Sweet Little Pumpkin Card

Hello!  It is another DT day for me at Joy's Life...  This week we were asked to create a project using the colors: orange, green, and brown AND a pumpkin.  I love pumpkins!  Every year we take the first graders to the pumpkin patch and it's so fun!  I also love carving pumpkins, and I LOVE anything pumpkin flavored/scented!  Okay, onto the card...

Freshly Picked- pumpkin cut at 3.71"
Joy's Life Stamps- It's All Fall Puns
SU scalloped border punch

That's it, a pretty easy peasy card!  Thanks for stoppin' by!  :)

Give Thanks Fall Card & Giveaway Winners!

Hello!  Thanks to everyone who stopped by for the Joy's Life Blog Hop yesterday...  Today is another DT day for me, and we were asked to make a project with leaves on it.  I am definitely looking forward to seeing the leaves change colors soon, I've had my fill of this heat!  Anywho, here is my project!  Oh, and at the bottom of this post I will list the winners of the DL Art Birthday Blog Hop and the Joy's Life August Blog Hop!  Sorry it took so long, but it's better late than never... right?!?!  :)

A2 sized card
Celebrate with Flourish- leaves/acorns cut at 2.88"
Joy's Life Stamps- It's All Fall Puns

**Okay here are the winners:

For the DL Art Birthday Blog Hop (a Michael's gift card), the winner is:

#49- Karenladd!!!!

For the Joy's Life August Blog Hop (a Joy's Life stamp set of your choice), the winner is:

#2- Linda!!!!

Congratulations ladies!  Just e-mail me at redheadedcrafter@hotmail.com with your mailing address!  :)

Joy's Life Fall Blog Hop!!!

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Joy's Life It's All Fall Blog Hop!!!!  :)  If you just hopped here from Cyndy, then you are in the right place...  To start from the beginning, click HERE.

This blog hop is all about featuring Joy's new stamp set:  It's All Fall Puns!!!!  To me, this stamp set is perfect!  I LOVE fall and puns, so you can imagine my excitement over this!  :)  I am beyond excited that fall is almost here!!!!!!!!  It's my favorite season (actually, I love winter too)...  I live in an area that gets pretty hot during the summer, so I always eagerly anticipate fall weather.  I can't wait to wear my sweaters, make my favorite baked goods, etc....  Okay, I will get on to my card now!  :)

Freshly Picked- apple crate cut at 2.65", sign cut at 3"

Hoot 'n' Holler- heart cut at 1.35"

Cuttlebug- woodgrain (Tim Holtz)

Joy's Life Stamps- It's All Fall Puns

Mini brads

Okay everyone!  Hope you are getting in the fall mood!  :)  Your next stop on the hop is Laura...  Thanks for stopping by!

Joy: http://joyslife.com/
Sarabeth: http://www.chroniclesofsarita.blogspot.com/
Maria: http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/
Patty: http://craftykitten1.blogspot.com
Lori: http://got2bcrafting.blogspot.com
Megan: http://thoughtsoftraveling.blogspot.com/
Stacey: http://staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Cyndy: http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com
Amy: http://redheadedcrafter.blogspot.com
Laura: http://www.laurascraftsandmore.com
Jennie: http://earthyscrap.blogspot.com

Pumpkin Cheesecake Card

Hello everyone!!!  I am so sorry I haven't been posting lately...  There has been so much "stuff" going on with work, and family & friends, etc, etc.!!!  But it's all been good "stuff", so that's nice!  I knew that I had to make a card with a fall theme before the big Christmas wave hits...  This is my favorite time of year, so I love working with these fall colors and this card was so fun to make.  On the inside of the card I would write the recipe for this dessert.  As a bonus (since I've been a very bad blogger), I am including a recipe for Pumpkin Cheesecake at the bottom of this post.  I absolutely love this recipe and I know it was a hit with the family too!  :)

Mojo Monday- use the sketch
Crazy 4 Challenges- use 3 embellishments, 3 papers, 3 die cuts and/or punches
My Sheri Crafts- Thanksgiving
Our Creative Corner- pumpkins
Peachy Keen LFIF Challenge- holiday recipe & a PK face
Cupcake Inspirations- use the cupcake picture (fall colors)
FCCB- red, orange, brown
The Kraft Journal- sweet treats and bakers twine
Scrappy Frogs Challenge- use Kraft cardstock
Whimsical Designs- Thanksgiving theme
Celebrate the Occasion- Thanksgiving, must use a punch

