Guacamole Ceviche - Cinco De Mayo Low Carb Recipe!

Happy Cinco De Mayo!

I made up this DEEELLISHUS low carb recipe that combines guacamole and ceviche today, and thought I'd share it with you all.

GUACAMOLE CEVICHE

30 small deveined and no tail frozen shrimp

1/2 T butter

2 T chopped red onion

2 tsp lemon juice

1 tsp cumin

shake of garlic powder

salt and pepper to taste

1 Avocado

1 medium roma tomato

8 black olives

1 jalapeno deseeded and diced

1 small handful of cilantro (about 2 Tbs chopped)

Add shrimp and butter to a saucepan on medium and saute till for about 3 minutes to defrost them. Then add in the red onion, cumin, garlic and salt and pepper. Simmer on medium, letting the liquid reduce for about 5 minutes and then add in the lemon juice. Turn off the heat.

Meanwhile peel the avocado and roughly chop up the avocado, tomato, olives, jalapeno and cilantro and combine in a bowl.

Add the cooked shrimp mix to the veggies and toss to combine. Refridgerate and serve cold or eat it like we did, right away!! SOOOO YUMMY!

Makes 2 servings

Approximately 7.5 carbs (by my calculations)

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Quick and easy 10 minute rubber stamped cards!

These cards were SOOOOO easy to make and yet they look like I put a lot of work into them!

The first tip is to buy those $1.00 packs of pretty lil' blank cards with corresponding envelopes you see in the Michael's and Target $1 Spot bins. Then craft it up!



On this card I stamped our Happy Anniversary rubber stamp on white card stock then trimmed it. Then I double stick taped it on to a piece of red card stock which I punched some star shapes from. (Got the punch from the dollar spot too!) I double stick taped that onto the card along with some more of those lil' stars, stamped a flower on the envelope, and voila'... DONE!

On this card I stamped our Coffee Shop rubber stamp onto some white card stock. I punched a few of those star shapes out of the edges, along with some small holes I made with a hole punch. I colored the edge insides of the holes and traced a few lines of the rubber stamped image with markers for accent. Then I edged the piece of card stock with green dye ink via a sponge and double stick taped it on. I taped a few more star punches and a ribbon on the bottom, stamped a flower the envelope, and within 10 minutes, this one was DONE too!

Fun and easy for that last minute birthday party or anniversary you need a card for! :)

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Retro Rubber Stamped Cards by Sarah!

Check out these oldies, but goodies by Sarah Moore! She made these cards for us a few years ago, and I thought they needed to resurface!

Sarah used our retro cherries, neat phrase and saddle shoe rubber stamps on this first card. Easy ribbon weaved through layers of cut squares makes it fancy!

On this one Sarah used our hot dog kid and our far out phrase rubber stamps. Reminds me of the circus. :)Strips of cut paper punched with tiny holes, hole punched stars and a peekaboo hole for the phrase makes this card complete. These easy tips help make something so simple look sooooo cool!

Make up a quick 10 minute card for your bff today!

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Awesome Surly-Ramics pendants by AMY!

So, I received a box of goodies from a fellow etsy artist named Amy at Surly-Ramics
She makes amazing ceramic pendants, necklaces and bracelets that she hand carves, or stamps, paints, fires etc. It's art you can wear! And makes a perfect gift!

The box was packed like Christmas with two deliciously pretty colors of tissue paper and a quote from Charles Horton Cooley - "An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one."

Amy packed two necklaces for me in cute little black jewelry boxes with silver stretchy cord around the outside. And inside I found her business card and the necklaces extremely well packed with bubble wrap and cotton backing. THANKS AMY!!

These were made with our mod flowers and retro frog rubber stamps.

Sorry for the horrible pictures, that was all I could get before my camera died...

Here is some more of her art necklaces from her etsy store - this one is made with our 70's owl rubber stamp.

And this one is made with our retro rocket.

Go visit her store, etsy shop, facebook page and buy some stuff. You won't regret it! Her pendants are BEAUTIFUL!

:)

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

Handmade Pineapple Plates on ETSY by CherryHillStudio

Take a look at these beautiful hand made plates by Diana of Cherry Hill Studio!

Diana says ~ "The pineapple is a familiar symbolic image of "welcome, good cheer, and warmth and affection" throughout the history of America. I hand built this plate out of stoneware clay and then added the pineapple design using a small pineapple rubber stamp and by drawing the larger pineapple by hand. It was then bisque fired. The glaze is a beautiful glossy sunny yellow which highlights the pineapple design..."

"All the pottery you see in my shop is hand made by me in my studio here in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas. I make only wheel thrown or hand built pottery. Most of my pieces are functional but occasionally I will list a whimsical piece or two. All of my glazes are lead free and food safe. They are microwave and oven safe. I love colorful pottery and am constantly experimenting with different glazes to come up with beautiful color combinations..."

Beautiful stuff huh?! :)

Check out more of her work for sale at Cherry Hill Studio , as well as many, many, many more talented artists and crafters on etsy.com!

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Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas GRAB BAGS!!

Hey all!

We put up our Fall Holidays Little Grab Bags on our website again!

Cute little grab bags of 10 untrimmed unmounted rubber stamps. All different, no repeats, high quality rubber stamps! And they're OH so much FUN!!

Each little grab bag comes chock FULL of surprises with 10 fall holiday themed stamps - Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Creepy, Retro, Cool and Festive!! (What's pictured above won't be exactly what you'll get, that's just a sample pic.)

