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Peace on Earth

I have a couple of things to share with you today!

First of all, Char in So Cal you have until this morning at 9:00 a.m. EST to email me with your information as the winner of my blog candy!  If I don't hear from Char, I'll draw a number for a new winner!  I'd really hate to have to do that though, so Char please get in contact with me!

Second, my friend Darlene sent me this super-fun poem yesterday morning and I just have to share it with you all!  I'm supposing many of us can see ourselves as the main character in this poem!

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

'Twas the night before Christmas, I'm glued to the tree.
I'm wondering what Santa brought just for me.
Could it be cardstock or chipboard or lace?
"Or a Cricut," I said, with a smile on my face.
And that's when I heard him,  "Hi Santa!" I said.
"You know....good little girls should be in their beds."
"I know I should Santa, and now I've got caught.
But I was just so excited to see what you brought."
"Well, let's take a look in this room where you work."
He shook his head quickly, and left with a jerk.
I heard him exclaim as he put it in gear...
"You've got enough crap, I'll see you next year!"

LOL  Is that not hilarious!  And how many of us can relate?

Lastly, I have a card to share with you today.  My husband asked me for a card that he could take to work for everyone to sign for the boss' Christmas gift, so I designed this more-masculine card and also entered it in the Moxie Fab World contest for this week.  It didn't turn out quite the way I envisioned... I am severely lacking in mojo the last few days!

 

This is actually a layout that I have fallen back on several times, and really like.  I enjoy doing the varied stitching around the edges, too!

I hope you have a great day, and thank you for stopping by again!

 

 

Stamps:  deer (Penny Black), sentiment (Impression Obsession)
Cardstock:  Rhubarb (Bazzill), Always Artichoke,  Mellow Moss, Kraft (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Basic Grey)
Inks:  Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up!), Momento Rhubarb Stalk (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  twill ribbon (Creative Impressions), brads (Gary Burlin), sewing machine.

Kitchen Sink Monday

It's Monday again, and that brings another Kitchen Sink Day!  All the Kitchen Sink Crew members have some beautiful designs to show you today, so be sure to check out their links below!

I created my card using Jen delMuro's Sketch for You to Try, and the Playful Christmas stamp set from Kitchen Sink.

Dee Jackson
Lynn McAuley
Nicole Cook
Angela Knopf
Lori Tecler
Julie Masse - Julie doesn't have a sample for today, but please send some prayers her way as her family lives in Maine and has been without power for several days due to the severe ice storms!
Maria Colosimo, owner

Sorry for the short (and late!) post today, but I have to run!  Have a great Monday!

 

 

Stamps:  Playful Christmas(Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Cardstock:  Green Tea, Piglet (Bazzill), Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (My Mind's Eye)
Inks:  Certainly Celery (Stampin' Up!), Versamagic Green Tea (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  Snowflake embossing folder (ProvoCraft), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), gemstone (Mark Richards), ribbon (craft supply).

BLOG CANDY WINNER!

Comments are now closed on my blog candy post, and a winner has been selected!

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

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Timestamp: 2008-12-15 01:20:47 UTC

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Lucky post #115!! LOL

My FAV Christmas carol is probably Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer because it is a happy upbeat song that just about anyone can sing!

Thanks for the op to win some YUMMY blog candy!

Holiday Hugs,

Char in So Cal

Posted by: Char in So Cal | December 10, 2008 at 03:13 PM

Congrats Char!  I'm so glad you won!  You really didn't know just how lucky #115 was going to be, did you!?!  Please email me ASAP with your mailing info, and I will get your prize off to you!  Thank you everyone for your great comments!  It appears that hands-down most everyone's favorite carol is Silent Night.  I read about a lot of other traditional carols, as well as some I've never heard of.  One of my most favorite carols is probably one that many of you have never heard of.  We sing it in our church choir almost every year, and actually sang it last night at our annual concert.  It's called The Star Carol.  If you click on this link, you can see the lyrics, and can download a 30 second clip of it, too!  It's a beautiful carol!

Thanks again everyone for stopping by to visit my blog!  I'll see you tomorrow for Kitchen Sink Monday!

