A Wheeee! and more cards

Happy Thursday everyone!! I am super excited to say that I was chosen for the design team at Scrapbook Express!!! SE is a full service scrapbooking store with great papers and products from all sorts of companies. They also have a great forum and gallery with lots of challenges and contests. Come on over and say hi if you have a chance!!

I went a little card crazy on my scrapbook retreat two weekends ago. Sometimes cards are easier for me to complete and I took advantage of the retreat to make quite a few. Here is another one using my stash of Cosmo Cricket.


More Cosmo Cricket, more bling swirls, more baker's twine...


More ruffled ribbon, more Papertrey Ink sentiments...


I just love the bright colors!! They make me happy. And wishful for summer and a time when I can take this darn walking boot off and starting working out again. I don't need to run a marathon, just maybe some laps in the pool? Some walks around the block? I'm trying to be patient, but it's hard. Wish me luck for the next 3 1/2 weeks!

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you're having a good week!

Using My Stash

I have been using lots and lots of my scrapbooking stash lately. You know, the paper you bought months ago that you just HAD to have...but haven't used yet. I rediscovered these papers from Cosmo Cricket and haven't been able to put them down. The colors are just so bright and fun. Makes me wish it was summer! And I ordered these stamps from Papertrey Ink a few months ago and finally took them out of the package. Yeah for my stash!!


Yes, i'm still addicted to banners. I have no idea why. And my love of baker's twine and stick pins is in full display on this card. And some cute little clothespins I found in the depths of my scrapping supplies.


One more card using the Cosmo paper...


I found those bling strawberries in my stash and just had to use them. I love the bright colors and that ruffled ribbon is also some of my favorite. I think that is the last few inches of it!


I stamped the sentiment last on this card. After the card was aaaaaall put together...and I don't really like it. I think the paper is too busy to read the sentiment but it was already done and I couldn't figure out how to fix it. Hopefully nobody thinks it say So Sweaty of you. Ha ha!!!

This week is supposed to be nice around here...will hit the 80's by the end of the week. Yeah! Maybe summer IS just around the corner. Thanks for stopping by today, friends!

Hostess Cupcakes

What was your favorite treat as a child? Rice krispy treat? Chocolate chip cookie? Twinkie? Whatever it was, this recipe is sure to bring back a little glimpse of your childhood. Wait...am I dating myself? I guess if your childhood was in the 90's, maybe this recipe won't do that. But I was a child of the 70's where Twinkies, Ho-Ho's, Ding Dongs and Hostess Cupcakes were all the rage. While I rarely ate any of those (except for snack after a soccer game!), I loved recreating these: Hostess Cupcakes.


They are complete with that little white squiggly line that let you know they were a Hostess Cupcake. I found this recipe of the Bake at 350 blog and it did have quite a few steps and was a bit more complicated than some other recipes. But it was well worth it in the end.


My favorite part??? The white creamy filling!!!


These cupcakes were amazingly good. It does take some extra time to fill them and frost with the ganache, but they were well worth it. And make sure you put on a nice thick layer of that ganache, it's so good. If you want to bake up some childhood in your kitchen, this is it! The recipe is long, so I will link you to where I found it. Bake at 350: Hostess Cupcake Recipe

I hope you're having a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by!!

Hi and Hello!

We have had a crazy busy week over here. Between lots of rain and softball and baseball (and not knowing if the game is on or not until right before because of rain) and a crazy work week and general craziness in our house, it's been busy. I'm so behind commenting on my favorite blogs right now, I hope to have some time this weekend to sit and be inspired by all you crafty girls! In the meantime, i'm going to share a little card I made for the Scrapbook Express DT call.


Some Jillibean Soup goodies and a big tied bow. I seem to be using this green ribbon on everything lately. Baker's Twine and stick pins seem to be making an appearance on all my projects lately, too!

That's it for me today...short and sweet! I hope you all have a great Friday, thanks for stopping by!

PSA Essentials License Spotlight

This week at PSA Stamp Camp, it's License Spotlight week. PSA offers so many great licensed stamps...for example:

Hello Kitty!


U.B.U...


Smirk...


Rudolph and Friends...these are holiday napkin rings.

PSA also has Peanuts, Skelanimals, and more! If you have a chance this week, go check out the PSA Stamp Camp. There are some great projects being highlighted this week and some seriously awesome blog candy coming on Saturday!!

Thanks for stopping by today, friends!!