5 ingredient fix

I just got home from a recipe and book exchange at our church, so I've definitely got recipes on the brain. Want a great appetizer? I made the one I never stop talking about, Buffalo Chicken Dip (I also learned tonight that the buffalo wing originated in Buffalo, New York and thus, is how it got its name. Maybe not important to you, but as a New Yorker, it's quite imperative that I know).
Five ingredients!
1.) 2x8oz cream cheese
2.) 1 cup bleu cheese or ranch dressing
3.) 1/3 to 3/4 cup Frank's red hot sauce
4.) 2 cooked chicken cutlets
5.) 1/2 cup shredded cheese
Cream ingredients together, add chicken and bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes.
Top with cheese, warm until melted.

So I admit that I've never actually seen this show, 5 Ingredient Fix, but it sure is an idea that appeals to me! I've found that more often than not, my layouts seldom have more than five ingredients -er- supplies. Okay, you got me, seldom more than two or three, to be exact!

Funny enough, the more supplies I use, the longer it takes to finish a layout. =)

So I challenge you to use 5 ingredients (or supplies) on your next layout and no more! I'd love to see if you carry this out - successful or not! Link up here or upload in the ScrapStreet gallery. 

Oh! And here is my latest 5 ingredient fix!
1.) Photos
2. Paper
3.) Letters
4.) Ghost shape
5.) Ink

A freebie! A freebie!

Howdy Digi Friends!
Did everyone have a fabulous International Digital Scrapbooking Day?  I did!  I certainly did not make it as many places as I would have liked, but the ones I visited had such fun sales!  I admit to overshopping a bit.  There were just so many pretties!

But my overindulgence is your gain, too!  I seemed unable to resist CU grab bags.  I loved the surprise of it all.  Inside one was a cute quartet of twitter birds.  I confess that I am not a tweeter.  I know.  I tried.  But I found my life was just not that interesting.  Even I did not want to know what I was doing most times so why would anyone else?

But the birds were too cute not to play with today.  So I did them up in a bit of felt and am offering them free for you this week.

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They will be active for one week.  And, as always, we appreciate your kind comments!

Did you notice my new packaging?  Its a hint to big things coming!  Stay tuned!

A Handy Tip: Cricut Cartridge Binder

Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope you are having a fabulous day! I have a quick idea to share with you today. Are you a Cricut lover like me? I love my Cricut machine! It has made my crafting so much easier. Over the past few years, I have accumulated more cartridges than I ever thought I would own. But I was getting so tired of digging through the cartridges and then flipping though booklets to find the image I wanted to cut. So while blog hopping, I found this awesome idea and knew I had to create one for myself. It's a binder filled with the images on the Cricut carts that I own. If you are interested in doing one of these for your Cricut cartridges, all images can be found HERE at the Cricut Cartridge Library.

I picked up a basic binder at Wal Mart. I first had to decorate the outside.

 Now, for the inside, I printed out the sheets for each of the cartridges I own and slid 2 sheets (front and back) down inside those page protectors you can buy. I love these page protectors because not only do they make the pages turn so smoothly, but since this will be a highly used item, they keep the papers from wrinkling and getting dirty.

I just love my new binder! It is so much easier to keep this on my desk than flip through all those booklets! I hope you will find this idea handy too!

Have a wonderful day and Happy Scrappin'!

Saturday Challenge 11/6

Fun with shapes!



While sorting through some of my son's old toys, I came across this box of blocks.
And I was immediately inspired!
Ok, so this may not seem like a big deal to most of you creative gals.
But...being a person who mostly TALKS about scrapping and rarely DOES...this was HUGE.

I dumped them out onto the table and started playing around with different patterns and designs.

Here are a few of the cards I created:



It was fun!

This week's challenge is to play with shapes on your projects.
Make sure to link back here so we can see what you came up with.

Have a great weekend!

And...If you haven't already, head over to the ScrapStreet boards and check out our Pirate Crop.

http://scrapstreet.com/MessageBoard/index.php?topic=64715.0

It is going on all this month and you can join in any time.
You earn chances to win prizes just by playing games and completing challenges.

Hope to see you there!

Project Team Ewan is HERE!

It is with GREAT excitement that I announce Project Team Ewan is ready for sale!  For more information on how to obtain a copy of your Project Team Ewan Class Package, click here.  This takes you to the page on blog.  For future reference, there is and will always be a tab at the top of my blog. 

I am so excited for this fundraiser because 100% of the money raised is going directly to Seattle Children's Hospital and research that will help further care for children who have congenital heart defects.  The reason why this fundraiser is called Project Team Ewan is because of Ewan himself.  My dear friend and former roommate Kirsten and her husband James found out early on in their pregnancy that Ewan had some serious heart issues.  They knew that God had given Ewan to the world for a reason and chose to go on this adventure of heart ache, joy, sorrow, grief, grace, growth and, ultimately, watching lives change.

Kirsten is a very gifted writer and has put into much better words than I ever could, the journey that she and James have been on.  She is very transparent in how she has processed learning of Ewan's condition, the birth and then, sadly, the death of sweet little Ewan Eliezer.

Seattle Children's Hospital provided excellent care as they always do.  The nurses and staff were smitten with Ewan and when I cam down to visit, I was very impressed by the loving care they gave towards all.  The tenderness, the compassion and the generosity.  Children's is a non-profit hospital running solely on donations from anyone who is willing to give.  It is my hope to give back to them what they have so selflessly gave to thousands, if not millions, of others in the Northwest.

Thank you in advance for your generosity and I hope you do enjoy the class package.  Click on the link/button above that will take you to the page with instructions.  Please let me know if you have questions.  Also... we have some AMAZING prizes to give away!  If you purchase the package during the month of November, you will automatically be entered to win one of these prizes:

One lucky winner will receive the FULL class from the very talented Kristina Proffitt and Crystal Wilkerson.  HUGE thanks to Kristina for offering up this prize.

Available to U.S. and International.

 

Wow!  Check out this amazing pack of GOODNESS!  The lovely Jen Gallacher has put together this awesome collection of scrapbooking heaven!  Yes... you could win ALL of it.

Available to U.S. residents only.

One super duper lucky winner will receive a $75 gift certificate to Janet Carr's fabulous digital shop!  Wowee!  Thank you Janet!

Last but not least.... Two Peas in a Bucket has so wonderfully offered up $50 in the latest and greatest product!  Yahoo!  Who wouldn't want some brand new goodies??

Thanks in advance all who will purchase this kit!  You are going to LOVE it and know that you are supporting a wonderful cause.

Hugs,

Melissa

Wednesday Freebie

Oops.... sorry to be late posting this! I have the kids back to school today after our Toussaints (All Saints) holiday which (for some obscure reason), saw them going back a day earlier than the school calendar shows and doing a Friday timetable on a Wednesday!!

Wednesday is normally a half day here, so you can imagine the comments on working all day doing Friday's lessons! Only in France I tell you! Running round making coffee for the builders also distracted me.....

Still here I am at last with a lovely golden alpha for you to use on your layouts, cards and other projects.


You can download it here and submit your creations to our mag, cos we love to see them.. and who knows, we may publish it in our magazine!

Pirate Crop!

Ahoy there buckos!

Come join us on the boards for our Pirate Crop, lasting all month long!
By completing challenges and participating in games you can earn tickets for the prize drawing at the end of the month!

See you there!