Hip-Hop Flip-Flop

Good morning to all my Unity Stamp Co. and {Ippity} Peeps!

Before we get into the fun stuff today, I need to apologize for my sudden disappearance from the blog this week. We had to make an unexpected trip to Alabama and I barely had time to pack, much less get my blog organized for the week so I am so sorry that I left you hanging. But our many, MANY hours of driving ended yesterday afternoon so now I am back with you in the land of BLOGGING! ;o)

If you have been following the hop then I know that you know this week's fun news...

we are doing a Unity - {Ippity} Flip-Flop! 

I LOVE the excuse to use all of those FABULOUS {Ippity} stamps! 

I had planned so many more projects for you today, but our trip put the kibosh on extra stamping so you will just have to watch for a bit more {Ippity} later!

My first project is a fun little layout about my secret stash of romance novels hidden in my stamp room...

(click on the layout to get the full impact of how it looks)

The journaling says, "I was so excited about this big wall cabinet for holding supplies in my stamp room. But instead of papers, stamps, and glitters, it holds Kenyons, Showalters, and Gerards. All romance novels- chick lit!" ~Sept 2010

This corner detail is the edge of a shipping tag that I colored with Glimmer Mist a LONG time ago. I simply stamped the floral edge across the top of it, trimmed it to fit the page top and added the ribbon and gems for a cool detail that helps to tie in the blue on the page.

I stamped that awesome Bit of Burlap stamp in Hay (Palette ink pad) on the background of some white cardstock and then stamped the books in black StazOn and colored them with watercolor pencils. The detail around the edge of the piece is hand drawn after a bit of edge distressing.

Supplies used:

*{Ippity} The Simple Things (flowers stamped in background of layout)

*{Ippity}A Moment In Time (floral border along tag top)

*{Ippity} Books a Flutter (book stamp and quote)

*{Ippity} A Bit of Burlap (background behind books)

*October Afternoon paper (yellow damask) and journaling piece

*Pink Paislee paper (black background)

*Making Memories ledger paper

*Jet Black StazOn ink pad

*watercolor pencils

*American Crafts glitter alpha

*EK Success Chain punch

*Recollections bling gem swirl

*ribbon

*shipping tag

*Glimmer Mist (verdigris?)

*flat-back gems

*Zig writer

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My second project is a simple card using some super-OLD papers and these fabulous {Ippity} stamps from the A Moment in Time kit....

A very clean and simple layout which I think makes for a perfect thank you card which you can mass-produce for a good stash of these cards...esp. as we go into the holidays.

Supplies used:
*{Ippity} A Moment in Time
*MME paper collection
*Martha Stewart flat-backed gems, border punch, and seam binding tape
*Marvy Uchida scallop circle punch
*StazOn jet black ink pad
*kraft card stock

Now you need to hop on over to the next blog...***Stephanie***