Busy, busy, busy. Isn't' that the mantra that we are either saying or hearing right now. It is definitely one of the craziest times of the year for sure. Yesterday was the day Hunter finally got his birthday party - poor kid - he ended up waiting a week afterwards for it. But fun was had by all. Actually, I'm not sure since I wasn't there for the most of it. I took the boys shopping for goody bags since I had forgotten to make any - it was my intention to leave with the twins anyway so it all worked out. Let me tell you they are not fun to shop with though. This is what I heard most of the time unless they were looking at toys - "I don't like that."
I have one little story to share though and then we'll move to more crafty stuff. So we are browsing around and we get to an end cap with Lightening McQueen (a toy car) and Will decided that he has to have it and proceeds to snatch it right up and put it into the cart (he is in the basket part of it). I did some quick thinking and decided that it would be best to just let him hold onto it for now becuase I really didn't want to listen to a wailing child. We meander our way to the checkout line and when we get up there the boys help me put everything on the counter. Then I distract them by telling theme there are some neat cards to look at while I very quickly whisper to the checker "I don't want this... could you please hide it away... thank you." She was very understand and whisks it under the counter and rings up the rest of my things. I pay and off we go. Will is asking me about his car and I hold him off saying that we need to get into the car first and get settled. Once we are in the car and all belted in I give him the bag and let him look. He searches around and says that he can't find it and I act all surprised, shocked, and sympathetic and then proceed to tell him that the "bad" checker must have forgotten to put it in the bag. And that was that. No tantrums or anything. He just said "oh" and off we went. Bad Mommy huh??? I thought the whole thing was so cute and a riot.
Ok, so back to the whole busy, busy, busy thing. I want to first start off by letting everyone know that
Linda Borneman did and is going to be hosting a weekend color challenge over at the Clear Dollar Stamps group forum at
Paper Craft Planet. Click -->
HERE<-- for all the details. I hope you can play next week. This is a great way to get those
CDstamps inked up!
There are so many wonderful challenge and sketch blogs out there and I just haven't been able to play as much lately and it just makes me sad... but I did manage to squeeze in Linda's. Color challenges are nice because it does give you a starting point, but are also very general. Anything goes once you've got the colors. This card is what I did for it. The colors were Red, White, and Teal. This was really a very simple card, just layering the colors.
Edited to add: And the bonus here is that it also works for Stamp
Something Challenge this week - Snow Something :)
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Cardstock: Ocean, White (CTMH), Pure Poppy (PTI)
Ink: White Daisy, Ocean (CTMH), Pure Poppy (PTI)
Stamps: Fanciful Flakes (CDstamps)
Other: PTI Ribbon, Kaisercraft Rhinestones, SU! Word Window Punch**************************************************************************************************
Next up is the continuation of the 12 Days of Christmas over at
Limelight Papercrafts. Today is Day 8 and you need to head on over to Sarah Anderson's Blog -
The Scrampin" Mama for the challenge. Her prize is a Unity Stamp - you'll have to go visit to find out which one :)
And don't worry, Mandy has a new item she is featuring at the
store -
Bazzill Just the Edge
cardstock strips for $2.
Remember the more you play the better chance you have at the Grand Prize!!!
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BLOG CANDY - yep - Lori over at
Clearly iStamp is offering up some more blog candy for you. Its easy
peasy and you should head on over and leave a comment for her - another easy question for you to answer. Hint - I love that stamp set that is up for grabs.
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And finally, if you are interested in seeing a picture of Hunter's cake yesterday head on over to
My Family Blog. I'm telling you now it isn't anything mind blowing, its just the cake he wanted sort of.
Ok, I think that is it... as usual I feel like I've forgotten something, but I guess I can always add it on later.
Thanks for visiting once again and I wish everyone a wonderful day and week.
Here are the dirty details:
I think this card turned out very cute and Brandi, I do like the sketch - it worked out great for me. I cut my strips of cardstock and then ran them through my cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots Folder and the Snowflakes Folder. Then I took the Angel Wings Shimmerz and with a sponge brush covered the entire strip (just the darker blue cardstock). I love how it turned out. I then used my Martha Stewart Snowflake punch and then covered them with the Shimmerz too and finally added a little bit of extra bling with the tiny rhinestones in the center.
Good morning friends! Today I am sharing a little gift that I put together for my craft fair last month. I'm pretty sure I got this idea from one of the blog hops that Papertrey ink hosted. The concept behind that one was to use CD holders in some way and wow there were some amazing ideas. I keep most of my clear stamps in CD holders so I have a lot on hand and I thought this made such a cute little presentation.
