Too cute together! Combining the houses, roofs and trees from the Good Neighbors stamp set was so easy with the clear blocks - I am LOVING the new clear mount stamps!! :)
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Sunday, February 7, 2010
A New Home
A friend of mine at work moved into a new house over the weekend, so I thought it the perfect opportunity to use 2 of my Sale-A-Bration products. SU's Sale-A-Bration is AWESOME this year! I have gotten everything and all of the stamp sets in the new clear mount. For this card I used the Good Neighbors stamp set and Welcome Neighbor DP Pad. I also used one of the new Sending Love brads from the Occassions Mini Catalog to embellish the tag.
Too cute together! Combining the houses, roofs and trees from the Good Neighbors stamp set was so easy with the clear blocks - I am LOVING the new clear mount stamps!! :)
Too cute together! Combining the houses, roofs and trees from the Good Neighbors stamp set was so easy with the clear blocks - I am LOVING the new clear mount stamps!! :)
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Is it really February already?
I cannot believe that tomorrow is the beginning of February already. Wow, how time flies. I'm watching the Grammy's and enjoying the good music way too much. It has been interesting; I have noticed 3 things: I know the musicians from growing up (Michael Jackson, Bon Jovi, Lionel Richie) or from the radio (Green Day, Taylor Swift) or I have no idea who they are. I guess I am getting old and out of touch. It does't matter too much - it has all been good music and very entertaining. However, one of my students is playing in the Grammy Band on the show tonight- how cool is that! ~I guess I am not too out of touch!
I am still making things for Valentine's Day - I don't think I ever had so much fun with this holiday. I have been playing with Stampin' Up's new Clear Mount stamps and I LOVE THEM! Before I joined Stampin' Up! I tried all types of different stamps and really liked the idea of clear mount stamps. But, I hated the quality of the image compared to SU's rubber stamps. I was unsure what I would think when I heard we were coming out with clear mount stamps. I ordered som and am, I think, a convert!
I made these with the Sweetheart Stamp Set that coordinates with the Full Heart Punch and the Heart Treat Cups (loving these as well). I am thinking about having my 4-year-old give these out to his friends at preschool for Valentine's Day.
I am still making things for Valentine's Day - I don't think I ever had so much fun with this holiday. I have been playing with Stampin' Up's new Clear Mount stamps and I LOVE THEM! Before I joined Stampin' Up! I tried all types of different stamps and really liked the idea of clear mount stamps. But, I hated the quality of the image compared to SU's rubber stamps. I was unsure what I would think when I heard we were coming out with clear mount stamps. I ordered som and am, I think, a convert!
I made these with the Sweetheart Stamp Set that coordinates with the Full Heart Punch and the Heart Treat Cups (loving these as well). I am thinking about having my 4-year-old give these out to his friends at preschool for Valentine's Day.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wordle
Ok, this post is not like my usual posts but I created something today that I think is really cool. I am taking a Web 2.0 class and am learning SO many new things. Today I learned about a really cool site called WORDLE - you can visit and play with it at http://www.wordle.net/ You paste words into the site and out pops a word cloud. You can change the colors and shapes - it is too cool! ~yes, I know I am a geek!
Here is my wordle that I created for the Career Education class I teach:
I am going to have way too much fun with this! Try it!
Here is my wordle that I created for the Career Education class I teach:
I am going to have way too much fun with this! Try it!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Getting Ready for Valentine's Day
I am really excited about this new project. I have made 2 so far and I really LOVE this one!
I took a glass jar, embellished it with Stampin' Up Real Red Decor Elements and filled it with 31 mini envelopes cut from DP (I used last year's Valentine's Day pack). Each envelope has a "message of love" inside. The intention is to give the jar to someone you love and he or she will open an envelope each day for 1 month. When the jar is empty you can fill it up again with 31 new love notes!
I took a glass jar, embellished it with Stampin' Up Real Red Decor Elements and filled it with 31 mini envelopes cut from DP (I used last year's Valentine's Day pack). Each envelope has a "message of love" inside. The intention is to give the jar to someone you love and he or she will open an envelope each day for 1 month. When the jar is empty you can fill it up again with 31 new love notes!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Valentine Flowers
I am addicted to Stampin' Up!'s Sweet Treat Cups! I must admit, I have had them since they were released but I didn't experiment with them until lately. The Heart Treat Cups are super cute and I will post something with them this weekend. But...I saw these flowers a few places and I had to try them. They will be perfect for my son's preschool teachers as Valentine's Day gifts. I made 2 different sets - one with Dazzling Diamonds and one with the petals stamped on white paper. I can't decide which I like better. I used 3 of the In Colors: Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, and Rich Razzleberry; I haven't really gotten into using them yet and I am forcing myself to use them more.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Short Post (and I mean it this time!)
