Friday, June 10, 2011

Flourishes Friday – Garden Fresh

Today I have the last sneak from the Flourishes June release. This is such an exciting month! Gorgeous zinnias, sweet princess, and now, veggies!!! Be still my heart! I love anything botanical, especially flowers, but veggies and fruit images are not far behind.

Garden Fresh Graphic

Another fabulously illustrated set by Marcella Halsey. Don’t they look good enough to eat!?

For my project today, I decided to make a little card to give a hostess, complete with recipe. When I need to prepare a dish to take to a cookout I always think of 7 Layer Salad (recipe at bottom of post). SO easy and SO good! Now I have the perfect image to use on a thank you card for the hostess that includes a little giftie of the recipe.


I stamped the image on Classic White card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored the peas with the Fields Collection Copic markers. Then I added the sentiment and some distress ink around the edges to tone down the bright white a bit. I made a little pocket from patterned paper and card stock into which to slip the recipe card. WHICH is available (along with a second style) as a download from Flourishes. I printed it off on Classic White then backed it with the green I’m using for the card.
Here’s the inside with another sentiment from the set and another copy of the main image, uncolored, using Classic Ivory card stock.

 Here’s the recipe card.

After I printed off the recipe card and cut it out by hand, I simply drew around it on card stock and cut it out a little larger for a nice mat. I always write recipes in pencil—so I, or the recipient, can easily make changes/additions if desired. Don't you love that recipe card? Again, it will be available as a downloadable file and is called Fresh Recipes.
Here are some other things you might want to know:
  • Flourishes' Star Spangled Challenge is in full swing! You could win Flourishes' ENTIRE June release! Check it out HERE.
  • Save a BUNDLE with Flourishes new release bundle! Purchase the entire release for 10% off! You can check it out HERE
  • All winners with be announced in the Winner's Circle post on the Flourishes blog at 12 noon CST on Saturday, June 11th.
Be sure to check out all the yummy projects the rest of the design team have for you today:
And don’t forget to check back on the Flourishes blog at Noon Central time to see what today’s challenge is.

Here’s the recipe—you can actually use pretty much any raw veggies you want, but here’s what I usually use.

7 Layer Salad
1/2 head Iceberg lettuce, torn into pieces
1 cup celery, sliced
1 cup red onion, diced coarsely
1 10oz. package frozen peas, thawed
1 c. mayonnaise (not salad dressing)
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups shredded cheese of choice
Bacon Bits to taste


Layer the veggies in a bowl, mix the mayonnaise and sugar and spread on top. Be sure to carry it all the way to the sides of the bowl to seal. Sprinkle cheese on top evenly, then bacon bits. Chill up to 24 hours. 

And you MUST serve it in a clear glass bowl so your gorgeous layers will show, like this:

130025  Photo courtesy of allrecipes.com

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

~Supplies~
Stamps: Garden Fresh (Flourishes)
Paper: Classic White (Flourishes). Old Olive (SU!); Garden Variety 6 x 6 pad (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger); printer ink
Accessories/tools: ribbon; sewing machine


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39 comments:

  1. I love this! Love the way you put it all together, too.

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  2. What a perfect card for your veggies! Love it!

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  3. Yum, my favorite salad also.

    Beautiful card/recipe set. Love the new stamps.

    Joan
    MN

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  4. Wow! I love your Recipe Card/ holder.. Wonderful coloring and love the DP's you chose too... okay... I love the whole thing! lol Such a great Hostess gift!

    Hugs!
    Shannon

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  5. This is so awesome, Bar! I just flipped when I first saw it. Perfect for the recipe, which, by the way, looks DELICIOUS! Love a Seven Layer Salad! Your designer papers and ribbon are just ideal!

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  6. Love the receipe card. I would never have chosen this stamp, but I love how each of you are seperating the vegetables and using them.
    Marcie

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  7. Luv your work and yummy that salad looks super good! I want some!

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  8. What a cute card and I like your recipe card! Also, that salad looks delicious!

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  9. Great card and thanks for the recipe!

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  10. This is my favorite collection of images yet... Just love your idea with the recipe card tucked in the front of the card... and you did such a beautiful job coloring all the little pods... and the inside is so cute too. Love it!

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  11. Beautiful card Barbara. I love this designer paper. I have some too. This salad looks fabulous. I have had it before. Great job.

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  12. wonderful! Love your recipe card + holder and the salad looks delicious too! TFS!

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  13. I love 7 layer salad and your recipe card is an adorable hostess gift. The DP is a perfect match with the image and it's certain to peas... I mean please.
    Beth Greco

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  14. Love this stamp set! Your project is great....love everything about the card and recipe. Delightful work! Thanks for the recipe too!

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  15. What an adorable set you put together for all to admire... great recipe also!!

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  16. This is so cute. And I LOVE the recipe card top!!

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  17. Wow, yumminess in paper and in food! I think this is one of the coolest images yet! And I've always wanted to make that salad, it is so impressive!

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  18. Your projects are great Barbara! Love these veggies so much. Plus the salad sure made me hungry. The new sets are just marvelous. Really want them!!!!!!!

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  19. What a great idea for this stamp! Just love the idea of the recipe card and then to put a picture of that delish looking salad...your making me hungry!!!

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  20. Lovely card design! Also have a craving for 7-layer salad now!

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  21. Barbara, this is fantastic! Great colors and design! Love the pop of the red gingham! Great way to exchange a recipe, too! I may need to write that recipe down! Sounds divine! TSMFS!

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  22. This is so classy looking!!! I love it!!

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  23. Oh this is so fun! I love how you added the recipe card. I can't wait to see the whole set, I love my veggies!

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  24. Oh, YUM!! That is just adorable. I love those sweet peas. :)

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  25. what a neat idea! love your card!

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  26. This is such a cute project...and your papers are perfect, cheery and fun!! This recipe looks wonderful, too!

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  27. What a great project. Brilliant idea to use that image with that recipe. Wonderful job.

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  28. What a delightful way to share a recipe! This is one of our favorite summer salads. I use real bacon though.

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  29. Lovely coloring and yummy salad. Thanks for the recipe!

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  30. Wow, this is the cutest box of peas I have ever seen! I'm a big fan of peas--thanks for sharing. and what a great recipe card holder. Awesome job!

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  31. Such a pretty card! I love the veggies:)

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  32. Gorgeous Barbara! Love that recipe card stamp!

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  33. Barbar, I love this cute recipe card holder. This is a great stamp.

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  34. You even included a picture of the salad, nice! This pocket card with recipe is so cute! Love your design and coloring!

    ps:I love beets too and I just found that recipe-can't wait to try it!

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  35. What a beautiful use of color as well as design!

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  36. Cute cute cute!!! And what a gorgeous salad too!!

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  37. You did such a beautiful job with this set Bar...the colors, patterns, papers, all the pieces of the project together are so fresh and beautifully done!

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  38. I love this recipe card idea! And I love that 7 layer salad...my mom makes it too!

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  39. Beautiful AND yummy! I {heart} 7 Layer Salad! LOVE all the patterns from the Garden Variety papers!

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