Sites of the week

Happy Thanksgiving Eve Stampy Friends! Are you ready for some family, friends, turkey and pie tomorrow? We were planning on going to Phoenix this year, but a series of events including jammed flights and Nicolas running a fever {again!} has landed us at home this year {again!}. I’ll be attempting my first ham and I think that I have all the fixins’ ready to go. Cross your fingers for me!

Anyone brave enough to go Black Friday shopping? I always send Tony out with a list after perusing the ads. I have to say that I LOVE looking through the Black Friday ads! It’s my own personal form of window shopping, I guess. I’ve had it up to my eyebrows with incompetent customer service people this week, so I think that it might be best {and I mean for them} if I don’t take on the busiest shopping day of the year…LOL!

Maybe while he’s out shopping I’ll get a little stamping done…assuming that I’m awake by then! If he doesn’t wake me, I’m sure one of the kids’ internal alarm clock, which is set for a RIDICULOUS hour, will! Something tells me there are a few of you out there that can relate!

As for the stamping that I’ve already done…

This is the card that I have made for the YOUR NEXT STAMP Challenge #56~use die cuts on your card/project! Here’s a detail shot of the LIGHT UP THE HOLIDAYS die from YNS…

Detail of the LIGHT ME UP image, also from YNS…

I used white Flower Soft on his hat for some added texture. TIP: When adding Flower Soft or even flocking to a project, use a clear color of Stickles {Stardust, Crystal or Diamond} for a little bling, too!

I know that you have some die cuts that you can use to play along with this challenge and have a chance at a great YNS prize! Be sure to check out all the challenge details on the YNS blog HERE. Happy stamping and good luck!!

It’s the start Sneaky Peek Week for The Cat’s Pajamas and we’re kicking it off with this fun Inspiration Challenge for TCP Tuesday…

There are so many things that you can take from these pictures. Color and texture are just a couple of things that come to mind. For this card, I took the overall wintery theme {and that wood button!!} and translated it into this card…

Detail shot…

Whatcha’ think of the new bunny? It’s called SNOW DAYS and will be released next Tuesday along with LOTS more stamps, dies and new seam binding ribbon! Yep, I said dies, too! Did you notice the SNOWFLAKE LACE PAPER? It’s TCP’s innovative answer to the doily…much more fun and fresh, if you ask me! What’s even better is that you can actually use the snowflakes that are cut from the paper!…

Want more inspiration and peeks at the new TCP goodies? Be sure to check out Alma’s blog. She also has full details on how to enter this week’s TCP Tuesday challenge and how you can be the next Swanky Stamper. Happy stamping and good luck!

ETA: Don’t forget to leave a comment on the IN IT TO WIN IT thread on our forum in SCS to be entered to win this set!

Happy week until Turkey Day, friends! Today we are having a Thanksgiving feast with Nic at his “school.” I’m definitely looking forward to digging into some turkey and stuffing. As for the mashed potatoes from a box…not so much. I’m more of the real potato, real butter and real cream kind of mashed potato kind of girl…LOL! Either way, it will be fun to join Nic for his feast…no matter what is served.

This week’s TCP Tuesday challenge is brought to you from Hipster Hostess, Leigh. She has this fun sketch for you to play with…

Here’s what I came up with using JINGLE BELLS from The Cat’s Pajamas…

I love this image that’s part of the ouou illustration line at TCP!! I’ve found myself neglecting this line, so I’ve been trying to reach for them a little more lately. However, I won’t be playing with them next week since new product sneak peeks start on Tuesday {yippeeee!}.

Detail shot…

One more…

Cute lil’ snowflake, right? More on that later {like Tuesday-ish!} As for the heart, it’s from the Heart Trio CutUps die from TCP.

Love the sketch and want to play along? All of the details, along with the uploading link can be found HERE on Alma’s blog. Happy stamping and good luck!!

Love the stamps and want to put them in your shopping cart? Every Friday in November is BLACK FRIDAY! Check it out…

As fellow crafters, I am sure that you know that it is so hard to make a sympathy card. For me, I want the card to speak to the recipient. There really are no words that can take away someone’s pain after a loss, but I always hope that looking at my card may be some sort of relief from it, even if it is just for a fleeting moment. It’s sad that I have had to make so many of these cards lately and I found out this week that I will be making another one, soon.

This is the card that I sent to Katie Renz’s family last week…

This card uses a wide variety of Verve products. The sentiment is from the {super duper must have} FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS sympathy set and is stamped on pattern paper cut from the CLASSY LABEL die.

I added LOOPY BLOOMS die cut flowers along with leaves cut from the ELEGANT LEAVES to embellish the sentiment panel. Another shot showing some of the layers/dimension…

I embossed the white layer with a Sizzix embossing folder and added some bling for added detail on the card. Hmmm…thinking of that embossing folder makes me want to take a little trip to Hobby Lobby today!

Have a great day!

Susan is declaring a FOOD FIGHT for this week’s TCP Tuesday challenge! What in the world does that mean? When picking out your TCP stamps {and/or dies!} to work with this week, you need to be grabbing for ones involving FOOD. I actually went the route of drink with the idea that there might just be soup in his mug. Someone {removing names here…LOL!} piped in and said that sometimes she drinks her dinner, so this image definitely counts…

The image and sentiment are from the Like You a Latte set from The Cat’s Pajamas. I added the Snowflake CutUps die embellished with Olive Seam Binding Ribbon, a button and Brown Sugar Baker’s Twine.

I am a huge fan of Echo Park papers and I just love the new Christmas lines, especially the Season’s Greetings 6×6 pad. The circle panel is cut from the snowflake pattern and then I embossed it with a snowflake embossing folder. I’m not sure if you can tell by the pics, but the cuffs of the boys jacket are flocked with white flocking powder…

Want to play along with this challenge? All of the challenge details, as well as the where you upload your creation can be found HERE on Alma’s/The TCP blog. Happy stamping and good luck!

Psst…don’t forget to mark your calendars for each Friday in November!