Monkey on the table

This was a fun page to make, well the pictures and story were fun anyway! Madeline started climbing on everything as soon as she was big enough to pull herself up. There were a couple of incidences where we walked into the oh too quiet kitchen to find her on the table getting into everything that wasn't hers! The details stamp is from Unity Stamp, Co.

Central Reunion

Here is the page I put together for Jason's ten year reunion last year. I used Unity stamps for the Report card in the corner and the Cricut for the title.

Quick Unity Card

This is a card I put together a couple of weeks ago for a Unity Hip Hop Challenge. It uses Unity's Everyday Adorable and I think it is super cute!

Unity Awesomeness

Yesterday I came home to find a quite large box from Unity on my doorstep and guess what it was!!! A few weeks ago during hip hop I won a custom cherry rubber rack signed by the Unity gang! How cool is that? Well, let me tell you it is very cool! I took a naked pic of the rack in all its Unity glory and then filled it with the wood mounts I had laying around waiting for a new home!

Here are pics of my two racks side by side, isn't the cherry one beautiful? Well, they both are but I think it's almost sexy with it's deep red color :)

Unity KOM Blog Hop

I am so excited for this weekends KOM blog hop! If you didn't start at the beginning, head back to Angela's blog and start hopping! I am hoping to get through all the blogs before the weekend starts, so maybe I can get my mojo back. I know there will be such great inspiration at the other 99 blogs!

I've been in a little bit of a crafting funk the past month, so I didn't get a big fancy project done like planned. Here is a card I made a couple of weeks ago for my grandma. It uses the April KOM. Head on over to Pamela's World of Scrap next!

Unity Birthday Week Color Challenge

This week, Unity is celebrating 1 year!!! There will be a challenge everyday and the prize of all prizes is being offered - a full year of Unity KOM! WOW! It really doesn't get much better than that! Well I combined the color challenge (Kraft, So Saffron, Baja Breeze, Ruby Red) with the weekly scrapbook sketch. These were some cute pictures of Madeline being goofy!

HHH 2/3

It's Friday and you know what that means - it's Hip Hop Hangover day! I have a couple simple cards for you this week. The first one I did for the Oh, Baby Unity challenge yesterday. I don't have any baby-themed Unity stamps (yet, they are all on sale here), so I put this together using the November Kit of the Month. By the way, if you aren't a KOTM member yet, sign up here - it is the best deal around! Back to the card - I was pretty excited because I used my Prismacolor pencils (thanks to my wonderful Unity friend Kristen for selling me hers) for the first time with mineral spirits on this card. For my first time, I think I did pretty darn good!

The second card I did for the CAS challenge this week on SCS. It was a sketch challenge and I don't think it could have gotten any easier than this. I put this together in about 5 minutes (and it might show), but I have become such a HUGE fan of the CAS style, that I just might stick with it for a while! The sentiment is from the November KOTM also.

CAS07

This card was completed for the CAS07 challenge on SCS. The challenge was to make a CAS card using punches.

Unity World Record Inspirational Blog Hop!!!

It's time. We've made it. Now lets get hopping! Today is the HUGE Unity World Record Inspirational Blog Hop. So, if you didn't start at the beginning, please do so. Head on over to Angela at the Unity blog and start hopping! There are a lot of very talented Unity ladies participating in today's awesome event.

For your viewing pleasure today, I have altered a recipe box and created 5 cards and a date reminder book to place in it. The book has one page for each month to place all your birthdays and anniversaries and was created with my BIA.














k&co. paper
Stampin Up ink
Prismacolors, watercolor pencils
March Kit of the Month
Something to Say





To end in true Unity style, here is a couple quotes for you!

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
~Booker T. Washington

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.
~Leo Rosten

Your next stop on the train is Rachel Hope. Have fun!

Hip Hop Hangover!!!

Once again it is that time! Yup, its hip hop hangover! Head on over to the Unity blog to see a list of all HHH posts for today! We had an amazing Hip Hop yesterday. Angela and the gang released not one, but TWO great new sets! Floral Friends and Birdie Inspiration are the new awesome sets. I can't wait to get them! There are also some great sales including some bundle packs!

Gus joined us on the chat thread yesterday and was giveaway happy, which worked great for me! I ended up winning a Rubber Rack!!! I've been eyeballing them for a while now and can't wait to try it out! Thanks, Gus!

Ok, enough chatting! Here are my two cards that I created for the Hip Hop Challenges yesterday! The first challenge was to create something using purple, black and white. The second challenge was to create a project with a spring theme. I used the March KOTM for both cards today.




I decided last night to make one last minute project. Seeing all the May Day baskets in the blog hop yesterday, I decided to try to make a little basket of my own. It is by no means a May Day basket in my mind (it doesn't shout SPRING). I think I am going to go get some flowers to put in it and keep at my office. My office is pretty bare right now and could use a little pick me up. I created this using coasters, my BIA, the March KOTM and some ribbon!

Unity Greatness!!!