Stamp Simply #65 and Stamp Simply Celebrates a Final Day

Today marks the end of the party for Stamp Simply Celebrates!  We've all had a wonderful time the last 12 days bringing you all these great Featured Projects for the holidays, and of course giving out blog candy!  There are still several contest still open for the candy, so be sure to check out Party Central at Sharon's blog for those.

There are two more blog candy offerings for today.  The first is from the fabulous Sharon Johnson, and the second from the talented Leslie Miller.  Be sure to click on their names to check out their great prizes!

Barb Schram has a great Featured Project to show you today, so stop by her blog for a fabulous holiday home decor idea!  Trust me, you'll be "snowed over!"

And Sharon also has our usual Stamp Simply challenge for today and a few of the girls who have helped us out these last 12 days with the Celebration have joined us in providing challenge samples, too!

Today’s challenge is to create a card with a simple layout using  JUST 2″ of designer paper.  Just Two Inches — The idea behind this challenge is to create a simple layout for a Christmas card using JUST a 2″ strip of designer paper –

• You MUST use a 2″ strip of designer paper on your card, but ONLY this one strip of paper — no more. 

• You may cut your designer paper to any length you want.

• You may border your designer paper or do scallops around it, or whatever you want.   

• Your focal image/sentiment can be any size/shape.  

• Any embellishments are allowed.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I chose to go for simple but elegant with my design, and had to use this beautiful sentiment that I got this year from Northwoods Rubber Stamps.  Isn't that just the perfect statement?

I inked the sentiment with Encore gold metallic ink, then lightly tapped over the gold with Momento Rhubarb Stalk ink for this two-toned effect.  The whole image was then heat-embosssed with clear powder.

Check out these great samples from the other team members...

Julie
Dee
Jennifer
Janine
Becky
AJ
LeAnne
Darlene
Jerri

Remember, you don't have to have a blog to play along with the challenge!  You can upload your card to any online gallery!  Identify your photo in an online gallery with ssnotime65 and SSC08 (because this challenge is still a part of the celebration!) and leave a comment on Sharon's blog with a link to your creation!

Many, many thanks to all of you who have stopped by these past two weeks and made the Stamp Simply Celebrates party so much fun!  We all hope you enjoyed all the ideas and fun we've shared!  Happy Friday, and happy stamping!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

Stamps:  sentiment (Northwoods), swirls (Art Impressions)
Cardstock:  dark red (Bazzill), Always Artichoke, Blush Blossom (Stampin' Up!), deigner paper (Wassail by Basic Grey)
Inks:  Encore gold metallic, Momento Rhubarb Stalk, Versamark Dazzle Frost (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  felt poinsettia (Hero Arts), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon (craft supply).

Stamp Simply Celebration continues...

As many of you know, I work as the manager of a small stamp store.  What you may not know is that the store I work at is primarily a specialty toy store!  The majority of the store is filled to the brim with many, many toys and one quiet little wing in the back of the store is filled with the stamping toys!  So as you can well imagine, we are incredibly busy at this time of the year!  So busy, that I am collapsing into bed some nights when I get home, as I did last night!  Hence, the reason why I don't have anything new to show you today, but I did want to just remind you that the Stamp Simply Celebrates party is still going on with day #11!  Be sure to stop by Sharon's blog for all the featured projects, challenges and blog candy that's available today.  And be sure to stop by tomorrow for our regular Stamp Simply challenge, and the last day of the party!

Hope you're having a great day!  Happy stamping!

Stamp Simply Celebrates Day #10 (and Blog Candy from ME!)

Can you believe it?  Ten days of exciting projects, challenges and blog candy to celebrate Sharon Johnson's 1 million hits on her blog!  This has been so much fun, and I can't believe we only have 2 days left!  What a whirlwind!

Today's Featured Project is being sponsored by Leslie Miller at Running With Scissors.  Today we are treated to the beauty of Leslie's work where she is showing us how to Alter Food Packaging to turn it into a wonderfully warm, cozy, and sweet gift item that anyone would love to receive!!!  And it's something we can all easily do!  I know you won't want to miss this, so be sure to visit Leslie today!  Also check out creations from Dee Jackson and Jennifer Buck for further inspiration!

