Retro Record Birthday Card & Recipe

 

Hello and good morning, the sun is shining, just filled up my hummingbird feeder, watered my plants, feed the cats and got my cup of coffee, now I'm all set to get this post posted. 

For today I am sharing a birthday card with you all.

This is only the second time that I have used this die set. I think it's so cool. I spent a lot of time growing up listening to records on the record player, especially as a teenager. Did any of you have a record player as a kid or teenager? 

 Wanted it to kind of have a retro feel so I decided on those three colors for the record labels. Cardstocks are from S.U.

I had that little strip of paper in my stash and thought it went well with the colors. I love finding a use for small scrapes of paper.

The set is from Sugar Pea Designs, and the happy birthday sentiment comes from a retired stamp set from Stampin Up.

This card came together so fast. I do love cards that are quick to make, and this was also a fun one to make, brought back a lot of memories of my younger days.

I have had a dessert on my mind for a good long while and it's one that I hadn't made in several years. Well, I couldn't wait any longer and had to make it. The dessert is strawberry pretzel Salad, and I am sharing it with you all today.

Strawberry Pretzel Salad

*Ingredients needed*

2 and 1/2 cups pretzel crumbs

1 lb. Strawberries (I used about 3/4th of container)

2 blocks cream cheese softened and room temperature

1 cup powdered sugar

1 8-ounce cool whip or whipped topping

6-ounce box of strawberry Jello gelatin

1 cup- pineapple juice or water (room temperature)

2 cups hot water

3/4th cup melted butter

3 tbs sugar

Preheat oven to 350 and spray a nonstick cooking spray in a 9x13 baking dish.

You will need 2 and 1/2 cups of pretzel crumbs. Pulse in food processor or place in food storage bag and roll out with rolling pen. Roll pretzels to the consistency that you want. 

In small bowl add pretzels and 3 tbs sugar and mix. Stir in melted butter. Mix and put into you sprayed baking dish. Press down and bake for 10 minutes let cool completely

In medium bowl add 6-ounce box of Jello gelatin, stir in 2 cups of hot water, stir for about 2 minutes. Next pour in 1 cup room temperature water or pineapple juice. Stir and set aside to cool. Place in fridge if you want to speed up cooling time.

In large bowl add 2 pks of softened cream cheese. Beat with mixer for at least a minute, slowly mix in powdered sugar. Fold in cool whip.

Slice strawberries, Spread the cream cheese mixture on top of the cooled pretzels making sure you spread evenly and all the way to the edges. Place strawberries on top and add Jello mixture. To prevent splattering, slowly pour over the back of a spoon.

Refrigerate for at least 5 hours or overnight.

For this recipe I used pineapple juice for the extra flavor. 

I do love this dessert and don't understand why I hadn't made it for so long. I'm curious on how many of you have never tried it.  If you haven't this might be one that you might want to try. 

Hope you all have a wonderful day full of smiles. 

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Patriotic Snoopy & Recipe

Hello and welcome, Today is the 4th of July, this year our country is celebrating 250 years of Independence and freedom. Since the weather is so hot right now, I will be celebrating indoors enjoying the air conditioning. 

I have two niece's that have birthdays on the 4th of July. So, I diffidently wanted two create their cards in red, white and blue. 

I have been going through some things that I had received as happy mail over the years and came across this Patriotic Snoopy Digi image. Thought it would be fun to color up for their cards this year. 

I only had the one image, so I created another one on my printer. I colored the image with alcohol markers. The sentiment is a stamp from Sugar Pea Designs. I don't think you can tell but I added wink of stella on the stars, sparkler and on Woodstock's glasses.

The cards came together pretty quick and I'm sure seeing Snoopy being all patriotic will bring smiles to both of my niece's.

I also want to share another recipe with you all. When the weather warms up, I like to make easy and cold desserts and try not to use the oven unless I have to. So, this no bake pie is perfect to make. 

