Open Sea and Pig Pickin' Cake

Everyone was working hard at the meeting today. Marti had made a bunch of Stampin'Up "The Open Sea" nautical cards at home this week. Have lots to share with you. Robbie brought snack today which was "Pig Pickin' Cake". Had never heard of it but it was delicious.

  New SU Pansy punch layered with Boho Blossoms punched flowers

 Marge made this one with the "Just Believe" retired Stampin'Up set.

 Bye the Tide Stamping Up Set with woodgrain background. Very masculine.

 Pig Pickin' Cake!

Pig Pickin' Cake

1 bx yellow cake mix

11 oz. can Mandarin Oranges

4 eggs

1/2 cup oil

1 Lrg pkg Vanilla instant pudding

15 oz. can Crushed Pineapple

12 oz. Cool Whip

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Mix cake mix, oranges with juice, eggs and oil.

Divide cake mix into 2- 9 inch round pans to make layer cake.

I sprayed pans with Pam and used 9 inch square pans.

Bake for 30 minutes until done.

Cool cake before icing.

Combine Pudding mix, Pineapple with juice and Cool Whip.

Spread frosting on cooled cake.

Cards that ScrapRx members have made over the last few months.

Simply floral embossed birthday card

Embossed anniversary card

 Embossed fish and background

 Anniversary card made to match gift bag

 Wild about you!

 Happy Birthday Riley!

 The next three Marge made with the Tim Holtz "Rays" embossing folder

Mason Jar card filled with buttons Robbie made.

 The last two were cards for my grandaughter's 17th bday. She likes all things ocean. A friend gave me the Cardstock pad by Creative Imaginations Beach Cottage and the mermaid was perfect for her card. I accented it with some flowers which are hard to see.

 Paige, my 9 year old grandaughter made this one for her sister.

Mouse Cards

Robbie was playing with the Mickey punches working on cards and invites for her grandaughter's 2nd birthday. So, we all joined in to do some Mickey creations.

I also came up with a Mickey/Minnie wedding card for my nephew and his new wife that I was quite proud of!

Patriotic Cards

It was a Patriotic workshop yesterday. The first card we did was one I designed utilizing the new Stampin'Up "Simply Stars" stamp set, a retired 2001 Special Edition Stampin'up "God Bless America" stamp, the Stampin'Up "Stripes" Embossing Folder, Midnight Muse Ink and cardstock, and Real Red Ink and cardstock.

Then, I told the girls that they needed to design their own patriotic cards using a sketch I provided. They complained (loudly) but they did a great job!. All used the same star stamps but different embellishments, embossing folders,punches and greetings.

Masculine Cards

We really needed to work on masculine birthday cards today since Marti had given her 30something year old son a Butterfly card for his recent birthday. For the first one, Marti used the Stampin'Up "The Open Sea" stamp set and a variety of red,white and blue paper and baker's twine 

The next two I did with Stampin'Up's "By the Tide" stamp set and the new Artisan Label Punch. 

Robbie worked on some embossed Western boot cards. 

This last one Marge did...one she had started last meeting and topped it off  today. Not really a masculine card but it is blue! It is accented with the Blossom punch and Mixed Bunch stamp set. 

Convention Weekend

We had a ball this weekend. Lil flew in from MA and we all went to the Memories Expo in Orlando at the Gaylord Palms. I must say that the exhibition floor is not what it used to be but it was still fun...and of course we all found stuff that we "needed". Then, we cropped for the rest of the weekend, laughed a lot, ate a lot and had a wonderful time. We even did some dancing!  Hey Ya!
One goal of the weekend was to use the Quint-Essential Flower stamp and the 5 punches it requires to make layered flowers. It was a lot of fun picking out the colors to stack. In the end, I think we all agreed that they looked the best with just two alternating colors. Here are some examples of what we did with the stamp. Marti even added bling to hers.

Lil MADE us try Baker's Twine lollipops. It took a while to get the hang of it but once you are patient winding the twine it went well. We punched 1 3/4inch circles out of cardstock and covered the circle with permanent adhesive. Starting at the center, the twine was attached by turning the circle and sticking it down as you worked outward. They were a lot of fun to make. Even had to make a quick trip to Michaels for the lollipop sticks!

 Graduation will soon be here and I needed some graduation cards. I had purchased some paper (sorry don't know the brand) which had circles with diplomas and caps in them. I punched out the circles,added some scalloped circles, and used them as the focus for the cards. The Embossing folder is Simply Charmed by Cuttlebug.

 

 I had downloaded some silhouettes for the Silhouette (got that Marti). Decided to try this one with the little girl and a butterfly. The paper is called "Pink Blossom" by Shoebox. I had picked it up at the convention. Added some silhouette butterflies and loved the card. Margie tried it with a different paper and turned the silhouette in the opposite direction..hers came out beautiful too.

Last one was a pretty embossing folder that Lil brought which I just added some daisies to. Her embossing folders are packed to ship home so I will add the name of it later.