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.

Challenges entered-

Paper Funday #82 Anything Goes w/ optional twist Merry and Bright

HQ Celebrations of Love Challenges -#11Main theme- BEWAS optional- Christmas 

Love to Scrap #175 Anything Goes

Triple B -Birds- Butterflies & Blooms

Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes weeks #726-727

Avenue 613 Anything Goes w/ optional twist- thank you

Crafters Cafe #325 Anything Goes optional use color yellow

Addicted to Stamps #506- Make Your Mark

My NBUS #80 Never Before Used Schtuff

Creative Inspiration #32 Anything Goes