Bind-it-all Recipe Book #2 & Friday Heart Candy

Here is my other recipe book. This one uses all CTMH products. CTMH has a wonderful recipe kit which includes recipe labels and cards and cardstock. I used the Let's Get Together paper for the cover which uses the same patterns as this recipe kit. Bound it with my Bind-it-all and I have a very cute and easy gift!

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Now on to today's Blog candy giveaway.

I'm giving away these clear stamps, I believe by Heidi Grace. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post by next Tuesday. I will pick a winner on Wednesday, July 25. The winner will then have 3 days to contact me and send me their address.

I hope that everyone enjoys their weekend! Last weekend, we went to the Long Beach Aquarium. We had a coupon so it was pretty cheap to go. I am not a huge aquarium fan but we had a nice time. Stayed for a couple of hours and then went to lunch. I hope to have a relaxing weekend, but I may have to go to a funeral. My sister and I haven't decided whether to go or not, her childhood basketball coach's wife passed away. We've known the family since we were both 7 years old but we haven't spoken or seen them in quite a few years even though we live in the same small city...

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Recipe Book

I used my Bind-it-All! I got this lovely tool from my mom for Christmas and have only used it a handful of times but pulled it out for this fun and easy project. I used the SU Summer picnic and some retired SU recipe stamps to create this book. The words for each section and for the cover were cut using my cricut. The tabs were created using an SU punch and then stapled to each section. I stamped each page with a retired SU recipe stamp. This part took the longest! Then I just followed the directions and bound it! I plan on including some of my favorite recipes and giving it away as a gift!

Next time I will share another recipe book I made using a CTMH kit. so stay tuned!

Winner of the heart candy is Cindy Haffner, please email me with your snail mail. If you get the time, check out Cindy's blog. She is truly talented and has some fabulous creations!

Enjoy,

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Refreshing citrus

Here is a different color combination. I used orange! I never use orange but this card is just so cheerful! I used Summer Picnic dp and the orange is from SU's Tart and Tangy stamp set. The cardstock is CTMH orange and crystal blue. The ribbon is from Michaels.

Hopefully, this card will inspire you to use colors that you don't normally use, you will be surprised by how satisfying it is to do something new!
Don't forget to comment below for some yummy blog candy!
Enjoy!

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RAK's Thank you!

I wanted to say Thank You! to some wonderful blogging friends who sent me these beautiful cards. The first is from my real friend Melissa. Who has a fun blog here. She not only sent me this gorgeous shabby chic card which I love but gifts for my new baby! Thank you Melissa!
This second RAK is from Blue Moon. There isn't any stamping on this card but I just absolutely love how she used the patterned paper and chipboard. It's just gorgeous!

Thank you so much for sharing your talent with me ladies!

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Fresh and Fun & Mojo Challenge

Here is a very simple card using Stampin' Up's Summer Picnic paper, ribbon and Tart and Tangy stamp set. The cardstock is CTMH cranberry. The felt flowers were from the Target $1 spot.

Enjoy,

The above card is for the Monday Mojo Challenge. I used CTMH's new paper pack Blue Ribbon and the stamp set Whimsical Wings. The sentiment is from SU. The ribbon is CTMH and the colors used are Outdoor Denim and Cranberry. I just love these colors, so beautiful and cheerful.

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Early Evening Gown GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!

Early Evening Gown GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!

Check out this site, beautiful handmade dresses given away each week.
Blog Candy FYI:
http://stephaniejomayne.blogspot.com/
Also thank you to everyone who visited Amuse and put me down as a referral because I won a $50 gift certificate. Yeah!

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Heart Candy (Blog) is Back!

Here is a cute Inque Boutique stamp set that I'm giving away. To win just leave a comment on this post by Tuesday, July 15 and I will choose a winner using random.org on Wednesday. I am going to try to go back to weekly heart candy but with the new baby I can't promise!

This is a very simple card for the challenge here : http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/ . I used a brand new Changito stamp I had yet to ink and the paper is from my stash. I used flock for the monkeys and I paper pieced the sign. The cardstock is from PTI.

