It's Wednesday! That must mean STAMPIN' QUEENS!

Welcome back to another week of Stampin' Queens! Today marks week 15! Here's this week's sketch:

And here's my take on it:

I opted for a square instead of a circle for this week...mostly because I already had a coloured image - LOL! The image is stamped in Staz-On on watercolour paper and coloured in using both the watercolour crayons/reinkers and AquaPainters. I trimmed the image to 2 1/4" square and then matted it on Riding Hood Red and Soft Suede.

I added three different patterns of Riding Hood Red from the Regals Patterned Paper Stack to the Soft Suede layer before adhering it all to the Crumb Cake base.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Little Friends, Teeny Tiny Wishes (Sentiment)
INK: Staz-On, Soft Suede
PAPERS: Riding Hood Red and Soft Suede Cardstock; Riding Hood Red DSP; Watercolour Paper
ACCESSORIES: Watercolour Wonder Crayons, Aqua Painters, Punches, Stampin' Dimensionals

Frostwood Lodge - It's not just for Christmas Cards

Welcome to week 14 of the Stampin' Queens Sketch! WOW! Have you been playing along?

Here's this week's sketch:

And here's my take on it:

I was inspired by Carrie Gaskin to use Frostwood Lodge on something that WASN'T a Christmas Card. Carrie happened to use the Cherish Friendship set too!

I stamped the image in Staz-On ink on Watercolour Paper trimmed to 2 x 2". I used my watercolour crayons and aqua painters to colour the image.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Cherish Friendship
INK: Staz-On
PAPERS: Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green Cardstock; Watercolour Paper; Forestwood Lodge DSP
ACCESSORIES: Ribbon, Aqua Painters, Watercolour Crayons

Happy Stampin'!

Stampin' Queens Sneak Peek!

Better late than never, right? If you're my Facebook friend, you know I've had a CRAZY busy day! While I was having a crazy day, I used up my quotient of awesome for the day *sigh* After I picked up my van at the mechanic, I realized AFTER I got ALL. THE. WAY. HOME. that I forgot my house keys in the loaner car I used. Now...if you had SEEN my house key chain thing, you'd be amazed too. It's HUGE - lanyard, key fobs, etc...more STUFF than keys. Yeah...and I forgot it. Again, *sigh*

Anyway, so THAT'S why my sneak peek is SO. DARN. LATE. However, if you come back tomorrow for the full reveal, I'm sure you'll agree it was worth it!

Here's your peek:

My apologies for the blurriness. iPhone. *sigh*

Be sure to come back tomorrow for the full reveal!

Are you ready for THIS??

Oh WOW!!! Can you just imagine? AWESOME products for an even BETTER price! And TODAY ONLY, you can get the Simply Scored and/or the Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps for 20% off! That SUPER special on TWO BRAND NEW PRODUCTS is available TODAY ONLY! Until midnight (MT), that's 2 a.m. EST if you want to wait till the last possible second. Keep in mind though, that NONE of these sales will be extended. Once the deadline has passed, that's it!

BIG NEWS

Were you thinking of attending my Perpetual Birthday Calendar Class on January 7th? If so, NOW is the time to book!

Stampin' UP! has reduced the price of the Perpetual Birthday Calendar during this online extravaganza so I'm reducing the price of my class!

You MUST book AND pre-pay no later than November 30th to take advantage of the reduced price!

When you book and pre-pay before November 30th, pay only $20 instead of $25. On December 1st, the price goes back up to $25.

You can see all the details of this class here.

Happy Shopping! It's a GREAT time to get your Christmas shopping done!

Happy Stampin'!

It's Wednesday! That must mean STAMPIN' QUEENS!

Happy Wednesday! Welcome back! I hope you didn't miss me too much last week, but as I mentioned yesterday, I came down with a nasty cold/sinus infection - SO not fun! I have some antibiotics on board now, so I'm feeling MUCH better!

Here's the sketch with which we were working. I just LOVED the layers:

As always, a sketch is a jumping off point, so I did a liberty here and there, though I did pretty much stick with the general idea this week.  My brain is not QUITE up to snuff, so I don't want to go TOO crazy - LOL!

Here's my take on the sketch:

I started off with the centre panel. I had an idea to use Lovely as a Tree, but then when I chose my paper, I decided I wanted to go with something a little more whimsical and I chose Season of Joy instead. I stamped the tree in Versamark ink and then sprinkled it with Wild Wasabi Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat it with my heat tool to set the powder. I also used the Versamark ink to add a watermark to the Wild Wasabi cardstock panel.

