Explosion Box

SUPPLIES

Directions for Card in a Box at www.serenestamper.com

Stamp Sets:  Happy Hearts, Heart Prints and Doodlie-Do
Card Stock:  Sweet Blush, White, New Leaf and old Stampin Up Designer Paper
Ink:  Sweet Blush and Berry Sorbet
Accessories:  Doodlie-Do Dies, Cover Plat Hearts Die, Heart Print Die, Coffee Detail Heart Die, Score Tape, Sweet Blush Buttons and Dimensionals

You Make My Heart Soar

SUPPLIES
Stamp Set:  Feather Finery
Card Stock:  White and Aqua Mist
Ink:  Aqua Mist, Hawaiin Shores and Smokey Shadow
Accessories:  Martha Stewart Liquid Gold Guilding, Gold Round Rhinestones, White Seam Binding, Dimensionals and Feather Finery Dies

Isabella's 6th Birthday at Chucky Cheese

Papertrey Blog Hop January 2014

Card #1

Stamp Set:  Sweet Love
Card Stock:  Sweet Blush and White
Ink:  Kraft
Accessories:  White Lace Doily, Notched Hearts Banner Dies, Cover plate:  Hearts Die, White Hug Snug Seam Binding, Sweet Blush Small Button

Card #2
Stamp Set:  Happy Hearts
Card Stock:  Ivory and unknown designer pink pattern paper
Ink:  Sweet Blush
Accessories:  Cover Plate:  Hearts Die, 1 inch square punch, Ivory Hug Snug Seam Binding (the photo looks gold, but the shimmer in the seam binding photoed gold when it is ivory), Dimensionals, clear rhinestones

Splitcoaststamper Challenge SC469

I interpreted the challenge by using 3 sequins on the left side and instead of something on the upper left corner, I placed my text on the lower left. In addition, I made the challenge a Christmas card - again, if I like it this will save me time being prepared in advance for Christmas 2014.

SUPPLIES
Stamp Set:  Rustic Wreath (papertrey)
Card Stock:  Chocolate Brown, Kraft and Green Boutique Designer Paper
Ink:  Chocolate Brown
Accessories:  Rustic Wreath Die, Amuse Dasher Die, Red Sequins, Red/White Twine and Dimensionals

Christmas Card 2014 Potential?

SUPPLIES
Stamp Sets:  Background Basics:  Petal Power and Rustic Wreath (text) - all PTI
Card Stock:  White and Smokey Shadow
Ink:  Smokey Shadow and Real Red
Accessories:  A-Muse Studio On Dasher Die, Black and White Twine and Dimensionals

Your saying:  already - Christmas 2014.  I wanted to come up with a design and when sure, then I can make a few a month and not have the stress as Christmas grows near this year.

A woman's heart should be so hidden in God, that a man needs to seek HIM, just to find her.

Wine and Canvas

I am no artist, but this was fun.  Add a glass of wine and you are willing to try anything.

Christmas 2013

Doesn't everyone wear balloons on their head at Christmas?

 Christmas Flowers from my wonderful daughter, Alesia

 PaPa getting a shot from Isabella (from his expression it hurt)

 Hello Kitty Blanket

 Isa singing in church Christmas program

 Isa with cash from Aunt Ruth (her Isabella tree in the background)

 Margie and Isabella

 Isabella with a new dress she received for Christmas

 Ribbons make good hair accessories

 Isa listening to PaPa's heart

 Making Christmas Cookies

 Margie in her new dress

 Margie with cash from Aunt Ruth

After looking at photos, I wish I had gussy up and put on makeup

 End of day - exhausted but still energy to heck texts

Christmas Breakfast Casserole

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I would recommend this casserole.  I precooked everything but the egg mixture the day before, which really made Christmas morning easy.  Just beat the eggs, milk, precooked bacon and onions and pre-shredded cheese.  Popped into the oven and all was done.  Added fruit bowl cut up at the end, pre-made blueberry muffins and pumpkin bread which had been made earlier in the week.  Yummy

Ingredients:

1 pound bacon
1/4 of an onion
3 cups shredded cheddar cheese
8 eggs
2 cups milk
1 (16 oz.) package frozen hash browns thawed

Directions:
Day Before -

• fry up the hash browns crispy
• on a low temperature sauteed the onion (when cooked on low temperature they turn sweet) - do not brown them, just sweat them
• fry up the bacon and cut into small pieces
• shred the cheese

When ready to cook:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Lightly grease a 9 x 13 pan
3. In a large bowl beat together the eggs and milk.  Mix in the preshredded cheese, bacon, onion.
4. Put the has browns spread evenly on the bottom of the baking pan and pour the egg, milk, cheese, bacon and onion mixture over top.
5. Cover with aluminum foil and bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes.  Then uncover and bake for an additional 30 minutes to set the egg mixture.

Pileated Woodpecker

We are blessed to have an open canyon behind our house, which is perfect habitat for this pileated woodpecker.  They love the dead trees the best where lots of bugs live.  It is a very large woodpecker, roughly crow-sized.  It is also the largest woodpecker in the United States except for the possibly extinct Ivory billed woodpecker.