means it's a Friends with Flair blog hop!

This week I'm sharing a card that I think will be this year's Christmas card. It's easy to make assembly-line style, and I love how graphic it is with the pop of red against an all-white background.

supplies ~ stamps: {ippity} Season of Joy; cardstock: Martha Stewart & HP; embossing folder: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots; embossing powder: Hampton Art a la mode

I embossed the sentiment and frame before die cutting, then adhered everything together. Simple!

Remember to leave comments all along the hop - a lucky commenter will win blog candy from Unity! Happy hopping!

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!

{ippity} Thanks(giving) Blog Hop

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:01:00 +0000

Welcome to the thanks(giving) blog hop with a few {ippity} chicks!! Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday! It usually marks the beginning of the holiday season, but Thanksgiving is when I give thanks and give back for all that I'm thankful for. So this blog hop is centered around giving thanks and thanksgiving!

Pull up a chair, grab your favorite beverage, and hop through the blogs!

I decided to use Thanks for all Things on my card today. It's a cute little set that can be used in so many ways! I saw a really cool technique by Betsy Veldman (stamper extraordinaire!) that mimics batik fabrics. I knew I just had to try it on this card. A little raffia, which always reminds me of the straw bales I sat on during fall hayrides and bonfires, takes the place of ribbon.

stamps: {ippity} kit Thanks for all Things; kraft cardstock: Bazzill; watercolor paper: Impressions; ink: Ranger Distress Inks in Faded Jeans, Dusty Concord, Spiced Marmalade, Black Soot; clear ep; raffia

How would you like to win some {ippity}? How about this set, Thanks for all Things?

Remember to leave a comment (winner will be picked on 11/25!). Some of the other chicks are also giving away blog candy, so comment away!! Happy hopping!!!

Next up visit JenMarie at taylor-made by jenmarie. The complete list of hoppers is below.

angie - {stampsings of the shug}
lisa - schnauzer scraps
andrea - ippity stamps 4 u
jen m - mitten's papercrafting
barbara - {ippity} do da
kim - scrappin creations
cheri - the paper freak
jenmarie - taylor-made by jenmarie
noelle - noelle scraps a lot
jenny j - jen's cup of creations
sarah - the joys of creating
crystal - crystal's craft corner
susan - paper & joy

Thanks for visiting!

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!

Fabulous Friday Fun, Warm Wishes & a blog hop tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:18:00 +0000

Brrrrr! It's cold out! Here in Alaska, we're having a proper cold snap with temps at night dipping to almost -40, and the highs during the day up to a balmy -15! I sure am glad to be in my snuggy craft room on a night like this!

I finally got around to playing with the Warm Wishes {ippity} set released earlier this month. What a fun set! I decided to do some embossing, and I really like how my card came out.

stamps: {ippity} set Warm Wishes; cardstock: Bazzill; dsp: DCWV; embossing powder: Zing!; gem: stash

I tried a medallion after reading this post at Moxie Fab World. One tip I didn't see on any of the tutorials I dug up to make this:

make sure your strip of paper is at least 8 times longer than it is wide

My first medallion wouldn't join at the ends because I didn't know that. So avoid the headache and lost paper/time/sanity/whatever and measure first. You'll be glad you did. =)

I also entered this card in the CPS challenge for this week.

Oh, and remember that there's an {ippity} blog hop tomorrow! Come hop, comment and get a chance to win an {ippity} set! It will run through Thanksgiving, so join us - it'll be fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!

It's all fun until...

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:55:00 +0000

Hello, again! I'm back with a card using one of the newest {ippity} sets, Pain and Pride.

This poor little guy is obviously NOT in a happy mood, but I can identify with him. One year for my birthday, my little brother took me to Mt. Hood for a snowboarding lesson. I never did learn to snowboard since I spent nearly all of my 3 hours on my fanny. Center of gravity, where are you? I think it is permanently out to lunch!!

supplies: cardstock: Bazzil, dsp: DCWV, stamps: {ippity} Pain and Pride, pop dots: Plaid

I did this card for 365 Cards' challenge #250. Have a safe day out there!

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!

{ippity} gives thanks blog hop

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:00:00 +0000

Some of the {ippity} chicks are hosting a blog hop on November 19! Get your mouse ready and your typing fingers limbered up - there's going to be BLOG CANDY! So mark your calendar and get ready for some fun!

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!

Yay for November {ippity}!

