Music in the Forest Swap

Yep another Forest Swap...the subject was music...i am in no way musically inclined...other than i like to listen and i like to dance...but creating or singing...uh yeah make the angels weep...

there were a few categories to choose from...cards...recipe cards...card candy...and you know me...i went with a recipe card...the recipe i chose has nothing to do with music...other than these cookie bars make your tastebuds SING!!!

When i was a teenager one of the youth leaders in our church made these (i think she believed if our mouths were full she'd get a word in)...they disappeared fast!...hello?...sweets and teenage girls?...

and of course the cards are my usual plain jane style...but they turned out "sweet"

Oatmeal Carmelitas
Paper: textured taken with teal..naturals ivory..dp
Stamps: little pieces
Ink: pumpkin pie..computer (chocolate chip)
Accessories: orange rick-rack

hope everyone is doing well...we have way too much snow here...be safe/be well all...

CASES #2 & Party Snacks Recipe Swap

I'm Baaack!...i can't believe it but i'm posting my 2nd CASES almost on time...*insert maniacal laugh here*...i have a swap (again) over on SCS for Party Snacks & Goodies recipes...

I have a ton of appetizer type recipes...but decided to go with a recipe that i really like for snacking...Mustard Dill Pretzel Dip...i am NOT a mustard fan...but this recipe is so yummy!!
you can find it here ...

i'm CASEing this recipe card ....

6 x 6 recipe card - Lisa Walsh

Mustard Dill Pretzel Dip 6 x 6 recipe card
Paper: so saffron textured and smooth..wild wasabi..dp
Ink: printer
Accessories: punches..small green brads..shades of yellow paper flowers

i know mine is CAS compared to the original...but you all know "that's how i roll"...

well until next time...be safe/be well all!

Brown Chicken..Brown Cow.."boom chicka wow wow"

i love puns and word play...so driving down the road one morning this spoof of..(hmm.."adult video" shall we say) theme music struck me as a title for a swap...so off i went to SCS..(after arriving safely at home..no texting/web browsing/posting while driving)...i posted this swap idea...several wonderful crafty gals signed up...and my daughters and i all made recipe cards using chicken or beef as the main ingredient....so here are our cards...

My Jalapeno Chicken Salad
Paper: textured & smooth garden green..matte photo..wild wasabi
Ink: printer..wild wasibi
Stamp: citrus
accessories: circle punches

Myke's Beef Stir Fry
Paper: wild wasabi..white copy..whisper white
Ink: printer..basic black
Stamp: kanji..digi bamboo background
Accessories: circle punches

Jonni's Chicken a la King Casserole
(a family favorite)
Paper: textured night of navy..naturals ivory..more mustard..dp
Ink: printer
Accessories: buttons

we had fun doing our cards together...bouncing ideas off each other...simple cards for simple (minds?) folks...be safe/be well

Favorite Recipe Swap

Here are a couple of my favorite recipes...and they are meals my family loves as well...this was such a great swap...FYI these both freeze well...just don't bake before freezing...on the muffins i freeze in the tin for a day then "pop" them out and put in a freezer bag...just thaw and bake...

Creamy Chicken Enchiladas
Paper:  textured Wild Wasabi..DP..Confetti Cream
Ink: printer
Accessories: green half pearls

Meatloaf Muffins
Paper: textured Crumb Cake..DP..Natural White..Chocolate Chip
Ink: printer
Accessories: paper flowers..antiqued brass brads

Side Dish Swap

oh my where does the time fly to?...been busy here...on the days my back feels up to it i have been getting fall cleaning done...yay...uh...not!...and doing some creating here and there..usually i do my cards all at once for swaps....but lately i work on one or two...then go do something more pressing...

Crispy Potato Wedges
Paper: textured early espresso ..confetti cream
Ink: early espresso/printer
Accessories: russett potatoes stock photo, creamy caramel eyelets

These are the cards i did for a side dish recipe swap over on SCS....took me a few days but i got them done...

Zucchini Parmesan
Paper: textured daffodil delight..poppy parade..pear pizzaz..whisper white..dsp
Ink: pear pizzaz/printer
Accessories: paper flowers

Better Late Than Never

ok so a couple of months ago i had a minor computer glitch...lost some website stuff and some document stuff...i THOUGHT i had recovered everything...apparently not...i got a message from a swap hostess on SCS..."Have you sent your cards?"...uh oh crap!...so i made some cards up ASAP!!!...not my best work...but not too bad either...

