It's Crunch Time with Unity

**I don't think my sister ever stops by my blog, but just in case--KIM, if you are here TURN BACK NOW. This is a no-Kim zone...well if you are not my sister but named Kim I guess you can stop in. :)

This week for Hip Hop, we are sharing quick Christmas gifts. And we will be using some of the FABULOUS and AMAZING new stamp sets from Unity and IOD. Yep...you heard right...another fabulous partnership. You'll want to start the hop at the Unity Blog.

I got to play with the new Love Never Fails stamp set. I made a layout/project. You probably already guessed it...but it's a present for my sister. :) To prove to you how simple and quick it is...I am going to show you a bit of my process in creating this.

I started off my grabbing a bunch of photos from her facebook page. It didn't matter if they weren't the best quality because I made them all 2 x 2. I laid them out in a collage, but left some spots to add some paper and stamps. Here is what I printed and used as the base of my project:

Then, because I am me :), I wanted some layering to my project so I decide that on two of my spots I would add papers behind the photos and on one I would layer on top. So I cut out two spots:

Then I made a quick piece that included two patterned papers and one stamped image:

Another me thing...I just had to add a bit of quick stitching. Then I made another similar spot with a different stamp and different paper. I layered both of these behind my project like so:

Then another quick bit to add on top of my base of photos:

I did back the whole thing up with some more patterned paper. And it looks like this:

You could stop here and use it as a layout...even for a gift. But I did put it in a frame:

Hope she likes it. Also hope you like it! :) Perhaps you are feeling a bit more inspired to take a crack at making more of your gifts this year.

DON'T MISS ALL THE NEW STAMPS FROM UNITY AND IOD, You can see them all here.

And here are the sales for the week...

1. All NEW IOD Releases $19.99

2. Orders over $50 get 3 pieces of the Beloved Line Patterned Paper and some Webster's Pages Cocoa BLOOMER.

3. Orders over $75 get 10 Pieces of Bella Patterned Paper

4. Selected SAMANTHA Walker kits $16.99

Angela always has so many awesome deals going on...just didn't want you to miss out. :)

ALSO...

You can win one of these fabulous prizes today by commenting on the blogs and/or in the Hip Hop thread. Winners will be chosen randomly...

• Get Scrappy With Material Girl stamp kit & the Cosmo Cricket Mini Deck Paper to go with it.
• Material Girl stamp kit & the Cosmo Cricket Mini Deck Paper pad

So I hope you have been leaving comments on all the blogs in the hop and popping in on the Hip Hop chat thread to say hi. :)

And now it's time to hop on to the lovely Eryn.

Hope you have a wonderful day!!!!