7 Days of Valentine Projects #6

Today I'm pretty excited to share my favorite chocolate cookie recipe ever (I've tried a lot. Promise). And a very simple treat bag label to go along with it.

The label uses pattern paper from Carte Bella "Devoted" pad, Spellbinders Nestibilities dies "Labels 1", sentiment stamp from Lawn Fawn "My Silly Valentine", heart banner stamp from Wplus9 "Banner Love", Memento ink in "Tuxedo Black" and "Rhubarb Stalk", and Stickles in "Cotton Candy".

My favorite chocolate cookie recipe EVER comes from my America's Test Kitchen cook book (best PBS show ever)... enjoy ;)

Ingredients:
1 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (8 3/4 ounces)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
14 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 3/4 sticks) Melted
1/2 cup granulated sugar (3 1/2 ounces)
3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar (5 1/4 ounces)
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips 

1) Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 375 degrees. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. Whisk flour and baking soda and salt together in medium bowl; set aside.
2) Add both sugars and vanilla to bowl with butter and whisk until fully incorporated. Add egg and yolk and whisk until mixture is smooth.  Stir in flour mixture until just combined, about 1 minute. Stir in chocolate chips, giving dough final stir to ensure no flour pockets remain.
3) Divide 2 tablespoon cookie dough balls onto baking sheets. Bake until cookies are golden brown and still puffy, and edges have begun to set but centers are still soft, 10 to 14 minutes, rotating baking sheet halfway through baking. Transfer baking sheet to wire rack; cool cookies completely before serving.
Enjoy!

And make sure you check out the other talented participants in this Valentine's Project hop :)

Barb Murphy

Ceal Pritchett

Donna Bowman 

Jen Cuthbertson

Lalo Ik

Libby Hickson

Rachel Izakowicz

Rachel Kleinman

Veronica Zalis

<3 Rachel w k

Play Date Cafe Challenge #167

Oh my goodness, the Play Date Cafe entries for the color splash challenge last week were ah-maze-zing. I cannot wait to see what y'all create with this delicious color story... fuchsia, sprout, and canary

I gotta say, I fell in love with this color story the moment I laid eyes on it. However, it gave me quite a challenge to find the right stamps, inks, and papers to match just what I wanted. Totally worth it in the end!

All stamps are from Paper Smooches "Falling for You" set. They are colored with Copic markers and a touch of Liquid Pearls.

Our winner this week will win a fantastic prize from My Creative Classroom! Make sure to link your project entry over at The Play Date Cafe!

This card is also part of the 7 Days of Valentine Projects blog hop. Check out the other amazing projects!

Barb Murphy

Ceal Pritchett

Donna Bowman 

Jen Cuthbertson

Lalo Ik

Libby Hickson

Rachel Izakowicz

Rachel Kleinman

Veronica Zalis

<3 Rachel w k

7 Days of Valentine Projects #4

Welcome to Day 1 of The 7 Days of Valentine Projects Blog Event. Several crafty bloggers and I are posting 1 Valentine project a day for 7 days - just for fun.  We’re posting projects we made using products we like and hope they will give you some inspiration for your own Valentine craft projects. You will find links to all the other participating bloggers below. Hopefully you can find time to look at their blogs and leave comments on any that inspire you. Happy Valentine Crafting!!

Today I'm sharing a mini card set that would be the perfect size to tie onto goodie bags or tuck into a lunchbox pocket for a Valentine surprise.

Each card measures 2"x2", so I will also be entering these into the Moxie Fab "itty bitty card" challenge.

All cards use the Lawn Fawn "Here's the Scoop" set. This card above uses the valentine sentiment from Lawn Fawn "My Silly Valentine."

All images are colored with Copic markers and a touch of Cotton Candy Stickles.

Be sure to check out all the other projects from this amazing line up!

Barb Murphy

Ceal Pritchett

Donna Bowman 

Jen Cuthbertson

Lalo Ik

Libby Hickson

Rachel Izakowicz

Rachel Kleinman

Veronica Zalis

<3 Rachel w k

7 Days of Valentine Projects #3

Welcome to Day 1 of The 7 Days of Valentine Projects Blog Event. Several crafty bloggers and I are posting 1 Valentine project a day for 7 days - just for fun.  We’re posting projects we made using products we like and hope they will give you some inspiration for your own Valentine craft projects. You will find links to all the other participating bloggers below. Hopefully you can find time to look at their blogs and leave comments on any that inspire you. Happy Valentine Crafting!!

