In the midst of moving, I made a small Stampin’ Up! order with some colorful goodies! I picked up a Crushed Curry reinker, Garden Green Baker’s Twine, Poppy Parade Ink Pad, Brights Markers, and Call Me Clover Blends.
I also received my planner sticker order from Nerd’s the Word Sticker Co. I love her kits and functional stickers. So I got a mix of both and earned myself a free sheet and a fun add-on for her PR Girl Battle.
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
I took all my Memory Planning supplies with me to Indiana. As we are just hanging out while our stuff travels across the country, I had some time to do a bit of crafting. I am missing two photos in the last week, but it will get them printed in my next batch. I also somehow forgot to do my Monthly Stats day at the end of the month, so I will put it on October 1st.
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
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
Today’s card is one of the Share What You Love CASEs that I featured at my Fall Bingo event. I slightly changed a few things from the example card, but kept it mostly the same. I CASE this beautiful card from Chris Slogar @ Buckeye Inklings.
Stamps: Love What You Do
Inks: Blackberry Bliss
Cardstock: Share What You Love DSP; Old Olive; Whisper White
Accessories:
Tools: Layering Circles Framelits; Lovely Floral Embossing Folder
Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using our favorite Holiday Catalog Bundle. Usually I gravitate toward the Christmas bundles and stamps sets. While that is true this year, I also found myself coming back to the Spooky Sweets Bundle over and over. I love the simple bat and moon images. And I always love a coordinating punch! I just had to pick up this bundle to play with this season.
Stamps: Spooky Sweets
Inks: Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Mango Melody, Basic Black, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green; Crushed Curry; Smoky Slate
Cardstock: Toil and Trouble DSP; Basic Black: Pumpkin Pie; Whisper White
Accessories: Black Glitter Organdy Ribbon
Tools: Spooky Bats Punch; Hexagon Punch (retired)
Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to CASE a card from fellow DT member Darla Roberts! After looking at some of her previous cards (so cute by the way!), I stopped on this cute kitty in a pot card. I loved the simplicity and fun colors of her card. And so I turned to making my own version of her card. Instead of the cat, I pulled out my Foxy Friends stamp set and created my main image. I switched the circles for squares and flipped my orientation. Lastly I kept the Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon because it is my current favorite accessory!
Stamps: Foxy Friends
Inks: Soft Suede, Mint Macaron, Calypso Coral, Berry Burst
Cardstock: Wood Textures DSP, Berry Burst, Soft Suede, Whisper White
Accessories: White Polka Dot Tulle
Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits
Today’s card is one of the Share What You Love CASEs that I featured at my Fall Bingo event. I slightly changed a few things from the example card, but kept it mostly the same. I CASE this beautiful card from Rachel Tessman @ Stamp Your Art Out.
Stamps: Love What You Do
Inks: Mossy Meadow; Grapefruit Grove; Rich Razzleberry
Cardstock: Share What You Love DSP; Grapefruit Grove; Rich Razzleberry; Old Olive; Whisper White
Accessories: Share What You Love Artisan Pearls
Tools: Layering Circles Framelits
A recap of last month’s goals:
August MP Pages — Success! I finished this off during my retreat weekend.
Finish September SSINK posts — Success! I even took care of four October cards already.
Have a successful Fall Bingo Event — We had so much fun! I will miss my ladies.
Send out Birthday Thank You Cards — Success! I got these prepped and sent within two weeks of the party.
Finish packing craft area — Success!
October Goals: We are settling into our new house in a new state this month. I need to keep my craft goals simple, but I do want to get back into it a bit.
Set up a craft area in the new house — I have no idea where I’m going to put this stuff yet.
Finish my random card projects — I have a small stack of projects to finish up.
September MP Pages — Got this started this week, but I want to finish it soon.
Set up my first Nebraska meet up — I have one scheduled for the end of the month. I hope to add some more for November.