A Frame for the Fridge

Happy New Year!

Hope that everyone had a lovely holiday and that you are rested and geared up to start the New Year (and New Decade!! WOW!) Today, I am excited to share with you something that I made to use all year long ... a little something for our fridge :)

I don't know about your fridge - but ours always looks full and cluttered and is such a mess - everything always ends up on the fridge, artwork, appointments, notes of numbers without names :) and so this year- one of my New Year's Resolutions is to de-clutter our house - so I thought I would start with our fridge. I saw this frame (it holds 3 photos that are 4x6) and thought that it would be something nice to have up on our fridge - where I could change up the monthly calendars and photos for each month:

All of this is from the August 20th Key Ingredients kit and to adhere it to the fridge - I just added some magnets to the back of the frame and then attached it to the fridge:

The top photo area has a place for holding the awesome Mini-Calendars that you can download right away from Taylored Expressions. I thought that each month to create a little mini calendar/affirmation site that could be the focus of that month - here is the one for January:

And then the second photo area I thought could be a place to display a picture of that month of my two wee children :) and in this way at the end of the year, I can put together some scrapbook pages of all 12 months worth of pictures of them. Here they are from a couple of weeks ago :) with one of my most favorite sentiments from the stamp set: Discover Your Wings.

And the the last photo area could be a place for some stamped creations: The sentiment (dream), the embossed butterfly and the silhouette scene is from the beautiful and inspiring newly released stamp set: Discover Your Wings:

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Stay tuned for next week where we start to show you some awesome peeks of the stamps that Taylor will be releasing in January!

Wishing You a New Year full of fulfilled dreams and all joys and happiness!!!

Big hugs!

Sankari :)

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Card Ingredients:

Paper: August 20th Key Ingredients

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Expresso

Stamps: Celebrate Life and Discover Your Wings from Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Bling it On, corner rounder, EP bridal, EK sucess punch, Sakura gel pens & magnets

Neighbor treat by Donna Baker

Although Christmas is right around the corner, I have a neighbor treat to share with you using Celebrate Life, Luxurious Labels, Justrite stamps and a kraft bakery bag.   You can easily change up your gift giving with these fun bakery bags by changing your stamps, colors and goodies! 
I love packaging goodies in these kraft bakery bags to give to neighbors, you get a set of 10 for $5 and are the perfect packaging for your special baked goods, coffee beans, and other gift items.  I made some pumpkin muffins to give to our new neighbors shortly after they moved in.  I love that whatever you put inside the bag  can peek through the window.  If you have StazOn ink, you can stamp directly on the window too.  I chose to use one of the fancy labels from Luxurious Labels and used some JustRite alphabet fonts for my greeting inside.  The little card I stamped on the right is business card size and on the back has all our contact info just in case the neighbors need anything.  They loved the muffins, by the way! 
Did you know that Taylored Expressions has a monthly newsletter? It's so easy to sign up! Just head on over to the Taylored Expressions website and enter your email under the "join our mailing list" icon and that's it! You will be informed of any new releases and and all of the new "Fresh From the Oven" products in the store as well as enjoy getting to know the Baker’s Dozen Design Team! 
Thanks for stopping by today! 

Recipe Cards by Karen Giron

Good morning! With the holiday season quickly approaching, I thought it would be fun to make a little recipe book with a few of my all time favorite dishes and to get started, I downloaded these fantastic recipe cards from the TE Store and they are the perfect size to slip into the Mini Binder Box!


After I printed the recipe cards on Choice Snow White card stock, I cut them to size and added a little colored card stock matte behind it. I stamped the vine image from Celebrate Life in Memento Rich Cocoa ink and then added a few flowers and rhinestones to dress it up a bit.


The Mini Binder Box is decorated with a sheet of Sweet Pea paper along with a felt flower and the binding title is made from some glitter stickers. I hope you enjoyed my little recipe box and I'll leave you with all 3 recipes that are sure to bring smiles!

Spicy Bean Salsa

• 1 (15 ounce) can black-eyed peas
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
• 1 (4 ounce) can diced jalapeno peppers
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
• 1 cup Italian-style salad dressing
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt

Directions

In a medium bowl, combine black-eyed peas, black beans, corn, onion, green bell pepper, jalapeno peppers and tomatoes. Season with Italian-style salad dressing and garlic salt; mix well. Cover, and refrigerate overnight to blend flavors.




Zucchini Alfredo

• 1 (12 ounce) package uncooked egg noodles
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 cups shredded zucchini
• 1/2 cup milk
• 4 ounces cream cheese, cubed
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
• salt and pepper to taste
• grated Parmesan cheese (optional)

Directions

1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add egg noodles and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
2. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in garlic, and cook 2 minutes. Mix in zucchini, and cook 10 minutes, until some of the moisture has evaporated.
3. Pour the milk into the skillet, and stir in cream cheese until melted. Mix in basil. Season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Serve over the cooked pasta.