I attached all the pieces to Holly Berry Bouquet Designer Series Paper panel before attaching the brads and then adhering it to the front of the card.

When it was all together, I SMOOCHED it!!!

What do you think?


STAMPS: Season of Joy
INK: Versamark, Wild Wasabi (used inside)
PAPERS: Whisper White, Real Red, Wild Wasabi and Garden Green Cardstock; Holly Berry Bouquet DSP
ACCESSORIES: Wild Wasabi Stampin' Emboss Powder, Brads, Smooch Spritz, Stampin' Dimensionals

It's good to be back - with a peek at the Stampin' Queens!

Dear friends, I am SO sorry for my long absence! I came down with a cold early last week that then became a sinus infection. Needless to say, I wasn't up to much of anything let alone blogging.

However, I'm back now and will be sharing the Stampin' Queens card with you tomorrow. Today, you get a little peek!

Don't forget to come back tomorrow for the full reveal!

Happy Stampin'!

MDS Monday - Brigid

This...is Brigid:

I created this page using pictures (with permission) of my young friend Brigid. Brigid has Mitochondrial disease. She fights a daily battle with a disease that, when treatment ends, will see the Kidd family with one less member. This is their reality.

Unfortunately, Mitochondrial disease has no cure. There's also not much funding for these families.  To that end and to help my dear friend, I have created some jewelry pieces to sell, most of which are green as this is the colour that represents this disease.

I know you usually come here to see all my card projects, but just for a moment, I'd appreciate if you thought of the Kidd family and little Brigid. Please purchase a piece of jewelry if you are so led as the profits from the sales go directly to them. Brigid needs a new walker and SO many other things that AREN'T covered by medicare.

Here are a few of my more recent pieces. If you see something you like, please let me know and I'll be happy to send it off to you.

Thank you.

Today's the day!

It's a BLOG HOP - SUDSOL STYLE!

The SUDSOL blog hop is one of my favourites and I do my best to participate in as many as I can! SUDSOL is SUCH a great resource that I use ALL THE TIME and the blog hop is my way of giving back. Joining SUDSOL is one of the first things I did after becoming a demonstrator. If YOU are a demonstrator, I can't recommend it enough! If you'd like to see what it's all about, click on this link and take a two week tour - FREE!

For this blog hop, we're featuring Holiday Projects. These cards were inspired by other talented demonstrators and I put my spin on them. They were featured at my most recent Christmas Card Class at which the ladies had a GREAT time and half of them have ALREADY signed up for my next Christmas Card Class - I can't wait!

STAMPS: Merry & Type

INK: Chocolate Chip, Versamark

PAPERS: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip

ACCESSORIES: Aqua Painters, Seam Binding, Glue Dot, Stampin' Dimensionals

Did you know that there all KINDS of templates, ideas and inspiration on the SUDSOL site? You can check out my gallery here, just to get an idea! I've been a featured stamper twice and have been on the design team - hard work, but VERY rewarding.

STAMPS: Gifts of Christmas

INKS: Island Indigo

PAPERS: Whisper White, Island Indigo, Silver Glimmer Paper

ACCESSORIES: Stampin' Dimensinals

STAMPS: Snow Swirled (greeting)

INK: Garden Green

PAPERS: Whisper White, Crumb Cake and Garden Green Cardstock; 

Holly Berry Bouquet DSP

ACCESSORIES: Punches, Filigree Brads, Buttons, Bakers Twine, Glue Dots

I do hope you've enjoyed this stop on the tour and hope you will continue along to visit all the other talented SUDSOL demonstrators blogs.

CONTINUE on the Blog Tour
SUDSOL	Teresa Hafso

Happy Stampin'!

Something happy this way comes!!!

This post is sticky at the top until the day of the blog hop, so please scroll down to see what I've been creating. You WON'T be disappointed!

It's Wednesday! That must mean STAMPIN' QUEENS!

Happy Wednesday Friends! It's time for the Stampin' Queens!

Here's the sketch we were given this week:

I took a BOAT LOAD of liberties with this one as you can see from the finished project:

And...it's not a card either! It's a folder in which you can place pictures/notes/wish lists, etc. Want to see the whole thing?? You'll have to come back tomorrow - 3-D Thursday!!!

There's NO stamps on this one. I used the Letters To Santa Designer Series Paper and the Letters to Santa Quick Accents.

