Just Me

Helloooo fellow hip-hoppers!! Welcome to FEEL THE JOY day!! I love the themes that Angela is coming up with for Hip Hops, makes it a whole lot more fun (as if it wasn’t a blast already!!).

In celebration of this week’s new release, FEEL THE JOY, I’d like to share 5 things that bring me joy…

1. my family – they’re my constant source of strength and joy
2. hanging out with friends
3. scrapping, stamping and buying scrap supplies
4. singing (i LOVE to sing )
5. a yummy vanilla ice-blended coffee from Coffee Bean

What are your joys?

Now, back to hip hop. Be sure to check out the Unity blog for today’s specials. I hear there is a special for the Kit of the Month too so you really don’t want to miss out. And a BIG welcome if you’ve joined me from the amazing, Christi. I love her work and she is the sweetest girl, ever.

Here is my layout for today… it’s titled { Just Because }.

I used papers from the all-new Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday collection. I love it, the colors are soooo sweet.

I used an Ali Edwards digital brush on the photo before printing it out.

The Unity stamp I used today is from the Love Grows kit.

I hope you like today’s layout… now hop on over to our fabulous guest designer, Joslyn for more Unity inspiration. Till next week, happy stamping!!

This is the sketch…

and this is the layout I did based on this sketch…

I used papers from Basic Grey, Hambly and Scarlet Lime on this layout. The dark colors are to complement the ‘moodiness’ of the layout.

The raw chipboard used on this layout is from Scrapware, the sponsor for this month’s prize package at Inspired Blueprints.

Our guest designer for this sketch is the lovely, Irene-Gwen and you HAVE to head to her blog to see the GORGEOUS layout she created for us. If you would like to have a go at the sketch, upload your layout to our gallery by 1159hrs on 28th Feb to qualify for a drawing for the prize.

Happy Monday everyone! How did your weekend go? Ours went well, we went to church, got to hang out with friends and family. And so, it went by all so quickly and it’s the start of another new week.

I managed to sneak in some crafting this morning and all the girls over at Unity is so excited that Moxie Fab World is doing a feature on Unity today.

There’s a whole bunch of new releases (just released 2 weeks back!) being featured and I used on of those new releases to do this layout today…

I’m still in love with the older collections of Sassafras, as you can see. It’s just tooooo cute, isn’t it??

And here’s the stamp I used… Numbers, Etc.

Such a fun stamp, isn’t it? Moxie Fab World is giving away a few sets of the new releases so make sure you head on over and leave a comment on this post. Have a great week everyone!

The design team at Made with Love had the opportunity this month to try something really different, probably a style not many of us usually do. The theme was ‘heavy metal’ and I had the opportunity to use the Sizzix Big Shot on a variety of materials and used different mediums, it was MESSY but FUN!! Here are the peeks of my project…

Do look out for all the projects on display on the store from March… and I’ll be back with the full reveal then. Oooh… and I got my hands on some new Sassafras papers today. I’ll be playing soon!

Have a great weekend!

Welcome to this week’s Hip Hop and a big welcome to our special guest, Donna Downey. I’m a great fan of hers so it’s really awesome that she’s participating in today’s event and showing some Unity goodness on her blog. Oooh.. and I heard she’s also giving away some Unity candy so make sure you head on over.

Again, welcome if you’ve join me from sweet Chelsea’s blog. She is our Unity distress queen. But if you haven’t, please start over from Angela’s blog and follow the hop from there.

I have a sweet, princessy layout to share today…

My daughter, H, was invited to a friend’s birthday party and it was a princess makeover. They had loads of fun as you can see and they DID really look like princesses after they were made up.

I chose a bright color combo for this layout because I wanted it to convey fun and I finally broke out my Sizzix Big Shot to create these layered flowers.

The Unity image I used today is Heartfelt Memories and it is one of the many new releases from last week. I stamped the image, matted it on white cardstock and then added glitter. This layout was really fun to make because of all the textures and dimensions.

I hope you liked today’s inspiration. Now head on over to our challenge queen, Jeanne’s blog. And don’t forget to join us in our forum today for lots of chat and fun.

Not the best start to the morning.

See what’s happening at Unity…

To sign up, visit this thread here.

Thank you to everyone for your sweet comments. I really enjoyed through each of them and I will visit those of you who left your blog addys too! And this is a little something for one lucky girl …

It ’s the Birds of a Feather unmounted stamp set from Unity Stamp Co. I used a random number generator pick the winner…

and the winner is …

Congratulations, Allison! Do look out for another giveaway soon!

I had a happy mail day today  … look what the postman brought.

I LOVE opening brown packages. There are the new release stamps from Unity (in fact they were just released yesterday).  And all wood mounted stamps are now sold as singles and they come in the new packaging you see above.

The stamps I got are huge and perfect for scrapbooking. I can’t wait to get some of them on my scrapbook pages.

I also got some other new stuff recently and I’m loving them… I love the opportunity to experiment with new mediums especially on the awesome Riff Raff chipboard that I now design with.

I must say I’m steadily building up my collecting of stickles, paints and mists.

Oooh… and I’m over the moon today also because my blog makeover is finally complete. Amy Kant is a sweet girl and wonderful web designer and we worked on this together. I have a little something to give away to celebrate the new blog look so if you haven’t already left a comment below, you have till midnight Feb 14. You can post here or in the post below. Please remember to leave your email address so that I can contact you.

Have a great weekend!

I’m so glad you came by because I’ve got a new look for my blog. Hope you like it, I love the bright and cheery colors.

It’s an EXCITING day at Unity today because there are over 100 new stamp images released today. Don’t forget to check out Angela’s blog at 11am for deals and specials. So welcome if you’ve joined me from dear Natalie’s blog

And because it’s Valentine’s Day in two days’ time, I decided to create a layout to celebrate this special day.

I got the new Cosmo Cricket Everafter papers yesterday and I knew I just had to use them for this layout. Lots of Riff Raff chipboard here too. I painted the title and them applied distress stickles and for the heart, I sprayed glimmer mist.

I used January’s Kit of the Month for this layout. So appropriate because it was a love-themed set and it was perfect. I stamped the image inside the heart chipboard as well as the circle embellishment.

And I love this quote:

To love someone deeply gives you strength,
Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.
- Lao Tzu
I hope you get to spend this Valentine’s with the one you love. I know I’ll be missing mine.

Do hop along now to Renee’s. She’s one talented scrapper and I’m sure you’ll be inspired.

But before you go, I have a little RAK to give away to celebrate Valentine’s and my new blog makeover, so leave a comment here and I’ll pick a name to receive a little something. (p/s: please include your email so that I can contact you if you’re picked. )

Have a wonderful HIP HOP!!