HHH-texture and doodles!

No chit chat today....I'm way behind, but did have a productive morning (non-stamping related)! I played along with both hip hop challenges yesterday and I started some holiday cards. I even squeezed in a scrapbook page thanks to the texture challenge and the yummy new corrugated alpha by Jillibean Soup. There is an unofficial theme to this week's hip hop hangover blog hop-trees! I got lucky and had my doodle card with the elegant tree stamp already completed when I read the idea about at themed HHH. So here you go!

Ric Rac, stamp, rhinestone and paper can all be found at Limelight Papercrafts! In case you didn't know.....Mandy is going to be carrying the new In-Store Only stamp kit starting Sept. I've gotten a little sneak peak and OMG!!! You are going to love it, wait, who am I kidding, of course you'll love-we're all a bunch of Unity addicts!!! lol! Okay, so here's my page. I used the Unity scrapbooking kit, Confessions and Frame This alpha.
Off to feed the kiddos lunch! Hugs, Lisa

HHH-getting inky with Unity

It's your Friday addition of Hip Hop Hangover, aaaaaand I actually got some stamping time in yesterday. I also put my Unity August Kit of the Month to work along with the fun summer kit, Beach Days & Sun Rays! I recently stumbled across this scrapbooking challenge blog, Mix it Up! ,and am really liking it. I used their sketch for this page.

I'm still working on last summer's pictures. This page shows all the stuff Nicholas learned to do at the lake last year. There is a ton of exploring when you are only 1.

Next up is one I did for one of the Hip Hop challenges. This was a color challenge-any shade of blue, green and red. I wanted to use this image, but I also didn't want it to be girly. The October Afternoon dp, Road Maps, was perfect for the job. I added a little detail to the the wings with a white gel pen. The sketch comes from Taylor Expressions sketch challenge. Enjoy your Friday, thanks for stopping by. I'm off to see the other Unity HHH inspiration! Hugs, Lisa

HHH with Bling!

So this is the last of my CAS challenge cards from Monday's challenge. I saved it for today since it is Hip Hop Hangover and it is a Unity card of course. This pocket is so fun to work with and thanks to Jackie (she's one talented chica!) I came up with this card. I just love how she did her pocket on this card, so I CASED that. Image stamped in Vintage Cream ink on Night of Navy cs then crumple it up to give it a real demin look. The Bling (kaiser rhinestones) and designer paper (Basic Grey June Bug) can be found at Limelight Papercrafts. I also used some of this yummy ribbon and Kaiser rhinestones, that you can get from the Limelight store, too. I was able to stamp one quick one yesterday for the Unity Hip Hop Challenge-Wing It. You had to use a Unity image with wings, I used this birdie and sentiment from Hodge Podge of Happiness. Love it! Speaking of Limelight.....Did you see their SALE this week? Well, go check it out! Hugs, Lisa

Hip Hop Hangover!!!

I have not had any good quality stamping time in over 10 days. Our house guests are gone and we have nothing to do today, so I snuck downstairs while the boys were busy playing the Wii and created these two cards for the HHH today. I used Mercy's sketch from this week and the Bevy of Butterfly (this set is now for sale!) set in Soft Suede(SU), Raspberry Fizz (PTI) and Jillibean Soup dp.

This one uses a retired SU scrappin' kit, 2 Sweet. I love the purples and grey with Kiwi. The stamp is from Hodge Podge of Happiness! This set makes me smile. I highlighted the hearts with a white gel pen. Oh, and this sketch comes from Amber, it is in the Unity forum, just for fun!
Thanks for stopping by. I think I am the last on the list for HHH. Nope, looks like Ms. Sherry is last on the list. See the full list of HHH posts in the SCS forum. TGIF!!!! Hugs, Lisa

It's Friday and that Means....

I've got Unity goodness to share! The other day I shared one of the two entries for the July Guest Designer contest, and told you I'd share the second one today. Well, not only do I get to share the card with you BUT (and I still can't believe it) I WON!!!!! I CAN NOT tell you how excited, honored, and giddy I am about this. I have loved Unity from the beginning and have dreamed about being a part of their DT. Thanks Angela, Jennifer Buck, AJ and whoever else brainstormed this contest to allow us die-hard Unity addicts a chance to be a part of your team.

