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Here is a cake I made for my mom for her birthday. It is her favorite cake that I have ever made. I got the recipe from an old issue of Chocolatier magazine. I don't make this cake often, but it is so good. The only problem I have ever had with this cake is the walnut genoise. The recipe seems like it is right, but every time I bake it, the cake sinks in the middle even while it is in the

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I hope this finds everyone doing well for the Christmas season. I just finished putting together my individual White Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecakes, my twist on the Cheesecake Factory's seasonal treat. I must say I have not had this cheesecake from the Cheesecake factory. I only saw their photo and description on their website. I took that as my inspiration, and I went with it. Here is

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I made these biscuits this morning. I didn't have any of my round cutters because my mom is borrowing them. All I had was this small fluted cutter. I used it with great success. We got light mini biscuits. I also didn't have buttermilk for the dough, so I made my own using milk and lemon juice. Worked well, although the dough was a little more wet than usual. No worries. These biscuits

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Edited to add: Just tried the Chipotle Pecan Caramel Nut Clusters last night. You have got to get these!!! They are super fabulous. When you first eat a bite, you think, "That's not spicy, just sweet pecan, caramel, chocolate goodness with a little sea salt edge. " Then the chipotle gives its little kick... nice little hint of heat in the back of your mouth. It is superb!!! Hey, Everyone.

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I got this in my email box today. I think this letter describes me to a T. I needed the encouragement that I am not the only one, but more importantly the reminder to rest in God and BE PATIENT. We are struggling with issues this year in our homeschooling, while not new, are compounded with an increase in work load. I am having trouble being patient with them, and as I pray for them, I want

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Right after I signed up with Thirty-One to be a consultant for them, I was searching on the internet about home based businesses. I don't remember why, I just was. Well, I came across a business called Dove Chocolate Discoveries. Being the professionally trained pastry chef that I am that loves to make desserts, especially chocolate desserts, I was very very intrigued. I searched around on

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I have just added a whole bunch of Halloween tags, accents, cards, and other items for Halloween in my Etsy.com store this week. They are awesome little items and would be great to put on treat bags, on tags, scrapbook pages, cards, and even made into a Halloween wreath or garland. The sky is the limit here. Use your imagination and craft up some fun this

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Okay this is a post about a super easy appetizer that is way better than those restaurant pepper poppers you can buy. My very sweet aunt Margie showed me how to make this a few weeks ago, and they were a huge hit with my wonderful husband. We grow jalapeno peppers in our garden and they are always one of the things that are a great producer for us. Not much else works out for us except okra,

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This is my purely subjective list of favorite Thirty-One products. I am not really a purse girl, so you won't see many of those type bags on my list. However, I think a lot of the purses Thirty-One makes are cute. They are just too big for what I like to carry. So anyway, here is my list along with some ways to use them to organize and de-stress your life. 1. Organizing Tote--- can we say 7

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Okay, so I am no longer a Stampin' UP! Demonstrator after 9 sweet years with that company. It became too much work to fit in my increasingly busy schedule of homeschooling, housewife, wife, mom, etc.... I also found that while I still like SU!'s papers and accessories, I just was not excited about their stamps anymore. I love Papertrey Ink stamps and dies so much more for their ease of use and

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EDITED TO ADD: I received a disparaging comment by an anonymous poster about my posting this article. They claimed to be a Christian, and I am not one to judge the truth of their claim to that. They said articles like this give Christians a bad name, as if this article stated something that is ungodly. This article clearly lays out truth in response to the deceptive and sometimes not so

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This is really late, but worth reading as it reminds us of how history is either revised to suit a current agenda or just left off the table and out of books. Again, this is from my weekly teaching God's World News newsletter I get. So, It's February What event first comes to your mind when you think of February--other than family birthdays? Probably Valentines Day. That's a good one. There's

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It's a little late in posting by me, but this is good. Once again, God's World News takes the current events in our world and bathes them in God's truth so that we see them from a Christian worldview. Fretting and Getting Where are we Christian parents and educators in this tumultuous 2011? It's easy to remember times when the world seemed to be crumbling somehow, somewhere. It's hard to

