Recipe Swap | Catered Crop

Beauty, to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin.
That, or a kick-ass red lipstick.
~ Gwyneth Paltrow

It's week two of our Catered Crop Recipe Swap and that means it's time for the Quickfire Round – where our Catered Crop Top Chef Designers, Guest Chefs and Celebrity Chefs dish up what they've made with the featured ingredient. We've got some delightfully delicious red-hot treats for you.

Our featured ingredient is the color red and playing along is easy as cherry pie.

Just use the color red 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, March 3.
Keep the party hopping by visiting the other players and leaving comments.

I'm so tickled that Paper and Such is joining us for this challenge. Paper and Such has everything a paper crafter could want. The Paper and Such line of clear photopolymer stamps is so much fun (check out the chickens) and they're made right here in the USA! They carry all my favorite papers as well as adhesives, dies, embellishments, twine, ribbon . . . yep, paper crafter's candy store. Be sure to visit their Paper and Such Design Blog for beautiful inspiration and weekly challenges.

One very lucky randomly picked player will get to go shopping at Paper and Such with a $20 Gift Certificate.

There's a whole gallery of gorgeous ideas and brilliant tutorials in this Pinterest board we created for you for inspiration. And, here's what our Chefs have prepared for you in red. These are just thumbnails of their amazing work, so be sure to click their names to visit their blogs.

Top Chef Dawn Burnworth

Top Chef Dorcas Designs

Top Chef Jeanie Witmer

Top Chef Peggy Marsh

Top Chef Linda McClain

Guest Chef Tracy McDonald

Guest Chef Stephanie Lanzalotto

Guest Chef Beverly Cole

We're thrilled to be joined by three members of the Paper and Such design team, Celebrity Chefs Stephanie Mino, Celebrity Chef Mindy Young

and Celebrity Chef Julie Smith

Now it's your turn. Let's get cooking.

"When in doubt wear red." ~ Bill Blass

Oh my goodness gracious groovy. Our last challenge set a Catered Crop record with over 100 entries. Thank you, thank you to everyone who shared their hearts with us in our Heart challenge.

Congratulations to Tracy MacDonald who gave us three adorable entries, Beverly Cole who gave us a glittery heart-shaped box of chocolates (yes, I can be bribed with chocolate), and to Stephanie Lonzolotto for really embracing the challenge with her 100 hearts. You're invited to join our Top Chef designers in next Sunday's Quickfire and grab the Winning Recipe button.

Congratulations also to player #9, Joni 52. You get to go shopping for three wonderful characters from Heather Ellis. Just e-mail me through my contact page, here, and we'll get you hooked up. Have Fun!

February is definitely the month for the color red, and not just because of Valentine's day (or, if you prefer, Single Awareness Day). February is also the month of the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women® campaign and a great month for watching Indiana University men's basketball (Go Big Red).

Our featured ingredient for our Catered Crop Recipe Swap is the color Red!

Playing along is easy as cherry pie.

Just use the color red 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, March 3.
Keep the party hopping by visiting the other players and leaving comments. Do be sure to comment on the other player's post because sometimes I really do check.

Need some ideas? Here's a whole gallery of creative ways to use red in your projects. You can click on the inspiration board below to go to a Pinterest board with the sources of these pictures and more gorgeous ideas and brilliant tutorials.

If you think that's juicy, there's more.

Paper and Such is an online store with everything a paper crafter could want. The Paper and Such line of clear photopolymer stamps is so much fun (check out the chickens) and they're made right here in the USA! They carry all my favorite papers: Cosmo Cricket, My Mind's Eye, Jillibean Soup and more. There are adhesives, dies, embellishments, twine, ribbon . . . yep, paper crafter's candy store. Be sure to visit their Paper and Such Design Blog for beautiful inspiration and weekly challenges.

One very lucky randomly picked player will get to go shopping at Paper and Such with a $20 Gift Certificate.

Be sure to come back Sunday, February 26, to check out what our Top Chefs, Guest Chefs and Celebrity Chefs from Paper and Such have dished up for you.

Now . . . let's get cooking.

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February 18, 2012 | Filed Under: Follow the Recipe, Recipe Swap Tagged With: Recipe Swap | 3 Comments

I've been to Hollywood, I've been to Redwood.
I crossed the ocean for a heart of gold.
~ lyrics by Neil Young

It's week two of our Catered Crop Recipe Swap and that means it's time for the Quickfire Round – where our Catered Crop Top Chef Designers and Guest Chefs dish up what they've made with the featured ingredient. We've got some delightfully delicious conversation-heart eye candy for you.

Our featured ingredient is Hearts and playing along is easy as A-B-C, 1-2-3, baby you and me!

Just use hearts 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 new {button gallery}.
Link up and link often, but be sure you link up by 8:00 PM EST on February 18.
Keep the party hopping by visiting the other players and leaving comments.

Need some ideas? Here's a whole gallery of creative ways to use hearts in your projects. You can click on the inspiration board below to go to a Pinterest board with the sources of these pictures and more gorgeous ideas and brilliant tutorials.

Now, if this challenge hasn't won your heart over . . . there's more.

Pure Innocence!

Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is Heather Ellis, the artist behind the adorable Pure Innocence characters. You can find Heather's digital stamps at her Etsy store, here. And, for those who prefer to get ink on their fingers, you can get any of more than 120 clear stamps of her image over at My Favorite Things, here.

The randomly chosen winner at the end of our Hearts challenge will get to choose three Heather Ellis digital stamp characters from her Etsy shop.

Here's what our Chefs have prepared for you with Hearts and some of their favorite Pure Innocence digi characters! These are just thumbnails of their amazing work, so be sure to click their names to visit their blogs.

Top Chef Dawn Burnworth