Angels Landing Blog Hop

Hi everyone and welcome to the Angels Landing November Blog Hop! Today we're showing you the newest digi sets for November, Polar Bear Cubs and Button Bugs. If you missed the beginning of the hop, head over to Judi's blog and follow the links. If you've come here from Cindy Royal's blog, then you're right on track with the hop.

You'll want to be sure and stop by everyone's blogs in the hop. Why?.....because there's blog candy up for grabs on FOUR of them! Whoo-hoooo!

I have two cards to show you today. The image and sentiment on the first card are from Polar Bear Cubs.



I added some frosted lace stickles to the bear's hat and the snow on the sentiment, and glittered up the chipboard snowflake with ultrafine pearl glitter and diamond glaze. The edges of the main image, sentiment tag, and embossed snowflake panel are all sponged with bashful blue ink. The card base is Prism Twilight Medium.

The image and sentiment on this second card are from the new Button Bugs set.



Judi was so clever in designing this set!.....the images work with REAL buttons (sizes 1/4" and 3/8") or you can punch them out and create your own faux buttons. The DP and buttons are Basic Grey's Wisteria. I added some lavender Stickles around the paper pieced wings. The card base is Prism Wizard Dark.

Here's a picture of the inside.....this *hi* sentiment is also from Judi's Button Bugs set.



Okay, next up in the hop is Cindy Haffner! Head on over and check it out!

She IS a treasure!

Whooo-hooooo, my awesome friend Dawn (TreasureOiler) was picked as Sunday's Featured Stamper! When I saw the post yesterday I was so excited and couldn't wait to play. I know she LOVES pink and blue holiday cards, so I picked her pretty Holiday Wonder card to CASE. I kept pretty much everything the same....same DP, PTI colors, stamp, layers, piercing, and ribbon. I just added some silver cord, some sparkle to the snowman, and a wavy dot border.

HUUUUUGE Congrats, Dawn! Love ya, girl!






SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: TE Holiday Wonder
Paper: PTI Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist, Select White, Jolly By Golly DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Accessories: PTI Sweet Blush Ribbon, Aqua Mist Button, Silver Cord, Wavy Dot Punch, Paper Piercing Tool, Thread, Waterfall Stickles, Diamond Stickles

Spaghetti Squash Recipe Card

Hi all, here's one of my favorite recipes...it's easy to prepare, low-cal, and yummy! Since we love it so much around here, I used this "family favorite" stamp from my JustRite What's Cookin' set and paired it up with some Kaiser Craft Vagabond patterned paper, both are available at Stamper's Dream. I also faux stitched around the recipe panel.

Here's the back of the card:



SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: JustRite What's Cookin'
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Kaiser Craft Vagabond DP, Vintage Cream
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, printer ink, fine-tip black marker
Accessories: Vintage Cream Ribbon, Spellbinders Circles, Paper Piercing Tool & Mat Pack, 2" Wooden Stamper
Card Size: 4 x 6

Have an awesome day!

More Penny Black

Hi everyone! I made a couple more Penny Black cards today just for fun!

Real quick before I show you the cards, I wanted to let you know that all the brand NEW Flourishes sets (Lampost, Christmas Tea, Winter Bouquet, and Christmas Borders) that you've seen previewed this week are now in the Stamper's Dream store. Also, all JustRite Christmas stamps are on SALE for 20% off!

This first card is for TESC90 and I used my Here Comes Christmas stamp again from the Slapstick Collection.



The oval and the matted blue DP panel are up on foam tape, and I added some white glitter to the main image. Here's the inside. The *For You* sentiment is from my Flourishes Strawberries set.




On the next card, I used this sweet Caroling Trio image.....love these little mice!!



The DP is Kaiser Craft Grandiose and the card base is Prism Crabapple Dark. I added a little bit of gold Stickles to the candle.

Have a great night!

Celebrate Life

Here's another card I made with my Celebrate Life set from Taylored Expressions.