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Here is my entry to today's color combo challenge. I made this coffee bag to put a homemade chocolate cake mix in for a friend. I made an extra to sell in my Etsy.com shop. My friend's kitchen decor is terracotta so I thought the color combo of terracotta tile, melon berry, kraft and chocolate would be perfect. I used a little of Dawn McVey's layering style on the focal point. First time to

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To say that I love Papertrey Ink would be a total understatement. I love their products, absolutely all of them. I love their classic style, the coordination, the clean lines, the whimsy, the timelessness of everything. Everything PTI makes and then designs samples around is so beautiful that they all just make you want to buy them and try your hand at creating something beautiful too. Here

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Now, I must preface this post by saying a few things:1. I do not know everything there is to know about homeschooling. I am one voice amongst several thousand out there.2. I am not a pro at this as I have so many doubts about my abilities to do this everyday.3. My children are not smarter than yours, or better in my opinion because I homeschool them. 4. The methods I have tried and now use

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Love the insight in this article. We have been discussing this for a long time and it's one of the biggest reasons we don't have regular tv in our house. We have no cable, no antenna, no dish. We get no channels. What we watch is very very limited in the form of movies. Since breaking away from the whole movie, tv, and hollywood scene we are so much more sensitive to the garbage and worldly

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Got this in an email from Vision Forum. Great ideas. First and foremost, thank God for his many constant blessings and common grace. If you are a Christian thank him for his special grace that regenerated your heart and made you His. Seven Things to Do With Your Family This ThanksgivingMany of my happiest memories as a young man, and now as the head of my own household, come from

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I got this today from Vision Forum. It's a good read and a good stand to take. Halloween is not a benign "holiday". The Five Scariest ThingsYou Can Do This HalloweenThe fear of the Lord is to hate evil. (Proverbs 8:13)By Doug PhillipsOur country is in the grip of a fear crisis. The tension because of this fear is almost palpable. There is fear over elections, fear over the economy, and fear

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Do you look around your house as this Christmas season approaches and see a lot of unused toys lying around? Do you think inwardly that your children really don't need any more toys, but Christmas is coming and we'll have to come up with a gift list? Well, here's a tip straight from "olden" days. Why not start a "hope chest" sort of tradition? Okay here is what I mean. For boys this means

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Hi, Everyone. I moved my Handmade Blessings store from my blog to Etsy.com. It offers more exposure and possibility to actually sell something I have made. I have not had a lot of success selling on my blog. I have made only two sales in the past year. I am grateful for those two sales, but it would be nice to have more opportunity to sell. Right now I am focusing on putting holiday items

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Papertrey Ink Blog Hop Post #6. This is a post just to say that one more non- Papertrey Ink blogger really inspires me. That blogger is InkingIdaho.com.. She is a Stampin' UP! only blogger and she has awesome ideas and templates. I love her tutorials, her use of designer papers, and the simple layouts she uses. Love her stuff.

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This last post is inspired by Nichole. Nichole, you probably don't hear it enough how much you inspire us out here with your awesome Papertrey products and your product reveals each month. You have a wonderful artful eye for color, simplicity and impact. The images you design for stamps and the designs you make for cards are truly timeless and awesome. Thank you for the way you lead in this

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I must say that Dawn McVey is one of my all time favorite bloggers. I love her bold color choices, which I would usually never think of putting together. I like her way of making patterned papers with background pieces that I would never think of creating. I also love all her great uses of mediums for flowers and focal points like cork, felt, vintage bookprints and such. I just created these

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I love Lauren Meador and her wonderful box and packaging templates. I love to make homemade gifts, and I love her templates. She is such an inspiration in making gifts that say WOW! I have most of her templates and I love to shop for things I can put in them. I first posted a picture of a watercan I made using her wonderful watering can template. Don't you just love it! Next is a little

