I HAVE A LITTLE TREAT FOR YOU TODAY

Jul 28, 2020

Hello my friends, I have something a little different for you today. One of my other passions in life besides papercrafting, of course, is to create in my kitchen. I love to cook, bake, and try new recipes.  I was introduced to these over the top, and I am in heaven, Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars, by my neighbor Ann, who is my co-enabler of all things sweet. All it took was one bite, and I was a goner, who doesn’t love chocolate and peanut butter, it is right up there next to anything lemon for me!

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Don’t these yummy bars look good? Did I also mention that these Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars are NO BAKE, which makes this is the perfect summer treat! The bars are super fast to put together as well, just combine the confectioners’ sugar, crushed graham crackers, peanut butter, and the melted butter until blended. Pour into a 9″ x 13″ pan that has a layer of parchment paper, making sure the parchment paper is overlapping the edges. This step will help you just pop the bars out when done. Once you have spread the peanut butter mixture in the pan, melt the chocolate, I used a combination of Bitter Sweet and Semi-Sweet chocolate, and it wasn’t too sweet.  After the chocolate is melted, pour over the peanut butter filling, then refrigerate for two hours. A quick tip for cutting these bars is to pull the pan out of the fridge after 30 minutes and score the chocolate with a sharp knife into the size of the bar you prefer, then place back in the refrigerator for the additional 1 1/2 hours. This step will stop the chocolate topping from breaking into uninformed pieces when cutting with a knife.

Chocolate No Bake Peanut Butter Bars - Cooks.com

Printable Recipe Here

 

Store these bars in the refrigerator after you cut them up, they will get soft reasonably fast, if they last that long. These bars tend to disappear very fast in my house!

Now I need to get back to my papercrafting projects. Until next time, take care.

Happy Stamping!

MANY MATES BUNDLE

Jul 23, 2020

Hey everyone, welcome back to my little crafty space. Today I have a few more cards I made up using up the floral bouquets I cut out from a sheet of Flowers For Every Season DSP when I made my daughter Ciara’s get well card.  I kept the same color scheme and used the same Many Mates Stamp Set & Many Medallions Dies as well. 

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These are all of the cards I made using the one sheet of 6 x 6 DSP I cut up. I was pleased with my finished projects and loved the Whisper White, Magenta Madness, and Just Jade color combo, it is so crisp and clean looking!

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This picture shows you the DSP sheet I cut up from the Flowers For Every Season. When I cut out the bouquets, I cut ALL of them, even the one in the corners. You can tuck some of the corner bundles under the edges of a sentiment layer. 

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In this Thanks card, the first thing you may notice is the background texture and want to know which embossing folder it is? Well, it’s not an embossing folder, it is the large lattice die from the Many Medallions Die set. I used an embossing mat, and I ran the die through my die-cutting machine with the cut-edge of the die away from my cardstock. It made a beautiful texture on the cardstock! On this card, I used those bouquets I cut out from the corners of the DSP. I finished off the card with a Magenta Madness layer under the sentiment that is also stamped with Magenta Madness Ink and added my favorite embellishment, the beautiful Elegant Faceted Gems. 

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For my Just Thinking Of You card, I used a vellum cardbase, yes I said vellum. I added a smaller whisper white card base to the inside that I glued down. A little tip for you, if you want to adhere the vellum to cardstock without seeing the adhesive, take a silicone craft mat and squirt some Multipurpose Liquid Glue out onto it. Now take a piece of craft sponge and rub the glue around, so it is spread evenly on the sponge. Now dab the sponge all over the cardstock covering it completely. Once you have that complete, gently press the vellum onto the cardstock, rubbing it down to make sure you don’t have any bubbles between the layers. Once it is dry, you won’t see any of the glue!     

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In the Happy Anniversary card, you can see the large lattice die-cut I used to emboss the first card. To adhere the large die-cut to the cardbase, I added a tiny drop of glue to the small square space between the design, and it is just enough adhesive to hold the die-cut in place. The liquid glue will also give you a few seconds of play to jiggle the die-cut into place, which is why this is my go-to adhesive. 

For all of the sentiment layers, I used the Tasteful Label Dies and Magenta Madness Ink. Behind all of the sentiment, layers are a piece of Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon that I draped in a Z pattern and attached with Mini Glue Dots.

If you want to make these cards, and need to purchase the Many Mates Bundle, right now, you will earn a $5 Bonus Days coupon to use on any order Aug 4 – 31, 2020! So click HERE to start shopping now.

Until next time.

Happy Stamping!

 

Product List
Many Mates Bundle (English)
[154083]
$51.25
Flowers For Every Season 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[152486]
$11.50
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
[140272]
$8.25
Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[101856]
$10.00
Magenta Madness 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[153080]
$8.75
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[100730]
$9.75
Magenta Madness Classic Stampin' Pad
[153117]
$7.50
Tasteful Labels Dies
[152886]
$31.00
Elegant Faceted Gems
[152464]
$7.50
Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon
[146912]
$7.50
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
[110755]
$4.00
Stamping Sponges
[141337]
$4.00
Silicone Craft Sheet
[127853]
$6.00
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.00
Paper Trimmer
[152392]
$25.00
7.01.20_DSHAREABLE_BONUSDAYS_NASPUK

Now through Aug 3rd is Stampin’ Up!’s Bonus Days. For every $50 (US) before shipping and tax, you earn a $5 Bonus Days coupon code (that will be emailed to you) that can be used Aug 4 – 31, 2020! Get your wish list ready and start shopping HERE.

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Celebrate Sunflowers Class To Go

Details Here

CELEBRATE SUNFLOWERS CLASS TO GO

Jul 22, 2020

Create beautiful cards with the new Celebrate Sunflower Bundle from Stampin’ Up!. You will create four cards using the stamps and dies from the Celebrate Sunflowers bundle along with the new 2020 -2022 In Colors along with the Flowers For Every Season Designer Series Paper.

 

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You will need Just Jade, Misty Moonlight, Bumblebee, Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade, and Old Olive Ink Pads

Adhesives required for these projects include Stampin’ Seal (the new replacement for Snail), Tombo Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals, and Mini Glue Dots

 Tools needed for these projects are Die-Cutting Machine, Bone Folder, Sponge, Silicone Craft Mat, Paper Trimmer, Take You Pick Tool, and Scissors.

The class kits will include four project kits and the full step by step PDF instructions. Each class kit will arrive on your doorstep sorted and organized by the project. All the scoring, cutting, and punching is done for you (except those items that need to be done with your Sunflower Dies).

If you need any additional products (ink pads or adhesives) you can order them HERE. Make sure you use host code HYP9FTRQ when placing your order and I will send you a surprise in your class to-go packet. If your order is over $150 then don’t use the host code, you will earn the Stampin’ Rewards for yourself!

This class to go has two options:

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Option #1 – $76

This is the full Class To Go Kit. Items included are:

  • Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp and Sunflower Dies ($51 value)
  • 1 package of Elegant Faceted Gems
  • 1 Package of Linen Thread (free)
  • 12” of Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon
  • All prepared supplies for four cards and envelopes with full step by step PDF instructions.

Option #2 – $29

This is the Class To Go Kit for those of you that already own the Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle. You will need them to complete your projects so only chose this option if you already own them or you plan on using an alternate stamp and die set you own. Items included in this option are:

  • 1 package of Elegant Faceted Gems
  • 1 Package of Linen Thread (free)
  • 12” of Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon
  • All prepared supplies for four cards and envelopes with full step by step PDF instructions.

All kits ship Priority Mail for $ 7.75, this includes tracking and insurance, If you are in the Napa area you can save on shipping and opt for a contactless porch pick up.

 Registration for this class to go will close on Wednesday, Aug 5th. I expect to ship the kits on or before Aug 13th.

 
Email me and I will email you the registration link to complete.
Email For Class Link

MY BABY GIRL NEEDS A LITTLE LOVE

Jul 21, 2020

Hey everyone, I hope all is well in your world today. In mine, my baby girl Ciara has been under the weather a few days. As a mama, one of the hardest things to deal with is when you can’t fix your kids by waving your magic wand, especially since Ciara is in San Antonio, TX, and I am in California. So since I can’t be there to take care of her, I set up a delivery of all her favorite foods and drinks to help her heal faster, and I made her a card to put a smile on her beautiful face.

