Hip Hop!!!

It's Thursday...which means Hip Hop! You'll want to start the hop at the Unity Blog.

So I thought I would post another layout that I did for CHA. It uses one of the cutest stamp sets ever, from Unity and Bella Blvd:

It is called Sunny Happy Skies...and I just LOVE it!!!! But I also threw in a new itty bitty from Unity and Bella Blvd:

It is called "Tell Me More" and it is absolutely perfect for scrapbooking. ;)

So I bet you want to see my layout now, huh? Well here it is...

The papers are all from Bella Blvd too...new ones. ;) And I used adhesive from Helmar to put the whole thing together. I used the Quick Fix Adhesive Runner and some Zapdots.

Here are some close up's:

Don't forget, you can win some fabulous prizes today by commenting on the blogs and/or in the Hip Hop thread. Winners will be chosen randomly. Check out the deets on the Unity blog.

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 if you haven't already seen the February Kit of the Month, check it out here. It rocks! I seriously love it!

Now it's time to hop on to the lovely Natalie.

Hope you have a wonderful day!!!!

Hip Hop!!!

So, I got back from LA (for CHA) tonight. I got back home with enough time to spend 5 minutes with the kids before they were off to bed. But I really look forward to spending it time with them tomorrow. I promise to post lots of pics and more about CHA, but I was just so exhausted when I got home. I laid in bed, and I was watching the Bachelor :), and I almost forgot all about my Hip Hop post.

That's right...it's Thursday (well technically, right now it is Wednesday, it is supposed to go up at 11pm my time, and it is 11:09 right now!)...which means Hip Hop! You'll want to start the hop at the Unity Blog.

So I thought I would post a layout that I did for CHA. It uses some of the new Itty Bitty stamps from Unity and Bella Blvd.

Stamps used:

* Calendar Month

* Family Tree

* House Warming

I used new papers from Bella Blvd as well for this layout. :) Here are some close up's:

Don't forget, you can win some fabulous prizes today by commenting on the blogs and/or in the Hip Hop thread. Winners will be chosen randomly. Check out the deets on the Unity blog.

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 if you haven't already seen the February Kit of the Month, check it out here. It rocks! I seriously love it!

Now it's time to hop on to the lovely Natalie.

Hope you have a wonderful day!!!!

It's Not Too Late

to submit to ScrapStreet's calls this month!

Here are the calls:

March 2011 Article Calls - Features

Canvas Creations. Calling all canvas lovers! We want to see how you use canvas on your projects. It can be a layout that has canvas on it or it can be a whole project built on a canvas. Whether there's a little or a lot of canvas, we want to see it.

Green With Envy. St. Patrick's Day is on it's way! Share your cards, layouts, and altered projects featuring the color 'green.'

Birthday Bash. Show us your layouts featuring birthday parties and celebrations!

Super Strips. Remember when you were young and you would have fun with your friends in those photo booths at the mall? Let's see those layouts showcasing photo strips!

Altered Alert. Altered items...anything from candy boxes to little birdhouses to coaster minis. Show us what you are changing into something fabulous!

March 2011 Article Calls - Fixtures

Chic Street: The 45 minute Layout: Show us layouts that can be done in 45 minutes max.

Open Road: Put the focus on journaling! Create a layout that tells a story...share a time you were or felt lucky! Be sure to use your personality in your text!

Easy Street: Feeling a bit punchy? Let's see how you use those punches on your simple layouts!

Card Corner: Good luck! ¡Buena suerte! Bonne chance! Whatever your language, we want to see your cards wishing good luck!

The Stoplight: Stop and capture the moment--in the kitchen! What are you eating, drinking, cooking, or loving as decor? Share a glimpse of your kitchen life at this moment.

Technique Turn: Mixed titles. Whether you mix fonts for different words or used different alphabets for each letter, we want to see your Title Techniques!

Deadline is midnight December 30... for all calls.

Please send your work to submissions@scrapstreet.com.

And have you checked out the December issue yet?

The whole thing is great! You can find my article here.

And since I also want to share some projects with you, here are some that were featured in November's issue of ScrapStreet. We were spotlighting Bella Blvd's papers and products. One of the perks from being on the team is getting products to play with and I really enjoyed playing with Bella Blvd. :) Here are my projects:

To see my design notes and to read the whole article on Bella Blvd, go here.

Have a FANTASTIC day!!!!! 3 days til Christmas!!! :)

Bag It Tag It Hip Hop

We're posting our hip hop posts a day early this week...since it's Thanksgiving week and all. :) Are you ready? It almost here. I LOVE Thanksgiving.

This week we are going with a Bag It Tag It theme. You'll want to start the hop at the Unity Blog. If you came from Jennifer then you are in the right place. :) We are showing you BRAND NEW stamps from a new co-brand: BELLA BLVD! Man...things have just been so exciting lately at Unity and I hope you have noticed that. :)

This is the fabulous new set that I got to play with:

But check out all of the new Bella Blvd stamp sets here.

And this is what I made:

Aren't those trees fabulous? I just love them! And I used some papers from Bella Blvd too. :)

And I can't end without sharing some fabulous and inspiring news with you...

And in honor of being grateful for all we/they have, Unity is also donating 50 cents of every sale to the local Foodshelf. I gotta tell you...I just love Angela, she has such a great heart!

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

Hope you have a wonderful day!!!! And for all of my American friends--HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!! Hope you are all enjoying a time of rest and relaxation..and feasting, with family.

Helmar Bella Butterfly! :)

Hi everyone! I know you are waiting for me to announce the winners for my blog candy. I promise that will come soon (today). :) In the meantime, I have a project I thought I would share with you. Helmar has partnered with Bella Blvd and we are featuring projects all week on the Helmar blog using Bella Blvd. My post went up yesterday...I will share a bit of it here but for more details and techniques, check out the Helmar blog here.

This is the project I made. I took a wooden butterfly from Say It With Letters and altered it to create this:

A close up of the butterfly part:

Pretty much the whole things is put together using Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive. Love this stuff! I also used a little bit of Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots to adhere the ribbon around those circles.

And here is one flower technique for you...and like I said, I posted more techniques on the Helmar blog so make sure you check that out too!

I started with a circle and cut it to make a swirl, like so:

Now I could have left it like this...but I didn't. :) I took a little adhesive (used the Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner) and brought it all together like so:

Now once again, I could have left it like this...it's cute! But I didn't. :) I took the scissors and cut into the edge like so:

Then I rolled those pieces over and it looked like this:

Ok so that is a VERY bad pic! Sorry. But you can see it on my project above. On my project you will notice that I added a little glitter to it. I also added one Helmar Zapdot that I dipped in Pearl Ex powder in the center.

Ok, well I shall return! Until then, have a fantastic day!!!