It's a JustRite Recipe Swap!

I'm having a day of JustRite posts today. I just had to join in on the JustRite Friday Challenge and the JUGS template challenge too! I used two sets of JustRite stamps for this project too...the Homemade Treats set and the Holiday Cheer set.

I used a template from My Time Made Easy called the Take Time Pocket. I think it's the perfect size for a little cellophane bag full of bite size treats! Unfortunately, I didn't have time to make a batch of this Peppermint Bark (my dd's Halloween Party is top of the list right now), so I used the next best thing I could find... Candy Cane Kisses (they actually taste just like it)! The above picture shows the box with the recipe card tucked in right behind the treats. I just cut it shorter than the back of the box and it fits perfectly!

I cannot get enough of this new Echo Park paper and the color combination of the red, brown and light blue. Once again, I used my Martha Stewart snowflake punch and layered up the different dsp and more of this brown snowflake ribbon. I love using colored pearls too!

And here is the recipe card. Want this super easy recipe...

Peppermint Bark

1 Cup Crushed Candy Canes
2 lbs. White Chocolate
Peppermint Flavoring (optional)

Melt white chocolate in double boiler.
Add peppermint flavoring if desired.
Stir in crushed candy cane pieces.
Spread on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and
refrigerate for 45 minutes until firm.

Break into pieces.

So yummy! I'll be making some for the Christmas Holiday and using this to make a great gift!

Challenges:
JustRite Friday Challenge 041 - Holiday Recipe Swap
Just Us Girls #56 - Template
Fussy & Fancy #22 - Winter Wonderland

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Sweet Holiday Wishes for you...

Hi there - just enough time for a quick post today! I made this adorable little treat bag for the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club theme of "It's in the Bag!" I was so happy when my orders came in the mail. I was waiting for this little cutie - she's called Candy Cane Kisses from the a la modes collection!

I used the tutorial at Splitcoast for the 2-5-7-10 box, but it's really more like a little bag with a box bottom when you fold over the flap and tie it with a ribbon. My image is colored with Copics and then I added some snow paint on the candy cane and some Stickles on her hat and earmuffs. I love these new Echo Park papers...this is a great color combo for winter. I punched out a few snowflakes with a Martha Stewart punch, added some pearls and a little more Stickles here and there and tied it all up with this yummy brown snowflake ribbon.

Other Challenges:
Fussy & Fancy #22 - Winter Wonderland
Sweet Stampin #49 - Anything but a Card
Just Us Girls #56 - Template
Fairy Fun Friday #38 - Candy Wrappers

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Take a Guess...!

I hooked you in with that title, didn't I!?! Actually, this Candy Corn Shaped Card from The Cutting Cafe' is going to be used as a ballot for the kids at my daughter's costume party to take a guess how many candy corn are in this little jar and whoever is closest...gets to keep it!

With this Candy Corn Shaped Card cutting file, you get the card base, a shaped piece and the top and bottom layers of the candy corn to cut out in whatever you like in any order you like! You want white on the top...do it...yellow on the bottom...do it...you can do whatever you want with these versatile cutting files! I added a little polka dot bow and a little bling with some Stickles! I didn't want to embellish this too much because it will get handled a lot that night! The words on the front are from the JustRite Stampers Times Roman font set...I love that you can customize anything with these fonts!

Challenges:
Fussy & Fancy #21 - Halloween
Stampin' Royalty #41 - Halloween
Really Reasonable Ribbon #10 - Halloween
Cupcake Inspirations #81 - photo inspiration
Pile It On #41 - Kid Themed Halloween
The Creative Cottage #25 - Halloween

Thanks for stopping by!


p.s. there are 426 candy corn in the jar!

who's there?

Hi there and Happy Friday! Are you ready for another Stamp Something Challenge?! Wait until you see what the fabulous Design Team has to share with you today! Our new challenge theme is Halloween and our sponsor is Bunny Zoe.

For my card, I used the CC Design Sweet November Baby Trick or Treat Witch. I colored her with copics and then chomped the corners of the paper with a hole punch. I used Mercy's sketch this week and layered up all these cute Halloween papers and cardstock. I punch the edge of the black paper with a Martha Stewart edge punch and filled in the smaller holes with purple Queen & Co. pearls! I added a sweet sparkly ruffly edged bow and a Making Memories tag that appropriately says, 'who's there?" I thought she looked like she might be saying that! A pumpkin sticker finishes it off! Even the pumpkin is looking up to see "who's there!"

