Stamp Simply Celebrates! Cookie Recipe Exchange

Day one is here! It's a Cookie Recipe Exchange!
Janine challenged us to come up with a cookie recipe and some festive holiday packaging.

First- here is my easy recipe:
Swirled Holiday Snowball Cookies

• 1 1/2 Cups butter softened
• 3/4 cups powdered sugar
• 1 Tbsp Vanilla Extract
• 1/2 tsp. Salt
• 3 cups Flour
• 1 2/3 cups Nestle Toll House Swirled Holiday Morsels (pictured below)
• 1/2 Cup finely chopped nuts

preheat oven to 375

cream butter, sugar, and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour. Stir in morsels and nuts. Shape level teaspoons of dough into 1 1/4 " balls. Bake on ungreased sheets for 10-12 minutes. Shake extra powdered sugar on as garnish.

ok- So, I made these last year- yum! We ate them all- I made this batch yesterday and skipped making them into balls- You can just drop onto the cookie sheet as well if you choose to. The first picture of cookies is with sugar, and the second is how they look coming straight out of the the oven. They remind me of Russian tea cakes. Very buttery!!

I found the gift tin in the dollar section of target of course, and simply placed the cookies in a cello bag with some pretty ribbon and a fun little tag. Thanks Janine for the inspiration!!







Make sure to check out Janine, Darlene, Jerri, Barb, Jennifer, & Deb's recipes!

Hope you join us in this challenge~ when uploading to SCS make sure to use SSC08
and link it back to Janine's blog!

eta- make sure to stop by Sharon's blog- wish her a congrats on hitting 1,000,000 hit mark and enter to win her blog candy!


Details: Stamps- SU! (hostess set?)
real red, choc chip, & shimmery white CS.
silver cord- SU!, Silver eyelet- MM
Nestibilities; ribbon- May Arts; Poinsettia flower- MM; MS branch punch Pin It Now!

A few sales and calls.....

Unity Stamp Company is accepting applications for a ROCK STAR Scrapbooking Design Team, to compliment its existing design team.

Using Unity product is encouraged, but not required.
Please email Angela a link to your blog and also TWO of your stellar layouts that best represent your style. Your name, address, and a small paragraph about yourself would be appreciated. Submissions should be directed to: angela@unitystampco.com
Due Date: December 20th, 2008

Requirements:

• Mandatory Blog updated TWICE USING UNITY, of course, on a weekly basis.
• 8 projects per month loaded to your blog AND Scrapbook.com or TWO PEAS AND SplitcoastStampers Weekly participation in the SCS Scrapbook Challenge.
• PARTICIPATION in HIP HOP THURSDAY BLOG HOP and at SOME POINT DURING THE EVENT a bit of conversation.
• On your blog, a clear link to Unity Stamp Co. Blog and Website.
• Include the list of Unity Stamp DT Members from you blog. Keeping it all full circle.
• It is mandatory that any EXCITING UNITY NEWS (ie: Kit of the Month, New Releases, Hip Hop Thursday, NEW DT Members, Guest Designers are announced on each DT Members blog on the date of occurrence.Extra project requests from Unity will be made of the ROCK STARS.
• Unity may need projects done on a timely matter. ( ie: idea tag samples, or other special projects for expos, CHA, Special BOARDS for Stores, etc.) .
• REQUIRED Monthly Submission into magazines 6 month term renewable upon request/review.

And over at Lizzie Anne Designs-
Only a few more days left to use the code-

HSFSNOV08 (that stands for Happy Stamping and Free Shipping in November 2008!)

This code is for free shipping on orders over $35 in the U.S. and is good until the end of November.
They have recently listed some retiring images at 40% off as well!!!
Also- check out their Holiday Card Contest!







And also-
over at Jacksonbelle Embellishments- another sale!
Lindsey is having a huge sell over at Jacksonbelle Embellishments. From Wednesday- Monday everything in the store is 20% off!!!!! Be sure to use coupon code THANK08 to receive this awesome discount. Don't forget about her DT call here as well!

Have a great weekend!!!
:) Pin It Now!

Stamp Simply Thanks

Quick post here-
Happy Day after Thanksgiving!
This weeks challenge is to make a Thank You card.
Something about this paper just seem to make the card. I didn't want to add much to it~
Have a great day!!!

Check out the rest here~
Sharon Johnson
Julie Koerber
Becky Oehlers
Dee Jackson
Janine Orchard
Tammy Hershberger
Cathy Tidwell
Jennifer Buck Pin It Now!

It's that time again....Hip HOP!

