Hip Hop Flip Flop

Are you ready for some fun???? The {ippity} and Unity DT's have eagerly been awaiting this day. You'll notice a little something different today....our teams have done a flip flop. Unity will be using {ippit} and {ippty} will be using Unity. This was a brain child of Karen, I believe, during summer CHA! We all thought is was a brilliant idea and had some fun with these great stamps.







I was super excited to get my hands on one of the Melody Ross kits. I chose the newest scrapbook kit, One Precious Life... and instead of using it for scrapping, I decided to do a little home decor piece. I was sooo inspired by the amazing Leslie Langdon (everything that girl does is gorgeous!) and her use of glimmer mist. I finally got my hands on some and also decided to finally work with canvas. I picked up a few of these 5x5 canvas squares at Micheal's and altered one.





It was really easy and a fairly quick project, aside from waiting for different steps to DRY! It's the one thing I hate about altered projects-waiting for things to dry! LOL! The end result is always worth the wait, and it is the best advice I can give when doing projects like this... Don't rush to end product. Plan ahead and give yourself time to work step by step-letting things DRY.

First step was to spray my canvas piece and my tag with glimmer mist. Set this aside (I let it go over night) and come back to it, to then stamp. I used some Tim Holtz Distress ink (the ink will run if you stamp first and then mist-at least if it is not fully dried...so again...have some patience!) and the green ink was a hybrid ink-ripe avocado. I attached the twill (which was also spritzed with glimmer mist-such a cool effect) with scor-tape and covered each of the cs pieces with Modge Podge (any multi-media adhesive will work). I used it both as an adhesive and as a protective cover for my cardstock.

I love that this has a vintage, distressed look-helps make it so everything doesn't have to be so neat and perfect. A smudge here or there with ink, actually adds more character to the piece. I just love this and can't wait to hang it on my wall. That quote is sooo inspirational!
Maria is up next. If you get lost along the way head on back to the Unity blog.