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Stamp by Odd Bird Planet

Happy Birthday to OBP Stamps!

Happy Birthday Odd Bird Planet Stamps!

It's Odd Bird Planet's THIRD Birthday and you're invited to the party!

Party Theme: 30% Store-Wide Sale! Everything in the store is on sale!

Where: http://shop.justjohanna.com/main.sc

When: June 15th through June 30th, 2009

Secret Password: bday3 <--This coupon code must be entered during the checkout process.

Details: Please note that the June Special Deal will become 30% off instead of 25% off when the sale begins.

But guess what? You'll receive the 30% off of the sale price for The Father's Day Sale items and clearance stamps!!!

Hope to see you all there.

Graduation

For many graduation day is just around the corner so using my OBP stamps I made a couple of cards for our graduates.

Stamps: Odd Bird Planet (justjohanna); card stock Paper Studio and Image Plus; color pencils

stickers: American Traditional Design

OBP....Having A Sale

Odd Bird Planet is having a sale from Jan 16 thru Jan 23.   Check out the sale at.......

                           http://www.justjohanna.com/

The cards above show a few of the stamps that are featured in the sale.  Check out the gallery for more ideas when you visit the site.

Be Mine....OBP

Image is from OBP collection and its called "Kelly's birdie gift": Ribbon and stickers from the Martha Stewart collection; card stock Bazzill and Paper Studio

*idea, color gift box to fit different holiday seasons as red/green-Christmas; yellow/green-Easter

Lemon Meringue Pie & OBP Card Remembrance

The little candle is an Odd Bird Planet Stamp that was just released this past week.

My son and I decided to make Lemon Meringue Pie today, neither of has ever attempted to make one before. Well our first attempt failed for we got into each others way both trying to take full charge of the kitchen, so I left out a major ingredient. However, after I took a step back and took charge of the crust and the lemon filling we had success. Our family gave us a 5 star review.


Son putting the merinque on the pie and below our finished product.
The recipe we used: Ingredients:
1 cup white sugar, 2 tablespoons all purpose flour, 3 tablespoons cornstarch, 1/4 teaspoon salt,
1 and 1/2 cups water, 1/2 cup lemon juice and 2 tablespoons butter
4 egg yokes, beaten, 1 pie crust baked (9 in.), 4 egg whites, 6 tablespoons white sugar
Directions:
1. preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. To make lemon filling: In a medium saucepan whisk together, sugar, flour, cornstarch and salt. Stir in water and lemon juice. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until mixture comes to a boil. Stir in butter. Place egg yolks in a small bowl and gradually whisk in 1/2 cup of hot sugar mixture. Bring to a boil and continue to cook while stirring constantly until thick. Remove from heat and pour filling into baked pastry shell.
3. To Make Meringue: In a large bowl, whip egg whites until foamy. Add sugar gradually, and continue to whip until stiff peaks form. Spread meringue over pie, sealing the edges at the crust.
4. Bake in over for 10 min. or until meringue is golden brown.
Cool for 1 hour and refrigerate for 4 hrs at least.

OBP card & A Treat to Share

Card made with newly released stamps from Odd Bird Planet.....I'm having so much fun creating holiday cards with these stamps.
Seldom a day goes by that I'm not found in the kitchen baking something. Today I chose to make Nut Cups and package them as shown above to give out to family and friends this holiday season.

       All the pecans that filled these cups were hand picked by hubby and I while down in Alabama this Thanksgiving.                                                                      

Recipe for NUT CUPS

Dough:

Blend together 1/4 lb. butter, 3 oz. cream cheese, add 1 cup sifted four and blend.

Divide dough into small balls and press into tiny muffin tins

Filling:

3/4 cup chopped nuts (pecans), 1 egg, 3/4 cups brown sugar, 1 tablespoon melted butter, dash of salt, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.  

Mix all the ingredients together and fill each of the dough cups with the filling.

Bake in 350 oven for 15 minutes and then 300 oven for 10 min.  

Carefully remove each cup with done, cool and sprinkle with power sugar.

Preview of New Images by OBP

The images on the cards below represent some of the new images to be released by Odd Bird Planet.  Many of the other images can be seen at www.oddbirdplanet.com

OBP Cards

Stamp: Odd Bird Planet; card stock: Paper Studio: Patterned Paper: Sweetwater; embellishments: Hero Arts; Letters: America Craft

OPB Stamps (Thanksgiving Theme)

Stamps by Odd Bird Planet, patterned paper: Debbie Mumm, card stock: Paper company

Loving those cupcake stamps.....

At OBP one can purchase several cupcake stamps that have unlimited uses for making cards. One can also find an array of sentiments to match up with them.  The two different cupcakes above are my favorite ones for coloring and decorating.  Check out www.oddbirdplanet.com

New Stamps Arrived from OBP

9 new stamps just in this card alone.....how fun was this card to make
This card has 2 stamps that are apart of this months deal at OBP, check it out here: http://oddbirdplanet.comLove these cows....however might have pinked their nose a bit too much

All stamps are Odd Bird Planet, card stock Bazzill and Paper Company, prismacolor markers

OBP Halloween Cards

Stamps: Odd Bird Planet (justjohanna), Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze Pen, Prismacolor Pens and K & Company card stock, Paper Company, Computer lettering

Thinking Pink With OBP

                   All stamps by Odd Bird Planet formally known as justjohanna stamps.  Card stock by Paper Company , patterned paper: SweetWater, embellishments: Karin Foster; ribbon and buttons unknown vendors. 

                   Next month I'm going to be a grandmother for the 5 th time, and a few months later grandchild number 6 will make its debut.  I already have 3 grandsons and 1 granddaughter so thinking pink will just even out the score with the girls.  However, either boy or girl they will be welcomed with open arms.