My Happy Stamping Place

This was one of the recipe cards for our February stamp club. I got the tall cake idea from somewhere but I can't remember where. The "frosting" is the silver glimmer paper. It is punched out with part of the square scallop punch. The cake stand is made with the word window punch and tag punch. This cake was so yummy! I'm not normally an Angel food cake fan but with this yummy frosting it was delicious!

We are having a family party for my boys' birthdays this weekend. They turn 12 and 14 in March. I'll be making some yummy new recipes I found from Pinterest. I'll share them here if they turn out as good as I'm hoping!

Thank you for stopping by!

Kathleen

Recipe cards

I like to try new recipes, don't you?  But I don't like going through all of the work of making a new recipe only to find my family and I don't like it.  That's one of the reasons I love my recipe club!  I have 5 or 6 ladies who switch off being hostess. The hostess provides 3 recipes for me ahead of time which I create 6x6 recipe cards for.  On the day of recipe club the hostess makes her recipes for the rest of the club.  We all get to try her recipes and then everyone creates the 6x6 recipe cards so they can take the recipe home. You get to taste the recipe to decide if you would like to make it yourself and get some fun stamping time in.  It works for me!

Here are the 3 recipe cards I created from this month's hostess, Beckie.

I went for a sophisted look on this one with the recipe printed on River Rock cardstock, and the striped designer paper from the Mocha Morning Specialty pack.  I used the new Apothecary art stamp set and labels collection Sizzix die both from the new Occasions mini catalog.  The veggies are from the stamp set, Homegrown.

I used my new favorite ribbon from the mini the pleated ribbon!  This one is in Riding Hood Red. the stamp set is Fruits and Flowers.  Colors used are Early Espresso, Whisper White, Pear Pizazz, Daffodill Dellight, and Riding Hood Red. Can you see the subtle stripe of the stripes embossing folder beneath the fruit?

I have been itching to use this stamp set with my recipe cards and I finally did.  This one uses the designer paper, domestic goddess.  The stamp  is a single stamp called Now You're Cookin'.  I see lots of possibilities for this one.  I used the labels die cut again and backed it with the 2 1/2 inch circle punch. Colors used are Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight and Whisper White.

I hope you enjoyed these.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Kathleen

Chicken Pizzaoli

Hi all!  We got snow for the first time this season.  I was in LaCrosse with my daughter, visiting my sister, Geri for the weekend. We didn't get any snow in LaCrosse but on our drive back we slowly drove into the snow.  It wasn't much.  Just enough to stick to the ground and make the roads slushy.   I think it's all supposed to melt by Thanksgiving.

We had to get back early today because I had Recipe club this afternoon.  Bonnie was the hostess and she brought 3 delicious items.  The main dish was Pizzaoli.  This was deeelish!  Here is the recipe card I created for it.

The chicken is made from the owl punch and a few other punches.  The idea came from Michelle Scileppi.  I can't tell you how many different punch art chickens I have made for my recipe club cards.  It's always good to find another one.  I love the clever way Michelle adapted the owl punch to become a chicken!

The designer paper is the oh-so-cute, Domestic Goddess.  I have been itching to use this paper and found just the project.  The ric rac is made from the Tasteful Trim Sizzix die.  I can't stop using this die!

I'll post the other recipe cards we made in club over the next couple of days.

Tune in to my online website tomorrow.  Stampin' Up! will have some fantastic Clearance rack deals!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathleen

Chicken punch art

At long last I have the chicken punch art I have been promising.  I made this recipe card for my recipe club. The chicken was made using the Pennant builder punch and few others.

This chicken was made using the pennants punch for the body.  I punched the triangle and then rouned the 3 corners with a 3/4" circle punch.  The bird punch is the wing, the daisy Sizzix die is the tail feathers and the rest uses the Boho blossom punch. I used the largest blossom and trimmed it for the headpiece, the beak and the waddle.

It's pretty easy.  I hope you enjoy it!

It's pizza and pumpkins for us tomorrow night. We are going to pick out our pumpkins and carve them for Halloween.  Friday night is always pizza night at our house and it fits in with the busy night we have ahead of us!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Kathleen

More recipe cards

I have the other two recipe cards to share from my Recipe club last week.  The first is a bagel dip and it is so addictive!  I could eat it all day.  It has Accent in it, which I guess is MSG, so I intend to make it with seasoning salt as a replacement.

 

The last one is a light and refreshing dessert recipe.  It's made with Lime Sherbet and creme de menthe and topped with whip cream and a maraschino cherry.  It looks so pretty! I should have taken a picture of it.

