Creative Cuts & More Blog - Holiday Treats Apron Recipe Album Kit

Welcome Friends! It's Day 2 of the Creative Cuts & More Blog Hop. WOW! The Day 1 Designers creations were just amazing! It's wonderful to see how many different designs you can get from one kit. Well, the Holiday Treats Apron Recipe Album Kit is just as fabulous. It was so easy and fun to put this recipe album together. The die cut aprons in both the patterned paper and chipboard make it a breeze. I really love this kit! It is loaded with so much wonderful product. You can easily make several cards in addition to the Apron Album. I was thrilled when I received my kit and I am happy to feature it today.


We have 24 designers today showcasing this fabulous kit. Be sure to get the full experience by starting off the hop at www.diecutdiva.com and as part of the celebration Creative Cuts & More will be having a fabulous sale. For the next six days, Creative Cuts & More will be offering 20% off the ENTIRE store. Be sure to act quickly as the sale will end on Nov. 14th. Enter this code recipebloghop2009 during checkout to receive your discount. The celebration doesn't end there! Creative Cuts & More will also be giving you a chance to win one of these wonderful kits. Each day there will be one kit given away. Simply hop around and leave sweet comments for the featured designers. After you have finished the blog hop, return to www.diecutdiva.com and instead of leaving a comment, you will need to share a recipe to have a chance at winning the kit.



The album base was quickly created using the kit's apron die cut patterned paper and chipboard. I added a cute gingerbread die cut from the kit to the top of the apron to accent the album title. I punched out tags from the kit's patterned paper for pockets. I also added my own embellishments (not included in the kit) to finish off the album cover:
Red Ruffle Ribbon (Bazzill), Red Dot Ribbon (Bo Bunny), Pink Brads (Bazzill), Red Ric Rac Stickers (Stampendous), Oval & Tag Punches (SU!), 3D Foam Tape (Best Creation), White Gel Pen and Stardust Stickles


The recipe page was created using one of my favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies recipes. I was lucky enough to take a Doodling Class with the amazingly talented Stephanie Ackerman last year. She made these cookies for the class and I gobbled mine up. LOL! They were delicious! I just LOVE Chocolate Chip Cookies! They are great for the holidays and basically everyday. She was so sweet to give us a copy of her recipe with her super cute design. You too can get the same recipe copy here at her website. I loved decorating these aprons and I of course wanted to use some more cute die cuts, so I added a gingerbread cookie and wooden spoon. I also added my own embellishments (not included in the kit) to finish off the recipe page: Pink Gems (Doodlebug Design), Brown & Hot Pink Patterned Paper (Bo Bunny), Chocolate Chip Cookies Stamp (Hero Arts), Chocolate Chip Ink (SU!), 3D Foam Tape (Best Creation), Christmas Red Stickles and Red Polka Dot Ribbon (A Muse)


Thanks for visiting! Now hop on over to see the fabulous creations by Deb Felts!

Creative Cuts & More - Our Favorite Recipes Blog Hop

Welcome Friends! I am so excited about the Creative Cuts & More - Our Favorite Recipes Blog Hop. Today and Tomorrow will feature 24 designers on each day showcasing the latest kits from Creative Cuts & More along with some of their favorite recipes. These kits are loaded with goodies from amazing die cuts, papers and accessories. I was completely floored when I received my kit! Simply amazing products! Be sure to get the full experience by starting off the hop at www.diecutdiva.com and as part of the celebration Creative Cuts & More will be having a fabulous sale. For the next six days, CC& M will be offering 20% off the ENTIRE store. Be sure to act quickly as the sale will end on Nov. 14th. Enter this code recipebloghop2009 during checkout to receive your discount. The celebration doesn't end there! Creative Cuts & More will also be giving you a chance to win one of these wonderful kits. Each day there will be one kit given away. Simply hop around and leave sweet comments for the featured designers. After you have finished the blog hop, return to www.diecutdiva.com and instead of leaving a comment, you will need to share a recipe to have a chance at winning the kit. Here's one of my favorite cookie recipes by Hershey's:

Secret Kisses Cookies

1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 cup finely chopped walnuts or almonds
36 Hershey's Kisses Milk Chocolate
Powdered Sugar

1. Beat butter, granulated sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed in large bowl until fluffy. Add flour and walnuts; beat on low speed of mixer until well blended. Cover; refrigerate 1 to 2 hours or until dough is firm enough to handle.

