It's a Flip Flop Hip Hop!!

What a fun Hip Hop we are having today!

It's a FLIP FLOP HIP HOP!!

The Unity girls are playing with Ippity Stamps and the Ippity girls are playing with Unity stamps!!

To start at the beginning, click HERE!!

You will be directed to all the DT members by clicking on the "Next Blog" icons from each blog.  Hopefully you are arriving to my blog from Karen's.  And next I will be sending you off to Lisa A's blog!

My project was based on this week's Hip Hop Sketch Challenge HHSC26

The Unity stamp set that I chose to work with is the Donna Downey set called She! (Available only in stores.  To find a store near you, please click HERE!)  I love this set and intend to make a complete album using the whole collection.  My album will be a sort of autobiography taking me from young womanhood til now and talking about the accomplishments, challenges and dreams that I have experienced in my life.

I made the cover for my album for today's project using the sketch above.

The DP is from Basic Grey's Pyrus collection.  I cut strips at various lengths and widths and staggered them onto the background paper that I spritzed with Glimmer Mists.  The edges of the cover were distressed with Jumbo Java ink and it was adhered to a chipboard album cover by Zutter.  I also added a piece of lace to add more texture, dimension and femininity to the cover.

I colored the faceless lady with Copic Markers and used only the word "She"as my album's title.  "She" will be defined by my stories that will follow in the future.

For some more Unity goodness by one of our Ippity girls, please head over to Lisa Arana's blog!

Have a great day and we sure hope you enjoyed us flipping this around a bit today! We enjoyed the chance to play with some of our other favorite stamps!!   Please stop by the SCS Unity Forum today for some chit chatting and prize give aways!!

Have you found the Artist in You?

As this month's Guest Designer for Unity Stamps I have been given the huge honor of sharing in today's blog hop with the fabulous Unity DT who are showcasing a brand new stamp set that was created by the wonderful Donna Downey!

Her set is called the Artist in You and contains the most striking silhouette images and fabulous sayings that are perfect for many of your paper crafts projects.


If  you visit Donna's blog not only will you be blown away by her incredible talents, but you will also be inspired to create.  She has taken a pledge and even started a campaign to encourage others to allow their inner creative selves to come out!  You can read more about this campaign on her BLOG!

I can definitely tell you that I was wonderfully inspired to create something as soon as I saw her stamp set.  Using the Artist in You I created the following card...

The effect I was going for with this card was to create the idea that there was a sunset behind the foliage.  Using my Scor-Pal I embossed a square for my image to be stamped in  Then after stamping my image and sentiment onto the cardstock, I sponged four different colors of yellow and orange to created the gradated coloring behind the silhouette.

Here is a closeup of the silhouettes with the sunset behind them.  The ribbon is from Michael's.

Here is a closeup of part of the sentiment and shows where I added three tiny crystals for an accent.

Be sure to visit the Unity Stamp Blog today so you can see this set in its entirety and learn how you can purchase it, and also find the links to all the DT member's blog so you can be incredibly inspired.  Also don't forget to stop by Donna's blog to be inspired even further!

Have a great Thursday and may your bucket overflow with creativity that flows out from within the Artist in You!