Spice Cake Kit Card

I ordered the new Stampin' Up Spice Cake Patterned Paper from Snowmanlover, but couldn't wait for it to get here, so I also ordered and downloaded the digital version.  Here's what I made out of plain ole' white cardstock.   The brown solid is Stampin' Up Soft Suede, but the pattern paper is all printed on white cardstock and the stamps are also digital.  I got the layout from a card I save awhile back, unfortunately I didn't get the name of the originator documented.  :(

For You Card

Enough of Beau Chateau...  I made this card to be used for an "any occasion congrats" card.  Perhaps a birthday?   Pretty simple but I think I like it for that very reason.

Beau Chateau Card #6

I still have my card kit laying out on my scrap table, so I thought I'd whip up one more.  I still have a lot of paper and elements left.  If you're interested in all the materials I used to make the last six cards posted, check with SNOWMANLOVER.  She designed this kit.  I'm not sure if she's doing more kits or not, but it's a great deal and you can make a lot of cards with one kit.

Beau Chateau Card #5

One last card from Beau Chateau card kit from Snowmanlover.  I still have plenty of cardstock left, so I probably shouldn't say "last".  :)

Beau Chateau Card #4

And again....

Beau Chateau Card #3

Yet another card from the Beau Chateau kit from Snowmanlover

Beau Chateau Card #2

Here is my second card from my Stampin Up Beau Chateau card kit I bought from Snowmanlover. So many different things you can do with this card kit. 

The Best Ever Peanutbutter Pie!!

I made a new recipe for one of my favorites.... PEANUTBUTTER Pie.  OMG... it is so good!!!   If you like Peanutbutter pie, I highly suggest you try this recipe.  It's one from Pinterest/Willowbird baking.  You should click on the link and read the story behind the peanutbutter pie, very touching.  I also highly suggest you try out Pinterest if you haven't.  It's everything you can think of from Recipes, to funny signs, to crafts and cards, fashion, homes.  You name it, it's on pinterest.  Sorry, back to the recipe.  Here ya go, guys!

Almost No-Bake Peanut Butter Pie

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Recipe by: Adapted from All-Recipes
Yields: about 8-10 slices

Pie Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs (just grind ‘em up, cream and all)
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup heavy whipping cream

Whipped Cream Ingredients:
2 cups heavy whipping cream
4 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
peanuts and/or mini peanut butter cups for garnish (optional)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Combine the cookie crumbs and melted butter with a fork and press into a 9-inch pie plate. Spend a few minutes working on it to make sure there aren’t gaps and that it’s a thin layer (I had to discard some of my cookie crumbs because 1 1/4 cups turned out to be a bit too much for my pie plate). Bake for 10 minutes. Cool completely.

In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, peanut butter, sugar, butter, and vanilla until smooth. Whip the cream to soft peaks. Stir 1/3 of the cream into the peanut butter mixture to lighten it up, then gently fold the rest of it in. Gently spoon the filling into your crust and use an offset spatula or the back of a spoon to smooth it out. Chill this for a few hours.

To make whipped cream, whip cream and confectioners’ sugar together until you reach soft peaks. Spoon this over your peanut butter pie and top with peanuts and mini peanut butter cups for garnish, if desired. Serve immediately.

Beau Chateau Card

I got my Beau Chateau (Stampin Up) card kit from Snowmanlover in the mail the other day.  Today is the first chance I've had to open it up and play.  Here is the first card I made.  Such a different type of card for me, but the papers are so pretty, I couldn't help myself. 

Boo!

The card above is a card I created today inspired by the card below which was posted on Pinterest.
I am posting a picture to give credit where credit is due. :)

Top card inspired by this card from Flickr - Author Dana Newsom

Happy Birthday.. AGAIN

Like I said.... expect more birthday cards! :)

Birthday Wishes

Happy Birthday Card.  September is FULL of birthdays.  Several of my friends have Birthdays in the next week or two.  My brother and my dad's Birthday are September 9th and a few of my Facebook friends have Birthdays as well.  So be ready to see a few Birthday Cards in the next few days.

Birthday Card

Just messing around with the scraps on my desk from the prior card.  Not too sure I like this one.

Thinking of You

Another card using the same stack as the previous post from DCWV.  VERY simple!  Those are rhinestones around the sentiment, the photo didn't pick up the shimmer very well.

Thank you Card

Thank you for your Generosity.   A simple thank you card.  I came across this old DCWV stack when I was cleaning my craftroom today.  I really like this burgundy, grey, cream color combo.

Halloween Cards

OK.. so I did one more from the Stampin Up Papers (Can't throw out perfectly good paper...right?)  I got my new pennant punch the other day, and I wanted to give it a try.

The last of my Stampin Up Digi Halloween Collection

Additional Spooky Digi Cards

Like the card below, these were all made with Digital Patterned Papers (meaning I just printed out the papers on white cardstock.   The sentiments were also printed on my printer using Stampin' Up digital stamps (brushes).  The colors are dead on with Stampin Up colors.   I used the actual solid cardstocks with the digital patterned papers and the colors match perfectly.  I bought all my supplies from Barb aka Snowmanlover.

Trick Or Treat

Halloween will be here before you know it.  I downloaded Stampin' Up digital Halloween kit and a set of stamps (brushes) and created this Halloween card digitally by printing out all the pattern papers and stamps on white cardstock.  I purchased my digi supplies, solid cardstock, ribbons and button from SNOWMANLOVER, you can find her here. 

Thank You Card

Another Thank You.  I've really been enjoying using the sewing machine on my cards lately. 

