Newest Cards

Please check here for my latest post. Cards from Cards Galore class, Andrea's Tutorials, Specialty classes, etc.

Retired Stamp Sets

Here is one of the cards I will be teaching in our Cards Galore class this Saturday. I uses the new Echos of Kindness Level II Hostess stamp set with Pacific point designer paper and watercoloring. Enjoy.












I have listed some of my retired stamp sets over on my other web site. Click on this to see what I have listed so far. I will continue listing the 200+ sets I have as I get them photographed. Also, I will eventually be closing down this blogspot and just using the new website at www.highdesertstamper.com . Please check out my new website.

Eggs and chicks

I have my stampers make some cute little chicken cards... which came first, the chicken or the egg? I think in this case... the egg hatches and out pops our cute little chicks. I cased the design from one of the gals I get a feedblitz from. I can't find the email to give her credit, so if you see this and it's your design.. please let me know so I can plug your blog here!! I get so so many emails and blog lists, sometimes it's hard to keep up. The 2nd card is a variation of the first, but I got lazy and just stamped the egg shell on the back of the designer paper and cut it out to match the backing.. I did go around the edge also with my needle tool. Comments???? Have a Stamp happy day!!

Daisies and more Daisies with the Big Shot

After our last card class, I started punching out daisys using my new Bigshot Daisy #2 die. I had my stampers make the little round top boxes shown, but wanted to use up some papers I had already cut. So after everyone left, I cut out a bunch more daisys and started playing around with the basic card they had used with the "Good Egg" stamp set for some easter cards. When my daughter came home.. she saw my "prototype" laid out and wanted to make some thank you cards for the Nursing staff at her nursing clinical course.















These are the cards we made. Mine is the really bright pink and brown. I ended up making it a birthday card. Enjoy!!
















Recipe: Stamp sets "Thank You Kindly" with choc chip dye ink.
Bigshot & die :Daisy #2; punches Eyelet border punch; ticket corner punch;
Ribbon: 1/4" gg Regal rose
Cardstock and papers: Always DP, Pumpkin DP, Delicate Dots (SAB free with a $50 order), whisper white cs, choc chip, celery, pumpkin, pretty in pink, saffron, bashful blue; Access: Rhinestone "Circle Ice" and "Circle Fire". All supplies are Stampin Up! You can order online and get FREE Saleabration sets through 31 March.

Frugal Corned Beef & Cabbage

I know this isn't a stamped card, but I thought you would enjoy a good, quick, simple, and inexpensive recipe for today.

Since it's St. Patricks Day.. and I LOVE Corned Beef and Cabbage, I'm sharing a recipe I sort of invented one night when I didn't have a lot of things in the frig to fix. I try to eat whatever we have on hand without having to go out and buy more groceries. So here's my rendition of a Frugal Corned Beef and Cabbage meal. Gather the following items:

1 - 2 Cans of canned corned beef (the kind you find on the grocery shelves from Argentina I think.. I have yet to find any canned in the USA)

1-2 lbs of small potatoes

1 head of green cabbage

1 large (3-5 qt cooking pot) I have a nice 3 ply stainless pot that most everything from soup to popcorn gets cooked in

Butter & Olive Oil

Beef broth (if you have any, subsitute water)

Pre-heat the pot while cleaning the potatoes. Wash and cut the small potatos in half. Put them in a little EVOO and butter in the bottom of the pot. Let them brown about 10 min. Meanwhile, slice up the cabbage slaw style.. so it's all shredded, not in a big wedge like normal CB & Cabbage dinners. Open the can(s) of corned beef and slice in 1/2" thick slices. Layer the corned beef in on top of the potatoes, then add the cabbage on top. Add some salt (not very much since the CB is salty) and some fresh ground pepper. Add about 2 cups of water or beef broth (can use some beef concentrate boullion or flavoring). Let it all cook approx 20 min. The cabbage will be done and all the flavors will meld together.

My daughter was skeptical when I first told her what I was "putting together" in the pot, but when she tasted it.. (2 bowls later), she said it was really, really good and you got some corned beef in every bite!! So try it and enjoy!!