Pinned It Made It Monday

After taking last week off since I was at CHA, I am back with a couple more things I have made from my pinned boards on Pinterest. These two recipes I made over Christmas break for Aaron's birthday.

The first is Peanut Butter Chocolate Dessert

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He liked it so much, he said I could make it every year for his birthday. 

He has been asking for donuts for his birthday, so I made some, but the picture of mine is just dough dabs (pinch off dough and fry). I did make donuts, but they got eaten up before I remembered I wanted to take a picture of them.

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mine Ü

I am also linking this up to Country Girl at Home for her Pinned It Made It Monday challenge.

Cherr-i-o

As you read this, I will be on a plane returning from CHA in Anaheim, CA. I am sure I will have had a great time and will have lots of fun things to share with you in the coming weeks.

Today I have a fun card to share with you using individually wrapped lifesavers.

Designer paper is from Fancy Pants Designs’ Blissful Blizzard line (except for leaves and they were just cut from some scraps I had). I adhered the strips on the bottom of the card with Mono Adhesive Permanent and then placed my lifesavers where I wanted and adhered them with 1/4 of a Power Tab.

With Dual Brush Pen #158-Dark Olive, I drew the stems and then hand cut the leaves. The sentiment was created on my computer.

I am so excited!

I have several projects that are on the Michael's website. I was asked by Tombow if I would design some projects for Michael's and you can see them in these links.

Mini Junior Legal Pad
Floral Card
Mouse Trap
Altered Storage Jar
Home is Where the Heart Is

Pinned It Made It Monday

It is time to get back to Pinned It Made It Monday! I have a yummy chicken recipe to share with you today.

Here is a picture from Pinterest.

source: Life as a Lofthouse

I served ours on white cooked rice. I also doubled the sweet and sour sauce.

I am also linking this up to Country Girl at Home for her Pinned It Made It Monday challenge.

Eucharisteo

My word for 2013 is Eucharisteo yoo-khar-is-teh'-o v.

1. to be grateful, feel thankful
2. give thanks

Last year I started reading 1000 Gifts by Ann Voskamp and was challenged to take the Joy Dare this year. She was challenged by a friend to write down 1000 things she was thankful for and it resulted in a book to share with others to do the same thing. If you write down 3 things each day, you will have written down over 1000 things you are thankful for in a year's time. On her blog you can find monthly calendars to print out for prompts if you need them. I may use some of hers and may just write my own.

James 1:2 says "Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds". We definitely met all kinds of trials in 2012 and I hope I don't have to go thru all of that in one year again. But as hard as the loss of friends and family, the loss of security and friendships and the loss of faith in others was, it was a year of learning and for that I can give thanks. I hope it has made me a stronger person...stronger in my faith, stronger against those who mean harm and stronger in believing that God will take care of me and my family even though we don't know what the future holds, where we may or may not be living and what jobs we may or may not have.

So to keep track of my 1000+ things I am thankful for, I created this quick and simple journal using some of Ann's free printables found on her website. I also printed this image from Graphic Fairy.

I bought a couple of the books as gifts and made journals for the recipients as well.

These are made with a pocket folder cut in half and then cut down to fit a jr. legal pad.

I am also doing this for this year. This gal has a declutter calendar for 2013. It is my goal to do as many of them as I can (some don't apply) and declutter!

Happy 2013 to you all! There will be more changes this year to my blog that I will share with you later.

Snow Much Fun

Happy New Year! It is freezing cold outside and snow still on the ground with forecast of more. Today I have a sweet treat to share with you.

This fun snowman is from Inky Antics. I colored it up with Irojiten Color Dictionary Pencils. The yummy designer paper is new from Fancy Pants Designs’ Blissful Blizzard line. I used Power Bond Adhesive to adhere the papers. Add some almond bark dipped pretzels to fill the container, and you have a fun little winter treat to give to someone special.

I hope you all have a great year!

Pin-spired Week 3

 

 

Week 3 for Kendra's Pin-spired challenges. Today I have another project and recipe to share with you for this week's Pin-spired challenge. My friend Kendra invited me and others to join her in her "Pin-Spired" Christmas Celebration this month. Kendra is posting something every day from the 1st-21st of December on her blog. Be sure to stop by her blog every day to be inspired.

I was inspired by this post on Pinterest for Christmas Planners. I made some last year and decided to make more again this year.

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I decided to make one using a pocket folder. Part of the work (the pockets) is already done for you! Here is one I created using an Inky Antics stamp image and lots of Tombow adhesive.

 

 The inside printables are from Cutting Cafe. The receipts item in the last pocket is an envelope I adhered flap closed, covered with designer papers, and then made a flap on one end.

