Thank You SNOW Much Card

Hello everyone!  I have not been doing anything over the past couple of days!!!  All I have been doing is cleaning, organizing, crafting, etc...  Tomorrow I am getting out of the house, and I am thrilled about it!  I can't believe that I have another card today, and I was able to squeeze it into a few challenges!  YAHOO!!!  Next week I will be back at work, so I won't be able to craft like a maniac (as much)...

Little Scrap Pieces- winter
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog- use your favorite embellishments (mine are Stickles & twine)
Creative Cutter Room- shaped thank you card
Mojo Monday- use the sketch
Go Fish Challenge- snow or winter
My Paper Crafting- snowflakes
Shabby Tea Room- monogram madness & photo inspiration

      

Wild Card- scalloped card base cut at 5.47"

George and Basic Shapes-  circles cut at 2.29 & 4.65", rectangle cut at 4.06"

Winter Woodland- large snowflake cut at 1.82"

Christmas- smaller snowflakes cut at .65"

Doodletype- "L" cut at 1.71"

Cuttlebug- snowflakes

Joy's Life Stamps- Wintery Puns

Stickles- star dust

Twine- stone

Thank you SNOW much for stopping by!  :)

Treat Box & Caramel Recipe!!!

Hello!!!  I'm telling you that it is a dangerous thing for me to have sweets in the house!  I made cookies for yesterday's post and caramels for today's post, so I am surrounded by delicious things and my will-power is weak!  :)  I am taking the leftovers to work tomorrow, and hopefully they will be completely devoured so I don't have to bring them back home!  I froze some of the shortbread cookies, and they are so yummy out of the freezer...  Anywho, for today's Joy's Life DT project, we were asked to make a food project.  I love making sweets, so I decided to make a little treat box and fill it with homemade caramels!  Let me tell you folks, I do not like caramels from the store, but these little beauties are so delicious!!!!!  At the bottom of this post I will share the recipe with you!!!!  YUM!

 

Winter Frolic- Santa cut at 2.88", tree cut at 3.71"
Sweet Tooth Boxes- treat box/lid cut at 6.41"
Cuttlebug- snowflakes
Joy's Life Stamps- Oh Christmas Puns
Transparency film
Caramels

Okay, here's the recipe....  Soooooo good!  Thanks for stopping by!!!  :)

Chewy Caramels

Recipe from allrecipes.com

• 1 cup butter or margarine
• 1 pound light brown sugar (about 2 1/2 cups)
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

1. In a heavy bottomed saucepan over medium heat, combine the butter, brown sugar, sweetened condensed milk, corn syrup and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Heat to between 234 and 240 degrees F (112 to 116 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from the water and placed on a flat surface. Cook for 2 minutes at that temperature. Remove from the heat and stir in vanilla.
2. Meanwhile, butter a 9x13 inch baking pan. When the caramel is ready, pour into the buttered pan. Allow to cool completely at room temperature. Remove from the pan and cut into squares using scissors. Wrap individual pieces in waxed paper or cellophane.

Holiday Treats Box

Hey everyone!!!!  I am so excited that I finally fixed the problem I was having with Blogger!!!!  This post was originally supposed to go up yesterday, but my photos wouldn't upload because apparently I have reached my storage limit...  I've been hearing that this has been happening to a lot of people lately, so not really sure what's going on with that...  It wouldn't let me upgrade my storage space because I was using Internet Explorer, so when I switched to using Firefox as my browser, it let me!  YAHOO!!!!  Okay, here is the project that was supposed to be posted yesterday for Joy's Life!  Our theme was to make a gift box/bag...

Sweet Tooth Boxes- box and lid cut at 10.5"
Tags, Bags, Boxes & More- tag cut at 3.12"
Christmas cartridge- snowflakes cut at 3.59", 2.29", 1.59"
Joy's Life Stamps- Wintery Puns
MS crystal fine glitter
Rhinestones

Okay, there it is!  I'm so glad I resolved my Blogger issue!!!!  :)  Thanks for stopping by!

Joy's Life Tags & Bags Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome to the Joy's Life Tags & Bags Blog Hop!!!!  If you just hopped here from the very talented Sarabeth, you're in the right place.  To start from the beginning click HERE.

I love Christmas!!!  This is such a fun time of year, and I am looking forward to making homemade hot chocolate, decorating the tree, looking at lights, singing Christmas songs, etc., etc., etc.!!!!  I also like to give a little something to my co-workers, and I think some Post-It's, hand sanitizer, yummy treats, etc. would fit perfectly into this little bag!  :)  This bag is also featuring Joy's BRAND NEW stamp set: Oh Christmas Puns!  I love this set, it's full of amazing puns and it has some cute images on it!

