True Love Save the Date Layout

Love this wonderful Doodlebug line called Friendly Forest.  As many of you know my son is getting married 10/10/15 and these are the photos that the bride-to-be's good friend Micky Bedell took.  This line matches so perfectly with the photos which so beautifully capture the essence of them and their relationship.  

Doodlebug Frosty Friends Layout

When I saw this new winter Doodlebug line Frosty Friends I fell in love with it.  I bought two of everything because these are my favorite colors.  Fun to make a snowflake sequin shaker.  Thanks for looking and have a great day.
Hugs,

House of Cards November Sketch Challenge

My boss lost her father-in-law suddenly this past week and I needed to make a sympathy card.  I wanted it to be pretty but not too much.  I am sending this off to her today.  Be sure to play along with the challenge

Hugs,

Happy Halloween M&M Cookie Mix

One of my best friend's daughter is at school and living in her own apartment while playing Division I field hockey which keeps her so busy.  She loves to bake but finding the time is hard with sports, her studies and a boyfriend.  I thought this would be a cute Halloween gift for her.  I love that you can get all different colors of M&M;s depending on the season.  You can make this jar for gifts all year round and just switch up the Ewe-N-Me Printables Jars Hang Tags to match the season or occasion.  

Halloween Jars Hang Tags

 

I love how cute this came out.  I used some Stickles to highlight the pumpkin on the tag and then on another tag cut out the cat and pumpkin and used some black Stickles on the cat and some Glossy Accents on the bow on his hat.  I found that it is better to put the Stickles on sparingly and then I used a QTip and wiped most of the glitter off so that you could still see the detail in the image.

I used my My Favorite Things dies again to punch out two circles for the top cover.  I love that when you buy this printable you get 8 tags on one sheet of paper.  I hope you try this recipe out and show us what you did.  You can find this and many other wonderful printables at the Ewe-N-Me Printables store.

Supplies Needed:

Wide Mouth Mason Jar

1 1/2 cups M&M's

1/4 cup white sugar

2 cups flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

3/4 cup brown sugar

Ice Cream Scoop (to pack down layers)

Recipe to attach to tag:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Pour contents into a bowl and mix well.  Work in 3/4 cup of softened butter with your hands until the mixture is crumbly.  In a separate bowl beat 1 tsp vanilla with 1 egg.  Mix wet ingredients into dry.  Place heaping Tablespoons on cookie sheet and bake 10-14 minutes.

Hugs,

Anita

Sewing and Quilting Fun

Here are some projects that are completed and some that are before quilting is done.  I like to take before and after pictures.  I love sewing and quilting and love playing with fabric as much as I love playing with paper.


Doodlebug Christmas fabric towels embellished with Doodlebug sequins and buttons.

 These are for my quilting guild which I am donating for the Christmas craft fair to help defray the cost of the quilts we make for inpatients at local hospitals.

I can's show some of the other projects I have completed because they are super secret Christmas presents.  Be back soon with some more sewing fun.  

Hugs,

Doodlebug Candy Halloween Purse

There is a really sweet woman who works at the quilt store that I frequent and she is my daughter's age and very good to me.  Always smiling and happy to see everyone.  She loves Halloween so I made this Doodlebug inspired purse for her.  I had such fun creating it and filling it with goodies for her.  I used a lot of papers from the Ghouls and Goodies line.  I am submitting this for the Paper Issues current Halloween challenge

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Hugs,

It's Pumpkin Time

Paper Issues and SRM Stickers are teaming up for a challenge Witchin' You a Happy Halloween.  Both sites are having challenges for Halloween projects and I made something using a fun set called Monthly Memories for October from SRM.  You can play along with Paper Issues challenge here and the SRM challenge here.  You should play along with both as both sites are awesome with amazingly talented ladies.  I made a pumpkin with my Silhouette and then made a cute tag using SRM stickers on the tag.  Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Hugs,