Wish Big

Cards for fun.  I rarely use the negative of cutouts, but this one turned out kind of fun

Believe you can fly

Again, just playing with the same set of papers.

You Make Me Smile

Playing in my craft room today, making cards for my stash.  I really love this combo of colors

Fabulous Friend Card

For You

Just a card I made playing with some old Stampin' Up Pattern Paper

Birthday Wishes

I made this card for an upcoming birthday.  I really like the style, it's my first time trying this.  I think it would be fun with some basic colors (red, blue, green).

Baby Shower Card

This is a card I saw on Pinterest and just kind of winged it as far as how it went together.  I think I made the lace trim a bit too wide, but other than that, it came out kind of cute.  Perhaps a patterned background would've made it stand out a bit more.

Happy Birthday Card

Jodie, my friend who taught me to scrap, came over last night and we scrapped until 1:AM, I also made this card.   We had a good time, laughed a lot. 

Snowbody Warms my Heart

A fun "Christmas in July" card.  You can't really see it in the photo but this card has a lot of shimmer.  The edges of the snowman and his hat have a touch of glitter for a snow effect and the HoHoHo background paper is also shimmered "Hos"  LOL

Hope your day is Fabulous

Just a fun card for any occasion

A baby Shower card for Logan

For my son, Alex....

Just a Card

I made this card with some scraps from an old paper pack.  It's pretty simple, but I like it.

  The inside says "I'm so grateful for you"

Love Birds

Not one of my favorite cards, the color scheme was better in my mind.

Cupcake Icing ???

For all of you wonderful cupcake makers... I have one thing to say.. "It ain't as easy as it looks!"  I just love looking at all the fun beautiful cupcakes you see all over the place now and I've even watched a video or two of how they just pipe the icing right on top and it looks so easy and professional.  This morning I couldn't wait to get up because I had planned on making my very own beautiful cupcakes.

I researched recipes for both the cake and the buttercream.  I decided I would make white cupcakes (my favorite) and I found the buttercream recipe that had great reviews. Now to get started.  Everyone will be "WOWED" when I am done, they will wonder where this amazing decorator came from!!

My intentions were good, my heart was in the right place.... wasn't it?  Look at my sad little cupcakes.  My icing didn't just swirl into a perfect Dairy Queen tip.  I really want a sweet little Dairy Queen top on my cupcakes... doesn't everyone??  I think maybe I need a bigger tip???

Nevertheless, they taste really good.  If you have any pointers for me, I'd love to hear them.  I want a pretty cupcake! :( 

Now excuse me, I've got 20 some cupcakes to eat so I can practice on the next batch. Want one?

Birthday Wishes

Another card from my leftover SNOWMANLOVER Stampin' Up card kit.  I just love this paper, it's so bright and cheery.

Breakfast Pizza on the GRILL!!!!

The hardest part was transferring my round crust to the grill grates... apparently the ROUND got lost in the transition!

This was a lot of fun and pretty simple, I can't wait to try traditional pizza on the grill.  This was a pizza made with pizza dough, eggs, mozzarella, parmesan cheese, bacon, chives and flat leaf parsley.  It was really good.  As we were eating we were concocting a million possibilities... tomato, arugula, mozz, spinach, sausage... the possibilities are endless.  The recipe follows:


Preheat Grill 1/2 grill on High and 1/2 on Medium

1 Pizza Dough (For convenience sake I used a Betty Crocker Pizza Dough Box mix)
1 C Shredded Mozzarella
1/4 C Parmesan
7 strips cooked bacon, crumbled
3 large eggs
2 shallot cloves chopped
2 scallions
Chives
Flat Leaf Parsley
Salt & Pepper

Place prepared dough on a baking sheet with olive oil.  Gently stretch the dough to desired shape making sure that the dough is well oiled on both sides.  Do not stretch the dough too thin, 1/8 to 1/4 inch is ideal.

 Place the dough on the grill over the high heat side.  (This is not as easy as it sounds, next time I will try adding some cornmeal to my platter to make sliding the dough off easier).  Cook the dough without touching for about 2 minutes or until grill marks appear on the bottom side.  The dough can then be flipped over and put on the medium heat side to be dressed.

Gently crack open three eggs on the top of the pizza and close the lid for 2-3 minutes until the eggs begin to set.  Once eggs are set, add cheeses, bacon, shallots, scallions, salt, pepper.  Slide the pizza over to the high heat side and cook an additional minute or two.  Top with Chives and flat leaf parsley before serving.  VOILA... ENJOY!

This card was made with digital Stampin' Up Elements/Paper.  It is really cute in person, though I should have added a bit more to the "white" part.  The inside looks like this.

The owl was a punch and stamp, the paper again was digital

Friends to the End

I pulled out an old Stampin-up card kit that I had gotten from Snowmanlover and threw this card together.

Tweethearts Card

I have this thing where I get paper out to make a card and then I just keep making cards with it because it's out.  So here's another one in same color scheme as the last couple.  I put the rest of the scraps in the drawer, I promise the next card will be different!

Happy Birthday Card

Just a card for my stash.  I went into my craft room today and found that sometime between yesterday afternoon and this morning my shelving had fallen off the wall.  Apparently I overloaded it...go figure.  Anyway, I had to get Doug to rehang everything and clean up what looked like an explosion of a mess.  Broken glass jars, my sewing machine and parts, colored pencils, stamps, atg... everything was all over the place.  When the shelves fell down of course it knocked not only the things on the shelves down, but everything from the desktop that was right below.  So, all things considered, I think I made a pretty happy card after the clean up.