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 05:19:00 +0000

It's November 5th, so you know what that means, right???? New {ippity} stamps! I'll be back with a card or two tomorrow!

$5.40 + shipping

Poor little guy! I can't help but laugh even though he looks so miserable!

$16.20 + shipping

I L.O.V.E. this kit! It has obvious winter/Christmas applications, but when I saw the preview images I totally saw something non-winter in my head - I'll show you what I mean once I finish my card!

Would you like to order? Just head over to my Etsy shop, or you can simply email me your PayPal info and I'll send an invoice - it's that easy!

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!

November peeks!

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:55:00 +0000

I have to say that I'm in LOVE with November's kits...check out the peeks!

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!

October kits are released!

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 06:34:00 +0000

Hooray! The new {ippity} sets for October are here! Take a look, then come on over to order your set today! (And if I've sold out, just email me and I'll be happy to order you a set).

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!

October {ippity} release

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:13:00 +0000

The new releases are coming for October, and I think you'll "fall" in love with them just like I did! Here's a sneak peak!

I have both sets available for pre-order here. The full view of the sets will be out on October 1!

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!

Hip {ippity} hooray - new releases are out!

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 06:05:00 +0000

The big day has finally arrived - the June releases are OUT! Order your TODAY by emailing me what you'd like and your PayPal account name. I'll send an invoice for your order!

Another big announcement is that the {ippity} blog has re-opened and has all-new challenges every two weeks and YOU could win some FREE {ippity} goodness! You have to go check it out!

Here's my entry for this first challenge. I had some photos of my husband's nieces I wanted to frame, but not all of the frames matched the picture sized, so I created some larger panels using my {ippity} stamps, the smaller photos and some patterned paper. Hubby really likes it, and it now graces a space on our living room wall. You can click the pics to get a better view, if you like.

There were two "too small" photos I wanted to frame and an empty space. I kept it pretty simple and just added sentiments with the photos, and created a card-like panel with just a sentiment to serve as something like a title on a scrapbook page. I'm no scrapbooker (but I try!), but I'm happy with the results! =D

So, what are you waiting for? Go create and enter the challenge - maybe you'll the the one to WIN!

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!

{ippity} For a Cause

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Wed, 25 May 2011 08:36:00 +0000

Hello again, friends! I think my {ippity} page is updated and ready for orders, and I'm already taking pre-orders for the June 5 release of stamps. Just email me the sets/stamps you want. You can see all of the sets and prices here. Remember that every order includes a special gift as a thank you!

I also want to let you know that from now until June 7, all proceeds from my {ippity} sales will go to my friends Ken and Chelsey Mach. They are in the process of adopting twins, who are due around June 7, and they need a bit of help raising money for their expenses. You can read about their whole story at their adoption blog, Our Adoption Story - To Alaska With Love! They had originally intended to adopt from Ethiopia, but that country pretty much shut down their adoption cases and the Mach's lost all the money they had already paid to their adoption agency. Would you consider helping them bring their twins home with a purchase of {ippity} stamps? Email me!

{ippity} kit: Quotes a'la HAPPY

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!

Did ya see? Whoopie!

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Sat, 21 May 2011 07:57:00 +0000

EVERY month, there will be a new {ippity} stamp release! And here's the newest one!

Want it? It's just $18, and until Sunday at 11:59pm AKDT the shipping is FREE! Just email me to order!

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!

My, oh my! How time flies!

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Fri, 20 May 2011 07:41:00 +0000

I cannot believe it has been so long since my last post! If you haven't been following our adoption progress, you can get caught up at my adoption blog, Growing By Heart. But to state it simply, we are nearly done with paperwork, so sometime in July we should be on the waitlist for a baby - so exciting!

So, now that we're nearly done with that and school is out for the summer, I have much more free time on my hands and will begin posting more regularly again. AND, I'll be more active with {ippity} stamps by Unity. See?

I am so excited I can hardly wait!

In just about a week or so, I'll be ready to get back into the swing of things with {ippity}, but if you'd like to order anything NOW, just email me and I'd be happy to place an order for you! If you're interested in any of the older sets, I have many of them in stock right now - check it out on my {ippity} page.

See you soon!

Do you like {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!

It's been a while, but I've been crafty =D

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:00:00 +0000

Hello, there! It's been a while since I posted here, but I do have a project to share. Well, really it's just a photo and a link to where you can get details. A photographer friend of mine, Chelsey Mach, is doing a series on her blog called, "She's Crafty" and guess who the guest blogger is today? Yep - ME! Here's what you'll find over there today:

Go check it out - just click here to go to the MachC Photography blog!

