It's a Hip Hop Kind of Day!

Welcome to the Thursday edition of my blog!! Today is the day that the Unity and Ippity DT girls get to share some of the work they have been doing with their amazing stamps!!  They are so inspiring and it is always a pleasure for me to ink them up!! It's like a treat that I look forward to each Thursday!!  If you have come to me from Karen's Blog then you are on the right track.  Otherwise... please start at the beginning with the Unity Blog and proceed until you end at the Ippity blog.  Lisa H. will have a wonderful tutorial there for you to enjoy!!

So anyway... on to today's post!!  Hip Hop!!  

Maria has been so kind to provide us with yet another Hip Hop Sketch (HHSC13) to use this week!! She is really good at converting card layouts into sketches!!  :-)

I had a chance to pull out some October Afternoon DP (from the Thrift Shop collection) and have a little fun!!  Oh  how I love that OA does half the work for us!!  I used one of the stickers for the flower sprig and also for the flowers under the brads and the frame for the sentiment!

I always like to have Birthday cards on hand for when the occasion sneaks up on me and I need to send one out.  So I used the Birthday Wishes stamp from the Just Wanted to Say set to make this card! If you want to purchase this stamp set, I havre three in stock and would be happy to sell them to you!!  Please contact me through my Sales Blog to purchase them!!   I have a very nice sale going on as I am clearancing out all my sets since I won't be continuing to sell them!!  

The brads are from Basic Grey and the border punch I used is from Martha Stewart.  I am not sure who manufactures the ribbon, but I believe I picked it up from Michael's.

I have still been a somewhat preoccupied with getting some more of my landscaping done around my house.  Saturday we finished laying all the sod in my yard and then today I finished the small vegetable and herb garden off the path to my pool deck.

I keep promising pictures and will provide them as soon as I get some down time at my computer to put them into a blog post!!

Have a great day and enjoy the Hop!

Your next stop on the Hop is the fabulous Lisa Arana's blog!!  You won't be disappointed I promise!!

Be sure to join us on the Unity Forum at Splitcoaststampers for a chance to chat with DT member's and other Unity/Ippity Fans.  There are also plenty of chances to win some free stamps and prizes too!! Come join us!!

May your bucket overflow with good times and great friends!!

Hip Hop! For Real!!

Hip Hop!!!

Sorry if you visited my blog earlier today when my card wasn't posted yet.  I went in to work Wednesday evening around 9pm and didn't make it home until 4 am.  It's one of the drawbacks to my job, but whatcha gonna do... right?

This will be short and sweet because I really need to get some sleep tonight.  The card I made for today's Hip Hop uses the following sketch that was one of Lisa H's cards.

I made a card for my daughter Michelle's boyfriend's Birthday.  His name is Matt and they were over last night to celebrate his birthday when I got called in to work!  Atleast we got to eat dinner first... but I did miss the cake!!  ;-(

I followed the sketch the best I could and still make this masculine.  Even Matt said that the bow I used was masculine enough!  LOL!!  I used stamps from Life's Little Moments (and masked out the center portion) and also the sentiments from the Fall For You sets by Ippity.

If you want some Ippity... please click HERE get some!

Short and sweet, but I hope it inspires you in some way!!  Have a wonderful day and please head now to the the wonderful Lisa Arana's blog to continue on the Hop!

And if you didn't start at the beginning, please head to the Unity Blog and you will be taken on the hop all the way to the Ippity blog where there will be a new tutorial for you!

Have a good day... but for me it's good night!!  ;-)

Hip

Ippity Spring Release Hip Hop

Welcome to this week's Unity and Ippity DT Hip Hop.

Today is a very special day.  Not only will you get to see some more of the Ippity DT's projects using the new stamps, plus a lot of amazing Unity stuff from the Unity DT girls, but you will also get to see what some of the Ippity Chicks have also created with the new sets for the release!

The long three month wait for new Ippity stamps is over!!  

The Ippity Spring 2010 Collection is HERE!!

Woohoo!!!  

Isn't it amazing!!!

Now all you have to do is find your Ippity Chick and order yours today!! 

 Be sure to do it quickly so you can ensure that you get your sets while your chick still has stamps in stock.

Need an Ippity Chick to buy from?

Then just click HERE to locate one near you!

I have a couple of cards to share with you today.  The first one uses this week's Hip Hop Sketch for this week's challenge.  Our very own Maria designed the sketch for us.  You can play along with us and upload it to the SCS Gallery using the keywords Unity and HHSC07.

I love this sketch and I chose to use the flower stamp and flourish from the Now and Always set and the sentiments from the Fall For You set.  The DP is from October Afternoon.

