nuts week 198

happy monday scrappers!

here is my take on this weeks sketch...

again i used my january

scraptastic club button box kit!

alexa playing her viola...

i sprayed the

neutral cardstockand

the flower with

the robot blue mist from

the kit

i added yellow stickles

to the alphabet from the kit

tfl!!

lunar new year food! and ice cream sandwiches....

happy lunar new year!

did you enjoy yours?

the kids and i enjoyed ours!

our menu was....

veggie lo mein

veggie fried rice...

and general tso's chicken that went

so fast no time for a pic!!!

and a family favorite dessert....

nutella cookie and ice cream

ice cream sandwiches.

i made a lower fat nutella ice cream

with nutella, sugar, whole milk

and light cream.

see below for cookie recipe...

1 sm jar (13oz) nutella

3/4 c sugar (i use 1/2 sugar 1/2 splenda)

1 1/2 cup flour

1 egg plus 1 yolk

mix all ingredients together (yes all together at once)

shape into balls (i use a tbsp) flatten

bake at 350 for 8 mins

let sit on baking sheet for 15 minutes

then move to wire rack

tfl

nuts week 197

happy monday!!!

here with my take on

this weeks sketch from

nuts about sketches

i used my january button

box kit from scraptastic club

how cute is the little pennant??

i know i rarely stamp,

but i wanted to make that chicken

an important part of my page!

tfl!

weekend baking

happy sunday all!

this has been a snowy,

stuck home so let's bake!

weekend

saturday night i made this delicious

baby for dessert!

apple crisp pizza!

click above for blog

with recipe

and here is my practice

cake for alexa's birthday.

this was my first run with fondant.

tfl!

nuts week 196

happy martin luther king jr day

scrappers!!

this is a FABULOUS sketch this week!!

i used my january button box

scraptastic club kit

here i layered a few embellies!

i used a paint dauber from a

past kit to paint to blue alphas

from the kit.

i used my destress tool to

"draw" the heart on the pics

and used some liquid pearls

to fill it in

for the stitching, i used

2 different heads on the sew easy

then used two colors

of floss to stitch!

TFL

pb and nutella ice cream

peanut butter and nutella ice cream

*lower fat*

this is all you need.....

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

3/4 cup nutella

2/3 cup granulated sugar

1 1/4 cup half & half

2 cups heavy cream

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

kitchen aid mixer with paddle

ice cream maker

cream sugar, peanut butter and nutella together for 2 minutes.

add half & half and vanilla and mix for 3 minutes.

mix in heavy cream, and chill in fridge for 4 hours

follow ice cream maker instructions

ENJOY!

pineapple blueberry cake with pineapple creamcheese buttercream

YUMMY!!

Ingredients

1/2 cup unsalted butter

1/2 cup shortening

4 large eggs

1 2/3 cups granulated sugar

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoon baking powder

1/3 cup milk

1/3 cup pineapple juice

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen)

3/4 cup drained chopped canned pineapple

Directions

Allow your eggs and butter to get to room temperature. (Very important)
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F grease and flour pan(s)
Cream your butter shortening and sugar together on medium speed until it is nice and fluffy. About 3-5 minutes.
Add your eggs and vanilla to the cream mixture and mix well.
Sift your flour, salt and baking powder together in a separate bowl.
Beat in your dry ingredients into the creamed mixture slowly. Alternate with adding your milk and pineapple juice. Mix for 3-4 minutes.
Fold in your blue berries and pineapple
Bake till your toothpick comes out clear from the center.

Frosting:

Ingredients

6 oz softened cream cheese

6 tablespoons of unsalted butter

3 1/2 cups of confectioner’s sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup crushed canned pineapple

beat creamcheese and butter until smooth. beat in vanilla. slowly add sugar beat until smooth. mix in pineapple.

scraptastic club challenge

i love creating a challenge!!

this is my week

to challenge you all

for scraptastic club!

I LOVE the january kit!!

how cute are these flowers??!!

and the printed tissue!!

i painted the alpha that came with the kit

i used my handy destress tool

to make the heart on the pic

then use liquid pearls

to color it in.

i used 2 different

sew easy piercers and

2 different color floss

so head over to the

scraptastic club blog

and check out my challenge!

tfl!

nuts! some catching up....

happy new year!!

belated happy holidays!!

the holidays kept me away from the computer!

not from scrapping though :)

here are the weeks

that i didn't get to post...

192

193

LOVE this 2 pager!!!

194

TFL!!