What a yummy inspiration! I haven't played along with the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger challenge for a while, but this one just caught my eye. I am *so* loving the whole kraft/white/red thing right now and had to create something along those lines.

I used a bunch of random snowflakes stamped in white, then created my main sentiment with a Mint Motif set called, I've Got Your Number from i {heart} papers and a brown pen! Do you ever get nervous writing on a card-front? I do, and luckily I wasn't shaking when I wrote this:

The inspiration challenge at SCS is such a unique challenge to me because some of the stores/artists that are picked for inspiration are totally not my style, but it really stretches me to find something that works for me and ultimately I usually end up with something I'm happy with!

This is the card I made using "I've Got Your Number" and Crate Paper "Snow Day." (both from i {heart} papers)

What, you thought I baked? hahaha.... I don't bake, I cook. Not because I can't, but because I LOVE it and if I baked it I would eat it.. It's a cycle I don't want to start around here. So I "cook" up little tags and cards and attach them to PURCHASED baked goods satisfied with the compromise.

I made this card for this challenge at SCS: Just Desserts. I searched through all of my Christmas stamps and this is the only stamp that is food/dessert related in my whole stash! I am sure glad I have it though, this turned out so cute!




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I have been into making tags lately so when I saw that this months Papertrey Challenge was tags I was like, "OH YAH!"
I have had some Basic Grey Chipboard hanging around for a few years, so it's my mission to use it up this year!!

Here's my tag:

Papertrey Ink: Stamps: Polka Dot Basics, Signature Christmas; Paper: Raspberry Fizz, Vintage Cream, Hawaiian Shores; Ink: Vintage Cream, Hawaiian shores; Ribbon; Hawaiian Shores.

I was home sick and couldn't sleep anymore (a good problem to have) and put a little card together using a sketch from SCS:


I used one of my precious Elzybells stamps. Precious because they aren't in business anymore, but some of their Christmas stamps are still my favourites!

Stamps: elzybells

Paper: pink paislee, bazzill, papertrey ink

Ink: memento

Accessories: copic markers, glitter, bling

You have until Dec. 8th to make a tag. Remember, the only catch is it has to have stamping on it. 

Please upload your Terrific Tags project to the gallery here on Splitcoast. When you upload it, be sure to include TTSCS8 in the keywords section, as well as the keywords “Technique_Tuesday; techniquetuesday

Now for my tags... I'm sorry, but I love them!! The color combo was a

happy accident and it's going into the archives in my brain as an

all-time favourite Christmas combination. 

Stamps: Flurry, Holiday Happenings, and Good Cheer by Ali Edwards

Paper: papertrey ink (cream)

Ink: versamagic - jumbo java, memento- ladybug red

Accessories: Technique Tuesday- technique tiles "buckles and tags"

Thanks for lookin', and play along if you can! There's a prize involved. *hint hint*

I saw this tube and heard that we were getting some to play with and I was like,
"Uh...."
Nothin'... I was thinkin'  and thinkin' of what I could do with these tubes and nothin' came. They came in the mail and I was still like,
"Uh...."
Then one day I went grocery shopping with the fam' and right near the till I saw the festive Holiday Hershey's Kisses and picked up a bag. I took them home, dropped them in the tubes and then, the mojo started flowing! Yay for chocolate! hahaha... This is what I made:

Are YOU making Christmas cards in every spare moment? I am, and I don't even send out Christmas cards, these are all to sell/give away! I like it though, it helps me use all of my neglected stamps. I could probably make 100 cards and use a different stamp on every one. Pretty sad, if you ask me, but I can't resist!! Here are a few cards that don't use stamps, though... Don't ask...

Every few months Splitcoast Stampers has two nights of challenges called Virtual Stamp Night. This time around I was able to finish 6 projects, two of which I shared with you yesterday. Here are the rest:

• There are 3 snowflakes in decreasing sizes layered on top of each other. They were cut with the Slice. 
• The patterned paper is by Lasting Impressions.. I LOVE this colour combo for Christmas... 
• Finished off with the *perfect* SRM sticker. 

• I bought a Crate Paper paper pack yesterday forgetting that I already owned it.. DUH! So I'm on a mission to use it up. I was also reminded that I have a bunch of Christmas sentiments that fit in the SU! Word-window punch, so I put that to use as well!
• That moose is from  Kim Hughes set by the late CHF... 

