Happy Birthday to I {Heart} Papers!

(Ugh!  I had just about finished my blog post when we experienced a power surge, and of course, everything was lost... don't you HATE when that happens?!)

 

ANYWAY!  I'll just skip the mindless chatter I started my last post with and get to the point:

is turning the big oh-four!  Here's all the celebration skinny you need to know:

i {heart} papers is thrilled to be celebrating our 4^th birthday this month! We know there’s no way we could have made it this far without each and every one of our loyal customers sharing their IHP love with their friends or following us on Facebook, Twitter, our blog or through our newsletter. So, our celebration is really a celebration of YOU and our gift to you is a 25% off coupon for the whole store, valid 10/16-1-/20 (valid on in stock items not, not valid on gift certificates or prior orders). Use code: 4bdayDT

NOTE: Shop early! Once seasonal items are sold out, they will most likely not be restocked. Also, the store will be closed from Oct 19-25th and there will be no shipping during this time. Orders will resume shipping on 10/26.

We will also have a giveaways on the blog and on Twitter during these days (they’ll be linked from Facebook too but since giveaways aren’t technically allowed on Facebook we have to do it on the blog!) so be sure to check in daily to see how to enter.

But wait! There’s more! Long time customers know that Kate is a huge dog rescue advocate, volunteering for a local dog rescue, transporting dogs in need and doing rescue work on Facebook. October happens to also be Adopt A Shelter Dog month, as well as the birthday of one of Kate’s dogs and the Gotcha/Adoption day of the other. So, in honor of all of that, IHP will be donating 10% of all sales during the birthday sale to Home For Good Dog Rescue, Eleventh Hour Rescue and Pilots ‘n Paws. And if you make your own donation to any of these organizations, we will send you a gift certificate to IHP for 50% of your donation amount (these will be sent at the end of the month). Just email us a copy of your donation receipt and we’ll email you a gift certificate!

Therefore, not only will you save 25% by shopping at ihp during the birthday sale, but you'll also be donating to a very worthy cause thanks to your purchases!  Might as well do a little early Christmas shopping for your favorite crafty peeps, don't you think?  (Oooh - that's a good idea...

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So, for today's Birthday Blog Hop, the incredible ihp design team and their humble October guest designer (c'est moi) were issued the following inspiration challenge:

(Photos originally found on this lovely blog post.) Notice the similar coloring to ihp's logo?  Very nice!  I went for literal with my card:

It looks pretty simple, doesn't it?  Well, you would be amazed at the number of products available at ihp that I used to create it.  Are you sitting down?  Because I'm going to list them all out for you:

1. Paper Smooches' Hullabaloo stamp set
2. Copic Markers
3. Eclipse Masking Strips
4. Momento Tuxedo Black ink
5. Inkssentials White Opague Pen
6. Copic X-Press Blending cardstock
7. Bow Easy
8. Dimensional Dots

I know, right?!  ihp is your one-stop-shop for papercrafting plenty!  Be sure to visit the ihp design team members to see what they've created for this month's challenge/birthday bash, and don't forget to tell Kate and ihp

 

• Carolyn
• Deb
• Gretchen
• Judy
• Lori
• Taylor
• Tracy
• Kate

Comments

[Deb]

LOVE it, Carole! What a great stamp set to match with that inspiration photo! So happy you're here to celebrate with us!

[Taylor]

Ohmyword this is ADORABLE!! I love all those balloons! Now I need this set, too!

[Kate - i {heart} papers]

This is adorable! I'm so thrilled to have you on board this month! :)

[Judy Rozema]

So darling, Carole! A perfect little card for the inspiration picture! Glad to have you joining us at ihp for this next month!

[Deborah Anton]

Simple and fabulous!

[Lori]

This is too fun! Love all those pretty pastel balloons!