 

I am also linking this up to Country Girl at Home for her Pinned It Made It Monday challenge.

 

BFB Secrets by Robin Jones Gunn

Another wonderful book from Waterbrook Multnomah Publishing!

This one is the first in a series in her Glenbrooke Series and I've seriously got to read the others!

The thing I loved about this book is that it flows so nice and you just want to keep turning the pages. In Secrets Jessica is beginning a new life in a new town to start a new job. She meets a handsome firefighter and a jealous new boss who both want to know her secret. I loved this book. You don't learIn Secrets Jessica is beginning a new life in a new town to start a new job. She meets a handsome firefighter and a jealous new boss who both want to know her secret. I loved this book. You don't learn of the secret til near the end and has enough twists and turns to keep you reading til the end! This is the first in a series of 8 and I would definitely be interested in reading the others.n of the secret til near the end and has enough twists and turns to keep you reading til the end!

I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.

The Tombow design team received some lovely goodies from Maya Road to share with you this week. It's been quite awhile since I've posted some cards and I loved the butterfly rubber stamps I received from them.

This card uses Mono Adhesive Permanent, scallop punch, black & aqua ink and designer paper.

For my second card I stamped the outline butterly in charcoal gray and then used Dual Brush Pens to color the "soar" butterfly image. This is less expensive than having several ink pads in different colors.

They are both clean and simple cards and perfect for mailing...no bumps and lumps. Ü I know it is early to be thinking of graduation, but I think the soar theme is perfect for this occasion and I will use these for such.

 

Be sure to stop by the Maya Road Blog to be inspired by their design team.

Pin-spired Week 2

I have another project and recipe to share with you for this week's Pin-spired challenge. My friend Kendra invited me and others to join her in her "Pin-Spired" Christmas Celebration this month. Kendra is posting something every day from the 1st-21st of December on her blog. Be sure to stop by her blog every day to be inspired.

I created these fun snowman tags from this Pinterest post.

source: smilemonsters.blogspot.com

 

I made my tags by cutting 2" circles of kraft cardstock (I think paper grocery sacks would work too) and adhering 2 of them together to make them stronger. Then I just drybrushed some white paint on one side. After that dried I drew in the eyes and nose with markers. I didn't have any jute, so just used red crochet thread. I left the ends long enough to tie onto a gift bag. The back is plain so I can write "to and from".

 

Here is my version of the snowman tags.

 

Now for a super yummy treat! This  Mile High Peanut Butter Pie is the yummiest pie every! It is super easy to make and very light.

 

Here is mine....so good that I need to make it again soon. Just a coupld of differences in mine...I already had a graham cracker crust, so used that instead of the vanilla wafer one the recipe called for and the recipe said to use BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate to melt for the top, I didn't have any, so just used melted dark chocolate chips.

source: kraftrecipes.com

 

Here are pictures of mine:

 

here is what it looks like sliced:

 tip: for drizzling on top I added my chips and peanut butter into plastic bags, melted as needed and then snipped a tiny bit off of one corner. Then just squeeze and drizzle over the top. Ü

 





I am also linking this up to Country Girl at Home for her Pinned It Made It Monday challenge.

Pin-Spired!

I am excited to share a couple of things with you today. First I was invited by my friend Kendra to join her in her "Pin-Spired" Christmas Celebration this month. Kendra is posting something every day from the 1st-21st of December on her blog and some of her friends are joining her along the way. Be sure to stop by her blog every day to be inspired.

I have been pinning on Pinterest for over a year and I have a BUNCH of boards and pins and not enough time to put them all to use. Ü It IS addictive, but have tried several of my pins esp the recipes. About 3 weeks ago, I started pinning on Monday some Pinned It, Made It projects and will continue to do that as time allows.

Now on to the project I am sharing. Over Thanksgiving break, Benjamin and his girlfriend were able to spend the break with us and Saturday, Kassy and I made some Joy blocks.

Here is the Pinterest post that I got my inspiration from.

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Here is mine. I know mine looks nothing like the one above, but that's kinda how my mind works sometimes. 

I had a bunch of scrap wood from way back when I used to teach wood project classes and was inspired  to make some Joy blocks as Christmas gifts. Kassy made 2 sets, one for her and her mom and I made 3, but am thinking I now need to make more.

Benjamin was a sweety and cut them to size for us and sanded them. We then painted them with FREE tinted (any color we wanted) paint from Ace Hardware. (I don't know if this is just a local thing or not, but check your Ace Hardware. The promotion is a free quart of paint colored any color you want. I just took in a sheet of designer paper and chose a color one shade darker. I got my paint in Broken Bow in case anyone local is reading this)

Then we chose some fun NEW designer papers by Fancy Pants from their Blissful Blizzard line (except for the carrot nose and it is from Hopscotch. The letters and snowman were cut with my Cricut. Next, we adhered the letters and snowman on the background papers with Tombow's Mono Adhesive Dots. After the paint was dry, we adhered the panels to the blocks with Tombow's Mono Aqua Liquid Glue. We let that dry and then painted over the top with the glue as well to seal it.

