CHA Adventures and some craftiness... :)

Helloooo out there!!

I haven't been in Blogland for awhile...

busy busy summertime has been keeping me away...

I did get to spend a few days in CHICAGO at CHA with UNITY!!!

What a BLAST!

Here are a couple snapshots from my trip...

HELLO CHICAGO!!

 giggles with my girl, Lisa...

 loved seeing Shemaine... she is so FABULOUS!!

 chit chat with sweet sweet Jessica...

 Love me some Mare Bear!!

Make N Take girls...

we tackled the SpellBinders/Unity projects together...

so much F-U-N!!! :)

 pretty much wanted to put Maria in my suitcase and take her home with me...

 gathered together for pizza and laughs...

 Maren & two of Angela's adorable boys... Nic & James

Denee & Kelli... road trip buddies on the way to Chicago..

Lisa & Brenda... road trip buddies on the way home...

Yep. this is how it is with US. sincere laughter and LOVE.

and speaking of L-O-V-E

{a perfect segue}

here is a card I whipped up for our friend's wedding

that we'll be attending this weekend...

so this is love...

featuring stamp from Unity co-brand Iron Orchid

Beloved Collection... Be Still

 glimmer mist, sewing and embellishments to dress it up..

I believe this... 100%...

{on the inside of the card}

 this little fella made himself at home...

right where I was trying to photograph my project. LOL

of course the princess wanted her picture taken with

the kitty and added to my blog post... Sofia & Mr. Tibbles

Have a wonderful Hip Hop Thursday!

If you haven't stopped at the

UNITY BLOG

yet... be sure to do so!

Head over and check out another sweet lady

that I got to see at CHA...

EVA!!

so so sweet...

Hey Hip Hoppers!!!

It is ALMOST time..

for UNITY

to head off to CHA...
Chicago here we come!!!

{I get to go for a couple days... so if you are going to be there..

I will see you SOON!}

SOOO many GORGEOUS new releases

for Summer 2011...

wowza.

where to start...

HERE.

Is

The

Place.

I am making MY WISH LIST...

{it's LONG. just sayin'}

Make sure to pop over to the
UNITY BLOG
to see what Angela has to say today!

I had the pleasure of watching my nephew

be born a few days ago..

and I had to make a little project of him

to put in a frame at my house.

this is BABY IVEY

and he is absolutely PRECIOUS.

sweet thing...

5X7 layout

featuring stamps from

Simple Stories

Life Documented Banner

itty bitty

thanks so much for stopping by...

Hop on over and check out the

FABULOUS EVA next!!

Sweet Summer Memories...

Hey there!

Happy Hip Hop Thursday!!

SUMMER has FINALLY arrived here...

and JUNE is almost OVER... LOL

I thought I better document our June activities

before I forgot what we did the past month...

I decided to make a quick little mini album that I can store or show off easily.

I am a huge fan of mini albums and LOVE to create them.

( I have a whole basket full in my kitchen for peeps to peruse

when they are here and we are cooking or visiting.)

I used the GORGEOUS JULY Kit of the Month

{Better Together}
Here is a SNEAK PEEK for you...
{I used the sentiment on one of my pages below}

and the newly released ADORABLE kit

 Sweet Summer Memories by Simple Stories

I printed all my photos in wallet size.

The pages are approx. 3X4 inches.

Some pages are paper, some cardstock and some chipboard.

I added stamped sentiments and images, printed quotes,

photos, fabric and ribbon tabs, & epoxy stickers.

I also did some machine sewing around the edges after distressing.

I used my Crop-a-Dile to punch a hole in the corner of each page,

and threaded them on a blue ring. Easy Peasy!

If you click on my collage, it should pop up in a new window

so you can see the little pages in detail.

Thanks so much for stopping by...
make SURE you go over to the
UNITY BLOG
if you have not..
Angela is having a GARAGE SALE!

pick up some DEALS!!

AND..

you can get her favorite KOM...

Aug 2009 for only 20 bucks...

it also happens to be one of MY very favorites...

because Angela and I

 have lovely matching tattoos using Tanis' winged heart stamp.

How special is that?

pretty cool if you ask me.. :)

Have a BEAUTIFUL summer DAY!
...head over and check out
EVA next to see what she has created!

Life... is what you make it...

Happy Hip Hop Thursday to ya!

It's that time..

time to see the LOVELY creations

our Design Team

has been working on...

there is a brand new

UNITY CHALLENGE

posted that you won't want to miss...

the theme for

JUNE

is

SUN & FUN

Play along and YOU could be the winner of

100 Random Unity stamps

&

a Free Unity Kit

{$45 and under}

I made THIS card for the June Challenge

 Vacation...

card featuring stamps from

Unity Kit TIME FOR TRAVEL

I think this kit is SOOOO ADORABLE..

so I decided to use my Challenge Card

as INSPIRATION

for a LAYOUT...

Life is what you make it...

8X8 layout

featuring stamps from Unity Kit Time for Travel

and JUNE KIT OF THE MONTH { all smiles}

 I stamped the little circle sentiments...

then punched them out and adhered to my layout

with foam mounting tape for a 3D effect.

The circles fit PERFECTLY in the bottlecaps on my Tim Holtz paper...

 let the good times roll... I added the month and year with a simple date stamp..

 loving those alpha stamps in the June KOM... perfect for titles!

I alternated the circle sentiments with some clear epoxy sentiment stickers.

Thanks so much for dropping by!

Remember that ALL the SAMANTHA WALKER kits

are on sale for ONLY $15

thru Monday, June 20

 {10 am. CST}

All purchases over $40 get a FREE ITTY BITTY stamp!

Head over and check out the

FABULOUSLY TALENTED EVA next!

Happy Happy JUNE {SUMMER} Hip Hop!!

It's a

SUMMER

Hip Hop

kind of day today!

My last day of WORK until FALL...

so now it is officially SUMMER for this chick..

time to PLAY!!

I plan to hang out with my family & friends and

have ONE SUPER FABULOUS RELAXING SUMMER... :)

First off... take a look at the

JUNE KIT OF THE MONTH

{all smiles...}

I used this kit for a few different projects...

 countdown...

this distressed block of numbers is so cute!

 carefree summer...

YOU...

12x12 scrapbook layout featuring 4 stamps from the June KOM