The extra details I added were buttons from Clear and Simple stamps.  The border punch from Martha Stewart and some machine stitching!  I paper pieced the flower stamp in two different colors and layered them on top of each other.

My second card is for one of the challenges that will be posted on the Ippity Forum for our New Release Celebration.  Lisa A is the hostess for this challenge and she has made it a color challenge.  We are to use the following colors...

This was truly a challenge for me because I didn't have any DP on hand that had all of these colors in it.  So, I had to kind of put some separates together.  What do you think?

The flower and sentiment stamps come from the A Little Buggy collection.  And I also used the A Bit of Burlap stamp with a window masked out of it to stamp the flowers into.  The stamps from the Little Buggy set are all so fun and whimsical.  It was a joy to create a sweet and happy card like this!

To create this card, I used this week's sketch from the challenge on SCS.  It is SC280.

Instead of stamping the center flower bud, I chose to replace it with a button!  I added two paper strips and folded them to look like ribbon tabs.  The Happy sentiment was popped up with pop dots for added dimension.  I went into my DP archives for this paper.  It comes from the DCWV Nursery for Boys collection.  The flowers are from Prima.

Our big New Release Party is on the SCS forums 

today at 10am CST.  

Be sure to join us... it is going to be a lot of fun!!

Now head over to Lisa Arana's blog to see what special treats she has in store for you!

Hip Hop is Back!! No Fooling!!

OK ladies... the long awaited day has arrived!!  

Hip Hop is back!!

If you are new to Unity or are an {ippity} fan, you are going to love Hip Hop!!  Basically it is a day full of inspiration as the DT members share projects with you.  Plus, there will be chatting, prizes, challenges and lots of fun happening on the Unity Forum at SCS.  

Stop by and visit between 10-1 and 5-8 CST 

to have a chance to chat with the Unity and {ippity} DT members!

The {ippity} DT  is so excited because we are now a part of the DT Hip Hop Blog Hop too!

To start at the beginning of the Hop, 

go to the Unity Blog 

HERE. 

If you arrived at my blog by way of Eva's blog, then you are on the right track! 

We were given a sketch to use today for our first new Hip Hop.  

We hope that you will play along with us too!  

If you upload a card using this sketch, please be sure to include the keywords, 

Unity and/or Ippity and HHSC01 (Hip Hop Sketch Challenge 1)

The bunny and sentiment for my card come from the {ippity} set called

  Sweet Thoughts of Spring.  

I colored the bunny in using Copic markers and popped it up on pop dots!  I stitched around the panels and zig zagged down the edges of the card base.  I stitched a basting stitch onto the cream satin ribbon and then gathered it allowing it to twist and turn.  

The DP is from the new line of October Afternoon that is supposedly being shipped as we speak!!  Yeah!!

Need some {ippity} of your own?  

Check out the list of {ippity} chicks on the {ippity} blog or you can visit my sales blog to see my sale!

Be sure to leave a comment on each of the DT blogs you visit today because tomorrow you might be the lucky winner of a prize package from {ippity} that will be announced on tomorrow's Fresh Idea Friday post!

Next stop on the Hip Hop is

Lisa Henke

Have a great day and may your bucket overflow with lots of Hip Hopping fun!!

The Last Hip Hop Hangover

If you are a Unity stamp fan like I am then you know that yesterday was the last Hip Hop blog hop for Unity. But don't worry! They aren't going anywhere, they are just changing things up a bit! So if there aren't any more HH's then there can't be any more Hangovers after today's. So enjoy my last contribution towards the last Hip Hop Hangover!

Even though I am curious to see what is in store for us with Unity, I know that it will be good! So I am celebrating the upcoming changes and calling today a Happy Day!!

Here is my happy card in celebration of things to come...

I am so excited to be using this dragonfly stamp from Unity's August KOM because I am on the Whimsie Doodles Design Team with the very talented artist who drew this. Her name is Kelli Caslow and she makes some really awesome cards too! Please check out her blog and send her some love if you like her dragonfly! I hope to see more stamps of hers in our Unity kits in the future!

The colors for this card come from a color challenge at the Florida Group at Stamp TV. I just got it done in time!

I have a couple of other Unity cards to share with you today too! I was able to complete both of the Hip Hop challenges on the forum yesterday. In fact the one you see below won the da da da Doodle contest where we had to use some doodling on our card. I was awarded the Hullabaloo stamp as my prize! Woohoo!!

This card uses the adorable old fashioned phone from the Everyday Adorable set. I paperpieced the four handsets and placed them in each of the corners and framed my card with doodles phone cords. The DP is from We R Memory Keepers. The phone was colored using my Copic markers.

