Unity Hip Hop {Dec 23}

Only two days ’til Christmas! I’m having a relaxing week and I hope you are, too. I have two cards for today’s Hip Hop and the first features three stamps from the December Kit of the Month – Just Be You. I recently received some very pretty paper from Bella BLVD and was inspired by the colours here so I used them for this card.

I used the “bloom and grow” scalloped frame to create a background and nestled the sentiment in the space between the blooms. I stamped the bee trail and antennae in black ink on the card base because I wanted them to stand out and tie in with the sentiment. Then I pieced together the bee using the same colours as the blooms and popped it on with dimensionals. I lightly coloured the bee with Copics to make it pop further.

My second card was super easy to do and you can do the same with just one piece of patterned paper, black ink and three stamps!

I used a piece of Bella BLVD paper to cover the front of my card, then cut out the ornate frame from With Love. I picked a sweet sentiment from Just Be You and added the bird in a forest from Believe in Fairytales to complete the picture. When life gets stressful, especially at work, I like to give my husband little reminders that “life is good” so this will be one of those cards I keep handy to cheer him up.

Did you know? All Unity Kits of the Month from 2008 are being retired. This is your last chance to get them HERE! Plus, the free shipping special is still on for all U.S. and Canadian residents. 🙂

Don’t forget about the prizes for today’s Hip Hop! Two winners will be chosen randomly (a) from one of the blogs on this hop and/or (b) from a comment on the Unity Forum Hip Hop Chat thread today. The winners will be announced on the Unity Blog‘s Friends With Flair post tomorrow.

Thank you for taking time out of your busy holiday schedule to visit!
Now it’s time to Hip Hop on over to the amazing Julie Campbell!

Sources for Just Be You: GinaK 120lb pure luxury White cardstock; Unity December 2010 Kit of the Month – Just Be You; SU Rose Red, Old Olive & Tempting Turquoise inks; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Copics; Stampin’ Dimensionals

Sources for Life is Good: GinaK 120lb pure luxury White cardstock; Bella BLVD Lovey Dovey – Love is in the Air; Unity+Echo Park With Love; Unity December 2010 Kit of the Month – Just Be You; Unity November 2009 Store Kit; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Stampin’ Dimensionals