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!

Some big changes are a-comin'!

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:10:00 +0000

Hello, friends! I know some of you started reading my blog quite a long time ago - back when I was posting a few times a week - and wanted to let you know about some changes happening in my life recently....

I have made the decision to step down from all design teams I've belonged to and return to the ranks of private citizen and blogger. Bill and I decided a while back that we would like to adopt a child (rather three total, by the time we're done). I've started a new blog, Growing by Heart, to share our adoption story for anyone who is interested. I'll still be posting my crafty stuff here, though, although on a much less frequent basis. =D

If any of you have been through adoption, or know someone who is/was, I'd love it if you directed them to my adoption blog. We are at the very beginning of the process, and would welcome any input from those who have "been there, done that".

Until later...blessings!

It's a Verve Anniversary Hop!

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Verve's Anniversary Blog Hop - Verve is turning THREE today! If you'd like to see all the participating blogs, just start at the beginning over at the Verve blog. Make sure you leave comments all along the way to enter for a fantastic prize!

Okay, on to the card I'm sharing! This card features one of my favorite Plain Jane Scripture verses - and Verve has lots of them! I used an emboss resist technique with the background, but used an iridescent embossing powder instead of plain clear ep. I think it makes an interesting effect that you wouldn't expect. The rhinestones help to emphasize the sparkle. =D

Now it's time for you to hop on over to Edna's blog to see what she's showing off - have fun!

Let's do the {ippity} hop!

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:04:00 +0000

It's Monday, so that means it's time for another {ippity} blog hop! Be sure to visit the {ippity} blog to get the full list of participants!

Today's card is simple one with a little paper piecing for the {ippity} challenge this week. Note to self: the bird is a smaller stamp that does NOT do well with this kind of piecing! What was supposed to be a quick card ended up taking much longer because I tried to piece it. I'm not a big fan of that technique anyway unless it's SUPER simple. Chalk it up to the super long days in Alaska, I guess! =D

supplies ~ cardstock: Georgia Pacific, dsp: October Afternoon Fly a Kite, stamps: {ippity} Fall for You

Thanks for visiting today! Now you're off to ~~Elisabeth~~ to see what she's cooked up!

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!

Doodle Dragon Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:00:00 +0000

Hello, again! I'm sure some of you may have wondered if I was still on the Doodle Dragon design team since it's been so long since I've done a DDS card, but I just took a little hiatus - I'm back! There will be no new releases this summer, but be sure to check Dustin's blog for freebies occasionally and the challenges are still going strong!

This week, we'd like to see you patriotic creations! With the 4th coming up soon, I'm sure you can cook up party favors, table decorations, kids' games or anything you please. Just use a Doodle Dragon image and post your card with a direct link back to your blog post with your creation. Have fun with this one!

I made a card using the Too Much Fairy Bear from a while back and a sketch from Midnight Madness. What could be yummier than a basket full of red, white and blue cuppies?!?! I colored with Prismas & OMS, then used up some scraps that are nearly overflowing my scrap tray. A little embossing on the background papers were all I needed to add a little interest.

supplies ~ cardstock: Georgia Pacific (white) & Fiskars (blue), red dsp: Bo Bunny, image: Doodle Dragon Studios

So let's see what you've got! Until next time...

FWF...thanks.

noreply@blogger.com (Cheri) — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:42:00 +0000

Hello, friends! I hope that you are ready for the weekend, 'cuz I AM! To start it off right, here's a little stamping goodness. If you would like to see more, you can start at the Unity blog to see all the participating blogs. Remember that there's a blinkie hidden on one of them (sorry, not here!); find it, leave a comment, and you could be stalking the mailman for some new Unity!

I think "simplify" is becoming a major theme in my life at this moment. More and more of my cards are coming up CAS or close to it, like this one. I got my inspiration from this card at Jo's blog. I don't have any burlap, but I do have an {ippity} burlap stamp. I went for the mottled look on the flower by inking it first with a light blue, then inked around the outside with a darker blue, and finally carefully inked the stem. The pointy end of Memento Dew Drop ink pads made the job much easier than I thought it would be. A little sentiment and a punched edge finish the card!

supplies ~ cardstock: Georgia Pacific, stamps: {ippity} Bit of Burlap & The Simple Things

Okay, I'm off to get the rest of my chores done so I can play away the weekend - have a good one!

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? Check out my {ippity} page!