Mother's Day Card

I made this card for my mom-in-law for Mother's Day. The flowers I stamped in brown instead of black and I used water color pencils. I sponged the edges in the same brown as the image was stamped in then mounted on the burgandy cs and then onto the card.

I love the icicle brads that everyone has come out with. The one here is from Stampin' Up!.

Mother's Day Gift

Here's a booklet I made for my mom for Mother's Day. I started out with a picture she gave me (I scanned it so I wouldn't lose the original) of her and I the day I was born, then I added some pictures of me growing up and ended with a picture of my daughter and me the day my daughter was born.

It's short but sweet. I still don't like the way it closes but I haven't been able to come up with any better ideas....how about you?

Easter Baskets

These are the Easter baskets my kids are getting this year.

I love these clear paint cans. This is the gallon sized and you can order them at Paper Wishes.

It was a bit hard to get the paper inside because the paper can actually go up under the metal lip (you can see that I didn't quite get mine up there!). The paper on the inside needs to be about 6 1/2 inches wide for a really tight fit. I cut mine at 6 inches for this one and then added a scallop border.

You also want to make sure that you make your "label" completely before you put it in. I put this one in and then had to take it out again so I ended up tearing the paper in a couple of spots.

My son's basket I used lots of chocolate bunny stickers because, being 14, he's not much into flowers and cute little animals!!

My daughter got the frilly flowers and lots of ribbon basket.

Both of these were very easy, I didn't do any stamping so they went together very quickly. I still have to decorate the lid, although I may leave it blank. I haven't made up my mind yet.

Raffle Basket Tags

These are tags I made for our schools raffle baskets. The tags I bought pre-made and all of the stamped images are from Stampin' Up!. Some of the popcorn I used Stampin' Dimensionals so they would "pop" off the tag.


The flowers on the family fun tag are the felt flowers which I love.

Here are a couple of close ups of two of the cards. I used the Headline Numbers set for all the numbers because it's nice and big.

All of these would work equally well as card fronts too!

Birthday Invitations

Sorry I've been so quite around here. I started a new part-time job and I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to stamp and work!!

Here's an invitation I made for my son's party. Everything was done on the computer except the basketball and hoop. Those came from Stampin Up's "Just Basketball" set.

I did 12 of these in about 1 1/2 hours. Super Easy!!

Scrapbooking the Soup

Well, here is my scrapbook page of my soup. I did it all on the computer and had a bit of a hard time since I really don't have a good scrapbooking program. I would be interested to hear what you all think.

Butternut Squash Soup

Here is a soup I made yesterday. It is mildly spicy and fantastic with really good crusty bread.

I'm going to scrapbook this picture. I'm making an 8X8 scrapbook of all the recipes that I really love.

I'll post the page when it's done. In the mean time....here is the recipe for anyone who wants to try it.

3 Tablespoons unsalted butter
1 large onion, chopped
2 tablespoons curry powder
1 teaspoon chili powder
5 cups chicken broth
salt and pepper
3 pounds butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cubed
3 cups granny smith apples, peeled, cored, and chopped
½ cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon parsley or cilantro

In a large heavy pot, melt butter over medium heat. Add onions and saute
until translucent. Add curry and chili powder, cook 5 minutes. Add
2 ½ cups broth, squash, apples, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce
heat, cover and simmer for 30-45 minutes.

Strain soup, reserving liquid. Puree
vegetables until smooth, return to pan
with liquid, add remaining broth and
heavy cream. Return to simmer
and serve in warm bowls, garnish
with parsley.