Hip Hop!!!

Hippity Hop Unity Peeps!!!

This week, DH and I celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary. It was also Father's Day so I was making purely masculine cards for Dh to show him how much I appreciate him and all that he does for us. This card is one of those that I made using this month's Kit of the month, All Smiles.

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. All Smiles

*Crate paper collection

*Fiskars border punch

*jute string

*Nestabilities Lacey Die

*Palette Burnt Umber ink pad

*corner rounder

I based my card layout upon this month's Sketch For You to Try.

Now you need to hop on over to ***Jen B's gorgeous blog***

An easy Father's Day Card...

It's Father's Day and I couldn't locate any father themed stamps in my stash (how is that possible?!?!) so I set about finding some stamps that I could use as simply a masculine card and found these from the Fly Free kit. I think that works for a Fathers Day card for my dad...

Supplies used:

*Unity STamp Co. Fly Free

*Cosmo Cricket paper line

*nestabilities labels

*jute string

*button

*watercolor pencil

*StazOn jet black ink pad

Happy Father's Day everyone!!!

I adore you for FWF!

Good morning Unity Peeps! 

I got a peek at what the $5 feature was going to be for FWF today (I Adore You) and thought that I would play a bit with it. Next week is DH and mine 19th wedding anniversary so thought this might be a fun card to give to him for it....

It's a very simple card and I think that the dictionary paper with the kraft makes it masculine enough to give to my DH...

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. I Adore You

*Echo Park paper collection

*vintage dictionary paper

*StazOn jet black ink pad

*vintage buttons

*Nestabilities die cut

Be sure to check out all the FWF participants on the Unity Blog.

Sun & Fun Unity Challenge....

It's time for the Unity Stamp Co. Challenge again and this month's theme is Sun & Fun!

So..do you want to win 100 random stamps AND a free kit of your choice valued at $45 or under?

Ink up your SUMMER images because this month we are celebrating Sun & FUN!

You can check out all the details on the challenge, HERE.

For my card, I used this month's KOM,  All Smiles, and a variation on one of the Mojo Monday sketches.

Supplies used:

*Unity STamp Co. All Smiles

*DCWV stack

*Nestabilities labels die

*CTMH grey ink

*StazOn jet black inked

*seam binding

*Martha stewart border punch

*Cuttlebug swiss dot embossing plate

Be sure to check out the Unity Hip Hop tomorrow. I hear that there is going to be some smashing Samantha Walker sales going on!!

A Vacation Portfolio

I am up on the Unity Stamp Co blog today and this is a copy of that same post...
At this point in my life, I have over 20 scrapbook albums and I don't really want too many more, so I look for other ways to commemorate important events throughout the year. We are getting ready to go on vacation. This is a huge family vacation with lots of the extended family so I was looking for a way to do a quick little album/memorabilia storage from the trip and came up with the 7 gypsies portfolio (I used the medium size.)

One of the reasons why I like these so much is that they are expandable so I can stuff them full of ephemera and little thumbnail photos from the trip.

Because this was a fairly large project, there are a LOT of photos and materials used on this. I am going to list the Unity stamps used in each individual photo for easier explanation.

For the cover, I used several different stamps. The band under "VACATION" there is from the Carnivale Alpha kit. The date at the end of the band is from the Sophisticates Notes kit. You can also see just the edge of the Family sentiment there and that is from last month's kom, Think Happy Thoughts.

That swirl is from the Art & Soul kit.

The family edge is from Starts & Ends with Family. The flower is from last month's kom, Think Happy Thoughts.

The interior flap has Insightful Meadows stamped in it and a little sack (for memorabilia) with the bird from last month's kom, Think Happy Thoughts.

The summer tag is stamped using this month's KOM, ...all Smiles.

The tag has Monthly Report stamped on it in grey.

The file folder has one of the flower bunches from Insightful Meadows stamped on it.

There is a library pocket tucked into the small file folder (for memorabilia) and it is stamped using this month's kom, All Smiles.

In the background there you can see the Unforgettable Moments stamp. The banner is from the Welcome Baby kit. 

There's no stamping in this interior section, but there is a big ribbon where larger photos and ephemera can be tied into the book.

I hope that you like this idea for a bit of a different scrapbook. I will try to remember to share it again after I have filled it!

Hip-hopping through June...

For this week's Hip Hop card, I played a bit with the new Unity Stamp Co. kit of the month, ...all Smiles!

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. ...all Smiles

*Heidi Swapp Large playing card

*Tattered Angels chipboard and glimmer mist

*MME paper collection

*watercolor pencils

*nestabilities die cut

*brads

*StazOn jet black ink pad

*bling

Now you need to hop on over to ***Jen B's gorgeous blog***

New Ippity Release!!

Did you all see the five new gorgeous kits coming out from {Ippity}???

They are all so darn cute!

You can see them all HERE.

I was lucky enough to get to play with one of these fabulous new kits, New Season, New Wonder...

For the sentiment stamp, I colored the image with my water-based markers directly onto the stamp, layering the colors.

Supplies used:

*{Ippity} New Season, New Wonder

*DCWV paper collection

*doily

*waterbased markers

*StazOn jet black ink pad

*watercolor pencils

*Martha Stewart border punch

*Nestabilities labels die

*ribbon

June 1 Unity KOM Sketch

It's the first day of June and that means that we have a new kit of the month, All Smiles, over at Unity Stamp co and a new sketch challenge to go with it!

Here are the details:

A new sketch will be posted on the 1st of each month.

You must use ANY Unity Kit of the Month in your submission.

You can use the most current Kit or any Kit of the Month that you have.

Your prize: 100 randomly chosen Unity stamps

& ANY Unity Kit of the Month of your choice!

(past kits can be found HERE)

Here is our June sketch:

I fell in love with that rose image and when I saw the sketch, I knew that I wanted to use it. I was going for a shabby chic look with a bright, summery feel...

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. June KOM All Smiles

*DCWV paper collection

*nestabilites labels dies

*martha stewart pom flowers and border punch

*stazOn jet black ink pad

*creative cafe button

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