Monday, November 22, 2010

Scrap Tiffany Food/Recipes Challenge

This week's challenge at Scrap Tiffany is "Food/Recipes".
What a perfect challenge for this time of year.
I love the holidays and all the new recipes that come out and I love the old traditional ones even more.
I created this recipe box with some of our traditional family
recipes that our family enjoys every year.
I am excited because it is almost time to eat some of our favorites again.
Funny, if you think about it, most of us only eat our favorites once a year.
Sounds weird huh?

Here's my project for this week...



Digital kit: Shabby Princess-"Holiday Recipe Collection"
Red leather flower: Making Memories
Misc: ribbon, buttons, brad

Last year I downloaded this digital kit for free, I had forgotten all about it.

Here's the link...Shabby Princess.
They have tons of free digital downloads and kits to purchase that are super cute and very inexpensive.
They also have a ton of digi tutorials that are super easy and also free of charge.

This is a digital kit that includes the box, recipe cards, tags and other digital pieces that you can add digitally.
I typed the recipes, played with all the digital pieces, added a photo of the recipe, and printed it out right on my personal printer including the box. Then, I added ribbon, buttons, a flower, brad and mounted the recipe cards on red cardstock.

You don't even have to do anything digital, you could just print it as is and hand write your recipes and add your cute embellishments.
What a great little hostess gift to give at a holiday party,
or a bride to be gift for the holiday.
The best recipes are the ones that have been tried and
tested by the people close to you.

So we can't have a food/recipe challenge without sharing a favorite recipe...
My family loves these Snicker Doodles. I've tried other recipes and this one tops them all. I promise if you like Snickerdoodles, you won't eat just one.
Enjoy!!!
Go print this kit and get it started on a holiday recipe box before Thursday.
You can whip it up the box and then make the Snickerdoodles to give to your hostess for the holiday, then give decorated blank cards for them to add their favorites.

It really went pretty quick.
Have a great holiday week.
I love it my kids are home with me every day this week.
No School!! Yay!!
Our plans are to decorate for Christmas, watch Christmas movies, bake and snuggle.
Oh yea!! Don't forget to end the week with Black Friday!!
Oh yes..we are headed out very early, so don't eat too much turkey the day before or you won't want to get up.
I love that day, the hustle and bustle starting point.

If you try the recipe box or the cookie recipe,
please let me know what you thought of them.

Til next Time with T!!

Monday, November 15, 2010

Scrap Tiffany Crepe Paper Challenge

The challenge this week at Scrap Tiffany was Crepe Paper.
Well, I have to admit, when I pulled it out and started creating with it, I had a hard time stopping.

The layout I created below is of my latest baby girl, Adoration.
I cannot believe she is almost 8 months old.
It seems like yesterday that I was rushing to the hospital.

We were in the mall shopping with our friends recently.
We saw this coat and boots and couldn't resist putting it on Addi.
She didn't even cry when we zipped her up and propped her up in the kiddie chair. However, it did take a few of us to get the job done.

For some reason I didn't have my camera with me (I know, very strange),
so Nanny Bethany took a picture with her phone.
Whew!! Always saved by an Auntie or Nanny in one way or another.
Anyway, after we took the picture, I remembered the layout I had started at home and I hadn't selected a picture yet.
This one was perfect!!

Here is my Crepe Paper layout for Tiffany this week.




Supplies used:
Polka Dot Transparency: Teresa Collins
"Sweet" Stones: Glitz Designs
Dymo Labeler
Misc: Crepe paper, blue stone brad, ribbon, rub-on


I ruffled and sewed the layers directly on the paper. Then created a few different flowers with the same crepe paper.
This pink flower is the one I decided to use on this layout.
(hint, hint...VERY soon, I will be posting a tutorial on Tiffany's blog and here as well on how to make these crepe paper flowers. But ssshhh!! It's a secret!!).

I added a stone, some ribbon and a few other details and done.
Each one of these colors is one of my favorites.

Thanks for stopping by, leave a comment if you're interested in the flower tutorial.

Til next Time with T!!!!