I used some Pink Paislee paper that I just received from Mandy the other day. I used my mitten template and cut my cardstock and then cut another layer of the printed paper. Then I took my ruler and and drew lines across my mitten so I could see where to sew. Don't look to closely, my tension was all off... I then covered it with my beloved Kaisercraft Rhinestones in 3 different colors and 3 different sizes at all the intersections where my seams crossed. Then, I had to do the whole paper chenille look again - thank you, thank you Lori McCroskey, becasue I can't get enough of that look. Its white Mulberry paper that is sewn on and then cut fringe like and then stylishly "fluffed". I used the same thing for my cookie box -->HERE<--, but Lori's blog Clearly iStamp is where I originally saw the technique. Click -->HERE<-- for her tutorial. I finished my card with a bit of ribbon and a super cute stamped image of a snowman from Unity Co.'s stamp set called Bitty Christmas Tags. I got this set from Limelight and it has really been one of my go to sets this season.
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There are so many wonderful challenge and sketch blogs out there and I just haven't been able to play as much lately and it just makes me sad... but I did manage to squeeze in Linda's. Color challenges are nice because it does give you a starting point, but are also very general. Anything goes once you've got the colors. This card is what I did for it. The colors were Red, White, and Teal. This was really a very simple card, just layering the colors.
I also wanted to share the little project I had my club make yesterday. This is such a cute, but simple project. I first saw it quite awhile ago on Cambia's blog and have actually made it quite a few times. The stamp and paper are from CTMH and I'm so disappointed that they discontinued the lighter aqua aka Breeze color. This was one of my faves. The printed paper is also retiring - so sad, but that great little circle stamp is from a super cute Valentine set called All My Love. I thought it worked perfectly though for this little winter treat. The snow flake is a Martha Stewart punch and the little candies are those inexpensive mints. 
Here is a picture of my complete ensemble. I used Little Yellow Bicycle Paper Pad from Limelight. I have gotten a lot of mileage from this paper pad. I adore it and I still have plenty of paper to play with.
I wanted to keep my mitten them so I created a template to create the card and the top of my box. My box is actually fairly small since my purpose wasn't to package up all the cookies, but rather a sample of them and then add the recipe and the cookies cutter along my gift. I made the box lid and then just attached my mitten template to it. The mitten top and the mitten card are the same template. The mitten tag is actually the size of the cookie cutter. I used my cutter to trace the tag. I quickly lined my box with freezer paper, but you could use wax paper if that's what you have. This prevents any oils from spreading to the cardstock.
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Good morning everyone!!! All right, I probably am spacey, but in reality its Changito the Monkey who is spacey today (lol). I just got this new set of Changitos yesterday with my Limelight Papercraft order. As soon as I saw this set, I knew I had to have it. And as soon as I got it, I had to make a quick card with him. Isn't he cute??
Good morning! I wanted to share some super fast thank you cards that I made for Hunter. In the past, I've had him draw all his own etc, but I decided to make them and then just let him write a note and sign them.
Today is Day 2 so head on over to Lee Murphy's.
Thanks for coming by and visiting. Oh and one more thing... I have a post up on the Clear Dollar Stamps Blog - Clearly iStamp today. I'm focusing on one of my favorite stamp sets from CDstamps with a little project.
Well, when you are totally stuffed and have some time to lounge come and play with the Limelight Ladies. It is that time again and you have all weekend to play along with our Sketch and Product Challenge. Brandi does it again with an awesome sketch and the challenge is simple - Use Black in celebration of Black Friday! If you plan on going out, good for you. Me, I'm staying in with no intentions of braving the crowds. I'll get my fill when I listen to the news and hear about the stories of all you crazies out there (lol).
Here is my take on the sketch. I turned it horizontally and adjusted my block placement just a tad. Can you tell me what I missed until I looked at the picture I had taken? It just bugs me to no end, but it was too late to fix it and it makes for a nice card. Overall, I was pleased with the way it turned out. Black and red are never wrong together.
Catherine's Berry Corner Left from Odd Bird Planet. I stamped the image in a Cocoa color and then added stickles for the berries. The merry christmas sentiment is a Unity Co. stamp from a set called Bitty Christmas Tags.
My guess is door #2.
Tiffany
December 11, 2008 4:16 PM