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Friday, January 14, 2011

Valentine's Cards

I'm ahead of the game by one month and made several Valentine's cards. I have so much Valentine clip art, I didn't know what to choose!

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Thanks to all who participated in my Cut n Print tutorial. Here is the script and you can walk yourself through it if you want - have fun. Here are the images which were used with it...
You can just right click on the image and save it to your computer.

script here:

Gold Peak Iced Tea Bottle

For a while I have seen people altering the Frappaccino bottles from Starbucks with treats inside. Since I don't drink them, I found these Gold Peak Iced Tea bottles. I made this one for a neighbor just filled with M&Ms for a quick gift. I put paper shreds in half the bottle so you don't have to fill the whole thing (I call this frugal but festive)! Just used some scrap paper to wrap the bottle.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Valentine Subway Art

Created my own subway art. Simple really - I used Print Shop to make it. Will definitely be making more!!!

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Happy Birthday to me!

I think I'll take the day off from blogging!!

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Card Making Fever

I have been on a roll for the last few days making lots of cards. I have used lots of scraps and I used the SCAL cut n Print method to center the shape and the graphic - sooo easy and convenient!

Friday, January 7, 2011

Chicken Gnocci Soup

http://www.copykat.com/2010/02/28/olive-garden-chicken-and-gnocchi-soup/I made this soup this week and this is absolutely wonderful - so good I had to share it. It is especially good with rotisserie chicken. I didn't have all of the herbs and it came out fabulous anyway!!

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Cheesecake Pops

http://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/143665/Chocolate-Dipped-Cheesecake-Pops/detail.aspx
Oh my gosh, these look like heaven!

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Valentine's Mailbox

I had this cute metal mailbox around forever and just found the perfect vinyl design for it. I'll just put it on the mantel for decoration!

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Valentines SVG set for sale

Here is a great set of Valentine's svgs for your cutting projects. A great variety of 28 images for only $3.00! Please send me an email to Leslie.crafter@verizon.net if you are interested.

Monday, January 3, 2011

new recipe to try in the New year!

If these are the dang cutest and most creative idea. Neopolitan cupcakes. Just make 3 different batches of cupcakes and cut and stack them...perfect right!

I got the idea here:
http://sugarswings.blogspot.com/2010/12/neapolitan-new-years-eve-cupcakes.html

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Marshmallow snowmen

With Christmas over, here is an adorable snowy day activity to do with the peeps, and is't it so cute!
You can find directions here:
http://icingdesignsonline.blogspot.com/2010/11/tis-season-for-chocolate-covered.html

Have SCAL2? Trace any image with these easy steps...really it's easy!

Images with little detail work the best - images in silhouette form, just black on white.

1. download a picture on your computer - usually if you see an image you can right click right on top of the image with your mouse, and then choose "save" or "save as" rename it if necessary - you can find images on blogs (my blog here too), websites, all over. Put it in a folder on your computer where you can remember. The image should be in the form of a .jpg or .bmp. I have a separate folder for scal files (and then I categorize my images by category)...

2. open scal 2 (this only works in scal2, don't have scal2? click on the link below to get it...)

3. click on the tree symbol (looks like an apple tree) a the top of the screen

4. it will bring up a search box, now find the file you saved, by clicking BROWSE.

5. once you click it and click OK , it will appear right on the scal screen, you can size and change it as needed.

My favorite quotes

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.- Barack Obama
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. - Barack Obama
Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and DO GOOD.
Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or har dwork. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.
"What would you do if you knew you would not fail?"
I'm not very religious, but I just like this...Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.