The last card I want to show you combines FOUR challenges in one!! I have been behind making my challenge cards this week at SCS so I decided to get all caught up today!!

The first challenge for the next card is CC233 to use Red, Kraft and Chocolate Chip.

The second challenge was SC243 which was this week's sketch challenge.

The third challenge was WT233 which was to use Vintage ephemera on our card.

And the last challenge was the Hip Hop challenge Ta ta ta Texture. We were supposed to add some type of texture to our card.

See what you think!! I like what I ended up with!

The stamps I used were from the 100% Happiness in-store kit. The red dotted DP is from K & Co. and the Vintage label is from Flair Designs. The texture was added with my Swiss Dots embossing folder and my Cuttlebug!

If you are interested in getting the next in-store kit I hope you will go to the Paper Maniac to get yours! My good friend Stephanie Muzzulin is on their DT!

Hope you are enjoying the last HHH and are getting inspired by the talented fans of Unity Stamp Co. May your bucket overflow with good changes for you in the future!

Happy Hip Hop Hangover!!

I am a little later in posting today than planned, so sorry about that!

So let's get on with the HHH cards!! I have three cards to share with you today that all use Unity Stamps. If you have been to some of the forums this week then you may have seen these, but it's all I have for you today!!

This first card was made for the Hip Hop Challenge yesterday called "the Great Outdoors" where we had to use a stamped image of anything you would find outside the house. I chose to do a beach scene and used my Sun and sentiment image from Unity's July KOM and the bucket and shovel from the Beach Days and Sun Rays set. The DP is from October Afternoon.

Sunshine and Sand

I had the opportunity to use a new product that I picked up at CHA which is sand that already comes with the glue in it. It is made by Muddpuddles.net and comes in many colors. The color I used here is called Malibu Beach and is their most popular color. It was so easy to use and it really makes a great affect on projects!

Look at how realistic the sand is. It is also very durable and stays glued down very well with no evidence of the glue left on the sand!

This card also was made for the Clean and Simple card challenge CAS26 on SCS on Monday to use stitching on our project. I used yellow thread and added machine stitching to make more sun rays coming out of the sun. The waves were made using another tool I bought at CHA which is called the Ultimate Crafter's Companion. The box comes with embossing/debossing plates in various patterns. I thought this looked like waves and so I used it and then inked it to add dimension!

I am pleased as punch to say that this card won a free stamp set for me and was the challenge winner chosen by Jeanne last night!! Woohoo!!

My next Unity card is for the second Hip Hop Challenge which was called "Break Out the Buttons!" For this challenge we had to use three buttons on our project. I chose to use these adorable little flowers from the 100% Happiness in-store kit. (You can see lots more from this set if you do the Hip Hop yesterday starting on the Unity Stamp Co. blog!) I paperpieced some of this adorable Scenic Route paper and tilted my mats to make this sweet, whimsical card!!

Three Times the Sweetness

And finally I will share with you my first submission for the Guest Designer challenge at Unity. I don't think this is a winning entry and I will definitely be submitting some more samples because of that. I don't know where my mojo was for this one! LOL!!

The challenge was called a 1-2-3 challenge. We had to use 1 stamp (that could be stamped multiple times), 2 DP's and 3 embellishments. I think the cool thing about this card is that I did mask off the ice cream cone and left only the cherry on top which I proceeded to stamp many times to make my own background paper. It was tedious, but I like how it came out! The rest of the card is just OK for me!

So there you have them! Three Unity cards for your HHH viewing pleasure. I hope that you are on the blog hop to see all the rest of the customer's creations today. If you haven't started from the Unity Blog, then please click HERE to start at the beginning!!

Have a great day and happy hangover day!! May your bucket be overflowing with tons of Unity style inspiration!! I can't wait to see what Unity has in store for us come September when Hip Hop changes to some new form of blog hopping!! The suspense is killing me!!

It's Hip Hop Hangover Day!!

Thanks for hopping over for the Hip Hop Hangover Blog Hop. Did you start at the Unity Blog? If not, click HERE to start at the beginning and not miss any of the special creations made by Unity Stamp Co. fans!!

Wasn't yesterday's Unity Hip Hop fun? That new Hauntingly Sweet Halloween set by Lisa Hetrick is so adorable and I am going to have to break down and buy it because I can't pass up a sale! LOL! I am also stoked about all the past kits of the month being on sale for $35. When you add the 10% discount on the total order, you can get a past kit of the month for only $31.50!!! I think I am only missing 3 of the past kits!! Unity's kits are awesome and they are the best bargain if you are a kit club member, so I strongly recommend that you become a member if you haven't already!!