 

The stamp set is called Slice of Life and is a level 1 hostess stamp set from the Occasions mini catalog.  You have until the end of April to earn this set for Free!  How do you earn it?  By hosting a party, book party, or placing $150 order yourself!  You can order through me on my online ordering website here or by contacting me at kathleen@myhappystampingplace.com.

We're still battling winter here in Minnesota.  We got more snow yesterday.  We were enjoying a warm up for awhile - temps in the 50's but winter isn't quite done with us yet.   It doesn't get to me as much in March because I know it's not sticking around for long. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathleen

 

Yummy recipe!

Scalloped potatoes and ham.  Doesn't that sound delicious?  This is one of the recipes my hostess will be bringing over today for recipe club.  I can't wait to try it!  Here is the recipe card I created for her recipe that my club members will all get to make.

 

I gave it a vintage feel because it seemed to fit this recipe.

Recipe: Paper: Crumb Cake, Rose Red, Always Artichoke, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Springtime Vintage designer paper

Other: Birds and Blooms sizzlit dies, Tasteful Trim Sizzix die, Crumb Cake seam binding, Sticky Strip, pearls

I based all of the colors off of the designer paper. That way everything coordinates!

It's my son's 13th birthday today.  Now I have two teenagers in the house.  They are growing up on me too fast!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Kathleen

Chicken Katsu

No, I didn't sneeze(katsu!).  That's the name of this dish.  This was one of the cards for my virtual recipe club this month.  I haven't had a chance to taste this yet but I am intrigued to try it. The punch art chicken was cased from another demo who cased it from Lynn Pratt. 

 
Punches used for chicken: 2 1/2" circle punch, large scallop circle punch, scallop circle punch, modern label punch, circles for the eyes from the owl punch, heart from heart to heart punch, beak is from the large star punch and head thing-a-ma-bobby is from the scallop oval punch.

We're still digging out from all of the snow we got hit with in Minnesota.  We Minnesotans are used to this by now.  It doesn't slow us down for long.  Someone asked me yesterday if UPS was going to be able to get to us with all of this snow we were having.  I assured them it's business as usual here. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathleen

Fantastic Fruit Salad

Yesterday was my Recipe club.  However, Minnesota was dumped with a boat load of snow and we had to cancel.  I decided to do a virtual recipe club instead so I made up all of the recipe cards for my club members and they are sending me their orders for the month.  I wanted to explore some different colors and have it be fruit oriented so that's where I came up with these colors.

 

Recipe: Stamps: Tart and Tangy

Ink; Tangerine Tango

Paper: Tangerine Tango, Poppy Parade, Old olive, Whisper white, Concord Crush

Other: Fun Flowers Sizzix die, 1 1/4" circle punch, Concord Crush ribbon. olive cordurouy fabric

I wanted to mix it up a little so I used some cordurouy fabric as part of the die cut flower. 

We're still accumulating snow here.  This Minnesota winter just wont end!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathleen

More recipe cards

I have a couple of more recipe cards from my recipe club to share.  The first one is for a yummy Tater Tot Hotdish.  I think I'm going to make this recipe for my family tonight.  the potatoes are made with the owl punch.  Is there anything that punch can't do? 

 

This next one is for Waldorf Salad.

 

Notice the buttons in the corners?  These are made from the new buttons sizzlit in the Occasions mini catalog.

My Sale-a-bration Open House is today from 2:00 to 5:00.  If you are in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota stop on by!  You can contact me for directions at 952-226-2190.

I'll be sharing the make-n-takes from my Open House with you this week.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathleen

Recipe Club page

January has just been flying by for me!  How about for you?  So many things to do, so little time.  I've been trying to eat healthier but that chocolate keeps calling my name. 

This next recipe card is for a dessert.  It's not chocolate and it has carrots in it so it must be healthy, right?  This is a very yummy recipe!  You can really taste that cinnamon in there. I made this for my guests at  a Norwex party I had last Sunday and it went over well.  Judging by how my family snarfed up the leftovers, it went over well with them too!

 

I used the new cupcake punch to punch out the cupcake.  I embossed the bottom part of the cupcake with the square lattice embossing folder first to give it that texture.  The top was stamped with the speckles stamp from the create a cupcake first and then punched out with the cupcake punch.  The new pompom trim across the bottom of the recipe is a fun new trim in the Occasions mini catalog and the white trim going across is from the Tasteful Trim sizzix die that was in the Holiday mini catalog but it is still available for purchase if you are interested. 

Sale-a-bration is off to a great start!  I hope you can join me for my Sale-a-bration Open house this Sunday.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathleen