Stuck On You Sketches 123 Blow

~123 Blow~  Cosmo Cricket, KasierKraft, My Little Shoe Box, Jillibean Soup papers used to create the lo

Blow cut on Cricut Sweet Treats Cart.
The quote is so cute.....and perfect for this whisical cheery lo
"If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn." ~Andrew V. Mason
Oh so true!! The boys love them anywhere they are!

Fence cut with Sizzix yellow die, 123 cut from Cricut Sweet Treats Cart.
Heart punch, Uniball white pen, the tree and trunk are handcut
See Dusty ended up eating this one instead of blowing

The pictures are Dusty in May 2009 in our yard
He still loves to 123 Blow in fact he will try to beat Cooper to them
Cooper will call them daisys



Here is the sketch for this week at SOUS
Sketch by Becky Fleck


Hi everyone,

                  Yeah I know another long time Again! This time of year as I said before is soooo busy, but really this time was because the boys were so sick all last week I couldn't catch a break for nothing. Then on friday I got a call from the school at 1pm from the high school, the first thing out of the principals mouth Hello Amanda has been in an accident....I thought car at first then I knew the time...but......then she said but she is okay, the paramedics are with her now. I was thinking is she okay so why are the paramedics with her???? They said they were taking her to the hospital......okay panic time...why??? They were in weight lifting class and a 100# weight fell on her leg four foot from the leg press bar. She had a boots and they didn't remove the boot until the paramedics got there less than two minutes from the high school. I had no baby sitter, and my husband out of town. My neighbor didn't have her cell phone on...why I asked her???? She said IDK! So I went to get Cody from school and then went to the hospital...the boys were just too sick with that awful virus to carry them any where else...to make them sicker or infect someone else. I got to the hospital and the officer from the school had stayed with her until I arrived. Thanks Officer!!! Her fibula on her right ankle had broke off, they casted her until we could see the orthopedic doc on Monday...well it is casted now until the swelling goes down but there is alot up in the air at the moment for this. She is due to leave for the Navy in July...but now she may still have to have a pin put in and not good! We have no health insurance and the school said they only have $2,500 for this kinda accident. Since Amanda had no backup plan since she sworn into the Navy last Sept. sooooooo??? Now you know why I have been absent. I have several projects done and ready to post...but as far as last week I still haven't even unloaded the pics.
                  On a much happy note I knew my lo for SOUS was due and I soooo needed to create.....after dinner on Monday I snuck to the studio and made this cute little lo...I know so different for me but I needed something easy and cheery!!! I made it within minutes and really liked it. I have always loved My Little ShoeBox such cute adorable papers. The house, flowers, and the clouds are from MLS. The cardboard
for the trunk of the tree my friend and student Nancy gave me, thanks Nancy!! The background paper is Cosmo Cricket. See above for other details. The cartridge is Sweet Treats by Cricut. There is candy this week over at SOUS.....so head over to SOUS to find out more. The candy is giving by:

 Floren at Generations Crafting

Thanks Floren!!!

Here is the candy so go to SOUS and check it out!!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. I will be at altered book class all weekend it will be so nice to be with friends and relax. Cyber Hugs, Dawn Gallop

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Easy Peanut Butter Fantasy Fudge and Cute Carry Out Container using the Cricut Imagine

Peanut Butter Fantasy Fudge

The Cricut Imagine Decorated Take out box

Close up

What cute images

Ingredients for Fantasy Fudge

Spray Pam unto 13x9 glass casserole dish

Add sugar, butter, and evaporated milk

Cook on Medium-High heat

Stirring until temp is reached

Candy thermometer must reach 234 Degrees

After temp is reached remove from heat add vanilla, peanut butter, and marshmallow creme

Mix until smooth and pour into casserole dish

Will lay flat and cut while still warm but setting up

I picked out our tree last night  the boys and I are gonna decorate today.

Hello again,

     Yesterday was a busy day, hubby and I went to Raleigh NC we stopped into see Alexis for a few and Cooper and Dusty wanted to stay the rest of the day with her, so we went onto Raleigh.  I spent a day with Patti Digh and the girls at Ornamentea. We had a Reconnection Mail Art Patti Digh and Cynthia Deis. Fun fun fun day!!! More on this later.....but wanted to tell ya why I was late getting this post up..Dusty has another cold and a fever today so fussy is order for me...he is napping now. I really hate when children are sick it just breaks my heart. Last night we stopped to get our tree at a lot in Raleigh which was a nice one! We are gonna decorate today...Amanda is dragging out all the holiday goodies now.  Let me know how your holiday is going so far.....any gifts, any cooking, decorations up????
       The Chinese take-out box is an actual box, I took it apart and glued the box to a sheet of paper I printed from the Cricut Imagine and then put the box back together. The medallion of the side is a two different sized printed ones and the cute image is just another adorable one on Kate's Kitchen.....oh my...even hubby is IMPRESSED!!! Rock on Cricut!!! We LOVE ours here!! Thanks! :o) What will you Imagine??? Is so true!! Just so much oh my!
       Well the recipe for the day....an easy one...and I must say everyone I have given this one too in my life has asked for the recipe and even makes it and love it!! I have been making this one since I was 21 we had three kids then and lived in Norfolk VA, my neighbor brought us some over and that was it and she said just buy a jar of Kraft Jet-Puffed Marshmallow Creme and the recipe is on the back just use peanut butter instead of chocolate. Well how easy is that??? Now even my girls make it and so on.....It will a fave. of yours too.
Peanut Butter Fantasy Fudge
3 cups of sugar
3/4 cup of butter/margarine (1 1/2 sticks)
2/3 cup of evaporated milk (5oz)
1 1/2 cup of peanut butter I use chunky but creamy is fine too
1 jar of 7 oz Jet puffed marshmallow creme
1 tsp. vanilla
Spray a 13x9 pan with Pam, Bring sugar, butter, and milk to full rolling boil in large saucepan on medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Boil until candy thermometer reaches 234 degrees . Softball stage. Remove from heat and stir in marshmallow creme and vanilla and peanut butter. Pour into prepared pan. Cut while still warm and place on serving dish. Allow to cool and place into gift giving container such as the Chinese take-out box or other container. {You can substitute 1 1/2 package of Baker's Semi-sweet chocolate, chopped for the peanut butter. Also add nuts of choice in place of the crunchy peanut butter}
Hope you like this one I know we all sure do and Kraft makes it easy!! Have a wonderful weekend. Cyber Hugs, Dawn Gallop :o)
     

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Flying High ~Two Chicks~

sorry that the pic is a little blurry had to get from Scrapstreet magazine, I lost all those files somehow. Thanks for understanding!!! :o)

Hello all!! I have missed you all!! I have had a busy weekend and week. It all started with Friday I had an interview to start teaching classes at a scrapbook store in Virgina, well I am now working on a class right now!!! I am soooo excited! Then Friday night I took a class with Jenni Bowlin on an collage frame...so cute!! I will show ya whenever I can get a sunny day here. Then on Saturday I visited my cousin Josh in Raleigh NC, where of course I went to Archiver's!!!! Love that place!!
Well now on to the lo, back in November I was asked to design for Two Chicks DT. I received the February kit and I have designed this page, using the elements in the kit. They put together an AWESOME kit and the latest papers, AWWWWW!! You would love them!! Check them out http://www.twochicksdesigns.com/default.asp Also they are having a special on an Apron! I want that apron!! lol!!!
The pic is of Colten on the swing. The envelope was made from using the tutorial at Swirlydoos the awesome anatomy of a beautiful envelope (Swirlydoos) click to go. http://www.swirlydoos.com/page.php?58 THANKS for this Robin!!!
The flowers in the kit were white so I inked them with alcohol inks to go with the lo. You guys know I wanna add and add!! lol!! I used stamp sets from Technique Tuesday and W R Memory Keepers. Thanks everyone have a good one!! Dawn

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GROW Altered Wall Hanging

Hello all, I hope this Monday has been a beautiful day for you and yours. I have been wanting to post this for about two weeks now. It is an altered wall hanging using a canvas turned around backwards like a shadow box. I painted the inside and the frame using acrylic paints. Then I added Webster's pp Nature's StoryBook:Grow Dreams. Using Tattered Angels glimmer mist sprayed on pp using the dragonfly screen and the tree screen. The grow letters are Rusty Pickle...I tore the cardboard off and used Tim Holtz crackle paints and applied a thin coat to them, and some ink. The lace around the frame is Prima Elegant Lace. The bumble bee, the dragonfly and two flowers on the alphas are SpellBinder's using the Wizard die cutting system, the dragonfly has a coat of Alcohol inks, the bumble bee is cut from Cosmo Cricket pp and inked. The blue flower is cut from handmade paper that me and the boys made one day..what a blast and they still will bring it up whenever I use it in a project. The pot is made using a crackle paint chip from the hardware store, using the SpellBinder's diecut.

