Monday, July 4, 2011

Happy Independence Day!!!

Happy 4th Friends!!! Hope you're making it a fun and safe one!!

Before I gear up for some food and fireworks, I thought I'd share a project ...my last red, white an blue one for a while!

I went on a little baking rampage earlier this week and in the midst of it, I decided to make miniature cheesecakes topped with strawberries and blueberries. YUM!

For a fun twist, I baked them in a jar to make them portable and perfect for our 4th of July picnic!




Of course, I  had to use a few of my stamping supplies to dress these up! I LOVE these wooden spoons from Shop Sweet Lulu - my fave party supply site!

You can customize the handle with stamps, which I love!



I tied the spoons on with torn pieces of red and blue bandanas. A cheap and functional way to include a little napkin on these treat!


Since I had a few extra cheesecakes, I thought I'd give em out as thank you gifts...so of course a few cards were in order! I used the bandanas as inspiration...


I used the Technique Tuesday Paisley Park set  along with a white gel pen to create a bandana pattern. The PTI Say It With Style sentiments were the perfect font for these western-y cards!


I loved the way these cards complement the packaging on the little jars!

Thanks for stopping by for some Damask Love and have a wonderful Monday!

Supplies:

Bandana Cards

Stamps: Technique Tuesday Paisley Park , Papertrey Ink Say it With Style
Paper: PTI (Enchanted Evening, white, Pure Poppy, Rustic Cream)
Ink: Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black
Other: jute twine, eyelets, Fiskars square punch


18 comments:

  1. What a great project Amber!! Your bandana cards are fantastic!

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  2. Fabulous projects! I really love the bandana cards. Love it!!!

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  3. those cheesecakes are adorable, and I love how you stamped the bandana!

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  4. Absolutely fabulous. Have a great 4th of July.

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  5. All of that is so awesome. The cards look perfectly like the bandanas and those little cheesecakes look divine.

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  6. omg, those individual cheesecakes are so adorable!

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  7. Those individual cheesecakes look delicious, and you've packed them up so festively! Love the spoon and bandana idea - practical AND adorable!

    Happy Independence Day! :o)

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  8. Very, very fun! Happy 4th of July, Amber!

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  9. Wowsers - totally mouth-watering creations. And the cheesecakes don't look bad either, hehe!
    Hope you've had a fab 4th, Rx ;)

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  10. How fun, those cheesecakes look yummy!! Love the paisley cards as well!

    Happy 4th!!

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  11. Perfect idea for cupcakes, great spoons -- and absolutely awesome cards!

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  12. you are killing me!! every post is amazing. you rock

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  13. love those wooden spoons, you rocked the 4th, so fun!!

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  14. So cool! I love the stamping on the wood spoons. I left you an award on my blog, everyone loves to be told they are a great blogger, right?

    http://danasdabblingstudio.blogspot.com/2011/07/happy-birthday-to-you-card-blog-award.html

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  15. LOVE the bandanna idea with the stamp set! AWESOME! TFS! I am a new follower and would be honored if you would check out my blog at http://acreativejourneywithmelissa.blogspot.com/ Have a wonderful day!

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  16. Hi Amber! Love your mini cheesecakes in the jar! Do you give out your recipes? I can cook but don't have good ideas for cooking like you do, lol!

    Stacey

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