I can't get enough of this stamp. Seriously, I think it is my favorite image, todate! The colors are PTI's Melon Berry, Berry Sorbet and a touch of Summer Sunrise (sponged with melon berry for added depth). I also played along with the Hip Hop Challenges yesterday and was able to pull together this layout. I used Jennifer Buck's CASSC09 sketch. The HH challenge was to use word stamps to create a background. I used them on the strip of kraft to the left of my photo.

I told you it has been a busy week. Tomorrow is my guest designer post with Card Patterns AND we have our Limelight Six Chicks project parade. Be sure to come back! You know I love to have you here! Hugs, Lisa

Stamp Something and Hip Hop Hangover!

I'm being lazy this morning. Okay, let's not say lazy, how about creative! I planned on making three cards yesterday and the time just got away from me so I had to combine two of my tasks at hand. This is my Stamp Something card and my post for the Unity HHH post. We'll call it a tow-fer!

First up is my Stamp Something card for this week's challenge, combined with the Oh, My Word Unity Challenge from yesterday's Hip Hop. This week at Stamp Something we are honoring our sweet DT member, Emily. Many of the sketches we have done this past year were created by her, so we thought it only fitting to do another sketch of her's. Try this one, or find a previous sketch from the Stamp Something blog to play along. Be sure to link it up to the Stamp Something blog. Here's how I used the sketch.

Papers are Jillibean soup (ummmmm, their Kraft line is to die for!) and images are from Unity's May KOTM!

The next card was for the Unity in Stars challenge for Hip Hop yesterday. I made this card for my neighbor who is graduating from highschool. I used a fun and retro color combo (kiwi kiss and raspberry fizz) paired up with more Jillibean Soup kraft papers. The distressed star and sentiment are from Unity Stamp Co.( Jan. KOTM and Sentiments O' Simple). I finished it off with some kaiser rhinestones. So it's not your typical graduation card, but that's what I love about it. Check out the rest of the Unity inspiration by following the links in this thread. It's a hero theme this week. I could name quite a few people that I consider a hero but I'll leave it at one today, my husband. Seriously, he makes me proud. He is a wonderful husband, and loving father, and such a great provider for our family. He is also an ER physician. I like to say I've got my own George Clooney. LOL! The real ER is not as glamorous as the TV shows like to make it. My DH, Tim, works hard, long, and crazy hours. His schedule is totally random from month to month, heck, it's crazy from day to day! He does save lives everyday and I think that is pretty heroic. He is very modest about this and he would die if he knew I was blogging about it. He is my hero and I am very proud of him. And even though he rarely ever hears back from his patients (he treats them, stabilizes them, and then sends them on to another physician. He doesn't have follow up with any of them), I'm sure there are many people out there that think he is a hero, too. Have a wonderful Memorial Day! I'll be back this weekend, but just in case you aren't, I wanted to say that now. Hugs, Lisa

The Pressure is Off

After last weeks whirlwind of challenges for a chance to win some AMAZING prizes, I feel free this week to create just for the fun of Hip Hop! I was able to crank out 4 cards yesterday. I had some fun with my old favorite, Giggle Grove as well as the April KOTM! Here are my Hip Hop Challenge cards.

This card was made completely from scraps! Not hard to do in my craft room. I have a big ol' basket full of all my paper scraps, big and small (it is about time to sort through it though, it's getting pretty full). The ribbon and linen thread are even little scraps I had laying around. The images are from my April KOTM. I colored the sweet little birdie with copics. The dp is by American Crafts.

The other HH challenge was to create a card for some challenge already posted, either in the SCS general challenge section or from last week's Unity Birthday challenges. I did this one (along with another one, I'll share tomorrow) for Jimmi's First Unity Stamp Challenge. Yep, you all know that Giggle Grove was my first Unity kit. I still LOVE it and decided to focus on the birdies for this one. So CAS, gotta love it! Be sure to see what the rest of the Unity Peeps created this week. Find the full list of HHH post here! TGIF!

Hugs, again, Lisa

Happy Birthday to Unity! Hip Hop Hangover Style!

WoW what a week! Unity Stamp Co. turns 1 and this week has been one big long birthday celebration! Lots of games, prizes, and challenges. There is a HUGE grand prize involved for playing along in the challenges this week. One winner from each contest (there has been one each daythis week) will be chosen and then those will be put to the vote. The card/project that gets the most votes WINS the Unity KOTM FREE for a WHOLE YEAR! Now you know why I was placing so much pressure on myself -it is a huge prize. Keeping my fingers crossed that one of my cards makes it into the final round. Here are a few I have been working on this week.

