Thank You!

It's been a while since I last posted. Life just gets extremely busy sometimes and you find yourself without the time to blog (or not enough energy at the end of the day). That's what's happened to me. But............I love blogging and archiving all my cards, photos, scrapbooks, and recipes. Even though I don't get many readers, I do get to keep my craftiness here for inspiration to those who do read my blog. I have been crafting more lately, so maybe I can update more often. To those who do find my little blog inspirational or amusing, please stick with me as I work out all the difficulties. Now on to the card:

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Stampin Up!

Patterned Paper: DCWV

Cardstock: Stampin Up! and Georgia Pacific

Other: watercolor pencils, Staz-On Timber Brown ink, blender pen, lace ribbon (from Wal-Mart), and Nestabilities

Thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Hi, everyone! I'm back again, this time with a recipe instead of something crafty. I thought with Autumn just around the corner I would post something for the upcoming season. Roasted pumpkin seeds are a great snack. They are incredibly tasty and they are also so easy to make! Here's the recipe:

Pumpkin seeds

Vegetable oil

salt

First you will want to rinse and dry your pumpkin seeds. Next, place on baking sheet and drizzle with just a little amount of vegetable oil and sprinkle with salt. You can then stir them all around if you want. Place in a 325 degree oven and cook 45 minutes, stirring occasionally, until lightly toasted. Enjoy! Thanks for looking! Have a great day!

Birthday Blessings

Hello! I'm back again with another card! I made this card for my Mom's birthday. I used my Verve Stamps once again. LOVE those stamps!! I used the masking technique (I think that's what it's called) for the flower images.

Before I get to the card recipe, I have a question for you. How do you get out of a crafting slump? I have been so unmotivated to do any crafting. I come up to my craft space and I just draw a blank.

Card Recipe:

White base cardstock: Georgia Pacific

Pink dots PP: My Mind's Eye Simply Delightful

Brown Dots PP: My Mind's Eye Out and About

Pink and Brown stripe PP: K & Company

Pink cardstock: My Mind's Eye

Stamps: Verve Stamps "One Person" (flower), "Blessings" (birthday sentiment and flourish)

Ink: Staz-On Timber Brown

Misc.: Oval and Scallop Nestabilities, Stampin Up watercolor pencils and blender pen, ribbon, popdots, corner rounder punch, and Stickles.

Thanks for looking! Hope everyone has a great day!

Father's Day

Hello! I know it is way past Father's Day, but I thought I would post this anyway. I just recently discovered Verve Stamps and I LOVE them! That could be a bad thing (for my bank account)! They stamp beautifully. I am just in love with them.

Here is the info. for the card:

Cardstock: Georgia Pacific (white base and oval), Stampin Up Sage Shadow and Chocolate chip

Patterned Paper: K & Company

Stamps: Verve "Happy Days"

Ink: Staz-On Timber Brown

Misc.: Popdots, brads, & Nestabilites

Thanks for stopping by!

Hi, again! Back again to post another card. Hopefully I can continue to update my blog. I love having this blog as an archive of all my crafts and recipes.

The patterned paper for this card is from My Mind's Eye. The cardstock is SU Soft Sky and Georgia Pacific for the white base. I used SU scallop edge punch and Nesties for the circle and scalloped circle. I used the Happy Birthday cuttlebug folder on the blue cardstock. The stamp is SU's Just Celebrate. I stamped the image with Staz On Timber brown ink. I used SU's watercolor crayons and a blender pen to color the image. I also used Stickles to make the frosting glisten.

Thanks for looking!

Forever and Always

Hello, everyone! Finally getting around to posting again. Haven't really had time to post here lately. I am hoping to be able to blog more. Due to some unfortunate circumstances I should have more time to blog. It's hard to keep up with a blog and a job and a 3 year old, and still have time to craft!! I'm exhausted just from typing all that! :) I have been in a crafting slump for the past couple of months. I just can't seem to get in the mood to craft. But in the past couple of days I have been in my craft room alot!

This card was for my in laws' anniversary. I used Stampin Up's Always for the hearts and Stampin Up's So Many Sayings for the sentiment. I used Georgia Pacific white cardstock for the base of the card. I used SU Soft Sky for the blue mat and Deja Views Fresh Prints for the patterned paper. The felt flowers are from SU. The brad came from Hobby Lobby. The ribbon came from my ribbon stash. Oh and I almost forgot about the ink. The brown is Staz On Timber Brown and the blue is SU Soft Sky.

Thanks for looking!

Bad blogger!

