It's in the Pot Recipe Card Swap

so are you all just about sick and tired of my recipe cards?...i have a few more to post...then i think i'm taking a break from recipes for...however long i can hold out...this card was done for a crockpot recipe swap over @ (yep you guessed it) SCS...i love my crockpots...easiest cooking in the world...my family loves sloppy joes...we have them a couple of times a month...i try to change things up once in awhile in the recipe but it essentially stays pretty close to the recipe...

Paper: textured more mustard..smooth old olive & bravo burgundy
Ink: old olive..bravo burgundy (printer)
Stamp: backyard bbq
Accessories: burgundy paperclip

Additional Southern Recipe Swap Card

i had to do another card for this swap...love this recipe...and what's more southern than peanuts?...and just FYI today January 24th is National Peanut Butter Day in the USA...

Paper: textured chocolate chip..smooth pretty in pink..dsp
Ink: chocolate chip (printer)
Accessories: chocolate brown and pink stitched ribbon

i put the serving directions on the back...this comes from a gifts in a jar recipe book...and it is yummy!

Southern Recipe Swap @ SCS

i'm hosting a southern recipe swap over at SCS...these are the recipe cards i will be sending out to all the participants...the 1st is a recipe i love...okra & tomatoes...serve with some cornbread or grits...sooo good!

Paper: textured & smooth always artichoke..naturals ivory, circles dsp
Ink: cajun craze (printer ink)
Accessories: artichoke/black ribbon

the 2nd card i made fairly plain..as a bonus to the swap...

Paper: cajun craze..red crackle paint dsp
Ink: cajun craze (printer ink)

i have received some awesome recipes for this swap...can't wait to try them out...i do love southern/cajun/creole food!

Flowers for a Friend Swap @ SCS

theme for this swap is flowers...any occasion...but had to have flowers...easy right?....NOT!...i guess i am not a flower kinda girl....had to get some ideas from the SU Galleries @ SCS...such inspiration...

Paper: rose red..regal rose..whisper white..girl diamonds dsp
Ink: rose red..regal rose
Stamp Set: looks like spring..fundamental phrases
Accessories: lg & med circle punches..so saffron button..rose ric-rac..dimensionals

so the first one i used the rock-n-roll technique on the flower...hadn't done that in ages...and this stamp is perfect for it...

Paper: pretty in pink..pink pirouette
Ink: pretty in pink
Stamp Set: sage advice
Accessories: cb..ef..lg & med oval punches..med & lt pink paper flowers..white brad..dimensionals

the second card i had trouble with...matching up the paper flowers...was going with purple and lavender...changed my mind and went with pink shades...

p.s. my back injury is not as serious as first suspected...but what a pain (literally) when stamping...good thing i got "in the zone" for awhile

Scoop on Soup Recipe Swap

another swap over @ SCS...if i didn't do swaps i'm not sure how much stamping it'd get done...

Cream of Broccoflower Soup
Paper: soft suede textured..certainly celery..SU dsp
Ink: soft suede on the printer
Accessories: antiqued copper and brass brads

i do like to do challenges but they don't motivate me like a deadline does....

Back Bay Corn Chowder
Paper: so saffron textured and smooth..SU dsp
Ink: wild wasabi..printer and pad
Stamps: what's for dinner
Accessories: white  1/8" white ribbon..med. pearl..1/8" hole punch

btw...both these recipes are family faves...i make them quite abit...love some soup on a cold evening...the 2nd half of the corn chowder recipe is on the back of the card...with some extra space to put notes..