Hello once again fellow bloggers and friends......I know I'm slow to make a post, but It seems this is last on my busy crazy life....but I do get around to it and do have lots to share! Well my dear friend Beverly came to visit Saturday and we do try so hard to create magic in my studio....well I had started this page awhile back and had never even glued it down.....but it was done just needed to be complete well I finished it Saturday and it was really nice to be able to create a scrapbook page which I adore so!!!!
I did use a lot of fun things to embellish this layout. I started with the wonderful papers from Bo Bunnyand some vintage book pages that I just tore out of an old book. Then using a stencil from Crafters Workshop the brick I placed it down using light modeling paste. Allow to dry and then placed inks on the bricks, distressed the page and then placed down all the embellies.
The title I cut from myCricut and blackBazzill textured cardstock.
The zipper and flowers are aPrima the glass leaves are from Michael's.
The wreath is 12" fits perfect on a 12x12 sheet of paper from Say It With Letters. The DT has such beautiful inspiration of the Say It With Letters blog go check it outHERE. They all are so different and just gives you the warm feeling of the Holidays. Here I used the 12" wreath as a base and covered with the Bo Bunny Noel papers. Then using the Prima Flowers to fill the wreath. Okay I know my past came out....lol!! I used to teach flower arranging at the local college here and you know what I could not doing anything else but use flowers....it was just then flower arranger in me that came out....lol!
The accents are Tim Holtz holiday Christmas Adorments. You can also see themHERE. The ribbon is from Hobby Lobby and floral wire. All the chipboard charms are Bo Bunny from the Noel Collection. I had a lot of fun making this, the sides are painted with an eggshell white which is more beige.
Here the wreath is on my newly repainted door. Just perfect!!
Close up view of the wreath.
The Tim Holtz Christmas Adornment and the Bo Bunny post card from the Noel Collection
The deer from the Tim Holtz Christmas Adornments lying on the Bo Bunny chipboard ornament.
I was trying to show how much it sparkles and is just so beautiful!
Close up of the Prima flowers just beautiful!!! They have some amazing flowers!! Thanks again Prima!
The ribbon was made and floral wire to tie the bow together. The gold just glistens. I used Helmar glues, the best!!!
Well Hello I know it has been awhile.....but let me explain!! LOL! It all started with September being so busy and going to Art Bliss which anytime I go on an Art adventure...it takes alot of planning because my whole clan goes......well the ones that are left at home. This was also Cody's birthday and Cooper's. Cody turned 14 and Cooper 5!!! Coop will be starting school this coming year....yikes! Most of you who read my blog remember when Coop was born......well hold on because it ha been five years already!
In the mean time I knew Crystal my 21 yo dd was due to come home from South Korea on Oct. 20.......WOOOOHOOOO! Well we were planning a HUGE party....which took a whole lotta work....oh my!!! Not only getting the house ready, the decorations, the food, the cake, just everything and I know all the planners out there know what I mean....!!!! I was also still teaching and holding down the fort...lol! Then my husband decides well we are gonna paint the whole house after the party....mind you I live in a three story big house...well it seems big! So now we just finished the first floor and we took up the old flooring which was only three years old...and replaced with a gun stock hardwood floor.....just gorgeous!! I also have been to two other art retreats since Art Bliss....well the Donna Downey Art Journal and the Copic Intermediate Certification which was in Georgia over nine hours from here. Yep you can find me coloring too!! LOL! So I hope you see why I have been too busy to post.....I know no excuses but I tell ya there is not enough time in my day!!! I have soooooo much to post and tell ya...but it will just have to wait! Cyber Hugs, Dawn Gallop
Used the We R Memory Keepers Sew Easy tool note the stitching
The tag is the packaging and the straight pin I made with wire
Snowflake Spritz cookies
They come out so pretty
Ingredients for the Spritz cookies
Cream sugar and butter
Add flour gradually
You can make a log to place in the spritz cookie machine
I never do I just scoop into the cylinder
Note the snowflake comes out perfect
The first ones are never perfect but after a few they are!
They just come out so perfect and so EASY!!!!
