Drop Cookies

I can not believe it is Thursday already. I have been having so much fun with my retro cookbook this week, not baking, of course! 

This is what I copied and started with. I will have to trim it down some.

Here it is all trimmed and colored. As you can see I am still keeping with my same color scheme.

The base of the card so far.

I felt like this one needed a ribbon, like it won something at the local fair. This is how it turned out.

Almost done, just needs the card back.

Finished! Another quick and easy card. I have been using scraps from the same 2 pieces of pattern paper all week. I am sure I have enough for tomorrow, so please come back. Thanks again for stopping by.

Miss Cookie Baker

This is the last of the cookie cookbook cards for now. There are other ones I still would like to do sometime in the future. I just love this sweet little girl in the kitchen!

This is how she started.

I added my same colors.

This is the negative of a die cut we used in a make & take. I saved them all to try and use them in various ways.

It needed to be inked up. I had added the small hole punches before I took the first picture. 

I put part of a recipe behind the "frame" and then added some twine.

This is some more of the TPC Studio paper. I inked it up also.

I decided to use an old playing card for some more red color.

I decided it needed some more twine. I have really been loving twine these days!

Here it is almost done.

It needed something hanging here so I fussy cut a tiny set of measuring spoons from one of my paper scraps and put it on with a jump ring.

I have to say this turned out way cuter than I expected it to. What a fun week of creative adventures it has been. Thanks for sharing them with me. 

Lovin' from the Oven!

It is Tag Tuesday! I am continuing the baking theme, as well as the color scheme.

This is my copy for today from the same cookbook as yesterday. There are still so many cool graphics to use.

I colored the images first using my Distress Markers in the same colors mostly.

I die cut a tag out of TPC Studio paper using the tag & bookplates die by Tim Holtz. I almost always use this tag die.

I adhered the colored images over the left side of the tag. I had already trimmed it and punched the hole to match up.

I tore apart a recipe from the page I had copied. I used some mini staples to put these strips on. I also cut out a few items from the paper and popped them up with foam dots.

I could not find any stamps in my stash with a baking verse, so I hand wrote this one on some of the scraps.

It still needed something else. How about hearts to go with the lovin'? I think they work.

It all came together pretty well. I am enjoying this theme with paper way more than the real thing. I do not enjoy baking or cooking. I only do it out of necessity. I hope you enjoyed, if so please be sure to stop by again tomorrow for another creative adventure.

Mrs. Cookie Baker

Is this not exactly what you look like when you are making cookies? Every woman wears a dress and pearls in the kitchen, right? Well it was the 1950's, and they did that, I guess. It makes for a great image to work with.

Here is how it was in the cookbook, my copy is there in front.

I sure am coloring a lot this week! I am not a big colorer, but once in awhile you have to. This week's pictures just call for it.

I have a set of these very retro rack-o cards. They are the perfect color, I just need to cover up the name. Some vintage trim does the job.

This is the main part of the card so far.

This piece of TPC Studio paper needs a bit of distressing.

I love the red embossed Bazill card stock for the background.

I needed to make the card a bit bigger. I could not find a piece of coordinating card stock to match, so I used some of the pattern paper instead. I really like this for a different look. I am having so much fun with these images and colors this week. Please keep coming back for more, and thanks again for stopping by.

Coffee Kisses

A new week = a new theme. I will be doing cookie cards. 

I bought this great cookie cookbook last week when I got the book on oranges. This one is from 1955 and has some cool retro artwork.

This is the page I color copied onto card stock .

I decided to color the boy first. It is hard to tell, but the raindrops are actually chocolate chips. What a creative idea for a cookbook picture.

Here it is a bit closer. Can you see the one landing in his mouth?

This paper is by TPC Studio. I used the colors from this for my color scheme for the card. I am going to use some of these oven mitts as quick and inexpensive embellishments. Paper is so versatile like that.

I decided to add a few strips from the coordinating paper.

So easy and cute. An avid baker might enjoy this as a birthday or thinking of you card. Of course anyone that likes cookies would also like it. Come back tomorrow to share some more in my creative adventure. Thanks for stopping by.

Bee Happy

It is Friday and my last post on bees, at least for now.

I did this sweet, simple card at my local library last fall. Well I had some leftover pieces, so I thought I would use some of them today.

Another test piece. I will have to restock my drawer soon.

Just added some more color to bring it all together.

These honeycomb die cuts were some of the leftovers. I  wanted to do something a bit different with them this time.

Since I used these last, I had gotten a great bee set from Unity Stamps. They happened to fit this die pretty close.

I added a pattern paper die cut randomly.

Here is the first set finished.

The stamp set came with this adorable bee and a couple of sweet sayings.

It is simple and cute. It makes me "bee happy" just looking at it. Why not get busy like a bee and create something soon. Thanks again for buzzing by this week. It has been so much fun. Please stop back next week for more of my creative adventures.