Sites of the week

First, thank you all for you well wish in regards to my toe. If those pics grossed you out, you certainly don’t want to see what it looks like now! So, how many people do you know can say that they broke their little toe and Little Gym? Man, do I feel silly!! LOL! Bonnie Sharp also pointed out what long toes I have. LOL!! Yep, I sure do. I can pick up just about anything without having to bend down! As if you needed more random tidbits of info about me. LOL!

Well, it’s Tuesday and that means it’s TCP Tuesday. Of course I have the TCP Tuesday challenge card to show you, but I also have some more Pirate-y goodness to show you from the latest TCP release. First, Ana did a great sketch challenge for this week. You can check out the sketch and her sample on her blog. Here is my sample… {pssst…I cheated a little by adding the round sentiment panel, but I know you won’t tell anyone}.

EVERYONE can play and this is what you are gonna wanna know…
1. Each a week one of the The Cat’s Pajamas DT Members will host a challenge.
2. The challenges will vary {stamp, color, theme/inspiration, sketch, etc.}
3. You will have until {this} Saturday night to complete the challenge.
4. Link your project on this week’s hostess’ challenge announcement. This week you will link your project on Ana’s TCP Tuesday Post.
5. TCP stamps are not required, but of course, highly encouraged. {Unless it is a challenge calling for a specific stamp}
6. There will be one winner each month. They will be deemed that month’s Swankiest Stamper and get $25 in Cat’s Cash {money to spend on the TCP site!}.
7. When uploading to SCS, please use the keyword TCPTUES27 for this challenge.
8. Alma will post the entries from the week the following Monday on her blog.
9. The newly crowned Swanky Stamper will be announced on the First of the Month and have his/her winning entry posted on The Cat’s Pajamas website where he/she will reign for the entire month.
10. Oh yea…HAVE FUN!

Here is another sample from the newest TCP release…

WATCH OUT…Carole is contagious!! I took Ellie to Little Gym this morning. We were having such a good time until my left pinky toe caught the edge of on of the gym mats. OMG did that hurt. At first I thought nothing of it…well, for like 2 seconds. Then, I looked down and my toe was pointing outwards. EEEEK! I popped it back into place and excused myself to the waiting area {fortunately Tony was with us this morning}. I was planning on just walking it off, but they handed me an ice pack and I sat in the reception area for a minute. That was four hours ago. This is now…

Yes, it hurts…a lot! The worst part is that I am having to wear socks and tennis shoes!! I am a flip-flop loving girl. This might send me into a straight jacket.

On a more positive note, Ellie came up to me yesterday morning and said, “No more diapers, Mama!” Joy, elation…extreme nervousness came over me. Last week I started just asking if she wanted to use the potty. She has really taken to it and so far, so good with the big girl underpants. I was going to try the “Potty Train In a Day” book method, but it looks like good ol’ persistence {the good kind} is doing the trick. Thank you all so much for your recommendations last week!!

Tony and I walked down the aisle. The card that I made for the Sketch For You To Try is the one that I made to give to him today. Happy Anniversary!

I’m going to make this short and sweet {I think}! Today is Suzanne Dean’s last weekend as a the Designer Of The Month. Again, she has blown us away! Thank you Suzanne for playing along with us! Next weekend I will be introducing a new Guest Designer that I am sure that you will love.

So let’s get to it! Here’s the sketch…

Here’s my card {for Tony}…

Suzanne’s card…

Check out the samples from a few of my friends, Amy R., Amy S., Carole, Shannan and Susan!

Wanna play? Here’s what you should know…

1. ANYONE can play.
2. Have fun with this!
3. When uploading to SCS, use the keyword SFYTT.
4. Post a link to your blog or gallery on this post.

A few weeks ago I was asked if I wanted to participate in the Bella Blog Hop, Skip and Jump. I love Emily and all that Bella offers, so it was pretty much a no brainer! Our challenge was to create a holiday treat holder. No one ever said which holiday, so I went with Halloween. I chose to do one of Jody’s Boxy-Bags {genius coming up with this cute lil’ template, I tell ya!!}. I chose Little Witchy for my image and colored her in with my Copics. I am lovin’ the new bat punch from Martha Stewart and punched them out in black and then covered them with black Stickles. The charm at the top is actually a bat jingle bell that I picked up at Wal-Mart last year.

I picked up the black and white candy at Target. They are like skull and bone runts that taste all fruity!

Be sure to check out the other gals playing along in the Bella Blog Hop, Skip and Jump…
Amy Rysavy
Carole Burrage *May be later in the weekend due to her trip home getting pushed back
Debbie Olson
Lauren Meader
Michele Boyer
Shannan Teubner **might have something for you to try to win
Taylor Van Bruggen
The Bella Blog
Nicky Manel

Last, but certainly not least, I have one of the coolest things I have ever done in stamping to show you! I have been sitting on this project for weeks and I am so excited that I **finally**get to show you!! It’s a stamp on a cookie!! Are you rolling your eyes at me? LOL! Well, I had fun doing it and am proud to show it off. But first, the outside of the wooden bag that it is in…

Detail shot…

The cookie fresh out of the oven…

In a cello bag with a cute little tag…

That cute little tag that I just mentioned…

How did I do it? I put a Pillsbury sugar dough roll in the freezer for about 30-45 minutes, so I when I sliced through, it would be hard. I then stamped on the cookie with Brilliance Graphite Black ink and cooked per the instructions on the cookie dough packaging. Is it safe? Well, the ink pad says Non-toxic, but I wouldn’t go off and eat dozens of these. Apparently one won’t hurt. I’ve been told that I have always been this strange and it not a side effect of eating inky cookies. Head on over to the TCP site to see the three new Clearly Swanky sets just released!

I think that this is one of my fave posts ever. I hope you enjoyed it, too. Tomorrow is Tony’s and my 5th anniversary. I made my Sketch For You To Try card special for him. See ya then!

That’s me…the Verve Diva. For the past 12 weeks each member of the Verve Stamps Design Team has been posting a challenge in the Verve forum on SCS. In those posts, you are invited to get to know the Diva a little better by asking questions about her. Today I issued the challenge to use PURPLE. I chose this challenge because purple was my wedding color and Tony and I are celebrating our 5 year anniversary on Saturday. YAY US!
So, here is my card using all Verve stamps…

Tomorrow is the new release from The Cat’s Pajamas. The other day I showed you stuff from the Halloween set that is coming out. Today I want to show you some “fairy nice” projects I did…

Tomorrow is gonna be Bella and TCP-rific for ABC Friday!! See ya then!