Have a Groovy Birthday Card & recipe

  Hello and welcome, today is the last day of January and also my granddaughter's birthday. Sharing the card that I made for her.

I did have a little trouble coloring the image. The alcohol ink kept bleeding out beyond the lines. So, I waited until it dried and used the blender pen to try to push the ink back. There is one place where it didn't work. Even though it bothered me I left it because I didn't want to have to start all over. 

The lava lamp is a digital image from Dr. Digi's House of Stamps that I won on a challenge. I've had it for a year now, so it was nice to finally use it. 

I colored the image with alcohol markers and used a blender pen to make a few areas lighter. I added a record that I had in my stash because my granddaughter loves old records. 

Cardstocks used are cherry cobbler and crushed curry from S.U. and also white and black. Paper is from the paper studio. On the paper I stamped little speaks of red. For that I used a stamp set called Itty Bitty Backgrounds from Stampin Up. Printed the sentiment on my computer in paint. The little flowers are from a very old punch that I haven't used in several years. I love using old things that I haven't used in a long time. 

I know that the card isn't perfect, but I'm sure she will love it. 

As soon as this post is done, I will be heading to the kitchen to make her cake. She is wanting a lemon cake. I made her one last year and she loved it. 

I make homemade lemon curd to put between the layers and already made it yesterday evening. so, I thought I would share with you on how to make it.

Lemon Curd

5 egg yolks

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

1 tsp lemon zest

1/2 cup unsalted butter (cold and cubed)

In medium saucepan add egg yolks, sugar and lemon juice. Whisk until combined.

Place over low heat for 10 minutes stirring occasionally and then bring the heat up some for an additional 5 minutes.

After mixture thickens add lemon zest and stir until combined.

Remove the mixture from the heat. 

Add cubed butter one piece at a time, whisking in between each one.

You can pour the lemon curd through a fine mesh strainer to remove any lumps, but I don't do that step. I haven't had a problem with lumps. Pour into a heat proof Jar or container. 

Cool to room temperature and place in fridge to chill for at least 2 hours. It will thicken as it cools. 

To prevent a film from forming, you can place a piece of plastic wrap directly to top of curd. 

 This stuff is so yummy. I could just eat it by the spoonful. Have any of you made it before? I am planning on making a lemon curd cake this coming summer sometime. 

Hope you enjoyed your visit and hope you can make it back again. Have a wonderful day!

Happy Birthday Scarlett River!!!

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Winter Scene Birthday card & Recipe

 Hello, this is my first post for the new year. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. We had a good time. Our children and grandchildren came over to open presents and then later in the evening we went to our daughters for Christmas dinner. 

The first birthday in my family for the new year is my niece, Amy. Wasn't for sure what kind of card to make her. So, I thought that I would try to use something that I haven't used in a long time. Spotted the window die from Stampin Up and thought It might be a good time to use it again.

 For the snowy outdoor scene, I used the Stampin Up stamp set called Happy Scenes. Added wink of stella to the snow-covered ground and to the snowflakes. The paper that I used for the wall I found in my 6x6 paper stash. I wanted something that was red and looked a like wallpaper. This was the first red one in the stack, since I was running out of time to get the card done, I thought this one would do. Sentiment is from a S.U. set called Best Birds. All inks used are from S.U. Added a brown satin ribbon and a diamond gem.

I kept putting off making this card, shame on me because then I had to rush last minute to get it done. But I think it turned out ok and I'm sure she will be happy to receive it. 

On New Years Eve I knew that the grandkids were going to be coming over, so I decided to make a pie. I had some eggnog left so I decided to make an eggnog pie and of course I have to share the recipe with you all.

No Bake Eggnog Pie

Ingredients needed

1 1/2 cup eggnog

1 3.4-ounce pkg instant vanilla pudding

1/2 tsp. nutmeg

10 Graham crackers 

6 tbs butter melted

1 container of cool whip

You can buy a readymade crust but if you're making your own, you can use a food processor or do like me and put the graham crackers in food storage bag and finely crush with a rolling pen, in a small bowl microwave 6 Tbs of butter until melted. Mix in graham crackers until all the crumbs are moistened. If it's still too dry add a little more butter. Pour into a 9-inch pie dish and press down with fingers to make crust. Place in refrigerator until needed.

In medium bowl add eggnog, pudding mix and nutmeg, mix with handheld mixer on medium speed until it starts to thicken. Fold in cool whip and pour into pie dish. Refrigerate at least 4 hours but overnight is best. 

