It's All About The Journey

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As you all know I have a list of many things that I love to do. It goes without saying that paper crafting  is very high on my list but did you know that cooking follows not too far behind that? Now that the colder days and nights are approaching I will be in the kitchen more and cooking up a storm. Although I do not like the cold weather I will be at home more. That means I will be crafting, stamping, cooking, and walking more. Life is good. :)

Okay enough about me. Paper Crafts was kind enough to send me a recipe and a project to share with you from their release of PC GourmetA sequel to their 2006 special issue. This  issue of PC Gourmet has 176 pages and  features over 50 original recipes with 110 projects. If you would like to order one of these awesome books for yourself or for the crafter/cook in your life then just click here. I am seriously thinking about giving each of our daughters a copy for Christmas. Oh and of course  I will be buying one for myself.  Ha-ha.

Have Fun And Enjoy!

Recipe from Alisa Bangerter

INGREDIENTS

2 c. flour

2 tbsp. granulated sugar

4 tsp. baking powder

1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder

1/2 tsp. salt

2/3 c. butter or margarine

1 1/2 c. grated cheddar cheese

1 1/4 c. milk

Chives (optional)

DIRECTIONS

Mix together dry ingredients. Cut in butter with pastry cutter until mixture is fine. Add cheese and mix well. Add milk and stir until just moistened. Drop by spoonfuls onto greased baking sheet. Sprinkle top with chopped dried or fresh chives if desired. Bake at 400 degrees for approx. 15 minutes.

I told you it was easy. :) I am looking forward to making these biscuits.

Here is the project.

 

Enjoy Halloween Tag

Designer: Alisa Bangerter

SUPPLIES: Cardstock: (ivory) Dye ink:(Black) Stewart Superior Corp.; (Summer Sun) Stampin’ Up! Specialty ink: (Mango Lemonade color wash) Stewart Superior Corp. Color medium:(black chalk) Craf-T Products Accents: (black brads) Making Memories; (chipboard bat, moon) Melissa Frances Fibers: (black striped ribbon) Pebbles Inc. Font:(Black Family) www.dafont.com Adhesive: (foam tape) Finished size: 3" x 4 1/2"

1Make tag from cardstock. 2 Crumple tag and smooth out. Spray edges with color wash; let dry. Apply chalk. 3 Ink chipboard moon; let dry. Chalk edges and adhere. 4 Ink chipboard bat; let dry. Adhere with foam tape. 5Print sentiment on cardstock; trim and tear edges. Chalk edges and adhere with foam tape. Attach brads. Attach ribbon with brad. 

I love this tag and hope to be able to make one for next Halloween. 

I hope that all of you are having a wonderful week so far. Smile. :)

I'm Still Here & A Few Things To Share

Hi ladies. I have a quick post for you.  Once again, thank you very much to all of you who have sent me a get well card and to the many who sent me more this week. Your get well wishes for a speedy recovery means a great deal to me. I am getting there. Not as fast as I would like though. However, I have to remind myself that it has only been 2 weeks today since I fell and landed on the garage concrete floor. I am sure that lots of you can relate to what it feels like to hit concrete. Ouch!  I am getting better at typing a little bit longer each day. So I will be sending out  a few thank you letters each day for the beautiful cards I have received and leaving comments on some blogs that I have been visiting. I am still not able to drive, pick up things, carry items, Stamp and lots of other things. I am trying to be very patient because I miss stamping a great deal. I am however able to use my mouse and so I am able to continue making digital scrap pages. I also made a new smilebox. This coming week I am going to try and make a card using only paper, flowers, and other premade items. Okay so here are a few things that I have to share with you.

 

As most of you know I am making a digi scrapbook for Molly and Darcy, my 2 oldest granddaughters who are sisters. The theme of this book will be about "Just Us Girls". So it will also include pages of my daughter Jen, my sister Dee and myself. I want Molly and Darcy to remember the times that we have shared with one another. This page is or Darcy and her cousin Rene (my niece) They are only one month apart and are best friends. They are so sweet.  I used K&Company papers and embellishments.

   

So this is a page of my sister, me, and Jen my daughter. It is one of the very rare times that my sister and I get together. So even though I looked like heck the day this photo was taken I was still happy to have we 3 women together. :) The name of these papers and embellishments is called Clocks and it is by Luminex.

Today was Wayne and my 11th anniversary. We went to my favorite place to eat which is the olive garden. Wayne bought me a beautiful bouquet of flowers, a card and a very thoughtful gift. We had a wonderful day and evening out but I was glad to get home because I was and still am quite tired. I put a small smilebox together of photos that were taken 2 weeks ago today at Shaker Village. For some reason it does not know when to stop by itself so when you get to the last photo all you have to do is hit the escape key or x out of it and you will be good to go.  I hope that you will enjoy it.

Have a wonderful Sunday. Smile. :)

Make a Smilebox slideshow

A Quick Update

I'm not supposed to be typing but I wanted to give all of you a quick update. But first..................thank you very,very much to all of you who sent me get well cards. I am overwhelmed  and so grateful by your thoughtfulness. If I could write to each and everyone of you and thank you I would. So please know that I truly appreciate your kindness. I feel very blessed to be thought of by all of you. Oh and all of the cards are so beautiful!  :)

I saw the Orthopedic specialist on Tuesday. The good news is that my right hand is not fractured as first thought. It is badly sprained and bruised so I am wearing a brace.  My left elbow is fractured and looks horrible. I have to continue to wear a sling but only half the day. Then I have to move my arm so that my elbow does not freeze. I do have a couple of fractured ribs. It does hurt when I breathe in,cough or sneeze. I was on pain meds for the first 3 days but I stopped taking them. I prefer to know when I am hurting so that I do not over do. The bad news is that it is going to take a long time for me to heal. I will be seeing the Ortho man again in 2 weeks. I have to continue PT but this time it will be for my wrist and my elbow. Oy! I can hardly wait. Wayne was going to post something on my blog tonight to let you all know how I am doing but I decided that I would break the rules and do it myself. He has been doing so much for me and has been such a blessing to me. I am going to share a photo of Wayne and I that we took of the 2 of us on the day that I got hurt. I hope you like it.

   

I have found that just using my mouse is okay for me to do as long as I do not do it for long periods at a time.  So have been visiting blogs and web sites. I also started making a digital scrap page and when  I finish it I will share it with all of you.  I have also found that by using my mouse I will be able to make another smilebox and share my last day of trying to get some fall photos. I miss stamping and writing to many of my friends out there in blog land but I will try and write a little something each week (especially craft related) until I can stamp and make some paper crafting items.

Once again, thank you very much for your kindness and thoughtfulness. Okay time  for me to stop typing. Smile. :)