Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

I recently got some goodies from My Favorite Things and I just had to break them in.   Amy is hosting another Coffee Lovers blog hop, this time a holiday one, so I thought I'd go for a holiday coffee (aka red cup!).    I stuck with red and kraft since they are so awesome together.  :)

Stamps:  Stampin' Up! Endless Wishes

Ink:  Stampin' Up! Real Red

Paper:  Stampin' Up! Real Red, Crumb Cake, Pebbles Home for Christmas 

Dies/Accessories: Lil' Inker Stitched Rectangles, MFT Coffee Cup Die-namics, sequins

Chef in training?  :o) 

Stampin' Up! Endless Wishes

I had a total "work day" today and managed to finish up my samples for my class and get all the supplies ordered.  Now I just need to finish up a set fo cards I'm donating to a silent auction and do birthday cards for my sister-in-law and my niece.   So much stamping!   This one was CASEd from a sample that Stampin' Up! posted back last year when this set was released.  It's such an awesome set and I am so glad it's going to be available again.  Just a couple more weeks to wait.

And here's my final version of this one we are making.   The last design still needs some things that are coming in my order, so I'll share it with you later.  

My little helper was having lunch when I took my pictures today, but she gave me some smiles to share.  :)  

Stampin' Up! Endless Wishes

I was originally going to use this stepped up version of one of my class cards for Freshly Made Sketches this week.  I kinda wished I had because I like it better than the one I posted!   I really love the combination of red and kraft.  It's becoming a favorite for sure.

Last week we worked on some spoon skills.  Forgetting the bib and giving her applesauce to practice with a messy thing.  lol  She doesn't look too happy with the situation.

Quick & Easy Christmas

Yesterday I held a "Oh crap I haven't made my Christmas cards" class.  Ha!   We used the notecards and envelopes to stamp up some simple and easy ones that we could hurry and mail.  I thought I'd share two of them with you.  I love kraft and red and of course blue and red for the holidays (or anytime really), so we used those for these.   Simple, but I love them! 

I seriously love the Endless Wishes set. It doesn't surprise me a bit that it sold out.   I hope you were able to get one before they were gone! Those eBay prices are already CRAZY!

Here's Laila's other picture with Santa.  :)

Don't forget an awesome clearance rack blitz starts tomorrow!

Cards, cards, CARDS!

Did you survive the time change?  It's rough when you have a little one in the house.  No extra hour of sleep here for sure!   We've had a busy day, but I found a bit of time to stamp and then blog tonight.   I have a few days worth of Hope You Can Cling To cards to share.  This first one is for Kathleen's challenge to honor our elders.  I tried to do a vintage card with gold... I don't like vintage OR gold, but I do like doilies and Fun Flowers.  :)

This simple shaker card was for Judy's challenge to use acetate.  I still love this snowman and am sad that he's retired.  He's too cute to not use! 

Joyce's challenge was a subway art one.  I used the So Many Thanks photopolymer set and some Gorgeous Grunge splashes for this one.  Simple, but we won't discuss how many times my tired self smeared it and had to start over.

This last one is for Holly's challenge to make a holiday card with glitter.  I used my old snowflake die and some silver glimmer paper to add some sparkly snowflakes mixed in with some Midnight Muse ones stamped with the Endless Wishes photopolymer set. 

Whew...that's a lot of cards.  

My little mischievous pumpkin.