HIP HOP FLIP FLOP!!

Time to SHAKE THINGS up a bit!!!

Today all the Unity DT Girls and the {ippity} DT Girls

swapped stamps to create our projects...

SO FUN!

The theme for today's hop is

ENCOURAGEMENT

{October IS Breast Cancer Awareness Month after all!}

TONS of EXCITING things happening today!

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BRAND NEW JilliBean Soup stamps being released @ Unity

Countdown to Christmas

Snowflakes Fall From Heaven

Jolly Good Fun

Tis the Season For Joy

a HUGE sale! 40% off

check out the website HERE

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Starting at MIDNIGHT tonight -

we are DONATING $.25 cents per

 NEW FACEBOOK FRIEND

to the Susan G. Koman Foundation.

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness.

Share the NEWS!

Every person that hits the like button starting at

MIDNIGHT till MIDNIGHT tomorrow

UNITY donates $.25 cents.

on to the projects for today! of course they are PINK!!

Strength..

card made with the {ippity} kit

DEVOTED

IPK-103

leaves are paper pieced,

then I added some Glossy Accents for shine

now & always

card made using {ippity} kits

now & always

IPK-117

a moment in time

IPK-121

i paper pieced the butterfly, coated it with

Glossy Accents and popped up the wings

the shape is also popped up using foam mounting tape

Next.. head on over and check out

***KIMBER***

Have a beautiful day!

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

The winner of the adorable Unity Itty Bitty stamp

sit. eat. enjoy

is....

lynn said...

precious card and photo cube! congrats, emily!

October 21, 2010 7:07 AM

chosen randomly

Here are your random numbers:

9 Timestamp: 2010-10-24 20:42:42 UTC

CONGRATULATIONS Lynn!!!

please email jimmi.mayo@gmail.com to claim your prize!!

Happy Sunday everyone!!

oopsy daisy!

Oops! Sorry Friends with Flair peeps!!!

My post is going up late..

Angela and I were solving all the world's problems

over a few cups of coffee and time got away from me!

3 HOURS OF TIME.

but it was well worth it.

Friendships need that extra CONNECTING time once in awhile... 

Anywho... Here is a fun little layout I made...

carrying on the theme from yesterday's

Thankful and Grateful Hip Hop...

This is my grandma.

My kid's GREAT grandma.

This photo was taken last weekend.

On her 95th BIRTHDAY.

Isn't that amazing?

SHE IS.

She lives alone.

(she has out-lived 2 husbands!)

Volunteers at the local thrift shop.

Drives everywhere.... even 2 hours to her Green Lake cabin on the weekends.

What a lady. She is simply FABULOUS...

I am SO THANKFUL that I've had her in my life

and that my kids now know her and have special memories of their Great Grandma.

It's the BEST.

Make sure you check out the UNITY BLOG for the entire list of FWF participants!!

Hip Hop and How Do you Do?

Hip Hop and How Do You Do?

I am so very THANKFUL for YOU!

Today is all about being

THANKFUL & GRATEFUL...

The Unity and {ippity} Design Team girls have so many

BEAUTIFUL projects ready to INSPIRE you..

I am thankful that I get to work along side

such BRILLIANT talent each and every week.

I definitely feel grateful for that.

Start at the UNITY BLOG...

hop along... take in all the LOVELY project ideas...

leave behind some LOVE for the talented ladies who created them...

then join us over at Splitcoast Stampers for chit chat with friends...

play along with challenges.. win prizes... and have tons of FUN!!

Check this out!

go see the awesome new website HERE

 So Thankful for you...

card using HHSC30

My next project is a decor item that I can have out for

Thanksgiving

OR any time of year!

Thankful for YOU wooden block.

I used stamps from the October Kit of the Month

{take time to laugh}

and other Unity stamps

First I cut patterned paper into 3.5 inch squares

next, I attached the paper to the block with Modge Podge

then, I added the title and embellishments to the top of the cube.

after that, I trimmed my kid's photos to 3X3 squares

and adhered to the block- one per side

 finally, I stamped sentiments on each photo

(yes.. you should probably do this BEFORE adhering the photos...
but I didn't...that's how I roll...  :)

and.. DONE!
 it turned out adorable..
they love having their photos as part of our table centerpiece!

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Without further ado...

I would like to announce the

WINNER

of the World Card Making Day Challenge that I hosted in the Unity forum.

My challenge was to incorporate STITCHING on a card.

USCWCMD11

The winner is

EMILY NIEHAUS..

(stampingout)

with her card, Stitched Leaves

CONGRATULATIONS EMILY!

Thank you so much for playing along and sharing your beautiful card!

Please email jimmi.mayo@gmail.com to claim your prize!

Last but not least...

Today is BLOG CANDY day here in Whatevaland!

YIPPEE!

Leave me a comment telling me

what you are MOST grateful or thankful for...

and I will put your name in a drawing for this darling

Unity Itty Bitty Stamp... Sit. Eat. Enjoy.

Next hop on over and check out the uber talented

*** KIMBER***

FWF TIME!!!

It's FRIIIIIIDAAAYY!!

Yipee Skippee!!

The weekend has arrived...

What do YOU have planned for the weekend??

Here's what I'll be up to...