Hello, everyone! First I am going to apologize for being a horrible blogger. I am so busy, but I am learning to multi-task. So, hopefully, I will be blogging more. It is so hard to lose track of things, and this blog is one of them. But from now on I am going to sit down when I have plenty of time and schedule several blog posts on certain days. I just figured out how to do that. I'm slow at figuring things out!:) Today, I have a card to show. I've started taking pictures of recipes I try. From now on I will alternate showing recipes and cards. Hope that is okay with everyone. For this card, I used Georgia Pacific white cardstock for the base of the card. I used SU chocolate chip(??) and Prima brand patterned paper (bought at Michael's a couple of years ago). The flowers are Stampin Up. The button is SEI. The brads I bought at Hobby Lobby. The stamp is from Stampin Up's So Many Sayings. I also used Stampin Up's scallop punch. Thanks for looking!!!

Something a Little Different!

Wow!! It has been a long time since I posted to my blog. I just have not had time to post anything. I have been in a crafting slump here lately, and I just haven't had time to craft. But something I have had time to do (and it's a little hobby of mine) is cooking. So I am going to start posting recipes (with pictures) as well as papercrafting stuff. I made these a while ago. They are soooo good. Sorry about the bad photo. I haven't quite mastered how to take pictures of food. These are also great because the meat cooks in the slow cooker. Hope you enjoy!!! Beef Tostadas 1 1/2 lbs. boneless beef round steak 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. black pepper 1/4 cup lime juice 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1 jalapeno, seeded and finely chopped 1 large onion, chopped 1 tbsp. chili powder 1/4 tsp. cumin 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper 12 packaged tostada shells 3/4 cup refried beans lettuce shredded mexican blend cheese salsa sour cream 1. Sprinkle steak with salt and pepper. Place 3 tbsp. of the lime juice, the garlic, jalapeno, onion, chili powder, cumin, and cayenne in the slow cooker. Place beef on top and cook on HIGH for 6 hours or LOW for 8 hours. 2. Remove beef and shred. Place shredded beef in a large bowl. 3. Strain remaining liquid in slow cooker over a bowl or measuring cup, discarding solids. Add strained liquid and remaining 1 tbsp. lime juice to beef in bowl. Stir to combine. 4. Warm tostada shells according to package directions. Heat refried beans. 5. Spread refried beans on tostada shell. Top refried beans with meat. Top with lettuce, salsa, cheese, and sour cream. You could even use guacamole if you wanted.

Happy Birthday Wishes!

Hello, everyone! How was everyone's Mother's Day? Mine was great! I had the best day with my little guy! This card was so simple to make. I used Georgia Pacific(white)cardstock as a base. The flower stamp is from SU Just Celebrate. I colored them with watercolor pencils and a blender pen. I'm not sure what company the dragonfly comes from. The patterned paper is from DCWV Spring 2007 stack. I used SU Scalloped edge punch on the PP. The riboon is from Michael's dollar ribbon bin. The sentiment is SU Fun and Fast Notes. Thanks for looking! Have a great week!

Happy Birthday card

Hello, everyone. Sorry it has been so long since I updated. It has just been so busy here these days. But, I promise to do a lot better at updating! For this card, I used Stampin Up's Fun and Fast Notes. I colored the image with watercolor pencils and a blender pen. The polka dot paper is DCWV. The flowers are American Crafts. The brads are from Hobby Lobby. I used the Happy Birthday cuttlebug folder. The cardstock is Pretty in Pink by Stampin Up. The white cardstock is Georgia Pacific. The brown base cardstock is Stampin Up's Creamy Caramel (I think that's what it is called). Thanks for looking! I hope everyone has a GREAT weekend! We have nice warm weather here so I know we will enjoy every second!!

Thinking of You

Hello, everyone! Hope everyone's week was good. Mine was very short. I have to be quick with this post. I have to get my son ready to go to grandma's this weekend. I just wanted to post a card to my neglected blog. I will be back later with all the details! Thanks for visiting!

I got Mother's Day cards finished early!

Hello, everyone! I'm usually scrambling around last minute trying to get my cards done. They usually get done the day they have to go in the mail! But, I got Mother's Day cards done really early this year. I thought Bloomin Beautiful was the perfect stamp set to use for Mother's Day cards. Now if anyone can give me any ideas on Father's Day cards? I have the hardest time making masculine cards! Now on to the recipe for this card!

Recipe:

Cardstock: Georgia Pacific (white), Stampin Up (Barely Banana and Creamy Caramel)

Patterned Paper: DCWV Spring 2007 stack

Stamps: Stampin Up (Bloomin Beautiful) and Studio G (Mother's Day and swirl)

Accessories: Watercolor pencils, blender pen, and Staz-On Timber Brown ink

Also, I distressed the white cardstock the image is on. Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Hello, everyone! Sorry for slacking in my blog posting! I just haven't been crafting alot here lately. For the past couple of weeks my mojo has been MIA. But I think it might be back. I made 2 cards in the past two days!