Now...here's the deal. Leave a comment here AFTER you've participated in the sketch challenge and link me up in your comment so I can see your AWESOME creation. Then, TOMORROW, come back and leave a comment to let me know what you think of the finished product. Everyone who does those two things will be entered into a random draw and be eligible to WIN the folder.

What do you think?

STAMPS: NONE
INK: NONE
PAPERS: Letters to Santa DSP
ACCESSORIES: Letters to Santa Quick Accents, Ribbon

Happy Stampin'!

A Peek at the Stampin' Queens

Happy Tuesday! Did everyone have fun trick-or-treating last night??  My youngest had a bit TOO much fun, so he stayed home sickie today. He'll be back to school tomorrow...it was more of a precaution than anything.

Here's today's little peek at the Stampin' Queens Sketch:

You'll want to be SURE to come back tomorrow! Cristena is offering BLOG CANDY on the Stampin' Queens Blog and I'll be offering you the chance to WIN my creation!

It's November 1st - Let's get stamping!

MONTH-LONG OBSERVANCES

Adopt a Senior Pet Month

Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

Apple Month

Aviation History Month

Banana Pudding Lovers Month

Child Safety and Protection Month

Christmas Seals Month

COPD Awareness Month

Diabetic Eye Disease Month

Epilepsy Awareness Month

Family Stories Month

Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month

Good Nutrition Month

Great American SmokeOut

Greens and Plantains Month

Historic Bridge Awareness Month

I am So Thankful Month

International Drum Month

Latin American Month

Lung Cancer Awareness Month

MADD’s Tie One On for Safety Holiday Campaign

Military Family Appreciation Month

National Adoption Month

National AIDS Awareness Month

National Alzheimer’s Disease Month

National Diabetes Month

National Epilepsy Month

National Family Caregivers Month

National Georgia Pecan Month

National Healthy Skin Month

National Home and Hospice Month

National Impotency Month

National Inspirational Role Models Month

National Life Writing Month

National Long-Term Care Awareness Month

National Marrow Awareness Month

National Model Railroad Month

National Native American Heritage Month

National Novel Writing Month

National Peanut Butter Lover's Month

National Pet Cancer Awareness Month

National Pomegranate Month

National Roasting Month

National Scholarship Month

National Sleep Comfort Month

National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month

Native American Heritage Month

NoSHAVEmber

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

Plum and Pomegranate Month

Prematurity Awareness Month

PTA Healthy Lifestyles Month

Real Jewelry Month

Spinach and Squash Month

Sweet Potato Month

TMJ Awareness Month

Vegan Month

WEEK-LONG OBSERVANCES

First Week

Chemistry Week

Diabetes Education Week

Give Wildlife a Brake! Week

Intimate Apparel Week

National Allied Health Week

National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week

National Fig Week

National Patient Accessibility Week

World Communication Week

Second Week

Dear Santa Letter Week

Drowsy Driving Prevention Week

Health Information and Technology Week

International Fraud Awareness Week

Kid’s Goal-Setting Week

National Children's Book Week

National Drug Facts Week

National Nurse Practitioner Week

National Radiation Tech Week

National Young Readers Week

Operating Room Nurse Week

Pursuit of Happiness Week

World Kindness Week

Third Week

American Education Week

Geography Awareness Week

Lung Cancer Awareness Week

National Farm-City Week

National Global Entrepreneurship Week

National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week

Fourth Week

National Adoption Week

National Better Conversation Week

National Bible Week

National Family Week

National Game and Puzzle Week

National Teens Don’t Text and Drive Week

Fifth Week

Travelers with Disabilities Awareness Week

November 1st

Aishwarya Rai’s Birthday (1973)

All Saint's Day

Book Lover's Day

Give Up Your “Shoulds” Day

Lyle Lovett's Birthday (1957)

National Author's Day

National Family Literacy Day

National Go Cook for Your Pets Day

Nutty Pecan Day

Stephen Crane’s Birthday (1871)

Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day

Zero Tasking Day

November 2nd

All Soul’s Day

Cookie Monster Day

Daniel Boone's Birthday (1734)

Digital Scrapbooking Day

ELECTION DAY

Flight of the Spruce Goose (1947)

Look for Circles Day

Marie Antoinette’s Birthday (1755)

National Deviled Egg Day

Piggy Bank Day

Plan Your Epitaph Day

Traffic Director’s Day

November 3rd

Bean Day

Cliché Day

Dennis Miller’s Birthday (1953)

Housewife's Day

International Tongue Twister Day

Ken Berry's Birthday (1933)

