My Hambo Valentine

Simplicity is not my usual M.O. but I think it kind of worked for this card. Monica challenged the Hambo design team to come up with a Valentine card using non-Valentine stamps that we already had. This sentiment stamp and colored in pig image were already sitting on my desk so I decided to just go with it!

The hearts were cut with my Cricut "George" cartridge and I just layered them on the card front. Then I attached the main image with dimensionals and added the sentiment in the bottom corner. Of course I had to add a little detail on the bottom with my pokey tool.

You can check out the other project I did for this challenge here.
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Lots of great deals , but quantities are limited!

Thanks for stopping by today. See ya tomorrow!

Hugs,

Saturday Sketch Time

Yay! It's Saturday and that means another sketch from the uber-talented Lauren! Here's todays sketch. I hope you can play along with us. Here's what I came up with...
As you can see, I'm still playing with my SU "Just Jawing" set and totally loving it. For this card I paired it with Pacific Point cardstock and some patterned papers from the Bella Rose and Urban Garden collections. I finished it off with some Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon and stamped the sentiment with white craft ink.

You can check out what the rest of the sketch team did here:
Alicia, Dawn, Kim, Kirsten, Kristy, Maria, Kendra & Tamara


Before I sign off for tonight, I've had a couple of e-mails asking how we did the "pop up" part of this card from stamp club. It's super simple. All we did was punch out a 2 inch circle of cardstock and starting cutting in a circular pattern from the outer edge. Then just keep cutting around until you reach the center.

Pull out the spiral and voila!

Then just attach one end to each side of the card using a glue dot.

Thanks for coming by! I'll be back on Monday.
Hugs,

Fool Your Family Friday

Welcome to Fool Your Family Friday! FROZEN YOGURT POPS

2 cups plain low fat yogurt
2 cups frozen strawberries, blueberries or cherries thawed in the microwave for 1 minute
1/2 to 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar

combine the yogurt, fruit and sugar in a blender or food processor and process until smooth. Pour into popsicle molds and freeze.

Couldn't be easier!

Each popsicle has only 100 calories and contains less than 1 gram of fat! Calcium-rich yogurt helps build strong bones and teeth, and berries add a little vitamin C - an antioxidant that helps boost the immune system and aids in healing.

Thanks for stopping by!
Be sure to come back tomorrow for a peek at Lauren's new Saturday sketch!

Hugs,

I'm a "DIVA DESIGNAH"!!

There! I said it before I exploded! I don't think I could have kept it a secret any longer!
Jen from Little C's in Hawaii had a design team call last month for 4 openings on her team. Somehow I ended up in Jen's dining room when I was in Hawaii last Fall and she is such a super gal! I'm SO excited to be working with her and the rest of her team for the next six months!

The other three openings went to:
Jackie at Bloggin' My Pink Artsie World
Heidi at Create - Reach for Something More
and Jennifer at Jen Caputo's Typepad

Maria Bell and Rina Farrar are Senior Diva Designahs and will be in charge of the weekly color and sketch challenges. I hope you'll play along with us!

You can read more about each of the design team members on the Little C's website or blog.

My other mini announcement is that I was asked to do a guest designer spot for Pink Cat Studio later this year! Melissa is such a talented gal and her stamps have inspired me so much!

Well, I guess that's it for now. Thank you for indulging me and letting me share all my good news with you. My husband has no idea what a design team is...seriously...

Hugs to all of you,

KWCC #38 - 2nd post for today

Kristina just posted her latest color challenge...Never being able to walk away from a challenge, here's what I came up with...
I cut the large heart out of pink cardstock with my Cricut "George" font and pierced around it.

The images and sentiment are from a Stampin Up set called "Just Jawing". After having it for a few months, I've finally inked it up and have been LOVING it!

Of course, I had to add some doodlebug sugar coating to the hearts for a little extra *pop*!

I really like how this turned out.
And the best part is that it took under 10 minutes!

Lily the fairy

Melissa from Pink Cat Studio has been running a contest for the last couple of weeks. She supplied this adorable digital image of Lily as a fairy. All I had to do to enter, was print it out and make a card with it.

While I was brainstorming some ideas for a card, my son came into my workshop to show me his latest loose tooth. Since the tooth fairy will be making a visit to our house sometime soon, I thought maybe we could surprise her with a card this time.

