Dorcas Designs | Catered Crop

Pink's for the lady with joie de vive!
~ Think Pink lyrics by Ira Gershwin, 1957

It's week two of our In the Pink Recipe Swap. I can tell you all are lovin' the pink because we already have some fabulous, fabulous entries. It's not too late to join the party. And just to keep the party hopping, our design team has some yummy pink to show you.

But, before we get to our designers' projects, here's how our virtual crop party works.

To help jump-start your design mojo, you'll find a Pinterest board with some pink inspiration and few wonderful tutorials here.
Just use pink in your project, the more the merrier.
Include a link to us at Catered Crop or add our button, which you can grab on our sidebar or at our {button gallery}.
Link up and link often, but be sure you link up by 8:00 PM EST on Saturday, September 15.
Keep the party hopping by visiting the other players and leaving comments.
Check back with us on September 16 to see if you've won an opportunity to be a guest designer or a prize from our sponsor, Lilly Belle's Paperie and Textiles.

Shopping at Lilly Belle's Paperie and Textiles is like shopping in a up-town boutique, but with low-down prices. Laura Evangeline has curated some fabulous hard-to-find papers, textiles and embellishments in her Etsy shop and she's organized them all beautifully by color. So, yes, you can pick up all the pink you need for our challenge right here. "Like" her on Facebook for updates and specials too.

One randomly chosen player will win a $25.00 gift certificate. And, EVERYONE (Yes, I'm Shouting) is a winner for this challenge.

Laura is offering you all a 15% discount in her shop, valid only until our challenge ends, September 15. Oh, be still my heart!

Apply CATEREDCROP discount code
at checkout for a 15% discount on your entire purchase!

Here's what the amazing Catered Crop designers have dished up for you using pink products provided by Lilly Belle. Just click on the pictures to get all the details.

Be sure to click on Rebecca's project to see a very special reason for celebrating pink this month! Congratulations Rebecca and her little Miss Adorable!

Congratulations to Maya Stenshagen, Ren-Yi Lo, and Tracey Sabella. They won last week's challenge and were invited to join our Top Chef designers today. We're honored to show off their fabulous pink creations.

September 9, 2012 | Filed Under: Dorcas Designs, Follow the Recipe, Libby Hickson, Rebecca Lynn, Recipe Swap, Sarah Fleming, Silke Ledlow | 4 Comments

And I'll sing you the songs of the rainbow
A whisper of the joy that is mine
~ For Bobbie lyrics by John Denver, 1965

It's week two of our recipe swap. Yes, it means you have one more week to join the party and it's time for our Top Chef and guest chef designers to share what they've made with our featured ingredient. Spectrums of light, multicolored arcs, meteorological phenomenons . . . our featured ingredient for the next Catered Crop Recipe Swap is rainbows.

We're going to use all the crayons in the box for this challenge. Here's how we roll . . .

Just use rainbows or the colors of the rainbow somewhere in your project.
Include a link to us at Catered Crop or add our button, which you can grab on our sidebar or at our {button gallery}.
Link up and link often, but be sure you link up by 8:00 PM EST on Saturday, July 7.
Keep the party hopping by visiting the other players and leaving comments.
Check back with us on July 8 to see if you've won an opportunity to be a guest designer or a prize from a sponsor.

As always, the winning entries get a coveted Winning Recipe button to put on their blog and an invitation to be a guest Catered Crop designer. And . . . one lucky, randomly picked player will win a $15.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE at Sassy Cheryl digital stamps! Sassy's images are fun, whimsical and just happy! And, clearly, Sassy's is a happening place. Just click on the four pictures below to check out Sassy Cheryl's fun gigs.

The Catered Crop Top Chefs and Guest Chefs Deirdre Horgan and Donna Mikasa have made some amazing and wonderfully colorful projects. And, we want to welcome our newest Top Chef, Sarah Fleming. You are going to love her scrapbook pages.

You’ll want to click on the pictures to go to the blog posts for all the wonderful details. See if you can spy some Sassy Cheryl images.

June 30, 2012 | Filed Under: Dorcas Designs, Follow the Recipe, Rebecca Lynn, Recipe Swap, Sarah Fleming, Silke Ledlow, Tracy MacDonald | 1 Comment

Bye, baby bunting
Daddy's gone a hunting
A rosy wisp of cloud to win
To wrap his baby bunting in
– English Nursery Rhyme, 1784

It's week two of our recipe swap. You know what that means! Yes, it means you have one more week to join the party but it also means it's time for our Top Chef and guest chef designers to share what they've made with our featured ingredient, banners and bunting.

Here's how we roll . . .

Just use banners or bunting somewhere in your project.
Include a link to us at Catered Crop or just add our button, which you can grab on our sidebar or at our {button gallery}.
Link up and link often, but be sure you link up by 8:00 PM EST on Saturday, June 23.
Keep the party hopping by visiting the other players and leaving comments.
Check back with us on June 24 to see if you've won an opportunity to be a guest designer or a prize from a sponsor.

Need some ideas? Here's a Pinterest board of creative ways to use banners and bunting in your projects, including a few card sketches.

You may know Torico for her hugely popular stamps at There She Goes Clear Stamps. I saw Torico's Birdie Brown illustrations on Etsy and just fell in love. Her digital images are sweet and whimsical and just bring a big smile to your face. Oh my, Torico just came out with her June release of digital stamps. You can swoon along with me here. And, of course, if you join our party, you might get to go shopping with a $25.00 gift certificate.

The Catered Crop Chefs and Guest Chefs, Suzie McFloozy, LeAnne Pugliese, and Karen Hall Lambert, have made some amazing projects. And, we want to welcome our newest Top Chef, Rebecca Lynn. You are going to love her, I know!

You’ll want to click on the pictures to go to the blog posts for all the details. See if you can spy some of Torico's images.

June 17, 2012 | Filed Under: Dorcas Designs, Follow the Recipe, Rebecca Lynn, Recipe Swap, Tracy MacDonald | 4 Comments