Mar 10, 2011

Unity Hip Hop, Ode to Mark

Welcome to the UNITY HIP HOP for March 10 2011!

Today's Scrapbook Thoughts:
 I often get drawn into using papers and flowers, and other products that are feminine and call for pictures of girls.  If I took a tally of my layouts, I would see 70% of my daughter Sophie.  Last year, and this year, I will continue to remind myself to document my husband and boys in my pages more often.  I want them to feel loved, and know what it is I am thankful for, and how they change and improve my life. 


We are coming up to 10 years of marriage!  It amazes me.  I don't tell him enough, but I am so lucky to know him and feel so blessed to have a husband like Mark.

I paper pieced the heart, the rainbow piece for inside.


I stamped this sentiment in some white space that NEEDED SOMETHING.  I always find stamps are a good fall back when you feel something is needed to fill some space.  And you know what, Mark and I had that immediate connection.  Right from the start, it felt like we knew each other already.  It was just so easy and comfortable and lovely.


TIP TIME:

Be mindful of your color palette.  I tried to stick to 4 colors (red, light blue, yellow, and pink).  It makes for a more cohesive layout and it will look like everything belongs.  Imagine if I threw something green in there.  Where would your eye go?

Unity Stamps Used:

 (heart, lucky sentiment, loved you sentiment, one night only stamp)




IT'S MARCH!

Every month, Unity produces CUTE art on a 8.5x11 sheet of rubber just for kit club members! 
Here is the kit for MARCH 2011:











HIP HOP SKETCHES?

Do you know about the Hip Hop Sketches?  If you play along, you can win some stamps!  I'm thinking that people just don't know where to find these challenges and where to upload.  You can find the information at Splitcoast Stampers in Unity's Challenge Forum.  New to Splitcoast Stampers?  It can be a little overwhelming!  First, register on the site, then find your way to Unity Stamp Co.  We have our own hang out spot on Splitcoast.  All the information you could possibly need is there.  And if it's not, just add a new topic and ask away!





Before I go....have you seen this?



It's our new WEEKLY tutorials that will be posted on Unity's blog and on our You Tube Channel.  If you become a subscriber to our channel on You Tube, you can look forward to benefits!  For instance, Angela is giving away 5 Itty Bitty Stamps to 5 subscibers.  Winners will be announced on Unity's Facebook page this upcoming Monday.


To continue on the hop, click on the button!  You won't be disappointed.

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Thanks for visiting today!


18 comments:

Shemaine Smith said...

hee hee great minds think alike. Great job on the vid girl!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful Layout!!

jennifer mitten said...

Great layout! I enjoyed your UnityTV tutorial as well...

Erin said...

Wonderful layout! That ticket stamp is perfect!

stampjourney said...

Beautiful layout! And I loved your first episode of UnityTV--fabulous project and you did a great job of explaining it all!

Jen E. said...

your layout is fan-freakin-tastic!! i like what you did with the rainbow in the heart stamp. cute!

Angel said...

Love your layout!!! The February kit is so awesome!!! Gettin ready to do the HHSC48!

Rona said...

beautiful!

Lisa said...

Lovely!! And your videos are fabulous!

Gwynn said...

What a beautiful layout! I just love it! I am glad to know that I am not the only one that has my favorite subjects to scrapbook!

Patricia said...

I love your layout! I have the same problem...except my boys rule my scrapbooks. Me and DH are hardly in there at all and the pets get featured every now and then. Thanks for the encouragement to scrap the unscraped!!

Roxanne said...

Beautiful page!!!

Cathy said...

Lesley, You really rocked the stamps in this kit. I have really enjoyed using this latest kit but I'm really excited to get the one with your designs in it!!

Unknown said...

Your layout is fantastic! All I have is boys (I did get a girl dog for my birthday, but the boy's still boss).... and I have a heard time keeping everything non-girly!

Thanks so much for sharing!!!

~Ola

Carisa said...

this is gorgeous and seriously you have inspired me to give scrapbooking a go, thank you for the tips! i def need them!!!!

sharon g said...

Nice. It's hard to find things to use for guys...

Emily Leiphart said...

This layout is absolutely gorgeous, Lesley! I love your first video tutorial for UnityTV. It's great finally hearing your voice!

scrapbookertink said...

Wow soooo much information on your blog, puts mine to shame LOL. I liked what you said about girl layouts so true!