{be inspired} Unity Hip Hop & Giveaway!

 Welcome!

**You should be arriving here from Natalie Dever's Blog**

In conjunction with our weekly Unity Hip Hop, we're now

unveiling a brand new challenge called

{be inspired}

**These new challenges will start on the second Thursday of the month**
And don't forget to comment as you hop along!  
Three $20 Unity Gift Certs will be given away to three lucky Unity fans on Saturday

February's Color Challenge

Isn't that a beautiful board...a collection of my favorite colors!

Here's my card using papers by Doodlebug and one of the stamps from the 

January's Unity Stamp Kit-of-the-Month

This was so simple to put together...I love the idea of using this coffee mug to top off

any card that contains a gift card to someone's favorite coffee shop.  

I purchased the little white paper sack from Scrapbooker's Emporium and 

stamped the image directly onto it.  Next, I stamped the image onto the aqua paper, as

well as the pink dot paper.  I applied the cut-out mug onto the sack image with a foam square

and then topped with the cut-out pink heart.  

 A heart stick pin was inserted into the foam square on the back of the mug and 

then tied with a bow of twine from Doodlebug.

February's Sketch Challenge

I think it's so cool that the sketch reflects a couple of the stamps featured in the 

January Kit-of-the-Month!  I took a bit of a different angle, but still used the super-cute

mixed-media styled border stamp for my card.

 To begin, I cut a piece of white cardstock down to the size needed to fit the card-front.

I placed a scalloped die-cut chipboard heart (Scrapbooker's Emporium) onto the paper and then

spritzed a couple of times with Guava Spray by Stephanie Barnard (Clearsnap).  On the second

spritz, I focused more on the left edge so that it would have a blended look.

After allowing the spritz to completely dry, I stamped on the border image with a black

Staz-On ink.  I also stamped the image onto a turquoise cardstock and cut the larger hearts from it.

I applied them over the card with a glue pen and then stitched each with an X of white thread.

The sentiment was stamped to the same turquoise paper and added to the bottom, followed by

a border of doily paper.  I found the sweet heart buttons at Wal-Mart...they matched perfectly!

This week's Unity Stamp Special...

--GIVE A WAY--GIVE A WAY--GIVE A WAY--

As promised, I have a 'lil giveaway to giveaway!

I'm not complainin', but I get lots of fun stuff each month and often times I 

get duplicates of things that I all ready have....so, it's time to share some LOVE with one of you!

 Prize pack includes: 

"Good Day Sunshine" Untiy/Authentique co-branded stamp; baker's twine-My Mind's Eye; tiny flower-embossed clothespins-Little Yellow Bicycle; 12 small envelopes-Canvas Corp.; four vintage yellow-topped stick pins; 1 yard yellow swiss dot grosgrain ribbon- May Arts; two plastic yellow flowers; Gray Flannel Dew Drop ink pad- Imagine Crafts; and a wooden spool of grey doily washi tape.

To be entered into the drawing:

1- Follow my blog (it's over to the right-hand side, under Crafty Friends)

2- Like my Facebook page...if you have a Facebook account

3- Leave a comment on today's post

That's it!

**A winner will be drawn next Thursday, February 21st**

 Okay, I've kept you long enough today...time to hop over to Miss Shilo's Blog!

Enjoy hoppin'