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This picture is in our campsite in Ruidoso, NM, in June, when the hubby and I drove our motorhome out there so we could meet up with Ciara since we did not want her to get on a plane right now. It sure was nice to hang out with her and play games all week! 

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For Ciara’s card, I started with the Flowers For Every Season DSP as my inspiration. You know how much I love to cut up a sheet of DSP that has a large floral pattern to use on a card! And this paper has just that! So I started by cutting out all of the floral bouquets on the whole 6″ x 6″ sheet of paper (now I will have more flowers to play with). I pulled the color combination for the card straight from the DSP, which are Whisper White, Magenta Madness, and Just Jade. I paired the color combo up with the Many Mates Bundle. I thought the large die looks like a lattice that would have roses climbing up them, so it would be perfect. 

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I die-cut the large lattice die in a piece of Just Jade DSP, the decorative strip in Magenta Madness. I then cut out a tag in Whisper White using the Tasteful Label Dies for the sentiment. Before I glued down the lattice die-cut, I wrapped a piece of Polka Dot Tuile Ribbon around the white cardbase layer. To finish off the card, I added my new favorite accessory, Elegant Faceted Gems! Do yourself a favor and add a couple of packages of these to your next Stampin’ Up! order, these are so pretty and finish off a card perfectly! 

 

Now I am off to mail Ciara’s card, talk to you all on Thursday,

Happy Stamping!

 

Product List
Many Mates Bundle (English)
[154083]
$51.25
Tasteful Labels Dies
[152886]
$31.00
Flowers For Every Season 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[152486]
$11.50
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
[140272]
$8.25
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[100730]
$9.75
Magenta Madness 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[153080]
$8.75
Magenta Madness Classic Stampin' Pad
[153117]
$7.50
Elegant Faceted Gems
[152464]
$7.50
Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon
[146912]
$7.50
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
[110755]
$4.00
Mini Glue Dots
[103683]
$5.25
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.00
Paper Snips
[103579]
$10.00
Paper Trimmer
[152392]
$25.00
7.01.20_DSHAREABLE_BONUSDAYS_NASPUK

Now through Aug 3rd is Stampin’ Up!’s Bonus Days. For every $50 (US) before shipping and tax, earn a $5 Bonus Days coupon code that can be used Aug 4 – 31, 2020! Get your wish list ready and start shopping HERE.

CELEBRATION OF TAGS

Jul 16, 2020

Hello Everyone! I have a few more cards for you that I made using the Celebration Of Tags Stamp Set and Trio Of Tags Dies. The last batch of cards I posted using this stamp and die was all masculine and used the World Of Good Memories and More Kit, so I thought I would mix it up a bit with these projects.

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Don’t you just love the Whale Done Suite? It is only the cutest! For this first card, I had to use the matching DSP with cute whales on it, of course. I started with a Whisper White cardbase and added a layer of Pacific Point cardstock under the 3 3/4″ x 5″ DSP, a 4″ x 1 1/2″ strip of DSP under the punches, then add some twine and sequins, and you are finished.  

 

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I love how the Hip Hip Hooray card turned out! I embossed a 5″ x 3 1/4″ piece of Old Olive using the Greenery Embossing Folder, then added a 3″ x 4″ DSP layer, some ribbon, and a bow under the punches, and lastly, the Elegant Faceted Gems to complete this card.

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I used the same paper dimensions as the Whale, hello card for the last card but used the Flowers For Every Season DSP to match the It’s You Day tag. I then colored the roses using Magenta Madness, Just Jade, and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends. I also used the Magenta Madness Stampin’ Blend to color the rhinestones. I love to customize my embellishments, which makes the possibilities endless when designing projects.

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These cards were fast to put together and would be great for making multiples. I was able to finish it all in 30 minutes. I think that would be considered quick stamping, wouldn’t you?

Thanks for stopping by today, and see you soon.

Happy Stamping!