The last cupcake challenge of the year....

and my last as an official "Sweetie".  My term with Rachel and Hope Stamps Eternal has come to an end.  Rachel has been an amazing 'boss' and I will continue to shop from her store.  Thank You Rachel!

Here's a look at the chocolatey yumminess for today's challenge...gives me a craving :)

and here's my card.  I snuck in a sneak peek at Unity's Jan. Kit of the Month in there :)  I used some scraps on my desk from Cosmo Cricket and Basic Grey.  Stamped with brown Momento

Make sure to check out all the Sweet creations by the HSE Sweeties...

~ Bonnie (not playing this week) ~ Carolina ~ Colleen (up late) ~ Jessica ~ Kelli ~ Michelle (up late)  Teresa ~

and our Fabulous Guest Sweetie, Elena!

A couple of other things:  don't forget my blog candy up for grabs on yesterday's post.

And as the year comes to an end, so does my time designing with My Favorite Things.  Kim has been amazing and is truly one of the most generous people I know.  I will always love My Favorite Things stamps and have a soft spot in my heart for them!  Thank you KIM!!!

Another change for me!!

I am sooo excited to share something with you!  Way back a couple of months ago I fell in love with Little Loud Stamps :)  HAD to order some, (I've shown this before but wanted to refresh your memory :)

few days later I learned that Paperworks was having a DT call and I almost jumped for joy!  I got busy with my application and sent it off.  I was so excited when Peggy emailed and asked if I would want to be part of the team!!  Are you kidding me!!!!!!  WOOHOOO!

Be sure to check out my post today on the blog!

And to celebrate I have some blog candy!  Yep, I have a brand new Jacob and the reindeer stamp shown in the first card up for grabs. Leave your comment HERE on MY blog and I will choose a lucky winner on Monday!!!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

in my basement :) wrapping paper, tape, scissors and bags all over the place, my stamping desk looks like a tornado hit but hey-got presents ready to go and ...even made a last minute teacher gift:)

Here are possibly my last Christmasy type projects for the year and even tho I LOVE red and green, I'm so ready to swap the green out for some pink and make lovey dovey projects!!

I used a lot of left over pieces of paper that were lying on my desk and I thought about throwing them away but decided to get crafty instead.  Papers are Bella Blvd and October Afternoon.

 

I hope your holiday is amazing!

It's my turn on the Unity blog!

check it out!!   Unity Stamp Co. Blog

WOW! only two more Cupcake Challenges for 2009!

I CANNOT believe how fast time seems to be going for me.  I felt like I had soo much time left before Christmas but NOOOO it's this week folks!!!  I am so not ready for it! My kids are tho ;)

Today's cupcake is a perfect challenge for this time of year, right now my stamping desk is literally covered in red, green and white!    Here's a peek at the challenge photo;

And here's a look at what I made for the challenge (remember you DO NOT need to use cupcakes on you card!)

I used my favorite Greeting Farm snowman  and some Basic Grey and Collage Press scraps.  I stamped the snowman with my go to ink...Momento, then colored in with Copics.  The punch and floss are both from Martha Stewart.

Be sure and stop by Rachel's blog to see who else is playing along this week and also, check out the other Hope Stamps girls (on my side bar)  thanks for stopping by....gotta run!

Happy Thursday Friends!

Today I made a card with Unity's Dec. Kit of the Month.  (Angela has some amazing deals going on so be sure to check out her blog!)

 I colored the leaves in with my copics, added some twine and buttons (little presents :) ) and tada a fun and easy card!

Thanks for stopping by!

It's a HSS Sweetie Blog hop

Welcome to a very Sweetie Christmas Hop! Hope Stamps Eternal Sweeties have a big reveal to share with you today. A few weeks back we were each assigned a secret sweetie who in turn made us gifts and sent them to us to ring in the holidays. During this hop you will see what each of the sweeties put together for their recipient and reveal who they made it for.

Make sure to comment on each blog because one lucky person will be the winner of blog candy! Start at Rachel's blog where you will be able to see a photo of the blog candy and then just follow along to the next blog from there.

The idea for my project from a scrapper on Two Peas In a Bucket...I should have saved the link because her project was amazing!  I ran to Michaels and bought a tin barn star and proceeded to decorate it with Bella Blvd papers.  Some adhesives that work great for a project like this would either be Crafters Glue , Diamond Glaze or Aleene's and Glue Dots are a MUST. I absolutely LOVED working with these papers, the colors and patterns are fresh and fun!  I decorated the center of the star with some misc. things from my stash and the Bella Blvd bits and stickers. 

Here's a look at my project

 

 

My Sweetie was Kelli....I have to apologize to her as I was VERY late in sending my package.  I finished it way ahead of schedule, just could not make it to the Post Office.  I am so sorry Kelli!!!

Next up in the hop is ** Michelle**

I think for most of us winter has officially arrived.  It's here to stay in Wisconsin.  I don't think I'll see the grass for another 6 months...ok, maybe not quite that long ;) 

Rachel found the perfect cupcake for today, my son thought that the snowmen looked YUMMY! 

I thought the colors were perfect for the last bits of this Cosmo Cricket paper, which matched perfectly with this Bella Blvd. plaid paper.  LOVE the colors!!

I used my Cricut Winter Wonderland cartridge for the snowmen.  I am really loving this cartridge, I have used it a LOT lately! I used my  glue pen to adhere the pieces of  the snowmen together (pen filled with glue has got to be the best invention ever!) I lightly inked the edges with Ranger Distress Old Paper (which I use on almost everything!)  I also used pop dots to adhere the snowmen to the card. 

Be sure to check out the other fabulous Sweetie Creations!

New Unity Stamping Store kit!!

This kit is so amazing, LOVE the sentiments and the images are as amazing as Unity always is!

Unity's Exclusive Stampin' Store Kit!

{found ONLY in STORES - available for wholesale purchase ONLY}

December Kit {Sweet Affections}

Here's my card for the day.  I just love this stamp.   I forgot to take a picture of the inside...but I added a brown strip and stamped the sentiment "You carved your way into my heart" on pink cardstock.

It's a FREEEZING Thursday!!

What's the weather like where you live?  Here in SE Wisconsin we are REALLY REALLY cold.  We just had a record snow fall and now the sun is shining and it's a whopping -11 with the wind chill.  Sooo grateful for my home and heater!! But all the cold and snow means staying home and watching movies and stamping so it's not all bad :)  Been watching Hallmark Christmas movies and Fa la la la Lifetime, I'm a sucker for what I call "Christmas Love Shows".

I dug out some photos, realizing I haven't scrapped much lately and made this layout of my now 5-year-old Kindergartner.  She was the cutest baby!  of course she's still as cute as ever ;)

The patterened papers are from My Mind's Eye and I got them with my Nov. Unity Scrapping Collage Kit.    This months kit is just as amazing.  Angela and the Unity folks have great taste in papers to match the stamps!  LOVE it.

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I used a couple of different Unity sets , the Aug. Kit of the Month  and the 'date' stamp from Playing Cards Alpha.

Thanks for stopping by, be sure you check out Angela's blog to see what's happening as far as sale's go!