I made this card last night. The "stamped" image is from Pink Petticoat. It is a digital stamp. The only thing I don't like about digital stamps is with the printer I have, if you watercolor it smears the printer ink. So I just used Primas and OMS. That worked great!

Recipe:

Cardstock: Georgia Pacific (white), Stampin Up (Pretty in Pink)

Patterned Paper: DCWV Spring 2007 stack

Stamp: Pink Petticoat (digi stamp)

Other: ribbon (wal-mart), Prisma pencils, and OMS

Thanks for looking! Have a great day!

Celebrate!

Hello, everyone! It has been a busy two weeks here. We are in the process of getting our kitchen and bathrooms remodeled. So that has really put a kink in my crafting! I am trying to find time to work it all in.

This card was a High Hopes sketch challenge. It was originally for the design team tryouts, but I didn't make the deadline. I used My Favorite Things stamp set for this card. Stampin Up for the sentiment. The base cardstock is Georgia Pacific white (found at Wal-Mart). The next layer (brown) is SU Creamy Caramel. The patterned paper is My Mind's Eye. I used Staz-On Timber Brown ink for the stamps. I colored in the stamped image with Prismas and OMS. The blue cardstock is SU Soft Sky. The mat behind the stamped image is SU Barely Banana. Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Finally... a blog post!

Hello, everyone! I finally found time to craft! This card is based on the Sketch challenge at Paper Craft Planet. This was just a quick card, but I think it came out great.

The base cardstock is SU's Certainly Celery. I used SU's scalloped Edge punch for the edge. The blue cardstock is SU's Bashful Blue. The grid paper came out of a paper pack I bought at Michael's. I used SU's Spiral punch on the grid paper. The circled pattern paper is DCWV Spring Stack 2007. The flowers are from Stampin Up. The brad is from Hobby Lobby. The sentiment is SU's Live Like You Mean It stamped in Staz-On Timber Brown ink.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Friend to Friend

Hello, everyone! Is everyone ready for the Superbowl tomorrow? I would love to spend all that time crafting, but my DH invited his brother over. I have to cook for everyone! Oh well, maybe I can craft tonight to make up for it!

This card was for Papercraft Planet's Sketch Challenge. The base cardstock is Georgia Pacific. The patterned papers is My Mind's Eye. The heart was cut with my Cricut and George cartridge. The cardstock for the heart was Soft Sky. The flowers are American Crafts. The brads are from Hobby Lobby. The sentiment is from Stampin Up and was stamped in Staz-On ink and distressed with Soft Sky ink. Oh and I almost forgot, the heart was Cuttlebugged with Stylized flowers embossing folder. Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

I've been Tagged!

My blog friend, Sioban tagged me with this!

The Rules: 1. Go to your Picture Folder on your computer or wherever you store your pictures. 2. Go to the 6th Folder, then pick the 6th picture in that folder. 3. Post that picture on your blog and the story that goes along with the picture. 4. Tag 6 other people that you know or don’t know to do the same thing and leave a comment on their blog or an e-mail letting them know you chose them.

This is a picture of a sea turtle at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia. When my son was six months old, we took him to the aquarium.

Okay, so now I nominate:

Naomi

Sankari

Traci

Kira

Gale

Dawn

My very talented blog friend, Rachel has blog candy on her blog here. Check it out. Awesome talent on her blog also!

Welcome baby

Hi, everyone! I am going to be quick with this post. I still haven't put dishes in the dishwasher after dinner! I'm not sure why I made this card. I don't know anyone having a baby! But the stamps were so cute, I just had to make a baby card! I colored the image with Prismas and OMS. Thanks for looking and have a great day! Supplies used: Cardstock: Stampin Up (soft sky), and Georgia Pacific (white) Patterned paper: Crate Paper Stamps: Autumn Leaves (Mindy's Zoo), and Stampin Up ( Short and Sweet) Accessories: Staz-On ink, and brads from Hobby Lobby

Thanks so Much

Hello, everyone! I am trying to get back into the swing of things after the move and the holidays! I am slowly getting to craft again! I feel guilty crafting when I need to be getting the house squared away. I have had a little time to whip up a few cards. Here is one of those cards: I love the Pocket Silhouette stamp set so much! I got the idea for the placement and colors of the stamps from Valerie Stangle's blog. Thanks for looking! Have a great day! Supplies Used: Cardstock: Georgia Pacific (white), Stampin Up! (Soft Sky) Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye (Out and About) Stamps: Stampin Up! Ink: Stampin Up! (Soft Sky), and Staz-On (Timber Brown) Other: ribbon (Offray)