Hello everyone! I am back again with another card! Can't believe I'm actually crafting and posting again... So fun! The card I made today is for my sister. Her birthday is actually on Saturday, but I wanted to enter this in some challenges, so I'm posting it early. Now, this birthday is not just any birthday... It's her 30th birthday! Hard to wrap my head around the fact that my one-and-only little sister is entering her 30's! She's such an awesome person, and I hope she really likes this card!
Hello everyone! I can't believe this is the first post I have done in February!!!!! Oh my goodness! There has been a lot going on for me, including the worst flu ever!!!! I have not been this sick since high school! My students are also dropping like flies, so I am disinfecting my room every chance I get... Unfortunately the flu meant that I didn't have a very exciting birthday either, and my poor little niece was sick on her birthday too. We did have her awesome dinosaur birthday party today, so we made up for being sick on our actual birthdays! :) One good thing that happened on my birthday was that my boyfriend sent me roses! They were delivered to my school, and it was sweet, adorable, and completely unexpected! :) Anywho, here is the card that I made for my niece, and because I've been missing for so long, I will also show you pictures of her party (there's some cute ideas there), and I'll share a recipe for the punch that we made...
Birthday Bash- number 7 cut at 5.94"
Create a Critter- T-Rex cut at 3.59", other dinosaur cut at 3.47"
Sweet Treats- gift cut at 1.35", party hat cut at 1.35"
Cuttlebug- circle pattern (Papertrey Ink)
My Creative Time Stamps- Wow! So Many Candles
Stickles- star dust, yellow, magenta, lime green
Okay, here are some pictures from my niece's dinosaur themed birthday party! A lot of these ideas are things my sister found on Pinterest... The party was an absolute hit, and I think all of the kids AND adults had fun!!!! :)
We made the spewing lava by pouring melted sugar over ice cubes. It created those really cool twisted looking pieces!
These were the "goodie bags". Each kid took home a dinosaur egg (paper mache), then cracked it open when they got home. Parents were texting pictures of their kid opening up the egg (so exciting)! :)
Here's the birthday weirdo, I mean kid... She loves T-Rex! The kids also got to do a really cool dinosaur fossil hunt at night. My sister made fossils out of dough, then we hid them all over the yard. When it got dark, we had the kids look for fossils using flashlights. Everyone really loved that activity! :)
Here's the recipe for the Luscious Slush Punch. Now, in the picture it doesn't look very "luscious" or "slushy", but trust me, it was really good!
Bring the
sugar, water, and strawberry flavored gelatin to a boil in a large
saucepan; boil for 3 minutes. Stir in the pineapple juice, lemon juice,
and orange juice. Divide mixture into 2 separate containers and freeze.
Combine the
contents of 1 container with 1 bottle of the lemon-lime flavored
carbonated beverage in a punch bowl; stir until slushy. Repeat with
remaining portions as needed.
Okay everyone... Thanks for stopping by, and I'm sorry it's been so long!
Hello everyone! I am in shock that we are in our last week of September!!!!! I honestly can't believe it! I have Parent/Teacher conferences this week, so that should be interesting... It is also my mom's birthday this week (it's on Thursday, Sep. 27th)! Happy Birthday Mom!!!! Not sure if I will be giving this card to her, or if I will be making another one... we'll see... :) Anywho, it is time for another challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!!!! This week's challenge is: Birthday Celebration- make a birthday project using a candle. This challenge is being sponsored by Zva Creations, and I was lucky enough to be sent some of their "bling" to try out!
Well that's all there is to it! Hope you will join in the fun this week at Fantabulous Cricut! You can't ever have too many birthday cards lying around! :)
Hello everyone and welcome to the Happy Birthday Diana Blog Hop!!!! Woo hoo! If you just hopped here from the amazingly talented Sherrie, you're in the right spot! To start at beginning click HERE.
I'm so excited and honored that Diana asked me to be a part of this special hop! She has been a wonderful friend to me, and I always enjoy seeing her creations on her blog... HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIANA!!! Here's the card that I came up with...
Birthday Bash- cake slice & card base cut at 5.82"
My Creative Time Stamps- Wow! So Many Candles
***Now, what would a birthday hop be without some sort of gift?!?! To make this celebration even more awesome, I will be giving away a Michael's gift card!!!! :) To be entered for a chance to win, you just have to become a follower of my blog and leave me a comment here... For extra entries, follow me on Pinterest, or follow me using Linky Followers (and leave a comment here).
We would love to see you link up your birthday creations on Diana's blog! :)
You're next stop on the hop is the awesome Georgiana!
Hello everyone!!! I am so proud of myself for posting this many things so early in the year! I don't make resolutions because I never stick to them, but I set a sort of personal goal (I guess that's what a resolution is, but hey) to post more often... So far, so good! :) This card is for my friend Sarah. Her birthday is on Tuesday and we have been joking about her getting old because she's turning 25 (whew, mid-twenties)... That's why I chose this particular sentiment for the card... Hee hee....
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! :)
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
Happy Halloween everyone (well, what's left of it)!!! I came home from work today and I just really wanted to make a card for Halloween while I still had the chance.... It was fun at work today, the kids always love this holiday! They were actually really calm all day, you could have heard a pin drop during math! :) They had a costume parade and we had a party with lots of goodies... This card was really fun to make... I like the way that candy corns look (they are super cute), but I don't really like to eat them! I'm more of a chocolate kind of girl... :)
A2 sized card
Mini Monsters- candy corn girl cut at 3.82"
Peachy Keen Stamps- Everyday Character Face Assortment
My Creative Time Stamps- All Around Halloween
Stickles- yellow, star dust, black diamond
K & Company paper
Brads
Here's a picture from the Tarantula Festival that I went to this weekend. It was a really fun festival, and I just can't get over the proud feeling I have for letting that spider crawl on me!!! It is a seriously huge fear of mine, and I don't know why I felt compelled to let this HUGE guy walk on my hand! I'm so glad that I did! :) This picture is of me and my mom...
Hey everyone!!! I am so excited to be a guest designer over at Birthday Sundaes!!! I am also excited that I was able to get back into my craft room and make something! It felt great to go through my paper packs, stamps, etc.... I am feeling so much better and I had a great time yesterday at a tarantula festival! I have a major case of aracnophobia, but I actually let a real, live tarantula crawl across the back of my hand!!!! It was a really proud moment for me to overcome such a huge fear of mine! I will be posting some pictures later from the festival, and hopefully a card to go with it.... :) Now onto my card for Birthday Sundaes... I love this challenge blog (it's one of my faves)! The challenge was to create a birthday card with any theme... I hope you enjoy what I came up with, and that you will check out all of the other guest designer's blogs! :)
Birthday Bash- elephant cut at 4.65"
Sweet Treats- party hat cut at 1.71", cupcake cut at 1.47"
My Creative Time stamp set- Wow! So Many Candles
Stickles- star dust
Glossy Accents
There it is! Hope you enjoy it, and it feels great to be back!!! :)
Hello and happy Saturday everyone! I am so glad that it is the weekend!!!! Woo hoo!!!! This next week is going to be super busy for me because of Parent/Teacher conferences... I would really like to start crafting and posting more, so hopefully I can after conferences are over! :) For today I have made a Halloween card to enter into a few challenges. I have already mentioned that I love Halloween, so this card was very fun for me to make! Hope you enjoy!
