Hi Everyone!

Gee Wiz I can't believe I haven't posted anything in forever!  I had started a new job in August of 2013 and it takes up the majority of my time. Sad but true. I have made a few crafty things and swapped flip books with one of my crafty friends, but for the most part I just look at my goodies and pout. I'm sure there are those that can relate that life can get in the way at times. But some Good News.......I had a new grandson in January. Little Kaiden - he is always so happy. I'm blessed with three total.

Currently I'm on a 30 Day No Facebook Challenge.  Today is day 15 with no FB.  Hard to believe, cuz when I had some free time I felt like I was on FB and not accomplishing much else.  So I hope to post some future projects that I have in mind.  Will keep y'all posted.

By the way I love this new paper line by Maggie Holmes titled "Gather".  So So Pretty.  I have to have it!
Here's a peek.  http://crate.typepad.com/cratepaper/2016/08/mh-gather.html

Happy Crafting!!  Let me know what y'all have been up to!  Hugs!

Brother Scan and Cut

Oh My!  Brother is coming out with a Scan and Cut Home and Craft Cutting Machine.  This is going to be awesome!  Not much news on it just yet, but can you imagine the possibilities with scanning whatever to cut it!!  I just had to share if you hadn't seen the emails out about it.  October Hurry Up!!

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Time Has Flown

Hi everyone!  It's been a busy summer here.  Started a new job as a case manger and I must say I love it so far.  I have not crafted as much I would like or did much more with the coffee venture.  So much to do and so little time.  Also, I've had to close down the Ning site that I had created.  I was just being pulled in too many directions.  I'm sure all of you have been in this very spot at one time or another.  But I have made some recent altered corks and wanted to share the video with you. These were fun to do and would make great charms for mini albums and also ceiling fan pulls (if you reinforce well).  Enjoy!

Help Me Win a GIGGA BRERA Espresso Machine with Your Vote!

Today starts the vote for the contest that is over at Whole Latte Love that I recently entered.  They sell everything coffee.  I entered my Coffee and Five Pepper Crusted Pork Loin Recipe.  I'm asking my followers to help me win the Gaggia Brera Espresso Machine by casting their vote for my recipe.  I would so much appreciate your vote to win this awesome machine.  Thanks!!

http://www.wholelattelove.com/2013-brewbqcontest-vote.cfm

My Newest Obession

It's no secret that I love coffee.  So much so that I have been busy doing a Coffee Roasting Business Startup.  You can find me on Facebook as https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pungo-Roast-Coffee-Gifts/141284596046069?ref=tn_tnmn .  Website will be coming soon.  Also I'll be including other items as well in the near future.  It's a work in progress, so please bare with me. 
I haven't done much on the paper crafting side of things just because I've been so busy.  I cut my work hours back to devote my attention to the coffee, but still plan to do other creative things in the mix of things.  I want to do some Farmer's Markets this year as well.  It will be a long road, but I'm ready to travel it. 
God Bless all of you for following my blog and hope each of your summers are filled with Sunshine and Laughter. 

Bread Making Adventure

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!  I haven't posted in some time and wanted share my recent bread making experience.  I haven't made bread in many years and from what I could remember it seemed like a lot of work.  Well I've been eying bread recipes on Pinterest.  Have you tried Pinterest yet?  I love it.  Pinterest is a great tool for finding new recipes and saving other things too that you may want to buy or try.  This is a bread recipe that was posted, so yesterday I decided to give it a try.  It stated that this bread could be mixed together in under 2 minutes.  I thought, "Is that all, even I should be able to do this!"  Well, I was in at that point.  

http://simplysogood.blogspot.com/2010/03/crusty-bread.html

Her bread is gorgeous.......can you call bread gorgeous?  Mine didn't turn out quite as pretty as hers, but she's an experienced baker and I'm not.  Here's my version. 

I must confess, the first one I made stuck in the pot, was nice but I just couldn't get it out of the darn pot.  Where did I go wrong?   I even put cornmeal in the bottom to help....also I used my stainless steel pot, hum-mm, maybe that is where I went wrong.    My mom had sent me a gift card for Christmas, so off I went and bought an enameled covered cast iron pot.  With this pot the above bread just fell out.  Now I can't wait to try all the different variations with this recipe. 

