Gossamer Blue July Sneak Peeks....

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!  Here in blog land it's time for the June Gossamer Blue sneak peeks.  Lori really knocked it out of the ballpark this month on selecting kit items.  They're absolutely perfect and it's hard to pick a favorite.

First up is the Life Pages Kit.  Full of fanciful cards designed by Traci Reed, clips, enamel dots, Pink Paislee and Crate Paper.  I'm especially looking forward to working with the stamp set this month.  It's packed with fun images that will be great for scrapbooking and card making. 

The Life Pages Main Add-On is a fun addition that contains some exclusive GB journaling cards + a delightful pack of cards from the Crate Paper Open Road collection.  October Afternoon makes an appearance this month with some cute Tin Pins Flair + there's more from Pink Paislee and Studio Calico.

The Life Pages Add-On #3 is going to be great for adding lots of paper embellishments to journaling cards and scrapbook pages....and even cards.  The chipboard alphabet is in my favorite color and Fancy Pants delivers some goodies in this kit too.  If you're a fan of our own One Little Bird journaling cards by Peppermint, you won't want to pass this kit up. If you're heading on a road trip or fun Summer vacation, I'd also suggest this kit. It's just that cute.

June Bonus: I'll be selecting items from all of the kits and rounding up my own travel themed kit.  My plan is to have a mini album and travel themed goodies all ready to create an album when we get back from our Colorado trip.  I've been gathering items and it's going to have the perfect look I'm after.  I'll be sharing some peeks of that soon and then will share more once I'm back from our trip. 

This month's Life Pages Themed Add-On is perfect for creating those patriotic pages and cards.  There's just enough to add some good ol' red, white and blue to your projects.  I really love the journaling cards that Traci designed for us this month.

The Main Kit just makes my heart go pitter patter.  There's some serious heart palpitations going on when I look at this peek.  Just check out the papers, the fun label tabs, the chipboard, cork stickers and stamp set....and those ampersands from the Crate Paper chipboard pack?....I faint.  

Road trip anyone?  I'm so excited about the Crate Paper Open Road collections sprinkled into this month's kits.  The Main Add-On Kit has fabulous papers, fun accents and the cutest star sequins from Studio Calico.

The Add-On Kit #2 packs even more fun papers and embellishments.  I'm especially excited about some of the buttons by Fancy Pants for cards.  Little tiny banners from Crate Paper.  Oh ya, those are going right into my travel mini album.

Last but not least, the Bits and Pieces kit has the cutest stamp set and die along with a full 6 x 6 paper pad of some of my favorites from all the kits wrapped into one little bundle.  See those tiny phrase stickers?  Oh how I love those.  I'll be adding them to all my Life Pages.  This set is a really good one for the card makers.  I can't wait to get inky with this one.

Okay, that's a wrap for today.  Enjoy the peeks and check back for some peeks at my upcoming projects for July.  I'm off to spend the day with all the special dads in our family.  Feeling blessed to celebrate with THREE special dads today.  

Workspace Wednesday...lots of new stuff

It's been a while since I've posted a Workspace Wednesday post so here we go....

Trickling in are a bunch of pretty items that I'll be using to assemble some new card kits for the shop.  I've been missing the process of putting together the little pretties so be looking for fun new things this Summer.  

 I've been adding to my Martha Stewart paints.  The colors are just so pretty.  I pick up a few new bottles every now and then at Michaels.  

I've made a lot of progress on my Catherine Quilt so look for some updates soon here on the blog. 

Speaking of Workspace Wednesday, check out this peek of the June Gossamer Blue Life Pages stamp set.  I'll be giving peeks of my favorite items from each new kit on June 15th.  

Lastly, I've been adding new items to my online garage sale.  Check my shop daily for new additions over the next few weeks.  

Well.....back to the daily grind.  Thanks for stopping by.  

Picnic Corn Salad Revisited...

Today I'm sharing a delicious recipe that I make a lot every Summer.  It's called Picnic Corn Salad and you can find my original post and recipe here.  

 I've been collecting these limited edition blue and green jars from Ball and I love to use them for drinking glasses, storing leftovers, mixing up salad dressings and today I'm using them for my salad in a jar recipe. You can find them at Walmart, grocery stores, Target, Michael's (use your coupon) and lots of other places.

 I start with a lineup of fresh and simple ingredients.

 I mix up all the veggies except the lettuce to create my salad topping.

 Once the veggies are mixed with the salad dressing ingredients I divide the mixture up between my clean jars.  I store these with the lids on in the refrigerator until I'm ready put the lettuce in the jars and serve my salad.  You can add the lettuce in advance but if you want it really fresh and crispy, wait as long as you can.

 When I'm ready to serve my salad I stuff the lettuce into the jars.  I like to use a bagged romaine but any type of lettuce would work.

To serve the salad you just dump the salad upside down onto a dinner plate.  The salad dressing and chopped veggies that were on the bottom of the jar are now the topping for the salad.

 I love this as a meal but you could certainly add grilled chicken or fish or serve with steaks or burgers or another meat dish.

So light and refreshing, I hope you give it a try. 

Online Garage Sale...

