Monster Stew

I finally had a chance to dig into some Jillibean Soup papers that i've been hoarding for a while. Monster Stew!! While these papers are perfect for Halloween, I've been wanting to scrap these crazy hair day photos of my kids for some time. I thought the papers would be a good match!


I just love that pic of my son and his eyes looking up at his mohawk!! He was sooo excited to have a mohawk for school. I had fun cutting out all these little monsters and spreading them all over the page.


I've really been into using baker's twine on everything, lately. I love the sampler pack I bought from The Twinery. So many fun colors. And I hear they are now offering new colors, I must go check it out!!

Happy Thursday everyone!! I am off for my MRI on my ankle in a bit and I'm very anxious to find out exactly what is wrong. Then maybe I can start doing something to make things better. Thanks for stopping by today!

Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

What is it about peanut butter that I love so much? I've recently branched out and started eating almond butter, which I think I love just as much. I even tried sunflower seed butter and to be honest, i'm not such a big fan of that. But peanut butter and almond butter are definite staples around here. I have a really easy peanut butter cookie recipe today that is almost too easy..Peanut Butter Cookie Cups.


This is what you need:
adapted from cookies and cups

1 package peanut butter cookie mix
13 Reese's peanut butter cups

Line a cupcake pan with 12 cupcake liners. Mix the peanut butter cookies according to directions on the bag. Unwrap 13 peanut butter cups and drop one at the bottom of each cupcake liner. Eat the 13th. Drop cookie dough on top of the peanut butter cups. Bake at 325 for about 20-25 minutes. Make sure the cookie dough is 'set'. Take out of pan and cool on cooling rack.

I topped mine with some leftover chocolate gananche (really? who ever has leftover chocolate ganache??) that I piped on with a small round tip and piping bag. And the best part?? The peanut butter cup bottom!!!


And the fact they are so easy? You might want to keep that a secret. I brought these to Bunco and was asked by a few people for the recipe. When I told them how easy it was, I honestly think they were kinda disappointed. They wanted it to be difficult!! It's not difficult to please the masses when it comes to peanut butter. Trust me.

Happy Wednesday Everyone!!!

Crop Suey March Challenge

The March Challenge is live at the Crop Suey Challenge Blog! For this month the challenge is TAPE...use tape on your project. It can be any kind of tape and you can use it however you wish. Easy peasy!!

I used this same digital image from our March Sponsor...DigiStampCharacters. I chose to make a card and used the same format as my card from last week. I used my pencils again and had fun coloring up this little cutie!


These are Pink Paislee papers that I found in my stash. It's from a 6x6 pad that fell behind a whole bunch of other stuff. I also found some Pink Paislee tape that matched and the card grew from there.

So if you're in the mood for a challenge, check out the Crop Suey Blog this month. You will have a chance to win some sweet digital images!!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Frosting For The Cause

Hi Everyone! Happy Monday! I have nothing new to report for Marathon Monday (in fact, things aren't going that well but i'll save that for another day). Today I want to tell you about a really great thing I got involved in...Frosting For The Cause.

As you may or may not know, my family (like so many other families) has been touched by cancer. I've been an active fundraiser for both the Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation and the Avon Breast Cancer Foundation. When my sister forwarded me the link to Frosting For The Cause, I immediately needed to sign up. It's a year long blog that features a different blogger each day who shares delicious recipes and heartfelt stories of how cancer has touched their lives.

Why am I telling you all this? Because today I am the featured guest blogger. I would love if you popped over and checked out my blog post. And while you are there, take a minute to appreciate all the other bloggers that have already posted or will post later in the year. There are many great recipes and even more inspirational stories. Here's a sneak peek at my goodies...cookie dough truffles.


If you love to bake, you can also sign up to be a guest blogger at Frosting For The Cause!! Please see the Join Us page to see how you can contribute. Every single person in the fight against cancer helps so don't be shy. This has been a really great thing to be a part of.

So grab some coffee and head over to Frosting For The Cause. You will definitely want to sit and read and drool a while!! Thanks for stopping by today, friends!

You Make Me Smile

Happy Saturday!! We are off to softball games (double header today!!) and softball picture day and softball banner contests today. And we also have a baseball game this morning. Lots of running around, thankfully the weather is nice today. But before I am off and running, I have a card to share real quick with you. I used lots of Jillibean Soup goodies on this one. I have tons of scraps from the old world cabbage stew collection and thought I would put them to good use.


I used some papers and journaling sprouts and some cute sugar picks! I love the orange and turquoise together and just had to try to incorporate them into this card.


That's all I have today! I hope your weekend if off to a great start and thanks for stopping by!

Pizza Rolls

There is nothing I love more than the smell of bread baking in the oven. Okay, maybe cookies baking in the oven...but bread is a close 2nd!! If you want to make your house smell oh so yummy and warm and inviting, please make these. Pizza rolls.


These are pretty easy to make and very versatile. You can stuff them with whatever filling or pizza toppings you like. Here is what you will need.

1 batch pizza dough (make your own OR buy pizza dough at the store)
mozarella cheese (grated or cubed)
pizza toppings (pepperoni, sausage, pineapple, peppers, mushrooms...whatever is your fav)

I used a 9 inch round cake pan to bake these. Slightly grease the pan. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.

Divide the dough into about 20-24 pieces. Take one piece and roll it out a little bit on a floured surface. Add some cheese and your favorite toppings to the middle. Form the dough around the toppings then pinch the whole ball closed. Place the ball in the pan, pinched seam DOWN. Continue until the whole pan is full.

Brush a combination of melted butter, garlic, oregano and basil on the top of the rolls. You can also brush with a bit of olive oil and your favorite pizza seasonings. Bake for 20 minutes, or until golden brown.


Serve warm with a warmed up bowl of marinara sauce for dipping. I swear, my whole house smelled delicious when these were in the oven. Who needs candles when I can use my oven to make the house smell good?


These are great because you can put whatever you want inside. Have a bunch of meat eaters coming over? Fill with sausage and pepperoni. Do you have vegetarian friends? Make a pan full of veggie bites. Either way would be yummy. And if you are afraid of yeast and dough, the store bought pizza dough would work just as well.

Thanks for stopping by today, Friends!!

Digital Stamps and Coloring

Hi Everyone!! This month over at the Crop Suey Challenge blog, the March prize is sponsored by DigiStampCharacters. I have to admit, I have never used a digital image before. I'm not that great at coloring images but thought I would just dive right in. The great thing about digital images is if you mess it up, it's easy to get another one!

This card was a tester. I wanted to make something with the image before creating my sample for the Crop Suey March challenge. I used some Echo Park Life Is Good paper and pulled out my watercolor pencils.


Isn't she cute!!! I love her little feet and the cute bird on the mailbox. And I also had fun going through my bling bag for a little something extra for the card. Do you have random embellishment bags? When I start losing the packaging and using up only half the pack of bling, I tend to throw it all into a big bag. It's fun going through it to see what I have to use. I found this blingy pink flower to add.


It was fun doing all that coloring. I don't know if I want to dive into the world of Copic markers. It's very overwhelming thinking about it and I have no idea what colors I would even start with. Anybody with Copic experience? Do you like them? Use them alot? Think they are not worth the money? I would love any opinions!!

Thanks for stopping by, friends!