SSINKCC54: Leaves and Tea

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the following colors:

I pulled out the colors and pondered the direction of my card. I knew I wanted to use the Making Everyday Bright leaves to decorate and adorn something. I paired the leaves with the Time for Tea stamp set to create a card full of leaves and a cup of tea. I then finished out my card by adding more texture (embossing folder, ribbon) and visual interest.

Stamps: Timeless Textures; Time for Tea; Making Everyday Bright
Inks: Highland Heather; Smoky Slate; Crushed Curry; Cajun Craze
Cardstock: Country Lane DSP; Smoky Slate; Very Vanilla
Accessories: Very Vanilla Lace Trim
Tools: Spot of Tea Framelits; Seaside Embossing Folder

Soup and a Card

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card and feature a soup of the day recipe. I love when the weather cools down just enough to enjoy a giant pot of soup. One of my favorite soup recipes is for Sausage, Potato, Spinach soup. It’s a hearty soup with just the right amount of spice for my spicy husband. I took the recipe from Damn Delicious and it really is!

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 pound spicy Italian sausage, casing removed

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 onion, diced

1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

1/2 teaspoon dried basil

1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, optional

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

5 cups chicken broth

1 bay leaf

1 pound red potatoes, diced

3 cups baby spinach

1/4 cup heavy cream

Directions:

Heat olive oil in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add Italian sausage and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the sausage as it cooks; drain excess fat.

Stir in garlic, onion, oregano, basil and red pepper flakes. Cook, stirring frequently, until onions have become translucent, about 2-3 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Stir in chicken broth and bay leaf, and bring to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender, about 10 minutes.

Stir in spinach until it begins to wilt, about 1-2 minutes. Stir in heavy cream until heated through, about 1 minute; season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Serve immediately.

And while I love a good pot of soup, the weather outside also call for the perfect cup of tea. I decided to make a card featuring a great cup of tea! I really fell for the Tea Room Suite in the annual catalog and this is the perfect use of the suite!

Stamps: Time for Tea
Inks: Basic Black; Rich Razzleberry; Old Olive; Daffodil Delight
Cardstock: Tea Room DSP; Coastal Cabana; Blackberry Bliss; Calypso Coral
Accessories: Tea Room Ribbon Combo
Tools: Ruffled Embossing Folder; Spot of Tea Framelits

Frosted Cheers

Today’s card was featured at my Fall Bingo event. This card turned out more simple than I intended, but I have to say that I like the result. You can’t quite see the details, but the white background pane is shimmery to connect with the shimmery Frosted Floral DSP.

Stamps: Time for Tea
Inks: Tranquil Tide
Cardstock: Frosted Floral DSP; Tranquil Tide; Powder Pink; Shimmer White; Blackberry Bliss
Accessories: Tranquil Tide Velvet Ribbon
Tools: Springtime Impressions Thinlits

Floral Cup of Happiness

Today’s card was featured at my fall Bingo event. I started with a general idea of a card and started adding tons of texture! I had seen a card featuring stamps floral images surrounding a pretty stitched shape framelit, but I realized that I didn’t have any of the floral stamps that I saw. So I improvised and fussy cut these beautiful shimmery flowers from the Frosted Floral DSP pack. I love the colors and textures on this card so much. If I had to pick, my favorite piece is the Tranquil Tide Velvet Ribbon. So beautiful and must touch!

Stamps: Time for Tea
Inks: Blackberry Bliss
Cardstock: Frosted Floral DSP; Powder Pink; Gray Granite; Whisper White
Accessories: Tranquil Tide Velvet Ribbon
Tools: Spot of Tea Framelits; Ruffled Embossing Folder