I love easy dessert recipes, and this is one is pretty easy, especially if you have a ready-made crust. My husband hates eggnog. I tell him that he's crazy that it's the best drink ever. But to my surprise he loved the pie and said it rocks. 

Do any of you like Eggnog and if so, do you have a favorite brand? Also have any of you had eggnog pie. 

 I have never made homemade eggnog, but my mom would make it when I was a young girl. I don't really care for most brands, but my all-time favorite is the brand Southern Comfort. Too me and my family there is no better. Goodness it's so good. It's also good in coffee.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you all have a wonderful year. Blessings to you all!

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Snowflakes Christmas Card & Recipe

 

  Hello crafter's, Today is the day before Christmas Eve. I finally have all of the presents wrapped and have placed them under the tree. 

It's kind of hard to believe that Christmas is already here. Seems like the months just fly by anymore. 

Well let's get on to my card

For this card I have made a trio of embossed snowflakes on Crumb Cake cardstock.  This card is basically the same as the one on my last post. But the last one was done white on white with blue snowflakes. Can't decide on which one I like better. I do love kraft colored cardstock. It goes with every color. 

 I couldn't decide on what ribbon to use on this one. I thought about just using some jute twine, but my son came in my craftroom to see what I was doing. I told him that I was trying to decide what ribbon to use. He pointed to the blue/green tinsel and said that one. So, I went with it. (Thanks for the help, Jacob) 💖

Here is a list of supplies used

Stamp Set and sentiment- SU Snowflakes 

Cardstock- SU Crumb Cake and White

WOW White Embossing Powder and Versa Mark

Stitch Circle Nesting Dies

Embossing Folder SU Softly Falling

Stampin Diminsionals and Tinsel 

This will be my last post for this year, so I wanted to share one more recipe. A few days ago, I made some peanut butter fudge, so I thought I would share it here. I enjoy sharing recipes with you all and also a big reason for sharing here is for my granddaughter Scarlett. It makes it convenient for her if she wants to make any of them, especially with the added picture.

Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Fudge

The first thing that you need to do is butter an 8x8 dish or place parchment paper in it. I just use parchment paper because I can just pull the whole thing out for easy cutting.

In a medium to large cooking pot add 2 cups of white sugar and 1/2 cup milk. Turn on burner too low to med heat. (I keep mine close to medium heat most of the time) Stir and continue to stir until mixture starts to boil. Let boil for 2 and a 1/2 minutes. Don't forget to stir, stir, stir. especially when it's boiling. Remove from heat and add 1 tsp of vanilla and 1 cup of peanut butter. Stir until melted and starts to thicken. Quickly pour into your dish. Set on counter until cool, about an hour. I then place mine in the fridge for at least 30 minutes and then take out and cut into squares. Store in an airtight container.

Most people who have never made fudge before thinks it a big process but as you can see it's pretty simple. If you want to make a larger batch, just double the recipe and double the boiling time. If you do a double batch a 9x13 cake pan works great.

 There are several different ways to make peanut butter fudge. But this old-fashioned recipe is my favorite. I have fun memories of helping my mom make big batches at a time. We would have to take turns mixing when it would start to thicken. It's a wonder we got it mixed together in time from laughing so much. Sweet precious memories. This will be my second Christmas without her. I thought of her while making this fudge. Words can't describe how much I miss her.

Since this is my last post for this year, I want to say thank you to everyone who has visited my blog this year and for all the nice comments that you left. I really appreciate it.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a New Year full of good health, laughter and of course lots of crafting!

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Warm Winter Wishes Card

  Hello Crafter's, I know that everyone is busy at this time of year so thank you for taking a little of your time to stop by. I do really appreciate it.

For this year's Christmas cards, I decided to stay with one kind of card instead of several different kinds. My back has been giving me a lot of trouble and wasn't for sure if I could even get them done.  So, I just wanted to create a simpler card to save on time. So here is this year's Christmas card.

 Even though this is a simpler card, it still takes quite a bit of time when you have to make several and my back being so bad I can't sit for very long at a time. So, it takes me twice as long to get cards made.

I knew for this year's card I wanted to use the softly falling embossing folder and I thought the snowflake stamp set went well with it. For a bit of sparkle and fun, I decided to use silver tinsel instead of ribbon. 

Here is a list of supplies used to create this card.

