I've barely had time to stamp with wall to wall coverage of the Olympics here in Vancouver but I did manage a class on Sunday featuring the treat cups. More about the Olympics later.
Here are two of the cards we made. The first one uses the Something Sweet stamp set from the Occasions Mini (p. 14, #117688, $36.95 WM, #118589, $26.95 CM)
A very quick and easy card with the tab pull to release the mini marshallows on the inside of the card.

We used the Beary Best Friends stamp set that was in the Holiday Mini and carried over to the Occasions Mini (p. 38, #118052, $24.95). As this was in the Holiday Mini prior to the introduction of clear mounted stamps, the set only comes in the wood mount.

We inked up the tail of the balloon in the set with a black marker and placed a treat cup in place of the balloon. The little BAB is colored in with Creamy Caramel, Bashful Blue, Gable Green, Ruby Red and Brilliant Blue markers. The sentiment was stamped using the Stamp a ma Jig - I love that SAMJ! In this sample, I perforated the back of the cup in an "X" using the perforating tool of the Cutter Kit (p. 191, #106958, $23.95) but in class we made a pull tab to release the contents from the treat cup.
OLYMPIC STUFF and watch for Olympic blog candy later this week.
Towards the latter part of last week until yesterday, Vancouver was bathed in beautiful sunshine and it provided huge opportunities for visitors from all over the world to see what a beautiful place we live in. Alas, our typical Vancouver rainy winter weather appeared yesterday making it a bit chilly on the streets but does not appear to have dampened the mood out there.
Alannah received the following link from a friend that appeared in the Boston Globe newspaper on the Opening Ceremonies and they are absolutely amazing photos. Click here and enjoy.
Last week I attended the Victory Ceremonies at BC Place with my son, Colin, who received complimentary tickets from Semiahmoo House Society where he attends on a daily basis working in the catering programme. Semiahmoo House is an organization that provides support, advocacy and services to individuals and families challenged with developmental disabilities. We were fortunate to see Maelle Ricker receive her gold medal for Snowboard Cross and Lindsey Vonn her gold for downhill and the energy in BC Place was amazing. Unfortunately, my picture taking was not so I cannot the photos I took - lol.
Kathleen was at the Victory Ceremonies on Friday and look who she found?

Canada received more gold medals in ice dancing by Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir and in women's ski cross by Ashleigh McIvor. Canada's hockey team will face power house Russia in tonight's quarter-final game and it should be an exciting one.
I'll have another souvenir from the Olympics to give away later this week so please visit again.
Thanks for stopping by this chilly, wet day and happy stamping.
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