Sandwich Day

November 4th

Laura Bush’s Birthday (1946)

King Tut Day

Mischief Night

National Candy Day

National Chicken Lady Day

National Men Make Dinner Day

Pumpkin Chucking Days

Sterling North's Birthday (1906)

Use Your Common Sense Day

Waiting for Barbarians Day

Will Roger's Birthday (1879)

Yanni’s Birthday (1954)

November 5th

Art Garfunkel’s Birthday (1941)

Gun Powder Day

Guy Fawkes Day

National Donut Day

Pumpkin Chucking Days

Roy Rogers’ Birthday (1911)

Sadie Hawkins Day

Sam Shepard’s Birthday (1943)

Vivian Leigh's Birthday (1913)

November 6th

Basketball Day

Charles Dow’s Birthday (1851)

Guiness World Records Day

John Phillip Sousa's Birthday (1854)

I Love Nachos Day

Marooned without a Compass Day

Ray Conniff’s Birthday (1916)

Pumpkin Chucking Days

Sally Field’s Birthday (1946)

Saxophone Day

Zero Tasking Day

November 7th

Albert Camus' Birthday (1913)

Daylight Savings Time Ends

Fala Day

Hug-a-Bear Day

International Tongue Twister Day

Job Action Day

Joni Mitchell's Birthday (1943)

Magazine Day

Marie Curie's Birthday (1867)

National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day

Republican Elephant Day

November 8th

Abet and Aid Punsters Day

Bonnie Raitt's Birthday (1949)

Bram Stoker's Birthday (1847)

Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day

Dunce Day

Edmund Halley’s Birthday (1656)

Election Day

Harvey Wallbanger Day

Kazuo Ishiguro’s Birthday (1954)

Margaret Mitchell's Birthday (1900)

National Ample Time Day

National Parents as Teachers Day

Parker Posey's Birthday (1968)

X-Ray Day

November 9th

Carl Sagan's Birthday (1934)

Chaos Never Dies Day

Mary Travers’ Birthday (1936)

National Young Reader’s Day

Neon Sign Day

Parade Day

November 10th

Area Code Day

Claude Rains’ Birthday (1889)

Forget Me Not Day

Gingerbread House Day

Josh Peck’s Birthday (1986)

Martin Luther’s Birthday (1483)

Sesame Street Debuted in 1969

Tim Rice’s Birthday (1944)

Toothpaste Day

U.S. Marine Corps Established in 1775

November 11th

Air Day

Death/Duty Day

Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Birthday (1821)

George Patton’s Birthday (1885)

God Bless America first performed in 1938

Kurt Vonnegut's Birthday (1922)

Origami Day

Remembrance Day

Veteran's Day

November 12th

Anne Hathaway’s Birthday (1982)

Auguste Rodin's Birthday (1840)

Chicken Soup for the Soul Day

Domino Day

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day

Grace Kelly’s Birthday (1929)

Nadia Comaneci’s Birthday (1961)

National Gaming Day

National Pizza With the Works But No Anchovies Day

November 13th

Chris Noth’s Birthday (1954)

Garry Marshall’s Birthday (1934)

International Tongue Twister Day

Mom's and Dad's Day

National Indian Pudding Day

Robert Louis Stevenson’s Birthday (1850)

World Kindness Day

November 14th

Aaron Copeland’s Birthday (1900)

Claude Monet’s Birthday (1840)

Condoleeza Rice's Birthday (1954)

Brian Keith's Birthday (1921)

Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day

National Girls Day

National Teddy Bear Day

Operating Room Nurse Day

Prince Charles' Birthday (1948)

Spicy Guacamole Day

William Steig's Birthday (1907)

World Diabetes Day

World Orphans Day

November 15th

America Recycles Day

Ed Asner’s Birthday (1929)

Georgia O'Keefe's Birthday (1887)

I Love to Write Day

National Bundt Pan Day

National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day

National Philanthropy Day

Pack Your Mom Lunch Day

Robert Cavalli's Birthday (1940)

November 16th

Button Day

Have a Party with your Bear Day

International Day for Tolerance

National Educational Support Professionals Day

Prematurity Awareness Day

Quit Smoking Day

November 17th

Electronic Greeting Card Day

GIS Day

Great American Smokeout

Guiness World Record Day

Homemade Bread Day

Lee Strasberg's Birthday (1901)

Martin Scorcese’s Birthday (1942)

National Family Volunteer Day

Rock Hudson’s Birthday (1925)