The scalloped kraft panel and the largest yellow panel on the card base are both up on 1/16" foam tape. I added Taylor's Tiny Twinkles all around the flowers on the scored Buttercream panel. An extra leaf was stamped on lemon CS, cut out, and popped up on foam tape. I also added some Gold Stickles to the leaf. The layout I used is Fall-to Layout 65.

SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: TE Celebrate Life
Paper: Kraft, Lemon Tart, Choice Buttercream
Ink: Memento Cocoa
Accessories: Gold Stickles, Taylor's Tiny Twinkles, Diamond Glaze, Scor Pal, Foam Tape, Scallop Edge Punch

Hello Friend & Minestrone Recipe

Good morning! I made this card yesterday for the SCS Sketch and Color Throwdown Challenges. The Swiss Pixie Birgitta was colored with prisma pencils and I added some Stickles to her wings and the center of the flower.

SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Swiss Pixie Birgitta, Whiff of Joy sentiment
Paper: White, Crushed Curry, Real Red, MME Bloom & Grow DP
Ink: Black
Accessories: Curved Rectangle Nestabilities, Square Nestabilities, Red Bling, Red Gingham Ribbon, Diamond Stickles, Orange Peel Stickles, Prisma Pencils, Gamsol

I'll be posting a recipe card on the SASI Blog later this morning for some minestrone soup with a yummy buttery pine nut topping. Here's a little sneak peek...



Have a great day!

PB Week - Sweet Nativity

I'm back with another card for our Penny Black Week at Stamper's Dream. This adorable stamp is called Sweet Nativity and it's from the new Slapstick Collection. I had so much fun coloring this one! I added Gold Stickles behind Joseph and on the two stars on either side of the JustRite Holiday Demi Phrases sentiment.

Stop by Laurie and Michelle's blogs today to see their amazing Penny Black creations!

SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Penny Black Sweet Nativity, JustRite Holiday Demi Phrases Set
Paper: Neenah White, Prism Smooth White, Prism Twilight Dark, Prism Sunflowers Medium, PTI Scarlet Jewel
Ink: Black
Accessories: Spellbinders Circle and Scallop Circle Dies, Gold Stickles, Gold Metallic String, Prisma Pencils, Gamsol

Thanks for stopping by today!

PB Week - Here Comes Christmas

It's Penny Black Week at Stamper's Dream and I'm so excited! I love Penny Black and Michelle has all the new Slapstick stamps in her store. The one that I used on my card today is called Here Comes Christmas. I added ultrafine pearl glitter to all the falling snowflakes and snow on the ground with some Diamond Glaze. The DP is by Memory Box and the card base is Prism Twilight Dark. The main image is up on foam tape.

Check out Michelle and Amy's blogs because they're showing some AMAZING Penny Black projects today.

Here's the inside where I used one of my JustRite Merry Little Christmas sentiments. I thought it went really well with all the falling snow on the PB stamp. The circle with the snowflake is up on foam tape over the larger circle.



SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Penny Black Here Comes Christmas, JustRite Merry Little Christmas
Paper: Prism Twilight Dark, Prism Smooth White, Neenah White, Memory Box Dew Frost DP
Ink: Bashful Blue, Black
Accessories: Sheer Navy Blue Ribbon, Bow Easy, Ultrafine Pearl Glitter, Diamond Glaze, Foam Tape, Cuttlebug Snowflakes Embossing Folder, Spellbinders Circle and Rectangle Dies
Card Size: 5" Square

Have a great day!

Ornament Chickadee

Good morning! I'm still away in Atlantic City (hopefully sleeping in a bit, too!), but here's a card I haven't posted to my blog yet. It's one that I made when I was part of the Dirty Dozen. The theme that month was "Chick-Lit" and we were to make cards that related to chickens or literature. My daughter's favorite poem is by Emily Dickenson and it's called "Hope." The poem starts off with "Hope is the thing with feathers that perches on the soul..."



The Ornament Chickadee was stamped twice in Memento Tuxedo Black onto white CS, and one was popped up on dimensionals. The ornament was stamped twice onto the Wassail DP, one was paper pieced over the base image and then a second one was popped up on dimensionals, too.

