Glade Oil Diffusers

I am loving the fresh scent of Glade's Pineapple and Mngosteen. It sure is making the musty smell that Hurrican Isaac left in it's wake disappear!

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Let The Good Times Roll...

The best part about moving to New Orleans? THE FOOD! This is a recipe that my family has been using for years. It is fast and easy. You can double, triple or even half it with no problem. You can make your own Cajun spice or use Zatarain's, Tony Chacheres or Emeril's.


I knew right away that I was going to use traditional Mardi Gras colors. I rarely work with colors from Bold Brights and never only those colors. The design came to me pretty quickly. I just cut one inch strips and arranged them in a hapahazard way behind the recipe.

But, I felt like it was just SO bright. I needed to tone it down a little and I thought a little texture might do the trick.I love my Big Shot and texturz plates to spice projects up! The harlequin design fit in nicely with the whole Mardi Gras theme and helped take the edge off of the solid bright colors. A couple of jeweled brads finishes off the page nicely .

SUPPLIES USED:

Lovely Lilac, Glorious Green and Yo Yo Yellow and Basic Black Card stock

Circle Circus Stamp Set

Circle and Square Ice Rhinestone Brads

Stampin' Up! Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plates

After a long break...

I am back! I have neglected this blog for the past 5 months as we wrapped up our California lives and moved half-way across the country to New Orleans. I am having fun getting re-acquainted with my new home. The history , the people and food and culture of this great city will keep me busy for the entire time we live here. I am also finding new inspirations for my crafting . My goal is to update this blog with new projects and ideas several times a week. Thanks for coming back.

I have always enjoyed swaps and none more than recipe swaps.This wonderful recipe for summer zucchini is one my Mom gave me this summer. It is delicious!

I love this new stamp set. The possibilities are endless. For this project, I inked the stamp with Summer Sun. and then sponged Garden Green onto the middle of the medallion. I punched out the middle with the a large circle punch and used dimensionals to add that to an image that I had stamped in Summer Sun on the white card stock. I added a little copper brad to complement the colors I was using.

This was a  quick and easy recipe card. Trying something similar on a regular card yields great results as well.

Supplies Used:

Garden Green Cardstock( 102584) and ink(102272)

Summer Sun Cardstock103124) and ink(100537)

Whisper White Cardstock(106529)

Copper Brads ( retired)

1 3/4 circle punch ( 112004)

To order supplies: http://www.mindyussery.stampinup.net/

A Blast From The Past

Do you remember the first workshop/club/class you ever did?? Mine was about two years ago. Though I had been stampin for several years, I remember being so nervous. I worried about my projects- were the impressive enough, were my cuts straight, were they too easy, too hard?? I have been cleaning up picture files and I came across the cards from my first club meeting. And you know what? I had nothing to worry about.

Stampin' Up! Pays it Forward!!

I recently asked Stampin' Up! for a donation to the local elementary school's fundraiser. I was blown away by the box that they sent. It was huge and just loaded with goodies. It was a value of about $500!Isn't Stampin' Up! great???I bought the containers and loaded them with all of the great goodies. The tote is a Stampin' extravaganza and is worth about $350. The tin is filled with items geared towards kids or a a class room and is worth about $150.00. I hope it makes the school a bit of money. I dont have kids there, but I teach a paper crafts class there as part of their enrichment program.

Isn't this a great way to use and showcase designer paper? This card features the Sale-A-Bration DSP that you can earn for FREE by spending just $50.

I love making acetate cards and I shared this with club this month. To make this card, we used :

4 Top Note die cuts of DSP
1 Top Note Die from bashful Blue ( cut in half)

We also used some SAB ribbon that was run through the Big Shot on the Top Note die. This makes the ribbon fit perfectly across the main image of the card. :) Toppped it off with a fun little button. Thanks for looking!

Valentine Class

We just had a Valentine Class last night. I always enjoy my time with my stampin' friends so much. We covered target mailboxes and made this cute little accordion card. The final version had dazzling Diamonds glitter and pop dot hearts in the middle oval. :) We used the Love You Much bundle. :)