Hold on, hold tight

did you see? My layout for last week's challenge was picked for the Scrapping the Music Hall of Fame. Yeah!

For this week's challenge, I once again used danyeela pattern paper. Love that stuff.
Other supplies used: KI alpha stickers, MME rub ons, Stampin Up eyelets and hemp, grungeboard, misc. ribbon and brads.



Now I am off to bake the rhubarb cinnamon cupcakes as promised.
Have a good one.

Happy Monday!

well, an early morning post from me because it is going to be quite the day, I think. I have been unemployed for pretty much 4 years now. But today I am supposed to "test-work" at a new job. Nothing I had envisioned, nothing long term, but heck... if it gets me out of the house...

So here's my latest LO. I just got this picture of Trouble #2 from a friend. It just had to be scrapped. Please excuse the awful pink background. Usually I photograph my LOs against a white background, but this time the white overlay would have completely disappeared.... hence the pink background.



Supplies: Danyeela Pattern Paper... for sources see previous posts, Hambly rub ons and overlay, Heidi Swapp chipboard letters, grungeboard, Kreul acrylic paint, misc. ric rac and fabric, Stampin'Up eyelets, 7gypsies labels.

Have a good one.

I should have known better...

than to try a different kind of frosting on a cupcake. I love the Swiss Meringue Buttercream and the plain buttercream that I usually use, but... I was led astray.... and regretted it.

I tried out a new recipe for cupcakes and frosting. It looked super yummy, and I figured since there is no diet cherry chocolate Dr. Pepper (oh, how I miss just regular Dr. Pepper) here in Germany, so why not try Cherry Coke? Well... I was sceptical at first, because the batter was VERY runny, but they came out beautifully. Nice and light and moist.

On to the frosting. It seemed easy enough: just throw everything into a bowl, beat until proper consistency (over a bain marie). No Sweat. Except... apparently marachino syrup here contains less food coloring than in the US and my frosting was NOT pink like I had envisioned. So I simply added some food color. But, that didn't solve my problem: it tasted painfully sweet like powdered sugar. JUST powdered sugar. No marachino flavor at all. So I added some cherry juice... still no flavor other than powdered sugar. So I gave in and added some vanilla flavoring. I was so disappointed.

Anyway, I went ahead and decorated the cupcakes. The frosting was easy enough to pipe and they look pretty enough. But flavor wise... ehhh!


I am already working on the recipe for the Rhubarb Cinnamon Cupcakes, but probably won't get baked until Tuesday.

Have a good one.

2nd post for the day....

lots of things to mention...

First, my LO for Scrapping the Music:



Second: my fabulously talented friend Danyeela went 12x12. Oh, how I love these papers. And, you know where you can find these yummy papers? Right HERE. I have a few of the new papers sitting here and oh, are they lovely. And what is even cooler.... when buying a sheet of these papers, not only do you get a regular 12x12 sheet of paper, but also a 4x12 sheet of the same paper. I know, you probably are thinking WTH, but really, how many times have you bought TWO sheets of the same paper only to have most of that second sheet flying around your stash years later and not using it? Okay, maybe I am the only one with that problem, but really.... so often I just need a litle bit more than 12x12. And voila! She did it.


Third: I baked pie! And I realized.... I should stick to cupcakes. Not that I am a bad pie baker, but I am a bad pie CRUST baker. Or maybe I should have stuck to my regular old Betty Crocker pie crust recipe, but no... I had to try out a new recipe! Let's just say, my pie crust ist not very pretty looking. Considering the super yummy custard and cream filling that is going to go into it, though, I don't think it is going to matter in the grand scheme of things.

Fourth: no, there isnt' really a fourth. So, have a good one.

I think....

I am back to my usual self. Well... almost.

I actually finished a LO for the current song at Scrapping the Music... turned out a bit more depressing than intended... but heck... the LO is done and will get posted later today.

And, what is more important, I am feeling the urge to bake again. My stomach is still not quite up to par. It is actually being very picky as to what it likes and dislikes, so for example, plain old toast-- not good. Yummy goat cheese salad? VERY GOOD. Go figure. Oh, am I a scrapper or what? I even took a picture of my salad. It doesn't get much better than a fabulously tasty salad, a new sunshade and a comfortable chair on the patio.

And when I picked up my folks this morning to take them to the airport, I also picked some rhubarb from their garden and I am going to make some rhubarb cinnamon cupcakes. Might have to make a special trip into the city to deliver some to Nat... or maybe I will try something entirely different today (been having this craving for banana cream pie or possibly coconut cream pie) and keep the rhubarb cupcakes for next week when I am going to see Nat anyway? With gas prices the way they are.... Mmhhhh.... decisions, decisions. I am not very good with decisions....

Anyway, I still have some greens left over and some chicoree, no goat cheese, so might have to make a special trip to the store.... and enjoy the rest of the afternoon on the aforementioned shady patio.

Bliss.

Have a good one.

Gorgeous weather makes for bad mojo

the weather hasn't been gorgous for the entire past 4 weeks, but it seems I haven't scrapped in ages. To top it off... this morning I woke up with some kind of stomach bug. Trouble #2 had it on Friday but was over it by that evening. So I am hoping for the same.

So, what can I do to get back into the swing of things? I want to scrap so badly. Any Suggestions?

I am going to go veg out on the patio again. I bought a large sunshade yesterday and have been dozing outside all day.

Have a good one.

Laying low....

just in case you are wondering... it is a holiday weekend, the kids are home from school until tuesday and we have company.... so no posting for me. you might get lucky and I will have time to try out a new cupcake recipe I have been working on... but not before Sunday.

So, have a good one.