Thank goodness for Hip Hop!

My creative muse really loves Unity Stamp Co's Hip Hop! I have been having a hard time getting excited to create lately, but every Wednesday, she pulls it off for me. 

Hip Hop is inspiring...LOVE Thursdays!!! If you have no idea what I am rambling about, head on over to the Unity Stamp Co. blog for an inspiring blog hop by the design team...you will eventually end up back over here. ;o)

For my card today, I started using the Mojo Monday sketch and then quickly got diverted, but you can see the basis of the sketch in the layout of the card.

I used one of my favorite stamp images from this month's kit of the month, Just You, that gorgeous "Thanks" chair....

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Just You

*Marvy Uchida scallop square punch

*My Minds Eye Stella Rose paper collection

*Nestabilities labels die cut

*string

*Fiskars scallop border punch

*American Crafts brad

Now you need to continue on the hop and head on over to ***Julie's gorgeous blog***

The irony of today's challenge...

I am running LATE!

Late with my Friday Fun Challenge post.

This is today's challenge:

March 25--

Some of my most anticipated new books are releasing next week. 

To celebrate, today make a bookmark.

The irony is that one of those books that I was including in those "new books" above arrived yesterday and I got caught up in reading it so that is why I am late with today's post. ;o) 

{The book, Eternal Rider, was REALLY good!}

So, anyway, here is the new bookmark that I made using one of my most favorite Paper Makeup Stamps Moodies, Moody for Coffee.

Supplies used:

*Paper Makeup Stamps Moody for Coffee

*Cosmo Cricket paper

*StazOn Jet Black ink pad

*Martha Stewart doily punch

*Pink Paislee brad

*watercolor pencils

*corner rounder

Be sure to go check out what the rest of the FFC girls have made with this kit:

Jimmi

Kimme 

Sherry 

A Birthday Hip Hop

Good morning!

Is everyone excited about Unity's Hip Hop today?

If you didn't do so, start out over on the Unity blog and hop your way through the design team's gorgeous samples. You'll eventually make it back here again and then I will share.

Today is my dh's birthday so I got out this fabulous birthday kit, called Oh Happy Day, from Unity Stamp Co for his birthday card.

I used this week's Mojo Monday sketch (#183) for the layout design of the card.

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Oh Happy Day

*watercolor pencils

*Cosmo Cricket paper collection

*jute string

*StazOn jet black ink pad

*pinking sheers

 Now you need to hop on over to ***Julie's beautiful blog***

Home is Where the Heart Is Blog Hop

Hi Everyone: 

Welcome to KinderStampO's 'Home is Where the Heart is' Blog Hop sponsored by Unity Stamp Co. Sit back and relax as you visit 15 amazing designers featuring projects inspired by the theme 'Home is Where the Heart is'! 

If you have arrived here from Martha's blog then you are in the right place and I hope you are enjoying the journey. If you just stopped by to say hello and want to join the hop then click here to start from the top.


Today, I created a fun little card using one of the new Unity Stamp Co Itty Bitty stamps, Where You Are...

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Where You Are

*Crate Paper 6x6 paper collection

*Nestabilities Lacey circles die cut

*Fiskars border punch

*Palette burnt umber inkpad

*lace trim

*Prima bling

*Making Memories glitter chipboard

*Stickles paint

Now you need to continue on the hop by heading on over to 

***Jess' Gorgeous Blog***

 

Red & Black Friday Fun Challenge

Good morning everyone!

Here is our Friday Fun Challenge for today:

March 18--

Today we are visiting my college alma mater, Texas Tech, with Jacob to try to convince him to go there for college. ;o) My alma mater colors are black & red so for today, I want you to use these colors for your project.

Since we are going to be out of town for several days, and I always travel with several books, I thought that I could use a new bookmark. ;o)

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. March kom- Just You

*Crate Paper patterned paper (black&white)

*Jillibean Soup paper (red&white)

*Sizzix die cut

*Fiskars border punch

*Making Memories clip

*plastic bookmark sleeve

Be sure to go check out what the rest of the FFC girls have made with this kit:

Jimmi

Kimme 

Sherry 

And go check out the Unity Stamp Co. blog for all the FWF inspiration!!

Have a great weekend everyone!!!

Hip-Hopping with Unity Stamp Co!

Good morning Unity Peeps!

We are hip-hopping it today for Unity Stamp Co. so if you haven't been following the blog hop, start over at the Unity Stamp co blog.

I am thinking that today is going to be a "wonderful" kind of day so I thought that I would share one of my favorite new stamps from Unity Stamp Co, Wonderful.

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Wonderful

*Bella Blvd Paper collection

*Palette burnt umber ink pad

*watercolor pencil

*Fiskars border punch

*brads

I hope that you are having a Wonderful kind of day. Hip-Hop!

Now you need to head on over to ***Julie's beautiful blog***

Dream Girl

Another quick card share with you today. 

This is a card that I put together with some scraps from a 6x6 paper pad...

