Wow…it’s another beautiful day again today!  We have had a great weekend weather-wise!  I hope you are enjoying your Sunday wherever you are! 

Today is another challenge day for the SCS Dirty Dozen and Alumni.  Betty (gbedwright) challenged us with the theme of Dirty Dinners!  Yum…I enjoy checking out new recipes so I knew this was one I wouldn’t want to miss!  I also enjoy scrapping our favorite recipes in a 6×6 format and Betty’s challenge was just the incentive I needed to get another one done.  ;0)

Here’s Betty’s info:

Challenge: Dirty Dinner Recipe paper project. Share at least one tried and true prepared entree recipe in decorative paper crafting format of choice.

Restricted Element: There are NO restrictions…bring on the calories, carbs, fat grams, and sugars!!!! We can alter it on our own if need be.

Required Element: It must be something you have cooked and your family LOVED it!!!! Also, share a little bit about the history of this recipe and how it came to be.

Well, it wasn’t hard to think of which recipe to scrap!  This is one of my family’s favorite dinners.  I think I started cooking it a little over a year ago (can’t remember where it came from) and we have had it so many times that I’m surprised they aren’t sick of it yet.  LOL.  They keep requesting it and it’s so easy.  I wanted to try making the recipe in a Crock Pot shape since that is how the dish is prepared.  So here’s what I came up with…I hope it looks like a slow cooker! 

I tried printing the recipe title onto acetate to resemble the glass lid but it wasn’t turning out very well in my printer.  So I pulled out some cardstock weight vellum instead and I think it worked pretty well.  First I drew a quick pattern and then I printed the recipe on red cardstock in the size I needed.  It was cut out in a rectangle and the bottom corners were rounded.  Then I used the SU! Word Window punch to make the handles and round the edges of the black rim.  Next I traced my lid pattern over the title and cut it out.  The top edge was lightly inked with black and I added a punched circle for the handle.  A smaller circle and a square brad were used for the knob to adjust the temperature.  (I could swear I had some triangle brads but where they are I don’t have a clue!)  To finish it off, I added a small strip to the base which I’m hoping resembles the cord.  The stamped images are from my Create A Recipe and Cupcake Occasions sets. 

Here’s the recipe if you’d like to try it.  I always leave out the mushrooms since I’m the only one who cares for them but someday I might just sneak them in.  ;0) 

Italian Chicken With Cream Sauce

Ingredients:

4-6 boneless chicken breast halves

2 envelopes dry Italian salad dressing mix

1/2 cup water

8 oz. cream cheese, softened

1 can Cream of Chicken Soup

4 oz. can mushrooms, drained

16 ounces frozen broccoli cuts

fettuccine noodles or rice

Directions:

Place chicken in the crock pot. Mix the salad dressing mix with the water and pour over the chicken. Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours (on high if frozen).

Mix the cream cheese and soup. Stir in the mushroom and pour over the chicken. Add broccoli and cook for about 1-2 hours longer on high.

Prepare noodles or rice according to package directions.

Serve chicken and cream sauce over noodles or rice.

stamps- Create A Recipe and Cupcake Occasions by Cookie Crumbs; paper- red, black, white, Wasabi, Bordering Blue, vellum cardstock, dp by Flair Designs; ink- Memento Black; accessories- SU! Word Window punch and Oval punches, circle punches, corner rounder, square brads, Copic markers, Stickles, gel pen.

Don’t ask me what these two things have in common.  Nothing really.  They are just two projects left from the gatherings I recently attended that I haven’t shared yet.

This first one was a tutorial on Splitcoast a few weeks ago.  It is rare that I try a tutorial right away, but I thought this was cool and tried it the day the newsletter went out!  You can find the directions here. 

I didn’t use markers on my project, though.  I never seemed to have good luck with regular markers on shrink plastic.  Instead, I stamped the outline with Stazon ink and colored the image with colored pencils.  This way it doesn’t smear when you roll it up to insert it into the glass ball.  This was a fun project to try and it is kinda cool to see it shrink inside the ball.  

