Jolly Snowman Ornaments

Happy Holidays! After making a gift tag, I decided that I needed to get a bit more creative and make one a cute Christmas ornament. So to my Cricut I went with my Speaking of Winter cartridge.
And now, that I think about it...it can be a gift tag and then even be used as a personalized ornament! How cool is that?!
I cut some 4" by 4" snowflakes (used 2-3 depending on how thick you'd like it..the thicker, the less fragile it will be). Then I used a 2" circle punch and punched out 2 patterned papers as well as a white. (The white one I dot embossed then cut to look like snow hills.) I then stamped a few HERO ART snowmen on white paper, minus the face so I could use cute Peachy Keen faces. After that, I ran the snowmen through my cuttlebug machine with my snowman die. Stamped a word on one of the patterned circles (this is where you could use a name instead). I then glued the piecestogether, and colored them with my Copics, used an orange Glaze Pen on the nose. Faux stiching around the edges of the circles with a white pen. Added some snowballs and stickles. Tied with ribbon and made a bow. Viola! I hope you like them. I'm going to enter them in this weeks Peachy Keen contest. Until next time...

Thia's Pot Pie...Not

9" x 12" baking dish

1 pound Ground Beef/Ground Turkey
onion (fresh or dried 1/8 dried or 1/4 fresh)
1 jar of gravy (beef or turkey) I use Heinz brand
6 servings Mashed Potatoes (as per box) Note: I omit salt and use a chicken bouillon cube instead.
1 can Low Salt Peas (*small can if making with carrots)
1 can Low Salt Corn (*small can if making with carrots)
1 can Low Salt Canned Green Beans
1 can Carrots (*Optional*)

Topping
1.25 cups of Bisquick
2 cups water
1 tablespoon butter sliced into tiny squares (to dot topping with)

Make potatoes and spoon evenly into the baking dish and put aside. Brown the meat and onion. Once cooked through, reduce heat and add the canned vegetables, gravy, and mix together over medium low heat. Pour this evenly over the mashed potatoes. Set aside to make topping. Combine the water and bisquick then whisk until the lumps aren't visible. Pour topping evenly over the meat and veggies, then scatter tiny cubes of butter on top. Put in preheated oven at 375 degrees and bake for 40-45 minutes or until top cracks and is golden brown. Topping is biscuit like, rather than crust like. (I will have to make this again to see if less topping would make it come out more crust like.) Let me know if you try this and your thoughts. Enjoy!

Mojo Monday Challenge

Here's a birthday card that I just finished with this weeks sketch...uploaded it with one minute left to link up. I still have a few finishing touches to do, but for the most part, it's done. I couldn't decide circle or square, so I went with a rectangle with rounded edges. Here's the sketch, and my card.

Purple Elephant Card

My mom loves elephants...And the color purple, so I figured since its her birthday, I'd make a Purple Elephant Card. So with the Peachy Keen Shape Challenge going on this week, I decided to do just that. I was in a bit of a hurry (family was waiting on me so we could leave for Disneyland for the evening), and I messed up. I was almost finished with the card too! So, the feet are messed up a bit. I tried to recover from the incident and know for next time. Until next time, enjoy.

Making Cards That Pop

Happy Saturday! I've been working on a turtle card that I wanted to share with you. As I continued working on it, I decided it didn't POP like I wanted it to, so I changed it up until it had a look I liked.