2. Remove wrappers from chocolates. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Using about 1 tablespoon dough for each cookie, shape dough around each chocolate; roll in hand to make ball. (Be sure to cover each chocolate piece completely.) Place on ungreased cookie sheet.

3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies are set but not browned. Cool slightly; remove to wire rack. While still slightly warm, roll in powdered sugar. Cool completely. Store in tightly covered container. Roll again in powdered sugar just before serving.

Yummy!!!! Ok, go have some fun and hop around! Be sure to visit me tomorrow as I will be showcasing the Holiday Treats Apron Recipe Kit. Have a great day and thanks for visiting!

A Muse Lounge Challenge #10 - Tag, You're It!

Well the holidays are rapidly approaching, so I am happy to be playing along with the current A Muse Lounge Challenge. You guessed it - It's Tags! A Muse images are the perfect size for tags and I adore these cute images. I am addicted to paper piecing lately, so the tree tag was my fav. I stocked up on the new A Muse holiday images in July, so I will be using them for my next round of tags. Hope you all have a fabulous Saturday! I am supposed to be cleaning house ... you know how that goes. LOL!

Rachel's Recipe:
Stamps: MB Hippy Snowchick, Missy's Holiday Set, MB Tree Duo, MB Twin Cupcakes and Sweet Holiday Wishes (A Muse)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Copics
Paper: White CS (PTI) and Patterned Paper (Bo Bunny & Bazzill)
Accessories: Tag Punch (Creative Memories), Ribbon (Michaels), Buttons (PTI) and Stardust Stickles

Digi Gingy!!!

Here's a little something for all my fellow Gingy lovers! Can you believe it? A new Super Cute Digi Kit at Sweet Shoppe Designs called Santa's Bake Shoppe! It is on sale for 30% off TODAY ONLY! Ok you will need to sit down for this one! There is a special bundle package for this kit which includes the kit shown below plus 4 pre-designed photo cards and a special bonus sheet of pre-designed tags. OH MY GOODNESS! I just got it and it was well worth the whole $6.29 (regularly $10.48). What a steal! Love it! Plus you will also receive a free digital kit with any purchase, but remember it is for today only!

TESC90 - Sweetest Holiday Wishes

Hola Amigas! Woo Hoo! It's Friday and time for another great sketch from Taylored Expressions. This week's sketch TESC90 worked out perfectly for the PTI Gingerbread. He is so cute! I love how the VersaMagic ink in Gingerbread made the image come out so crisp. Amazing color! I really wanted the additional colors to be bright and sweet and I finally got my hands on some Doodlebug Christmas Candy. I basically bought out my LSS. LOL! I added some sparkle with Stardust Stickles around the pink circle layer and on top of the pink brads. Just had a blast making this card! Hope you all play along and be sure to visit the rest of the Sketch Crew to see their wonderful creations: Alice, Jackie, Jami, Lisa, Lynn, Melissa, Monika, Sherrie and Taylor!


Rachel's Recipe:
Stamps: Holiday Button Bits (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: VersaMagic Gingerbread and Dark Chocolate (PTI)
Paper: White CS (PTI) and Patterned Paper (Bo Bunny & Doodlebug Design)
Accessories: Marvy Mega Circle Punch, Pink Brads (Bazzill), 3D Foam Tape (Best Creation), Pure Poppy Buttons (PTI), Piercing Tools & White Gel Pen (SU!) and Stardust Stickles

Trick or Treat!

Happy Halloween! I have no tricks, just treats!!! My Cute Stamps has just released 5 new stamp sets. I loved this adorable Gumballs set and ordered it up right away. I paired it up with the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Birthday Numbers Set for my final birthday card for my My Cute Stamps weekend. I needed to spread out the weekend through the month, due to all the October birthdays I was celebrating. In November I will be sharing lots of My Cute Stamps creations weekly to celebrate my final month on the Design Team. It will be filled with lots of cards and tags from the new Merry Wishes set. Hope you are loving the new sets as much as I am. So excited to start working with them. Thanks for visiting!

