Swap-Mania!

As I stated earlier, I hosted 2 consultant swaps.  The first was a Holiday Recipe swap which included holidays within the months of October and March.  The second was a 2014 Calendar swap.

Just like the swaps in the past, the ladies did an amazing job!!! I was so excited to see all the pages.  I actually resisted opening any of the packages until I had everyone's swap in my hands. Now, I call that will power!! LOL!!

Without further ado....

HOLIDAY RECIPE SWAP

I'll start off with my recipe page:

I made the turkey using punches.  Basically, I cut scallop circle pieces to layer the feathers and then used 2 different sized circle punches for his head and body.  I hand-cut his beak and used onyx jewels for the eyes.  The background was stamped with Woodgrain Background stamp using French Roast Ink. I added some orange jewels on the side and bottom. The cardstock colors for the recipe page are Orange and Apricot.

Here are the pages from the lovely consultants:

Nancy: 

Tobey: 

Sylvia:

Seleise:

Laura: 

Jane: 

Kim: 

Candice: 

Sharon: 

Tyuana:

Fantastic job, ladies!! I can't wait to try out some of these recipes during this holiday season.  Thank you for participating!

2014 CALENDAR SWAP

Several ladies from the recipe swap also took part in the calendar swap.

Seleise:

Kim: 

Nancy:

Sharon: 

JoAnne: 

Rita: 

Sylvia: 

Tobey: 

Kamila: 

Laura: 

Jane: 

Mine: 

I'm so sad to know that the snowflake dies were discontinued from last year.  I think it's one of my all-time favorite dies!!  I sponged some Winter Sky Ink for the sky and also used the discontinued Sugar Ink.  The snowflakes were cut from Shimmer Bermuda cardstock.  And I added a little sparkle to the stars from the Santa's Flight image with some clear dots (jewels).  The image was colored with various Copics.

I made a snowy hill using Clear Crystal Glaze and Diamond Glitter.

Again, incredible job everyone!!

Thanks again!!

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I also participated in a Calendar Swap that was hosted by a dear friend on Splitcoaststampers.  I will be posting pictures from that swap when I get them back.  Hopefully, they will be here soon...so don't forget to check back. :)

Blessings,

a|s Consultant Recipe Swap Round #2

The recipe swap I hosted in March/April was so successful that we couldn't wait for round #2.  Everyone did such an amazing job with their recipe page....so creative!  Not only am excited to add more pages to my recipe book, but I'm also excited to try these delicious recipes. 

Without further ado.....here they are.

We'll start with my page.  Being from the Pacific Northwest, seafood is a favorite.  I went with another seafood dish for this recipe swap:  Angel Hair Pasta with Shrimp and Basil.  It's fairly easy and quite delicious!! 

 

I started out by drawing a template of a shrimp that I found on Google.  I'm not as good at drawing by hand as I used to be, but I think the template turned out.  I used different Microsoft applications (paint, publisher, word) to print out the template with the recipe printed on the shrimp.  Then, I cut out each template by hand.  I was pleasantly surprised at how well the colors (Blush and Poppy inks) turned out for the shrimp using the sponging technique.

I made the sand using Cocoa cardstock and dabbing dots using various Copic markers (sorry I didn't save the name of the colors).

The seashell, sand dollar and starfish are from the Sea Shells set.  They were colored with Copics, fussy cut and embellished with stickles.

Item number: SJEH003

$12.99

 The base card is Sage layered with Sky.  For the bubbles, I used the circles stamp from Tini Time with Sky ink.

Item number: SJEM010

$17.99 

Once I had all my pieces ready, I started to adhere.  I used Crystal Clear Glaze over the circles.  The sea shells images were adhered with 3D Foam Adhesive.  And lastly, I added clear skittles (yes, the first time I heard about skittles, I thought it was the candy LOL).

Here's a close up picture:

Now....here are the fabulous pages from my fellow consultants.

Angela

 Candice

 Gretchen

 Jane

 JoAnne

 Juliet

 Kim

 Laura

 Nancy

 Rita

 Seleise

 Sylvia

 Tobey

 Tyuana

Didn't everyone do an awesome job on their recipe page?!?!?!?

Thank you to all the a|s consultants who participated in this swap....can't wait for Round #3!! :)

Blessings,





ETA (edited to add):  I found a great app for my phone that creates photo collages.  So, I thought I would make a collage of everyone's recipe pages. :)



A Muse Studio Consultant Recipe Swap 2013

After an amazing Calendar Swap (posted here) last year, I was excited to host a Recipe Swap among the talented Creative Consultants of A Muse Studio.  

Yet again, I am truly impressed by the creativity these ladies exhibited on their fantastic recipe pages.  I'm excited to try out these delicious recipes this year.

Without further ado........here are all of the awesome pages:

(My old camera doesn't do justice to the gorgeous pages.  I'm researching cameras right now and hoping to get the perfect camera soon)

My Recipe Page:

I started my page by creating a shell template and hand-cutting the shape out after printing my recipe on Sugar Cardstock.  I sponged the inside of the shell with Shell Ink and the outer edge with Watermelon Ink. The layered base is Ocean and Sky Cardstock.  I used the coral image from the Sea Shells stamp set, but applied Lime Glitter (using a glue pen) to make it look like seaweed.  The sand was torn from Kraft Cardstock that was sponged with French Roast and Toffee Ink.  I couldn't resist the cute tiny crab and sand dollar from the Life's a Breeze set.  Finally, I punched the recipe title with a couple different sized circle punches and sponged them with Sky Ink to make them look like bubbles.

   

Angela Kelley

Laura Roell

Nancy Wong

Kim King

Sylvia Ruthven

Tobey Shepherd

Jane Fires

 Juliet Meyer

 Rita Holmes

 Seleise Barrett

 JoAnne Chamberlain

 Bettie Reynolds

Impressive, right?!?!?!   Thank you to my fellow a|s consultants for joining me on this swap.  Hoping to make this an annual swap so that I can collect more beautiful recipe pages with yummy recipes.

Blessings,