Do you bake bread?  Have any good recipes?? 

Design, Create, Inspire!: Open House Giveaway!

Design, Create, Inspire!: Open House Giveaway!:     Get inspired this holiday season and attend our annual  Holiday Open House , Saturday November 10th at 5pm-10pm! Enjoy an even...

Happy Halloween

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Spooky Halloween, but mostly I pray that everyone is safe.  I know Sandy has left many without power and many also with water damage.  My heart goes out to you all.  I have been through this experience several times.  I am a Hurricane Camille Survivor as well as a Hurricane Katrina Survivor and during that particular hurricane, my home was severely damaged from all the wind and rain.  I lived in my dining room (the only part that didn't fall in along with the master bath) for many months as my home was being rebuilt. When you go through such things you learn what's most important in life; and it's not the material things.......it's your family. 

Coconut Almond Cupcakes

Pretty In Pink

 Just wanted to share my favorite cupcake recipe with all of you.  Makes about 32 Cupcakes.  Plenty to Share!!  Hope you all enjoy and  Thanks for stopping by.!

http://scrapndaze.ning.com/page/coconut-almond-cupcakes?xg_source=activity

Chillingworth Manor Mini Album

I just completed a new mini using Echo Park's Chillingsworth Manor Paper Line.  It was so much fun to make and I always seem to gravitate toward Halloween paper.  It is such a fun paper line with all it's spookiness.  I love how they reference Marie Leveau, Edgar Allen Poe, and that old movie from way back when called "Something Wicked This Way Comes".  Of course, I'm always loving the colors too!  This mini I'm going to gift to my friend Linda, who lives in Mississippi.  I worked with Linda many years when I lived down in that area, and we became close friends and keep in touch to this day.  Now she'll have a cute little mini to put her Halloween Party Pics in.
 

Here's the Video to see the inner pages. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Beachy Micro Mini Album

This itty bitty mini was created for a swap I hosted on ScrapNDaze.ning.com.  It is no bigger than 3"x3" and the cover is done in a muslin material that I had stamped then embellished.  The inside pages are made of the smallest paper bag size found at local craft stores.  I thought it came out super cute and wanted to share it with all of you.  I used the Tim Coffey Specialty Paper...not really sure the name, but it is ocean themed and went well with my project.  If you would like to see the video that includes the inside, just visit my YouTube site here: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQdcNnnP7BI

Thanks for stopping in.  Have a Wonderful Day!!

Holiday Decor Altered Pumpkin Swap

I haven't posted in some time lately.  I have recently switched from a three day work week to a five day work week.  It has really taken away from my crafting and posting time.  But, I'll have to make due for now.
I wanted to share with you some updates.  I'm hosting an Altered Pumpkin Swap over on my ning site. 

http://scrapndaze.ning.com/events/holiday-decor-altered-pumpkin-swap

This will be a one on one partner swap.  I hope to see some new faces join up for this one.  Also I'm just finishing up on two other swaps and will be posting pictures and videos in the next few days on those, which will include Halloween Tags and Micro Mini Albums.  I just didn't want to post just yet as it may spoil the surprise for some of the gals.

My Ning site is slowly growing and I'm really excited about it, come by and check us out.  Hope all of you are having a fun scrappy day!!  

A Garden Mini

Hello everyone!  I just wanted to share a mini I made recently for a swap.  This mini is made out of coffee sleeves and the paperline is DCWV Lemon Flower.  It's an older paperline, but I hadn't used it and knew it was perfect for this project.  The greens and the yellows are so pretty.  The theme was garden and this mini is for my partner Veronica.  I did my best to make it look like a basket, I think I succeeded.

The inner pages can be viewed here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0b432CXEV8

Happy Crafting!!

Giveaway Winner!!

Congrats to Veronica Allen, you have won the Mini Case Kit.  Please respond within 24 hours to claim your prize, an email has been sent out to you.  Thanks for joining the ScrapNDaze Community and for leaving a comment.  Would love to see what you create with this!!