This was my entry for the contest...What do you think?
I colored her in with my Copics and then added some stickles to her wings and headband. A fairy has got to have a little bling - am I right?
To make the card base, I folded piece of whisper white in half and then sketched out a tooth shape leaving the fold on top. Then I cut it out and outlined with a light gray Copic marker.

That's it for me today.
I have a date with the couch and my brand new Stampin Up catalog!!
Check back tomorrow for a couple of fun announcements that I've been DYING to tell you!
Hugs,

I thought I'd change things up a bit...

and share a scrapbook page with you today. Last month I drew up a sketch for a 2 page layout and challenged the rest of the Green Tangerines design team to play along.


Here's the sketch I created...

This is the layout that I did...
The blue background paper is called Disco Ball Boogieboard by KI Memories. I've seen it around the store for awhile now and have been dying to use it on SOMETHING! I think it worked well for this layout.

Thanks for stopping by. Until tomorrow...

2 Challenges in one!

Earlier this month Monica gave the Hambo design team a Valentine challenge using a non-valentine image. When I saw what Carrie and Pam posted this week over on 3D design challenge, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I also made a card, but I'll share with you later.

Here's what I came up with... I just love this owl image and matching sentiment. He reminds me of the owl from Winnie the Pooh.
You know you want to make one!
Here's how...
Start with a square sheet of patterned paper. I used a 6 x 6 double sided sheet from SU's Bella Rose collection.

Fold in have as shown...

To help with my folds (because let's face it - I need all the help I can get!), I used my scoring tool to find the half way point.

Then I lined up the folded edge on the left side and scored on my half way mark.

Then I folded over the bottom left corner to my score mark on the right side.
Repeat with right corner to left side.

Then fold down the front.
Double sided paper really works nice for this project because you'll see both sides.

Now all you have to do is fill with goodies!

Hope my mini-tutorial was helpful. If you make one, be sure to send me a link!
See ya tomorrow,

Saturday Sketch Time

Here's Lauren's new Saturday Sketch! Now, before you look at my card, I need to explain myself.
It's been a crazy week! I love being back into the after-holiday routine, but it's taken all week to adjust. I've been swamped, in a good way, with projects for Green Tangerines, prepping for my class this Sunday and getting some things in order for a couple of fun announcements that I'll be making on the 15th.

Since I was short on time, I decided to bring my sketch with me to stamp club this week and modify one of the projects we made so I could use it for today's post.
Here goes....
Not crazy about it, but I'm hoping that the inside will make up for my lack of mojo on the front.


Here's the inside...

fun right?

We used SU's "Flight of the Butterfly" for this card and paired it with Kiwi Kiss and Riding Hood Red. I've always wanted to do one of these pop up cards, and now I have all kinds of fun ideas running through my crazy little mind!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Be sure to check out what the rest of the sketch team did.

Alicia, Dawn, Kim, Kirsten, Kristy, Maria, Kendra & Tamara
Have a super weekend. I'll be back on Monday.

Fool Your Family Friday

Now that the holiday gingerbread not available at Starbucks, my son is having withdrawls. And yes.....my children have inherited my addiction to Starbucks.

I flipped through my "Deceptively Delicious" cookbook this afternoon hoping to find something - voila!

GINGERBREAD SPICE CAKE

Nonstick cooking spray

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 tsp ground cloves

1/4 tsp allspice

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup firmly packed light or dark brown sugar

1/4 cup canola or vegetable oil

1 large egg

1 cup broccoli puree

1/2 cup carrot puree

1/2 cup nonfat plain yogurt

1/4 cup molasses

2 tsp pure vanilla extract

1 tablespoon grated orange zest

1 - Preheat the oven to 375. Coat a 9 x 5 loaf pan with cooking spray.

2 - In a bowl or zipper lock bag, mix the flours with the baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, allspice and salt. Set aside.

3 - In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the sugar, oil and egg until smooth. Beat in the vegetable purees, yogurt, molasses, vanilla and orange zest. add the flour mixture and mix until smooth.

4 - Pour the batter into the pan and smooth the top. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of the cake, 45 - 50 minutes. Cool 5 minutes in the pan before turning the cake out onto a rack to cool completely. Sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.

See ya tomorrow with a peek at Lauren's new Saturday sketch!
Hugs,