*8 kidlets

slumber party-ing @ my house

PiZzA & PoPcoRN

My Grandma's 94th Birthday party

{eating The Pioneer Woman's CORN CHOWDER with CHILES}

Auntie time

{with Jonah & Asher... Nate & Jessi too!}

HuNtiNg ShAcK ShEnaNiGaNs &

BoNfiRe with GrEaT FrIenDs

Teaching SUNDAY SCHOOL

Watching the VIKINGS 

{plus plenty of snacks}

Today is

FRIENDS WITH FLAIR FRIDAY....

{over @ Unity Stamp Co} 

Make sure you stop over @ the

UNITY BLOG

for the entire list of participants for today's hop!

 and be sure to LEAVE THEM SOME LOVE!!

I had SO MUCH fun with the Halloween Project theme yesterday for Hip Hop...

that I wanted to keep making MORE little Halloween goodies...

I grabbed these ideas from

 THE CRAFTING CHICKS BLOG

there are ALL sorts of darling Halloween ideas over there!

 FUN snacks for that Halloween gathering

or GREAT items to give to those special Trick-or-Treaters 

so easy... just wrap up a bag of microwave popcorn in

some patterned paper..

stamp a tag with your UNITY stamps and tie with ribbon..

what a great little gift!

of course you need a Halloween beverage with your popcorn..

pick up some orange soda.. wrap with paper, tie on some

ribbon and a tag.. viola!

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!!!

"The whole point of the week is the weekend."

— Angela Montenegro

ooooo.. SPooooooKY!!!

HiP HoP

and

HaPpY HaLLoWeeN

{a bit early}

Today the Unity and {ippity} DT girls have a

SPOOKTACULAR treat for YOU!

All kinds of creepy crawly crafty goodness... for Halloween...

using our favorite stamps from Unity & {ippity} of course!

There is something SO super EXCITING taking place as well..

make sure you 

check out the UNITY BLOG for ALL the info!! 

You won't want to miss this. 

A. BRAND. NEW. WEBSITE.

yipppeee!! 

This fall I've been doing ALOT of cleaning and organizing around my home..

 I've decided to keep only things that are useful or have special meaning.

If we don't use it, or want to keep it for a memento.. ADIOS!

It feels GREAT.. having much less STUFF.

My outdated Halloween decorations were some of the things that I said 'good bye' to...

so I decided to make a BANNER from my kids photos that I can use year to year during the Halloween season and actually want to KEEP because it has MEANING. :)

 It was almost impossible to get a good photo of this banner..

 it is over 4 feet long.

The photos are printed in black and white in 4X6 inch size.

I had to hang it outside on my porch wall to get decent lighting.

{do you LOVE that OLD peely paint?? I DO. it's vintage... it's distressed... its just MY STYLE.}

 These pics are from last Halloween- 2009

Chloe upheld the Hallow's Eve law as a pretty
police officer.

 Caden played the part perfectly as an amazingly
CREEPY mummy

{I LOVED making this costume!!}

 I used Glimmer Mist to make my eyelet match! SO COOL!

 Brody made his way through the night as a
FREAKY vampire...

{once again.. i LOVED making this costume!}

 Sweet little Sofia.. well she was a butterfly fairy.

Dainty and Darling. That's HER style.

I cut all the pendants from cardstock, added patterned paper and machine stitching..

attached the photos... used my UNITY STAMPS and a few other goodies to decorate...

set eyelets between the pendants... connected them with ribbon..

and added a few extra pieces of ribbon for FUN!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Join us over @ Splitcoast Stampers for more SPoOKy FuN!

Next hop on over to the very talented

*** KIMBER ***

FRIENDS with FLAIR!

HELLO FRIDAY!!!!!!!

Time for some FABULOUS creations from Unity's FANTASTIC FRIENDS!!!

Make sure you check out the

UNITY BLOG

for INSPIRATION... and

the WHOLE list of participants!!

Grab a cup of coffee and check out these

BEAUTIOUS projects!

there is also a FAB SALE going on...check it out on the blog!

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Don't forget... the Unity & {ippity} DT girls are hosting

23 SUPER FUN CHALLENGES

over @ Splitcoast Stampers

to CELEBRATE World Card Making Day...

you still have TIME to join in

and possibly WIN Unity's Kit of the Month for an ENTIRE YEAR!

All the Challenges are posted HERE 

(they have a green arrow by them)

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 birthday girl...

I used:

October Kit of the Month

{take time to laugh}

Frame This Alpha

Have the BEST weekend!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Already?!

Thursday already?!

This week is FLYING by...

which is a good thing...

because my sweet 5th grade daughter, Chloe

is on a school field trip for the entire week

and we are starting to miss her ALOT!

I've been keeping myself  BUSY this week

with some home remodeling and organization projects...

but made time to play with a few of my lovely new

Unity Stamps

This is my FAVORITE stamp in the new

October Kit of the Month

{take time to laugh}

it is simply AMAZING!

I also decided to get started on my

Christmas cards...

maybe if I get them all done during

October

I can SHOP the whole month of 

November!

:)

warm winter comforts...

card

beautiful day...

card

Thanks so much for visiting!

Make sure you go to the

UNITY BLOG

and join us @ Splitcoast Stampers

for chatting, challenges, prizes, inspiration and FUN!

There are 23 World Card Making Day Challenges

being hosted by the Unity and {ippity} Design Teams

in the Unity forum @ SCS

If you play along with all our challenges.. you have the

opportunity to win Unity's Kit of the Month

for a WHOLE YEAR.

WOWZA!!

Here is the link to check out the challenges!

CHALLENGE THREAD

Now it's time to check out

***KIMBER***