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Saturday, January 29, 2011

New Cards of Jan. 2011

Well, here I am, rising from the sick bed.  I got so much sleep in the last three days I guess I'm up for a little while.  Bad bad cold with a gut wrenching cough and sore throat.  I hope I'm on the other side of it.

Started watching some YouTube videos on card making and my favorite teacher, Dawn, from Stampin Up showed this really cute shirt card so I made two of them so far.   The first one is never good enough to give but I got the hang of it pretty fast. Here are the two I made:





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And earlier this month I made a card for my nephew, shhhh....don't tell him yet! Here it is:



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And I also made a birthday card for one of my favorite cousins!  Here is that one:





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This one is three dimensional and was really easy.  I think I got this one from Dawn also.  She is a great teacher. Here is her link:  http://www.youtube.com/user/dawn5377#p/u/48/-YcRKO99zHo



So I guess that is all for now.  I have a couple more birthday cards to make then on to making some for JDRF!



Remember to enjoy every second of your day!!

New Cards of Jan. 2011

Well, here I am, rising from the sick bed.  I got so much sleep in the last three days I guess I'm up for a little while.  Bad bad cold with a gut wrenching cough and sore throat.  I hope I'm on the other side of it.

Started watching some YouTube videos on card making and my favorite teacher, Dawn, from Stampin Up showed this really cute shirt card so I made two of them so far.   The first one is never good enough to give but I got the hang of it pretty fast. Here are the two I made:





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And earlier this month I made a card for my nephew, shhhh....don't tell him yet! Here it is:



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And I also made a birthday card for one of my favorite cousins!  Here is that one:





201101001
This one is three dimensional and was really easy.  I think I got this one from Dawn also.  She is a great teacher. Here is her link:  http://www.youtube.com/user/dawn5377#p/u/48/-YcRKO99zHo



So I guess that is all for now.  I have a couple more birthday cards to make then on to making some for JDRF!



Remember to enjoy every second of your day!!

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Yes, many moons ago.....

I wrote last in this blog quite a while ago for sure.  I will be starting cardio rehab soon and I plan to start taking the Byetta that I have been avoiding for so long.  The 2 stents in my heart has helped to seal the deal!  Someone has to stick around to make my cards! lol  And to take care of my diabetic son, who now has to watch his diet so carefully.  He can have no sugar, no potassium, and now no glutton or wheat! He has the opposite problem of his mom, he can't gain any weight! I know, we all wish that but trust me, we do not want all those restrictions!

Tonight I started to make a quinoa cranberry salad with pecans, but didn't have all the correct ingredients so I improvised!  A quinoa craisin salad with walnuts! I have never had quinoa before tonight.  It was pretty darn good.  My friend and I went to the farmer's market back in the summer and that's where I picked up some local grains that I have never tried before!  The quinoa, some bulgar, some whole wheat couscous, and some steel cut oatmeal.  Now I have to match up some good sounding recipes to try on the family. lol  Tonight's was a success!  A marinated (from store) pork roast that was so so so moist with roasted fennel, carrot & onion!  Some roasted white potato just for filling sake on the side! And the star of dinner:
Even my picky daughter liked this.  It is going to be a great summer salad! Here's the
recipe for 6 :

Ingredients

1 c quinoa, rinsed and drained
2 cups water                            
1/2 c chopped toasted pecans
1/2 c dried cranberries          
1 T olive oil                           
2 T lemon juice                     
salt and pepper to taste         

Directions

1.  Bring the quinoa and water to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the quinoa is tender and the water has been absorbed, about 15 to 20 minutes. Scrape into a mixing bowl to cool about 20 minutes.

2.  Once the quinoa has cooled, stir in the pecans, cranberries, olive oil, and lemon juice; season to taste with salt and pepper.  Let stand at room temperature for 1 hour before serving.

If you want to make this for more than 6 people you can go to AllRecipes.com and search for the recipe.  By entering the number of people it will recalculate the amounts of ingredients you will need!  So handy to go up or down!!  Love that feature.

Well I guess that's enough for tonight and if I can stay off of facebook.....I might could get some cards made! I will be selling these for JDRF so stick around for more information on that.

Remember to be present for all your breathes!  Enjoy every second of your life!



            


My Christmas Cards 2010











These are my versions of the
"Spinner" cards.
These were done with the help of a Cricut
and the wonderful SCAL!
























And these are my versions of "Bell" cards!


I hope everyone enjoyed the cards I made.  I thought I was going to start on next years......however, you do get bored doing the same ones over and over so I am going to mix it up a little more for next year.  In the meantime, I will have fun trying new designs and making cards to sell for JDRF! (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)


My Christmas Cards 2010











These are my versions of the
"Spinner" cards.
These were done with the help of a Cricut
and the wonderful SCAL!
























And these are my versions of "Bell" cards!


I hope everyone enjoyed the cards I made.  I thought I was going to start on next years......however, you do get bored doing the same ones over and over so I am going to mix it up a little more for next year.  In the meantime, I will have fun trying new designs and making cards to sell for JDRF! (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)