So....in true Holiday fashion, I bring you a few quick and easy's. This is the busiest time of year, and quick and easy can be a lifesaver!

Make sure to stop by Angela's blog for all the new releases, specials, and hip hop news!

First up is this fun little place card- I love the turkey on it, wouldn't want to be the Turkey this week- bwahahaha! It uses the fall festival set.

I wasn't quite ready to put away that set yet- so I also made this quick little card with the sprig of wheat- (is that what you call this???) Love this nestie, so glad it finally made it here!




And lastly, is my tri-fold tag card using sleigh ride.

I thought this could be a cute little gift for someone-

there are 9 identical tags in all tucked inside. I left them with out a sentiment for plenty of room to write on.
The back ground is using the snowflake serenade stamp.
Why does white always look so great on Kraft??

next up....Jen E!!

Hip HOP!

Have a great week! Pin It Now!

Jacksonbelle is having a SALE!!!!

Hurry on over before you head out to the store for last minute Thanksgiving goodies and get some non fattening goodies here!!!

make sure to use the code THANK08 when checking out for 20% off of EVERYTHING!!
Free shipping with orders over $75.00!


Pin It Now!

Monday Challenge Chicks time

Today's challenge was to make a Christmas card with non-Christmas colors. I was drawing a blank on this one and came up with this.

It's not too Christmassy, (Is that a word?) and it's not my favorite card ever, by any means.
But I think it may pass the challenge here-

The snowmen are Queen & Co felt, and the paper is some older SU DS prints paper. The car front is stamped with little snowflakes as well- not sure why you can't see them!

I went a little crazy with the shimmerz- that stuff is fun to play with! It does makes for a challenge in picture taking though!

Check out the rest- Brooke, Jeanne, Jennifer, & Maren. there stuff is much cuter!!! Pin It Now!

Happy Saturday

Where does the time go...I can't believe Thanksgiving is coming up.

Here is a fun little eco chic card for you- the tree is colored in with copics. The paper is from my scarlet lime kit. Pretty basic stuff here.

I did make it out to see twilight last night, with my husband. ( I was surprised he wanted to go!)

I will keep quiet until everyone has had chance to see it- I will say I haven't been to a movie where all of the "girls" cheered when an actor appeared on the screen- it was a bit comical. ;) It is amazing the following these books have developed. I will admit, I did have a hard time not staring at Edward. ;)

Have a great weekend!












Details- Eco Chic- Unity Stamp Company
Card stock- WW, Celery, patterned paper from Scarlet Lime. Memento inks, Copics, MS punch, SU ribbon & brads. Pin It Now!

Stamp Simply 62 Write on Ribbon

It's a stamp simply challenge time again!
This weeks challenge was to stamp on ribbon. My first attempt bled really bad- this is the second attempt using stazon on satin ribbon. No bleeding. Much better.

The ornament is from LAD build a bauble set- I paper pieced it with last year's SU! wintergreen paper, and then covered it with glitter.
It has a library clip at the top attaching it to it's hanging ribbon.
And the second picture is the inside-
and since I have a Lizzie Anne card here to share with you-
they have a free shipping code to share!

This code is for free shipping on orders over $35 in the U.S. and is good until the end of November.

HSFSNOV08 (that stands for Happy Stamping and Free Shipping in November 2008!)

Sharon

Becky

Tammy

Julie

Janine

Dee

Jennifer

Cat

Pin It Now!

It's Here!! Hip HOP!

Happy Thursday! It's another hip hoppin' day!

Today's new releases to share are snowmen drawn by Lisa Hetrick! The first card uses the snowflake serenade for the back ground and the sentiment says "Snow one like you".

The second uses the snowman and the trees- love those trees- they are great to paper piece with. The snowman head and body is cut and mounted with pop dots. It is also painted with shimmerz and is very shimmery!

The last card uses the other snow man, (he is also cut and mounted with pop dots) and the sentiment is from the kit Bitty Christmas Tags.

See at the hip hop party!

Make sure to head on over to Jeanne's blog and check out her hip hoppy fabulousness!!


Pin It Now!

It's a sale

Here is a little hip hop sale for you!
See you tomorrow for hip HOP! Pin It Now!

Color Challenge

Well- when I saw the color challenge had Kraft in it- I knew I would have to drop what I was doing to play! This happens to be one of my fave color combos!

It's a simpler card as far as style goes, but these are my fave too!
Have a great day!

Details:
Stamps- Unity- growing in Unity
MAMBI- icons
Kraft, Red, Black CS- SU!
ribbon-red- SU!, Black- JoAnn's Pin It Now!