Well, I missed posting for both Hip Hop on Thursday and Hip Hop Hangover on Friday, so I will just post everything I've got for the week now.

First things first though. Unity is having a HUGE sale this weekend and offering 30% off all orders placed through Sunday March 22! Wow, huh?

Well, on to my creations for the week. I didn't get much done, but tried to finish a few of the daily challenges at SCS.


The first card here is the one I completed for the Featured Stamper challenge. The challenge was to look through Twinshappy's gallery on SCS and CASE one of her cards. You can see the original card here. I used the swiss dots embossing folder in the Cuttlebug and the Unity Gratitude = Joy set. As you will see after looking at these pics, I was a big fan of the Kraft Cardstock this week. I used it in all but one of my cards!





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This next card was completed for the Color Challenge - Riding Hood Red (or Real Red), Summer Sun, Kraft and optional black. This was a tough color combination for me. I think it was the kraft/yellow combo. Turns out it looks good together, but for some reason, my mind didn't want to beleive it. I used the Unity's Feel the Joy stamp for this card.



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The third card today was done for the technique challenge - create a card using a ribbon frame. This was actually such a cute idea and I was able to use this great Martha Stewart ribbon I purchased on clearance at Michael's a few months ago. I think the bordered ribbon really works great with this technique. It was pretty easy to do once I figured it out. I only ripped one card front in the process. Pretty good considering what it could have been :) This stamp is Unity's My Heart Sings





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The last card I have for the week was done for the Sketch Challenge. This is a great sketch and I really like it, I just am not too sure about what I created with it. This ended up being a lot brighter than I ever could have imagined and you might want to put your sunglasses on! I used a stamp I received in the Unity grab bag a month ago.

It's my first HHH!!!

This is my first Hip Hop Hangover and I'm super pumped. For those of you who don't know what it is, this is the day where we all show off our great Unity creations the day after Hip Hop (which is every Thursday). Join us at the Unity forum at SCS every Thursday for a great Hip Hop time, and then same place, same time for Hip Hop Hangover on Friday! Well, here are my cards I created yesterday for the Hip Hop Challenges.

Unity Grab Bag stamps
Stampin Up Ink
k&co paper

Unity eco Chic
Stampin Up Ink, Crayola colored pencils
k&co paper

Clean & Simple Inspirations

The SCS Inspiration Challenge this week was to find inspiration from Spunky Sprout. I looked through the wall hangings and wall stickers and found a lot of great inspiration. The two below are the ones that I found most inspiring (and doable!).

Stampin Up Branch Out
Stampin Up Flight of the Butterfly

Unity grab back stamps

SC219 Challenge

This card was created for the weekly sketch challenge at SCS. I just can't get enough of this Unity Little Buggers stamp set, so here is another one!

This week's Unity

I participated in Unity's Hip Hop again yesterday. What fun, and such a fun group of gals! I was even lucky enough to win a free stamp - you can't beat that. Well, here are the cards I made for the challenges. All three of them were quick and simple, but I think they turned out okay. I had Madeline "helping" out last night, so I needed something simple or I would never finish! The first challenge was to create something that would someone smile. I did a couple of different cards for this one. The second challenge was to create something with the "colors of your heart" - pink, red, white and neutrals - but it couldn't be valentines. I did a simple thanks card with Pink and Brown. It seems I really like the pink/brown and blue/brown color combos yesterday!

My first Unity Creations!

Well, I participated in last Thursdays Hip Hop. It was my first one, so I'm still figuring it all out and what it's about, but I sure did have fun. They have a couple of challenges, a GREAT blog hop, a chat thread that goes all day, and prizes, lots of them. Here are the two cards I made for the challenges last week. They also happen to be my first creations with all my new Unity stamps!

Unity Grab Bag Goodness

So, Unity had a special last week for a grab bag of 50 unmounted stamps for $8 + shipping (so $13 total)! What a steal, huh? Here are the stamps I received. I had a few duplicates as you can see at the top of the first picture, but there were some really great stamps in here and at such a great price! I can't wait to get stamping!

Weekend Cards

This weekend, I worked on completing a few of the swaps I am in through SCS. I need to do 2 5x5 cards for a Be Squared swap, and then 3 3x3 gift tags for a various themed gift tag swap. I got the samples done for all but 1 5x5. All the pieces are cut and stamped. I just need to color, cut out images and assemble the 4 I have done. It is fun to work with the square cards. They are just a little different, but not too much that I feel completely outside my comfort zone (which by the way isn't too big quite yet :] )

3x3 Gift Tag
Flower is from Unity Eco Chic
Sentiment is from Unity Little Buggers
Bazzill paper, Stampin Up ink


3x3 Gift Tag
TAC Wild Animals
Bazzill paper, Stampin Up ink, Bic Mark Its


3x3 Gift Tag
Unity Little Buggers
Bazzill paper, Stampin Up ink, Bic Mark Its


5x5 Be Squared
sentiment - Unity Little Buggers
Bazzill paper, Stampin Up ink
patterned paper, ribbon, buttons