12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop - Day 1

Hey Crafty Friends-
I am very happy to be a part of the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop hosted by Honey Bearz Designs. This card is one of my favorites I have ever made. The beauty is really in the sparkle that doesn't come across well on camera. I hope you like it as much as I do.

It is a 5 1/2 inch square base cut from white glitter cardstock. I used the Martha Stewart snowflake punch to cut six snowflakes from lavender glitter cardstock and layered it on top of the white. I layered a strip of the same lavender stamped with "It's a Wonderful Life" on top of black and popped it up on foam dots in the center of the card. Added a tulle bow at the top and a couple rhinestones and there you have it.......My favorite snowflake card.

 Thank you for stopping by. I hope you will follow me for the rest of the hop! 11 more days to go.

1. Lisa Pontious ~ http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

2. Theresa ~ http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/
3. Ashley ~ http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com
4. Anita ~http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com
5. Amy Jo ~ http://lv2scrapandfibrofacts.blogspot.com
6. Lynda ~ http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/
7. Mindy ~ http://papercreationsbymindyblog.blogspot.com/
8. Janet ~ http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
9. Nicolette ~ www.beyondscrapin.blogspot.com
10. Shawnee ~ http://www.blessedonthebrightside.com
11. Inga http://mommahobbit.blogspot.com/
12. Tami ~ http://tamboscreations.blogspot.com/
13. Jearise ~ http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/
14. Kerri ~ http://crafttimeandcupcakes.blogspot.com/

Pine cone Die Cut

Hey Crafty Friends-
After following Tim Holtz 12 tags of Christmas I too really wanted to get my hands on the Tattered Pine cone die. But then I thought with all the Cricut cartridges I own I should have something that would work. On page 69 of the Art Philosophy Close to my Heart cartridge I found it!

The spiral that is on the right of the font box will make a great pine cone. I cut it at 3 inches to make a small pine cone suitable for a card. The base "curl" that you would glue the spiral to is a little too big because you want it to be wrapped tighter to keep the shape so I glued it to where I thought it looked good and trimmed off the excess.

I didn't do any distressing or adding "snow" yet but I think it looks pretty good. I plan to make a few more with different papers and try resizing it. I will be using these for an upcoming project this month so I'll share more then. Thanks for checking in!

Market Street Stamps Block Party

I was so excited to hear about the block party the day after I received my first stamps from Market Street Stamps. I am so happy with how this Christmas card turned out. I LOVE MY GINGHAM BACKGROUND STAMP!  Fingers crossed I get to be a guest designer.

P.S. I changed the photo to one in better lighting. I think it looks better anyway. Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Cards & Cookies Blog Hop

Hey Crafty Friends,
I decided for this hop I had to make Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies. So easy to make and they give you such a Christmasy feeling!

The card is a simple 3.5 inch card. Green cardstock layered with a holly leaf patterned paper that has been inked on the edges with Tim Holtz Festive Berries ink then stamped with my favorite My Creative Time stamps. A bow on top finished off this cute little Christmas gift!

Cookie Ingredients

• 4 cups (two 12-oz. pkgs.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels, divided
• 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs

Directions

PREHEAT oven to 375° F.

MELT 2 cups morsels in small, heavy-duty saucepan over low heat; stir until smooth. Remove from heat.

COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. Beat butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in melted chocolate. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in remaining 2 cups morsels. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

BAKE for 8 to 9 minutes or until cookies are puffed. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely

I frosted the cookies with a basic buttercream icing then sprinkled with crushed candy cane.

Frosting Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine softened
• 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar (approximately 1 lb.)
• 2 tablespoons milk

Instructions:

 

In large bowl, cream shortening and butter with electric mixer. Add peppermint. Gradually add sugar, one cup at a time, beating well on medium speed. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl often. When all sugar has been mixed in, icing will appear dry. Add milk and beat at medium speed until light and fluffy. Keep bowl covered with a damp cloth until ready to use.

I hope you enjoyed visiting my blog. Don't forget to hop to the next blog on the list!

