Pinkalicious Blog Hop Friday!

Hello all!  I'm so glad that you have joined me for Pinkalicious Blog Hop Friday!  If you have arrived here from Angela's blog, then you're in the right place.  If you arrived here on your own tonight, I invite you to hop over to My Pink Stamper so you can start at the beginning and see all the wonderful projects in tonight's hop.

The theme for this month's project is St. Patrick's Day!  All ye fellow Irishmen, show your green!  My maiden name originates in County Cork in Ireland.  So I have to go back about 5-6 generations, but there's Irish in me!  And what a great way, and a great time to celebrate the color green.  We've been starting to see and feel the first signs of spring here.  I decided to celebrate by buying two pear trees and some potting soil!  So hopefully there will be lots of green in my future, and not brown...  ;-)

For my project today I chose to use the My Pink Stamper set called Happiest Moments:

And here is what I made:

I thought for this month's project I would make a little treatie for my kids.  They don't know yet though, so ssshhhhhh!  ;-)  I got some chocolate coins, some candy sticks from our local candy factory, some cute cuts from the Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge, and the perfect stamp to top it all off!  And don't you just love cellophane?  I think just about anything looks beautiful when it's wrapped in cellophane.  ;-)

Stamp:  My Pink Stamper Happiest Moments
Cricut Cartridge:  Simply Charmed - I used the leprechaun and the pot of gold
Paper:  AC Cardstock, Roberts Crafts
Ribbon:  Joann
Embellishment:  Stickles

Thanks for stopping by!  You next stop on the hop is Alex at You Had Me At Craft.  Don't forget to stop by My Pink Stamper when you're through and join us in this month's theme.  I have also included the entire blog hop order below.  Happy Hopping!

Robyn

 Tracy (CraftJunkieToo)

Shelley (Cricut Cuteness)

Roberta (TX Scrapper Mom)

Renee (I Came, I Saw, I Created)

Missy (Quick Chick Designs)

Michelle (Meesh's Pieces)

June (Simply Elegant Paper Crafts)

Helen (Crafting Cricut Mom)

Edna (Create With Expression)

Cristi (Scrappin 5 Little Cupcakes)

Courtney (Court's Crafts)

Chelle (Paper Krate)

Carissa (Sprinkled with Glitter)

Angela (Simple Creations)

Andrea (Divine Domesticity)

Alex (You Had Me At Craft)

Maria

Join me tomorrow for:

Don't forget to stop by tomorrow for Pinkalicious Blog Hop Friday!  "Hop" to see you there.

A little baby goodness

A few days ago, for my monthly craft night the theme was babies and weddings.  I'm at a time in my life where I am not needing a lot of either of these, but I still like making them!  So I was happy to have an excuse to make some.  Here are the baby cards:

Stamps:  My Pink Stamper Sweet Baby

Cricut Cartridge:  Create a Critter

Paper:  AC Cardstock, and I'm not sure where the blue plaid came from ;-)

Edge Punch:  Fiskars

Embellishments:  American Crafts ribbon (I really like this striped ribbon, see below!)

Stamps:  My Pink Stamper Sweet Baby

Cricut Cartridge:  Kate's ABC's, George & Basic Shapes

Embossing:  Cuttlebug Swiss Dots

Paper:  Roberts Crafts, Stampin' Up!, AC Cardstock

Edge Punch:  Martha Stewart

Embellishments:  American Crafts ribbon, Stickles

My Pink Stamper Design Team - February

Welcome!  Thanks for stopping by today for this month's My Pink Stamper design team post.  The challenge that I and my fellow designers were given today was to make a project that used as many My Pink Stamper Stamps as we could.  As luck would have it, at the moment I am working with the ladies in my church congregation to put together some recipe books for the graduating senior girls in our neighborhood.  A number of ladies in our women's organization submitted recipes, and we are compiling them in 8 x 8 albums where each page has been decorated by someone different.

