CSS Recipe Blog Hop

It's time for another CSS Blog hop!

Several members of the CenterStage Spotlight Alumni team have gathered some of our favorite BBQ Picnic recipes together to make another cookbook! The cookbook will be available for FREE over on the StampTV Freebie page for you to download and print at your leisure.

But, since we are paper crafters - we were challenged to make a project with our recipe in mind to share tonight on our blogs! (The projects are also included in photos on the recipe booklet as well.)

I shared a favorite recipe for Picnic Coleslaw (from a Cooking with Paula Deen magazine) and it is so delicious, beautiful AND healthy! It is a favorite anytime we are grilling :o)

Please check out the links of all the participating designers and then download the Recipe booklet and let us know how you like them!

• Jessica Fick: Grilled Pizza


• Betty Neville: Mom's Chinese BBQ Ribs


• Joy Hadden: Whiskey BBQ Sauce


• Tina Gilliland: Homemade Enchiladas


• Sue Van deVusse: Midwestern Kabobs


• Melissa Shultz: Foil Babies


• Geri Utterback: Oven Baked Beans


• Pam Imholz: Foil Potatoes


• Sharri Seffens: Calico Beans


• Carla Suto: Grilled Vegetables


• Dawn Lusk: Roasted Corn and Black Bean Salad


• Peggy Wainman: Bean Salad


• Karen Knegten: Miss Lucy's Rice Salad


• Jennie Harper: Picnic Coleslaw


• Cheri Weston: Fiesta Pie


• Brenda Turner: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake


• Lori McAree: Dessert Pizza


• Giovana Smith: Peruvian Alfajores


• Carolina Buchting: Vanilla Cupcakes with Butter Cream Frosting


• Jen Charboneau: Dirt Cake

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy your hop along for some BBQ Picnic Recipes. I am looking forward to trying these recipes very soon myself!

Have a *delicious* day :o)

Blessings,

Sketch Challenge on STV

I am so excited to be the hostess for the sketch challenges over on Stamp TV for the next 3 months. I hope you can join us and create a card using this sketch....if so, you will be entered to win a stamp set of your choice valued at $24.95 or less!


I made two projects using this sketch. The first is a card and since December is so busy, I want to keep the sketches themselves CAS (Clean and Simple), but obviously my card is FAR from it! I ended up layering and layering..and didn't know when to stop, LOL!

The next project I have to share today is a scrapbook page I made using this same sketch. These pictures are from our recent vacation out in the mountains of Virginia. We always work in a hike or two when we are anywhere near the Blue Ridge Mountains.


I do hope you can join us over on STV, you can find all of the details for this week's challenge HERE.

**Personal news...We did manage to decorate our Christmas tree on Tuesday night, but sadly all three kids are battling colds! :o( I am just thankful it is nothing more than a virus and look forward to them feeling better! Thanks so much for stopping by and I do hope you have a wonderful day!
Blessings,



Card Deets:
Stamps: A Year of Flowers, Holiday Cheer STV Kit
Cardstock: Rocket Red, White and Basic Grey June Bug
Ink: Versamark, Real Red and Pink Pirouette
Accessories: Nesties, Brads, White EP, Basic Grey Bling

Scrapbook Page Deets:
Stamps: Happy Camper,
Cardstock: Soft Sand, Chocolate Kiss and unknown dp
Ink: Creamy Caramel, Memento Rich Cocoa, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Brads

Be Still...

I made this card for the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge which was to show the "earth rejoicing". Well, I immediately thought of Theresa's set Happy Camper with the majestic mountain scene.  I thought this verse was perfect in describing this scene..."Be Still and know that I am God." My husband and I dearly love the mountains and to see the majesty of them just takes your breath away.... that is what I tried to show in this card.

My wisdom tooth being pulled wasn't too bad and after a big ole' cup of coffee, I felt pretty good.  Only two more to go and all my wisdom will be gone :o) Hee~Hee!
Well, I am going to go take some more Motrin and get ready for the game....



