Whew

I went on a friendly hiatus! I had more than a dozen friends over for brunch today. It took a few days to prepare my house and I wanted to get a jumpstart on the cooking so I took a little crafting hiatus. I'm pooped, but I'll be back in a crafting frenzy in no time! We got a little Tim inky after brunch. I'll post tags soon.

I had to change my security settings on my blog because spammers have found me. Do they seriously make money off posting crap "opportunities"? So, you'll now have to type in the little word/code thingee.

Night all.

Day 3

A mini tag made with Fiskars acrylic stamps and the Fiskars stamp press. I love that you can align things so easily with the stamp press. I'm NOTORIOUS for dropping my acrylic block in the wrong spot and then my whole project goes to pot. I used Archival and Distress ink.

Just something small and cute that I can stick on a little gift. As the sentiment reads, ENJOY!

Plan B

Recently, I found Milpa tomatoes in the Mexican market so I bought two bags. I meant to make mole ('tis the season), but I'm not feelin it! Instead, I decided to make a Milpa/Tomatillo salsa verde. Oh how I love salsa verde. It came out delish! Might just have to have some taquitos tonight so I can enjoy my salsa.

And for lunch, on this brisk afternoon, a nice sopa de fideo (angelhair). Mmm. Should be all carbed up and ready to craft in no time!

Let it snow. Let it snow. Let it snow.

Fiskars Crafting Ambassadors sent out some craft projects today featuring snowmen and penguins. I pulled out a Fiskars USX template and made you some snowmen! Now to decide if I'm going to use these on a banner or on cards!

Supplies:
Fiskars - Tag 1 USX template, used Double Round to make snowmen
USX cutting tool
Laurie Speltz's Instant Images pocket template tools (stencils)
white cardstock
Dr. Ph Marin's Bleedproof White watercolor
Distress Ink - Black Soot, Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick, Worn Lipstick, Aged Mahogany, Pine Needles, Peeled Paint
Stickles - Black Diamond, Aqua, Christmas Red
Staedtler Tripuls Fineliner black pen
Adirondack Paint Dabber - Gold
Glossy Accents (to adhere hat)
foam tape

Day 1

A few eyeballed measurements and I whipped out the pieces I needed to cut with my Fiskars rotary paper trimmer and glued them in place with multi-medium matte gel. I stamped the Fiskars Scalloped Sentiment onto white cardstock and cut out the center to create a mask. I didn't want the center of the Scalloped Sentiment circle stamp, just the border. I stamped it again and Sepia Archival Ink, then filled in the center with the a second-generation Basic Grey Santa Baby snowflake stamp impression. I stamped "Merry Christmas" in Lettuce colored Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber. Fussy cut them with my Fiskars softouch micro-tip sciissors. Applied some Rock Candy Stickles to both pieces and I was ready to adhere them into place. I adhered the sentiment with a foam dot. The scalloped circle was attached with a Fiskars taperunner.

Sketch courtesy of Becky Fleck's
December 2009 Card Maps, Row 1/Column 1

Supplies:
Fiskars Rotary Trimmer and softouch micro-tip scissors
Fiskars Wishes All Around acrylic stamp, circle
Fiskars Scallop Sentiment Border Punch
Fiskars Adhesive Foam dot
Fiskars tape runner
KI Memories Traditional Christmas patterned paper
Basic Grey Santa Baby clear stamps, snowflake
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection Mini Holidays, "Merry Christmas"
Adirondack Earthtones Acrylic Paint Dabber, Lettuce
Claudine Hellmuth Studio multi-medium matte gel
Tim Holtz Distress Stickles, Rock Candy
Tim Holtz Distress Ink, aged mahogany and black soot
Archival Ink, sepia


Bonus Card:



Becky Fleck's June 2009 Card Maps, Row 3 of sketches/Column 3
Fiskars Scalloped Sentiment border punch
Martha Stewart Double Scallop punch
KI Memories Traditional Christmas patterned paper
Glossy Accents
Creative Cafe felt flower, red
Creative Cafe felt brad, green
Prima Marketing embossed red polka dot flower
Ranger Embossing Pearl, silver
Distress Ink, tea dye
$1 stamp from Michaels, "season's greetings"