Elegant Polar Love!

Well...here's my entry for week 3 of MFT's So you think you can stamp contest. Our theme this week was the waltz. I decided to pull out these polar bears that are being released next week. I got them for purchasing a certain amount last month.

I actually had a lot of fun with this card. I pulled out some Basic Grey Figgy Pudding paper that I've been hoarding and drew my hills freehand. I adhered each layer separately and stitched each layer. I added some dazzling diamonds glitter to the edge of each hill. I paper pieced the scarves using the same cardstocks and stamped them with smaller patterns from a couple of other sets. I cut some linen thread and adhered it to the scarves as the fringe.
The ribbon was done by simply running the ribbon through by itself and then pulling on one of the threads to ruffle it. I adhered it down with some glue dots and stitched the button into place.
Well..that's all I've got!! I'm off to wait for my hubby to get home from the airport! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Buttony Bowed Monsters!

Hello friends!! I finally had a chance to stamp yesterday and was able to make a card to enter into Joanne's blog candy draw. Joanne created an awesome video tutorial for her buttony bows and challenged us to make a card including one for her birthday blog candy celebration.
I decided to get these cute little Stamping Bella Monsters inky and paired them with some Basic Grey Urban Prairie paper as well as some Bermuda Bay cardstock. For the layout, I used Jen's Sketch for you to Try from this week as I fell in love with this sketch! I watched Jo's video and tried my hand at the bow. What do you think? Not bad for a bow challenged lefty eh?
Alrighty then - I'm off to rake a whole ton of leaves and do some laundry and baking! No rest for the wicked! Hope you're enjoying the last of your weekend! Later taters!

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So I figured since I haven't had a chance to stamp and don't have anything paper craft related to share, that maybe you'd enjoy a recipe? This is one of my faves!


Corn Flake Caramels

3 bars Mackintosh Toffee
3 tbsp butter
3tbsp sweetened condensed milk
3-4 cups of cornflakes

Melt the toffee and butter in a pot. When soft, add milk and cornflakes. Press into a greased square pan.

Now for you Americans, Mackintosh Toffee is the best toffee in the world. It comes in bars and is originally from England.

Tragically, I can't find it here anymore. This last time I made these, I ended up using the square caramels (like the Kraft ones). I think I substituted about 22 for 1 bar. So you'd need 66 caramels.

Just be warned - these are the kind of thing where you could eat the pan if you weren't careful! Not that I would know about that!
Have a great Friday friends! I'm hoping to stamp this weekend so I'll have something to share!

MFT So You Think You Can Stamp?!

Remember MFT Idol?? Well MFT is running another contest - this time titled "So you think you can Stamp?". Obviously it's based on the tv program So you think you can Dance. The first week entries are due tonight by midnight so I've been working hard on my entry.

This week's theme was "West Coast Swing – All the cool kids are doing it, and so can YOU! This is a dance filled with FUN! Think lift, flip and spin! MFT Stamps must be the prominent images used on your project." I went through a couple different ideas before I settled on doing a moving/magic circle card. I used a couple different tutorials - but mainly this one by Jackie Topa. Basically you rotate the circle using the tab and the first image is hidden and the second is revealed. Here are a couple of pics showing the transition:

Starting position:
1/4 turn:
1/2 turn:
3/4 turn:
End Position:
I'm pretty pleased with how this turned out. I don't make a lot of technique cards so it took a couple of tries before I got it right. The green and blue panels are sewn on and the paper is from a K & Co. Carolyn Gavin stack.

Hope you had a wonderful weekend! Later taters!

More Lego!

I still haven't stamped but had to share the cake I made for my son's birthday party. When my husband's appendix burst last week, we had to cancel my son's party. We rescheduled for today and so here is the finished product! It turned out so well (if I do say so myself). This is actually the 4th time I've made this cake. The first time was a test run but when I iced it with buttercream icing, we lost all of the details on the cake. The second time was also a test run, this time using fondant to see if it would work (I have never worked with fondant before!). It worked, so I made a third cake on the day of the party. Well - hours later I was cancelling the party. Finally - the finished version! This was made from a cake mold that we bought at the Lego store. The fondant was the premade primary pack, purchased from Michaels.
Hope you're having a great weekend! This is our Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada so I'm looking forward to turkey and pumpkin pie tomorrow!

Life!

Life Happens!! Haven't stamped in forever because hubby had a burst appendix! Hoping to stamp soon!! Thanks for checking in!

Enjoy the Ride Under the Wire!!

I actually made this card last weekend, but haven't had a chance to post it until today. I used the sketch from Crazy 4 Challenges and my Papertrey Everyday Button Bits. I also got out my Cosmo Cricket Early Bird patterned paper. Although this card was relatively simple, it took me a while to "get it right". I adore this stamp set and cannot wait to use it some more!! This card is going to one of our small group leaders from Church who is going on a mission to Haiti next week. I think the sentiment is totally appropriate!!
Hope you have a great weekend! We're all sick here and we have my son's birthday party tomorrow. But it's all good! Later taters!

Taylored Fairy!

Hey friends!! I loved Taylor's sketch this weekend and wanted to play along! I pulled out my Enchanted Lily stamps from Pink Cat that have been neglected! I changed the circle to my label shape on the sketch as it fit my image a bit better. The papers are from DCWV Nana's Nursery stack and I paired them with Apricot Appeal and Pretty in Pink. Lily's wings are coated with stickles and are so sparkly and pretty in real life! I also stitched around all the layers of pattered paper and distressed the edges.
Did you see that Pink Cat Studio now has digital images too? They are super cute and I can't wait to play with them!
Just a quick post as I'm off to get the kids to school! Have a good one!

