Life is Good - Unity Hip Hop

Good morning and good day!  If you're here for the UNITY HIP HOP  - WELCOME!

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas!  We at the Langdon house were sick - 4 out of 5 DOWN AND OUT.   The only one OK so far, is the baby, and thank goodness, because I can't stand to see a baby being sick, they are so helpless.  But after all that, like the WHOS in WHOVILLE, we still had a wonderful Christmas.
On to the hop!

LIFE IS GOOD

Surprise surprise, I have a card for you today!  Today for the hop, I pulled out the NEW December 2010 Kit of the Month again!  This time, I whipped up a card using the "life is good" stamp and the "tea cup".

Supplies:

Stamps: Unity Stamp Co. (December Kit of the Month)

Paper: My Mind's Eye

Ribbon: May Arts

Flowers: Prima

Adhesive: Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro (High Tac) and Adhesive Squares

Twine, Ink

Kit info can be found here.

HIP HOP SKETCHES?

Do you know about the Hip Hop Sketches?  If you play along, you can win some stamps!  And a little birdie told me that there are currently very few players, so I'm thinking that people just don't know where to find these challenges and where to upload.  That being said, your odds of winning are good if you play along!  You can find the information at Splitcoast Stampers in Unity's Challenge Forum. 

STILL FREE SHIPPING!  Check it out!

Have you heard that Unity is retiring some past Kits?

Here is the link to the SALE page - $26.00 per kit, down from $45.00!

Here is one that I love from August 2008:

Now it's time to hop on over to the next blog in the hop!

Thanks for visiting today!

Hip Hoppin into Christmas!

Good morning and good day!  If you're here for the UNITY HIP HOP  - WELCOME!

Merry Christmas everyone!  I hope you all have a FANTASTIC Christmas filled with love, blessings and miracles!  Enjoy every moment of holidays and hopefully, find some time to relax.

Today for the hop, I pulled out the NEW December 2010 Kit of the Month!  That is me and my husband, almost a decade ago.  Holy cow!  A decade.  I can't believe how fast it went.  And I still love hanging out with him, being with him, having him home with me.  He has been sick for the past few days and I secretly am happy that he's here with us.

I used 3 stamps from the December Kit on my layout.  Below is the quote which I thought was perfect for this picture.  I used some cream paint, and Shimmerz on top to dress up the brown paper.

Here I used that cute sewn image and used some Stickles to dress up the heart.  You can also see that journal block.  I think it's my favorite stamp in the kit.  I used it several times on the layout for backdrops.

There is that stamp again!  I stamped it both on cream and pink paper, trimmed and tucked them in behind other papers.  That flourish was cut with my Silhouette.  Those cute numbers are from Echo Park Be Mine collection.

Kit info can be found here.

HIP HOP SKETCHES?

Do you know about the Hip Hop Sketches?  If you play along, you can win some stamps!  And a little birdie told me that there are currently very few players, so I'm thinking that people just don't know where to find these challenges and where to upload.  That being said, your odds of winning are good if you play along!

You can find the info here at Splitcoast Stampers in Unity's Challenge Forum. 

This is the current Sketch #38:

Merry Christmas from Unity!  They are giving you the gift of FREE SHIPPING!

Have you heard that Unity is retiring some past Kits?

Here is the link to the SALE page - $26.00 per kit, down from $45.00!

Here is one that I love from Sep 2008:

Now it's time to hop on over to the next blog in the hop!

Thanks for visiting today!

Some INEXPENSIVE Gift Packaging Ideas for Christmas, a Video Tutorial & My Earrings Winner!

Christmas Flower Clips with Glue Arts and Graphic 45 Papers

For Glue Arts, I made this Christmas Flower, and if you love Graphic 45, we were making projects all week long on the Glue Arts blog, and there is a giveway!  Check it out!

CHRISTMAS COOKIES

COOKIE WRAPPING

Last year, I remember running around trying to buy cookie tins, from Re-use centers to Dollar Stores.  I still spent about $30.00 on wrapping my cookies.  This year I have some new stamps and found an INEXPENSIVE way to wrap my cookies! 

Just take some kraft paper (a roll that you can pick up at a post office or big box store).  Cut out a piece, stamp 100% Certified Homemade as many times as you want, and then stamp COOKIES.  It is KEY to wrap your cookies either in plastic wrap or a zip loc bag so that the oils from the cookies don't stain the wrapping.  My first attempt, I used waxed paper, and the oils came through.  Wrap with wool or twine and give them away! 

