I'm a fan of you card

  Hello Crafter's, So happy you made it to my blog. It's already March. Does anyone else think the months seem to be flying by? Usually January, February and March seem to drag on to me. But not this year.

Went to Church this morning. Had a guest speaker today. His name is Jimmy Sites. He is spokes person for Compassion International that cares for children in third world countries. He also has a series called the Spiritual Outdoors. So nice that he got to come and do the sermon today.

 So now I'm sitting here drinking a cup of coffee and thought I would get this post done and posted.

Did you know that today is International Women's Day? It sure is, so I wanted to share with you a simple card I made for one of my crafty friends. She Inspires me to be more creative.

Love this cute little fan stamp set.  I have had it for several years so it was fun to get it out and use it. I tried coloring it and it just didn't look good to me. So I left it as is. 

I also thought I would share a card with you that one of my sisters made me. I thought it was so cute, I just had to share.

Didn't she do a good job on this? I just thought it was so cute! She is really good at card making. I tell her all the time to start a blog. She's now retired so she has plenty of time. 

( Hey Sister, Start a blog. ) Don't give me any silly excuses either. Don't laugh, I'm serious! 

 Thanks for stopping by, I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless!




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Sweet Stampin - Wonderful Woman

Through the Purple Haze- #165 Anything Goes

Cardz TV. #109 Anything Goes

Floral Background Card & Strawberry Angel Cake

 Hello my crafty friends. It's cold here today in Indiana. Snowing outside. I don't like cold weather but the snow looks so pretty as it is falling.

Have a few things to share with you today. First I want to share with you a card that I made for one of my friends. Her Dad passed away. 

Thought about making this a black and white card then while looking through my cardstock I seen those two colors of blue and the green and had to give it a try. Glad I went with those. I like the colors together.  



 Also want to share a recipe with you. My grand daughter Scarlett's favorite dessert that I make is Strawberry Angel Cake.

She ask me to make her one for her birthday and so I did and say's she wants one every year. 



Strawberry Angel Cake

Ingredients- 

1 large container of Strawberries
Angel Food Cake
1 container of Cool Whip
1  6 oz. strawberry jello
2 cups of boiling water
1/2 - or 3/4th cup sugar 

Rinse off Strawberries and cut up. Add sugar and stir. I take a fork and mash some to get the juices started. Cover and place in refrigerator. I let mine sit over night.

Right before I start making this, I place bowl of strawberries in freezer. Just long enough to get really cold.

Cut angel food cake in half. Pull apart pieces of first half and place in 9 x 13 pan.

Pull apart other half and sit aside for later.

In another bowl add 2 cups of boiling water to strawberry jello. Stir until desolved. Add strawberries immediately and mix well.

Fold in spoonfuls of cool whip until well blended. Spoon half of mixture over cake. 

Add rest of cake pieces and pour remaining mixture over top.Don't stir,but make sure all pieces of cake is pushed down in that delicious mixture.

Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. 4 or more hours are best for setting up all the way.
 Now this cake is not really considered a real cake but it has cake in it. So I call it a cake.
You can also use frozen strawberries that you can get in the freezer section at the store. I have never used them. But nice to know you can use fresh or frozen.


She took the dessert home with her and I had forgot to take a picture. So I took one of my piece.  

 She called me a few days after her birthday and told me it was all gone and wanted to know if I would make another. I had to laugh. 

This is a pretty yummy dessert and pretty easy to make. If you decide to give this a try. Please come back and let me know how you liked it. 

Thanks for stopping by and Happy day to you! 



 Challenges entered-

Shopping our Stash -#414 The Great Outdoors

Love to Craft  #43 February Anything goes

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes February 

Southern Girls Challenge -Anything Goes with team Lou

Not Just Cards - February challenge- Anything goes

Creative Crafters # 25 Anything goes

Fab n Funky Challenges - #470 Handmade or die cut flowers

Cardz TV. - Anything Goes

Thinking of you Card & Spinach Tortellini Soup

 Hello, crafter's. So glad you found the time to stop by my blog. Hope your doing good. 

 Today I have a card that I wanted to share with you. I have a friend that I have known for years that is very Ill. She is also my niece's grandmother and also attends my Church.

Hoping this card will bring her a smile and to let her know that I am thinking and praying for her. 

One day last week I spent the night with my mom. For supper I decided on making our favorite soup. Which is Spinach Tortellini Soup.  So, I wanted to share it with you all. 

This soup was made in the crockpot. If you don't have one, I'm sure it can be made on the stove. I have always done it in the crockpot.

Spinach Tortellini Soup  

Ingredients-

1 bag of frozen cheese Tortellini

1 bag of fresh spinach

2 cans of Italian style diced tomatoes

with basil, garlic & oregano

1 box of Vegetable broth (4 cups)

1 block of cream cheese. 

Dice up cream cheese, put all Ingredients into crockpot except cheese tortellini.

Stir, cover with lid and cook on high for 1 hour. Stir and turn down heat to low, cook an additional 2 hours. Add tortellini. Stir, and turn heat up too high for 30 minutes. 