Friendly Mercy!

Happy Monday y'all! I finally had a chance to stamp this weekend and made this for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. I took a little creative license and used the flower as my top panel. I got this set from Papertrey last month and hadn't used it yet. It was so much fun to colour - although I do need some more practice! The paper is some older Basic Grey and it's paired with Rose Red and Almost Amethyst (even if it looks more blue in the pic!). Not sure if you can see, but I stamped the smaller flower from the set in white ink on the amethyst panel and then cut the panel in three pieces.
Hope you have a great start to your week!! Later taters!

100 Sketches!

Wow - hard to believe that MFT has had 100 sketch challenges! I certainly haven't participated in nearly that many - but really wanted to play along for this milestone! I used my new Coffee, Tea? set that I just {heart}. I'm loving this bigger sized version of one of my original sets - Hot Stuff.
This one's pretty simple - just a little paper piecing and some fun patterned paper. I've had that coffee paper for a while now - I love it so keep using it sparingly! The ribbon was a gift from my friend Kathy and matched everything perfectly!
Well I'm off to face the weekend! Hope you have a great one!

Pamper Basket

Hello friends!! I have been battling a wicked headache for the last couple of days - I think it's the ragweed!! Anyway haven't done much stamping but wanted to share this ensemble that I made a while ago for an MFT challenge. I made the basket/box using one of Lauren's Timeless templates and it was super easy! I used Kraft cardstock and sponged all the edges with Distress Ink (Vintage Photo I think!). I adhered a punched strip to the top for some visual interest and to coordinate with my card.
The card uses the set Girls Night In and I paper piece the entire thing! Joanne has me hooked on paper piecing the "correct" way - so it took me a while! The papers are all from SU's Parisian Breeze set (retired I think).
Hope you have a great day! I'm hoping for a little stamping time! Later taters!

60th Birthday Wine

Hello!! Wow - what a busy week! And next week is shaping up to be just as busy - but even more so as my hubby will be out of town for half of it!
I made this card a while ago for my good friend, whose Dad was turning 60. They had a surprise wine and jazz party for him - cool eh? Anyway, I used some of the new Stampin Up In colours for the card - Rich Razzleberry and Soft Suede. I coloured the image with Prismacolor pencils blended with gamsol - it's been a long time since I used my pencils!!
Well I'm off to get some more done. I've been incredibly productive all week - making up for the summer I guess. And big news - I got a new camera!! I'm so excited to take good pictures again! Thanks to my wonderful mother in law who combined a couple of our upcoming gifts to contribute to the purchase!!
Have a great rest of the weekend!!

Birthdays, birthdays, birthdays!

Hello friends! I'm not quite sure where the time has gone over the last couple days. I'll be so happy next week when we can finally get into a routine. My daughter starts preschool this week, but it's a staggered start so she truly starts next week.

Fall is full of birthdays in our family. My son's birthday is quickly approaching and this year we've decided to make use of all our Lego and have a party here at home. These are his invitations. I took a picture of some of his Star Wars Lego and had them printed at Costco. I used paper from my stash for the card base.

I downloaded a free Star Wars font and printed the details on some white cardstock. Because I used stuff from my stash - these invitations cost me a total of $1.20 (the photo processing). Score!

Speaking of birthdays, my cutie patootie nephew turned 3 last week and I made this card for him. This is a Hero Arts set and I paired it with some DCWV paper and some rub on stitches.
The sentiments is popped up on dimensionals.

Happy hump day! Hope you're having wonderful week! I have lots of stuff to show you, so check back - k?

Winner, winner chicken dinner!!!

The winner of the 4 stamp sets plus some extra goodies that I will throw in is:

True Random Number Generator Min: Max: 13
Result: 11

Congrats StampinCathy!! I'll be emailing you for your mailing info!!

I have a quick project to share with you. I made this for my son's new grade 2 teacher. He took it in the first day of school. Pretty simple, just a box made from a template I got from Splitcoast. I stamped it with the Neighborhood wheel and coloured parts of it with an old olive marker and a white signo gel pen.

I covered some York peppermint patties with some scallop circles and stamped images from Tart & Tangy and All in the Family on them.


I was able to fit a dozen patties in the box.

Hope you're having a great weekend! Later taters!!

Crazy for Challenges Sketch

I stumbled upon a new challenge blog the other day - Crazy for Challenges. Some of my favorite stampers are on their design team so I decided to play along. Since this week is sponsored by Stamping Bella, I decided to use one of my bella images - this little huggabug who hadn't yet seen ink!

I see now that I kind of screwed up the sketch!! My printer is running really low on ink, so when I printed the sketch I assumed that my printer had missed the border. Turns out there was no border and it was supposed to be a tent topper card. Oops - well I'm still linking it up - call it creative license I guess!!

I was so tickled that my scallop circle fit in the middle of the SU medallion stamp that I used - love that look and will be playing with that again for sure!!

You'll have to excuse the poor picture - I'm still without my camera. Mine is definitely toast - and rather than pay to have it repaired, I'm just going to buy another. I find it sad that repairing and replacing it are practically the same cost! I've loved the 2 canon cameras I've owned, but I've apparently had bad luck with them. Anyone have a camera they love? I'm thinking point and shoot as I'm not quite ready to invest in a SLR yet.

Oh and thanks for all your kind and insightful comments on my last post. There's still time to comment and be entered for my blog candy here.