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My next favorite designer is Michelle Wooderson. I love her funky mixy matchy style. I also like her production line style of laying things out. Here are some projects I have just recently made reflecting her style. Thanks, Mish.I have here a candy apple card using patterned papers, ribbons, buttons and such that remind me of Michelle's style. I also used her wonderful Friendship jar Fall

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I love this blog hop as there are so many people I go to for inspiration and to CASE. First and foremost would be Nichole Heady herself, and all the wonderfully talented ladies on her design team. I am most addicted to all of their blogs because I love their design perspectives. Very clean and deceptively easy. That is what this particular post is focusing on. Clean and easy with pops of

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Need to make food gift packaging, Christmas cards (about 30), bath and body products and packaging, tags for food gifts. Need to order coffee bags and glassine bags. Need to make some gift card holders.http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2010/09/introducing-peace-be-still-fillable-frames-8.htmlhttp://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2010/09/

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Here is another thought provoking article from my teaching God's World News weekly update. What kind of words do you say? What do your words say about you and what you truly believe. Are you ready to be persecuted for sharing the precious words of the gospel? Do your words promote peace? Are your words building up words or are they focused on the negative? Something to think about this

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Found this gem in my weekly Teaching God's World News email. Had to share.Each Christian teacher has a high calling to teach children the law of God as a way of life (Deut. 6:5-7). How can we best fulfill this calling within our respective academic disciplines? How can we educate the whole child--his heart, mind, and behavior--in light of God's word?Teach Children the fear of God.This is the

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I remember where I was on 9/11/2001. I was at home with my 5 month old Nathan and we were getting ready to go over to my parents house as the packers were there to move them to Atlanta. My husband called me right after the first tower hit to tell me to turn on the television. Something big was happening at the World Trade Center. My godfather worked in the towers. Scott had called my

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I got the following post on my Teaching God's World News email today. I thought I would share it with you. Good stuff here.The main reason American society is today so double-minded on so many issues is that its people have been repeatedly assured that "religion and science" operate in different spheres. So, of course, do "religion and education," "religion and economics," "religion and

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Well I just took about 45 minutes and made up another big batch of my homemade pancake mix chock full of wholegrain goodness. I also made two batches of biscuits -minus the liquid, and stuck those in the freezer. I already had my food processor out for grinding oats and sustagrain barley flakes for my pancake mix, so I decided to go ahead and pulse up some biscuit mix too. Now all i have to do

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Do you plant jalapeno peppers or poblanos or other hotish style peppers in your garden, they come in bountifully and then you have no idea what to do with them? Well, we always plant a couple of jalapenos because my husband likes hot salsa and stuff. They always come in plentifully before and after the tomatoes do, so I end up picking them, storing them in the refrigerator and then they go bad

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I love the blog hop challenge this month. I will admit that these two projects were made this summer, but I thought I would share them as they fit this challenge and I don't have time to stamp something new tonight. I love to give homemade gifts. I like to share my love of baking. So when we were invited to a couple of wedding showers, I made these brown/white bags for homemade cake mixes (I

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Okay, first let me say, I am not trying to be the food police. I think people who get too obsessed about food ingredients and whether things are organic or not organic take things a bit too far sometimes. I am not trying to be judgmental, just we can all take things too far. There needs to be balance here. I am not an organic food buyer. I don't go out of my way to make sure my foods are

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EDIT: I baked some of my frozen cookies today. Here's a tip for doing that. When you scoop out your dough to freeze, flatten them slightly so they are more in a disc shape rather than a ball. They will cook from frozen better that way and get cooked all the way through without the bottoms burning first. I just cooked some sugar cookies and the walnut cranberry ones together. The sugar

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Hey, there folks. Got some time saver tips for the kitchen and getting some yummy goodies on the table fast now that school has started. School means busier schedules unfortunately. It seems with sports and extra curricular activities, it's hard to sit down as a family for a meal. But I have some tips for you to get some yummy goodness on everyone's plate. The time saver: the freezer. Yes,

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Just thought I would talk a little about our first week of school. Overall it has gone pretty well. We have accomplished more this week than any other week of school so far. We have done it all in less time than it took us last year to finish a day. I have used time limits, written out the assignments so they know what is coming, and have started grading their work. I grade based on correct