Joan Fricker at Joan's Garden is also sponsoring a project today!  Who doesn't love beautifully presented Soap and Candle Gifts?  Well, especially these soaps and candles!  And you can make your own as a part of Joan's Challenge, with inspiration from many!  Be sure to check out this sweetly scented event, and further inspiration from LeAnne Pugliese, Dee Jackson, AJ Otto, Heather Telford, Barb Schram, Darlene Pavlick, Janine Orchard, and Sharon Johnson.

And of course, the CANDY!  Today, blog candy is being offered by LeAnne Pugliese at Wee Inklings, and by ME!

I am giving away a 6x6 pad of Wassail paper from Basic Grey, a package of felt poinsettias from Hero Arts, and a package of these really cool Design Adhesives from Clearsnap!

   

What do you have to do to win?  Well, the definition of "wassail" is: to sing carols from house to house at Christmas (from Merriam-Webster.com).  So leave a comment here, and tell me your favorite Christmas carol!  Want to earn a second entry?  Participant in today's Color Throwdown challenge, and leave a second comment here with a link to your card!  I will draw one winner on Sunday evening, December 14th using random.org.  The winner will have until Tuesday morning, December 16th at 9:00 a.m. EST to contact me with their mailing info.  If I don't hear from the winner, I'll draw another name!  (Please see Sharon's "Rules of Netiquette" regarding entering to win blog candy, and remember only one entry per person unless you participate in the Color Throwdown challenge, and prove it by leaving a second comment here with a link to your card!  Anyone leaving more than one comment (exclusing those that participate in the Throwdown) has not followed the Rules of Netiquette and will be automatically disqualified.)

For my card for the Color Throwdown, and the whole Throwdown team please see this post.

Good luck with the candy, and happy stamping!

12-14-08  -  8:20 p.m. EST - comments on this post are now closed.

Color Throwdown #23

It's time for another week of the Color Throwdown, and this week our newest member Kimberly Crawford is our hostess!  Kim chose a really nice color combo that works great for any Christmas cards you're still working on, but also is great for any other occasions!

I chose to go with a non-Christmas card this week, because to be honest... I'm kinda' tired of making Christmas stuff already!  LOL 

Be sure to check out what the other Throwdown designers have created for today, and make some time to play along!  Also, be sure to check out my Stamp Simply Celebrates blog candy today!  If you participate in the Throwdown today, you can earn an extra chance to win the prize!

Kimberly Crawford
LeAnne Pugliese
Broni Holcombe
Cathy Indelicato

This will be our last Throwdown for the year!  We'll be taking a little Christmas break, and the challenges will return on Wednesday, January 7, 2009!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy stamping!

 

Stamps:  sentiment (Floral Whimsy by Verve)
Cardstock:  Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss (Stampin' Up!), lined paper (Making Memories), floral designer paper (Sorbet collection from Paper Salon)
Ink:  Versamagic Jumbo Java (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  felt flower (Creative Impressions), Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder (ProvoCraft), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Threading Water punch (Fiskars), button, hemp twine.

 

P.S.  Don't forget to stop by the Kitchen today for the Blue Plate Special!  Selected stamp sets are on sale!

Stamp Simply Celebrates Day 9!

Hard to believe but we're up to day #9 of Stamp Simply Celebrates, and the party celebrating Sharon's 1 million blog hits continues today with more fun!

 

As usual, there is some serious blog candy to be had by visiting the Million Hit Diva herself, Sharon Johnson!  Jennifer Buck also has some blog candy today, tied in with her Featured Project/Challenge!  And AJ Otto is also featuring some blog candy today, and you are going to have some serious fun trying to win this candy!

 

As mentioned above, Jennifer has today's Featured Project and she is challenging you to participate in order to win some blog candy!  Her featured project is to create some quick cards!  As we're all painfully aware, time is running out to get everything done before Christmas.  If you still need to get some cards done, here is your chance!

I made 4 quick cards in about an hour by using scraps of paper from my Basic Grey Figgy Pudding 6x6 pad, and some simple sentiments.  A few pieces of ribbon, some nice borders and I have 4 quick and easy cards!