STAMPS USED:

Unity - Samantha Walker - Home Baked

Unity - Samantha Walker - Christmas in the Kitchen

AND NOW FOR THE WINNER OF THESE EARRINGS:

I want to thank all those that left a comment on the earrings.  We ended up taking all the comments at Simply Renee, and combined them with the comments on my blog, and chose a random winner!

Merry Christmas Janet Z!  You won the earrings with this comment:

                                                 Janet Z said...

Lesley is there nothing that you can't do?

They are beautiful!!!

Please email me at lesleylangdon@cogeco.ca with your address and you may get these in time for Christmas!

Have a great weekend!

Hip Hop Echo Park!

Good morning and good day!  If you're here for the UNITY HIP HOP  - WELCOME!

Some brand new ECHO PARK stamps have been released at Unity this week and I REALLY like them.  The stamps match their Be Mine collection and they are vintage inspired stamps.

In the meantime, before I could get my hot little hands on them, I played with the first release "Boys Will Be Boys".  And since I have boys, I couldn't be happier to work with these stamps.  And also, creating more BOY and HUSBAND layouts was a goal of mine in 2010.  I beat my 2009 numbers, so that's something.

"@ FIVE"

I found this older photo (from 3 years ago) of my son trying to plow over his Uncle, and I KNEW it was perfect for these stamps.  I thought I would focus on the number FIVE and use up some old stash of chipboard pieces. 

To create FAUX DIRT, I spritzed some Shimmerz mist (Jenni B Bleu and Mud Pie) and then stamped the saying over top, followed by journaling.  The title was the last element to be added.

I just love how the CAUTION SIGN totally fits this picture, don't you love it when everything comes together?

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Here is a peek at the new Echo Park (Be Mine) release:

REMINDER:

Did you know that a whole lot of Hip Hop chatting is going on?  Don't forget to join us at Splitcoast Stampers (in the Unity forum)!

Now it's time to hop on over to Jessica's crafty blog to see what she has in store for today...

Jessica Diedrich

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Thanks for visiting today!

Earrings Giveaway and Tutorial!

I made these earrings for my post at Simply Renee today and I want to give them away to someone in time for Christmas!  If you're interested in learning how to make these earrings, I created a You Tube Video for the Simply Renee blog.  

HOW TO WIN:

Simply leave a comment on the Simply Renee blog, and you can also leave a comment here for an extra chance to win!

 Below are the beads and findings I used to make these earrings, all organized in the Small Zip Bags from Simply Renee.  These are made to work with the Clip-it-Up.

I'll announce the winner on my blog this Friday, so you have 2 days to leave some comments.

Bye for now.

A SHIMMERZ Tutorial For You!

Did you know that Shimmerz Paints has a VLOG (a video blog), full of wonderful video tutorials to get your creative juices flowing?  I am telling you, the talented ladies on the Education Team go all out in trying to come up with some fresh ways to use Shimmerz Spritz, Vibez, and all their gorgeous shimmery paints.  It's worth a look, and you should think about becoming a follower!  You will learn something new each week and I'm sure the videos will inspire you to get out your mists and start trying some new techniques.

Today is my post day and I hope you love it as much as I do!

This tutorial is EASY.  It involves taking a Punky Sprouts canvas album cover, applying chipboard letters, and treating it with coats of Gesso and beautiful Shimmerz products.

I want to do this AGAIN!  I want to use up my CHIPBOARD!  I can use any CHIPBOARD shapes in my possession!

Here is the video - I hope you enjoy it, and most of all, I hope you try it!  Spell any WORD you want!

Shimmerz Products Used in this Video:

Penny Pincher Vibez

Sea Monkey Vibez

Licorice Spritz

Eucalyptus Spritz

Tickle Me Turquoise Shimmerz Paint

Other Supplies:

Gesso Paint

Punky Sprouts Canvas Album Cover (Rebel Sprout Album)

American Crafts Thickers (Assorted)

Glue Arts Glue Gun

Have a wonderful and creative Monday!

This Week's Update....

I have some updates for you today!