It's time for my annual garage sale and I've selected some items to go into my online shop too.  I've been busy collecting items just for you.  Check out all the listings in my online shop.  I will be happy to combine shipping for multiple purchases.....just add the items to your cart and check out as usual.  Feel free to shop for my usual paper items found in the shop too.  I'll refund your PayPal account.  Sorry, no international orders this time. 

Here's what's up for sale.....bread tin and Jello molds. 

 Set of 3 muffin tins.

 Vintage suitcase.

 Better Homes and Gardens Sewing Guide Book.

 Lot of unique buttons.

 Huge lot of Bingo cards and number markers.

 US flash cards.

 Lot of vintage playing cards.

 Wood checkers markers, dice and milk bottle caps.

 Big lot of mixed letters.

Be sure to check back at the shop often.  I'm digging deep so there will be more items added over the next two weeks.

Project Life 2014....Week 15 using Gossamer Blue June Kits

Hello there.  I'm back today with Week 15 of my Project Life 2014.  First, to answer a question.....sorry but no, I don't do videos at this time.  Would be fun but I just don't have the time or resources to do them right now.  

So on to Week 15.  This week was mostly about the turkey hunters coming for the long weekend.  You can see my two page spread below.  A few random events on the left and all of the turkey hunting on the right side.

The left page.  I love adding large photos to the mix sometimes but I don't always like to add the extra pages.  I printed a 6 x 8 photo and trimmed it to fit into the 3 slots.  Love that look.

The right page, complete with a mixy match assortment of letters from the June Gossamer Blue kits.

I used spray mist on this die cut add some color to my layout.

Lots of Evalicious product added to the large photo.

I used two 3 x 4 cards side by side in a 4 x 6 slot to feature some pets from the week.  Stella was our visitor and she loved to steal everything that was Charlies.

Loved how this title turned out.  I stitched and stapled letters to my 3 x 4 cards.

Hope you enjoy and thank you so much for the nice comments you leave.

Coming soon......
I'll be sharing some card projects soon + be looking for a guest post from me for Winnie & Walter.  Also, I'm cleaning out crafty supplies for a garage sale and I'll be adding a few of the items to my shop.  Lastly, I'm getting back into the kit mode for my shop so look for some fun and fresh card kits and new products soon.

Project Life 2014....Week 14 using Gossamer Blue June Kits

My Week 14 Project Life uses the Gossamer Blue Life Pages Kit for June. Love that I fit 19 photos into a 2 page spread.  

The left page uses all 3 x 4 journaling cards. I printed all my photos as squares which makes for easy work when planning a spread.

The right pages goes back to my 3 x4 and 4 x 6 mix of inserts.

I used a 3 x 4 journaling card my main, dated insert.

Lots of typewriter journaling.

Love the mason jar on the right, it fit perfectly with my mason jar margaritas in my photo.

I loved the quote card on the right.  Remember to jot down things your loved ones say in addition to taking photos.

Turkey season in full swing.  I decorated the mantel with a turkey print and it was awesome that Jordan and Eric helped 10 year old Braden get his first turkey ever. Arrow stamps on the left are exclusives to GB.

A lot of time has spent getting my mom to doctor appointments in preparation for her knee replacement surgery.  I snapped a photo of her x-ray while at the doctor's office.  On the right, she's become pretty good at wheeling around the stores with those motorized carts. Label stamp is also an exclusive to GB. My Grid Paper Labels still come in so handy for typewriter journaling.

Here I used a journaling card as a mini title card for the night we saw George Strait.  Loved the flair, chipboard and stamps all clustered together.

Another week in the books.  Slowing working on a plan to get caught up.  There's just so many outside activities I want to get done though like painting picnic tables and chairs, mulching all of my flower beds, tending to the garden, setting up the pool.  Gotta get a lot of it done before the Kansas heat sets in.

Bicycle thank you cards...Gossamer Blue June kits

I have a few more thank you cards today created with papers from the June Gossamer Blue kits.  These are very simple in nature but as we all know, a thank you card of any sorts is appreciated.  I'm building my stash + making some for my mom to send out after her surgery. 

I absolutely loved the Basic Grey bicycle paper in the Main Kit so I created my own sentiment which has a play on words.  The fun wood sequin veneer are from the Add-On Kit #2. The stamped sentiment is from Studio Calico.

Hope you're having a fantastic day!!

Thank You Cards....using June Gossamer Blue Kits

Hey everyone, hope you're having a fabulous day.  The Gossamer Blue gallery is down for the weekend due to some maintenance so be sure to catch it next week.  The June Design Team projects are fabulous along with many awesome member projects.

Today I'm sharing a few of my gallery projects which include some thank you cards.  My mom recently had a knee replacement so there are many people she needs to send thank you notes to.  I used papers and embellishments from the kits to create a pretty trio of cards.

The pretty papers and die cuts were from the various My Mind's Eye Market Street products that Gossamer Blue showcased this month. I love the pretty colors and gold accents.  The sentiment strips were perfect for creating thank you cards.  There's an entire package of these fun die cuts in the June Life Pages Add-On Kit. That big gold polka dot paper is from the June Main Kit. 

Hope you enjoy!  Thanks for stopping by today.