Cookin' Up Creations

Americana - Red, White & Blue


Join us all month long as we pay homage to all things associated with the culture and history of America . . . whether it be apple pie, hot dogs, or baseball . . .we each have something that makes us feel nostalgic and proud of our great USA!

A new Blue Plate Special challenge is posted each Monday (sketch), Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Participants have until the 3rd of the following month to complete and post their creations in the Cookin' up Creations Gallery.

Prize will be a $20 Gift Certificate to their favorite online store (random drawing).....



For Saturday’s challenge you will use a white background and form an Americana wreath. It does not have to be red white and blue, but I would like to see Americana type symbols such as stars, stripes flowers, circles. You could also use a pick up truck with different items on the back to match your theme and photos. Also, add a few wood or cork elements.

For my layout I used a Parklane Patriotic pad and used leftover diecuts I had and I also cut out some stars from the paper pad to create the wreath. The base paper is white but it has white shiny stars printed. I added the sparkly stars and the cork hearts. The picture is of my beautiful grandniece playing with her cousins on the 4th of July.

What a sweet page, Lolis! Love all the elements!

This is darling! I missed seeing this yesterday! Your niece is adorable. Love your diecuts!

I LOVE it! Awesome layout, Lolis!

Remember when Jan was an enabler on the peachy cheap deals of the day? I bought ALL these many flowers and look how fun to use them on this challenge. Love the result.
This is my mom when she was 17 and lost her family in a car accident. This is a picture the local newspaper took after he got out o the hospital and was healing (two broken legs and a broken arm) It is her and a friend going through all the Get Well cards that were sent to her.

Do you remember when Jan was an enabler for a peachy cheap deal of lots of flowers? Look how useful they were for this challenge. This is a picture of my mom and her friend that the local newspaper took. They are looking at all the Get Well Cards she receive from anonymous people. ( her two broken legs and a broken arm after the car accident that took her whole family. in 1948)

Ok, so this totally doesn't count because I forgot to use a white background!!! But I worked really hard on it (I fussy cut ALOT), so I wanted to share anyway!!

lilkoala3 wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 5:39 pm Ok, so this totally doesn't count because I forgot to use a white background!!! But I worked really hard on it (I fussy cut ALOT), so I wanted to share anyway!!

It is perfect! Love it!

ah. these are all great.