Wilton Cookie Press
Hi there wanted to bring you Recipe #18 with the lo, the snowflake spritz cookies. If you have never used a cookie press well then you should, because they are awesome!! I had one back right after I got married and it never really worked well, so all these years I have been a little skeptical about buying a new one...for the same fear. Well one day when at Michael's and a coupon I thought yeah let me buy a new one and try it out. Well most defiantly worth the purchase. It really does work GREAT!! Wilton Cookie Press click HERE . I used the recipe in the booklet that came with it....oh cool is that!! I put the YouTube Videoup so you can see it for yourself. AWESOME!!! I have made them several times since my purchase, they usually disappear quick. They are right tasty. Spritz Cookie Recipe 1 1/2 cups of butter, softened 1 cup granulated sugar 1 egg 2 Tablespoons milk 1 tsp. vanilla 1/2 tsp. almond extract 3 1/2 cups of flour (all-purpose) 1 tsp. baking powder Preheat oven to 375 degrees. First cream the butter and sugar together in the mixer, add the egg, milk, vanilla, and almond extract. Stir together the flour and baking powder gradually adding to the creamed mixture. Mix well now roll into a log if you wish, i just pack it into the cylinder of the cookie press and start pressing on your ungreased cookie sheet, (I use the stones) Do NOT chill the dough. If using sprinkles do so before cooking on these. I added frosting so the sprinkles stuck to that instead of the cookie. If you choose to dye the dough just add a few drops of food coloring or even icing colors Wilton has them. These are yummy!! Here are some more Wilton recipes click HERE.
The layout is a pic of my dd Amanda this past January in a snow we had. I thought it was so perfect with those pp's. I bought these last week and there were only these two sheets left and a few of the embellies. I was eager to make this lo, remember I have not scrapped much this year.....this is only the second lo since March. So many other projects going on. The pp are Bo Bunny, the stitching is We R Memory Keeper's the sewing tool, it works great!! I used the Fiskars wavy paper roller. The straight pin was just a little something I made with wire...the crystal was such a nice touch. Hope you like it!! Have a wonderful day!!! Until tomorrow. Cyber Hugs, Dawn Gallop
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Good Morning everyone. I did this lo lastnight using my SwirlyDoo's kit, I already have my Febuary one but wanted to play with my January one before the month was up. I was so inspired by Sheila's Gypsy cut http://shesasassylady.blogspot.com/ that I made one similar of course mine is no where as fancy and pretty. What I did was while I was at the bus stop waiting to pick the boys up using the Gypsy was use George and Home Accents and welded the circle and the swirl. Then I cut one out with the whole circle in the center, then the top one with the circle cut out. Sheila was using a sketch by Liz Qualman. Sheilas lo is gorgeous, check it out.
The title was from Hello Kitty and the snowflake is from Accents Essentials all welded together. Princess is cut from Gypsy Font, welded. I layered the snowflake four times using thin popdots. The purple paper is some more of the handmade paper me and the boys made from scraps. The pp is Bo Bunny Snowy Serenade....love it!!! The file tab is also Bo Bunny. The while cardstock is Bazzill Basics. The turquoise cardstock is SU.
The white flower from the SwirlyDoos kit is from Prima, which I sprayed with Haunted Shadow Tattered Angels Glimmer mist. The put the stamens in and some ice stickles and Diamond Glaze. The flowers are Bo Bunny and Prima. The snowflake chipboard is also in the kit. I painted it white and then sprinkled on MS ultrafine glitter while wet. The rub on in the pic is KaiserCraft white flourish corner. The snow word was stamped using Autumn leaves swirls using white pigmant ink and crystal sparkle embossing powder, then stamped using SU lavender lace. The screen was from Tattered Angels Vintage Ice. The pic is of my dear granddaughter Abigail, pic taken Dec. 17, 2009 while she was looking at the Christmas Tree, she is wearing this cute little dress I bought from Target after Halloween, that is called Snow Princess costume...Abigail loves it!! She would say Grandma I put my dress on again....too cute!! TFL!! Have a WONDERFUL Day. Dawn :o)
Description: Hello everyone, I had did this lo late last night, since Easter is fast upon us, wanted to wish everyone a Happy Easter. This is a pic of Cooper last Easter running after his eggs. The pp is again from Betty (THANKS Betty you are the BESTEST) the new Abby Road from BO Bunny, I hand cut out the circle paper. The flourish came from the sticker sheet from Bo Bunny, the leaves are Cricut from Accents Essentials cut at 1 and 1 1/2. The flowers are Cricut cut from Accents Essentials also on pg. 77 cut at 1 1/2. I then paper pieced them together to match the pp. Tiny primas, MM brads, ribbon and the Simply was cut from Jasmine at 1 1/2. The every is the tiny alphas from MM. Thanks!!