Check tortellini to see if done. If not cook for an additional 15-30 minutes on low. Turn off as soon as it's done. 

 I usually only make this soup once or twice a year. So, when I do make it, it's a treat. I do love the flavor from the cream cheese, so sometimes I will add half of another block.

If you try this soup, please come back and let me know how you like it. 

Thanks for stopping by and hope you come back again. Would love for you to leave a comment. If you do, I would love to come by and visit you.  Happy day to you and God bless!

 Challenges entered-

Cardz TV. #108 Anything Goes

Love to Craft  #43 February Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - February Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge- Anything goes with team Trace

Alphabet Challenge - Anything you Wish

Through the Purple Haze - #164 Anything Goes

Not Just Cards February Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends # 126

Stamping Sensation - February Feminine

Valentine Cards and Cookie Recipe

 Hello crafter's, Tomorrow is Valentines Day. So, I wanted to share with the card that I made my mom. Unfortunately, my Internet has been down for several days. So, I am at my daughter's so that I can get this posted. So will try to make this a quick post. 

Next, I would like to show you the adorable Valentine card that my sweet crafty friend Meghan sent me.

  Oh, my goodness, Is that not Adorable! It was such a nice surprise.
She is just the sweetest. Thank you, Meghan!!!

There is a link to her blog on my right sidebar.


We had our Valentine Banquet at Church this past Sunday. I took a   spinach salad and Lemon Crackle Cookies.

So, I wanted to share with you the recipe for the cookies.


Lemon Crackle Cookies

Lemon Betty Crocker Super Moist Cake Mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup oil
Zest of one lemon
juice of one lemon
1/3 cup powdered sugar

Mix eggs, oil, lemon zest, lemon juice and cake mix in large bowl.

Refrigerate dough for at least 30 minutes 

Roll Tablespoon size balls of dough in powdered sugar
Coat well and place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake for 9 minutes at 375.  Will make around 24 cookies. 

I did make these a little larger this time. I made 3 dozen. I almost forgot to take a picture. I had saved a few back to give to my mom. So snapped a picture of one. 

 That's all from me today. If you try this super easy cookie recipe, come back and let me know how you liked it. 

Hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day. God bless!

 Challenge entered-

My Time to Craft #425 Love Me Do

Always Fun Challenges #149 Love/Valentine Day

Love to Scrap Challenge #130 Red and / or Pink equals Love

Through the Craftroom Door Anything Goes February

 

Easel Shadow Box Card and Cheesy Potato Soup Recipe

 Hello Crafter's, Welcome to my blog. Hope you're having a nice weekend. 
 I have a few things to share with you today. The first thing is the card I made for my granddaughter Scarlett's birthday. She is turning 13. Oh my, a teenager. Where has the time gone. So here is the card I made for her.

It's an Easel Shadow Box card. I knew I wanted to try one and watched several videos. Most seemed too large. I finally found this one on youtube. Just the right size.

She ask for a card with yellow. Her favorite color.  Her birthday theme is yellow, with sunflowers and bees. I didn't really have a good selection of flowers on the cricut that looked like sunflowers. This is the best one that I seen.

 This was my first time using this cute Gorjuss Girl. The set is called "You brought me Love". This is the only Gorjuss Girl stamp that I have. I need to get some more. Love them! They have always reminded me of my granddaughter.

I only have a few alcohol markers so I am limited on colors to use. I wanted even a darker brown, almost black but this is as dark as I could get it. (Time to get more Markers).

The markers used were Stampin Blendabilities in Natural, Nude and Mocha. Also used Stampin Write Markers in Chocolate Chip, Yo Yo Yellow, and Bashful Blue.

The flowers, sun,fence and bumblebee were all cut from my Cricut. The grass is a Martha Stewart punch. I paper pieced the dress, embossed the butterfly wings and centers of the flowers and the sentiments are from Cardz T.V. 

I am happy how this turned out. I think Scarlett will like It. If you would like to try out the shadow box card. You can find how on youtube. Look up Box Frame Easel Card. Her name is Joanne Hedges. 


 For the second thing that I wanted to share with you all is the super cute birthday card that Meghan at   madebymeghank made for me. She even sent a little surprise. So sweet of her. 

 Isn't that just adorable. She is so awesome at coloring.  I have told her she needs to start a youtube channel. Hopefully she will. (I'm going to keep hounding her about it). Hee! Hee!

I am sharing a link to her blog. She is a wonderful paper crafter. 

Made by Meghan




For the last thing I wanted to share with you is a recipe for Cheesy Potato Soup. Believe me when I tell you that It is delicious. 




Cheesy Potato Soup

Ingredients

5 pounds of potatoes 

half a block of Velvetta Cheese (cut into cubes)
Milk
8 oz. Sour Cream
Can of Cream of celery soup
1 stick of butter
2 TBS butter
Pepper
Salt
Parsley flakes


Peel and cut up potatoes and cook in water in large pot until tender. Don't want them falling apart though.