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Hey, Everyone. I hope you are enjoying your summer. Just wanted to share a few words. Nothing really important. What do you think of the new blog header? I created that with Stampin' UP!'s new My Digital Studio. I am very slowly getting the hang of using their digital crafting software. It's fairly intuitive, but I am a slow learner. It doesn't help that I don't get on it enough to really

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It's America's Birthday so to speak tomorrow. I am so honored to live in a country founded on the Godly principles of freedom, liberty, life, and the opportunity to pursue happiness. I am very saddened these days by the bent of our Federal Government to go against these principles. They have been traveling in that direction now since the early 1900's with President Woodrow Wilson and all who

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Found this precious poem on Lauren Meador's blog today. Super sweet and too true. I thought it was neat. Although some days are tough as a mom, it is by far the most rewarding job ever. If we could all just embrace this role and make the most of it, just think what a difference we would make in our homes, our communities and the world if we did this job with all our heart and enjoyed every

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Here is a quick little practice card I just created using My Digital Studio. Kind of neat. Just getting the hang of this. It's supposed to be simple, and it is kind of. Thought I would share.

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Christ is Risen; He is Risen indeed!! Thanks be to God for his glorious grace given to us on the cross. I am so thankful that my sins have been paid for in full. Christ's work on the cross is totally complete. It not only bought me forgiveness, but it works to make my calling in Christ complete. Christ didn't just make it possible for me to be saved, it does all the work to save me. God in

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In light of the new Socialist Health Care Law that was just enacted un-Constitutionally this Sunday and Tuesday, we need to seriously think about what it means to provide for our families in a God honoring way. I entreat you to read the following I received from a wonderful source, Vision Forum, and start thinking about this mandate from God: that we provide for our families, widows and orphans

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I've been listening to some cool music lately. Okay, I know music tastes are totally subjective, but I like the following. Jon Foreman (lead singer for Switchfoot) -- his Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer are great accoustic guitar songs. Great scripture in here set to music. Also great songs about daily struggles in the Christian walk. tobyMac -- his newest release called Tonight is totally

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I don't know that anyone is checking in here or is even remotely interested, but on the off chance someone does stop by the blog-o today, I thought I would share some of the things I have been up to lately or that have been of interest to me. I have been making lots of homemade easy no-knead breads lately from the books, Healthy Bread in 5 Minutes a Day and Artisian Bread in 5 Minutes a Day.

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I just read a great chapter in the book Boyhood and Beyond by Bob Schultz. I am so enjoying reading these books by Bob Schultz to my boys. They love them too, and I am hearing them say they want to be the kind of men this books talks about-godly men. I see them thinking about what it says. I also get a lot out of these books too, as the principles are applicable to really anyone, but the

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Here is my card for the Papertrey Ink 3rd Anniversary contest. I used Out on a Limb, which is a beautiful set that is way underused for me. I also used backgroung basics:text style for the background. Simple and sweet as I am low on time and couldn't think of anything else original to do. Colors are chocolate, sweet blush and berry sorbet.

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Can I just say that I am loving the Vision Forum website and store. They are really bringing people back to the godly principles of family and raising beautiful girls and courageous manly boys. We just purchased some books to encourage conversations between my husband and our two sons about the value of work and godly principles. I have been reading through the one called Created For Work by

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Just a quick post today to say Happy Thanksgiving!!! What are you thankful for?Dear Lord, Thank you for your sovereign holiness. Thank you for your son, Jesus Christ, who lived the PERFECT and SINLESS life I could never live and died the cruel and horrible death that I DESERVE for my SINS. Thank you that you have granted me amazing grace through Jesus and the forgiveness of my sins, not

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Ready or not, but it is time to think about Christmas gifts. In this economy, especially, it's time to think about giving loving gifts from the heart and trying to save some money while doing so. The best way to do this is to make your own gifts. We all have co-workers, extended family members and friends that we try to buy gifts for. A lot of the time an inexpensive homemade gift would be so

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These are darling and easy little gift card holders. There are three different styles:1. Wallet (white and blue)2. Square (red and green with pointsettia)3. side fold over one. (red and burgundy and green)You can make several of these fairly quickly and easily.

