Hey There,

I’m playing around in the kitchen today, using up the last of the Zucchini that came out of our garden.   I made up 18 mini loafs and one large loaf of Zucchini Pineapple bread, YUM!   Thought I would send a bunch of these to work with my husband for his co-workers.  I certainly cannot give them away naked and still justify all of my stamping supplies, grin.  So here is the bread band that I came up with using the Stampin’ Up! set, Autumn Splendor and the Lace Ribbon Border.

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Now let’s get started on that tutorial. . . . .

Supplies:

Stamps:  Stampin’ Up! Autumn Splendor

Card Stock:  Stampin’ Up! Whisper White and Old Olive

Ink:  Stampin’ Up! Chocolate Chip and Cajun Craze

Accessories:  Stampin’ Up! Lace Ribbon Border Punch, Gold Smooch Spray, Markers (Old Olive, So Saffron, River Rock and Crumb Cake), paper snips and gold brad.  Last but not least the Mini loaves of bread.  🙂

Zucchini Pineapple bread, here is a link to the recipe:  http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Makeover-Pineapple-Zucchini-Bread   Enjoy!

Stamped the leaf with Cajun Craze ink and the acorns with Chocolate Chip ink on Whisper White card stock.

Color the acorns with markers as follows:  Color over the acorns with Crumb Cake, add So Saffron in the bottom of the acorn, color over the top of the acorn again using the Crumb Cake marker.

Color the leaves with markers as follows:  Color in the stem and vein using Old Olive, add River Rock to the center and then colored around the edges using So Saffron.

Cut the images out and spray them with the Gold Smooch Spray, Love this Stuff!!   It is much more sparkly in real life.

Cut 2″ x 11″ Old Olive strips and punched them using the Lace Ribbon Border punch.

Pierced a hole in the leaf and acorn, put a gold brad through it and the punched border (in the middle of the border).   Put the band around the mini loaf and secured the over lapping ends with a couple of Glue Dots.

Here is the finished loaf.  I think Russ will be proud to give these away and his co-workers will feel special getting these decorated treats.    What do you think?

May your day be filled with special surprises.

Until my next post. . . . .  .

Hugs,

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