Warm Hugs and Cocoa Wishes

Hi there - I can't believe how time flies. It's already time for another Creative Inspirations Blog Challenge. This time, our theme is Christmas Gift and we have two wonderful sponsors...Papercupcake Stamps and Fantastic Ribbons!

My stampy friend Janice let me stamp some of her images from her collection last week and this is one of them. It's called Hug in a Mug by Elisabeth Bell for Sugar Nellie. I don't think it's available any longer, but it sure is cute! She is colored with Copics and I added a touch of Diamond Stickles to her cuffs and bottom of her coat. I hadn't even realized that I colored her coat like Santa's until I had uploaded the picture to put my watermark on it...by then, it was too late and my lovely daughter told me to leave it because she thought it was cute! And so, I left it 'cause she said so!

I made this little gift bag/box by cutting two pieces of the largest size from the Spellbinders Eyelet Squares die set in brown cardstock and adding a three sided piece of folded cardstock in the center as a pouch to hold a little somethin' somethin'. Then I popped up a few layers and another eyelet square shape which is my image. The corners are dotted with Queen & co. red pearls and a pair of Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses mittens are tied on with some of Deb's Simple Treasures vintage seam binding. A couple of gems for the centers, a sweet sentiment from Sweet n Sassy Stamps and a packet of gourmet hot cocoa finishes it perfectly!

Be sure to stop on over at the Creative Inspirations Challenge blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has created using this great theme! Don't forget to join in the fun and enter your Christmas Gift too! You have two weeks to submit your project for our challenges!

Challenges:
Elisabeth Bell's World - November Project - Anything Christmas (but NOT a Card)
A Spoon Full of Sugar #131 - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations #95 - Christmas is Coming
Really Reasonable Ribbon #12 - Christmas
City Crafter Challenge #32 - My Cuppa
Just Us Girls #61 - 3-D Embellishment
Embellish Magazine Holidays Color Challenge - red, green, pink, brown
Simon Says Stamp - Let It Snow
Top Tip #11 - Layers

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Just for You...lots of paper piecing!

Hi there - I have something to share with you today...I jumped way out of my "box" and attempted the Embellish Magazine Color Challenge using paper piecing. Now, it's not a secret that I love paper piecing...I do it all the time. This time, I paper pieced this whole jar and all it's tiny little accents right down to a teensy little ribbon! What is completely out of my box is this color comination of yellow, kraft, light green and dark green. I think it works - it has a sorta "pickling" kinda feel to it! Oh, and their sponsor is My Favorite Things and that stamp company is actually one of my favorite things!

Well, it also fits the bill for The Shabby Tea Room #27 Fresh Living...which is looking for nature or GREEN! I think I hit the green with this one! The stamps are all Papertrey Ink and the papers are my leftovers from a K & Co. paper pad from when dd was a girl scout! I have to go...but I might be back later with something else...you never know!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

...we all scream for ice cream!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Hi there - just a cute little card to share with you today. I couldn't resist the yummy colors over at Embellish Magazine.com Color Challenge this week. As soon as I saw the theme too, I knew I wanted to use my ice cream cone stamps! I love ice cream...of course it loves my hips too! Have a great day and go have some ice cream!

Challenges:
Embellish Magazine - Quirky-Cutesy-Clean and sea foam, kraft, peach, cream
CPS #180 - sketch

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamp: Hampton Art ice cream cone and sentiment
Ink: StazOn jet black, ColorBox Chestnut Roan
Paper: October Afternoon
Copics: E13, E37, E55, R29, YG17, YR02
Other: Fiskars scalloped circle punch, Stickles Fruit Punch, Sweet Petites ribbon

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