Hip Hop...

Good morning Unity Peeps!

It's time for one more Hip Hop....

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co Echo Writer

*Webster's Pages paper collection

*Nestabilities die cut

*doily

*distress ink

*StazOn jet black ink pad

*twine

*MM glitter chipboard

*toothpick

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

BIG Announcement!

Hi, everyone!!

I'm on the Unity Stamp Co. blog today, and I copied my post to here. Please read all the way to the bottom because I have some really exciting news to share!!!

I'm excited to be here today because today is a HUGE day for me, but I'll tell you more about that at the end of this post. ;o)

My Creations:

For today's art, I played a bit with my May KOM. 

I just love the variety of stamps in these kits!!

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. May 2012 KOM

*The paper studio kraft patterned paper

*MME paper (yellow)

*StazOn jet black inkpad

*watercolor pencils

*Nestabilities dies

*Martha Stewart border punch

* ribbon

*corner rounder

*MM dangle

*pins

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. May 2012 KOM

*The paper studio kraft patterned paper

*MME paper (yellow)

*StazOn jet black inkpad

*watercolor pencils

*Nestabilities dies

*Martha Stewart border punch

* ribbon

*toothpick

*brad

*********

Inspirational Quote

One of the things that we are supposed to do as part of our Tuesday DT posts is to share a quote we love. I have this one stored on my Pinterest boards and just love it....

Pinterest link

My Announcement:

...and that brings me to my announcement.

You'll notice that I'm not going to be around quite so much over the next little while. I'll still be here, but probably working more in the background and less on the art side, because....

I am doing what I love. 

Writing.

Today, my author website and 

my author Facebook page went live.

I'm writing romantic suspense and my first book, 

Operation: Endgame, will be available Sept, 2012.

Come like me on my new sites!

Full Reveal....

Here's the full view of the card that I just showed you a snippet of yesterday...

It's part of the new kit, Courage is My Strength from {ippity}.

You can see some of the other new releases from last night HERE and HERE.

So gorgeous!

Don't forget, there are also some AMAZING sales happening through the weekend...

Hip Hopping with New Releases

Unity Stamp Co. has new releases today, but you only get to see a little bit....

....until our release party tonight!!!

Be sure to come back and play for the Release party on the

  SCS forum at 7:00 PM CST!!!

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

National Scrapbooking Day....

....and I made a CARD to celebrate. 

;o)

Seriously, I scrapbooked for over 15 years and have 25 HUGE, FULL albums. 

I have no more room for scrapbook layouts. 

It just means Kat will have no memories of her childhood while Jacob has EVERYTHING documented. The curse of being the second child.

So for today's celebration I made a card.

Supplies used:

*Unity stamp co. Jillibean Dutch Mustard Soup

*K&Co shaped paper

*Pink Paislee paper

*CTMH Crystal blue ink pad

*Martha Stewart flat back gems

*Marvy Uchida scallop circle punch

*Colorbox Navy blue ink pad

*Martha Stewart border punch

*7 gypsies dangle charm

*lace trim

Don't forget to play along with the Unity Sketch challenge. There is an amazing prize....

Hello Friday!!

It's May.

OMG, how the heck did that happen already?!?

I haven't shared my sketch challenge card with you for this month yet...

Next month is my 20th anniversary and I have been making a series of cards to give to dh.

This is another one....

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Feb 2012 kom

*MME papers and sticker

*Nestablities scallop oval die

*glue pen

*red glitter

*brad

*buttons

*Martha Stewart border punch

Here's the sketch from the challenge. Another way to win some gorgeous stamps!

And did you see? 

Tomorrow is National Scrapbooking Day.

If you play along with Unity, you could win a HUGE PRIZE!!! 

Writing on Wednesday: Time to switch the binders

I organize my writing in loose-leaf binders.

It can get fairly crazy because at any given time, my writing table pretty much looks like this...

Not so pretty, but all those binders mark a LOT of work in my life

and it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling just to look at them.

Another thing that gives me a warm fuzzy feeling is when it's time to switch the binders. 

Yesterday was that day.

All of my books start out in a little 1/2" binder like that one on top. 

Then as the book gets bigger, they slowly creep up in page count until they need the 1 1/2" binder.

Yesterday Operation: Endeavor moved to the 1 1/2" binder (30,000 words so far.)

AND Unity Found made it's way into a 1/2" binder (3000 words so far.)

