April's Purple or Girly Challenge

Ashley
Carrie

Emily

Gretchen

Gretchen even talked Josh and Erik into stamping her oh-so cute card (naturally they were swayed by her fabulous design and her subtle campaign for the use of purple and gold!)

Jennifer

Leanna

Melanie

Robin

Stephanie M

Teri #1

Teri #2

Teri #3

Birthday or Yellow Challenge

Sydney

Carrie

Janet

Leanna

Jennifer

Ashley

Roselyn

Teri

Teri

Emily

Melanie

Stephanie D.

Nicole

The birthday or yellow challenge was a blast.  We had a last minute change of venue due to some unforeseen home repairs for the original host :( but we didn't let that dampen our spirit and spent the night creating these Happy Birthday and yellow little missives of joy.  Carrie's card was by far the most complicated, but also one of my personal favorites.  The night seemed to involve a lot of coloring, but given how adorable everything turned out, I would say that it was well worth it!!!  I can't wait to see what people come up with for the Mother's Day or green challenge.

February Playdate

Here are the photos....finally! Our group made some wonderful offerings for our Thank You or Blue Challenge theme. It's funny how our cards so resemble our personalities.

(Please bear with the tilted photos. The are getting twisted when I upload them to Blogger and I can't seem to figure out why or how to fix it. It's VERY frustrating. Sorry!)

Stephanie D.

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I love this vintage jar stamp.

Sydney
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Our newest member used pencil erasers to stamp AND even created matching envelope inserts for our postcard style cards!

Janet

This was our first foray into using brayers and I can safely say we were all impressed with this technique!

Leanna

What a great card for any occasion. Who wouldn't love a cute owl?

Carrie

The subtle details in this little card really pack a punch.

Ashley #1

I think this was her holiday make up!

Ashley #2

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A very sweet card, just like sweet Ashley!

Gretchen
Love the citrus stack, it's just so cheerful - much like Gretchen herself!

Jennifer

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The beauty of this card is that you can add any sentiment to this fun background!

Roselyn

Her cards were all different and all fun!

Stephanie M.

Spring inspirations from Texas!

Melanie

She could be our reigning Queen of Layering!

Teri #1

Teri #2

Teri #3

Nicole

A simple, yet elegant flower perked up with a hot pink rhinestone!

Tina #1

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These darling leaves were individually stamped and cut out by hand!

Tina #2

Note the rhinestone details!

Tina #3

She was one busy gal creating all these cards!

Tina #4

Her belated holiday card -- so pretty and sparkly!

Corn Dip Recipe from Emily :)

Prep time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:
½ c. sour cream
½ c. mayonnaise
1 can of Green Giant “Mexi Corn” (drained)
1 c. cheddar cheese (shredded)
½ bunch of green onion (chopped fine)
2 garlic cloves (minced)
Salt + Pepper- to taste
Cayenne pepper- to taste

Directions: Mix in a bowl. :)

Apple/Walnut Baked Brie Recipe

 Ingredients
·         1/2 cup apple, chopped
·         1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
·         1/4 cup dried cranberries
·         2 Tablespoon brown sugar, packed
·         1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
·         2 Tablespoon butter or margarine, melted
·         1 round (8 ounces) Brie cheese
Preheat oven to 350F.

Coarsely chop apple and combine with walnuts, cranberries, brown sugar and cinnamon in small bowl and mix gently. Stir in butter just until ingredients are moistened.

Spoon apple mixture over top. Bake 12-15 minutes, or until cheese is soft and just begins to melt.

Valentines Day or Pink Challenge

Gretchen

Robin

Janet

Stephanie M.

Gretchen

Jennifer

Emily

Melanie

Stephanie D.

Teri

Teri

Roselyn

Roselyn

Robin hosted our Valentines Day or Pink Challenge evening - which is especially fitting seeing that she is about to be expecting her own little pink bundle of joy.  It had been a while since we had a card with the bird on the branch, but I was overjoyed to see that Emily was bringing back the tradition full force.  Gretchen's "Adore" card was daunting, because I am so horid at coloring, but it turned out to be one of my favorites from the evening.  There was pink everywhere and one could definatly tell that love was in the air.

2012 Hosting Schedule

Sat 2/4 6pm – Leanne Young (Fall City) – Thank You or Blue Challenge
Sat 3/10 6pm – Tina Holt (Kirkland) – Birthday or Yellow Challenge
Sat 4/14 6pm – Stephanie D (Renton)– Purple Challenge or feminine cards
Fri 5/18 6pm – Stephanie M (Issaquah) – Green Challenge or masculine cards
Fri 6/8 6pm – Jennifer Mace (Kent) – Graduation/Congratulations or Bright Color ChallengeWed 7/11 – Janet Gillies (Auburn) – Jewel tones or animal challenge
Wed 8/8 6pm – Roselyn Robison (Auburn) – Earth tones or nature challenge