Nothing says Thanksgiving like....

... the Vampire Queen Drusilla.



Drusilla turned out to be much easier than Xena... no little bikini to worry about, the only part that was longer was the hair. Since Xena sported the pony tail completely covering her head wasn't necessary, but it was for Dru. And in turn she has this great head of crazy thick hair.


Sorry the pictures are kinda cruddy, but Happy Thanksgiving from our house to yours!

Coasting along...

Coasters...
That is the second Serendipity Stamps project for this month!



This may be my first project that looks better in the photo than in real life. I had to get online and look up tutorials and find out what the best coloring choices were and I went with chalks, and I'm not super good with them.

Supplies:
Lemonade Picture Serendipity Stamp (989G)
Tile Coaster
Black Staz On ink
Chalks
Heat Tool
Oven

Directions:
1. Stamp image on tile with Staz on ink. Set with heat tool.
2. color in image with chalks.
3. Set oven to 300 degrees and bake tile for 20 minutes. Allow to cool in the oven.

Now many a website told me that baking the tile would set the ink and chalk permanently, well I can still run my finger over it and come away with color? And other sites said that sealing the tile is a bad idea because it loses it's ability to absorb moisture? Any ideas on that, I'd be happy to hear them!

On to our other designers for the month,
I can't wait to see what they came up with!

Anya's Blog

Lynda's Blog

Kathie's Blog

And for the rest of this year we have a special guest designer Jenny, check out her blog below!

Jenny's Blog



And as always check out Serendipitystamps.com and don't forget to sign up for the newsletter to get those awesome deals!

Quake with fear....

...at the site of the Amazon another cutie from Creepy Cute Crochet.
I'm going to call her Xena.. man do I miss that show (insert Xena war cry here).
This little lady started off just like the ninjas.. body was easy peasy!
Then her little outfit... ughh took forever but she isn't naked. And then hair was super hard, but I concorquered.

Here she is hanging out in the jungle surrounded by scary animals of all sorts, but she remains calm!

And here is my little guy posing with his jungle creation. I think he did a great job!

so delicious...

It's girls night out, there will be snacking and spoons.. what should I take?
Why Maple French Toast Bacon Cupcakes of course!
And they taste as good as they look, and smell even better! And I could sit down with a spoon and just eat the icing out of the bowl!

Stealthy cuteness

Times 2!

Well ninja number 2 is done... and just as sweet as the first, if not a little bigger? Why you ask? Well so do I, same pattern, same brand and type of yarn? It's a mystery?

All Business...

This time the Serendipity Stamps design team was challenged to make a card that fits into a business envelope, that makes my finished card 4" x 9".

Here is a close up of the sentiment and the coloring on two of the cupcakes. I had a good time with these cupcakes, making them bright and fun, and you know if you eat one it will turn your mouth colors!

Supplies:
Cupcakes Cling Set (1161QCL)
Copic Markers
Black Ink
Yellow glitter glue

Directions:
1. Cut a card base so the finished size is 4" x 9", stamp the sentiment in the upper right corner, and then randomly stamp candles around it.
2. Cut a piece of paper to 9" long and add a wavey top, adhere to bottom of card.
3. Stamp five big cupcakes and color them, and cut them out. Adhere to card along the wavey line.
4. Color in candles and add glitter glue to lines around flames!

I hope you enjoyed this months first project, it makes me want to go eat some cupcakes.... now please check out the other designers blogs:

Anya's Blog

Lynda's Blog

Kathie's Blog

And for the rest of this year we have a special guest designer Jenny, check out her blog below!

Jenny's Blog



And as always check out Serendipitystamps.com and don't forget to sign up for the newsletter to get those awesome deals!

....

So about 6 months or so ago I decided I would learn to crochet... now mind you my grandmother had tried to teach me many years ago, and well I was a miserable failure. But in the day and age of youtube... I have succeded. I made a few blankets, some flowers,and a tiny wee baby hat at prayer shawl group at church.. Then one magical day at Barnes and Nobel I found the book Creepy Cute Crochet, by Christen Haden.... and knew that the little guys in the book would be next.. and since Jim bought me the book, I told him he'd get the first guy, a ninja!

Here he is being very ninja like hiding among my fall pumpkins and gourds.


And here he is blending in with my laptop.... very ninja like, right? I can't get over how stinking cute this guy is.. and that I made it?




And with so many more choices in the book look forward to more super cute amigurumi creatures in the future!