This one was for Maren's Wednesday Cake Inspiration Challenge. There were some awesome cakes to choose from. Here is the one I based my card off of.

This was Jeanne's Thursday Challenge to create a single layer birthday card. I finally inked up this tiny version of my FAVE Unity kit, Giggle Grove. This is called, Tiny Giggle Grove. I {{{heart}}} these little trees. So that's my Unity goodness for you today. Great Sale going on over at Unity. If you need more Unity or have been wanting to order some for the first time, this weekend is the time to do it. Everything is 30% off! Happy Firday! Check out the rest of Hip Hop Hangover girls, here or on Angela's blog. Hugs, Lisa

Happy Spring, Happy HHH!

If you are looking for the Stamp Something challenge, please scroll down, it is the first post I did today. If you weren't looking for it and want to see it anyway (it's cute, I promise) please scroll down, too! There is a prize involved.

So, I am back with a little HHH (Hip Hop Hangover)! I didn't get any chatting in with the Unity Peeps yesterday because Tim was home, I had to make dinner for a friend, and I had to volunteer at the school, BUT I did take some time to make two cards. Each week, Jeanne comes up with two great challenges to get us to use our Unity rubber! Challenge #1 was to create a card using Easter colors. My new pack of dsp, A Walk in the Park, was calling to me. Really it was, it said, "Here I am, open me. Look at me! Use me!". So this is was I came up with. Oh, and I am finally, happy to say I have now used most of the images from my Feb. KOTM (Endings and Beginnings). There was a little mix up in the shipping, so I got my kit late. I was feeling pressure since my March kit should be here any day now (I hope). Okay, enough babble, on to the card.

I LOVE how this turned out. You can get this new pack of dsp on April 1 . The colors in it are-basic grey, cameo coral, kiwi, baja, and saffron. The ribbon is the saffron grosgrain from the SAB ribbon bundle (you can get that FREE until March 31, contact me to place an order). The layout was roughly inspired by the Diva's Coffee Break Designs blog. Kristin's card this week was so cute and I guess it was still in my head when I designed this card. Challenge #2 was to create a card using ovals.

This was a no brainer for me since there is this beautiful egg stamp in the KOTM. I stamped it three times on three different patterns of the SAB Darling Dots dsp pack. The flourish in the corner comes from the Growing in Unity kit. You can't see it in this photo, but I did add some stickles to the flourishes. It adds just the right touch of sparkle. Hey, it pays to play! I just saw that this card was picked as the winner. Doin' the Happy Dance! Unity rocks and so do Hip Hop Thursdays. Okay, I have gone on long enough. Do stop by Angela's blog (or this thread on SCS) to see what the other HHH peeps have posted today. Hugs, Lisa

HHH-post #2 (scroll down to see the Stamp Something Challenge)

What's HHH you ask? Any Guesses? Yeah, yeah, you know it if you've been here before on a Friday. It's Hip Hop Hangover day and it was created for all of us who can't get enough Unity! Thursday's, the Unity DT holds their blog hop and Friday's the dedicated Unity addicts, um, I mean customers get a chance to post their Unity creations. Any one can join the blog hop, you just need to link your blog to the thread in the Unity Hip Hop Forum (you can go there for the list of participants or to Angela's blog). I always try to play along in the Hip Hop Challenges and this is where I like to share them. Here are the two I did yesterday. This was a challenge to use a light blue on your card. Light blue just says BABY to me, so I made a baby boy card with these cute images from the November KOTM (kit of the month).

You can't really tell in this photo, but I used acetate on this card, that row of flowers in stamped in white stazon along the bottom of the acetate. This card just makes me happy! I even was inspired to do up the inside of the card. The inside sentiment comes from PTI, Year Round Puns. The next challenge was to use Unity stamps (of course) and create a matching envelope. I try to always stamp a coordinating envelope when I mail out a card, but I almost never share them here. It is usually a last minute detail I add just before I walk the card down to the mail box. Now I've got one ready to go. I'm trying hard to resist the beautiful stamp that was released yesterday. Did you see it? Did you see what the DT did with it? OMG, gorgeous stuff I tell ya! Anyway, I was inspired by the DT and used something I had that was similar and came up with this card. The colors are from PTI-Ripe Avocado, Melon Berry, and Springs Moss! I'm having fun with my buttons and sewing machine can ya tell? Been using them both a lot lately! Thanks for being here again, today. Be sure to see what the other HHH participants do. Hugs, Lisa