Hip Hop Thursday!

Happy Hip Hop everyone! Thursdays are always happy days for me since it's all about Unity but today is an especially HAPPY Hip Hop since we are celebrating Unity's new release "You & Me = Happy" and sharing what makes us happy. Be sure to start with Angela at the Unity blog and follow along from there.

Well just take a look at my layout below and you'll see what makes me happy - my two boys! These two crazy kids are the sunshine in my life and I feel so blessed every day to be able to call myself their mom. LOVE these boys!


I used the super fun kit "Let's Get Scrappy" (UK-357A) on this layout of my two boys. This is a great kit for scrapbookers and card makers alike!


This next layout uses the adorable deer image from the February Kit of the Month. LOVE this sweet little stamp! If you haven't checked out Unity's Kit of the Month click here to read all about it and see the kit that is available for March.


And a close-up of that sweet little deer ...


CONGRATULATIONS! You've made it to the end of your Hip Hop journey! Leave a comment on this post and you will be entered into a random drawing to win the "Let's Get Scrappy" kit that I used on my "Happy" layout above. The winner will be announced in the Unity forum on SCS so be sure to check in later to see if you're the lucky winner!

Hip Hop Thursday!

I love Thursdays! Not only does it mean the weekend is right around the corner (woo hoo!) but I get to start my day with Unity soaking up the gorgeous eye candy we like to call the Hip Hop blog hop. Start your journey with Angela at the Unity blog and hop along with me!

In keeping with the theme of today's new release "Feel the Joy" (you can see it here on the Unity website) I have listed 5 things that bring me JOY. This list really could be a mile long but here are just a few of the joyful things in my life right now:
1. snuggling with my two boys under the covers on a cold winter day
2. reminiscing with my hubby about the days when we first met in high school and realizing how much our love has grown throughout the years
3. hearing my two boys play together and the silly conversations that go on between the two of them
4. reading a good book with a nice hot cup of coffee nearby
5. stamping and scrapbooking (that was a given, eh?)

My layout today features the gorgeous February Kit of the Month. You can see it here on the Unity website.


This kit is filled with all sorts of beautiful images. I combined a few of them with some yummy Basic Grey Ambrosia papers for this "grandparents" layout about my boys and my in-laws.

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I love this frame! LOVE it! The houndstooth is just fabulous and all of the sentiments included in the kit fit inside the frame perfectly!

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I used a very simple yet effective stamping technique called "kissing" to add pattern and texture to the butterflies on my layout. All you need to do is ink up a solid stamp image (such as the butterfly on my layout) and "kiss" it or press it together with another image such as a background or other textured stamp (I used Unity's Distressed Dots) for a wonderful effect on your original solid image. There are many variations on this technique such as using two different colored inks, etc but for my butterflies I just used a solid color of chalk ink for a little bit of texture and interest.

That's all I've got today folks. Now head on over to Miss Patter's blog for some more Hip Hop fun!

It's a FAB-ulous Monday!

Hey everyone! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Just want to give a shout out to both Unity Stamp Company and Moxie Fab World this morning. If you've never heard of Moxie Fab World you need to check it out (click on the banner below).


Cath, the creative editor for Paper Crafts Magazine, writes a FAB-ulous blog about all the hottest trends and greatest products in the paper crafts industry. And guess who is being featured today? None other than my favorite stamp company UNITY! Check it out and see what Cath has to say about Unity. She's also got a little giveaway going on involving lots of gorgeous Unity stamps that you won't want to miss!