Monday Challenge

Happy Monday! We decided to go with using the CPS sketch this week for our challenge- it looks like its right up my alley as far as layouts go! I of course went with clean and simple!

I am diggin' this sketch- I may do a few more this week if I find the time!!

Amber is still recovering at home with her famliy, but you can check out the rest of the girls here-
Brooke
Jeanne
Jennifer
Maren

Pin It Now!

Jen's SFYTT

Happy Sunday! I had a free minute (or two) yesterday and thought I would give a try to Jen's sketch for you to try- Saturdays' seem to be a more challenging day to stamp for me! However, I am more than happy with how this came out. I LOVE snowmen!!!

I stamped the snowflakes and snowman on to shimmery white card stock. (My favorite white to use!) The snowman is outlined with Copic {B000} and colored in with coordinating colors from the paper.
I am off the a jewelry and bead show and then some serious house cleaning is in order!
have a great Sunday!

Pin It Now!

SSnotime61

It's another Stamp Simply Challenge! This one called for a fun fold, anything other than your standard or top folding card.

I went with what I have always called a box card, it opens up just like a box, and you can put something inside if it's relatively flat. Should you be interested in trying this, I made an attempt a while back to show how to here.
Julie Koerber also has a fabulous tutorial to do this same thing here.

It uses a sheet of printer paper for the folded portion, so I adhere a piece of cardstock to the back so it's not to flimsy.

I stamped the mug in memento ink and colored it in with my copics.
The paper is from LAD pretty papers line and for the inside of the card I just stamped the snowflake on bordering blue to mimic the pattern in the paper.

Here is the rest of the team-

Check out Sharon Johnson's sample here.
Check out Julie Koerber's sample here.

Check out Cathy Tidwell’s sample here.
Check out Jennifer Buck’s sample here.
Check out Janine Orchard’s sample here.
Check out Tammy Hershberger’s sample here.
Becky Oehlers has visitors this week — have fun, Becky!
Dee Jackson is taking a much need break — get some rest, Dee!

Details: Stamps- Lizzie Anne Designs- Christmas in the City. Pretty papers- LAD, WW, & bordering blue card stock. Black Gingham ribbon- JoAnn fabrics, brads- SU pretties kit. Memento ink, Copic Markers.

Pin It Now!

Hip HOP! It's that time again!

Thursday's are my favorite. Love them, one day 'till Friday, and it's HIP HOP!!!!

Today's cards are all from the KOM. I had a play date with some October Afternoon paper, so it manage to attach itself onto every card today!!

The first one is a pretty basic card, the bird is cut and popped up with a pop dot, and pierced randomly along the papers.

The second one uses that adorable deer image. I colored him with my copics, trying to channel Jeanne's coloring skills, but not such luck! ;)
His nose & eye is colored in with a saukura glaze pen.

And the last is my interpretation of the DD sketch challenge. I started with the layout, but the circles stumped me, so I didn't use them. It's a starting point, right? I stamped the card base with the worn grid background, pierced randomly along the patterned paper, and finished the main panel off with some AC ribbon.

I will need to run out and do some shopping today, two birthday's tomorrow!! So there goes my day of stamping! ;)

Make sure to hop on over to Heather's blog and see what she has whipped up with the KOM!!!
hip HOP!!

Pin It Now!

Color Challenge

Quickie post!
Mid week mayhem. This seems to be such a busy week and I can't figure out why I am running all over the place. *Must be the extra shopping I have to get done for the peeps in Thailand* (yep, that's a guilt trip comment) you should feel bad- yea- you in Thailand, talking to you!

Here is my color challenge card- not sure how I squeezed that in!!
Used the cute little birds from last month's kit of the month and the sentiment is from this month's. An easy peasy card- my favorite style. ;)

We had our end of the year soccer party last night- whew! one less thing to do during the week!!! I can't believe how close to the holiday's we are- I am glad for less running around now!

Did you happen to see this!?!? It's a hip hop pre party! Sounds like a fun little game Angela is doing! go check it out, and make sure to be there!!

Pin It Now!

I am a less is more kind of gal...

Good Veteran's Day morning! I have one home from school, and the other has school. I always thought that the preschools followed the elementary schedules, but I guess not today!

So here is my card for the more is more challenge for the dirty dozen-the top one, (was from hip hop a few weeks back) is the less, and the bottom is the "more" version. I would have to say I really like the top better.
(I had to shoot the second one at an angle because the sleigh is covered with shimmerz and the flash was reflecting it back- wow it's shiny!) I added a artichoke layer, some layers of nestibilities, some piercings, some brads, and more ribbon.

