WOYWW #180

Wednesday again!  Oh my time for WOYWW!  Time is going faster and faster each week it seems.  Christmas is drawing closer and I am afraid that I am not going to be able to keep shoving it into the background much longer.  Need to get out the Christmas papers box and get my cards made and the letter written cause I leave on a cruise the 2 December for a week and I don't want to contend with them once I get back all relaxed and whatnot!

WOYWW...whats that?  A group of bloggers that link up each Wednesday to check out one anothers desks to see what is going on.  To have a good old fashioned snoop legally!!  If you would like more info click on over to Stamping Ground where the most gracious of hostesses, the queen of desk snoops, Julia will tell you what to do!

This is a picture of my desk today...  Sorry it is so dark but it is about 0100 here in Oklahoma and I didn't want to use flash.  OMG! you say...well yes it is a mess but it is a lot better then what it was earlier today.  I have been really busy this week working on the tags for my tag canvas/class that will be happening on 24 and 29 November and it has made a mess of my workspace for sure!  The mess is the part you don't see!  Check back previous few days posts to see the tags that are going on the canvas.

I decided that the tag canvas needed some hanged down things from the bottom of the canvas so I am in the process of making a banner that says 2012 that I cut out with the Vagabond and Spellbinders.  Now I need to unearth the Cricut so I can cut out some numbers.    The snow flakes on the lower middle part of the desk will go on the green recipe cards I am in the process of making.  I am making 2 more recipe cards for a swap.  Here is a picture of one that is completed...

Easy peasy recipe!  I love cake mixes!

I made a chocolate cake yesterday from scratch using the master mix I made up from Ginger Lemon Girl site that is a blog run by Carrie Forbes.  BTW I bought her new slow cooker cookbook and it has a lot of really yummy gluten free recipes in it!  Each week Carrie puts out a weeks worth of meals and recipes for those folks who need some help.  Check her blog out cause she has all sorts of free recipes available also!

 

Made it through week four of my diet changes and it is becoming a little easier to say no without having to explain everything to everyone.  Most people know someone who has food allergies or intolerance and go out of their way to be helpful! 

I guess I will leave it like this for today and mosey on over to Julia's and log in for the blog hopping.  I need a cup of tea and a snack and will visit a few before going to bed tonight.  Check back tomorrow to see the finished canvas!

another recipe card

Another recipe card I made for the Split Coast Stampers Fall/Holiday Recipe Swap.  I love making 6" x 6" recipe cards but recently I have noticed that I am starting to accumulate quite a few.  I think that this year I am going to make them into cook books to either 1. keep or 2. give away.  I haven't made up my mind yet.  I probably have close to 120 cards so I could make up several big books.

Here is the second card I made up for this swap.  If you didn't see the first you can see it here...  This swap was to make 5+1 (5 to swap and 1 for the hostess) and get 5 back.  I made up 8 so that I could swap and still have one to keep and one to put in a cook book I am making up as a gift for Christmas.  This recipe is super easy yet super tasty!

Love all the fall colors and the paper leaves and poly flowers.  Speaks of fall and comfort food!

increased the size of this so you could see the recipe if you should chose to want it!

Well it is back to work.  I have a lot more to do before the night is over.  Have a great day!

WOYWW #174

I have had a horrible week this week.  I think I picked up something when I was cropping last Friday night cause I have felt "not so good" ever since then.  I can't pin point what is going on but it is more then my CFS/ME and Fibro that is flaring.  I have kept a headache and I feel hot (no it isn't hormones!) and a multitude of other complaints.  Haven't left the house at all and actually slept in Tuesday until 4pm.  I didn't get to bed till 4:30 am but still that is a lot of sleep for even me.

My desk is crammed packed again cause I have been spending what time my head isn't hurting in there trying to get caught up on swaps that I have signed up for.  I am afraid a lot is going to be a little late and I feel guilty for that but it can't be helped.

my photography set up.  It is just 2 pieces of white foam board but it works pretty well.  I haven't had the inclination to buy a photo cube cause the cost so darn much and this gives me a lot of reflected light and does better then what I used to use.

Thought I would share a set of 6" x 6" recipe cards I made for a swap on Split Coast Stampers.  The swap was for 5+1 and I would be getting back 5 different ones.  I made 8 so I could have one and another for a cookbook I am creating as a Christmas gift. 

the 8 recipe cards together

One alone and a little bigger so you can read the recipe. This a a really good and filling soup.  If you can't read it let me know and I will email the recipe if you want it.

Wondering what WOYWW is all about.  Go check out Julia's blog Stamping Ground and join in with the group touring around the globe one desk at a time.

One last thing I would like to share with you.  My day of baking nut breads.  Yummy!  Think I will make a cup of tea and go blog hopping.  Have a great week!

Another accomplishment this past week.  I made pumpkin cranberry nut bread (3 loaves) and Banana nut bread (2 loaves)  It was really yummy and I probably ate way more then I should have!

6x6 Healthy recipe page and Encouraging card

I shipped off a group of cards to a swap last week that were for a healthy recipe and a card of encouragement. I love doing swaps! I love making the cards or whatever and I love seeing what other people are doing and shipping back to me.

This swap was for a 6x6 recipe card and I decided to do my old Weight Watchers party standby for Veggie Pizza. I have seen and tried a lot of different recipes for the pizza and this is my favorite.

The 6x6 in base is Stampin Up kraft card stock, pizza is from Flair Designs , What's Cooking collection. Creative Imaginations makes the chip board zucchini and veggies. I used Rose Red and Whisper White for the recipe mounting also from SU The flourishes are from a clear stamp set that I have long since lost the manufacturers info. Stampin Up Chocolate Chip ink pad.

The encouragement card is made from Stampin Up Pink Pirouette textured card stock, Bella Rose DP, Old Olive card stock, Whisper White card stock embossed with a Cuddlebug embossing folder called . The Old Olive is edged with the scalloped edge punch and paper pierced. I used old olive ink to stamp the sentiments from the Happy Harmony stamp set on whisper white card stock. I finished the card off with 3 pearls from Queen & Co. and some ribbon I found in the bargain bin at a local craft store.

As I was working on the above projects I thought I had so much to be thankful for with all the things I have to do my craft projects with. I love all my tools but what I really love this week is my Big Shot die cut machine from Stampin Up. Sizzix makes the machine but the only place you can get this particular machine is from Stampin Up! The reason I love the Big Shot is that it can do so much for me and make my life so much easier. I use it to dry emboss with the cuddle bug folders, cut shapes with all sorts of different manufacturers products like Cuddle bug, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Sizzix dies etc.

Stay tuned for another blog this week. I have made more cards and I thought I would post some of the Valentines cards this week so everyone could see them.