SASI Peek

Here's a little peek of a project I have on the Stamp a Sweet Impression blog today! Hope you like it and thanks for taking a peek!

Time For Take-Out Sneak Peek!

I am very excited to share with you a sneak peek of one of the newest My Timeless Templates, Time For Take-Out from Papertrey Ink! Why am I able to share this with you? Well, a little while ago I received an unexpected, totally out-of-the-blue email from Nichole Heady! I opened it thinking it was my monthly newsletter and realized it was an actual email asking me to be on the My Timeless Templates Promotion Team! I nearly fell off my chair! If you've read my blog for any length of time, you know I've been a HUGE fan of Papertrey Ink since its beginning, so you can imagine how excited I am! Once a month I get to share a peek with you!

When I saw this template, the first thing I thought of was a little girl’s bikini top. I just saw those cross-over flaps and that’s the first thing that came to mind, so I went with it. . .complete with belly button! :) The handles worked well for the bikini top straps. I know my girls love their swim goggles and I love their sun protection, so I created a little summer package just for them! This template is adorable for lots of food-related treats too! I have plans for teacher gifts this Christmas with this template!

Complete instructions and supply lists for this project are provided in the companion idea download that comes with the templates and will be available for purchase on November 15th. Hope you enjoyed the sneak peek!

Stamping Around Philly

This past weekend, I had the extreme pleasure of going to Stamping Around Philly and got to meet so many wonderful people! I just LOVE when I'm able to meet blog friends in real life! I thought I'd share some pics with you.

My class was sponsored by Taylored Expressions. Taylor so generously donated all the supplies for my class, stamp sets that were raffled off at the end and even sent goodies for everyone's treat bag! I created this little box filled with 5 mini cards. The box is the Small Perfect Package and it really is adorable! Hopefully everyone enjoyed creating their little mini box with cards.

Here's a pic of the teachers: (from left to right) Korin Sutherland, Tammy, Becky, Kim and Julie. In front is me and Kathi Rerek.

It was GREAT to see my sweet friend Julie again! She was my roommate last year on the Stamp & Cruise. Since that cruise, we've both had new babies (amazing how things change in a year, huh?) We both brought our babies with us. I brought my double stroller since I didn't know the layout of the place we were staying. I'm glad I did and it worked out perfectly that Owen's seat clicked into the front of the stroller. Here's a little pic of the two youngest stampers of the group. :) I have to say, I was so impressed with how good they were! I fully expected Isabelle to scream or fuss during my class! LOL She actually slept a lot and here I caught her in between napping and waking! :)

This last picture is of my sweet friend Bethany. I met Bethany a couple of years ago, so it was GREAT to be able to see her again!

Hello to all my new stamping friends I met! It was a pleasure to spend the weekend with you!

Weekend Sketch Challenge #105

It's Friday and time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge!

I decided to use a new Verve set for this sketch. This is the Holly Jolly set. I used some Christmas Magic paper from Fancy Pants Designs. I stamped the ornament on a pattern too, but it out and then added Stardust Stickles for a very sparkly ornament!

Be sure to stop and see what Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Lori, Mary Jo and Sharon have created using this sketch.

As this is posting, I'm heading to Stamping Around Philly! I can't wait to meet those of you who are coming! It's going to be a lot of fun!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Holly Jolly (Verve Stamps); Ink- Whisper White Craft (SU), Onxy Black (Versafine); Paper- Christmas Magic (Fancy Pants Designs), True Black (PTI); Accessories- scallop circle punch, circle punch (SU), paper piercer, Stardust Stickles; Finished card measures 5.5"x4.25"

Taylored Expressions RELEASE DAY!

It's RELEASE DAY over at Taylored Expressions! You can now purchase the sets you've seen the past two days as well as this new set, Celebrate Life! This set is different from anything Taylored Expressions has released so far. The images are just beautiful. I chose to use the pumpkin image for my card and a leaf image for my tag. On my card, I double embossed some Orange Zest cardstock with the Autumn Type Cuttlebug folder and Plain Oval Nestabilities. Then I stamped the pumpkin image inside the embossed oval and colored with Copic markers. The treat is just a little cello bag (filled with Girardelli chocolates) wrapped with a belly band made of Kraft cardstock.

As I mentioned on my first sneak peek post, there is a Sweet Spa Bundle that you can purchse, but there is also the Super Size It Bundle available! So, if you can't decide, maybe one of these bundles will help with your decision!

Be sure to stop by and see what the rest of the Baker's Dozen has cooked up today!

Dawn Easton

Denise Marzec

Donna Baker

Jackie Pedro

Jami Sibley

Jodi Collins

Laura Fredrickson

Laurie Schmidlin

Karen Giron

Karen Motz

Sankari Wegman

Sharon Harnist and, of course

Taylor VanBruggen!!

Taylored Expressions Sneak Peek - Day 2

Here's a peek at another set being released Thursday, November 5th at Taylored Expressions! It's called Sweet Indulgence. It coordinates very well with the set you saw yesterday, Luxurious Labels!

For today's project I decided to create a hot cocoa gift. Inside the pottery mug is some filler, a bag of marshmallows and a package of gourment hot chocolate. . .raspberry to be exact! This set has the perfect tag border that fits different images in the set. The little Cuppie images are just so sweet and perfect for so many girly occasions! I used the Spa Key Ingredients for my creations.

