Stamping with Kim

Tennessee Trash

We're going up to Neyland Stadium later this afternoon to watch our TN VOLS battle S. Carolina.  Wish us luck!!

I found this recipe for Halloween treats in a current magazine - I think it was "Taste of Home".  It's a variation from traditional "White Trash" for the Christmas holidays.  When I saw the Orange & White M&M's I said to myself ..... hmmmmmm!!!!  GO VOLS!!! 

Very simply.....Original Chex cereal is the base for the recipe.  Mix 1 to 1 1/2 cups of cereal with 6 oz. melted White Chocolate chips, another equal portion with Peanut Butter chips, and add almost an equal portion of plain Chex.  Added to that are peanuts (and I added cashews), along with your favorite color M&M's.  The recipe also called for pretzels, but I didn't have any.

Anyway, it was easy to make & I think the boys will give me a grin for this one tonite!!

Enjoy!!  And have a great weekend!!

 

Birthday Blocks

TGIF!!  And I'm also happy to say that I was able to carve out some play time this week!!

This color combo has been in my mind for several days now, and also this card layout.  I'm so happy that the finished product actually looks the way I envisioned it in my mind!!

I started by making the band down the front by using the "Birthday Block" stamp and Basic Black ink.  This strip was layered onto Black cs, then Scalloped White cs.  The sentiment is from "Petite Pairs", stamped in black & punched with SU! Pennant Punch.

The flower was made by cutting 3 different size flowers with my Big Shot, using black & white printed papers.  Then I sponged the edges with Pixie Pink sponge dauber.  After scrunching the flowers, I simply layered them together, adding black ribbon onto the back, and clasped them all together with a filligree brad & pink rhinestone.  The flower was attached with a couple of Dimensionals.

Now, a quick update on my mom & her fall.... I took her to an Orthopedic Dr. yesterday.  He told her she was very lucky & that she has the bones of a 20-year-old!!  That made her happy :)  She is scheduled for an MRI next week to see if the rotator cuff has been torn (he says it most likely has been) and in the meantime, she has to keep the sling on.  She isn't happy about that part - but happy that there are no broken bones!!

I hope you have a fun weekend planned!  We will be watching our favorite UT VOLS struggling ...umm ... playing against S. Carolina tomorrow evening.  Wish us luck!  (we will need it!!  LOL!)

Happy Friday!!

 

 

Faker Shaker

This card has the illusion of being a shaker card, but it isn't.  I have used a Window Sheet inside the Scallop Oval Frame (Sizzix die), and layered with Dimensionals.  But it doesn't have the glitter floating around in there - it's all attached to the trees!

I think this was my lazy version of a shaker card!  My trip with my mom last week really, really wore me down.  I came home with a stomach virus & just as I could keep anything on my stomach, my mom fell & dislocated her shoulder!!  We spent a few hours in ER with her, and by the time I got home from there - I had a full blown head cold.  Geez!!  I won't ask what else is going to happen - for fear that something will LOL!!

My mom counted 18 relatives that came to see us last Tuesday, and another 20 on Wednesday!!  Oh, that wasn't all of my relatives - just a "nice sampling"!  It was such a treat to see them all.  There were several second cousins that I had never even met :)  What a treat to meet John Ellis & Matt, Klara Paige, and Abby....oh, and they're not all "little" cousins ...Abby got married in July LOL!!  Congrats, again, Abby!!!  I am so fortunate to have such a large family!!  And I can't wait to see them all again!!

Anyway, back to the card!  This really was quite simple to make by using the Sizzix die.  The frame, the Window Sheet, and the White cardstock in the middle are all cut from the die.  :)  The tree is from "Lovely as a Tree", stamped in Old Olive.  Other colors are Real Red and Baja Breeze.  Clear Rhinestones were added - along with lots & lots of Dazzling Diamonds glitter!!

I hope your week is off to a great start!!  Thanks for visiting!!

 

More Fancy Favor-ness

Oh, I love, love, love the snow!!!  Mostly on cards or on TV ... or maybe it's the THOUGHT OF SNOW that I love!!  Either way, I love this little Fancy Favor box, too!

Don't you love the printed paper here?!!  Me, too!!  It is leftover gift wrap from last year LOL!!  Seriously, I loved it last year & still do.  So I'm sharing the love with you!!

This is another Sizzix Fancy Favor box, this time in Pixie Pink.  The cool blue is Pool Party - one of the new IN COLORS for this year.  The snowflakes are also Sizzix, cut out in Pool Party & laced with Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  I've used a Big Button behind one snowflake, with a Rhinestone on top. 

The holidays are not that far away, you know.  This year I hope to be a little more ready than last time!!

Hope you enjoy your week!!

Forgiveness!!

I'm getting ready for a trip tomorrow with my mom.  She is from a very large family - 11 brothers & sisters - and most of them live around the same area where they grew up.  I love my extended family (27 first cousins...on my mom's side!!) - but kinda blew it this year on remembering birthdays!!  If you remember a few weeks back I was working on a new perpetual birthday calendar - well, that's one of the reasons!!  (BTW, I still haven't found the original one!!)

Anyway - since I've missed basically everyone's b'day this year, I decided to treat all of my aunts to an early Christmas gift.  Well, more honestly - I decided to bribe their forgiveness with a little treat :)

These are the little boxes that I made for them.

I'm putting little lotions, bath gels, etc. from Bath & Body Works in them (perfect fit!!) with some chocolate treats.  I think they will love them!  Anyway, it's for sure that they will fight over them - that's just what they do... act like little kids fighting over... whatever!  Did I tell you my aunts are in their 70's & 80's??  LOL!!  Like I said, I love my extended family.  And I'll keep saying it until I believe it!!!  hahaha!!!

These are SU!/Sizzix Fancy Favor boxes, along with a Sizzix mistletoe & embellishment die.  I think I'm OK to say "Sizzix" here, since SU! does team up with them.....

The other embellishments are pretty simple - snip of lace woven through SU! Big Buttons.  Colors are Cherry Cobbler, Almost Artichoke & Crumb Cake.

I hope you enjoy the Christmas idea!!