Starting tomorrow, it's Penny Black Week at Stamper's Dream so be sure to hop around to all the blogs and check things out. Here's the schedule:

Monday: Michelle, Amy, and me
Tuesday: Becca, Tosh, Michelle
Wednesday: Laurie, Michelle, and me
Thursday: Silke, Laurie, Michelle
Friday: Michelle, Tosh, Amy

Oh, and here's a peek at some brand spankin' new JustRite stamps that are COMING SOON to Stamper's Dream. They'll be available in the store by mid November!






Thanks for stopping by!


SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Impression Obsession Ornament Chickadee
Paper: SU Always Artichoke, PTI Select White, Basic Gray Wassail DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Accessories: Burgundy Velvet Ribbon, Small and Large Oval Punches, Felt Snowflakes, Dimensionals, Wassail Brads

Apple Crisp & Emma

Yep, another recipe card! Hope you're not sick of them because I have LOTS more to make and share. This is a recipe from my mother-in-law and it's REALLY yummy!



I thought Apple Emma (LOVE her!) from ATS would be perfect to go on this recipe card. I have the digital version of Emma so I sized it on the computer, printed it on PTI Select CS, and colored her with prisma pencils. The recipe was printed on regular printer paper.

My oldest daughter's 21st birthday is this weekend (yeah, OMG!) so we're having a little "girls weekend" and taking her to Atlantic City! We're hoping to catch a show and then on Sunday we have some spa appointments lined up for all of us before we head home. I can't wait!

SUPPLY LIST ~
Digi Image: Apple Emma from All That Scraps
Paper: Riding Hood Red, PTI Select White, Bella Rose DP
Accessories: Prisma Pencils, Gamsol, Button, Thread, Adhesive Rhinestones, Green Ribbon, Oval and Scallop Oval Nestabilities
Card Size: 4" x 6"

Have yourselves an AWESOME weekend!

Pumpkin Bread & TE Release Day!

It's release day at Taylored Expressions and today I have a 4x6 recipe card to show you using the new Celebrate Life set...my VERY favorite set from this release! It's such a beautiful and elegant set...you're gonna LOVE it!



As soon as I saw this sweet pumpkin with all the curly vines, I knew I wanted to use it for a pumpkin bread recipe. I JUST tried this recipe on Tuesday.....I bought the honey beer JUST so I could make it. Seriously, I don't drink beer...blech!....it's okay in cooking and baking though!



The pumpkin is colored with prisma pencils, blended with gamsol, and I added some Diamond Stickles to the pumpkin vines. The card base is Prism Intense Orange, the scallop edge and recipe mat is Prism Papaya Puree Medium, and I added some of Taylor's polka dot ribbon to the front and back.

Here's the back of the card:



I'm adding all these paper-crafted recipe cards I've been making to a 2-ring binder that a friend gave me. Inside the binder, the recipes fit into 6.75" x 8.5" clear sheet protectors (two 4x6 cards per sheet) so they don't get messy while cooking. You can see a picture of my binder and these sheets HERE on this post.

Don't forget to stop by and see what Charmaine, Dawn, Donna, Jackie, Jami, Jodi, Karen G., Karen M., Laura, Laurie, Sankari, Sharon, & Taylor have created for you today with the Celebrate Life set.





Have a great day!




SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: TE Celebrate Life
Paper: Prism Intense Orange, Prism Papaya Light, Choice White, SU DP
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Diamond Stickles, Scallop Edge Punch, Polka Dot Ribbon, Orange Adhesive Rhinestones

A peek at Sweet Indulgence

Hey there! I'm back with another Taylored Expressions sneak peek, this time with the new Sweet Indulgence set (to be released tomorrow, October 5th).



Cuppie is just a soakin' those cares away! Hehe! The main image is stamped on Choice Buttercream, colored with Prisma pencils, and I sparkled up the bubbles with Waterfall Stickles. The pretty Whirleybird DP, Prism Frosted Teal CS, and ribbon are from the Spa Key Ingredients Kit and the spa bottles are part of the newest TE Bundles. The Buttercream oval with Cuppie and the blue scallop oval are both up on Taylor's 1/16" foam tape.