Head on over to the Stamp Something Challenge blog and check out all the great samples from the Design Team..and while you are there, add your Halloween creation!

Challenges:
Mercy's Tuesday Sketch #95
Colour Q #54 - Black, Orange, Green, Purple, White
The Pink Elephant #85 - Childhood
City Crafter #26 - Take Flight (owl)
The Creative Cottage #25 - Halloween
Simon Says Challenge - 3 Emb. types, 2 dps, 1 image
Fussy & Fancy Friday #21 - Halloween
Really Reasonable Ribbon #10 - Halloween
Stampin Royalty #41 - Halloween
Copic Oz #3 - spooky

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A Christmas Tag Set with JustRite!

* Edit - Photos have been removed temporarily!

*Edit - these tags received Honorable Mention at JustRite Friday Challenge 035!

How about a little Christmas in September tonight!I have a set of tags to share with you that I made for the JustRite Friday Challenge 035 - Christmas in September sponsored by Spellbinders. Well, these are two of my favorite things to collect...JustRite stamps and Spellbinders dies so I used them on both of these tags.
The cardinal is part of the Backyard Birds set and I used the Spellbinders Blossom Two Nestabilities to cut it out.

The ornament stamp is part of the Christmas Ornament set and I used the Spellbinders 2010 Heirloom Ornaments Nestabilities to cut it out.

I stamped them with Memento tuxedo black ink and used my copics to color both images. Then I paired them up with this gorgeous dp from My Minds Eye So Sophie collection. It's called "Anything for You." The back side of the paper is lined like looseleaf paper so I can write a sweet note on the back to the recipient.

The sentiments are from the JustRite All Occasion Nested Sentiments and Verse set and the Victorian Nested Frames set. They are also cut out using a Spellbinders die set called Tag Trio.
I really hope you like them...it's a lot of fun to use these stamps to get ready for Christmas!

Other Challenges:
The Creative Cottage #22 - Celebrations!
Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge #19 - Christmas colors

Have a great night!

Back to School...for you!

Hello - I hope you had a great weekend! Since back to school day is tomorrow, I thought I would share this cute little card today!

My image is the adorable PI girl from MFT, but in digi form from Heather Ellis' Digi Stamp Characters Etsy Shop who is also the sponsor this week for Sweet Sketch Wednesday! I love this image with her sweet face and cute dress. I paper-pieced her dress and decided that she is wearing tights so I colored them to match her sleeves.

I flipped the sketch on it's side to accomodate my image, but it's a great sketch no matter how you look at it! A little lace, a flower and some brown pearls finish is off!

Challenges:
Sweet Sketch Wednesday #64 - great sketch!
Fussy & Fancy Friday #18 - Back to School
Little Red Wagon #43 - Back to School
Fairy Fun Friday #34 - pearls and lace
Stamp Something - Back to School

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamp: Digi PI Girl from Digi Stamp Characters, MM sentiment
Ink: ColorBox Lipstick Red, Memento Rich Cocoa
Paper: MME Dreamy 2 Delightful collection
Copics: C1, E000, E00, E11, E13, E37, R20, R22, R24, RV10, Y32, YG32
Other: Fancy Pants lace ribbon, Recollections pearls, Prima flower

love love love...

Edit - this card won a Top 5 honor at the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge!

Hello - I couldn't wait to get this posted tonight. I am finally feeling better after the whole emergency root canal fiasco...and now it's time to have some fun!

I started with a Paper Co. scalloped circle that is slightly blingy with an irridescence to it. I layered my adorable Spunkette image on more bling paper and accented the corners with green bling cut with my Spellbinders flourish accents dies.

I'm following the sketch over at Fussy and Fancy Friday challenge and it is so girly with a bow and flourishes! I used some of my favorite ribbon from Autumn Leaves French Twist collection and of course, I had to use pearls! The flowers are both blingy with Stickles frosted lace and yellow. I had a lot of fun making this card. I hope you like it!

Challenges:
Flutter By Wednesday #117 - wings!
Sweet Stampin #39 - favorite image (well, one of them!)
Crafty Creations #80 - winged things!
Simon Says Stamp and Show #1 - things with wings!
Fussy and Fancy #17 - sketch
Cupcake Inspirations #72 - photo inspiration

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamp: Elisabeth Bell for SCACD - Spunkette (found here), Hampton Art sentiment stamp
Inks; Memento tuxedo black and rose bud
Paper: Paper Co. scalloped circle, Bazzill bling turquoise and green
Copics: BG000, C1, E000, E00, E11, E37, R20, RV14, Y21, YG13, YG17, YR000
Spellbinders: Flourish Accents
Other: Autumn Leaves French Twist ribbon, Recollections pearls, Fiskars scalloped circle and circle punch, Stickles Yellow and Frosted lace

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy...Happy!

