Lucy's Kitchen of Recipes

Happy New Year to you and your family

I know my scrapbooking and card friends have cards that can be donated for this great cause ... Please HELP!!!! We are accepting used, all-occasion cards from: November 15, 2009 - February 28, 2010 You can mail your donations to: St. Jude's Ranch for Children Recycled Card Program 100 St. Jude's Street - Boulder City, NV 89005 877-977-SJRC (7572) Recycled Card Program History Over thirty years ago, wishing to show our donors appreciation for making St. Jude’s Ranch for Children possible, the idea was conceived for turning the previous year’s Christmas cards into "new" cards for the coming season. The recipients were so delighted with their unique "thank you," they requested the children sell them the special cards. And so, the St. Jude’s Ranch Recycled Card Program was born. Since then, the Program expanded to include all occasion greeting cards…just about anything that starts with a used greeting card front. People from all over the world have sent us their

I cant believe I have been designing for Lisa almost 2 years. I really love her online store and she is so sweet. I enjoy being the DT Coordinator there and the designers are just awesome. We will be having another DT Call soon so keep a watch on my blog with the details. Here are some things I made with the products from the store. This month American Crafts is our featured manufacturer. I had fun creating with the AC products in the store. Stop by the AWDML Store and grab some American Crafts Products - You will save 15% off the entire stock of American Crafts.

I have listed with links all my tutorials I have done for SNR and other places. You can check it on the left side of my blog called " MY TUTORIAL S" have a great Sunday and Merry Christmas

Its our last of the 12 Days of Christmas. I hope you enjoyed the wonderful projects that the designers posted here the last 12 days. A Walk Down Memory Lane Store Sales are good till Dec 13th ....so act fast and order your goodies from Lisa All projects must be posted in our Mr.Linky thread by Dec 24th at Midnight PST. You can get the link for the sales and Mr.Linky HERE M ini Album By Lucy Chena Supplies 4 pieces- solid cardstock 5 ½ x10 1 piece - sold cardstock 5 x 5 2 pieces- chipboard to make album covers 5 x 5 ½ 2 pieces- pattern paper 6x6 2 pieces -coordinating paper that will cover the inside of the covers for the album 4 ½ x 4 ½ Circle cutter or 1 inch punch (I used my CM circle cutter) Scraps or paper that will be used to decorate your album Ribbon Inking (optional) Part A- making of the inside pockets Take your 5 ½ x 10 pieces of cardstock and take out your scoring tool out At the 10 inch side- score at 5 inches As the 5 ½ inch side- score ¼ inches on each side Cut only one

I got an email from the DT Coordinator from A PAGE IN TIME SCRAPBOOKS that they would love for me to be their sketch artist and designer over there. I was really excited and it was a challenge too. I have to create 2 page sketches and I dont do them much and its a great way to get back to them and creating with the wonderful kits from APIT . Thanks for the opportunity ...it will be a blast!!!!

my true love gave to me...Mini Coaster Clipboard :) Today its my turn at posting for 12 Days of Christmas Event at Scrapbook News and Review Magazine and A Walk Down Memory Lane Mini Coaster Clipboard By Lucy Chesna Supplies scraps of paper scrap pf cardstock 4 inch coaster black binder clip inking ribbon strong adhesive CLick HERE for the 2010 Calendar to be used for the Mini Coaster Calendar 1. Grab some scraps from your scrap box or any pp that you like to use for this project 2. Trace around the coaster and cover both sides of the coaster. I used a pp on the front and a solid in the back. After tracing it then cut it our and adhere to the coaster. Sand the sides of you like then ink it 3. After that take your black binder clip and cover the front of it Print your calendar and cut them down to size for the mini coaster clipboard. Attach it with the binder clip and add ribbon as your finishing touch Options: for the back you can add a magnet so it can stick it to a frigerator or us

January 2010 Issue Calls Scrapbooking By Style* (see special call below) Style Spotlight: Shabby Chic Fire It Up! (pages using red, orange or yellow) Comfort & Joy (items, memories or locations that bring you comfort and joy) Scrap Your Favorite Color Valentine's Day, Love & Romance (all projects including mini albums, gifties, altered art & more) Recipe Layouts & Projects: Chocolate Central *By Style In each issue of Scrapbook News and Review, we feature scrapbook pages by style and skill level. As a chance to see as many styles and genres as possible, for this call only, we do not restrict the amount of submissions per scrapbooker. In fact, we'd prefer to see at least three to five layouts per person in order to give us an idea of how well your defined style is. We're currently looking for pages of size or subject. It must be a clearly defined style, for example: clean and simple, modern and graphic, shabby chic, freestyle, eclectic, etc. Please include th