Hehe...I haven't told you about Unity Found yet have I??

It's a new novella which I hope to finish pretty quickly.

It was inspired by this photo of the hero, Tod, and our discussion of him on the Unity DT private page.

Tod is an outdoor outfitter on the Boundary Waters area of Minnesota.

Lila, the heroine, is a wildlife photographer needing an outdoor guide for her BoundaryWaters photo shoot.

Serendipity definitely comes into play when these two hook up. It's a fun little book and I am having just a blast writing it. It's fun to write something short and flirty for a change in pace.

Stamp of the Week #17

Have you seen this week's newest Stamp of the Week from Unity??

I love it!!

supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Stamp of the week #17

*Authentique paper collection

*Nestabilities lacey frames dies

*buttons

*Fiskars border punch

*Distress ink

*StazOn jet black ink

Hipping into Thursday!

Hip Hop Girlies!!

It's Thursday and it's time to party Unity-style.

I had big plans for playing with my Kit of the Month for today's post, but then my Mac mouse died...kind of. It points, but it doesn't click. Did you realize you can't do anything with a computer if you can't click??? And unfortunately, that's the only computer that talks with my camera, but now I have to order a new mouse from Apple.

Long story right?? So instead of new art, I am going to show you my piece I made for this month's challenge. Do you play the challenges?? If not, you should! Big prizes involved! Plus it's fun!

This month's challenge was to use Pink, Green, and Cream in a card....

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Little Girl Believes

*Prima paper collection

*trim

*watercolor pencils

*StazOn jet black inkpad

*flat back gems

*Nestabilities Lables die cute

Now you need to hop on over to ***Jimmi's blog***

Stamp of Week #16

Happy Monday Morning, Peeps!

Just a quick share this morning using part of this week's Stamp of the Week from Unity Stamp Co.

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Stamp of the Week #16

*Webster's Pages Paper collection

*Nestabilities Labels die

*ribbon

*buttons

*Marvy Uchida scallop oval punch

I created this card using the sketch from The Deconstructed Sketch #48.

Remember, the Stamp of the Week's are only available for one week and only cost $5.79 which includes shipping.

Once upon a time....

Once upon a time there was a beautiful little Princess. 

Normally she was a sweet and lovely child. 

But one horrible day, she decided to disobey the Queen's edicts.

As a result, she was punished and was very sad indeed.

But at her heart, she was a Good Little Princess.

Not once did she complain about her punishment.

In fact, she tried to see the good in the circumstances.

The Queen was impressed with her strength and positivity.

As a result, the next day, the Queen wanted to do something to uplift the Little Princess.

A gorgeous, glittery card featuring the Princess was just the way to her heart.

The card was much appreciated by the Princess and it made her smile.

It was a beautiful smile. Just like the Princess.

The End.

My Princess had a hard day yesterday, 

so this card was created especially (and extra glittery) just for her.

Supplies used:

*{ippity} Dream a Little Dream

*Bo Bunny paper collection

*watercolor pencils

*misc. bling

*misc. glitter

*Martha Stewart border punch

*Nestabilities labels die

Have a great day everyone!

smiles,

This Week's Stamp of the Week!

It's SUNDAY!

And that means it's time for a new Unity Stamp Co Stamp of the Week reveal!

OMG, I love this one...

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Stamp of Week #15

*Crate Paper collection

*Martha Stewart border punch

*watercolor pencils

*Nestabilities Lacey Circles

*flat-back gems

I used last week's Mojo Monday sketch for the layout of the card.

Remember the Stamp of the Week is only $5.79 (which includes shipping.)

And is only available for one week only!

Includes TWO image.

Created By: Joslyn Nielson

Measurements:

Stamp Image: 2" X 2" 

Sentiment: 1.5" X 1.5"

this IS a journey like no other.

i hope YOUR journey is a beautiful one.

this image would be wonderful for a friend that

has NEW things happening in their life.

a way of wishing them well. 

This stamp is unmounted deeply etched red rubber.  precisely pre-cut and mounted on cling foam.  can be used with any acrylic block in your collection.

Sharing...Photography Friday and a card reveal...

Here's the full reveal of the card that I showed a glimpse of yesterday...

(my supply list for the above card is on yesterday's post)

Did you go to the release party last night??

I am IN LOVE with the new stamps....Angie is so freaking talented!

And I never got to share these photos I took of the bluebonnets a couple of weeks ago...