• I love this stamp and sentiment. I special-ordered the sentiment because it's so perfect for ME, and for this stamp... I gotta use it more this Christmas...
• This is more Crate Paper BTW...

• I also have a bunch of last year's Cosmo Cricket Christmas papers that I need to use up.. This card is a result of me throwing a bunch of scraps on a card and seeing where it goes.... 
• The sentiment is by Hero Arts. 

I'm stoked to announce *my* first release with Mint Motif. There are two sets being released this month. The first is called I've got your number:

(inside)

• I used papers and chipboard shapes from Snow Day (Crate Paper)
• "2010" was stamped in brown ink and cut out. 
• "Christmas" and "planner" were cut out with my Silhouette.

• I used the numbers from the first set in conjunction with the heart from the second to make this perfect replica of a playing card. I fooled my husband and my son, so I know I did a good job! haha... 
• a standard playing card is 2.5x3.5 with rounded corners... easy eh? 

• Geny Cassady
• Bonnie Kempenich
• Julie Masse
• Melissa Bickford
• Ryann Salamon
• Kate Baldwin- i {heart} papers owner

This product has 8 decorative blade styles (some of them similar to those craft scissors we all have and don't use) but with this system you don't have to worry about cutting in a straight line! Here's a card I made that has a scalloped border on it cut with the Paper Trimming Buddy:

I am so happy for this day: I get to finally show you what I've been doing with my brand-new Mint Motif stamps! Kimberly definitely has her finger on the trendy pulse because these stamp sets are sleek and modern, and they have infinite potential! I made one card for each set that's being released, and this is the first:

• I stamped the same woodgrain image with four different inks and adhere them to a 4x4 card. 
• the wide ribbon (SU!) and the sentiment add a little whimsy to the formal design! 

• The background was embosses with those little cuttlebug folders none of us use (you know the ones!) and inked with yellow ink. 
• The numbers were coloured in with Copics, and that is one of the features I love about this set: numbers big enough to colour!! yay!! 
• This card was really fun for me! This set really has limitless possibilities and is an instant classic in my collection. 

Remember when we used to say "marvy" for marvelous? "That's so marvy!" hahaha.. Well, Marvy Uchida was very marvelous to the SRM DT because they sent us some new products to play with. Who doesn't love new tools?!?! Today I am featuring a couple products made with the Quick borders Craft Punch.

If you want to try this system out for yourself, Marvy was very generous and they gave SRM 4 punch systems to give away on the blog! Go check it out! 

This is a new-to-me stamp set and this was it's test run... I stamped the trees in versamark and heat embossed them. Then I sponged a couple of different inks in and around the trees. Then I stamped the snowflake stamp in white ink and heat embossed that as well..

Supplies: Stamps: patterned pines (SU!); Ink: ranger - broken china, PTI - hawaiian shores; Paper: PTI; PTI ribbon, SRM sticker sentiment

I was hangin' out with some friends last night when I got a little *beep* on my phone letting me know I had an email. I looked at it and literally went "OH MY GOD" in a high-pitched voice! "I AM TOMORROW'S FEATURED STAMPER!!" After I calmed down and realized no one knew what I was talking about, I explained what it was: It's a weekly challenge on SCS where the hostess picks one stamper per week from the thousands of people who upload to the site, and you have to pick one of their cards to be an inspiration for a new creation! Today that's me!!! My friend Kim was hosting this week and chose me.. Aren't I a lucky girl??? So needless to say, I had to play along...

Okay, I finally finished this card and I'm sharing it with you tonight!! I started it a few weeks ago by stamping all of the elements out on paper and then they sat there on my desk.... Then a few days later I coloured the tree... Then a few days after that I finished colouring everything... Then a few days after that I chose papers.... Then a few days after that I CUT the papers... Seriously people, this was a 2 week card and it's a relief to finally show you!!! hahaha..

I hope everyone had a wonderful Hallowe'en! My little family had a great day from beginning to end. Starting with chocolate-mint waffles for breakfast followed by pumpkin carving, movie watching, then putting on costumes. We took Phoenix trick-or-treating to a couple of different destinations (our house, his Uncle's, my parent's) and it was a great night! I hope everyone had a wonderful day!

Today I am sharing a project and a yummy recipe! I was responsible for providing my son's class with desert on Friday for his classroom Hallowe'en lunch, so I decided to dress up some plain ol' Rice Crispy Squares and make them awesome!!