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This is an awesome little gift packaging center you can put on your countertop or desk and be ready for packaging up those quick little gifts that you find you need for teachers, neighbors, co-workers, the mailman, etc. Pop some homebaked goodies or some store bought ones (wink, wink :) ) in the bags, add the tag from the little drawers on the side , cut off some ribbon to tie on and you have

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This is a great little gift packaging option for you. It is a stocking stuffer box. I made the one in blue for a sample, and then found the great idea to do the copper and swirl one, which is the one you will make if you sign up for this gift packaging option. This box holds a pretty good amount of treats or small round cookies. You could roll up a pair of socks in this one too. Cute. You

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This is an example of a gift bag you can make with two pieces of 12x12 designer paper and some ribbons. Super easy and cute. They are at least 8 inches wide and 3 1/2 inches deep. They are about 8 1/2 to 9 inches tall. The bags will hold a pretty substantial gift. We will have several selections of designer papers to choose from to make these bags.

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These are for mini loaf or mini bundt cakes. Super easy and very festive. You simply wrap up your bread/cake neatly in plastic wrap, maybe even wrap it in cellophane and tie up with the ribbon and tag. Super easy but very impressive when you give it. Show friends, teachers, co-workers and family you care by sharing your favorite quick breads with them this Christmas.I found the directions for

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This is a beautiful bookmark and card all in one. The bookmark comes out of the card, but on the card creates an elegant focal point. The bookmark is quick and easy to make and would be a cherished gift for a book reader or as a Bible bookmark.

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This is a gift option for you to make.1. Coasters stamped with monograms or other images (monogram in various fonts, lighthouse, deer, and Bible verses.Other gift options are:1. an etched glass plate (we couldn't get them to show up well in a photo.)2. wall memo board or calendar (you will choose from some neutral colors such as brown, celery green, blue and ivory) You can make this a calendar

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This gift ensemble is great for the tea lover you know. It has lots of space to fill with various flavored tea bags. It comes with a cute little "hidden" note card for you to give with it. The notecard slips out of the belly band and you have room to write in it. Then you slide it back into the base under the band and the focal point of the card rests upon the band. Very stylish and fun.

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This is a choice for you to make: Children's thank you cards. Easy for them to fill out and pop in the mail, and you instill manners in them while they have fun. You can make 16 of these. You can make them with snowman, or a cute boy or girl holding a candy cane with a winter cap on them.

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These are beautiful Scripture cards that are perfect for sending to someone to encourage them, or remind them of God's word. They are elegant, easy and convey a wonderful message. You can choose to do the 3x6 card set in shades of kraft, vanilla, and not quite navy and have an elegant tone on tone designer paper on them. OR you can choose the set that are standard card size in the brighter

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Here is a set of cute and fun birthday cards that you can customize with cupcake style, sentiments and colors. You can make half the set of 8 cards in boy/masculine colors and half in girl/feminine colors. Add a little glitter sprinkles and you'll get lots of birthday smiles. Now you will never have an excuse to recognize a friend or loved one's birthday. You will also make a cute little

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Here is a group of whimsical little cards that are great to encourage someone. There are great little sentiments you can choose from to put on these cards. You will make 8 cards in this set as well as an easy little box to put them in.Just thought you would like to know the possible sentiments you could use either on the inside or outside of the card:I hate it when you're sadThis too shall

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This set uses buttons to make the card's main image. They are fun, whimsical and super easy to make. These cards are sure to make the recipient feel special.

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This is a beautiful gift ensemble of cards you can customize with the rub-on sentiments of your choice. There are friendship, birthday, thank you, and get well ones to choose from. Your papers will vary depending on what we have available. All choices will be pretty and elegant. You will make 10 cards and the box.