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Live, Laugh, Love girl

*Pink Paislee paper collection

*Nestabilities Lacey circle dies

*Palette burnt umber ink pad

*Tim Holtz tag

*lace trim

*corner rounder

It's spring break around here, and today, I am taking the kids to my parent's house so that Ben and I can have a date night...Yippee! I love these nights out with just the 2 of us...

Have a  great day everyone!!!

Super Fast Clean & Simple Card...

Today, I have just a super-quick and simple card to share...

Supplies used:

*Paper Makeup Stamp Little Moments Mini Sentiments Set

*kraft and yellow cardstock

*Sassafras yellow patterned paper

*Martha Stewart butterfly punch

*Fiskars border punch

*Zig Writer

*StazOn jet black ink pad

*corner rounder

I hope that you are having a great Monday!

Finally...my FFC post...

Yikes!

I am running late today.

I had an uncooperative creative muse, 

so I forced her to create using one of Amy Sheffer's gorgeous creations as inspiration.

This was today's Friday Fun Challenge:

March 11--

This weekend is Daylight Savings. 

Today use numbers on your project. 

You get bonus points, if you actually use a clock. ;o)

And here is my card with a glimpse of a numbered bingo card on there. *sigh*

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. dReam Big Itty Bitty

*Unity Stamp Co. Bingo Card

*Basic Grey paper collection

*flat-back gems

*StazOn jet black ink pad

*watercolor pencils

*lace trim

*Martha Stewart border punch

*Scenic Route graph paper

*button twine

*book paper

*Nestabilities Labels die

Also, be sure to go check out what the rest of the FFC girl have done for this challenge:

Jimmi

Kimme 

Sherry 

Hip hopping with a few projects...

Good morning Unity Peeps! 

I have a lot to share today, so let's just get to it...

First up, a simple little card using one of the Itty Bitty stamps. I think that this image is one of my absolute favorites of ours...so sweet with the perfect sentiment!

Supplies used:

*Unity STamp Co. Love Runs Deep

*Bella Blvd. Paper

*corner rounder

*StazOn jet black ink pad

*ribbon

*watercolor pencils

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And now a quick glimpse into a work in progress. 

Stacy Julian is teaching a scrapbooking class over at Big Picture Classes that I have been lucky enough to get to participate in, called i.Scrap. At the end of a 2 week period, we should have a completed 8x8 album. These are the first three pages of my album... 

I have been using Unity's Frame This Alpha kit and the March kit of the month, Just You, for the pages of my scrapbook. There will be more pages to show you SOON!!

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Have you all seen the amazing new video put out by Lesley on the all-new UnityTV??? She is going to be putting these video tutorials out every week and they are awesome! Go check it out if you haven't done so already!!!

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

Simple Tickled Pink

Good Wednesday morning everyone!

Today I have a very sweet and simple little baby card to share...

Supplies used:

*Unity STamp Co. Tickled Pink

*watercolor pencils

*stazOn jet black ink pad

*ribbon

*Nestabilities labels die

*Zig Writer

*Melody Ross paper collection

It's going to be a gorgeous day so we are cleaning out the flower beds...after a trip to Target for new gardening gloves (for me) and a new gardening shovel (for Kat.) Although I foresee that she will probably procure a set of gardening gloves too... ;o)

It's Release Day for Paper Makeup Stamps!!!

Good morning everyone and welcome to the March edition of the Paper Makeup Stamps blog hop!!!

If you didn't start out over on the PMS blog, then you need to head there now so that you have all the info for the code to get you your awesome discount for tonight's release.

And now let me introduce you to this cute little bunny, Boo....

Isn't he the cutest?!?

For the design of my card, I used a sketch from this week's Card Patterns sketch challenge (#105.) I just altered it slightly.

supplies used:

*Paper Makeup Stamps Boo Bunny (available after tonight's release party)

*Paper Makeup stamps sentiment (available after tonight's release party)

*Basic Grey paper collection

*watercolor pencils

*StazOn jet black ink pad

*Nestabilities labels die

*Fiskars border punch

*ribbon

...and now it's time to send you further into the hop, but first you need to know your letter from here:

And now you need to head on over to 

***Katie's gorgeous blog***

And don't forget to join us for all the fun, chat, and games tonight at our release party:

When: tonight

Time: 8:00 CST

Where: PMS forum

Why: FUN!

More Paper Makeup Stamps Sneaks Today!

Good morning all!

It's Day #2 of the Paper Makeup Stamps sneak peeks and I have a little cutie to share with you. Let me introduce you to sleepy little Aurora....

Isn't she just the cutest??

For the layout design of my card, I used this week's Mojo Monday sketch. I just made my card rectangular, rather than square.

 Supplies used:

*Paper Makeup Stamps Aurora (available March 7)

*Bo Bunny papers

*Tim Holtz tag

*Tattered Angels Vintage Pink Glimmer Mist

*corner rounder

*Martha Stewart border punch

*StazOn jet black ink pad

*watercolor pencils

Be sure to head on over to the Paper Makeup Stamps Blog to see all the sneak peeks today and every day until they are released on March 7th.