1. Unity - NEW KIT

2. Glue Arts - MAKING MEMORIES WEEK

3. Stash to Treasure - DECEMBER DAILY CLASS

4. Color Combos Galore - NEW PALETTE

First off, there is a new release at Unity, and that is the Store Kit, "Sexy, Silly & Sassy".  It is very sassy and I decided to make a card for the release.  That is Webster's Pages trims, which I adore!

Here are all the stamps in the kit:

Did you know that Unity is giving YOU a gift???  YES!  The gift of FREE SHIPPING!

And Samantha Walker stamps are ON SALE - a REALLY fabulous deal!

 

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Christmas Mailbox

Glue Arts and Making Memories Week

The Glue Girls created some wonderful ornaments this week with Making Memories products.  If you love making your own ornaments, check out the Glue Arts Blog to see what the girls have done, I am truly amazed what can be done with paper!

If you like my mailbox, the instructions are also on the blog.

And, if you leave a comment over there, you may win some Making Memories and Glue Arts products!

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Stash to Treasure Class Update:

It's been an amazing class, and I have had the pleasure of seeing Kinsey Wilson's class as well!  She is super creative and her album ROCKS!  The class subscription is $5.00 and includes my class, as well as Kinsey's.  It includes 12 video tutorials, pictures and instructions, and we can answer any questions you might have.  I also created a download for you to make all your tabs!

You can still subscribe, it's not too late!

Here is a sneak of my Day 1:

A Message from Stash to Treasure (STT):

Just wanted to take a moment to let you know about our December Giveaway. If you introduce a friend to STT in December, and they subscribe, you are eligible to win some of Kinsey Wilson's stitching templates! All you need to do is email me the name and email address of the friend who subscribed in December, and you will be entered in the drawing! If you win, so does your friend, and we will ship templates to each of you!

Contest closes 12-31-10, so spread the word today!



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Here is the new Inspiration Board #170 at Color Combos Galore! 
Play along for a chance to win a kit from Work in Progress kits!

That's all for now, have a wonderful SATURDAY!  Today I get my tree!

Iron Orchid Designs....My Heart is Skipping a Beat! Hip Hop!

Good morning and good day!  If you're here for the UNITY and IPPITY HIP HOP  - WELCOME!

I am so in love with Iron Orchid Designs and now that their stamps are being made by Unity, I am ever more appreciating their designs.  If you haven't learned by now, I have a hard time doing cute.  I love cute, don't get me wrong, I just can't do it!  I wish I could.

So when I received these stamps in the mail, I knew exactly that they were up my alley.

Devotion Collection: Good, Pure, Excellent

GOOD NEWS TO SHARE:
These are the UNITY sales for the week.....through to Monday.

No. 1

All NEW Iron Orchid Designs (IOD) are on sale for $19.99

No. 2

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

No. 3
Orders over $75 get 10 Pieces of Bella Blvd. Patterned Paper!

No. 4

Selected SAMANTHA WALKER stamps are only $16.99!

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TODAY'S PROJECT

Here is my project(s) for today.  I used the stamps to make tags that will accompany jewelry that I made for gifts.  These were supposed to be quick gifts, and I think it took about 30 minutes for each pair of earrings. 

All tags have been sprayed with Shimmerz spritz, then inked with various chalk inks and/or paint.  The butterfly is a die cut from Silhouette.  After the tags were dry and stamped, I was surprised at how vibrant the Copic markers came through!  Especially on that heart!

To make the butterfly tag, I used the side of the FRAME stamp and used it several times, mixed with the smaller floral image.

Before you go, I wanted to share with you some of my favourite new stamps from Iron Orchid Designs and Unity:

REMINDER:

Did you know that a whole lot of chatting is going on?  Don't forget to join us at Splitcoast Stampers (in the Unity forum)!


GIVEAWAYS:

For today's Blog Hop, Unity has some giveaways up for grabs and 2 lucky winners will be selected from comments along the Hip Hop stops!  Winners will be announced on tomorrow's Unity post.

This Week's Prize Packs:

Get Scrappy With Material Girl stamp kit and a Cosmo Cricket Mini Deck Paper Pad

Material Girl stamp kit and a Cosmo Cricket Mini Deck Paper pad

Now it's time to hop on over to Jessica's whimsical blog to see what she has in store for today...

Jessica Diedrich

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Thanks for visiting today!