Teapot Tuesday 66

Hey, did I ever tell you that our Teapot Queen lives in Colorado?  And you know what happened in Colorado lately, don't you?  You know, that little balloon launch, um, er, stunt.  Well, pair that with this week's teapot and you'll have our challenge for this week. 

It seems we're heading to the North Pole to give Santa a hand getting off the ground.  Go check it out..... go on...... I'll wait.  

Well, you see, I can be inspired by flying things too.  In fact, it was just a week ago that I had stayed up late to watch the World Series (GO YANKS!!!) and then got caught up in a stamping project - what else - so it was pretty darn late (some would say early) when I got to bed.  It was a hazy night and kind of spooky outside.  Put that together with the lateness, the closeness to Halloween, and being tired and something odd was about to happen. 

I climbed the stairs to our bedroom and before I even turned on the light I took a look out the window across from the bed.  There was an eerie pink glow in the sky and in the middle of it was a cigar-shaped object with white, red, and blue flashing lights moving very slowly across the horizon behind the trees.

Gasping and blinking my eyes I tried to focus on what I thought I was seeing.  Yes, it was there for real.  And it took me a little while to realize that no, it wasn't an airplane or a UFO.  It was, in fact, the blimp that had been covering the World Series game in New York returning to our local airport for mooring. 

So Santa (you did read Cindy's blog right?) here is another way to help you get around this Christmas. 

Aha, I bet you thought I was going to give him a flying pig!!!!   Not tonight.  But here's a really clever flying pig card from crazykim!  I love it!!!!

And my UFO close up.

This card by Michelle Zindorf was also an inspiration for my card.  I absolutely love her work.  Her tutorials are so easy to follow and I think I've gotten pretty good results.  (I did try that direct to paper card on her blog and I'll be posting that soon.)

So.... Live Long and Prosper, and drink tea from a teapot.

GO YANKEES!

Thursday's Throw Aways - Happy Halloween

I picked up some new toys to use for Halloween.  One was a Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Punch.  The package had spiders printed on it that were pretty cool so I punched them out and saved them.

Then I found some cute little striped buckets in the $ section of Target.  They had a tag that had a cute little Halloween black cat on it, so I punched those out and saved them.

Then, I had some extra little Halloween chickies that needed a home.

I just love the way these turned out!

Friday CPR 10/30 - Go There if You Dare

There's a new post there today. 

Another Haircut Another Treat

A quick little treat for my hairdresser.   Some orange mints wrapped up for Halloween.

Teapot Tuesday 65

Yippee Yay - Cindy's back today!!!  And with a stinkin' cute teapot and a story to go along with it that you have to read to understand my card for today.  Please go visit Cindy's glob and give her a great welcome back! 

This little teapot house belongs to Blacken White and his wife Blanca.  Blanca has a mission for us.  She's tired of the same old black and white and she wants us to hit Blacken with color.  So here is my story........

Mr. and Mrs. Blacken White and The Magic Room

Blanca the wife

and Fran with the Plan

got some sheets ready

and snuck up on the man.

They spun and they twisted

and though they felt crummy

they wrapped Blacken up

till he looked like a mummy.

The moon was full,

the bats flew by,

the pumpkins stood watch

as they gave it a try.

They pushed him in

and counted to three.

They opened the door

and what did they see?

Blacken was wrapped

but he wasn't duller.

Oh no, it was magic

He was now full of color!

This is called a magic card and I found the directions on Splitcoast in the Resources section.  This mummy stamp was in the $1 bin at Mike's along with the pumpkin stamp this year.  I picked up the sentiment and bat stamps at Mike's a couple of years ago.  I used SU's Itty Bitty Backgrounds on the Pumpkin Pie cs. 

Pretty cool, huh!

Zero Calorie Cake

Today is my friend Linda's birthday.  Last week when I saw her I gave her a little surprise.  It's a zero calorie birthday cake.  Not my original idea I must add - you know I'm a great copycat!  I saw the original here.  It is really simple like a real cake - as long as you have all the right ingredients.  Personalizing with your own creative flair is always welcome! 

You will need a battery operated tea light (you can get 2 in a package for $1 at the Dollar Tree).  You'll need some pretty papers, flower and leaf punches and the SU exclusive Flower Folds Die.  The link above has a great tutorial.

No cake would be complete without it's own little bakery box. This I will take credit for.  I used some Sahara Sand cs and made a little 1 1/2 x 2 box pattern.  Gave it a band of coordinated dsp and a ribbon and added some more punched flowers and leaves to the top.

I love this project!!!  It's cute, inexpensive, and can help you use up scraps of all that beautiful paper you have from your cardmaking or scrapbooking. 

Oh, and by the way - HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINDA!!!

Chip

I just couldn't resist taking pictures of this little guy as I watched him yesterday morning.  He's having his breakfast right now, but he's also been stocking up for the winter.  Just before these pics I observed him filling his cheeks and running back and forth to his secret den.  I was most amazed to see him completely stuff a maple leaf into his mouth and run off with it.  I wonder if that will be a lining for his little stash?

Teapot Tuesday - A Dedication

MariLynn chose a beautiful mosaic white teapot with a swirl of pink ribbon around it in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Check this link.  The suggestion came from Dawn - great idea Dawn!!!

My card is in honor of my friend Mary Ann who passed away earlier this year after a long battle with breast cancer.  Mary Ann was a teacher in our school district who had a heart of gold.  Years ago, when she got her diagnosis and knew that she would be out of school she asked for me as the substitute in her class.  It was going to be longer than 20 days and they weren't going to let me do it as I don't have my teaching certification, I only had substitute certification at the time.  Mary Ann insisted that I take over her class - she always showed such a confidence in me. 

When I started working in the school office Mary Ann was transferred to our school.  It was such a pleasure to have her there.  She was such a calming influence to the staff and the students. 

She retired a few years ago and moved out of state to be near her grandchildren. We didn't know it at the time, but she knew that her cancer had spread and she was going to be in an even bigger battle. 

When she passed away this spring the staff planted a beautiful flowering crabapple tree in her honor.  This week (Wednesday, 10/28) we are going to all wear pink and place a plaque at the base of the tree.  So, you see why I chose a tree for my card. 

Breast cancer is an insidious disease.  It has taken two very wonderful people from me this year.  I don't want to lose anyone else like that so please, if you haven't gotten yourself checked, make an appointment now!

Downline Swaps

We held a swap for the first time at our recent downline meeting. The theme of the month was pink for breast cancer month. We had to create any kind of card that had pink in it. Here are the swaps from the meeting,