Thursday, March 4, 2010

This is for the Recipe Card Challenge: Birthday Party foods
When there is a birthday at work they always want me to make my no bake cheesecake with cherries, so here it is. I had some great graphic 45 paper with cherries that was perfect for this callenge. I used a MS punch for the side strip and then cut a strip of the little cherries to go on top of that then tied a ribbon. I cut my recipe out with decorative scissors and added a dotted and checked strip to it. I cut a checked edge for the cherries and then stitched down and added the recipe with a little cut out cherry. Try it you'll like it! :)

Sunday, February 28, 2010


This is for the Recipe Card Challenge. The challenge was to make a card with a chocolate recipe. This is a great mouse recipe that is quick and easy. I usually think of pink or red and hearts with chocolate but wanted to do something different so I used a tiny brown and white check and added a little twist with the aqua and the paisleys. I punched the dotted aqua with a ms punch and then fringed the edges and added a brown dotted strip to match the paisley strip at the top. I fastened an aqua button with a brown ribbon. I cut out a desert cup out of a piece of acetate and added chocolate and whipped cream. Enjoy!!

Saturday, February 20, 2010



My card is for the Recipe Card Challenge: Hot and Spicy
No Time to Stamp Challenge: Card with a tabbed element
Lily of the Valley Challenge: A sketch
Just notice that the ribbon loops are askew. I took the pic outside and the wind blew that card over must have messed up the loops and I was so busy taking the pic missed that. I printed my recipe cut out with decorative scissors and mounted onto a rusty cardstock. Since the challenge was hot a spicy I used one of my chili enchilada recipes and that led to a dp that was fitting. The paper with the colored stripes reminds me of a serape. The cut two green strips which I embossed with a cuttlebug folder then sanded the texture to make it show a little better. I made a tab from a stamped text and then mounted on the rust and attached with brads. Next I used a webbed jut ribbon and make two loops that I sewed on with some raffia and a matching button. I didnt have any buttons or anything chile so I drew and watercolored 4 of them and attached onto the recipe with foam dots. Another fun page for the album.

Sunday, February 14, 2010


Our Daily Bread Challenge: Red or Pink and bling
Fussy and Fancy Challenge: Dazzle us
Simon Says Challenge: Love

Lots to do Challenge: Love
Pixie Dust Challenge: Pink or red and black & white
ABC Challenge: Something new
Our Creative Corner Challenge: New or unused in a long time
Hope Stamps Eternal: Pink & Dark Chocolate (did'nt have used black)
My camera just doesn't seem to capture color very well, it does have more color in person. I made this for my brother in law to give to my wonderful sister for Valentines day.
I used a white base and added SU pink pirouette. This is the first time I have used my new spellbinders frame. The image is a Stamps Happen called New York Socialite. I have had it for a while but thought valentines was a fun time to use it. I watercolored and then added a bit of diamond dust to her jewel necklace and the pin and then used some grey and pink chalk to color around her a bit. I added stickles to the frame, the flower and the decorative corners, swirls and heart. I put a jewel in the center of the frame and an tiny bead for her ring. The corners are from cuttlebug. The flower is several punches put together and fastened to a foam dot. I punched the heart for the sentiment and tied it onto the frame. I punched the black with the MS scalloped punch and then cut it as I do not have the cool MS scissors. I then cut a thin strip of black and white checks and ran a thin black and white dotted ribbon down the center. I then attached that onto the pink and attached the framed image.

Saturday, February 13, 2010


This is for Recipe Card Challenge: Dinner for two
Color Throwdown: Blush blossoom, sage shadow and red riding hood. My card is a little odd shaped but as I make one for each challenge I have decided to put them in a paper bag album. As I fill them I will give one to each of my daughters.
My honey loves my chicken divan soooo I decided to use that recipe. I used sage as my base and stamped it with a little flower similare to the dp. I then used a MS scallop punch on the chicken wire I stamped on white and dabbed with the blush color. I mounted the recipe on the blush and red which I ruffed up the edges and grunged it all up. The recipes that are my special ones are long aged and grunged with spilt stuff on them and I wanted this one to look well used. I had a small piece of the dp which I tore the edge and cut out the remaining flower and mounted on foam. My rooster is from Stampin Up set called provencol . I stamped and watercolored and then added a little lumines as roosters always have that beautiful shine in their tail feathers. I cut it and the red with the label 2 nestie. I tied it onto the card with the raffia and then put a foam mount under to keep it lifted up.

Thursday, February 4, 2010



I love to cook and I found this fun challenge called Recipe Card Challenge. My card is for two Challenges.
Recipe Card Challenge:Create a card with your favorite fondue recipe
Color Challenge:Sky blue, kraft & piroutte pink
Started with my great raspberry fondue recipe cut out with a nestie. I used kraft for the base and then added a scrap of pink that had a diamond design on it. Next I had a scrap with a raspberry coloed design aged with blue and kraft.I stamped a spray of raspberries watercolored and cut them out. I also drew and colored a single raspberry. I attached the spray leaving some of them loose so the lift up a bit. Cut a square out of the sky blue with another spellbinder die. I turned it to mimic the diamonds going on and mounted the single raspberry to it. I added the raspberry and white chedked ribbon and the attached to diamond.