Brrr! It's Dang Cold

Ohio is, like a lot of the country, freaking cold right now. My favorite thing to do when school is cancelled and I don't have to run the boy around is to just sit in a blanket and watch tv and color. So that's what I did this week. I bought some adorable digis I've had my eye on from Vera Lane. Her Wizard of Oz women are so fun and she has some little kids all bundled up for the weather that remind me of my sisters and me.

Here's one that I finished. She looks pretty toasty, don't you think? I used Prismacolor pencils...thinking about smoothing out the lines with gamsol, but I probably won't...because I'd have to go to the scrap store when it's coooolllddd to get some!

Thought I'd share a peek of a couple more stamps over at Vera Lane Studio. Not affiliated, just love her style.

What do you think? Dogs and hats...fun, amirite?

What's the best thing to eat on a cold day? Soup, of course! Here's a soup recipe that's very close to my mom's (and my) Chicken Noodle Soup. It comes from Smitten Kitchen and doesn't this pic look fantastic? We use skinny noodles in our soup too, usually homemade but the dried Amish noodles in the store work too. 

Instead of the thyme and bay leaf and red pepper flakes in this recipe, we use parsley and paprika...a nod to my mom's Hungarian parents. We put paprika in lots of stuff. And since this recipe uses red pepper flakes, I feel like it'd be similar in taste. Don't skip the tomato paste, it's just enough to deepen the flavor of the broth. Add a hunk of freshly baked bread and a cupcake, and you've got my favorite meal right there!

Don't forget! You have until the 19th to enter my Sticker Day giveaway here!

Happy Wednesday!

Chark

Wintry Wishes

Today I've got two more winter themed cards that I made for the Cards for Little Hearts winter card drive. While this one is now closed, they will be doing a card drive for February here.

This one uses a very old penguin stamp from Hero Arts...I think was the first Christmas set I ever got. I layered strips of the Doodlebug Design 6x6 Sugarplum paper. I put pink Stickles on the penguin's scarf and scallop.

For this one, I used a little leftover piece of polar bear paper and snowflake die cuts (from an old Sizzix set). I added a bit of washi and a sequin and it was all set. I put all my Christmas stuff together and my Halloween stuff together so it's old, new and just bits from other projects all together. It makes it nice when I need a Christmas card or Halloween project...but I can't really figure out how to categorize a lot of my other papers/stickers/embellies.

One last thing--thought I'd share my polar bear cards that were up over the weekend at the a2z Scrapbooking Supplies blog. There is a lot of new stuff in the store for your fall/winter crafts and you can always use my code CHARK15 when you check out to get 15% off your cart of $25 or more!

Happy Monday!

Chark

Winter Cards of Cuteness with Doodlebug Designs

So I made some cards for kids for a card drive (see here for more info) and I used some cute Doodlebug Santa Express papers and stickers to create some of them. I cannot get enough of the Doodlebug goodies...they are always so stinkin' cute and just right for cardmaking.

The background paper is from the Christmas 6x6 paper pad. What's cuter than Doodlebug 12x12 papers? The designs miniaturized for the 6x6 pads. Look at these little candies! I used Nuvo drops in Caribbean Ocean on the corners. 

This train is a sticker from Doodlebug but I ran out of gingerbread men for the conductor, so I just went through my Christmas paper and found one that I could cut out and fit in the engine.

The background on this one is washi paper from Martha Stewart and the stickers are more Doodlebug. I just cut the snow from white cardstock.

These were fast and easy, just so I could meet the deadline and participate in the card drive. I am sooo last-minute on a lot of things. Speaking of which, I need to go create for the a2z Scrapbooking blog right now...more holiday supplies to play with. Well, if I gotta, I gotta!

Happy Monday!
Chark

But It's Still Summer

If you live in the states, you know it's still summer and hot just about everywhere, however, I have a couple of winter cards to share today. Maybe they will cool you off!

I joined in the Cards for Little Hearts card drive and the theme was winter cards that caregivers can give to sick kids. I broke out some patterned paper I've never used and the Hero Arts Diamond stencil, along with some Distress Oxide inks and went to town.

I used Worn Lipstick, Cracked Pistachio and Faded Blue Jeans for both of these. On the card above, I added Diamond Stickles to the birds and snowman and on the bottom card, I embossed a white panel and added Stickles in Diamond and Tropical Tangerine. 

The patterned snowman paper is from Crate Paper Snow and Cocoa...I got it here at the Plaid Daisy Shop. Stinkin' cute, right?

Happy Thursday...let's pretend this was Wednesday's post and I wasn't at the Verizon store getting a newer phone yesterday and then spending soooo much time setting it up.

See you tomorrow!

Chark