Am doing a Halloween Jam with Amber and Jennifer!  This is the backgrounds I came up with.  My house was stop 1 so I did the backgrounds.  I kind of LOVE going first in a Jam, it gives me full creative freedom! Supplies:Black cardstock from Stampin Up, spritz’d the heck out of it with Ranger Perfect Pearls Embellishment Pigment Kit, Interference The checkered paper is from 7gypsies 19182 8 x 8 Variety Pack Journey Classic. hand painted with orange Niji Pearlescent Watercolor Sets – Set of 21 Colors. inked with…

Another crazy week has passed.  I swear I have no idea where the days go, one moment I’m waking up the next I’m going to bed.  I don’t remember hardly anything going on in between.  Really, I’m getting old.   LOL…  No, REALLY! I took the entire week OFF from work, just because the kids were out of school for fall break AND it twas meh birfday!   Did my loving hubs get me a birthday cake, no.  Did he make me a birthday cake, umm…no.  Did I have my cake…

I made up a few different backgrounds and posted them on Facebook to see if anyone wanted to do a Jam with me that maybe hadn’t tried one yet.  The first set I posted were these guys.  Very similar to the Halloween Jam cards I did for my swap with Amber and Jennifer (I thought I had post those already, will post them tomorrow since I HAVEN’T).  These are being Jammed by myself Mindi and Shannon, both are NM girls, how fun! For Supplies on this one:the paper is 7gypsies…

ummm, when did I get a seal?LOL!

Here’s another installment of this months PiP project! Last week I did the covers, cut some dividers, and began planning out the logistics of the pages and the calendar. I ended up adding a little inking to the edges of the covers.  My thinking is this thing is going to get USED so it’s going to get a little dirty.  Inking it up now, will help “hide” any dirt or smudges that get on it in the future… I went ahead and inked the pockets, too. I adhered the pockets…

It’s finally hit, my holiday havoc syndrome!  I love the holidays, no matter what else you may hear me say!  Been sitting here thinking about the Christmas tree, and Trick or Treating! Great combo!  Love all the colors and creating that happens over the holiday, so many possibilities!  Being as its on my mind, I’ve decided to host an impromptu HALLOWEEN THEME call! Simply upload your HALLOWEEN themed creations: Scrapbooking, Cards, Crafts, whatever – digi, paper, or hybrid, WHATEVER!  I would love to see em!  So show em to me,…

LOL.  So busy, not really had any time for ‘personal’ blogging.  Tons of OTHER posts this week.  So if you want to see what I’ve been up to just take a browse thru these!   From the Creative Section:  October Color Challenge – Come on Get Crafty! Oct ATC Jam Card One StFu: card one Oct Photography Challenge – Bugs Pug Pic o the Day Oct 8 2010 PiP: Altered Birthday Book – Covers   From the Cooking Section: Italian Herbed Chicken Penne Big Boy Breakfast Bake Mashed Tater Cakes…

Something I’m hoping to do around here is post a P.I.P. (Project in Progress) once a month.  I would like to post projects as I am working on them, so you guys can see them progress and create them TOO should you want.  I think it will be fun! This month’s PiP is the book I am making for my Gran for Christmas.  My Gran has Alzheimer’s, and as such she forgets things.  She gets very upset if she forgets someone’s birthday or to mail them a card, so I…

This is one of my favorite “gotta lick the sauce off my fingers” recipes, and it’s SUPER easy! 4 tbsp brown sugar (by tbsp I mean HEAPING. lol) 6 tbsp soy sauce (not heaping, obviously.) 2tbsp oil (I have used olive and Wesson, Wesson tasted better) 1 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp garlic powder 1/4 tsp black pepper 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts Combine everything except the chicken in a bowl and whisk it up real good.  Make sure to get all the “clumps” out of the brown sugar. Cut…

aww my lil Gumpy Wumpy.How could you say NO to that face….LOL!