Stamp Set- S.U. Snowflakes, the sentiment is from the same set.

White cardstock, Inks- S.U. Night of Navy & Versa Mark 

Stitch circle nesting dies, S.U. clear embossing powder, S.U. embossing folder Softly Falling, Stampin Dimensionals and tinsel ribbon

That's it for me today, hope you all have a wonderful day and wishing you a very Merry Christmas!

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Truck load of flowers Birthday Card & Recipe

  Hello and welcome to my blog. Back in June I was a challenge winner over at A Cut Above and won a e-gift card to A Cherry on Top. One of the items that I got in my order was a stamp set from Hampton Art. So, for today's card I wanted to share with you all a card that I made using one of the images.

This stamp is more of a spring- summer image so I tried to color the leaves to look more like fall.

I also wanted the truck to look old, so I added a few colors to make it look a little rusted. 

Here is a list of supplies used-

ARRTX Colored Pencils

Stamp Set- Hampton Art, Sentiment- S.U. Garden Birdhouses

Cardstock- Rich Razzleberry, Vanilla, Soft Sky, Close to Cocoa

S.U. Designer paper, Ink- Chocolate Chip, Sizzix Embossing Folder,

S.U. Border Die, Stitched Rectangle Die, Circle Die

Alcohol Ink blending pen by Ranger for blending

Here is a link to the store- A cherry on Top

 My niece brought me some green plums, so I decided to make a dessert with them, thought you all might like it. The good thing about this recipe is that you can use several different kinds of fruit like peaches, apples, pears or apricots. 

Plum Buckle Dessert

Ingredients you will need

For fruit mixture-

2 cups of sliced fresh plums (I used closer to 2 1/2 cups)

1/2 stick of sliced cold unsalted butter

3 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

For batter-

1 cup flour

3/4 cup sugar

1 1/2 stick of unsalted butter at room temperature

3 large eggs

3 tsp. vanilla extract

1/2 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 350 and butter a 9-inch baking dish

In a medium bowl add sliced plums (No need to peel)

cinnamon, nutmeg and salt, mix together

For batter-

In large bowl combine flour, softened butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. stir until well combined. Don't over mix

Pour and spread half of the batter in the bottom of a buttered baking dish. Add plum mixture, Add cold sliced butter all over plums. Spread rest of batter over top. Bake for 45-50 minutes until golden brown. If it looks like it's starting to burn you can place a piece of aluminum foil loosely over it. Let cool a little before serving.

 This was my first time baking with plums, and we all liked it and thought that it was a good fall dessert. 

Thanks for stopping by, hope you all have a nice day.

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Two hearts Wedding Card

 Hello there, Glad you could stop by. For today's card I am sharing a wedding card that I made for my great niece Magnolia and her new husband Will. They recently had their wedding and today they will be having the reception. 

It took me a while to think of what I wanted on the front of the card. I had all sorts of idea's running through my mind. Anyway, I finally decided on this design. Hopefully they will like it. 

I cut out the bowtie with scissors so it's not perfect. Used circle dies for the circles, and an old, neglected heart punch from Stampin Up. Label die for sentiment. Embossed the bride heart, added pearls and diamond gems also a blue satin ribbon. Cardstock is from Stampin Up.

 Congratulations Magnolia & Will

Thanks for stopping by, Hope you can make it back again and hope you all have a beautiful day. 

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Joyful Sunflower Card

 Hello Crafter's, Hope you all are doing well and so glad you could take a little time to stop by my blog. I can't get over that we are now already in the month of November. 

I do love this time of year. Now don't laugh at me but one of my favorite things about fall is when you're driving and drive over a bunch of leaves in the road and you look in your rear-view mirror and see leaves swirling around and they look like their dancing. I love it so much, it just makes me happy. 

Today is my daughter's birthday, so I wanted to share with you all the card that I made for her.

This is also her favorite time of year. So, I always make her a fall themed card. I made her a sunflower card last year and decided to go with sunflowers again since they are her favorite flower.

Here is a list of supplies used:

Stamp & Die Set- Close to my Heart Joyful Sunflower   

Sentiment- S.U. Avant Garden

Cardstock- Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard and Whisper White

Alcohol Markers, S.U. Creamy Carmel, S.U. Chocolate Chip, S.U. Old Olive, Momento Black

Twine and Gem Embellishment by Gina Marie Designs

         That's going to be all from me today. Thanks for stopping by and happy day to you all.

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