Which do you like better? Pin It Now!

Happy Birthday Lauren!

Yea- today she is 5!!
Here she is getting a big smoochie from her mom at her party! She had a great time.

Luckily- she has requested we eat out at Red Robin for her birthday- works for me! no cooking involved!!

Here is today's challenge- a mini card using buttons and NO ribbon. And for some reason Maren was unable to play....hmmm. sounds like some sort of button strike to me!
Amber is also out- I think she said she is getting a boot today! No more big foot wrap!! We were able to meet up with her and Christy yesterday and have lunch and shop at Ben Franklin. Lots of fun!
Here is my quick and easy card- always good for this time of year! It is a 3x3 size, & it uses the Lizzie Anne Designs set Christmas in the City. The patterned paper is also their coordinating paper- the snowflakes match perfectly. I am not ready for snow weather, but it sounded good!

Check out Jennifer and Brooke's take on this challenge.

Deets: LAD- Christmas in the city, pretty papers- Winter Wonderland. Bordering Blue, Going Grey, WW, Basic Grey. Buttons- buttons galore and more, Stickles.

Pin It Now!

Stamp Simply 60- Back to nature

It's time to stamp simply! I am joining this fabulous team of talented stampers and couldn't be more excited!

Sharon is an amazingly talented person, and I had the chance to meet her in Chicago last summer, and she is just as sweet in person!!


For this weeks challenge we were to used something from the outdoors! I of course thought pine cone.
I think this may have been a common theme!! ;)
I covered my pine cone with MS glitter- it looks more frosted than glittery!
I used Cosmo's buck naked ornaments and there Be Good paper to cover it. And what good is a nice homemade ornament (adorned with a picture of my kids) without a gift bag to match? This is your standard genie bag also with Cosmo paper and tag.

and here are the rest!

Check out Cathy Tidwell’s sample here.

Check out Julie Koerber’s sample here.

Check out Dee Jackson’s sample here.

Check out Jennifer Buck’s sample here.

Check out Janine Orchard’s sample here.

Tammy Hershberger is taking the day off - have fun, Tammy!!!

Check out Becky Oehlers’ sample here.

You can see all Gallery Submissions here.

Pin It Now!

It's Hip HOP time again!

Welcome to the next installment of hip hop!

Today's release we have this whimsical little house image called Chalet of Serenity- This is one of three house images being released today.

This is for the CPS sketch this week also.
Now if I could just remember to link it up over there.
*Notice the Kraft base! ;)

And then I went with a CAS card using......Kraft again.
This paper is so cute, I just wanted to show case it.
The sentiment is from a past KOTM. A very cas, qae style card, let the paper do the work.

Lastly, this is been done a few times I have seen, but the first time I saw this apron style card was from a swap Maren and I went to. (one of my stamping idols!) The pie is cut and popped up on dimensionals and colored with copics-

This card is in need of a good pie recipe to be written in on it. I love to bake, but am only a mediocre pie maker. So I don't bake pies that often.

Plus, I may end up eating the whole thing, and that can't be good. ;)


Next on your list to visit is our Guest Designer for the month- Chelsea.


have a great Thursday!

Pin It Now!

It's Defininitely fall here...

My front yard is covered in leaves this color... tons of them. Time to get the kids out to rake them up!
This card uses Unity's fall festival kit, I stamped the acorn image and just punched out a portion of it. Colored it in with copics- (caved and ordered more yesterday) and added some MAMBI bling.

Busy week here-cookie dough fund rasier kick off at our school, several birthdays, (they all come at once) my daughter's bday party, and my sons last soccer game.

Lots of stuff coming up- hip hop is tomorrow, and make sure to stop back by Friday.

Pin It Now!

Monday Challenge Chicks!

Today's challenge was to make a thinking of you/get well card for Amber WITH OUT patterned paper. She is just down the way from me at Madigan recovering from surgery- so she will not be joining us today- hopefully she can see all of our thinking of you cards! ;)
I was totally inspired by a card Becky Oehlers did on her blog where she stamped the sentiment on her ribbon- I have not don that in what seems like years!

I of course went with Kraft. It just seemed like a good starting point. ;)
The image is stamped with memento and colored over with the sakura pen. Very sparkly!
I wrapped the ribbon around and tied it off with some linen thread and a button. (that's for Maren!) need to order some more actually...maybe she will go in on a bulk order? ;)

another simple styled card for ya!
*if you want to make Amber a card, just link it up in the Unity forum for her to see!

here's the rest!
Brookie
Jennifer
Maren

Pin It Now!