I am a real foodie, so this was the perfect project for me.  And it just so happens that Robyn has the CUTEST, most perfect stamps to go in a recipe book.  The sets that I used for this project are Yummylicious:

 and Sweetest Cupcakes:

Here is what I made:

The recipe that I included on the page is for Amish Baked Oatmeal (a recipe I found online), so naturally I thought of the Country Life Cricut Cartridge.  And I just love this paper from Pebbles from their Fresh Goods line.  You'll see in the top left hand corner I used the "From the kitchen of" stamp from Yummylicious.  Then where the scallop border is I used the "yum!" and "mmmmm..." stamps from Sweetest Cupcakes, and "Scrumptious!" from Yummylicious.  All the perfect sentiments for a really yummy recipe.  If you want to mix up your morning breakfast routine a little, try this one - it's super yummy.

Stamps:  My Pink Stamper Yummylicious and Sweetest Cupcakes
Cricut Cartridge:  Country Life
Paper:  Pebbles Inc, AC Cardstock, DCWV
Border Punch:  American Crafts Knock-Outs Scallop and Notebook
Accessories:  Baker's twine, misc. buttons

Thanks for stopping by.  If you haven't already, be sure to swing over to My Pink Stamper so you can see all the wonderful projects that my fellow designers have made.  Have a wonderful day!

Pinkalicious Blog Hop Friday!

Welcome to my favorite Friday of the month - Pinkalicious Blog Hop Friday!  If you arrived here from Alex's blog, then you're in the right place.  If you arrived here on your own tonight, I invite you to hop along to My Pink Stamper so you can begin at the beginning and see all the wonderful projects that were created just for tonight's blog hop.

The challenge for tonight's blog hop was to create a project using the color red, a circle, some pink ribbon and not one, but TWO wonderful My Pink Stamper stamps.  The sets that I used are Buggy Punnies:

and Everyday Life:

Here's my creation:

I think my favorites of Robyn's stamps are the "punny" ones, and she has so many of them!  They're cute, they're fun, and they coordinate so well with many Cricut cartridges.  I love this font too, and the fact that I could find the perfect coordinating sentiment in the same font.  If you would like to find a retailer where you can purchase they wonderful stamps, click here.  I also incorporated another of my favorites in tonight's project - Doodlebug Design Inc paper.  I love the colors and the whimsical prints.

Stamps:  My Pink Stamper Buggie Punnies and Everyday Life
Cricut Cartridges:  Once Upon a Princess, George & Basic Shapes
Paper:  Doodlebug Design Inc, AC Cardstock, Stampin Up
Border Punch:  American Crafts Knock Out Scallop
Embellishments:  Offray (ribbon), Stickles, red button

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Now it's time to hop along to Angela's blog, Simple Creations.  I've also included the entire blog hop order below for your convenience:

Robyn

Alex

Andrea

Angela

Carissa

Chelle

Courtney

Cristi

Helen

June

Kassidy

Michelle

Missy

Renee

Roberta

Sharon

Shelley

Tracy

Maria

Have fun, and be sure to hop back to My Pink Stamper when you're done and join us in the challenge!

There's a new Tags, Bags, Boxes & More Cartridge!

 I am so excited about this one - looks like fun!

Check it out here.

Recipe to share

Have you heard of Bountiful Baskets?  It is a fruit & veggie co-op that I have been participating in for a couple of years now.  It is a great way to get fresh fruits and veggies for an insanely good price - especially in the wintertime.  It is not in every state, but quite a few from east to west.  Even if you don't have Bountiful Baskets, there may be other opportunities for co-ops in your area.  Once in a while I get a large amount of a particular fruit or vegetable, so I have to go looking for recipes so I can use it up.  Thank goodness for Allrecipes.com!  I love their ingredients search. 

I thought I'd share a very simple and tasty recipe that I discovered this past weekend.  It was a family pleaser!  Even my if-it's-healthy-it-will-kill-me husband liked it.;-)

 










Green Pepper Tomato Salad

• 3 medium tomatoes, seeded and chopped
• 1 medium green pepper, chopped
• 1 celery rib, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup chopped red onion
• 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper

Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine the tomatoes, green pepper, celery and onion. In a small bowl, combine the vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper. Stir into tomato mixture. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, stirring several times. Serve with a slotted spoon.