Drain, scoop out around 4 or 5 big scoops of potatoes and put in large bowl.
Melt one stick of butter in microwave. Add a little of that butter to potatoes in bowl and add a little milk, pepper. Mix with mixer until you get mashed potatoes.

Melt Velvetta cheese with two tbs. of butter in microwave.

To the bowl of mashed potatoes add 1 can of cream of celery soup,
8 oz. sour cream, velvetta cheese, melted butter, parsley flakes, pepper and salt to taste. Mix ingredients. 

Add to cooked potatoes in pot. Add milk, stir until mixed well. Heat on medium heat. Be careful it will stick to bottom. Turn off after it gets warm enough and serve.  

   My sweet childhood friend Carolyn gave me this recipe a few years ago and now it's my go to potato soup. My family loves It.
 

Thanks for stopping by my blog. If you try the soup, come back and let me know how you liked it. I also have some other recipes on my sidebar if you would like to check them out. 

Thanks for stopping by. Happy Day and Happy Crafting to you all. 



Challenges entered- 

Through the Craftroom Door = January Anything Goes

Seize the Birthday - #182 Creatures Great and Small

Creative Crafters - #24 Anything Goes

Cardz TV. - #107 Anything Goes 

Love to Craft #43 Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks - #492 Anything Goes

Black and White Sympathy Card & Crochet Hat

 A few post ago I shared with you a sympathy card. Unfortunately, I had to make another one. Wanted to share it with you all today.   I made this one for a friend at my Church. Her husband passed away a few days ago. I feel so bad for her. She also lost her Mother not that long ago. So here is the card I made for her.

I wanted a simple card and went with another black and white card like I did on my last sympathy card. I also used the same embossing folder.  I had got this bird stamp for my Christmas cards next year. But I thought it might work well for a sympathy card. So it was nice getting to use it. Just wish it wasn't for a sympathy card. I also added a few red gems. Thought they looked nice.

I also thought I would go ahead and share with you a hat that I crocheted for my daughter for Christmas. This was only my second hat that I have made. The first one I made was for my grand daughter. It's on my most recent post if you would like to see it. 

 

 I didn't add a pom pom to this one and I'm glad I didn't. My daughter said she loved the hat but would not have wanted a pom pom. I did mess up on this one and had to take out a few rows. That was a little frustrating.  I was so glad when it was finished. I do like how it turned out.

 If you would like to make one, you can find the video on youtube.
It's called the 1.5 Hour Crochet Hat. Ha! It took me a lot longer than an hour and a half.  The video is by crochetdreamz. If you try making this, make sure you have stitch markers.

I am super happy that it fit my daughter and that she loved it. Now I would like to make me a hat. Well actually I think I'm going to make me a headband. I found a really nice one to try.  

Thank for stopping by. Blessing to you all! 


 Challenges entered-

Cardz TV. - #106 Anything Goes

Make My Monday #113 Anything but Square

Through the Purple Haze #163 Anything Goes

Clean and Simple on Sunday #171 - Winter

Not Just Cards - January Challenge

Crafty Card Makers #248 Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge- #490 Clean and Simple
 

Card for Amy and Hygge Cloud Crochet Hat

 Sitting here trying to get this post made and I am freezing. It's only the start of January and I'm so done with winter. I have a condition called Raynaud's syndrome. So my hands and feet get extra cold and turn purple and white. It gets very painful sometimes. I have my cup of coffee so that is helping.

Today I wanted to share with you a card that I made for my niece Amy for her birthday. Her and her family recently moved back here from Illinois. Her husband retired from the Air Force and I'm so happy to have them back home after all these years away. 

 Awhile back Amy had bought an antique pitcher and matching tray from me. So I thought I would make her a card with a pitcher on it.

I thought the pitcher looked good with the tin tile embossing folder. I am planning on getting several more markers. I don't have very many. So I am limited on colors to use. But I think the colors I had worked o.k.

Also thought I would show you all the hat I crocheted my grand daughter Scarlett for Christmas. She had ask me if I could make her one. 
 I tried making a hat once and it didn't turn out so was nervous about attempting it again. But I thought I would give it another try since she ask. 

So here is the hat that I made for her.

After I started crocheting. It really wasn't as hard as I first thought. I had found the video on youtube and she explained the pattern pretty well. I used Hygge yarn by Red Heart in the colors Plum Candy and Pearl. 

The yarn is so super soft. I love to feel it. I picked up the pom pom at JoAnns or Michaels. Can't remember.  

If you would like to give this hat a try you can find it on youtube called How to crochet Hygge Cloud Hat. I watched the one for left handed but there is also one in right handed. The video is by Tamara Kelly. Oh and Scarlett LOVED the hat,

 That's all from me today. Got some dreaded house cleaning to do. The grandkids are spending the night with us. So I need to get my things done now. Happy day to you all and God bless!
  
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Love to Craft Challenge Blog - #42 Anything Goes

Cardz TV. - #105 Anything Goes

Make my Monday -#113 Anything but Square


Seize the Birthday 
#180 Layer It