Don't forget to see what the rest of the Baker's Dozen has to show you today!

Denise Marzec
Donna Baker
Jackie Pedro
Jodi Collins
Laura Fredrickson
Laurie Schmidlin
Karen Giron
Karen Motz
Sankari Wegman
Sharon Harnist and, of course
Taylor VanBruggen!!

Thanks for stopping by today! Check back tomorrow for the last peek and RELEASE DAY!

Taylored Expressions Sneak Peek - Day 1

It's time for a peek of another new release at Taylored Expressions! Today, I have a peek for you of the new set Luxurious Labels. It's a great set for packaging those bath and body gifts! I know I LOVE to give bath and body gifts simply in the hopes that the "mom" I give it to will take some time for herself and use it. :)

Remember those "potion bottles" the Baker's Dozen used with the Halloween sets? Well, if you notice in the bath and body package, they have re-surfaced...as Spa Bottles! I filled my bottle with some bubble bath and packaged it in a cello bag along with little bottles of shampoo and conditioner. The paper I used is from the Spa Key Ingredients. I also used my Labels Eight Nestabilities to cut out the tags for the gift and card. I stamped the tag image from the Luxurious Labels set in Bermuda Bay ink then chose the die that was a little large than the stamped tag. After I diecut the tag, I sponged the edges with Blush Blossom ink. I added some ribbon and Dew Drops for finishing touches.

There is also a bundle available for you to purchase! The Sweet Spa Bundle includes this stamp set, the Spa Key Ingredients, the Potion bottles, sticker paper and a Chenille kneck wrap!

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Baker's Dozen has to show you today!

Denise Marzec

Donna Baker

Jackie Pedro

Jodi Collins

Laura Fredrickson

Laurie Schmidlin

Karen Giron

Karen Motz

Sankari Wegman

Sharon Harnist and, of course

Taylor VanBruggen!!

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to stop back tomorrow for another peek!

Flower Soft November Challenge

The Flower Soft November Challenge theme was to create something Christmas or winter. I chose to use the lamp post from the Cute Christmas Die Cut Sentiments. I just LOVE these die cuts because they are so easy to add a little Flower Soft and pop on a card. I used the Vintage Christmas Flower Soft mix on the garland that wraps around the lamp post. It gives such a life-like feel to the lamp post, don't you think? I also added some faux stitching and some embossing for finishing touches.


Be sure to stop and see what the rest of the Flower Soft Design Team has created for this challenge:



AJ Otto
Barb Schram
Deb Saaranen
Jeanne Streiff
Sharon Johnson



There is some BLOG CANDY being offered at the Flower Soft Blog, so be sure to stop by and enter for a chance to win! Thanks for stopping by and have wonderful Sunday! SUPPLIES USED: Cute Christmas Die Cut Sentiments, Vintage Christmas mix (Flower Soft), Organic Flourishes Cuttlebug folder (Provocraft), paper piercer, Always Artichoke marker (SU), Ripe Avocado paper (PTI); Finished card measures 6"x 3"

Weekend Sketch Challenge #104

Are Fridays coming fast for you? They sure are for me and I'm not sure that's a good thing. Babies grow too fast, kids just start school and then they're graduating already! LOL I just can't believe how fast the weeks are going!

It's time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge! For my card is used one of the newest releases from Verve, Christmas In the Air. Instead of using actual strips of paper, I used the swirling line image from the set as that part of the sketch. I used Berry Sorbet and Pure Poppy ink as well as Whisper White Craft. I added some bling to the centers of the snowflakes.

Be sure to stop and see what Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Laurie, Lori, Mary Jo and Sharon have created using this sketch. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Christmas in the Air (Verve Stamps); Ink- Berry Sorbet, Pure Poppy (PTI), Whisper White Craft (SU); Paper- Berry Sorbet, Pure Poppy (PTI); Accessories- circle and scallop circle punches (Marvy Uchida), Taylor's Tiny Twinkles (Taylored Expressions), ribbon (Darice); Finished card measures 6"x 3"

Super Fast Treats

I just wanted to share with you my SUPER quick treats that I made for my daughters to take in to school for Halloween this year. Time really got away from me this year, not to mention I have a daughter in kindergarten and one in preschool, so I had to come up with double the treats! Being really short on time, I decided on these two ideas. For Arwen, I put a candy mix in little cello bags and tied them closed with "Frankenstein" or "Mummy" ribbon attached to a tag using the Witch Way to the Treats set from Just Rite Stampers. I got this set at Stamper's Dream. I think I found the ribbon in the Target dollar bin a couple of years ago. Stamping and punching these tags went very fast!

For Savannah, I decided to wrap these mini microwave popcorn bags in some Halloween paper and add a tag. We bought a box of the Act II "Halloween" popcorn at Sam's Club. The bags already had Halloween images on them, but I just couldn't send her in with plain bags, now could I? LOL The set I used is one of my FAVORITE Halloween sets...and it's especially perfect when you're short on time because there's no coloring involved! It's the Spooky Silhouettes set from GinaK Designs. I can't tell you how many times this set has saved me! LOL Plus, it's adorable! Every time I pull it out, it takes me a minute to decide on which image to use because I love them all! :)

Well, I hope I've given you some hope when you feel like there's no way you can create special treats when you're really short on time. I made up 20 of each of these in no time, and the girls got to help, which they LOVE! Thanks for stopping by!