Hip Hoppin' Ninja Style!!

Happy Hip Hop Friday!!

Today I have a layout for you, chock full of Unity goodness from the October KOTM!

And, if you know me, I love to combine challenges, so my Hip Hop Hangover is kickin' it The Pink Ninjas style to the Memories Always-Forever beat. (OK, yes, I'm old. I really can't pull of the teen speak anymore, huh? LOL.)

Prompt #7 on The Pink Ninjas this week is "Oh the Places You'll Go!". I decided to pair this with a scraplift challenge over on Memories Always-Forever of THIS gorgeous layout. In addition to lifting the style of the sketch, there needed to be a bit of red, a circle, and a flower on the layout.

~title detail pic~

Can I say first of all that I am loving this Colorbok paper??!! It came in a pack of 12 various patterns called "Lucky You". They're all doodle-y like this. So adorable!

My son is just starting to learn to read and he is DEVOURING The Magic Treehouse series. This makes me VERY HAPPY. I am an avid reader and I'm so excited for him to begin the lifelong journey into imagination. Oh, the places he'll go in books!

~books detail pic~

Can you see that the topmost flower "petal" is the definition of "read" and that I've highlighted various words?

~flower detail pic~

I also repeatedly stamped the word "read" on the "white" space in the upper right corner. Of course, I had to include one of my favorite little Unity stamps, too - Mr. Quail. He was the main reason I got the October KOTM. (Remember him from the highwire bicycle riding in THIS post?)

~quail detail pic~

Some other fun elements: Besides the flower, the apron hem border around the picture is cut out of a dictionary page. I covered a few stamped elements with sepia glass paper finish to tone down their color. And I stamped the alphabet on a bit of twill. I wish I knew where the 2 tags came from...they were part of my prize pack for winning Sketchy Thursday a few weeks back!

~flourish detail pic~

If you get a chance and want to have some fun, pop on over to both The Pink Ninjas and Memories Always-Forever to take part in each of these rockin' challenges!!

Details: Paper - Colorbok, The Paper Co.; Stamps - Unity Stamp Co., Technique Tuesday, Karen Foster Snap It Alphabet; Ink - StazOn, VersaMark; Making Memories letter stickers & mini safety pin; FolkArt Papier Glass Finish; Heidi Swapp tape; Stampin' Up! twill & linen thread; Fiskars border punch; vintage dictionary pages; highlighter; unknown tags.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Don't forget to check out the deals for the weekend over on the Unity Stamp Co. site.

Heidi