Tuesday, October 17, 2017

October 2017 - Happy Fall Y'all

Join us all month long at Cookin' up Creations as we post challenges based on our Favorite Sweater Weather Season - Happy Fall Y'all! ! Everyone is welcome to play along!! A new Blue Plate Special challenge is posted each Wednesday and Saturday, and participants have until the 3rd of the following month to complete and post their creations. Prize will be a $10 Gift Certificate to their online store of choice.

Thursday, September 21, 2017

9/2-/2017 Meterr's layout for Soup of the Day

I picked Meterr's LO today because I love the photo and how she used the challenge to create the great layout.



Thursday, August 17, 2017

Soup of the Day: 8/16/2017

Petra's page just popped out at me. I loved how she used the bling on the flash part of the camera. Congrats, Petra.


Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Soup of the Day July 26, 2017

Today's pick is this adorable layout by Lori!  Of course, I love the cute photos of the dog and little girl.......because every dog needs a kid to love, right?  But I also love the simple design, the colors and the cluster of banners at the top of the layout.



So congratulations Lori on Soup of the Day!!!

Wednesday, June 28, 2017


This morning I picked Wendy's cute train layout. I really liked the layout and the primary colors. The  buttons look just like wheels. Great job!



Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Soup of the Day June 21, 2017

As I opened the gallery this morning, I was immediately drawn to two layouts. One by Barb and another by Cassy.

I chose this one by Barb because I loved how the colors in the photos and embellishments popped off the white background.

And I also chose this one by Cassy for the same reason.  Instead of a white background, Cassy used a black background to make her choice of pattern papers and embellishments pop.

Congrats ladies on Soup of the Day!!!

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

June 7 Soup of the Day: TAMARA!

When I went into the Gallery to choose this week's Soup of the Day winner, my eye was immediately drawn to this layout by TAMARA:



I love the soft color palette, the sweet patterned paper designs, those doily and flower embellishments and, of course, those adorable baby pictures!



Congratluations and well done,Tamara!

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Today I picked this awesome layout by Patti for Soup of The Day. I love everything about this page. The umbrella, the music notes and especially the fabulous photos!




Saturday, April 29, 2017

Cookin' up Creations monthly themed challenges are BACK.....

Join us all month long as we celebrate our Annual - Mad about Sketches featuring sketches by Rochelle Spears. Each Blue Plate Special challenge will be based off one of her sketches!

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

The day you were born

I used the April 1st rewind sketch from Rochelle for this page about my son and his 3rd child (my 3rd grandchild) and I used the fun colors of spring from the inspiration photo by Brenda.
Fun sketch.  Page went together fast.

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Soup of the Day - 04/05/17

.....so today I went to the gallery looking for the first layout that caught my attention. This layout by Patti just so happened to be that said layout! Congratulations Patti on having the Layout of the week!
I love everything about this layout! I love the colors, the title, the way it's laid out on the page....everything! Not to mention, these days the only layouts I seem to complete are "scraplifts", and I can definitely see myself scraplifting this one!! Again, Patti, CONGRATULATIONS!

Sunday, April 2, 2017

Cookin Up Creations ....

is super excited to have The Scrap Room as a sponsor for one of our April 2017 Challenges!!
"The ScrapRoom is the online “Coffee House” that specializes in monthly Scrapbooking Layout Kits! Treat yourself to a steaming hot helping of fresh scrapbooking supplies, delivered straight to your door every month." The ScrapRoom's goal is to help you “get more pages done,” and the “Flavors of the Month” Kit is designed with that goal in mind. Each month you will receive a box containing four individually packaged and unique layout kits, giving you a sampling of the latest and greatest in scrapbooking products. Your monthly kit contains enough paper and embellishments to complete at least eight 12x12 scrapbook pages. Need ideas? Each month TSR customers receive exclusive access to four Recipe Cards, complete with a full-color photo and step-by-step instructions for completing two 12x12 scrapbook pages with each of the four layout kits. With The ScrapRoom’s “Flavors of the Month” Kit, you’ll enjoy the scrapbooking products that you crave, along with ideas and instructions to help you “get more pages done…” And, in order to make your scrapbooking experience with us truly special, we’re packaging a Gourmet Flavored Coffee Sampler packet with each month’s kit, the perfect companion to a box of scrapbooking treats! To purchase the monthly kits and/or other paper crafting items visit the TSR Website For daily inspiration and TSR happenings and highlights visit the TSR Blog and/or the TSR Facebook Product Page For challenges and a place to share your TSR projects visit the TSR Fan and Subscribers Group on Facebook

Wednesday, March 29, 2017


This layout just jumped right out at me this morning. I love how Wanda pulled the stripe out in the dress with that strip of black and white striped pattern paper. The journal block brings your eye right to it to read what the page is all about. The word "persist" at the bottom tells it all. Many of us feel we have to persist with many experiences in our life. Way to go Wanda. Great page!