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Different take on the Pocket Card

Please visit Dawns Stamping Thoughts for the fun video tutorial for this card. You can see that I cased her card exactly. For some reason, I can't find my pic of the inside of the card but when you pull the card out, the scallop strawberry is actually attached to the white card. I found this tutorial a little bit more challenging and it didn't quite come out as a good as I had hoped.

I used SU Summer Picnic paper and the Tart and Tangy stamp set. The cardstock is CTMH crystal blue.
Enjoy,

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Trifold Pocket Card #2

This is the second trifold pocket card I made using the tutorial found on Splitcoaststampers. Please visit my previous post for the link to this tutorial. I used SU sentiment stamp as well as part of the stamp found in So Many Scallops and the paper is SU Summer Picnic. The ribbon is also SU. I just love being able to use up scraps and this card helped me do that!

Hope you all find time to try this fun pocket card. Talk you all soon.

PS and FYI Blog Candy Alert: www.franmade.blogspot.com

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Pink, Green and Blue Challenge

This is a card that I created for a challenge at funkyfairyspapercrafts.blogspot.com. The challenge was to use green, pink and blue. I used up some scraps along with the CTMH stamp set With Love. As always I used my nestabilities in my cuttlebug which I love!

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Trifold Pocket Card & Cupcake challenge

I know there are no cupcakes on this card, but I used Taylor's Friday cupcake sketch. I needed to make a birthday card for my cousin's 8 year old son so I pulled out my new Cogsmo paper pad and my new Inque Boutique stamps Toys and Out of this World. I also used May Arts ribbon and the large and small SU star punches. I used my copics and my copic blender pen to take some of the color away.

I used the tutorial on splitcoast stampers found here for this card. It was a very easy tutorial. I used SU Summer Picnic paper. The cardstock is CTMH crystal blue and the sentiment is also SU. The ribbon is from Michaels. The felt flowers and brads were from the Target $1 spot. I am having so much fun exploring tutorials. Just a fun way to jazz up the average card!

I hope that everyone enjoyed their holiday. I went to my sister's for bbq and brownie ice cream sundaes, yum. Then we set off fireworks. My 21 month old got scared, he was very concerned that the smoke was hurting Daddy's car.

Talk to you all soon!

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Circle Challenge

This is a card that I made for a challenge to use circles at aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com. I used scraps of Bo-Bunny paper and CTMH cardstock in the colors of baby pink and chocolate. The stamp set is With Love by CTMH and the circle stamped in chocolate is part of a So Many Scallops stamp. I used my various circle punches and scallop punch from SU and I used my rectangle and rectangle scallope nestabilities. The white dots were made with my ranger gel pen and the ribbon is American Crafts. For the little flowers, I punched flowers out of dp using a tiny flower punch that I got for a buck at Michael's.

I just love these colors! I hope you do too.

FYI : Blog candy at http://2stampis2b.blogspot.com/2008/07/time-for-some-blog-candy.html

In celebration of Limr Tart kits being available in the US, blog candy is being given away here: http://thetamarisk.blogspot.com/ and here: http://lilybeanpaperie.typepad.com/lilybeans_paperie/2008/06/come-here-you.html

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Easy Luggage Tag & Sketch Challenge Card

This is a card that I made for a sketch challenge at 2sketches4you.blogspot.com. I absolutelt love how it came out. The paper is Bo-bunny and the stamp is fron Inkadinkadoo. The punch on the edge is Martha Stewart and the ribbon is Target dollar spot. I used my copics for the cupcake and paper pieced the cupcake liner. The cardstock is CTMH chocolate and baby pink.

I made this luggage tag in May. My sister was getting ready to go to New York to see Little Mermaid on Broadway and hang out with our girlfriends. I, of course couldn't go being 9 months pregnant and all. So I made her this cute luggage tag.

The luggage tag is BE (Bare Elements) and the paper is Summer Picnic from SU. All I did was print out her address and cut and attach the dp to the tag and voila, super fun luggage tag that will hopefully help her find her luggage quickly.

Happy Fourth of July everyone!