(No Bake) Strawberry Whip Cheesecake

*Ingredients needed*

1 Graham Cracker Pie Crust

1 8-ounce (softened) Cream Cheese

1 can Strawberry Pie Filling

1 1/2 cup Cool Whip 

Cool Whip for top

In large mixing bowl beat softened cream cheese until smooth. Add strawberry pie filling

and mix together on low speed. Gently fold in 1 1/2 cups of cool whip. Spoon mixture into

 pie crust and spread evenly. Top with remaining cool whip. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours but overnight is best. If you use a pre-made pie crust you will have some left over after you make the pie. I add extra cool whip to the remaining mixture and make another pie with it. The strawberry flavor isn't as strong but still good. 

That's going to be it from me today. Thanks for stopping by, wishing you all a safe and fun day. 

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DL.Art - July 2026 Linky Challenge- Anything Goes

Summertime Floral Card & Recipe

  Hello Crafter's, thanks for stopping by. I have a card and a recipe to share with you all today. 

For my card I have made a square birthday card for my sister.

 I have been going through some happy mail that I have neglected to use for several years. I found this little stamp that I have never used. I love the summertime scene with the watering can full of geraniums and those cute little birds.

I colored the image with several different brands of alcohol markers. For this image I used Altenew, Master'sTouch, Arrtx and Sectrum Noir. I have made color charts on cardstock of all the colors. So, it's easy for me to choose colors more quickly.

My sister Tammy (the birthday girl) got me a set of foam sentiment stamps at least 10 years ago. So, I used one of the happy birthday stamps for her card. When stamping on the card I accidently got some ink below the sentiment. Don't you hate when that happens.

 So, I was trying to think of something that I could put there to cover it and all of a sudden, a little jar fell from one of the shelfs above me with little clear droplet gems. I'm not sure what made it fall, that had never happened before, but I thought it might work to hide it. So, I added three of them to the card. 

I think this card turned out ok and I'm sure my sister will enjoy receiving it. 

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My granddaughter Scarlett comes to visit once a week, so I usually make some kind of dessert. A few weeks ago, I made a blueberry dessert with a lemon crumble topping. Sharing with you all.

Blueberry w/ Cream Cheese & Lemon Crumble

*Ingredients needed*

1 box of lemon cake mix

1 can of blueberry pie filling

8 oz cream cheese (softened and cubed)

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1/2 cup unsalted butter (melted)

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/4th cup lemon juice(optional) for extra tang

Preheat oven to 350

Spray non-stick cooking spray or butter in 9x13 baking dish

Spread pie filling evenly across the bottom of dish

In a bowl mix cream cheese, powdered sugar, lemon juice and vanilla extract until smooth.

Drop spoonfuls of this mixture over pie filling and spread

In bowl add lemon cake mix and 1/2 cup melted butter, mix until it's crumbly, sprinkle evenly over the cream cheese layer.

Bake in preheated oven for 40-45 minutes until golden brown and bubbling.

As you can see it started to burn a little. So, just check on it when close to being done.

 I do think the cream cheese mixture kind of gets lost in between the layers so I may try doubling the cream cheese mixture next time. 

If I double the cream cheese mixture I will add another can of pie filling. 

 

 Again, thanks' for stopping by and would love for you to leave a comment. Happy Day to you all!

2026 Graduation Card

  Hello to you all, thanks so much for stopping by. It's that time of year again when there are graduations going on. This year my great nephew Landen is graduating from high school. He is the valedictorian of his class. So proud of him, here is the card that I made.

I made this card in the school colors of red and black. Cut the numbers and hat out on the Cricut. I thought that there was too much white space, so I used an old and neglected background stamp from Stampin Up to put behind the numbers. It's called sanded. The sentiments are both from Stampin Up. I sponged a little black ink on the edges of the hat.

 This card came together fairly quick. The hardest part was getting the sentiments straight. Overall, I think it turned out pretty good. 

Again, thanks for stopping by. Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Congratulations Landen!

