JustRite BlogHop sponsored by Spellbinders(TM) CTMH Scrapbooking in Melbourne, Florida

Hey y'all!  Here I am with a sore throat after coughing my fool head off last week.  Good grief!  At least I have a desk job, right?

Anyway, I've cooked up a little recipe box to play along with JustRite Stampers' Blog Hop sponsored this week by Spellbinders!  The challenge is to share a summer recipe project using JustRite stamps, and then share the recipe! 

I used two JustRite stamp sets to create this recipe box with inserts - Joyful Hearts, Borders and Centers on the front label, and the Special Occasions Uppercase font set on the inserts.  The front label is probably my favorite part!  I embossed the sentiment with Sparkle 'n Sprinkle Cherry Cosmic Opaque Embossing Powder, then cut the sentiment with Spellbinders S4-110 Classic Ovals Large die template, matted with S4-251 Big Scalloped Ovals Large, and mounted on S4-235 Fancy Tags (yum!).  All the papers are CTMH's Cherry-O line.

I cut, embossed and stenciled a little scalloped edge on the card inserts with S4-244 Fair Isle borders.  The cute little cherry elements are CTMH's Cherry-O Opaque Pearl Stickers.  A few buttons, a little ribbon and Stickles and it's complete!

Now for the recipe.  Summers are hot here in Florida, so we really enjoy our cold beverages!  Here's an awesome recipe for Strawberry Lemonade.  Why don't you give it a try and let me know how it turns out?

Strawberry Lemonade

1 quart fresh strawberris, washed and hulled
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup superfine sugar
3-1/4 cups club soda, chilled

Place strawberries in blender or food processor and process until smooth.
Combine lemon juice and sugar in a pitcher and stir until sugar dissolves.  Add strawberry puree, stirring well.  Stir in club soda just before serving.  Serve over ice.  70 calories per 1 cup serving.

Enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by,

Look at all this loot! Scrapbooking in Melbourne, Florida

Hey y'all!  I am up to my earlobes in paper, die templates, ribbon, glue dots......you name it!  As if I needed any more excitement in my life.....the new Summer Idea Book from Close To My Heart releases a week from today!  Here's a little peek at a card I made today with one of the new papers, Cherry-o.  I'll post the whole thing after the book goes live.

So back to all those goodies that are cluttering up my house....here's the proof:

Now.  I know that's a tiny photo.  But it's all I have.  (Edit:  Margie sent me a larger photo - woohoo!  Thanks, doll!)  Margie took this photo of her Spellbinders(TM) loot spread out on her bed at the hotel.  It does not include an entire box (ten inches high) of cardstock, a Copic airbrush system with markers and the Wizard die cutting and embossing machine.

Spellbinders was rolling out the product every 15 minutes!  This is Ashley having what she called an "Oprah moment".  ha!  Isn't she clever?   Sorry for the fuzzy photo - she couldn't be still!  tee hee!  That's Judy in the background.....they are both Spellbinders Design Team members!

Can you believe it?  I had an extra carry-on and half of my big (BIG) suitcase empty when I arrived, and I still had two boxes shipped home!  So I've been playing with my goodies all weekend instead of doing laundry or cleaning house.  Fun, fun, fun!

One of the products that I received from Spellbinders was the Impressablities(TM).  These are cool metal 'screens' that, when run through the Wizard or your other compatible machine, embosses your cardstock.  The super cool part is that you can use them for stenciling as well!  Check out StampTV this weekend
over at the Gina K. Designs blog for a tutorial.

So get ready for a few more sneak peeks.....you're gonna love it all!