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These two cards can be made into a set of 8 cards very easily and is a great layout and image for thank you cards. The image comes with a saying that you can ink up or just omit.

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There are several options for you to make monogramed notecards. The embossed notecards with black stripe are fold over cards and you will make 10 in a set like that. The rest are single layer cards (they don't fold over) for quick notes, thank you cards, or whatever you need, and you will make 12 of those. These would be great for men or women depending on the font style you choose and paper

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This is another darling set of cards for letting a friend know you care and want to talk. It's a great set for making someone feel right at home or saying that you understand they need a little rest. You will make 8 cards (2 of each style) in this set. You will also make a quick little box to put them in. Thought you might like to know the possible sentiments you could put on the outside or

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These are some Christmas card options. You can pick one to make a set of 16 cards. Most are super easy and use a simple stamped image or rub-ons with punches to make them quick and fast. Or you can choose a photo card as seen in another post.1. You can make 16 cards using the reindeer stamp and various rub-on sentiments from Stampin' UP! Christmas rub-ons.2. You can make 16 cards using the

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These are great and easy Christmas photo cards. It is simply a one layer card (kind of like a postcard). You simply attach your photo to the back of the white frame or patterned paper overlay and you glue the pieces together. Super easy and great for those holiday photo cards everyone likes to give out. The greetings at the bottom of the card are so classy and nice too. You can make a set of

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We will have this gift set for sale at the open house. This is not one of the options for you to make. This is an awesome teacher gift. The holder hangs on the wall or a bulletin board and comes with 8 cards that a teacher will love to have. The notecards with the apple in the top corner can be monogrammed for more personalization. Cute. This and other great gifts will be available for sale

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WE WILL HAVE VARIOUS DOOR PRIZES AND GIFTS FOR SALE AT THE OPEN HOUSE!You really won't want to miss out on this fabulous event. We will have a table filled with ready made gift packaging that you can choose from if your name is drawn for a door prize. We also hope to have a few extra cards sets with boxes there for you to purchase if you don't get to make all that you want to. So come and have

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I made the Pack a Picnic My Timeless template to hold some teas, granola and ginger shortbread for a friend who was feeling a little under the weather with morning sickness.

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This is a baby shower ensemble I made for a friend. Gift bag was made with 2 sheets of printed paper. Milk boxes were from My Timeless Template template. I packaged baby pacifiers, baby tylenol, baby gas drops and travel size baby wash and such in them. Very fun.

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What grilling man wouldn't want to receive some great BBQ rubs packaged in this great gift ensemble? This is another My Timeless Template gussied up in MANLY style. I love the little oven mitts, spatulas, grills and the apron elements. This is an awesome gift packaging set. Great for the holidays or for a wedding shower. A great place to get great spices for grilling is Penzey's spices.

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Would you like coffee or cocoa? Well with these adorable packaging containers using My Timeless Templates, you won't have to choose. Perfect for packaging up just a little bit of cocoa or some coffee in a bag with some awesome cookies to go with them. So fun and easy to do.I got the idea for this set from Lauren Meador on her blog.

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Here are a few more stamps for sale:Older and Wiser is the birthday set:$15Punches:Paper Piecing punch : $8Oblong square: $4Shoe: $3Purse:$3Ink pads:The petal point chalk pads work like this: the inks are a hybrid pigment and dye ink that dries fast. You can take out each individual color to ink up your stamp. They pull out of the "flower" and then you slide them back in when you are finished.

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These are the $1 drink, birthday cake and new house stamps from Michael's dollar bin. They are $.40 each.Off the Chart $8 looks like eye charts you readCLICK ON ANY PHOTO FOR A LARGER VIEW!!!

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These are the $1 clear stamps from Michaels. They are $.30 each.Most of them have not been used. Click on the photos to get a better view.To get the best inking and image from these stamps, stamp them in Versamark ink first then in the dye ink of your choice.

