Happy New Year!!

I want to wish all of my family and friends a very Happy New Year......may 2010 be full of Blessings!! Be safe and have fun!! ;)

Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!! Thank you Lord for sending your Son to save the world! I will be back soon to add some pics/videos.....I let the kids open one present each tonight....we played Life game....had pie...it was great! God Bless you all!

Last Minute Christmas Card

I made this Christmas card and mailed it off last week. I hope they get it in time for Christmas! Anyways,I hope you have a wonderful Christmas! thanks for stopping by!

Recipe for Card :

Card stocks : Garden Green,Real Red, Whisper White

DCWV DSP : that I've had for many years

Delightful Decorations stamp set

Ornament Punch

Real Red ribbon

Inks : Real Red,Garden Green

Non-Traditional Colors For Christmas

Hello everyone! My sweet hubby 'pieced' together an old computer for now. It's slow and I'm not sure if I'll be able to upload videos yet.....but I'll try! But it'll have to do until I can get my computer fixed or get a new one!! *sigh* such is life!
Well,I wanted to share a couple of Christmas cards today. They are using non-traditional Christmas colors,I like the colors myself....but I know some people who like only the red and green for Christmas! Can't please everyone! Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe for cards :

• stamps sets : Delightful Decorations,Holiday Best,Baroque Background
• Card stocks : Not Quite Navy,very vanilla,Sahara sand,
• Ink colors : basic gray,Sahara sand,not quite navy
• Urban Garden DSP and retired ribbon used!

Hello peeps! I'm going to make this a quick post today! My motherboard seems to have died yesterday on my computer.....so I won't be able to post as often as I was hoping! Plus I'm using my kids computer.....it's really old,so I don't know if I can add videos or pictures yet....I was hoping to add some videos really soon,especially of the kids for Christmas morning.....since I live out of state,so my family could see! I'll keep you updated and say a little prayer that my dh can fix it.....and that the cost won't be outrageous! Thanks for stopping by!

Callie's Pink Christmas Tree Video

Here is my first upload using You Tube and Windows Movie Maker. This is a test so I can start adding more videos soon! Callie cut pink Christmas Trees out and made them 3D and they were able to stand up. We cut the trees from the Cricut Expression using Doodlecharms Cartridge. We used Regal Rose Card stock.Thanks for stopping by!

Snowman Silhouette Card

Hello everyone,today I'd thought I'd share a Christmas card that I made. I did a lot of sponging on this,I will make 10 of these to give out....but this is the only one getting sponged!! I used my Cricut machine for the main image and my Cuttlebug for the back ground! Have a great day!

Recipe for card:

• Cricut machine and A Child's Year cartridge (for both layered snowflakes and
  snowman images) Cuttlebug and Snowflakes folder
  Chocolate chip
  ribbon
  black ,very vanilla , and whisper white card stocks
  Fancy
  Flexible Phrases Stamp Set for the sentiment
  3/4 and 1" circle punches
  chocolate chip ink for sponging

Thank You Card and Snowman Soup!

Hello everyone,I hope you are having a good day so far! I wanted to share a card that I made to say Thank you to someone! You can see how great the front of the card looks with the cutout window,using the Big Shot!I also took a picture of 'Snowman Soup".....aka 'Hot Chocolate'!! We used whipped cream and chocolate syrup drizzled on top for a Starbucks feel!! We also had 'stirring sticks'....aka candy canes! Thanks for stopping by!

• Recipe for card:

• Chocolate chip textured card stock


• so saffron and old olive card stock


• Cheep Talk and Spring Solitude Stamp sets


• so saffron ribbon


• movers and shapers bigz xl and scallop oval magnetic movable piece dies


• scallop,1 1/4,1 3/8 circle punches and scallop edge punch


• Good Morning Sunshine DSP


• paper piercer tool
  
  
  

Buttermilk (custard) Pie

When I started dating my husband Todd and we were getting to know one another and sharing our likes and dislikes,he told me his favorite pie in the whole world was buttermilk! Now, I love pie....in fact I will chose pie over cake any day! But I never heard of buttermilk pie and frankly it sounded disgusting! On our first Christmas married he asked me to make one! I found this recipe on the net and set out to make it just for him,with no intentions on trying a bite! Well, after it was cooking in the oven, it started to fill the house with the most amazing sweet aroma! My mouth was watering,but I wasn't going to admit that it smelled like heaven!! So after I pulled it out and let it cool,I cut a piece for him....then he informed me he likes his the next day, ice cold from the fridge! What to do?? So I told him ,just to try it to see if I made it right....he loved it! So,I gave in... cause' it really smelled so good! I loved it! Now fast forward to 8 years later and I make it every year....sometimes for Thanksgiving and Christmas! I have come to love this recipe and it's super easy too! If you think it sounds gross.....just call it custard pie instead....that's what it reminds me of anyways! Enjoy and thanks for stopping by....please leave me a comment if you make it and let me know how you liked it! Have a great weekend!

Buttermilk (Custard) Pie:

• 1/2 cup butter (softened....I put mine in the microwave for a little ....just til' it starts to melt)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 tsp. flour
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• about 1 tsp. of nutmeg ( my jar has holes in it....so I just use that to sprinkle!)
• 1 deep dish pie shell

Preheat oven to 350.
In a large bowl,cream the butter and sugar together until smooth. Add the rest of the ingredients together and mix well. Pour into unbaked pie shell and then sprinkle the top with nutmeg! Bake for about an hour or until top is golden brown. Let cool for about an hour before slicing if you like it warm,or you can wrap with foil and put in fridge for the next day! Serve with full glass of milk! Enjoy!!

