Another post today... A Mini Tag Album

  No coffee, No shower yet...but a beautiful Sunrise.

                Amazing Sunsets...

                Who caught the biggest fish?

                hmmmm Ty or Dad?

                  and another BIG Bass......

                It's a GUY thing.........


This is a mini tag book I am working on. The photos are from our road trip last summer. For those of you who are new to my Blog. JC and I were sitting at the kitchen table eating lunch and I told him I was bored. He said what do you want to do? I'm like I dunno, lets drive somewhere....we were packed and in the car 45 minutes later. We sarted driving towards JC's family in Ohio, then went on to Michigan to see my family. Along the way JC said ..hey why don't we camp? So that's what we did, after visiting with my Mom and sister..we headed to Traverse City to see my son. We purchased tents and sleeping bags and camped. We had a wonderful time sitting around the campfire. We stayed at a State Park next to a lake.. the sunset was amazing. We then headed down state to see JC's youngest son, where we ended up camping at a Private Lake. The pictures in this album are from that camping trip. The lake was stocked with trophy fish... we fished pretty much from Sunrise to Sunset. We then drove to Kentucky to explore Mammoth Cave and then came home after that. We were gone for about two weeks. LOL I haven't told JC lately that I'm bored. Who knows where we might end up next.

More pages yet to come...

Thanks for stopping by,
Mary

Painting with my watercolors...

Here is a card that I made using my Prisma Watercolors. I still have a lot to learn, but I like the way this one turned out.

Thanks Audrene!!

Hugs,
Mary

Faux Pressed Flowers & Silk

This is one of the cards we made at Stamp Club on Sunday. It's called a faux silk card.You can check out the tutorial for this technique here.

We also made this card....I just LOVE this technique!! The texture is amazing. You can also find the tutorial for this at SplitCoast Stampers. The ladies in Stamp Club are SUPER talented and I have been having a blast learning all these new techniques.

Thanks for stopping by!
Mary

Sketch Layout

Ta da!! :) Here is the layout I made to go with my sketch.

Thanks for stopping by!
Mary

Sketch Challenge

Hi my bloggie friends!! Today I have for you my very First Sketch Challenge. I created this sketch for Kitchen Keepsakes. It was actually a lot of fun to make. I'd be interested in any feedback...good or bad. I have my layout finished just waiting for daylight to take pics.

Hugs,
Mary

Few more recipe Layouts...

I hope y'all are not getting sick of seeing my recipe pages... LOL I am having a blast putting this together. My book of "Lovin from my oven".
This layout was done for Kitchen Keepsakes January Guest Designer Janet's Challenge. The challenge was to do a "Comfort Food" recipe. I choose my "Vanilla French Toast". Our youngest DS always wanted this for breakfast before a big basketball game or on a lazy weekend. I used the paper from "The Shabby Green Door" kit...I just LOVE that kit!!

This is another Recipe Challenge layout by our GD Janet..." Chocolate Challenge". This is a yummy Rasberry Chocolate dessert. Super easy to make. Yes, I made the crochet flower embellishment. :)

Grab a cuppa and join us at the Kitchen Table...we have lots to chat about.

Mary

Kitchen Keepsakes February Challenge

Hi Bloggie friends!! Today is my first challenge on Kitchen Keepsakes as a DT member. I hope y'all pop on over and join us at the Kitchen Table.
I came from a big family and although money was tight my Mom always did her best to make the holidays fun ..on Valentines day we could always count on getting a box of conversation hearts or a small box of chocolates . Ya know those ones wrapped in red cellophane paper & a plastic flower attached. LOL Anyways…. with Valentine’s Day just around the corner I thought it would be appropriate to do a Valentines Challenge.

Recipe Ingredients:
Colors - Pink or Red ,chocolate & white
Lace
Heart(s)

Directions:
The challenge is to put a layout together using all the “ingredients” …along with your favorite chocolate recipe. Use the photo for inspiration !!

Here is my layout:

Easy OREO Truffles

Ingredients:
1 (16 ounce) package OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
1 (8 ounce) package Cream Cheese, softened
2 (8 ounce) packages BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate

Directions:
Crush 9 of the cookies to fine crumbs in food processor; reserve for later use.
Crush cookies in the processor AND then add the cream cheese via the same way. You'll know it's well blended when the whole cookie mixture turns into a big blob...it won't be crumbly at all. Chill the dough for about 15 min before rolling. I then chilled the balls (in the freezer) for about 10 min while I melted the chocolate.
Dip 1/2 the batch at at time & then melt the remaining 1/2 of chocolate for the 2nd tray of balls.
Place on waxed paper.Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
Store leftover truffles, covered, in refrigerator.


Thanks for stopping by!
Mary