A $35-$45 value, for ONLY $6.29! What a great DEAL in this economy!

PLUS they're currently 10% off too! And so is EVERYTHING else on our site right now!

Check it out and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

We do so love this time of year!

;)

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Blogmania Event SPONSOR! Check it out!

Hello all, just wanted to let you know about the upcoming BLOGMANIA event hosted by Crazy Cat Lady's Library among many others.

Tons of sponsors are helping out and giving away free stuff, including us and lots of other shops from etsy!

Crazy Cat Lady is doing a "Books are the Cat's Meow" themed giveaway for Blogmania - Sept. 15 + 16. This is a bi-annual web event like nothing else. 175 hand selected bloggers are partnering up with the highest quality shops and businesses to offer over $17,500 in prizes!

Check out SIDESHOW STAMP's review on her site:

http://crzycatladyslibrary.blogspot.com/2010/08/todays-sponsor-spotlight-features.html

And join in all the FUN!! Go heart an etsy store, buy things from an etsy shop and enter the contest! Great deals and fun prizes await!!

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Peacock inspired Card Challenge - Rubber Stamping FUN!

Hey everyone!

Here is an awesome card challenge posted by the talented Kim Wilson, who made the owl card below.

Click here to see Kim's blog, and the prizes etc! (Rubber Stamps from US!)

Join in the FUN!!!

"Its challenge time! This weeks challenge is sponsored by Sideshow Stamps! Our inspiration this week is a little different than usual, I took these photos at a local large cat rescue, they have these amazing peacocks just walking free around the grounds! Isnt this one amazing! I was so inspired by the colors I had to do a challenge with them. Now, I know what you are thinking, owls arent blue, well, I didnt have a peacock stamp and I really wanted to use the turquoise and lime so blue owls it is :) Our challenge colors are turquoise, lime and black, if you want to add in the other blues and greens of the peacock that is fine too but has to have those three! Heres the rules, if you would like to enter please become a follower of my blog, please post the inspiration photo and the link back here, only one entry per person and please make something with as close to the challenge colors as possible because if it is something that doesnt go with the theme, the post is old or the link takes me to something totally different it wont count! Also, all of my challenges are chosen at random, it is far too hard for me to pick a winner so everyone has a fair chance! Now that all the details are handled, are you ready for the prize? "

da...da...da.....

Check out Kim's blog for more info!!!

Owl Card by the Talented Kim Wilson!

Hey all!

Take a gander at this wicked awesome card that Kim Wilson of offthewallcraftiness made with our Stackable Owls rubber stamp! Don't you just love the color scheme she chose? This is one talented gal!

Check out her blog for more super cool crafts and contests!
She's starting a contest giveaway with some of our rubber stamps real soon! Join in the FUN!!

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at offthewallcraftiness.blogspot.com and

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Magnets Galore!! Hand Stamped Lil Treasures!

Check out these beautiful magnets made by Alice of Run Alice Run

Creative magnets made with dominoes and other game pieces.

Check out her etsy shop!! These snazzy items are for sale right now!

made with our pop art owl and mod flowers rubber stamps

made with our mod circle border rubber stamp

made with our paisley background

Neat huh?!?

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

A Christmas Story Leg Lamp-apalooza!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We here at Sideshow Stamps had a wonderful Christmas and holiday season, and we hope you did also. We've been VERY busy! My resolution this year is to post more cards and crafts here.... hopefully I can keep up with a weekly post again!

We love getting Christmas cards throughout December, so we thought it would be fun to post all of the Leg Lamp Cards and Crafts that we've received in the past. As a bit of repose after all of the Christmas madness...

It's a regular Leg Lamp-apalooza!! LOL :)

By Kathy Rossiter

By Kathy Lung

By Robyn Power

By Rina. Check out her awesome store here!

By Michelle Giraud of Twisted Chick Creations.

By Florence

By GarnetJ

By Brenda Loock. Click here for more cool stuff by Brenda!

By Cheryl Smielewski. Check out her super cool etsy store here!

By Ami

By Laura O'Donnell

All of these amazing cards were made with our leg lamp rubber stamps.

We hope you are inspired now to get stamping!

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

More fun *Rina* rubber stamped Treats!!

Check out these new super fun Rina creations!

Isn't her sense of design and color inspiring?!?

Made with our Leg Lamp and Swirl Background rubber stamps.

Made with our Jazz Band rubber stamp.

Made with our Bonsai rubber stamp.

Made with our Go Go Girl Legs rubber stamp.

Made with our Pop Art Owl, Mod Circles, and Sparkle Star rubber stamps.

Made with our Rose rubber stamp.

Made with our Retro Owl rubber stamp.

Made with our Magnolia and Butterfly rubber stamp.

Made with our Go Go Girl Legs rubber stamp.

Made with our mushrooms and smile rubber stamp.

Made with our Jazz Band rubber stamp.

Check out Rina's Flicker Page for more fun and beautiful card creations!

And don't forget to visit her AWESOME store too!

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

Retro Western Rubber Stamped Goodies!

Here are some really cool hand crafted picture frames by our friend Mindy Hoggan!

Made with our Retro Cowgirl Rubber Stamp.

Made with our Pinstriped Card Suites rubber stamps.

Made with our Retro Cowgirl and Gun rubber stamp.

Made with our Cowgirl Boots rubber stamp.

This awesome stuff is for sale too! Check out her other cool hand crafted Western items on her myspace page!

Thanks for sharing your beautifully crafted frames Mindy!