The flowers on the outside of the frame are made using the SpellBinder's Sunflower die cut I cut the flower out then folded it into 1/8ths using the Tim Holtz tiny attacher (love this) stapled it on one side then attached to the homemade floral wire (I used to teach flower arranging for our local community college many many years ago) Yes I still have all my stuff....I know I get fussed at, about it all the time. Sprayed with Tattered Angels glimmer mist and wallah.....a flower vine. The leaves are SpellBinder's too. TFL!!! Thanks and Have a WONDERFUL afternoon. Dawn

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Have a Fintastic Day

Hi, here is a little something I worked on last night, I have lots to show you soon. I am just waiting on reveals. So sorry it has taken awhile, but I do have projects coming. This is a little card I made using the SpellBinder's Circle Nestabilities dies. The fish and the seahorse are also SpellBinder's. The inside say Have a Fintastic Day! I sewed up the inside and outside using

yellow thread and red in the bobbin, which had a great effect on the colors of the card. The pp are Cosmo Cricket...love this line!! TFL!! Have a WONDERFUL DAY!!! Oh btw I almost forgot even after Debbie told me last night.....she has posted the little house she had donated at the Rusty Pickle retreat, please stop by and view HERE. Thanks Deb!! You can also view my post about it HERE. Thank you!! Deb with Say with Letter's has a wonderful Etsy shop and blog. This is so exciting for me!!

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One handsome little devil

Description: Hello everyone made this lo for the Fire Works Challenge July Colour Challenge. Using the colors red, yellow, orange and black. Well I had thought about Dusty in his devil costume I bought for $2 at Babies R Us last fall before Halloween at that. Well I could not find the first pic of him in it. So I thought well will just dig it out, so last night i found it and it still fit enough being a 3-6 month size. Dusty is little. You can see in the pic he is trying to pull it off, he ran back and forth on the deck. I thought it was cute!! I altered the face area on photobucket. Products used:
*Bo Bunny pp Xtreme Red Grunge
*Rusty Pickle Chipboard Aplha and arrow
*flames cut from Cricut on Graphically Speaking cart. 2 1/4, and 3 1/4.
*Cosmo Cricket Gothic pp burnt around photos
*Range Stickles and ink
*Red glitter
*Diamond glaze
TFL!!!

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Chirper Challenge #16 ~Life is a Highway~

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Hello everyone....well it's time for the Chirper Challenge #16. The challenge this time was to use red and green and have wheels and no Christmas. Jackie's sons came up with the challenge....Dylan and Tyler. So I was trying to think like them.....what would little boys like....this should be easy for for me I only have six.....well was I wrong!! I thought I don't want to use the tractor, the four wheeler, the bike...I was really thinking here....LOL!!!! So applaud Dylan and Tyler cause this was an awesome challenge!! Check it out....Chirper Challenge. The creations are incrediable!! So much fun too!! Can't wait to see what others come up for the challenge so hop on over.
The products used:

• Cosmo Cricket pp Jack's World
  
• Cosmo Crciket pp Dutch Girl Sofie (for the white only)
• Cricut Cars Cart. L. McQueen cut at 3 1/4 see pg. 36 McQueen in his dress clothes
• Fillmore cut at 3 1/4 on the flip pg. 65
• Ink and distressing, staples
• Making Memories Felt Alphas
  

The Journaling reads: We were riding to pre-school one morning and I looked back, you were just cheesing away. So I pulled over to get your picture. Cody 05/24/01. Cody will be 12 this Sept. OOOO does time go so fast. TFL!!! Dawn

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MY GIFT

Description: I COMPLETED THIS LO FOR THE COSMO CRICKET CHALLENGE, USING 75% COSMO CRICKET..I USED THE BE GOOD COLLECTION. AND FOR THE AUGUST JOURNALING W/ A TWIST ADD A BUTTON/BUTTONS.
I USED SEVERAL TECHNIQUES..ANTIQUING, DISTRESSING, WALNUT INK, STAMPING, CRACKLE PAINT. I PUT SEVERAL PICTURES CLOSE UPS IN THE GALLERY.
THE JOURNALING READS:When I was a child Christmas time was the most wonderful time of the year. I was so excited and loved putting up decorations and making all kind of goodies. Most of these traditions have carried thru into adult hood. When I first got married I soon realized I was not going to be able to have the “SAME” kind of Christmas that I was accustomed to…there were no decorations, no tree at first your daddy did bring one home one Saturday. It was quickly looking like there was going to be no Holiday that I being an only child was used to. I was 17 and expecting my first child who would be born in January, your daddy was 19 and worked every day and we still could barely get by trying to get ready for a baby and pay rent, etc. there was no money for Christmas items or gifts..etc.

This went on for many years to come although your daddy would always make sure you guys had toys and a tree. We would shop to get just the right toys, take you to see Santa and the trains. Your grandma Nancy would come over and out do us (to speak) and it would hurt our feelings, because we could only do a few things and of course all their toys were much better because it would be the things that were bigger and more costly. Time would change and your grandmother

Thank you children for the gift, because YOU are the GIFT!!!! Love always, Momma

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