Tags, Bags, Boxes & More- bag cut at 6.06", tag cut at 2.88"

Winter Frolic- snow angel cut at 3.24"

Doodlecharms- snowflakes on bag cut at 1.94"

Doodletype- snowflake on tag cut at 1.12"

Joy's Life Stamps- Oh Christmas Puns (on bag), Wintery Puns (on tag)

Peachy Keen Stamps- Everyday Character Face Assortment

Stickles- star dust

Twine



Okay, that's my Christmas bag!  Hope we have been able to get you in the Christmas mood!  :)  Have a great Thanksgiving next week...  Your next stop on this hop is the awesome June.  Thanks for stopping by!

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

Home for the Holidays Tag

Hello everyone!!!!  I have been the worst blogger!  I have been really busy at work (Red Ribbon Week, Halloween, report cards, etc.), and there's been a lot going on at home (all good stuff)...  My sister is going to be having her baby any day now!!!!  I am so excited!  There's been some other nice stuff happening too, so all is good!  :)  Now, onto my DT project for Joy's Life.  This week we were asked to create gift tags.  I could really see myself making tags for each gift at Christmas!  :)

Tags, Bags, Boxes and More- tag cut at 4.18"
Joys of the Season- house cut at 1.75"
Cuttlebug- swiss dots
Joy's Life Stamps- It's All Fall Puns
Stickles- star dust
White gel pen
Ribbon

Well, I hope you are all having a great weekend!  Thanks for stopping by!  :)

Snowman Birthday Card

Hello and Happy Wednesday everyone!  I am so excited that the work week is halfway over!  :)  I had a really difficult time making a snowman birthday card (not sure why)...  I actually like the way the card turned out, so I was glad that I challenged myself...  Making birthday cards makes me think about all of the birthdays that are coming up: my sister's, my niece's, and my *gulp* 30th birthday next month!!!  I am actually excited about turning 30, well...  we'll see how I feel about it next month!  Hee hee...  :)  Anywho, here is my take on a winter birthday card.

FCCB- use snowflake or snowman
My Craft Spot- "snow much fun" use a snowflake or snowman
Cuttlebug Spot- winter
Perfect Sentiments- birthday card using embossing resist
The Paper Variety- use a fan fold embellishment (I think these wrappers count)
She's a Sassy Lady- birthday card
Getting Cricky- let it snow, use embossing
Crafting for All Seasons- snowflake or snowman
Birthday Sundaes- use the photo for inspiration

A2 sized card

Winter Frolic- all snowmen cut at 2.29"

Sweet Treats- cupcake wrappers cut at 2.06"

Cuttlebug- seeing spots

Peachy Keen Stamps- winter face assortment

Sentiment, computer generated:  Curlz MT font at size 20

A la Mode- sparkle embossing powder
Cupcake and snowflake stamps

MS ink- ocean

Prismacolor pencils for the noses and cheeks

*I accordion folded the cupcake wrappers by scoring them on my MS scoring board and then folding them.  I attached tabs to them on my Gypsy by using a rectangle from George and Basic Shapes.  I was then able to fold the tabs behind the snowmen to keep them in their wrappers.

Hope you enjoy the rest of your week!  Bye y'all!!!  :)

White Snowflake Card

Hello everyone!  Hope you are all enjoying the new year so far!  :)  I have been so busy on my Christmas vacation that I have actually enjoyed the last two days of doing nothing!  This is my last week off and I just plan on relaxing, going to lunch a couple of days, hanging out, etc...  Last week I went to Disneyland and it was so packed that they were actually not selling tickets anymore!!!  I have never seen the park that busy!!!  Luckily we were able to get in because we had already gone in earlier that day and we had the "magical" hand stamp for re-entry....  Anywho, here is a card that I made to enter into some challenges...  YAY!  :)

My Craft Spot- Winter Wonderland & use glitter
Go Fish Challenge Blog- white on white (this was tough for me)
BBTB2- Winter Woodland ice skate
Victorine Stamps- use a punch
A Muse Studio Challenge Blog- use heat embossing
Exploring Cricut- winter scene or activity
Pile it On- anything goes
Ladybug Crafts- anything goes, use your new stash (my rhinestones)
Fresh Brewed Blog- use something new
Jellypark Challenges- use something new (rhinestones) and something old (MS punch)
Creative Cutter Room- use glitter/Stickles

Wild Card- scalloped card base cut at 4.88"
Winter Woodland- ice skate cut at 3.35"
Cuttlebug- swiss dots, snowflakes
Scrappy Moms Stamps- Winter Wishes
MS snowflake punch
a la mode sparkle embossing powder (used on the snowflakes & ice skate bow)
a la mode detail silver embossing powder (used on ice skate and sentiment)
MS glitter- crystal fine (I added this to the embossed snowflake background with a Zig glue pen)
Silver ink pad (I inked the edges of the ice skate)
Rhinestones
Pearl

Hope you enjoy and hope you have a wonderful day!  Thanks for stopping by!  :)

Santa in the Chimney Card

Hello everyone!!!!  I can't believe it, but I actaully made a card today!!!!  YAY!  It was really nice to get back into my craft room again....  I have some more cards in mind, hopefully I can get into this craft room more often!  Anywho, I am feeling quite jolly after creating this card.  Can't wait for Christmas to get here!  :)