After everything was good and dry we added the button with a Power Tab.

I am also linking this up to Country Girl at Home for her Pinned It Made It Monday challenge.

Christmas Planner

With Thanksgiving right around the corner and shopping for the holidays, I created this Christmas Planner to keep everything organized as I create/buy gifts and as well as keep track of card sending, food and etc.

I started out with a manilla file folder and accordian folded it. Then I folded the bottom up 4″ and started decorating with designer papers by Fancy Pants, adhering with a Mono Glue Stick.

I made a tab that adheres to the back of the folder with Power Tabs and to the front with a Fastener Tab.

The image is colored with Irojiten Pencils and then shaded with Dual Brush Pens. I love using the pens over the pencils.

Here is a peek at the inside: You can get printables from Organized Christmas to put inside your pockets.

Cheeseburger Soup

I have another yummy recipe to share with your for Pinned It, Made It! Monday.

We had freezing temps this weekend and it was perfect weather for soups. I love make a large pot, so there are leftovers for my lunches for work. I also like finding recipes that we like that uses the crockpot.

 

This is cheeseburger soup. I changed it up a bit as I just used what I had on hand. I live out in the country, so am not able to run to the store for something I may not have on hand. It called for carrot and celery. I didn't have carrots, but will try it again with them and for the celery, I had celery flakes, so added about a tablespoon of that. I also didn't have chicken broth, so made up a broth with boullion. Otherwise the rest is pretty much as the recipe called for.

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I tried to take a picture of mine, but am having problems with my camera. This is another winner and is nice to add to my soup recipes.

I am linking up to countrygirlathome

J*O*Y

I know Thanksgiving is our next holiday, but I don’t have any glittery ideas for Thanksgiving and this month on Tombow we are showcasing ideas using glitter from Art Institute.

This JOY project is created with chipboard coasters. I cut designer paper to fit the front and back of the coasters and adhered them with a Mono Glue Stick.

I then cut shapes & letters with my Cricut to spell out J*O*Y and added fun embellishments. The glitter (crystal) was added to the snowflakes with Mono Aqua Liquid Glue. The letters were cut 3 times with white cardstock and once with designer paper, then along with the other shapes was adhered together with Mono Adhesive Dots.

I used a Power Tab (that had been cut into fourths) to adhere the buttons.

These make nice gifts and I hope I inspired you to give them a try.

Be sure to stop by Tombow and the Art Institute blog for more inspiration. Thank you Art Institute for the lovely pkg of glitters!

Pinned it Made it! Monday

Welcome back to another Pinned it, Made it! Monday.

 

Last week for our monthly "ladies nite out", I made Italian Bread, traditional lasagne, Chicken Ranch Lasagne and Rosemary Olive Oil Bread. The rosemary bread is the only one I got a picture of. The first two were not from Pinterest and the second two were.

 

Here is a picture of the Chicken Ranch Lasagne from Pinterest (a huge hit with the ladies and my family). Mine looked pretty much like this.

source: realmomkitchen

 

The rosemary bread was okay. Most liked it, my family not so much, so won't be making it again. The blog says it is like Olive Garden's.

source: ahintofhoney

 

here is a picture of mine...I doubled the recipe and made two loaves and didn't add the rosemary to the top

 

I am linking up to countrygirlathome

BFB Christmas in Apple Ridge

If you have been following my BFB reviews at all, you know how much I love reading about the Amish. I am excited to have been able to review a book from one of my favorite Amish story writers Cindy Woodsmall.

Christmas in Apple Ridge is a 3-in1 collection. You can read the first chapter here. I had read one of the stories "The Christmas Singing" (you can read my review of that story here), but the other 2 were new to me and I loved them.

The other two stories are The Sound of Sleigh Bells and The Dawn of Christmas.

In The Sound of Sleigh Bells Beth Hertzler is struggling with a tragedy that happened over a year ago. It isn't until she finds a carved winter scene that she finds healing. When she meets the artist she finds that they both have lots of things in common and both have healing to go through.

In The Dawn of Christmas Sadie has been gone from home with her family's blessing because of a broken relationship. Her family decides it is time for her to come home, but she is not ready to settle down. She has a lot of trust issues. She meets Levi, who too has major trust issues and they become friends.

Both of these stories were wonderful and I love reading anything by Cindy Woodsmall!

I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.