Also, since a lot of Unity fans are going to be hopping by today, I wanted to share with you the link to where I purchased my In-Store only Unity Kit called 100% Happiness.

I loved this kit and knew I had to have it when I saw it, but no LSS's carry Unity close to me. So I found Paper Maniac, an on-line store, through a thread on the Unity Forum and purchased my kit there. Patricia Olson who runs the store is fantastic and professional. She had my stamps in the mail the same day I ordered them. She also has a monthly AutoShip program for all the new Unity In-Store releases that are coming out!

She has only ONE KIT LEFT so hurry over if you are interested!!

So, without further delay, here are a couple of cards I made yesterday to share with you today!

This card uses the Pocket, Posies and sentiment stamps from Unity's July KOM. I LOVE this kit! I can see me using it over and over again!! The card was made for this week's Clean and Simple challenge CAS24 which was to use turquoise, orange and yellow colors! I tried to keep it clean and simple, but two mats and many rhinestones later I hope it still fits the CAS category!! LOL!!

My second card was made for the "stamp and go" challenge that Jeanne gave us for one of the Hip Hop challenges yesterday! We were to stamp a line image stamp (no solids) and then leave it alone without coloring or paper piecing it! Now that was definitely a challenge for me! I like how this turned out, but I did add a few tiny rhinestones to the pears for just a touch of extra. The pear stamp is from the July KOM and the sentiments from the June KOM.

Thanks so much for looking and I hope your bucket is filled with fun blogs to hop to!!

Hip Hop Hangover!!

OK I am finally off and survived this week (barely!) I was able to throw together a challenge card for the first time this week. So to make it count I combined three challenges into one!! LOL!

This card was made for one of the Hip Hop Challenges on the Unity Forum yesterday called Bits and Pieces where we were to use scraps of paper that we had laying around. Since I had pieces of Baja Breeze and Ruby Red Stampin Up papers I decided to also make the card for this week's Color challenge at SCS CC223. And to top it off I also combined the Way To Use it challenge WT223 at SCS yesterday which was to use "texting" on our card.

This is what I came up with!!

Translation: What's Up??

The Hot Air Balloon stamp is from Unity's Love in the Air set. The sentiment was computer generated and printed out onto my Baja Breeze cardstock. I added copics around the clouds for depth and did some sponging with my SU Soft Sky ink and also added the machine stitching!

I am afraid that this is all I have for you today! I have sooooo much to try and get done today before we go out of town in the morning to visit Tom's dad for Father's Day!

Go to the Unity Blog and you can follow along with the all the other Hangover posts today! Enjoy the rest of your Friday and may your bucket overflow with plenty of time in each day to what is on your to-do list!!

We Get The Puppy Today!! Clean and Simple Cards

We finally heard on Friday night that we had been approved by the Board at the Shelter to be the new parents for Tasha (aka Marge!)! We are all so excited that we can hardly stand it! Yesterday I picked up all the new supplies we needed for our little furbaby and we are in the process of puppy proofing the house this morning. We meet the owner of the shelter at 1:30 and will be proud new parents of our little puppy!! Life as we knew it will no longer be!! LOL!!

I will be back later with some pictures!!

I made a few Clean and Simple cards this week for various challenges that I hadn't shared with you here yet.

Thanks a Latte!

This first one for Tuesday's Color Challenge CC221 which was to use White for the main color and add another color of ink. My image is from Sweet N Sassy stamps "Warm Up" set.

Glittery Greetings From FL

This second card is from Monday's Clean and Simple Challenge which was to make a summer themed card and use only Coral or Pinks and one other coordinating color. I chose to use Cameo Coral and Ruby Red from SU. The stamped images are from Unity's Beach Days and Sun Rays collection. The "sand" is gold stickles. The sentiment stamp is from Custer's Last Stamp.

You are My Sunshine!

My third card is for the Limited Supplies Challenge from last week which was to shed the layers of our card (because it is so HOT!) and make a one layered card in a summer theme. The stamps again come from Unity's Beach Days and Sun Rays. We could use any embellishments we wanted, but only one layer of cardstock. So, I used my nesties to create a "layer" to stamp in. I kept this one masculine and will probably give it to my husband some day.

Krafty Hello

Finally I have one more quick one to show you. This simple card comes from one of Unity's Hip Hop Challenges on Thursday called Getting Krafty with Unity. It was to use Kraft cardstock on our project. Not my favorite card, but still could work when I need to send out a quick Hello to someone. I cut the tree limb from We R Memory Keepers paper and the stamp is the Bird and Hello sentiment from the Flirty Flowers set at Unity.

I will try and be back for a quick update later today with some pictures of Tasha! Have a wonderful Sunday and may your bucket overflow with wagging tails and wet kisses!