We are busy getting ready for my son Noah's 2nd birthday party tomorrow so I am going to post another one of my Valentine's Day cards. I actually CASED this card from this great blog I stumbled upon recently - the Saucy Stamper. I actually found so many great ideas on her website that I added it as a blog I follow.
I used the Sending Love DP and Real Red brads along with some Real Red 3/4" grosgrain ribbon. It is also a criss cross card - I haven't made one for so long that I had to go to splitcoaststampers.com to review the tutorial. I think this card is so pretty and I can't take much credit for it.
I used the Sending Love DP and Real Red brads along with some Real Red 3/4" grosgrain ribbon. It is also a criss cross card - I haven't made one for so long that I had to go to splitcoaststampers.com to review the tutorial. I think this card is so pretty and I can't take much credit for it.
Thanks for stopping by!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
More Valentines
Quick post tonight - I am watching the new Grey's Anatomy that I have been waiting forever for! Yes, it is my guilty pleasure!
Another Valentine ~ actually three. Two are 3x3 mini cards and the other is a NEW Sending Love Notes - Hugs card with a NEW Rectangular Glassine Envelope. I am thinking about making the Loads of Love card (minus the "loads of love") for my 4-year-old to give to his preschool classmates.
Stampin' Up! products used: Love You Much stamp set; Loads of Love stamp set; Chocolate Chip corduroy buttons; linen thread; Heart to Heart punch; Word Window punch
I also want to share a recipe. I found a great website the other night: CD Kitchen (check it out at http://www.cdkitchen.com/ They have some really great recipes but the feature I really like is the recipe box. When you find a recipe you like, you can save it to your own recipe box. Now I don't need to print them out and try to stuff them in my already over-full recipe box.
One of the recipes that I found at CD Kitchen was Burrito Lasagna and I made it for dinner tonight. OMG - it was SO good! Really easy and super yummy! Here it is - enjoy!
BURRITO LASAGNA
Ingredients:
2 pounds ground beef
1 onion, chopped
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 small can black olives, sliced (I did not use them - we hate olives)
1 (4 oz.) can diced green chili peppers
1 (10 oz.) can diced tomatoes with green chili peppers
2 1/2 cups red taco sauce (I used mild because of the kids)
1 (16 oz.) can refried beans
12 (8 inch) tortillas
9 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large skillet over medium heat, saute the ground beef for 5 minutes. Add the onion and gralic and saute for 5 more minutes. Drain any excess fat. Add the olives (save some for the end), chili peppers, tomatoes, taco sauce and refried beans. Stir mixture thoroughly. Reduce heat to low and let simmer for 20 minutes. Spread a thin layer on the bottom of a 4-quart casserole dish. Cover witha layer of tortillas followed by more meat mixture and then a layer of cheese. Repeat tortilla, meat and cheese layers until you have used all of the meat mixture. Top with cheese. Bake for 20-30 minutes or untile cheese is slightly brown and bubbly.
I also made Spanish Rice and we topped it with sour cream. Um, um, good!
~Yes, I do realize that my short post turned into a really long one!
Another Valentine ~ actually three. Two are 3x3 mini cards and the other is a NEW Sending Love Notes - Hugs card with a NEW Rectangular Glassine Envelope. I am thinking about making the Loads of Love card (minus the "loads of love") for my 4-year-old to give to his preschool classmates.
I also want to share a recipe. I found a great website the other night: CD Kitchen (check it out at http://www.cdkitchen.com/ They have some really great recipes but the feature I really like is the recipe box. When you find a recipe you like, you can save it to your own recipe box. Now I don't need to print them out and try to stuff them in my already over-full recipe box.
One of the recipes that I found at CD Kitchen was Burrito Lasagna and I made it for dinner tonight. OMG - it was SO good! Really easy and super yummy! Here it is - enjoy!
BURRITO LASAGNA
Ingredients:
2 pounds ground beef
1 onion, chopped
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 small can black olives, sliced (I did not use them - we hate olives)
1 (4 oz.) can diced green chili peppers
1 (10 oz.) can diced tomatoes with green chili peppers
2 1/2 cups red taco sauce (I used mild because of the kids)
1 (16 oz.) can refried beans
12 (8 inch) tortillas
9 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large skillet over medium heat, saute the ground beef for 5 minutes. Add the onion and gralic and saute for 5 more minutes. Drain any excess fat. Add the olives (save some for the end), chili peppers, tomatoes, taco sauce and refried beans. Stir mixture thoroughly. Reduce heat to low and let simmer for 20 minutes. Spread a thin layer on the bottom of a 4-quart casserole dish. Cover witha layer of tortillas followed by more meat mixture and then a layer of cheese. Repeat tortilla, meat and cheese layers until you have used all of the meat mixture. Top with cheese. Bake for 20-30 minutes or untile cheese is slightly brown and bubbly.
I also made Spanish Rice and we topped it with sour cream. Um, um, good!
~Yes, I do realize that my short post turned into a really long one!
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