The shrink plastic was cut with my Nestabilities and then I outlined the edges with faux stitches using a fine point permanent marker.

stamps- Warm Words, Soft Summer; ink- Stazon Black; accessories- colored pencils, thread, glue dots, hole punch, shrink plastic, Labels 3 Nestabilities, clear glass ornament. 

The second project is another 6×6 recipe card.  This time I decided to scrap the pie crust recipe my MIL used to make.  It makes the best pie crust, IMO!

This is a very simple page but I was short on time (and mojo!) LOL.  I love the decorative paper, though, with the rolling pins on it!

The Whipper Snapper pie was stamped twice…once on the recipe layer and again on a piece of silver cardstock.  Then the pie pan was cut out of the silver paper and paper pieced on the first one. 

stamps- Whipper Snapper Homemade Pie, SU! It’s All Good, Karen Foster Snap Stamps; paper- Red, White, Black, Silver, dp- Creative Imaginations; ink- Memento Black, Real Red; accessories- Copic markers, Photo Corner punch, Scallop Circle punch, Flower punch, button. 

Have a great day!

Here’s a 6×6 recipe page I made for an upcoming swap.  I hope the recipients don’t mind that I did an Easter recipe when Easter is over!  But if their house is like mine, there’s still plenty of candy left.  ;0)  And these eggs are so yummy that I’m sure you could shape them any way you want and make them for the next holiday.  LOL.

This is pretty self-explanatory and I am short on time, so I’ll be brief.  The chick is from my Cupcake Occasions set and the yellow background paper came in 12×12 sheets already embossed (got mine at Michael’s).  I’m not sure why the yellow is so bright…I tried to adjust it but this was the best I could do.  ugh.

*Be sure to check back tomorrow- I have a special little mid-month release!  Here’s a little sneak peek:

stamps- Cupcake Occasions by Cookie Crumbs, SU! Rough Texture Wheel; paper-embossed cardstock by Making Memories,orange, tan, white, green, SU! Lavendar Lace and Bashful Blue; ink- Memento Black, Wasabi; accessories- Copic markers, Stickles, circle punch, Scallop circle punch, Double Ended Tags Nestabilities, eyelets, Martha Stewart Frond punch, EK Success flower punches.

Here’s a 6×6 recipe page I recently did for a swap.  Of course, I had to try out the recipe first to make sure it was a good one and it got the family’s approval.  ;0)

Someone said they thought that this was a Pampered Chef recipe?  I don’t really know where it came from….I found it on a website somewhere but I never go to the PC site so I’m not sure if that’s where it originated.

Anyway…I used my Cookie Jar and Cookie Jar-gon sets for the Oreos, mixing bowl and words.  The truffle is one of Anna Wight’s images and I thought it would be a perfect addition.  The Oreo cookies were stamped with black ink onto brown paper.  Then I used a white gel pen to color in the white center.  It was much easier to do it this way when mass-producing and I thought they turned out kinda cute.  One was popped up on a dimensional.

The base cardstock has a swirly embossed design which is sort of hard to see in the photo.  The cardstock came already embossed which made my background easy!  I chose the colors for the base layer and the printed recipe by looking at the package of cookies.  That gave me the inspiration I needed to start the project. 

Well, I am off to bake another favorite cookie….molasses!  And work on a few more projects.  Have a great day!

stamps- Cookie Jar and Cookie Jar-gon by Cookie Crumbs, truffle by Whipper Snapper; paper- Making Memories Swirl Blue, white, brown, dp- EK Success; ink- Memento Black; accessories- SU! Top Note die, Copic markers, Stickles, SU! Scalloped Circle punch, Circle Nestabilities, SU! Word Window punch.

Guess what Santa brought! 

Well, she was a bit late for Christmas, but a sweet present to ourselves anyway!  

Now if only she will train quickly….*crossing fingers*.   :0)  If you have any tips, I’d love to hear them!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with your friends and family!

Ok, so below is a recipe page I did a few months ago.  One of my favorite pies is a custard pie.  I just called this Berry Custard because I use blueberries or raspberries.  And if you are short on time, it can be baked in a baking dish without the crust- still yummy!