1) Dena : http://missdjones.blogspot.com/
2) Robin : http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/
3) Janet N: http://createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
4) Carla: http://racincrafts.blogspot.com/
5) Zenita: http://www.scrappinwithz.blogspot.com
6) Jennifer: http://www.craftycardgallery.blogspot.com/
7) Kari: http://purplefuntasticcreations.blogspot.com/
8) Susan: http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/
9) JulieK: http://jk-littlebitofbling.blogspot.com/
10) Ellen ♥ CardMonkey: http://www.cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com
11) Kerri: http://crafttimeandcupcakes.blogspot.com/   <----------- you are here
12) Janet S: http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
13) Carol: http://huffandpuffscrap.blogspot.com/
14) Christina http://cema1cema.blogspot.com/
15) Staci McD http://preciousmem.blogspot.com/
16) Pam http://pammejo-scrapbookflair.blogspot.com/
17) Maria http://marlm-creativebydesign.blogspot.com/
18) Nicolette- www.beyondscrapin.blogspot.com

Bridal Shower Cupcakes

Hey Crafty Friends-
 Well, the shower is over so as promised here are the pictures of my glorious cupcake creations.

The cakes were either chocolate devil's food with white vanilla butter cream or white cake with Hershey's chocolate frosting. The chocolate iced cakes were topped with sugar pearls and a "diamond" wedding ring. The white ones were decorated with three different toppers (I Do tag, heart, and "S" monogram) cut from the Tie the Knot Cricut cartridge. I am very pleased with how they turned out.......and they tasted great too!

LUCKY ME!

I was feeling a little crafty so I decided to use some products from Little Yellow Bicycle's Lucky Me line. I love anything Celtic inspired so when I took this picture of my daughter in her rainbow shirt I decided she is the pot of gold at the end of my rainbow. LUCKY ME!!!

Thanksgiving Table Blog Hop

I am so happy to be a part of this hop. I love the way my project turned out. I hope you like it too.

I created a wine bottle tag and glass charms using the Tie the Knot Cricut cartridge. I used the ivy tag rotated it vertically and cut it at 3 inches in orange cardstock. I then repeated the cut in the gold glitter cardstock but increased the size to 3.5 inches. All the pieces were inked on the edges using the Tim Holtz fall seasonal ink in Seedless Preserves.

I stamped three different leaf shapes from the Close to my Heart, Many Thanks stamp set in Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, and Seedless Preserves ink and cut them out. The sentiments from the same set were stamped in Chocolate Chip. All the layers were popped up on foam dots for dimension and tied to the bottle with raffia.

For the wine glass charms I used the same Tie the Knot cartridge to cut scalloped circles from the gold glitter cardstock at 2 inches, and the monogram scallop circles from the orange cardstock at 1.5 inches. Once again all edges were inked with Seedless Preserves, and an acorn was stamped in Chocolate Chip. Layered it all on foam dots and ties to the glass with raffia.

I hope you enjoyed your time at Craft Time and Cupcakes. Please follow on to the next blog on the list to see more great projects. Ya'll come back now, ya hear!

1. Sylvia- http://www.bellascrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com/

2. Sandra- http://www.365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

3. Sandy- http://www.thecraftycreationspot.blogspot.com/

4. Patty- http://creativediva98.blogspot.com/

5. Eva - http://evasscrapsncards.blogspot.com/

6. Laura- http://www.sunflowercreations9530.blogspot.com/

7. Monica http://simplycricutting.blogspot.com/

8.Veronica http://mommyscraftycreations.blogspot.com/

9.CallyAnn http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com/

10.Julie - http://www.cricutchick.com/

11.Theresa - http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/

12. Kerri- http://crafttimeandcupcakes.blogspot.com/     <-------------- YOU ARE HERE

13.Gaby - http://www.gabycreates.com/

14. Diana - http://www.daisylovecreations.blogspot.com/

15. Sherrie http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com/

16.Elsa http://www.cricutlvr.blogspot.com/

17. Martha www.pattisscrapingtime.blogspot.com

18.Esther http://forthejoyofcreating.blogspot.com/

19.Anita http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/