Jingle Belles- shaped Christmas card
Woodware USA- anything goes
Crazy 4 Challenges- shaped card
Peachy Keen LFIF- shaped card using a PK face stamp

Simply Charmed- chimney cut at 4.18", Santa cut at 3.24"

Freshly Picked- sack cut at 4.65"

Cuttlebug- Tim Holtz Sizzix bricked embossing folder

Scrappy Moms Stamps- Winter Wishes

Peachy Keen Stamps- Everyday Character Face Assortment

MS crystal fine glitter

Bakers twine

There it is everyone!  Hope you are having a great weekend, and that you're being nice, not naughty....  Hee hee!  :)

Penguin Spinner Christmas Card

Good morning everyone!  I must start off by saying....  WOOO HOOOO!!!!  I have reached 200 followers!  I am going to do a giveaway of some kind, so keep your eyes peeled for that!  :)  It will be my first giveaway, so I'm a bit nervous (not sure why)....  But, I really want to do this because I want to say THANK YOU to all of the people who are taking the time to visit and follow my blog!  I can't believe that with all of the talent out there, my little blog reached 200!!!  Okay, onto my card for today...

Bitten by the Bug 2- use a penguin (I don't own Jolly Holidays, so I used Joys of the Season)
My Craft Spot- Christmas in July
Jingle Belles- O Hole-y Night: create a card with a window in it (I love the name of this challenge) :)
Paper Cutz Challenge- anything goes
Peachy Keen LFIF Challenge- use a pun (I LOVE puns) and a PK face

Cricut cartridges used:
Joys of the Season- penguin cut at 3.35"
Wild Card- card base cut at 5.59"
Winter Woodland- snowflakes cut at 1", 1.55", 1.86"
Peachy Keen Stamps- Critter Faces SET A Medium & Winter Face Assortment
Sentiment from my computer- Curlz MT font, size 18
Martha Stewart Ink: sea lavender & ocean
Mini snowflake stamp
A la Mode sparkle embossing powder
Martha Stewart fine glitter- crystal
Brad for the spinner
Foam tape

**I'm so excited because I made my own background paper!  To make it I stamped a mini snowflake (I don't even know the brand of the stamp) with Versamark Ink in various places on the white paper.  Then I sprinkled the embossing powder over it and heat embossed the snowflakes.  I then took my MS sea lavender ink and dabbed it over the entire card (and it doesn't stick to the embossed images).  I inked the edges of the card with MS ocean ink.

Before I end this post, I want to thank Cally Ann @ http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com/ for giving me a blog award!!!!  She has a really cute blog, and posts really nice projects.  I would encourage you all to check her out! :)  You can see my original post for this award here.  Thanks again!

Okay, I snow you will have a cool day!  Thanks for stopping by!!! :)

Merry Christmas Snowflake Card

Hello!  I am posting this card today (which is actually kind of tomorrow already) because I am going to be going to Monterey for the next couple of days....  I am so excited to get out of this heat!  Woo hoo!  As always, I will look forward to coming back on Sunday and seeing what you have created over the weekend!  :)  This card is making me really get into the holiday spirit!  I think it turned out looking kind of country...  I had the song "Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays" by N'Sync playing in my head the entire time I was making this!  Very nerdy, I know...  :)

Celebrate the Occasion- make a shaped Christmas card
Bitten by the Bug 2- use the mittens from Joys of the Season cartridge
Scrapbookaholic by Abby- use some bling (I think Stickles are bling)

Cricut cartridges used:
Winter Woodland- card cut at 4.41", snowflake cut at 5.59"
Joys of the Season- mittens cut at 1.47"
Storybook- frame cut at 1.55" for white piece, 1.94" for green piece
Cuttlebug- swiss dots, snowflakes
Sentiment- Stampabilities
Stickles- star dust

Okay, there it is!  Hope you enjoy, and I'll see you in a couple of days!

Happy Holidays Card

Wow!  Another post today!  I must be making up for lost time....  Hee hee....  I had to make another card today because.... When I got home from Vegas, I found a lot of challenges I wanted to enter!  I just can't help myself!  :)  There are a lot of challenges going on now (and coming up) that have a "Christmas in July" theme, so that is why I made this holiday card in the middle of the summer!  It was fun to make.... Christmas is my favorite time of year, so this brings up good feelings.  Okay, here we go!

The Paper Variety-  Christmas in July
Celebrate the Occasion-  Christmas card using NO red (that was tough, I can just picture a red scarf blowing in the wind....)
My Creative Time-  Throwback Thursday, use Wild Card & incorporate embossing

Wild Card-  card cut at 4.69"

Christmas Cheer- snowman cut at 3.24"

Cuttlebug- polka dots, snowflakes

Peachy Keen Stamps-  Winter Face Assortment

Sentiment- Stampabilities

Martha Stewart glitter- crystal, sterling

Enjoy! :)