Take A Hike Day

Unfriend Day

Use Less Stuff Day

World Peace Day

November 18th

Christian Siriano's Birthday (1985)

Margaret Atwood's Birthday (1939)

Mickey Mouse Day

Occult Day

Owen Wilson’s Birthday (1968)

Push-Button Phone Day

William Gilbert’s Birthday (1836)

William Tell Day

World COPD Day

November 19th

Calvin Klein's Birthday (1942)

Equal Opportunity Day

Have a Bad Day Day

Gettysburg Address Delivered by President Lincoln in 1863

Indira Gandhi's Birthday (1911)

Meg Ryan's Birthday (1961)

National Adoption Day

National Family Volunteer Day

National Survivors of Suicide Day

Pencil Day

Play Monopoly Day

Pop Tarts created in 1965

Rocco DiSpirito’s Birthday (1956)

Tommy Dorsey’s Birthday (1905)

World Toilet Day

November 20th

Absurdity Day

Beautiful Day

Cat Days

Children’s Day

Edwin Hubble’s Birthday (1889)

Mexican Revolution Day

Name Your PC Day

Peanut Butter Fudge Day

Richard Dawson’s Birthday (1932)

Time Card Clock Invented in 1888

Traffic Light Day

Universal Children’s Day

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

November 21st

Beaver Moon

Dave Hignite’s (My Husband) Birthday (1961)

False Confession Day

Harold Ramis’ Birthday (1944)

Marlo Thomas' Birthday (1943)

Pumpkin Pie Day

Voltaire's Birthday (1694)

World Hello Day

World Television Day

November 22nd

Abigail Adams’ Birthday (1744)

Go for a Ride Day

Hoagy Carmichael’s Birthday (1899)

Humane Society Anniversary Day

Jamie Lee Curtis’ Birthday (1958)

Start Your Own Country Day

Stop the Violence Day

Thanksgiving Dinner 101 Day

November 23rd

Boris Karloff's Birthday (1887)

Bruce Hornsby's Birthday (1954)

Dr. Who Day

Eat a Cranberry Day

National Cashew Day

Rick Bayless’ Birthday (1953)

Tie One On Day

You're Welcomegiving Day

November 24th

Arundhati Roy's Birthday (1961)

Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day

Dale Carnegie’s Birthday (1888)

Frances Hodgson Burnett's Birthday (1849)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's Birthday (1864)

Macy Thanksgiving Day Parade

Scott Joplin’s Birthday (1868)

Shopping Reminder Day

Thanksgiving Day

Turkey-Free Thanksgiving Day

Use Even if the Seal is Broken Day

November 25th

Amy Grant's Birthday (1960)

Black Friday

Blasé Day

Buy Nothing Day

Flossing Day

International Aura Awareness Day

Marc Brown's Birthday (1946)

National American Heritage Day

National Parfait Day

Sinkie Day

You're Welcome Day

November 26th

Charles Schulz's Birthday (1922)

College Fraternity Day

Flossing Day

John Harvard’s Birthday (1607)

Maize Day

MY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Natasha Bedingfield’s Birthday (1981)

National Cake Day

November 27th

Buffalo Bob Smith's Birthday (1917)

First Sunday of Advent

Jimi Hendrix's Birthday (1942)

Manalo Blahnik's Birthday (1942)

National Day of Listening

Pie in the Face Day

Pins and Needles Day

November 28th

Cyber Monday

Ed Harris’ Birthday (1950)

John Bunyan’s Birthday (1628)

John Galliano's Birthday (1960)

Jon Stewart’s Birthday (1962)

Make Your Own Head Day

Polaroid Camera Day

Red Planet Day

William Blake's Birthday (1757)

November 29th

Busby Berkeley’s Birthday (1895)

C S Lewis' Birthday (1898)

Chuck Mangione's Birthday (1940)

Electronic Greetings Day

Garry Shandling's Birthday (1949)

Louisa May Alcott’s Birthday (1832)

Square Dance Day

Turkey Leftover Day

November 30th

Ben Stiller's Birthday (1965)

Computer Security Day

David Mamet’s Birthday (1947)

Dick Clark's Birthday (1929)

Jonathan Swift's Birthday (1667)

Lucy Maud Montgomery's Birthday (1874)

Mark Twain's Birthday (1835)

National Meth Awareness Day

Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Day

Sacher Torte Day (also in December)

Sir Winston Churchill's Birthday (1874)

Stay At Home Because You're Well Day

With thanks as always to Jane Hignite