Video of My Craft Room

This is a test to see how easy it is to upload a video on Blogger. I've already shared this video on my Wordpress blog, so I'm sorry if you've already seen it before! I'm just making sure I understand how to do this so I can make some videos soon! Thanks for stopping by!

More of the gift bags and candles!

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   Here is yet more of the gift bags and candles we did! This is the last ,I promise! Hope you like them! I've been busy helping the kids make Christmas cards! They are turning out really cute....but I think I'll have to make some on my own....it takes them forever,even with me helping them.....at this rate everyone will get their Christmas cards AFTER Christmas! Thanks for stopping by!
   

More Candles and Gift Bags

Here are some more candles and matching gift bags that Laura and I made! We had alot of fun stamping on the candles and designing the bags to coordinate with them! I think they all turned out great! Thanks for stopping by!

Decorated Candles and Matching Gift Bags

My friend Laura is always coming over to scrap and make cards. Here are a few samples of some candles and matching gift bags we did a few months ago. I will upload more pics later....we made a lot of them,she gave them out as presents! Hope you like them!

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe:

Dollar Store Candles

White Gift Bags

Stampin' Up! card stock

Scallop ,Boho Blossom ,and Eyelet Border Punches

Variety of Stampin' Up! stamps

Brads

Ribbons

Cricut Machine for Monogramming and

Scallop Circles

Homemade Vanilla Cinnamon Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

I'm going to share with you this cake recipe I made today for my son's birthday. He wanted me to make him a cinnamon cake. Well,the kind from a box are good but....they crumble easy. So,I searched the Internet and found this recipe...I did tweak it a bit. He loves cream cheese anything so,I knew he would love the icing! The cake came out great! But it was heavy,not light like most of the cakes I make. The icing was really good,very rich though. But I didn't like the two together!! I know sounds crazy,but the cake was good just by itself and the icing I think would be better on a different cake!?!!?I don't know,maybe I'm just weird! But the kids really liked it,only one child couldn't eat it all because he said it was too rich. I think I will play around in the future to see if I can lighten it up a bit! Anyways hope you enjoy!! Please leave me a comment and let me know how you like it!! Thanks for stopping by!

Vanilla Cinnamon Cake

4 eggs,
2 sticks of butter (softened)
3 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 3/4 cups sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2-4 tablespoons cinnamon (depending on your taste,I used 4 tbls. !)
1 1/2 cups milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a bowl mix together the following ingredients:
eggs
butter (softened)
sugar
Cream together well,then add the rest of the ingredients.Pour into cake pan,bake for 40-50 minutes in 350 degree oven (I started checking mine at 35 min).

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Icing

3-6 oz. cream cheese (softened) ...(depending on your taste,I used the whole block!)
1 stick butter
1 tsp. vanilla
4 tbsp. milk

1-2 tsp. cinnamon (depending on your taste....I used 2 tsp.)
1 cup sugar (I used confectioner's,but the recipe just said sugar...mine came out good!)
Cream together softened cream cheese and butter.
Then add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Spread on cooled cake.(My cake was still slightly warm!)

My Baby Boy is 17 today!

I feel so old!! My oldest child is 17 today and I can't believe it!! Where does the time go?? He wanted a cinnamon cake,so I found a recipe that I'm going to try. I've always used boxed cakes, so this will be my first time to make one from scratch.I'm also going to make a cream cheese icing...also from scratch! He wanted homemade chicken fried steak. I make that about once a year....it makes a mess and it takes awhile to get the smell of grease from your house! So,I bought some Tyson Chicken Fried Steak patties to cook in the oven....hope he doesn't mind!! But maybe when it's covered with gravy and with mashed potatoes on the side....he won't notice!! ;) Well, I'm off to do my chores and get cookin'!! Have a great day and thanks for stoppin' by!!

Twilight card

Hello peeps! A quick post today because Jonathan is home today from school. He's been throwing up and having the dreaded *D* word! But he seems to be feeling alot better and is hungry! He never has run any fever,so I think he will be just fine! Just hope it's not contagious!

Anyways,Calin will be 17 tomorrow!! I still can't believe it!! Since he loves twilight,I decided that it would make a perfect card! I printed an image off my computer and just colored it in using my pastel chalks! I hope he likes it! It's a little Gothic for my taste,but that's what's the in thing for teens nowadays! I did stamp a little on the background and on the bottom of the card (kinda hard to see!). Jonathan wanted to make his own for him....I like his too! Thanks for stopping by!

• Recipe:
• Ruby Red and Basic Black cardstock
• printed image from Google
• SU chalk pastels
• Stamp Sets:
• Finest Flourishes,
• Special Blessings(cross),
• Carte Postale
  
  
  

New Blog!

I am moving my blog because Wordpress is not user friendly. Adding videos is supposed to be easier on Blogger! I will keep you up to date on that,as I want to start adding videos soon! In the mean time,here is a project I did recently. I gave it to my friend Laura.

Recipe:

• Cheep Talk stamp set


• wooden bird house


• DSP Delicate Dots


• buttons from stash


• old olive and not quite navy inks

Sorry the picture is fuzzy,but this is the only one I took before I gave it to her! I will be posting here regularly from now on!! Thanks for stopping by!