Stampfest with Lynette on July 22, 2013

Here are the cards Lynette and I made on our July 22nd Stampfest:

Wedding card for our parents to give to Lynette's nephew who is getting married in September.

 Card I'll be giving to Jason and Emily.

We were on a roll with the oval nesta! I am not sure if I will stamp "thanks" or something else in the center oval. 

 

Used Lynette's All Dressed Up dies and One Of a Kind Designer Label stamp and punch. They worked perfectly together. Tami White from Stamp With Tami was our inspiration for this dress card.

How do you like this Pin-inspired card? It started with Lynette's admiring the beautiful colors of Patter Cross' afghan, who was inspired by a Vera Bradley Purse! You can see the inspiration at Triple the Scraps.

Floral card inspired by Pinterest, but the pin did not lead to a website! The large golden "flower" is punched out of the white, revealing the golden layer below.

Inspired by Tammy Tutterow's lovely card We used a boat image in place of the airplane.

Elizabeth's Mini Photo Book and Caitlyn's Baptism Card

I made this mini photo book for Elizabeth's graduation from high school. This is my second mini book of this kind, both of them made using Hetty's tutorial. This time, I added an extra page to fit more photos in the book.

Here is the graduation card

 Along with the graduation party, we celebrated Baby Caitlyn's Baptism. Here is the baptism card.

Dry Embossing & Sanding

Finally made a card with a layer of Core'dinations paper that was embossed and sanded with sandpaper.

I made this quick card for my friend, Joanie. We took a walk Friday and I commented on some pretty red bee balm blossoms. Later in the day, she brought me a bee balm plant with a vibrant red blossoms!

The "thank you" was stamped with my brand new Hero Arts set: Everyday Sayings CL34. Michaels had stamps on sale for 44% off, plus I had a coupon for 15% off everything, including sale items. I couldn't resist!

I wrote Joanie's name with my permanent Zig marker pen. The "thank you" was stamped with frayed burlap.
I made the flower with my scallop punches, crushing them and adding distress inks, antique linen and broken china, to the edges. An eyelet secured the petals together.

Barb's Fruit Cobbler

The pint of fresh blueberries on my counter were begging to be transformed into a cake! So I made Barb's Fruit Cobbler today. The recipe calls for 4 cups of fresh fruit, so I added chopped fresh apricots to the left side of the pan.

Here is the recipe:

FRUIT
4 cups blueberries or any fresh fruit or combo

BATTER
1 cup flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon. baking powder
dash salt - I used abt 1/4 tsp. when using unsalted butter
2 to 3 Tablespoon melted butter (I used 3 Tablespoon)
1/2 cup milk
Mix dry ingred. together.  Add milk & oil and stir gently to completely mix and form batter.
I added about 1-1/2 teaspoon vanilla

TOPPING
1/4 cup sugar
1 TBLSP. cornstarch
Mix very well.

LAST INGREDIENT
1 cup boiling water

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. for pyrex oblong pan, 7 x 11" (or 2 quart size)
Heat the 1 cup of water-(2 min in my microwave).
Can use non stick spray on pan bottom and sides.
Spread FRUIT on bottom of pan.
By spoonfuls, place BATTER on top of fruit, being careful not to mix.
Sprinkle TOPPING (sugar & cornstarch mixture) over batter.
LAST INGREDIENT: Pour the cup of boiling water over the entire contents, being careful not to mix.

Bake 35-40 min. or till done.
Enjoy!

Notes: Barb made us Rhubarb Cobbler July 9, 2003 and also June 24, 2013.
In the past, I've made this with 3 cups fresh blueberries and 1 cup chopped peeled apple! Delish!

Because my apricots were tart, I sprinkled some sugar on top of the apricots before adding the topping.

I also sprinkled a little cinnamon on top of ALL the fruit before adding the topping. A very easy recipe that looks and tastes wonderful!

Stampfest with Lynette on June 25, 2013

I always have fun stamping with Lynette! Here are the cards and tags we made on Tuesday at her house. Our first card was inspired by Pinterest pinned from Catherine Loves Stamps

These gear cards were made with the Archiver's Everyday Occasions Card kit. We like to up-size the cards to the "standard" 4-1/4" wide x 5-1/2" high card. Used white cardstock for the base.

Our tags were inspired by The Funkie Junkie. Notice we were "inspired" and our tags look nothing like Linda's tag.

Below you can see all of our creations together on Lynette's work table:

Materials used:
Stamps: Tim Holtz, Stampers Anonymous and unknown brands

Inks: Versafine, Distress
6 x 6 pad of Authentique Seasons: Summer
various fibers, including real feathers

Lynette made a delicious lunch of Quinoa salad, the recipe found on Pinterest pined from Livvy's 86 Lemmons.  We also had fresh fruit--don't you love summer foods!

...and here we are at the end of our stamping!

Thanks for visiting!