A card and a recipe to share

Hi everyone! Sorry I haven't posted in ages.....just been very busy and had very little mojo the last month. My father in law was here visiting for 3 weeks (he's back home now) and I've had some out of town work as well.

I was rummaging around my craft drawers the other day and came across this fun image a friend had sent me......(this is  soooo embarrassing) .......years ago! Why the heck I never used it on a card before....I don't know- but I was in the mood to make a winter card.




I love how the image is covered in tiny clear microbeads- it sparkles so much and has fabulous texture!

I'm not sure how my friend got the microbeads to stick......maybe she sent it through a Xyron or possibly sprayed it with some sort of adhesive? I would love to figure this out...... and will probably play around with this over the next week or so myself.........if I come up with a wonderful way to get the beads to stick I'll let you all know how I did it!


Speaking of snow- it's snowing here for the first time this season!! Not sure if I'm ready for this or not......I've been really enjoying NO SNOW. It's not even the snow so much that is a pain in the rear- it's the fact that just getting around from place to place is so much more difficult.....and you have to have mittens....and a hat.....and boots.....and a window scraper........ugggh!

I do plan on taking my 7 year old skiing for the first time this winter- have to expose them  to all sorts of winter fun! I haven't skied in years......with my luck I'll probably break my ankle or something stupid like that. Once the lakes get frozen enough we will be out there ice fishing too- love to catch me some crappies!

Now for the recipe.......

This is my mom's fabulous turkey stuffing recipe. It's so moist and delicious and easy to make. Way better than anything out of a box!

                      Sausage Stuffing

1 loaf of wheat bread (sliced or unsliced)
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 pound breakfast sausage (I love Jimmy Dean- sage flavor)
1 tsp garlic
salt and pepper to taste

Directions: Tear the bread into small pieces and put into a large bowl. Pour water into the bowl- enough to completely soak into all the bread. If you get too much water in.....just squeeze out the excess. Brown the sausage with onion and celery and garlic. Cool the meat mixture and then mix in the bread- then stuff into your turkey! You can also just bake it in a casserole dish at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Feel free to use more than one kind of bread if you like- sometimes I add a bit of pumpernickel or rye bread if I have it on hand. The sausage makes it really moist- I just love it with gravy poured all over it!!

I have been trying to exercise extreme patience lately too. I won a $50.00 shopping spree at Hero Arts a few weeks ago......and I'm waiting for the new 2012 release to actually go shopping....in the mean time I still go look over all the stamps-inks-paper and make an ever changing wish list. I hope the release is soon, I can't wait much longer!!


Thanks for stopping bye and I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your friends or family!!


Inky Hugs...............................Anne

Smores anyone?

I know it's the middle of summer but we have been craving smores around here lately. But it's too darn hot to actually have a fire so I'll have to settle for a card version instead.

I pulled out my fun campfire stamp from Impression Obsession and got to work today on a fun fall smores themed card. We do have bonfires here on a regular basis once the weather gets chilly enough- and we frequently have the neighbors over or we go to their house and we always seem to make smores-all the kids just love them!

I used my Copic glitter markers for some real glimmer and shine on the flames and used my white souffle pen for the marshmallows. Found some punched leaves I had left over from last year in my drawer- thought that might give it more of a fall feel. Here is a closeup of the flames and marshmallows.

It was a struggle to get this card made today- my son had a friend over to play and I must admit I really find it very hard to craft when kids are running aroung the house like a bunch of animals! (we know they had fun-right?)

I think this has been the root of my whole mojo issue lately.......I'm embarrased to say this but with my son home all day it just seems next to impossible to sit down and craft- and I'm one of those types that needs my quiet time and space to myself with no interruptions or I cannot get anything done- the creativity just shuts down.

Is anyone else like this? So- maybe once school starts up again I'll get a bit  more time and space and maybe my mojo will come back in full force. 

Thanks for stopping by again everyone!

Inky hugs, Anne

Hero Arts Mother's Day Card

Stamps: Hero Arts Dots and Flowers, Silhouette

Sentiment: Impression Obsession

Ink: Versamagic Cloud white

White embossing powder

All paper Bazzill Holiday Collection

I'm back to blogging after taking some time off!

I just experienced a massive  {no mojo} streak -EEEK ! I would go sit at my crafting desk and could just not find any inspiration.......and that was very frustrating! Plus I had other icky "life" things clouding my brain too.......ughh!

So this morning I picked up my stack of Bazzill textured cardstock and looked lovingly over the colors: and these 3 colors just spoke to me today. (Hazel, Twig, and Anchorage) I just love the texture of this paper, it so yummy and ads so much to any creation. I was in the mood to get out of my {comfort zone}and try to kick start some creativity and thought I would try to do something with inchies for a change......I'm not really an inchies kind of gal so this was new to me.

I dug out my Hero Arts design blocks( and thought these 2 worked well together. I was trying to find ribbon that I liked and gave up after discovering that these Basic Grey buttons matched the papers exactly .....(I jumped for joy over this as I almost never find things that go together so well)!

I used my Stampin Up embosslits butterflies for a little extra something! Now I need to dig through my envelope stash to make sure I have one that matches just right.......I'm kind of uber picky about that!


Two Peas is currently having a big Hero Arts sale here- go check it out and scoop up some great deals on your favorite stamps....up to 40% off!

Thanks for stopping by and hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Anne

Pretty Paper and thoughts of Spring

Patterned paper by Stampin up (Sweet Pea)

Sentiment by Impression Obsession

Copic Spica Glitter markers Clear & Chocolate

As soon as I saw this paper I was in love with it and could think of nothing other than Spring- and thought why not try making a grid kind of card. I also wanted to add some sparkle and shine to it using my new Copic Spica glitter markers. I know it's very hard to see (my lighting stinks!)  but I added some glittery white/clear to the white dots on the butterfly's wings and did the edges of the brown cardstock in brown glitter marker as well. I also traced around the butterfly's brown edge to try to get them to stand out a bit more. It looks so darn pretty in real life, especially when the sun hits it!

I'm sooooo ready for Spring here.....the winters in Wisconsin are long and cold! Hope this card gets you in the mood for green grass, flowers blooming, birds chirping, and warm sunny days!

Anne