 

 

 

Check out Jen's blog... The Buck Stamps Here for all the details to play along.  You can also find great inspirational samples from...

Janine
Julie
AJ
LeAnne
Sharon

Remember, you don't have to have a blog to play.  You may upload to any online gallery that you choose.  Use SSC08 to ID your photos so they can be grouped with other participants!

Have fun, and happy stamping!  Thanks again for dropping by!

 

Kitchen Sink Monday

My project for Kitchen Sink Day is this sweet Ghiradelli Chocolate box!  Today, we have a guest hostess for our challenge!  Emilia is from Finland and she issued a challenge for us today to create a gift for a friend or relative.  She also said that we could not use designer paper on our creation, and that we were supposed to use ribbon.  I think I lost some brain cells 9 months ago when I turned 40 because little details like that just seem to slip my mind a lot lately!  So call the Challenge Police... I screwed mine up!  I hope you'll like it anyway!

I found the idea for this little box when I was browsing through some blogs awhile ago!  I know not many of us really need to add another blog to our Google Readers, but I would highly recommend adding Shelley Hopps' blog, Mocha Memories to your list!  She's got some super designs and ideas to share, including this Ghiradelli Chocolate Box that I created today!  Her photos and directions are superb, so I'm not even going to attempt to add them here.  Please just visit her blog for the complete tutorial by clicking the link!

 

My co-manager at the store said that her husband was talked into participating in a Secret Santa exchange where he works.  So she asked me if I could create a few little gifts for him to give.  She's hoping it'll throw the recipient off-track a little by giving her some hand-stamped gifts, so I plan to give this to her tomorrow to pass on to her husband!

Please take a moment to see what the other Kitchen Sink Crew members have created for the challenge, including Emilia's project on the Kitchen Sink blog!

Emilia
Julie
Lori
Dee
Angela
Nicole
Lynn
Maria

Thanks for making my day brighter with your visits and wonderful comments!  Have a great day, and happy stamping!

 

Stamps:  3-Step Bells, 3-Step Holly & Mistletoe, Snow Flurry(Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Cardstock:  Rhubarb (Bazzill), River Rock (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Wassail by Basic Grey)
Inks:  Creamy Caramel, More Mustard, Pretty in Pink (Stampin' Up!), Momento Rich Cocoa, Rhubarb Stalk, Encore Gold (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  scoring tool (Scor-Pal), 1 3/8" circle punch, scalloped circle punch (Stampin' Up!), concave corner punch (EK Success).

Stamp Simply Celebrates Day 6

It's day #6 of Stamp Simply Celebrates!  We're half done with all the fun, and hope that you're enjoying yourself!  Challenges and Featured Projects today are being brought to you by...

Heather Telford - bits and pieces - Heather is sharing a Featured Project with us today — how to Dress up Your Table!  Fun!!!  And Heather is also incorporating a Challenge in with her project, making it 1-2-3 easy for us to decorate our own tables!!!  Be sure to stop in at Heather’s place today for many great samplings of table decor!

You can see more samples from Heather’s designers.  They are Jennifer, Darlene, Joan and Jerri.

LeAnne Pugliese - Wee Inklings - Doesn’t every Mother need a helper, especially during the Holidays?  Well, for LeAnne’s Featured Project that is just what she is giving us, a Mother’s Holiday Helper!  LeAnne is running a Challenge along with her project, providing us with templates and instruction so we can quickly and easily create our own helper!!! Don’t miss it!!!

And you can see more samples from LeAnne’s designers as well.  They are Barb, Deb, Janine, Darlene and Sharon.

 

AJ Otto - The Willow Garden- AJ has some BLOG CANDY to share!

Sharon Johnson - No Time To Stamp? - with more BLOG CANDY!

Remember, anyone can play ANY of the challenges by ANY of the hostesses during our 12 days of Stamp Simply Celebrates!!!  You do not have to have a blog.  You can upload your project to Papercraft Planet, or any online gallery you choose!  When doing so, use the tag SSC08.  Thanks!

I have a long day at work today, and don't have anything to share with you today but I hope you'll enjoy everything the other Stamp Simply Celebrates team members have to keep you busy today!  Happy stamping!