Rachel's Recipe:
Stamps: Gumballs and Birthday Numbers (My Cute Stamps)
Paper: White CS (PTI), Pink & Blue CS (Easter Key Ingredients - TE) and Patterned Paper (Bazzill & Imaginisce)
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black and Copic Markers
Accessories: Ribbon (A Muse), Brads (Easter Key Ingredients - TE), Paper Piercer (SU!), 3D Foam Tape (Best Creation) and Stardust Stickles

TESC89 - Happy Birthday to MY SUPERMAN!

Happy Birthday Mikey! I am so excited to spend the day with you at Disneyland. Yes, it's another round of Disneyland for me. This time just my hubby and me celebrating his special day. My husband spoils me so much, so I love going all out for his birthday! He is finally going to have a Pineapple Dole Whip. It's the best frozen treat ever!!! Ok I am going to have one too. Hee Hee! My buddy at work also told me today that there is a free Iphone App that gives you the wait times for each ride at Disneyland. Yup, there's an app for that! LOL! Just added it and can't wait to test it out today. Well since my hubby is such a Superman, I thought that the Superman Cuppie from the Taylored Expressions Trick or Sweet II set was just perfect for his card. So what goes super with Superman Cuppie? This week's Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge of course! I used the background panels in TESC89 to create a couple of red capes and added lots of stars to add some fun! Hope you all can play along! Don't forget that with each challenge Taylor is looking for her Top Crops to be featured on her blog. Can't wait to see your creations! Hope you all have a SUPER day and please be sure to visit the rest of the sketch crew to see their creations: Alice, Jackie, Jami, Lisa, Lynn, Melissa, Monika, Sherrie and Taylor!


Rachel's Recipe:
Stamps: Trick or Sweet II and Sweet Celebration (SASI)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Copic Markers
Paper: Pure Poppy & White CS (PTI) and Patterned Paper (Bo Bunny)
Accessories: Circle Punches (SU!), 3D Foam Tape (Best Creation) and Small Star Punch (Fiskars)

TESC88 = It's Official!

Happy Friday! Today is my first official day as a new member of the TESC Sketch Crew. I am so happy to be part of this team. I love Taylor's sketches and today's sketch is so fun! For TESC88 I got to ink up the new Taylored Expressions set Wings of Joy. This set is so adorable and filled with lots of cute birds. I paired up the image with some more Making Memories patterned paper. The red foil holly berries on this paper are so pretty. I also added some Christmas Red Stickles to the holly berries and heart on the images for sparkle.

Hope you can all play along!! Have a Fabulous Friday and please be sure to visit the rest of the sketch crew to see their creations: Alice, Jackie, Jami, Lisa, Lynn, Melissa, Monika, Sherrie and Taylor!

Happy Birthday BFF!

Happy Burfday Pilar! It's your burfday! Well today is gonna be a blast con pumpkin pancakes y todo! Pilar and I are off to celebrate her birthday OC Style at Disneyland!!!! Woo Hoo!!! Can't wait to see the park all decorated for Halloween. First stop is IHOP for pumpkin pancakes and then onto Disneyland for FUN, FUN, FUN!!! Today's card is of course her Bday card! She loves skulls and stars. I paired up the Happy Owl-oween set and Birthday Numbers from My Cute Stamps to make her punker birthday card. I added some Stardust Stickles to the bones for some sparkle. Well I am off to the Happiest Place on Earth! Thanks for visiting and Have a Happy Day!

TESC86 - Happy Halloween!

Hello! I am at it again with another card for the TE Sketch Challenge #86. This time I wanted to make a Halloween card, as it is rapidly approaching. I have been wanting this Anna Wight cling set for a year and I finally got it. I wanted to use it right away, so I inked up the spider image today. I paired it up with the Happy Halloween sentiment by Stampendous. I love Taylor's Tiny Twinkles, so I added a bunch of purple ones for some sparkle. I hope to do one more card before the challenge ends Friday morning. Hope you all get a chance to play along too. Have a great day and thanks for visiting!

Rachel's Recipe:
Stamps: Spooky Expressions (Whipper Snapper/AnnaWight) and Stampendous
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Paper: Black CS (PTI) and Patterned Paper (Bo Bunny)
Accessories: Oval Punches & White Gel Pen (SU!), Taylor's Tiny Twinkles (Taylored Expressions), 7/8" circle punch (EK Success), MS Spider Web Border Punch, 3D Foam Tape (Best Creation) and Stardust Stickles