To see more projects with the Sweet Indulgence set, check out Charmaine, Dawn, Donna, Jackie , Jodi, Karen G., Karen M., Laura, Laurie, Sankari, Sharon, & Taylor's blogs.

Did any of you see that new show "V" last night?? Ohhhhhhhh, I LOVED it! Have an awesome day and I'll see you tomorrow with a release-day project!





SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: TE Sweet Indulgence
Paper: Choice Buttercream, MME Whirleybird DP, Prism Frosted Teal
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Prisma Pencils, Gamsol, Waterfall Stickles, Oval and Scallop Oval Nestabilities, Spa Bottle, Bubble Bath, Ribbon, Bow Easy

A peek at Luxurious Labels

Today is our first day of Taylored Expressions sneak peeks, and the set we're showing you is called Luxurious Labels. All the new stamps and key ingredients will be released in the TE Store this Thursday, November 5th.



I made a little gift set that includes a 4.25" square card, a spa bottle filled with bubble bath, and a 2" x 5.5" bookmark. I added small dots of Diamond Stickles to the flower silhouettes and on the circles with the leaves. Everything is stamped on Choice Buttercream or MME Whirleybird DP, both are from the new Spa Key Ingredients Kit.



Check out what Charmaine, Donna, Jackie , Jodi, Karen G., Karen M., Laura, Laurie, Sankari, Sharon, & Taylor have created!



Thanks for stopping by today. I'll be back tomorrow with another TE sneak peek.





SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: TE Luxurious Labels
Paper: Choice Buttercream, MME Whirleybird DP from Spa Key Ingredients Kit
Ink: Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Corner Rounder Punch, Circle Nestabilities, Taylor's Organdy Swirl Ribbon, Bow Easy, Spa Bottle, Diamond Stickles, Bubble Bath

Recipe Cards

*I added an additional photo at the bottom of this post*

Okay, so here's something I haven't done before....4 x 6 recipe cards! Over the summer I got into watching Rachel Ray....man, that girl is awesome! She makes everything looks SOOO easy, and hey, her recipes are YUMMY! Have to say...I like to cook a whole lot more than I used to ever since I started watching her show. Anyway, I thought I'd make some paper-crafted cards for my recipe organizer.



On this first card, I used my JustRite Recipe Borders & Centers for the fruits and veggies sentiment, and my JustRite Autumn Blessings set for the apple basket. I added some mini flower rhinestones to the fruits & veggies sentiment with a small dot of Diamond Glaze.

Here's the other recipe card for some yummy veggie dumpling soup. Again, I used my JustRite Recipe Borders & Centers set. This card is two-sided so there's also a picture of the back of the card.





Notice the calories on the cards?....I calculated those. That's one thing I wish they'd provide on the RR web site....but they don't. Just in case you'd like to see the actual recipes from RR, here are the links:

Applesauce
Veggie Dumpling Soup

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Connie made a good point about not wanting to get anything on the cards while cooking. Guess what, Connie?...I'm a MESSY cook, too! I use a recipe organizer to store my recipes.



It's a two-ring binder with clear plastic card protectors where I can fit two cards per sheet. If I get anything on them while cooking, I can just wipe them off. They're clear on the back side as well, so if I have a two-sided recipe card I can just flip the clear sheet and see the back.

LOL, you can see in the photo my old way of storing recipes, which was to copy photos and tape a recipe to a 4x6 index card. I'm thinking the paper-crafted and stamped version looks TONS better.
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Have a GREAT day!




SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: JustRite Autumn Blessings, JustRite Recipe Borders & Centers
Paper: PTI Dark Chocolate, Bella Rose DP, PTI Select White
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Cocoa
Accessories: Ribbon, Mini Flower Rhinestones, Diamond Glaze, Corner Rounder, Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Prisma Pencils, Gamsol