Friday, November 12, 2010

Hippity Hop Blog Hop!!

I have participated in the Hippity Hop Blog Hop with Scrap Tiffany. Tiffany was asked to participate with her design team for this great hop.

The design team each created a layout based on the sketch and ingredients for the layout "recipe".

You can see the Scrap Tiffany Design Team layouts here.
The first stop on the hop is Sassy Lil Sketches.

This is my contribution to a great hop.
I chose to create a layout of my 6-year old Brooklin.
She loves to create, she loves color and loves rainbows.


Supplies used:
Patterned paper: Cosmo Cricket "Snorkel-Beach Towel;
Pebbles-Downtown Collection"Brooklyn"
Collage Press-DoubleTake "Knave of Hearts"
Little Sprout Collection-"Sunshine"
Letters: Thickers-"Chit Chat"
Glitter Paper Lace: We R Memory Keepers
Mist: Smooch-"Pink Sprinkles"
Token Ticket: My Minds Eye
Green Brad: Bo Bunny
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Vintage Photo"
Misc: green trim, buttons, bakers twine


Don't forget to start at the beginning of the hop so you do not miss any inspiration.
That's the fun of blog hops, getting to see all that deliciousness and seeing the way each designer interprets the instructions.
It can get you to think out of your normal design box.
Now get going to the rest of the hop.

Til next Time with T!!!

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Holiday Hop Winner!!!

We have a winner from the Scrap Tiffany Holiday Hop!!!

Thanks to everyone that participated in the hop. We had a great time creating. I hope you all got some inspiration to start all those holiday projects early.

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Jen from Texas!!!
(Since my picture of your comment is hard to read, I will identify you by your blog name...www.jennyscards.blogspot.com
Your work is great by the way, your cards are beautiful.
Go visit Jen for some great card ideas.

Congrats Jen!!!
Email your information to me so I can mail out your prize from Santa.
My email is kregle@yahoo.com

Thanks again to everyone who participated.
I just love our Scrap Tiffany Design Team.

Til next Time with T!!!

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Scrap Tiffany Holiday Blog Hop

Yay!! The Scrap Tiffany Blog Hop is here!!!!
Thanks for hoppin' in on our fun!!
I promise you won't be disappointed.

If you arrived from Keely's blog, then you are on the right track. If not, then you might want to start at the beginning so you don't miss any holiday inspiration.

I'm excited because there's a ton of blog hop holiday inspiration AND because this is the first Christmas project for me this year.
It will just get the holidays started for me. I must say, I was quite surprised when I heard Christmas music playing on the radio the other day. I hadn't even taken down my Halloween decor yet. Now I have and my mind has started shifting to the holiday season.
On to the blog hop fun...

For my project, I decided to make a card/tag holder out of a file folder.
Just a normal school folder. I got mine at Wal Mart for pocket change.
Here we go...

The front cover.

The inside cover.

The fun cards and tags.

A couple close-ups of the tags and cards.

Supplies used:
Patterned paper: 7Gypsies-"Ville" and "Pays";
Tags:Teresa Collins-"Gift Tags"; "25 Christmas" Teresa Collins- "Countdown til Christmas";
Red Santa Transparency-Creative Imaginations
Embossed paper: Cuttlebug
Metal Strip:Making Memories
Scallop punch
Misc: Red folder (Walmart);Black Cardstock; Ribbon; Velcro

Mini instructions:
Cut the folder 5 1/2 inches down from the top
left hand side of the folder.
Score and fold down 1 inch at the top right hand side.
Cover with paper and embellishments.
If you have any other questions about this project, please feel free to email me.

Well, that's my holiday project for this Blog Hop!!
Hope you are hopping away with some inspiration to make this project or
turn it into your own.
Always with Christmas comes presents, so
leave a comment AND become a follower on my blog
...
Santa will give away a nice Christmas surprise on Wednesday after the elves have completed all their holiday projects.

I will announce the winner on Wednesday!!

Head on over to Kristina's to check out her project.

You will not be disappointed.
Thanks again for joining us in this hop!!

Til next Time with T!!!