Monday, July 4, 2011

Happy Independence Day!

Hapopy Birthday America-
We're going to a barbecue later today, I'm bringing a side dish of zucchini corn salad.
I looked at a few recipes but came up with this tailored to my taste.
Jeanne's zucchini corn salad
4 small zucchini diced
1/2 sweet onion
1 red bell pepper
1 c sweet corn
salt
pepper
olive oil
21/2 T vinegar
Fire roast the bell pepper and peel the skin after it cools. Dice and place in bowl. Dice the onion and caremelize in a little olive oil. Put in bowl with the red pepper. Cook the diced zucchini in the same pan, I did it in 2 batches so it browned well- and made sure it was dry before entering the pan. Place in bowl when done. Add the corn to the pan and cook for 1-2 minutes. pour into the bowl. Add salt and pepper to taste, pour in the vinegar, toss and chill.
Have a safe and sane 4th!

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Embellished T-shirt number 2

I've been seeing the return of the white peasant skirt at work and wanted one too- we went to a discount store and found one for $9.99. Not a bad price so I bought one and a white t-shirt to go with it. The shirt was a little plain so I used an old white t-shirt and my cuttle bug to make this one.

I used the Peony die to cut 3 sizes- they were double layer to make it quicker I sewed them together and used 2-4 white beads in the centers, then appliqued them to the shirt, I can't wait to wear it next week.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

ABCSC11

I made another ABC page today- Gift.
I liked the verses Patter chose; and I enjoyed poring through God's word to find more gifts. I've had the polka dots for a long time- and it was a little short at the lower corner, so I added the red accent piece. I just recently purchased the gift box stamp, and I made the digital stamp of the gift with the Romans verse.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

ABC Scripture challenge

It's been so long since I did the ABC scripture challenge- I'm on vacation so here is my Forget card.
I drew the hand, then stamped DH's name, my name and family. The bird is from graphics fairy. I used Pinewood font for the word Forget. CS is Basic Grey Sultry/elite.

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Clean and Simple challenge

I saw this card sketch at paper crafts planet and wanted to play. the cs base is Basic Grey sultry/elite the flowered paper is Recollections Chocolate bar. I punched the flower from a scrap. I like the clean lines of this sketch, I'll be using it again.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

2 cards

I made 2 cards last weekend- birthdays at church.
The little sewing girl is for a friend that quilts- her home is decorated in vintage style. The images are from- Graphics Fairy. I background stamped the paisley- then used colored pencils and blended all over.
the circle card is for a friend in Sunday school class

the images are stamped I loved the bright colors.

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Goodbye card

Our Claims operations director is moving to Georgia- her last day is next Friday.
I made this card for her. The robin and the nest images are from Graphics Fairy. The journal oval from Creative delights, I tinted the flowers and added ribbon and stickles.