A6 sized card (9 x 6 1/2" folded in half)
Create a Critter- pumpkin cut at 1.47"
My Creative Time Stamps- All Around Halloween
Peachy Keen Stamps- Monster Mash Face Assortment
"Pumpkin Cheesecake" Monotype Corsiva font at size 28
K & Company paper
MS border punch
1.5" circle punch
Button
Bakers Twine
Colored pencils
Accordion flowers, click here to see how I made them

Okay here is the recipe (this recipe was not created by me, I got it from allrecipes.com)... Yummmmm.......

Pumpkin Cheesecake

(For mine, I piped buttercream frosting around the edges, garnished with pecans, and filled in the middle with toffee pieces)

3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs

1/2 cup ground pecans

2 tablespoons white sugar

2 tablespoons brown sugar

1/4 cup butter

3/4 cup white sugar

3/4 cup canned pumpkin

3 egg yolks

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground mace

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1/4 teaspoon salt

3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese

3/8 cup white sugar

1 egg

1 egg yolk

2 tablespoons whipping cream

1 tablespoon cornstarch

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon lemon extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

1. Combine the graham cracker crumbs, ground pecans, 2 tablespoons white sugar, 2 tablespoons brown sugar, and the melted butter or margarine and mix well. Firmly press mixture into one 9 inch springform pan.
2. Combine 3/4 cup of the white sugar, the pumpkin, 3 egg yolks, ground cinnamon, ground mace, ground ginger and salt in a medium bowl. Mix well, and set aside.
3. Beat cream cheese with an electric mixer until light and fluffy; gradually add 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons white sugar and mix well. Add the whole egg, remaining egg yolk and the whipping cream, beating well. Add cornstarch and vanilla and lemon flavorings, beat batter until smooth. Add pumpkin mixture and mix well. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50 to 55 minutes. Do not overbake. Center may be soft but it will firm up when chilled. Let cheesecake cool on a wire rack, then refrigerate.

Enjoy!!! 



Halloween Candy Bucket Card

Hello there everyone!  Hope everyone had a wonderful extended Labor Day weekend!  I know that I sure did enjoy my extra day off today!  :)  It allowed me the time I needed to clean up my house, relax, and get some long overdue time in my craft room...  I have really been wanting to make a Halloween card for a while now...  Halloween is one my favorite holidays, I just think it's so cute!  My students also really love Halloween (I'm sure you can imagine)!  I love when they get to wear their costumes to school, and we have a little costume parade...  I also love dancing with my students to classics like "Ghostbusters", "Thriller", "Scooby Doo", etc...  It also really cracks me up when the boys wear a costume that has muscles built in to it!  They look so hillarious sitting at their desk with these huge biceps!  I could go on and on about Halloween, but I will save some of it for October!  :)  Anywho, before I get to the card I wanted to say thank you to Nita @ http://niftynitanotes.blogspot.com/, Maribel @ http://ilovescrapping.blogspot.com/, and Candace @ http://mypassion4scrappin.blogspot.com/ for passing the Butterfly Award to me!  All 3 of these ladies have amazing blogs, they are such great crafty friends, and I really do appreciate them passing this to me!  :)

This card is going to be entered in a wonderful challenge called "I Feel the Love" that Madison @ http://funkycards.blogspot.com/ is hosting.  The challenge is to make a Halloween card that can be passed out to the children at Pediatric Specialty Care.  You should really check out her blog to find out more about this....  I am also going to enter this at the Woodware USA challenge- Anything Goes.

Mini Monsters- card cut at 5.47", monster cut at 2.41", lollipop cut at 1.35"

George and Basic Shapes- orange circle cut at 4.29", oval (to show candy) cut at 2.88"

Cuttlebug- d'vine swirls

Sentiment: Scrappy Moms Stamps- A Haunting We Will Go

Peachy Keen Stamps- Monster Mash Face Assortment

Patterned Paper- K & Company

Candy Stickers: Stickety-Doo-Da

Stickles- star dust

Glossy Accents

Have a wonderful day, and I hope to see you around soon!  :)

**I'm also submitting this in the Craft Junkie Too's TGIF Linky Party!  :)  http://www.craftjunkietoo.com/