Showing posts with label Awesome Ladies Project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Awesome Ladies Project. Show all posts

Saturday, November 25, 2017

Southern Fried Squash Recipe layout

Here is another food project for my guest designing position over at The Awesome Ladies Project.  This prompt this time was recipe.  I don't have many recipes of my own.  I mostly borrow from my mother with modifications for vegetarian.  This is certainly top of my comfort food list.  The way my momma fries squash and okra can't be beat.  There is no egg wash so it is a light crumbly crust that does not fully cover the vegetable.  It is definitely a learned skill.  Just like the gravy I don't make enough.  My son has a fondness for this recipe so my skills are pretty good.



It's not the prettiest but taste wonderful!  I used some nesting punches to punch the floral pattern from one of the papers to create embellishments to match.





Ingredients:
Kiwi Lane templates
misc papers from stash
Bazzill shimmer card stock
American Craft paper
Mocha Moma Quick Quotes Powderpuff chalking ink
Stampin Up scallop punches
Zig brown pen
pearls






If you want to explore more about the The Awesome Ladies Project there are some free workshops available to get started, or if you want to explore more about food check out the November workshop.



Thanks for stopping by!



Alicia

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Favorite Places to eat mini album

Here is another food project for my guest designing position over at The Awesome Ladies Project.  This prompt was favorite places to eat/where you eat.  I decided to create a mini album of my favorite restaurants...I soon realized these are also all in my neighborhood, most within walking distance. 



My first tag is the Drunken Bento.  Half price sushi all the time.  They also serve Korean dishes.  My husband really enjoys the galbi, a Korean style BBQ short rib.  I always eat sushi.


I used Maya Road Sushi stamp set and Distress inks to create the base of this page.



Just across the street from Drunken Bento is Thai Express.  Thai Express was one of my very first favorite restaurants in the neighborhood.  It was only two blocks from my first apartment here in Cincinnati.  They have a designated pan for vegetarian dishes.  I like Pad Thai and Massaman Curry.  The spring rolls are crisp and light not thick and greasy like egg rolls.  I also like the mango salad.



On the same block is Mac's Pizza.  They have several great nights of specials.  Monday is $5 burgers (including a homemade veggie burger) and family favorite $5 Pizza Thursdays.  My favorite pizza is a grape Gorgonzola.  It has a garlic sauce, grapes, tomatoes, onions and almonds with Gorgonzola. It is divine!!!



The next block down has the Elephant Walk, a combination of Indian and Ethiopian food.  I prefer Indian but am in love with injera, yum!  On this tag I used shimmer mist and added some tabs to divide the two different foods.


Conscious Kitchen used to be on the same block as the first group but recently moved a mile or so away to a new location.  It is spacious and new.  CK is soul food with turkey and fish.  The signature sandwich is the salmon Cuban...I had never had a Cuban before.  It is a my absolute favorite sandwich with a side of spring rolls or onion rings.




I finally finished the album with dessert.  Cincinnati's local chain, United Dairy Farmers or UDF.  This photo is from back in the summer showing a special flavor using a local beer Rhinegeist Truth.



I used Distress Oxides on this tag with a bit of pearl shimmer spray. 
Colors:  Worn Lipstick and Twisted Citron
Stamp:  Stampin Up Honeycomb Happiness



I lined the back of each tag with a matching card stock or paper.  All the edges were inked with Quick Quotes Midnight Confession Powderpuff chalking ink,  I finalized the album with various fibers tied on the ring.




I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://minialbummakers.blogspot.com/2017/11/november-mini-album-tutorials-and.html until 11/30x

Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to check out The Awesome Ladies Project!

Alicia

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Mai Tai Tropical layout

Hello dear readers, today I am showing off another layout for  The Awesome Ladies Project.  This one is about food inspiring your layout.  I just took this photo last month...looks so tropical doesn't it, it's amazing what 3 weeks will do to the weather.  It seems like it is nothing but cold and rainy now.  So the perfect day to revisit this lovely drink and dinner outside on a warm October evening.


I pulled out some really old papers from The Storytellers Club.  I found some glittery "orange" bling (aren't they cute?) and regular orange bling.



The die cuts and journal card are from The Storytellers Club collection.  I was a member for a couple of years, so I have quite a stash.  I had this collection organized in my food section, so it a breeze to find.  I am using some seriously old letters, too.




Ingredients:
The Storytellers Club papers and die cuts
Kiwi Lane templates
orange brads and gems
very old die cut letters
fiber/mesh
card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:



If you want to explore more about the The Awesome Ladies Project there are some free workshops available to get started, or if you want to explore more about food check out the November workshop.



Thanks for stopping by!



Alicia


Saturday, November 4, 2017

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Dessert, Awesome Ladies Project November Guest Designer

This month I am guest designer for the scrapbooking site, The Awesome Ladies Project.  Kristin at ALP host a monthly themed class.  November is Food, I will be documenting different food ideas through several projects.  The first prompt has to deal with the food we eat.  I created a standard 12x12 layout but added several out of the box techniques.


First I mixed Distress stains with modeling paste and stenciled the mixture to create some texture on my chevron paper.  I stenciled behind where I intended my photo strip would be placed. 


 I also stenciled a small section at the bottom of the page.  I used some mushroom postal stamps I purchased on ebay for embellishments.






I adhered my 2x2 photos on 3 sides leaving the top open as a pocket for the tags.  I created a tag for each photo telling a story about the food in the picture.  I tried to cover a lot of the foods I eat at home regularly.  




Ingredients:
American Craft chevron paper
Creative Memories stickers
Distress stains Frayed Burlap and Ground Espresso
light modeling paste
Huey's mask Bubbles
Prima and Recollections buttons
Mushroom stamps
Our Daily Bread Designs stitched oval die
ribbon (green), twine and tags
Distress ink Antique Linen

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:



If you want to explore more about the The Awesome Ladies Project there are some free workshops available to get started, or if you want to explore more about food check out the November workshop.

Thanks for stopping by!

Alicia