Spud Swap
Paper: textured basic black..naturals ivory..really rust..more mustard..dsp
Ink: printer/real rust
Accessories: black ribbon..crimper

Who's in the Forest Swap

ok this swap is almost done...due 8/18/11...but i couldn't wait anymore to post these...i personally LOVE the computer one...the theme of this swap was to make a card (or two) of something you like/enjoy...hobbies...food...etc....well I {HEART} SCS....i did a screen capture of my swap subscriptions page on SCS for the background...and used the free blog icon that i have here on my blog...popped it up on dimensionals and added red stickles to the heart...inside i stamped the cat and mouse from this set (computer quips)...

i {heart} SCS
Paper: basic gray..whisper white
Ink: basic gray..printer
Stamps: computer quips
Accessories: red stickles..black sparkle tiles..dimensionals

and as most of you know...i love to read...everything...especially cookbooks...cover to cover...and i enjoy recipe card swaps...so the result was my 2nd card...a bookworm...reading a cookbook...with a recipe included...of course...lol...i used GIMP photo editing software to fill the pictures on the cookbook my little worm is reading...then after some consultation with my design team...aka my dd's...i used a brad to "hinge" the
image over the recipe...

cookbookworm
Paper: ruby red..yoyo yellow..very vanilla
Ink: SU markers..printer
Stamps: bookworm digi
Accessories: lt green stickles..sm black brad

these were a lot of fun to design and make...the computer card was from one of those "lightbulb" moments...i had to get it written down quick...and the bookworm evolved when i was trying to think "outside the box"...or in my case "the rut"...thanks for cking these out...be safe/be well

Non-Food/Gift Recipe Swap Cards

i hosted a recipe swap over @ (where else?) SCS...the theme was Non-Food/Gift...got them all headed home this morning...both my daughters participated as well...they are "n00bs"...but getting better and better...

as you all know i'm a CAS kinda girl and it shows on my card...

Fire Starters
Paper: textured pumpkin pie..chocolate chip..naturals ivory
Ink: chocolate chip..pumpkin pie..summer sun (marker)
Stamps: Roughin' It
Accessories: CB..forest branches EF

my daughter jonni did this card...she colored it on the computer and used coordinating card stock...i think it's very cute...

Best Bubbles
Paper: textured baja breeze..whisper white..wild wasabi..pretty in pink
Ink: printer ink
Stamps: Bear Blowing Bubbles digi stamp

and myke added some bling to her's with stickles and pearls...

Face Mask
Paper: textured bravo burgandy..very vanilla..baja breeze
Ink: bravo burgandy..blush and yellow markers
Stamps: Bubble Queen
Accessories: stickles..pearls..lemon brad..CB..tiny bubbles EF

i am going to try some fancier stuff soon...try out my spellbinders dies that i bought eons ago...and maybe some extra bling on a card...but always CAS @ {heart}

Salad Recipe Card Swap

last recipes for awhile...promise...but i tell you all i love to read recipe/cook books...just like i read a mystery or suspense novel...cover to cover...so no wonder i'm addicted to these swaps right?

again this is a swap over @ SCS...i love salads...not just the rabbit food kind either...but the "this is a meal by it's self" or "don't count the calories...just eat it" variety...

we do quite a few get togethers in my family...all through the year...most times just to spend time with each other...and eat...potluck...BBQ...snacks while playing games...

the first recipe is very summer...refreshing and delicious...i may try it with a splash of rum this year...

Paper: naturals ivory..orchid opulence...dsp
Ink: wild wasabi (printer)
Accessories: bright green ric-rak

the kids...young and old love this one...is dessert salad an oxymoron?

Paper: textured so saffron...dsp
Ink: chocolate chip (printer)
Accessories: yellow ribbon

and now i'm craving potato salad....hmm...with sloppy joes...DINNER!!!

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!

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..

EASY Winter Goodies Swap @ SCS

Paper: bashful blue-textured, blue country crackle dp
Ink: printer-chocolate chip
Accessories: small sahara sand eyelets

this is my card for a 6x6 recipe swap...Easy Winter Goodies over @ SCS...one of my favorite quick and easy treat recipes...sometimes i use teddy grahams instead of the graham sticks...

p.s. i'm hosting a 6x6 recipe swap...Southern Cooking @ SCS...please check it out

Coffee/Tea Lovers Recipe Swap

sent my recipe cards out this morning...for the Coffee/Tea Lovers 6 x 6 Recipe Swap @ SCS...i have an addiction to swaps...have i mentioned that?...it gives me a goal...a deadline...and that is how i have to work to be creative...well not exactly to be creative...that happens on it's own...but if i HAVE TO DO IT! then i actually put the ideas "onto paper"..i used the printer for the recipe...and lucked out that the font color i chose matches "close to cocoa" which i used to stamp the coffee mug on the recipe...this is a really yummy recipe btw...wonderful on ice cream...

coffee/tea lovers recipe swap

Paper: so saffron textured, delicate dots dsp 
Ink: close to cocoa, printer ink 
Stamps: morning cup  
Accessories: ribbon

Slow Cooker - 6 x 6 Recipe Card Swap

So i haven't had time to blog lately...but i did get my swap cards done... a 6x6-slow cooker recipe...i chose to do one of my favorites...Cowboy Beef...i LOVE my crockpots...

Paper: Crumb Cake, Rodeo DSP, Naturals Ivory 
Ink: Crumb Cake 
Stamps: Woodgrain  
Accessories: Square Pewter Brads