FMS161

Happy Saturday, peeps!  We went to a Veteran’s Breakfast this morning, so I totally forgot I wanted to post this baby card today!!  Our neighbors had a little girl earlier this week, so I put the Freshly Made Sketches sketch to work:

I used the Celebrate Baby set from SU and some pretty MME Lime Twist/Happy Go Lucky papers:

Even though it doesn’t look like it here, the sentiments are stamped in Early Espresso!  I embossed and diecut a series of hearts for my lower element:

The card base is Baja Breeze, and the ribbon is some retired SAB satin!  Oh, and I did add a few little sequins just for fun!  Thanks for visiting!  Now, off to make some chili for our church’s Chili Cookoff tonight!

Can you see that Halloween candy tucked in her cheek, LOL?!

CTD310 & FMS154

Happy Friday, peeps!  Yay, the end of the week!  This is quick…I am getting ready for some weekend company but I wanted to share a birthday card for a special friend!  I paired the Freshly Made Sketches sketch, a beautiful one by Cindy L:

and the yummy colors that Wanda has featured at Color Throwdown:

So here we go:

I went sort of literal here, creating some flowers from some Typeset and Coastal Cabana DSP, cutting them with a couple of Flower Fair dies.  Those little dies are quite handy…even if you don’t have the matching stamp set, they are useful in other ways, too!  I diecut a button from the retired button die for the center of my flower:

I added some white chevrons on my Pistachio Pudding using the mask from the Build a Banner kit (they might be hard to see here); my sentiment is from Celebrate Baby; and my background is partially stamped with the Dictionary background stamp:

Thanks for stopping by today!

Cassidy spied a bucket of peppers we had just picked from the garden and went into her “lining them up” mode:

She was pretty proud of herself!

Enjoy your day!

Stampin’ Royalty 243

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Today is my last day as guest designer for the Stampin’ Royalty team!  It’s been a pleasure for sure!  Today, we have a photo inspiration as our challenge:

For my birthday, my friend Martha gave me this beautiful floral die, so I put it to use for my card today:

I used a Tim Holtz brick embossing folder and sponged on some So Saffron ink, then added a burlap banner  with a bit of So Saffron behind it, as well as some glitter.  You can’t see it here, but it added just a little special “oomph” to my card!  The Old Olive banner on top was made by distressing a piece of cardstock until the fibers were broken, then peeling the layers apart.   The sentiment was from Celebrate Baby.

This will be my last post for a couple of days as we are taking a little bloggy break!  See you soon!

Project Details
Stamps	Celebrate Baby
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, So Saffron, Taken with Teal, Old Olive
Ink	So Saffron, Taken with Teal, Old Olive
Accessories	Burlap, Glitter, Gold Baker's Twine
Tools	Big Shot, Memory Box Prim Poppy Die, Brick EF (Tim Holtz), sponges

CMCC32 & TSSC326 & Another Recipe

Happy Friday, peeps!  We made it to the weekend!  I must say, this has been a lovely August, weather-wise, here in SE PA!  Just beautiful!  Although tomorrow I am taking a test and will be stuck inside all day long, I have enjoyed the earlier part of the week!

Today I am sharing a quick little baby card; my niece will be having a little girl soon, and rather than do the traditional pink, when I saw the Colour Me…! monochromatic challenge of Pistachio Pudding, I thought that would be sweet to use!  I chose Smoky Slate as my neutral:

I also used the Technostamper sketch for this week.  I stamped the wee elephant from Zoo Babies in Smoky Slate, her ear in Pistachio Pudding, mounted her on a circle stamped with the retired A to Z, and added the sentiments from Celebrate Baby:

A touch of silver ribbon and some In Colors sequins finished it off.  And here’s the inside:

And here are the challenges for you:

Thanks for visiting today!

Using the plethora of zucchini in my garden, we made a Zucchini Apple Pie the other day.  DON’T LAUGH…..it tastes exactly like an apple pie.  In fact, Cassidy was helping me put the slices from the food processor into the pan, and she said, “Grammy, are these apples?”!!!  Here are a few pictures of the process:

Making the pie crust:

The zucchini are peeled, sliced and parboiled just until a bit crisp:

Mixed with lemon juice, sugar, flour, cinnamon and cream of tartar, then into the shell it goes:

And the final product, after Grampy ate a few slices:

If you want THIS recipe, let me know. (Be sure to give me your email address!!!)   You can really pull a fast one on your friends---they will swear it’s an apple pie!!!  It’s DELICIOUS!

Wee Project Details
Stamps	Zoo Babies, Celebrate Baby, A to Z (ret SU)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Pistachio Pudding, Smoky Slate, In Color DSP Pack
Ink	Smoky Slate, Pistachio Pudding
Accessories	Silver Ribbon, In Color Sequins
Tools	Big Shot, Circle Thinlits, Scallop Nestabilities