I'm sharing a little birdie Valentine card using my new Papertrey Ink stamps "Tweet Talk" and "Sending my Love". I love just stamping anything with PTI. They're so clean and stamp smoothly... wish I didn't wait so long to buy some!

ink from Memento "rhubarb stalk" "tangelo" and "tuxedo black", Stickles "orange peel", and Ranger glossy accents

Be sure to check out all the other projects from this amazing line up!

Barb Murphy

Ceal Pritchett

Donna Bowman 

Jen Cuthbertson

Lalo Ik

Libby Hickson

Rachel Izakowicz

Rachel Kleinman

Veronica Zalis

<3 Rachel w k

7 Days of Valentine's Projects #2

Welcome to Day 1 of The 7 Days of Valentine Projects Blog Event. Several crafty bloggers and I are posting 1 Valentine project a day for 7 days - just for fun.  We’re posting projects we made using products we like and hope they will give you some inspiration for your own Valentine craft projects. You will find links to all the other participating bloggers below. Hopefully you can find time to look at their blogs and leave comments on any that inspire you. Happy Valentine Crafting!!

I'm sharing a very quick, clean, and simple Valentine card today. The stamp takes center stage, so this literally took 5 minutes to put together. Fastest card ever :)

The stamp is Papertrey Ink and I used Memento rhubarb ink. The little hearts are from Lawn Fawn and washi tape from Recollections.

Be sure to check out all the other projects from this amazing line up!

Barb Murphy

Ceal Pritchett

Donna Bowman 

Jen Cuthbertson

Lalo Ik

Libby Hickson

Rachel Izakowicz

Rachel Kleinman

Veronica Zalis

<3 Rachel w k

7 Days of Valentines Projects #1

Welcome to Day 1 of The 7 Days of Valentine Projects Blog Event. Several crafty bloggers and I are posting 1 Valentine project a day for 7 days - just for fun.  We’re posting projects we made using products we like and hope they will give you some inspiration for your own Valentine craft projects. You will find links to all the other participating bloggers below. Hopefully you can find time to look at their blogs and leave comments on any that inspire you. Happy Valentine Crafting!!

For my first Valentine's project, I'm sharing an art journal love page....

My father in law bought me a box full of weird vintage cards from Sante Fe and I'm finally putting some to use. This elephant was cut up from one of the cards and adds a lot to my page

The "love" stamps are from paper smooches and hampton arts. I colored the letters with Prismacolor pencils blended with mineral spirits. The cross border stamp is Papertrey Ink stamped in "picked raspberry" distress ink. I also used some Freckled Fawn washi tape and basic watercolors

The ink spray is all Dylusions and a dylusions mask/stencil. I used my Gesso for the first time, too! Some Stickles and liquid pearls finish it off.

Be sure to check out all the other projects from this amazing line up!

Barb Murphy

Ceal Pritchett

Donna Bowman 

Jen Cuthbertson

Lalo Ik

Libby Hickson

Rachel Izakowicz

Rachel Kleinman

Veronica Zalis

<3 Rachel w k

Play Date Cafe #166 COLOR SPLASH

Thee best Play Date Cafe challenge is back! A color splash of emerald (the color of 2013!)

I created a circle card that's all occasion and cute :)

I die cut the scallop circle, stamped this little croc (paper smooches) and colored him with various emerald Copic markers. Topped it off with some green Stickles and twine.

Make sure to submit your Emerald color splash project HERE and check out the other design team projects. The winner this week gets a prize from Viva Las Vegas Stamps!

Have fun creating with the color of the year :)

<3 Rachel w k

CFC 86

It has been weeks... no. mooonntthhhss... since I've played in the CAS-ual Fridays challenge. It's time to get back in the swing of things

The challenge is to create a clean and simple 'long' card. My card is 6" x 3"

materials: Paper Smooches, Sew Easy tool and pink floss, Copic (aqua), Stickles, Dylusions Lime ink spray

 

Gettin' ready for a Sunday full of Football... and the Australian Open! I don't think anything else will get finished today :)

<3 Rachel w k

PS you're so sweet

My favorite Paper Smooches Sparks challenge is happening this week... the sketch! 

I'm trying to get those Valentine's Day cards out and ready on time. The Paper Smooches "Sugar Rush" set is a great alternative to a typical valentine set

materials: paper smooches "sugar rush", memento ink, distress ink "picked raspberry" and "tumbled glass", copics, ribbon

<3 Rachel w k

Play Date Cafe #165

Happy Play Date Cafe Day!!

