Creative Corner Challenges - Animal Fun

Happy Easter Weekend Everyone! & Welcome to another awesome challenge from Creative Corner Challenges with Team Jess! We have a pretty cool sponsor this month...Stitchy Bear Stamps

So before you scroll any further, I have to admit that I am a little obsessed with Alice in Wonderland. The theme is Animal Fun this week, and I JUMPED at the opportunity to play with this digi stamp!

Who doesn't love the Cheshire Cat? Animal fun....right? OK, so I probably stretched this challenge just a wee bit farther then needed.....but hey, it's still a cat!! ;)

The cat asked, “Where do you want to go?”“I don’t know,” Alice answered.“Then,” said the cat, “it really doesn’t matter, does it?” 

“Yes, that's it! Said the Hatter with a sigh, it's always tea time.” 

"I'm late, I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date!"

“Mad Matter: "Have I gone mad?" 
Alice: "I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.”

“I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.”

 I had so much fun making this banner. The supplies I used are from whatever I had kicking around. SO MANY FLOWERS! :D I should mention though, the images of the additional A.I.W characters are from the Disney Classics Cricut Cartridge.

I hope you like this banner and the challenge theme as much as I do! And I can't wait to see your creations! :D 

~happy crafting!~

Weekend Fun & Red Velvet Yummies

Tuesday Tidbits! Hope your weekend was fabulous!
This weekend turned out to be amazing!! Friday night was supposed to be game & movie night, however, things don't always go as planned so Movie night it was! :D

Saturday was a major cleaning day for all of us! My kids actually didn't put up a fight! (It helps that I bribed the older kids with $5 if they didn't grumble at ALL!) My house got a top to bottom cleaning! YAY! 

We were all invited to a birthday party for a sweet little 4 year old. We all got out in the fresh air (I think it hit -5 Celsius which is gorgeous out!!!) So sledding and skating, then cake, hot cocoa, and Just Dance were on the agenda! 

On Sunday, we did round 2 of skating! At an indoor arena this time! 

Did I mention this is AJ & Cadee's second time on skates? So proud of these kiddos!!

TODAY....I got my brand new Bosch cookie paddle with metal drive! I was so super excited, that I just had to try it out!! 

I scoured recipe after recipe to find the perfect test run...this is what I found! 

These turned out absolutely fabulous! I did run out of vanilla a couple days ago, so in place of the vanilla I used maple extract. {I am a maple-holic!} Yumm! Also, I would've liked the red part to be more 'red' but I couldn't bring myself to add more dye. I think I will try beet juice next time! :) 
I found the recipe for Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies at Sally's Baking Addiction! New fave baking blog that's for sure!!! I made my cookie dough in 1" balls and I got 38 of these yummies out of the batch! 

Miss C is one of my best critics! {& really a pretty biased one at that, as she usually LOVES everything I bake!}

Head on over to Sally's blog and check out her fabulous creations!! 

Thanks for reading!
~happy crafting!~

Freebie Friday - Subway Art Fun

Shall we try something? Starting today, January 3, 2014, I will be throwing out one (1) free 8x10" piece of subway art! I have fallen in love with subway art! I've actually made up pieces MONTHS in advance for 3 of my sisters' birthdays! I love it!

Here is the 1st one:

All you need to do is right click & either save it or print it!

Whaddya think? Feel free to leave me some feedback as I am very new to the Subway Art Trend!

~happy crafting!~