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I have a friend, who is a realtor. She is the one who sold us our home in Roanoke and helped us sell it again when we moved here from Roanoke. She is a wonderful, Christian lady who we feel is sort of like family. Anyway, she asked me to make some sets of moving/change of address cards for her. I was happy to oblige and ink up my new On the Couch stamp set from Papertrey ink. Oh, I love

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Fruit and Nut Granola4 cups quick cooking oats1 cup chopped toasted almonds1/4 cup toasted wheat germ1/4 cup sunflower seeds1/4 cup ground flax seeds1 teaspoon cinnamon1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg1/3 cup canola oil2/3 cup honey1/2 cup raisins  1/2 cup sweetened dried cranberriesNOTE: add 1/2 cut of choc. chips if you want some in thereDIRECTIONSPreheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Line a

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I just had a fabulous evening with some new friends from my new home town.  Four of us girls spent the evening making some cards and just chatting and getting to know each other better.  Such fun.  I just had to share.  We made the 3 R'S  z-fold card, butterfly card, watercolored rose card, and the cool caribbean blue, red, and black birthday card  you see on the post below.   Simple, fun and

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To see more info. go to http://handmadewithlove-melissa.blogspot.com/.

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On the move  $10Perfect Presentation $ 10Backyard BBQ $ 12Off the Chart $10

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I made this card for a Stampin' UP! contest.  I don't think I won, but I thought it turned out really cool.  

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Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful moms out there.  Our job isn't glamorous, but it is the most precious and meaningful job in the whole world.  Who else has so much influence on shaping the next leaders and homemakers?  Who else has the opportunity to shape a child's heart and draw them close to God?  (Of course it is God who softens the heart towards him, but he uses godly moms and dads to

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Here is a teabag holder I made tonight.  Pretty easy and simple.  I entered it into PTI's guest star stamper contest, but my photography is so bad, I am pretty sure it won't win.  I have got to get better lighting, but I usually stamp and photograph at night.  Plus I have been having problems with the digital camera uploading, so I have been using my iPhone's camera, emailing myself the pictures,

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I made this for fun and to play with my new stuff.  I love this new Get a Handle On It  My Timeless Template.  It's a pretty big box at 3 1/4 inches square.  The handles are fun and the way it opens up.   I'll be making more of these really soon.  This uses the new PTI set Time for Tea.  I love tea so I love this new set.  Lots of great tea sentiments and ideas.  I used Lemon Tart, Plum Pudding,

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This is my entry for the Design Team Inspiration challenge.  I chose Heather's challenge photo to work with.  This didn't turn out quite like I had envisioned it in my mind, but I think it is pretty.  I used Lauren's Pursonality My Timeless Template (1st time using it) and the proportions of the lid and base weren't what I was expecting once I got it all glued together.   Thus the flowers sort of

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 I have launched a new blog for selling my handmade cards and gift items.  You can see the blog here at http://handmadewithlove-melissa.blogspot.com/.    I am so excited about this new venture.  I still need to work out paypal ordering, but for right now, you simple contact me by leaving a comment on the post of the item you want.  I will get back with you and we'll work out payment and shipping.

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I made this for a friend who is having a little girl in a couple of weeks.  This is a desk set for storing memories, photos, and misc. items.  Isn't it pretty?  I think it turned out super cute and not too pink.  It was easy and my first Filed With Flair project with the My Timeless Templates.  I hope the new mom likes it. I hope to make a Bun in the Oven (My Timeless template) box with the socks

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I have been working on home decor items for our new house.  I made this adorable and very functional desk set for our new shelves and desk in the living room.  It was based on Lauren's My Timeless Template  Filed With Flair.  Now I have to admit, I didn't use the actual template I bought from Papertrey Ink.  I bought it, but our printer doesn't work.  I am pretty good though with figuring out how

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I made these using Michelle Wooderson's idea for a Hidden Notecard.  I love these.  Using the nestability dies and PTI stamps make these just so beautiful.  Love them.  I made two sets of 4 cards each to sell and give as thank yous.

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I made these to sell for those who need to tell their child's teacher "thank you".

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Some Valentine's and Anniversary cards.

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I used PapertreyInk stamps and some other images.

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