Edite - this card was chosen as a winner at The Pink Elephant Challenge #78!


Good Morning...This is my first of several posts today! I'm going to the beach for a mini vacation and I wanted to share a few things with you!

This first card could be birthday, could be wedding...I left it a generic Happy Happy card because I haven't decided it's intended recipient yet! That's one of the nices things about card making...I can change it to be whatever I want!

I started by using my Flourishes Let Them Eat Cake stamp set. I had my eye on this stamp for a while with this glittery embossing in mind way before I bought it and when I finally got it I couldn't wait to try it out! I stamped the cake plate with StazOn jet black. I need this to be very sharp and pick up on all the detail! Then I embossed the three layers of the cake with Ranger pink embossing glitter...I just love how it turned out! I glued and glittered the little flowers myself with ultra fine glitter and the tiny black ones are colored flowers that I dabbed with my black copic marker!

I dolled it up with some ruffly ribbon, pearls, bling on the black flowers, that oh so pretty lace doilie and ta da...a card dripping with girliness! The sentiment is from a new line at M's called Craft Affair made by Hampton Art.

Challenges:
Fussy n Fancy Friday Challenge #16 - pink and black
Sweet Stampin Challenge #37 - sketch
City Crafters Challenge #16 - YUM!
The Pink Elephant # 78 - Something Yummy!
Crafty Creations #79 - wedding or anniversary

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamps: Craft Affair sentiment, Flourishes Let Them Eat Cake
Inks: StazOn jet black
Paper: Bazzill black and piglet, American Crafts dp
Other: Spellbinder Std. Circles Lg., lace doilie, Prima flowers, black copic marker, ultra fine glitter, Recollections pearls and bling, Spare Parts ruffly black satin ribbon

I really hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by!

Put on Your Party Dress...Birthday Girl!

Hi there - I hope you had a fabulous weekend. I've been shopping quite a bit lately (shhh...don't tell the hubby), and ordered from several companies for the first time last week. I also received my first order from MFT last week. I just love this Jolinne stamp. She is so sweet and pretty. I tried to keep it light and airy with my coloring too. Her skirt is paper pieced and don't you just love the smell of lilacs! Even with my allergies, I cannot resist stopping and smelling them when they bloom in Spring!

I made this for the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge #15 called Stitches, Scallops and Sparkle and for the Caardvarks My Favorite Things/July Challenge for a birthday card!
The Play Date Cafe #38 - purple, lilac, lime green

Note: In real life, this card has a greenish tint to the lilac embossed vellum behind the image...the pic makes it look so gray - not a fan!

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamps: MFT Jolinne - Just For You and sentiments from Who's That Birthday Girl
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: DCWV card, K & Co. Juliana Lilace Embossed Vellum
Copics: E000, E00, E11, E13, C3, RV11, V12, V15, G17
Other: Jolee's Lilacs, Recollections pearls, AC Mini Marks rubon stitches, grosgrain and organdy ribbon from stash, Fiskars scalloped edge punch, Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Ovals Lg.

I hope you like it! Have a great day and stay cool!

Merry Christmas in July...

It's time for Christmas in July! I really challenged myself on this one because I combined the Christmas in July challenges with a color challenge of Red, Black and White!

Challenges include:
Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge #5 - awesome sketch!
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #74 - Christmas in July
Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge 14 - Christmas in July
Crazy 4 Challenges #45 - Red, Black and White
Little Red Wagon #36 - Nestabilities
Paper Sundaes Challenge #26 - Lots of Layers

I started with a cool Inkadinkado Christmas postmark stamped in Memento tuxedo black and matted it with Art Warehosue Red Star and black cardstock cute from Spellbinders Labels One. The Autumn Leaves Rhonna Ferrera dp was perfect for this...then I broke out the Diamond Stickles and oh my! I made my own glitter paper and then highlighted the cut edge of the stamp, the bells and the 15 cents with it. I added a layer of red organdy ribbon topped with black velvet and a few Queen & Co. red pearls and I finally decided it was done!

I hope you like it!