Pretzel Salad

• 2 cups crushed pretzels
• 3/4 cup butter, melted
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
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• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
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• 2 (3 ounce) packages strawberry flavored gelatin
• 2 cups boiling water
• 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen strawberries

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Stir together crushed pretzels, melted butter and 3 tablespoons sugar; mix well and press mixture into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish.
3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, until set. Set aside to cool.
4. In a large mixing bowl cream together cream cheese and 1 cup sugar. Fold in whipped topping. Spread mixture onto cooled crust.
5. Dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Stir in still frozen strawberries and allow to set briefly. When mixture is about the consistency of egg whites, pour and spread over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate until set.

~Karen


recipe -
stamps: celebrate life
paper: taken with teal (SU), choice snow white card stock, sweet pea paper stack (SU)
ink: memento rich cocoa
accessories: mini twinkle dots (amuse), flower punch (ek success), glitter stickers (making memories), te download - vertical recipe card

Card Purse & Cards by Jodi

Hi everyone!!! Happy Tuesday!!

I have a fun and easy project to share with you today! Perhaps you saw my Card Purse Tutorial on SplitcoastStampers (grin!)? I knew I wanted to create a Card Purse and matching cards using the newly released Celebrate Life set from Taylored Expressions!!!

ALL the cardstock, patterned paper, ribbon, rhinestones
and skeleton leaves are from the November Key Ingredients, which I just cannot stop using!!)

For my focal panels, I began by cutting Choice Snow White Cardstock (which is part of the November Key Ingredients) with Classic Oval Nestabilities. I embossed them as well.

Keeping the cardstock in the Classic Oval Nestabilities, I stamped the GORGEOUS silhouette flower in Memento Rose Bud. For the focal panel of the card purse, I used the "Celebrate Life" sentiment in Memento Rich Cocoa.

For the cards, I kept just the flower image in the focal ovals. While continuing the keep the cardstock in the Classic Oval Nestabilities, I sponged Memento Rose Bud around the edge of each one.

The cards are SUPER simple...I find myself really enjoying the "clean and simple" look lately!! I used the Choice Snow White Cardstock as my card base and after adhering my strip of patterned paper (Indian Summer by Basic Grey), I used my Scor-Pal to create some score lines. I finished off each card with two Kaiser Rhinestones in Wine!

I hope you enjoy my set and make one for yourself! It's really easy and fun to make!!

Thanks SO much for stopping by!!

Jodi

Recipe:
Stamps: Celebrate Life by Taylored Expressions
Paper: Birchtone Dark, Rose Dark, Choice Snow White & Indian Summer by Basic Grey, all from the November Key Ingredients by Taylored Expressions
Ink: Memento Rose Bud & Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Classic Oval Nestabilities, Scor-Pal, Wine Kasier Rhinestones, Ribbon & Skeleton Leaves all from the November Key Ingredients and Foam Tape

Minestrone Recipe Card by Denise

Hey all! It's Denise here. Today I want to show you a 4x6 recipe card I made for some Minestrone soup. It's a REALLY yummy recipe from Rachel Ray (I love her show!). In the fall and winter, soup just tastes better and this one has a great crunchy topping that you can add...a topping of crumbled up bread, pine nuts, and parmesan cheese toasted with butter. Oh yum!! It takes minestrone soup to a whole new level, let me tell ya!

Oh, and go ahead and laugh at me for the *who* grain penne, LOL! Oops! Oh well, gives it character, right?? {wink}

I typed up the recipe on my computer and printed it out on Choice Buttercream CS, stamped some images from my Celebrate Life set over the text in Memento Cocoa and So Saffron, and added little dots of Platinum Stickles to the centers of the saffron silhouettes. The rust-colored DP and twill ribbon (the reverse side of the alphabet twill) is from the Places You'll Go Key Ingredients Kit.

I put my recipe cards in a binder with clear card protectors (two recipes per sheet) so they don't get messy when I'm cooking, and because I can see both sides through the clear protectors, I make my cards two-sided. I put the title and ingredients on the front of the card, and here's the back with the cooking instructions and calorie info.



SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: TE Celebrate Life
Paper: Kraft, Prism Suede Brown Dark, DP from Places You'll Go Key Ingredients
Ink: Memento Cocoa, So Saffron
Accessories: Platinum Stickles, Twill Ribbon from Places You'll Go Key Ingredients, Corner Rounder Punch

Have an awesome day!
Denise