I used the House Mouse Pumpkin Pie image and just made the pie a different color.  The fun decorative paper is by Flair Designs and I purchased it at All That Scraps.  Christine has a ton of papers to choose from!

In case it’s difficult to read from the picture, here’s the recipe:

4 slightly beaten eggs

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. vanilla

2 cups  milk

cinnamon

fresh or frozen blueberries or raspberries

1 T. flour 

Blend the first four ingredients.  Stir in the milk.  Pour into a baking dish or unbaked pie shell and sprinkle with cinnamon.  Shake berries in a bag with the flour and add to the custard.  Bake @ 400° for 45 minutes.  Let cool and then refrigerate.

stamps- House Mouse Pumpkin Pie and footprints by Hero Arts; paper- SU! Pumpkin and Choc. Chip, non-SU! Blue, Red, White, and Beige, dp- Flair Designs; ink- Palette Black; accessories- Stickles, Copic markers, Nestabilities, SU! Curly Label punch

…Just run to your local grocery store!  I found a few recipes on the internet for hot cocoa mix but I ended up altering one to suit my own taste.  Then I found these drinking jars with a handle in a local store but you can easily use canning jars or any other jar with a lid. 

I made the tags by placing the folded edge *just inside* the top edge of the Labels 1 Nestability die.  The stamped image is from JustRite Stampers and can be found here or here.  It was a gift to me and turned out to be perfect for this project.  In the close-up pic below you can see that I added some dimension to the frothy cocoa with a puffy ink marker (similar to Liquid Applique).  I also added a bit of sparkle with a glitter pen. 

stamps- Baking Stamp Ensemble by JustRite Stampers; paper- Red, Choc. Chip, white; ink- Choc. Chip, Real Red, Garden Green; accessories- Labels 1 and Circle Nestabilities, glitter pen, gel pen, Marvy Puffy Velvet fabric marker, heat tool

And here’s the recipe I ended up using after my alterations:

Hot Cocoa Mix

8 cups powdered milk

2- 3.5 oz. pkgs. Cook and Serve chocolate pudding mix

1 cup powdered chocolate drink mix (Nestles Quik)

1 cup powdered non-dairy creamer

3 cups confectioner’s sugar

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Mix all together in a large bowl and place in jars. 

Attach a tag with the following instructions:  Dissolve 1/3 cup cocoa mix in 1 cup boiling water.

I hope you and your family have a Blessed Christmas!  Thanks for stopping by!

Sorry I’ve haven’t posted lately!  It’s been a busy week.  Among other things going on, I had Jury duty again.  It’s always interesting and I really don’t mind going.  It just throws a little wrench into my routine, but that’s ok.  I have also been busy getting a few projects ready for another gathering coming up soon.  I wasn’t originally planning on attending this one since I knew I’d be busy.  But someone wasn’t able to come and they had a spot they were looking to fill.  I really enjoy getting together with my NY friends, so I changed my mind.  I am filling in a spot in a recipe swap and this is what I came up with.  It’s my family’s favorite dip…I’ve made it so many times over the years and I never measure the ingredients anymore.  When I saw this flower in the Garden Silhouettes set, I thought it looked like dill weed.  I have been wanting to use it with this recipe for a while….I’m glad I finally made them!  Don’t ask me what the frogs have to do with dill….except maybe they are both green.  LOL.  But I thought they would make a fun page.  The frogs on the top are a retired SU! wheel and the bee, butterfly and frog on the bottom are from a Cuttlebug die.  I used markers to color portions of them and added a little Stickles to the bee & butterfly.  The recipe words are computer generated with the Scrap Baby font found here.  It’s on sale right now for $1 if you want to check it out. 

Have a great day! 

stamps- Garden Silhouettes, Leapfrog wheel

paper- Olive, non- SU!

ink- Olive, Summer, Black

accessories- Designer Label punch, circle punch, Ticket Corner punch, Cuttlebug dies- Garden Creatures & Spring Floral, Stickles, pop dots, gel pen

I have been busy getting ready for another gathering.  This one is hosted by two of my Dirty Dozen Alumni friends,  Tracy Harp (Lodichick) and Holly McMillen (Toy).  I can’t wait!  It will be great to see some of my stamping friends again and meet some new ones!  I will have some projects to share with you over the next week that I will be taking with me. 

This first project is for the 6×6 recipe swap.  I look forward to this swap and seeing all the wonderful recipes we exchange.  The recipe I scrapped here is a new family favorite that was shared by my friend, Linda G.  I changed it up a bit, adding the diced tomatoes.  Everyone reaches for seconds with this one….yum!  I can smell the pesto now.  ;) 

The chicken is Anna Wight’s image called Greta.  I watercolored her and paper pieced her apron with some retired SU! paper.  The ravioli were made by punching some squares of vanilla cardstock and rounding the corners on the large square.  I hope they look like ravioli! 

stamps- Greta by Whipper Snapper

paper- non SU! and Olive

ink- Black, various colors for watercoloring

accessories- square punches, Round Tab punch, button, corner rounder, Three for You flower punch, paper paint

I have been busy with paperwork and a few other things….blech… and haven’t stamped the past few days. So I thought I would share a few 6×6 recipe pages that I did a while ago for some swaps. Enjoy!

For this first one, I found a picture of a pineapple in my clipart and used it to make a pattern. Then I printed the ingredients on the computer, traced the pattern and cut it out. The top of the pineapplewas stamped with the Cornish Heritage Farms Dotted bg and then run through the Cuttlebug. The bottom was stamped with the plaid background.

stamps- Flannel Plaid, Monkey Business, CHF dotted background
paper- Karen Foster, Green Galore, non-SU
ink- Marigold, Garden, Summer, Caramel, Cocoa, Banana
accessories- Cuttlebug D’vine Swirl, circle punches, round tab punch, ribbon

On the second one, I used the mug from Like It A Latte and cut off the handle for a soup bowl.
And after watercoloring the chicken, I used the color spritzer tool with the Caramel marker over top.

stamps- Walk This Way, Like It A Latte, Karen Foster snap stamps- small casual
paper- non SU and patterned paper unknown

This last 6×6 page was actually the first recipe page I’ve done. Here’s how I made the burgers:
Buns- 2″ circles, edges sponged & color spritzer tool on top bun.
cheese- 1 3/8″ square with 1/8″ and 1/16″ holes
lettuse- torn cs
meat- 2″ circle with deckle scissors around edge

stamps- Paisley, Flannel Plaid, Cheesecloth, Newsprint and Whimsical Lower alphas
accessories- EK Success flower punch, color spritzer tool, circle & square punches, deckle scissors, eyelet, ribbon

No stamping for this post, but I hope you like it anyway. I saw a recipe for a chicken pizza but it was spicy and I don’t care for a lot of spicy foods so I changed it up a bit. This was super easy and pretty quick to make. It seemed to be a hit with everyone too. If you try it, let me know how you like it!

Diane’s Orange Spiedie Chicken Pizza

3 Tablespoons Lupo’s Spiedie marinade*
2 Tablespoons orange juice
8 pieces of Perdue frozen chicken tenderloins (about 10- 12 oz.)
1 can Pillsbury refrigerated pizza crust
1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a large covered frypan, cook the chicken, marinade and orange juice over medium heat until chicken is no longer pink, about 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, lightly grease a 12 inch pizza pan. Unroll the pizza dough and spread to cover the pan. Bake for 7 minutes.
Remove the cooked chicken and cut into small pieces. Return the chicken to the marinade and toss to coat.
Brush the partially baked crust with some of the marinade and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Top with the chicken pieces.
Bake for 12 minutes.

*Lupo’s spiedie marinade originated in Endicott, NY and is available throughout the USA. If you cannot find it locally, visit www.spiedies.com to order it online. We like this so much that we buy it by the 1/2 gallon at our Sam’s Club. Another brand is State Fair and can be found at www.spiedie.com (without the extra “s”). Italian dressing could be substituted, but it won’t be the same as the spiedie sauce.