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Oval card with birds and recipe

  Hello Crafter's, It's a little chilly here this morning in Indiana. Thankfully the sun is shining. So glad you could stop by. I have a birthday card to share with you all. It took me a while to figure out which stamp that I wanted. I finally decided on a bird stamp set called As Free as a Bird and to make it a little more special I went with an oval shaped card. 

Colored the bird image with several different brands of alcohol markers. Altenew, stampin Up, Master's Touch and Arrtx. 

I wanted this card to be more soft pastel colors and thought the bashful blue cardstock went well with the Blush Blossom and very vanilla cardstocks. 

I sponged the edges of the flowers and leaves with stampin up inks. Added some stamped speckles to the centers of the flowers. The sentiment is from stampin up. Also added three little pearls. 

This card is for my eldest sister, and I think she will really like it.

I am also sharing a recipe with you all. I have thought about trying this recipe for a long time. I kept putting it off, I think because of the name of it. I needed a dessert for a family (girl) get together and since I had the ingredients, I thought I would give it a try. I really liked the flavor of the pineapple custard. My grandson loved it and ate most of the other container that I kept for here. So here is the recipe if you would like to give it a try.

Frog Eye Salad

Ingredients

- 1 cup acini di pepe pasta

- 1 cup pineapple juice - 3/4 cup sugar - 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour - 2 large eggs, beaten - 1/4 teaspoon salt Mix-Ins - 1 (20 oz) can crushed pineapple, drained - 1 (15 oz) can mandarin oranges, drained - 1 cup mini marshmallows - 1/2 cup shredded coconut - 1 1/2 cups Cool Whip Instructions Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook until tender. Drain well and let cool completely. (Make sure it's tender before draining)

Make the Pineapple Custard

In a saucepan, combine pineapple juice, sugar, flour, eggs, and salt. Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until the mixture becomes smooth and thick. Remove from heat and let cool completely. Stir occasionally to prevent a skin from forming. Add the cooled pasta to the custard. Gently mix until all pasta is evenly coated. Fold in the drained crushed pineapple and mandarin oranges.

Mix in shredded coconut and marshmallows. Gently fold in Cool Whip. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving. I refrigerated overnight.

 Since I don't like the name of this dessert I have been calling it Pineapple custard dessert. That sounds much more pleasing to me. 

Well, that's it for me today. Sorry for the long post. Hope you all have a happy crafty day.

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Simple Kitty Card

Hello, how are you today? Hope you're doing well. Super happy you could stop by. 

  I have been going through my punches and thought I would pull out an old and neglected one that I haven't used in a long time. I spotted this one from Stampin Up that I hadn't used in several years.

In my county this month the surrounding veterinarians have a spay and neuter your cats and dogs' event for a full week. So, I thought it would be the perfect time to create a kitty cat card.

 This card was made using all older supplies. Most of the supplies used are from Stampin Up. Made the cats from an owl punch and the tails by using an oval punch. The only two things that are not from stampin up are the gray cardstock and the yellow ribbon. 

Hope you liked seeing my simple kitty card. Have a great crafty day!

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Sending you Hugs Floral Card

  Hello and welcome, Glad you could stop by. I haven't posted for a while because of my back issues. Can't sit for very long in my craft chair. So, I'm happy to get this card finished and posted.

This card will be sent to one of my nieces. She has been struggling with cancer for several years now and now on top of everything she has shingles. I personally have never had shingles but have heard that it's pretty painful. 

So, I'm hoping this card will bring a smile to her and let her know that I'm thinking of her. 

I am so bad at not using my patterned papers, so I made myself go through some floral ones and found this one. I thought it was pretty.

This was my first time using the heart die. I've had it for a good while. I know that I won it but can't remember from who. The sentiment is from Spellbinders and the die is from S.U. The cardstocks were in my scraps. I colored a white ribbon with an alcohol marker from Arrtx.

Thanks for stopping by. Happy day to you!

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