There's Magic in the Air!

 Did you think that I disappeared? Hesto presto, here I am again! I returned from a fabulous six days in Anaheim, CA for CHA, which included a day full of Copic Intermediate classes (now I'm even more certifiable!), a fabulous Dreamweaver Stencils' class taught by Lynell and Louise with help from the Dream Team, hours of walking the show in search of all the latest and greatest in the craft industry...so much inspiration, so many fabulous companies and designers, and so many great friends to meet and greet. Gourmet Rubber Stamps had a tabletop showing in the new exhibitors due to their new company status, which displayed plenty of great samples from the GRS team, as well as new Coveralls designs released. Somehow, I feel that next CHA will be seeing a much larger showing from GRS as they took off in a big way.
Today's post features new images from the Gourmet Rubber Stamps February Diner's Club Set, "Abracadabra". Have you ever seen me do a more CAS card than this one? Nope. I don't think so. More was not necessary in this instance. The top hat and wand simply stamped and layered in black ink, with the stars embossed in Stampendous Silver embossing powder were perfect with the Magical sentiment (don't you love the font?). Such a perfect card to have multiples on hand for that birthday that you almost forgot...presto! There's a card ready to go!

Gourmet Rubber Stamps New Diner's Club Release...It's Magical!

Wow! This has been a serious week of sneak peeks! Today's post features the latest Diner's Club set from Gourmet Rubber Stamps, "Abracadabra". Full of magical and vintage images, with a lucky sprinkle of leprechauns, pots o' gold, and rainbows, this set is a surprising variety of fun and imagination. My imagination took me off to visit Houdini and his magic show. With a little extra distressing...the poster, gentleman, top hat, tickets and sentiments take you back in time...back to a bygone era where there was less scientific data to destroy your illusions...POOF! You're there!
Check the rest of our team "chefs" to see what magic they've come up with. No hocus pocus, you can easily order your own Diner's Club set by clicking HERE!

This Week's Recipe Calls for Martinis!

 Almost forgot my post for this week's Gourmet Rubber Stamps' Weekly Recipe #17. You can see the sketch above. My version of it features the Murray's Law image, "Martini", one of the great lines from Gourmet Rubber Stamps. When you need that extra touch of humor, Murray's Law will add the spice to your weekly recipe. This 'ol gal has been stamped, paper pieced, and Copic colored. Best of all her boobs have been given a necessary lift with the help of a few foam dots. Wish that it was that easy for me! Lol. With all those martinis, she needs to make sure she gets plenty of the fruits/vegetables portion of the food pyramid, so her olives are ready for her...toothpicks and all. Play along with the sketch and post your own creation to the Gourmet Rubber Stamps Facebook page. To buy this fun image, and many more, head on over to the GRS site.

Kissing Tag with Red Hot Spice!

It's the 15th of the month, which means that it's Gourmet Rubber Stamps' team challenge again! This month our challenge was "Kissing Tag"...no, not THAT kind of kissing tag, although you can if you want...anyway...the team is creating some Valentine-themed tags with any of the Gourmet Rubber Stamps' images. My tag creation is attached to my hot sauce bottle, and a perfect Valentine gift for the man in your life! My hubs loves to use Frank's Red Hot Sauce on his signature Buffalo Wings, and when he made some for us a couple of weeks ago, I suddenly looked at that bottle in a whole new light! I created a wrap around label for the bottle so that it now says "Red Hot LOVE"! The images were stamped on kraft cardstock and ink distressed, plus the focal image was embossed in white for added pop. The tag attached to the bottle uses more images from the new January Diner's Club set, "Sealed with a Kiss", embossed in white and smoochy red lips as well. The whole project becomes a unique and fun gift for the Red Hot love of your life! To play more "kissing tag", hop around to the rest of the team blogs for more Valentine tag inspiration...and remember, these wonderfully fun images can be purchased on the Gourmet Rubber Stamps' website!

OH HAPPY DAY...WITH A CHERRY ON TOP!

 I am doing a big happy dance today! Remember how sad I was a couple of months ago when Lizzie Anne Designs was closing their proverbial doors? Well, apparently fate stepped in and offered a new opportunity for the super-design-duo of Tricia (Lizzie) and Meredith (Anne) to continue with the wonderful LAD line, as well as add some play time with some other lines...all under the "banner" of Gourmet Rubber Stamps! You can imagine how excited the LAD team was to hear the news and most of us have all jumped on the smorgas-"board". Sorry, hee hee, a really bad pun there, but get used to it...I have a feeling that all of us will be running with the "gourmet" theme. Since I'm feeling so thankful to be able to play with all of these fabulously creative "chefs" once again, my featured card uses the banner thanks image from the inaugural Diner's Club set, "Tart & Spice". And don't you just love the darling owl that I paired up with it? Of course, I had to go a little wild and add punched out flowers from this cute paper on his/her eyes. The banner says it all, and is the perfect image to go to over and over again! You might say that it should be permanently on your "menu"! There are several whimsical images in this set that are perfect for everyday as well as the tart and spicy fall season. Be sure to visit the rest of the team to see what sassy stuff they've been "brewing" (and leave comments...we love comments!)

Taylor

Deb

Joslyn

Jeni

Kendra
Rose Ann

Then, jump over to the brand-new Gourmet Rubber Stamps website. While you're there oohing and aahing over all the darling images, take time to sign up for the monthly newsletter and the monthly "Diner's Club"...ensuring that you will automatically receive the latest releases each month! Check out the GRS blog HERE, and the Facebook page HERE...and LIKE us! You'll really, really LIKE us!