Card Deets:
Stamps: Happy Camper, Words of Wisdom
Cardstock: Chocolate Kiss, Green Apple, Pumpkin Spice, and Ivory
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Apricot Appeal, Vivid Olive, Vivid Butterscotch, Versamark
Accessories: Herringbone CB Folder, Ribbon, Clear EP, Nesties

3-D Project

Here is my project for the 3-D challenge and I am quite tickled with how it turned out.  My husband is an avid hiker and just loves the outdoors so I wanted to alter this wall hanging/hook for his office.  I found this item at Hobby Lobby in the clearance section for $1 quite some time ago knowing one day if would come in handy. :o)  Happy Camper by Theresa Momber has some of the best outdoor images to create a mountain scene.  I think the tent image is my favorite, it is just so realistic!  I  cut a piece of Vanilla cardstock and stamped the scene, colored it with Copics and sponged it heavily with Bashful Blue, Not Quite Navy, Certainly Celery and Old Olive.   

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blog Hop Farewell Tour

It has been a wonderful being one of the designers for Gina K's Center Stage Spotlight Design Team for the month of June.   Gina K. Designs is one of my favorite stamp companies and to be recognized in this way was a huge honor!  Gina has some of the most talented illustrators and designers in the industry on her team and it was a pleasure working with them all this past month.

As part of being Center Stage this month, we were each assigned a stamp set and also given the stamp set Many Wishes which is the One Free with Three stamp set for this month. I love the various sizes of these dandelions and the sentiments.  It will definitely be one of my "go~to" stamp sets!  I am tickled with how both of these cards turned out and hope you enjoy them as well.  I love this butterfly from Take Flight and couldn't resist combining it with this set.


The stamp set that I was assigned for the blog hop was Happy Camper, designed by Theresa Momber, which  is such a wonderful outdoor stamp set. I want to share a page I made this past weekend using the fabulous scrapbook sketch by Erika Martin.  

She has the best sketches each week on StampTV and doing these challenges has really stretched and inspired me to get scrapbooking the memories we make as a family!  I used some of the beautiful new Luxury Soft Sand cardstock.  The title for the page was created using the stamp set Happy Camper as well as Lazy Days of Summer. From the sign, I hung a few fish using some linen thread.

I hope you have enjoyed this part of this farewell tour.... The other ladies on the Center Stage Spotlight Design Team are all very talented and it was a pleasure getting to design with them this month :o)  To continue on the Farewell Tour Blog Hop, visit the rest of the creative Center Stage ladies (Selma, Carolina, Melisa, Pam and Carla) and Gina too, of course!

Tomorrow the next Center Stage Spotlight Design Team will be announced and also have the wonderful opportunity to work with Gina K. and the Design Team! If you would like to be on Center Stage....get creating and uploading to StampTV your Gina K. creation....the design team is always on the prowl looking for someone else to be Center Stage!
Have a great rest of your day!

Gina K. Sneak Peek!

Hello Gina K. fans! The previews for Gina K. Designs June Release have officially begun :o) I am so excited to be able part of the Center Stage Spotlight Design Team for this month! It has been a great ride and I truly appreciate the wonderful opportunity :o)

One of the stamp sets being previewed today is a beautiful set of outdoor images designed by Theresa Momber called Happy Camper. Theresa is quite an artist and I love her style...remember Out West two months ago...well she has done it again! There are so many fabulous images that it was hard to pick which one to use first. I love the tent in this stamp set as well as the scenery that Theresa so beautifully drew....just makes me long to get out to the mountains!  

Included in the stamp set is this sign...there are so many great sayings that fit perfectly inside, for mine I used Happy Birthday...I am going to tuck this card away for my husband's 40th birthday the beginning of next year.

Did you hear about the new cardstock that Gina K. will be selling starting on Thursday night? I used it as one of the layering pieces, as well as on the inside of my card....



It is the perfect color to go with ALL of her other cardstocks: Soft Sand. As part of being Center Stage, we received a sampler pack to work with (in addition to the stamps) and I love the color and sturdiness of this new luxury cardstock. It is *the* perfect neutral!

The rest of Gina's Design Team have preview projects to share with us today too! Be sure to check out all these links for lots more eyecandy this morning:
Gina, Carolyn, Cathy, Cindy, Donna, Emily, Erika, Jessica, Joanne, Kurtis, Lee, Lynn, Melanie, and Theresa

The other Center Stage Spotlight Designer for today is Carolina Buchting and she has some yummy creations using Rupa Shevde's newest stamp set...and I hear it is quite sweet! :o)
Have a great day and enjoy the rest of the previews!