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2 more Basic Grey

Here are the last two cards that I created for this challenge. The first uses MFT's By the Seashore. I used the scrap of Basic Grey Phoebe paper from the previous card. I paper pieced her entire outfit and colored the rest of the image with my copics. I used my rectangle nestabilities and made the dp scallop with my SU slit punch.
This card uses the newer Basic Grey Cupcake. The stamp set is MFT Here's the Scoop. I paper pieced the glass, I just have to use up my scraps, I hate to waste a piece of this gorgeous paper. The colors used are CTMH baby pink and citrus leaf. The punch is Martha Stewart and the cherry has stickles for a fun touch. I'm glad that I participated in this challenge, I got to play with my neglected paper and stamps!

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Basic Grey Paper Challenge

This is the first of three cards that I made for this challenge at www.ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com. We are supposed to make a card using Basic Grey paper. This is from "Phoebe" and is the first time I've used this paper. The stamp is a little bird from Imaginince and was a blog candy win. The cardstock is Baby Pink from CTMH and the sentiment is SU. I used my corner rounder for the scallop bottom and my nestabilities for the scallop and circle. I paper pieced the bird and just love how it came out! The ribbon is May Arts. I hope to post the other two cards soon but the baby is crying so I gotta go!

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Red, white and blue challenge

This is for a challenge at stampchallenges.blogspot.com. The challenge was red, white and blue, anything but a card. So here's my scrapbooking pages all ready for Friday's pictures. It helped me use up paper that I had in my stash.

Another blog candy announcement: Pretty Pressings is offering some cool candy, a cute book with Magnolia images stamped off as well as a spool of ribbon and a Magnolia stamp.

Thanks for looking.

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Criss Cross Birthday Card

I think that this makes such a cute birthday card! I made a criss cross card. There are tons of tutorials out there. I used the one found here. It's a video tutorial but so easy to follow AND it shows how to make this card saving paper!

I used my favorite paper - SU's Summer Picnic and CTMH's cardstock Cranberry and Crystal Blue. I also used SU for the sentiment and the Sellabration set So Many Scallops along with SU circle punches and scallop punch. This is such a fun and easy card to make that kind of jazzes up the average birthday card, if you have some time you should try it!

More blog candy can be found here http://stephaniejomayne.blogspot.com/

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Another Year Older!

Yes, today is the day. I turn another year older. My husband keeps taunting me with my age. I am a whopping 35 today. The picture of me on the side is a fairly accurate account of how I look, it was taken a little over 2 years ago. I do not think I look old! Or at least I don't feel old but 35 just sounds old!

I'm going to my SU stamp club tonight. They are having a little to do for me for having Lily. I don' t know if they know that it's my birthday. On Saturday, I'm going for Japanese food with my family and friends. Usually, my friends celebrate each other's birthdays together as a girl's night out but with the baby I think it's easier to do it just one time because I always go to dinner with my parents too and now I also have a husband who wants to do something too.It should be fun, it's tepan yaki where they cook in front of you, I personally do not like sushi. It must be the non-half Japanese side of me. I've known all of my friends since Jr. High or since birth (my cousin and sister are some of my bestest friends!). Which means I've been friends with these people for 23 - 35 years! Yikes!

Thank you to everyone who went to the amusapalooza.com website and signed up using me as a referral. The contest continues until July 6 so you can still register until then. I have already won a 15.00 gift certificate thanks to you guys so thank you again! In the meantime to celebrate your kindness and my birthday, I used random.org to help select the winners of the candy.

#21 Janette - MFT Stamp set

#1 Sarah - Basic Grey Cupcake Paper Pad

#19 Mudmaven - Basic Grey Sultry Paper Pad

Congrats ladies. Please email me your snail mail addy asap so I can get these goodies in the mail. Remember, I have a new infant, so I will get to the post office as soon as I can.

To get inspired, visit Terri Conrad's blog. She has a whole new line of products that she's designing for Webster's Pages and from the sneak peek's it's going to be gorgeous.

If you like challenges check out http://stampscrapnmore.blogspot.com/ She has challenges going on all month and will be giving away some blog candy!

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