I hope you can get your Valentine thinking cap on for this soft and scrumptious color story: plum, mustard, and rose

The winner will receive a lovely prize from the Play Date Cafe prize vault :)

I made a teeny tiny love box using some extra embellies I had hanging around. I used a free SVG file from the Make the Cut software gallery and cut with my Silhouette. The box measures approximately 1.5" cube.

materials: Cosmo Cricket "twentythree" pad, dcwv cardstock, amy tangerine embellishments, paper smooches "smoocheroos", pearls, felt bird, freckled fawn chevron washi

We can't wait to see what projects you create! And be sure to add a photo to the Play Date Cafe for your entry!

<3 Rachel w k

Itty Bitty Birthday Cards

Happy Birthday to my wonderful hubby!!! We've had a nice celebratory weekend of lots of food, lots of drinks, and lots of football. Happy birthday, Matty :)

So Matt got three birthday cards today - one itty bitty card from each of the family members (guinea pigs count as one). The Moxie Fab World is hosting some very fun challenges, and this one is to make a card no larger than 3" x 3"

The monster is from me, the monkeys are from Meeko, and the balloons are from the piggies. Cards measure 2.5" x 2.5" and 2.5" x 3"

Card measures 2.5" x 2.5"

Materials: My Cute Stamps "Eek! Monsters!", memento black ink, white cardstock, bling from Simon Says Stamp, and Prismacolor pencils blended with mineral spirit.

Card measures 2.5" x 3"

Materials: My Cute Stamps "Circus Animals", memento black ink, Prismacolor pencils blended with mineral spirits, Liquid Pearls "Hydrangea" and "Key Lime", white card stock

Card measures 2.5" x 3"

Materials: Unity Stamp, Paper Smooches "Sugar Rush", memento black ink, staz-on black ink, Freckled Fawn washi tape, Prismacolor pencils blended with mineral spirit, We R Memory Keepers twine, pearl accent, Liquid Pearls "Buttercup"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MATTY!!

<3 Rachel w k

Play Date Cafe #164

Welcome back to the best day of the week :) Play Date Cafe color story day!!!

We welcome you to create ANY project, decor, recipe (anything!) using some Cadet Blue, Chartreuse, and Leather

This card was inspired by the colors (of course) and all those great geometric patterns in the color story image

I used a new-to-me mini stamp from Papertrey Ink for the hexagons and the sentiment stamp is Paper Smooches "chilly chums" set. The pattern paper is from DCWV "green tea" stack which is PERFECTION for this color challenge... pure lime, blues, and chocolates. I mixed some blue and green embossing powder for the sentiment. Added some lime twine and a few blings.

The winner of this weeks challenge will win a prize from Simon Says Stamp! Be sure to enter your creation at PDCC for a chance to win :)

<3 Rachel w k

Happy Birthday Lawnscaping

Lawnscaping challenge is celebrating its 2 year birthday!! I couldn't miss out on this party...

I used my newest Lawn Fawn set "Here's the Scoop" and "Critters Down Under" for the sentiment. All papers are by October Afternoon "Cakewalk" set.

I think it's time for a new camera. I haven't been happy with these photos in a long long time!

Happy birthday Lawnscaping!

<3 Rachel w k

My One Little Word....

CALM

I hope to have a sense of 'calm' in my life throughout the year of 2013. I have already been so inspired by the One Little Word class with Ali Edwards. This will be a difficult word to embrace for me, but I'm looking forward to the journey ahead.

I'm sharing with y'all my "intention" cards for each month of the year. Please follow along with me each month... this blog isn't usually too personal, so bare with me one post a month :)

I also thought my colors and patterns worked so well with the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger. And the photo inspiration looks like the CALMest place to spend a lazy Sunday

If you have a word to live by, what will it be??

<3 Rachel w k

(ps.. thank you Donna for my new watermark!!)

Play Date Cafe #163

Woohoo! The Play Date Cafe is back from the holiday break!!! And I luurrrrvvee this color story we're playing with this week... Tangerine, Sky Blue, Champagne

In honor of ringing in the fabulous New Year (and one of the colors being champagne!) I created this Champagne Tag which hung over the bottle we popped at midnight

The tag measure 2.5" x 7", with a fold at the 2.25" mark where I cut a circle opening to fit it over the bottle. materials: DCWV tangerine cardstock, pattern paper from Basicgrey "What's Up?" pad and Cosmo Cricket "twentythree" pad. Stamp from The Craft's Meow, memento tuxedo black ink, pearls from oriental trading co, and the chipboard piece is from Amy Tangerine.

Happy 2013! Enjoy the journey this new year brings!

Make sure you join us in the Play Date Cafe and create ANY project you want that's inspired by these colors. There is a prize from the PDCC prize vault to give away :)

<3 Rachel w k