Itty Bitty Mini Swap - Think Nature

Over at my Ning site http://scrapndaze.ning.com we are having an Itty Bitty Mini Swap - Think Nature.  Come on over and check it out and join in the fun and creativity.  There are many tutorials on YouTube to get you started.  Here's one for example.  http://ning.it/PU9E3N

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see ya there!

Giveaway and New ScrapNDaze Ning Community

Hi Everyone!  Today I created a new Crafting Community www.scrapndaze.ning.com and I'm inviting my blog followers to join if you are interested.  I'm trying to create a community where members can share their creations as well as sell/trade trade their items if they want.  Also I hope to have members create and run fun swaps.  I want this site to made up of responsible members who don't flake out on swaps and the like.  I just want it to be clean and safe for all members concerned.

I will be Giving away a nice Mini Case Kit that is perfect for altering.  All of those who join I want you to leave a comment below to let me know that you have joined.  Also to earn extra entries you can:
                       
Tweet, Blog, Share on Facebook, YouTube, etc.
Be a follower of my blog.

With each way you have shared about my New ScrapNDaze Community please come back and comment on each new way that you have shared it.  I will use random number generator to select the winner.  This Giveaway will close on July 21st Midnight and the Winner will be announced on the following day.  If the ScrapNDaze Community reaches 100 members I'll add in more goodies!!  Let's get going and win some Prizes!! 

Here is a picture of the Mini Case Kit.  Thanks for Supporting and Joining in the fun.  Hugs.....Kathy

Mini Case Kit Giveaway Valued at $24.95 + Shipping

It's a good size at approx 9W x 13L x 6T.  I have not opened the packaging to get exact measurements once completed.  But here's a link to read more about it.  http://www.mastermindtoys.com/Red-Toolbox-Mini-Case-Kit.aspx

Gone Jewelry Crazy.

Turquoise, Pearl and Silver with Crab Medallion

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Sterling Silver with Mother of Pearl and Cubic Zirconia

Earring Variety

The last few weeks, I've been watching more tutorials on YouTube on jewelry making and have stepped out even further from the basic charms that I use on mini albums and such.  I've made more earrings, bracelets and even my first fancy schmancy necklace.  I thought I'd share some pics of my creations.  I even bought a special punch to make earring cards for my earrings.  You can check out the punches here.  It even comes with approx 25 pieces of card stock to display your earrings on.  I love it!   http://www.easyearringcards.com/ 

Thanks for stopping by!  

Simple Father's Day Card

Good Morning and Happy Father's Day to all the Wonderful Dad's out there.  I hope you lovely ladies had a great day celebrating with your special man in your life.  I made this simple and cute little card for Thomas and thought I'd give you all a peep.  For the Hot Air Balloon and the piece that says Happy Father's Day, I used the print files from my Silhouette.  The blue clouds in the background is another image using the Silhouette and adhesive card stock.  I think I'm in love with the adhesive paper, makes things so easy.  Just peel and stick. 

Thanks for stopping by my little blog and letting me share my creations with all of you!  Have a Beautiful Day!

Madison Avenue Paper Bag Mini

This is my very first attempt at making a paper bag mini.  I followed Laura of Following The Paper Trail's Tutorial.  She used canvas for her cover, but I used paper.  I used the Madison Avenue Paper by My Mind's Eye.  Very pretty paper, of course.  Using my Silhouette Cameo I cut all the image pieces for my front cover.  I really loved how the flowers turned out.  The flowers are very delicate, so I sprayed them with acrylic sealer to harden the paper up a bit.  If you'd like to see the entire mini, just head over to my YouTube Channel.  Thanks for stopping in!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmPNV-5w6lg&list=UUQgxO_c-cXphoZIXvKrZtwA&index=1&feature=plcp

Crafter's Companion Official Blog Page: Swinging By - Week 4 GIVEAWAY!

Crafter's Companion Official Blog Page: Swinging By - Week 4 GIVEAWAY!: Welcome to the Crafter's Companion Blog!!  Stacy here today and I have a sweet Humphrey's Corner card that I made to share with you.  I used...