Favorite things...

I haven't had a lot of time to scrap, so when I did, I grabbed my two favorite things... Danyeela Pattern Paper and Hambly Rubons and Overlays. And these are two of the LOs I came up with. The first one actually doesn't have any Danyeela Pattern Papers, only some overlays, but the second one... I went a bit crazy with the paper and the rubons, but I love, love, love how it all came together.


PP K&Co, Creative Imaginations, Hambly Overays, Ranger Distress Crackle paint, Alcohol ink, Stampin'Up Eyelets, misc. chipboard.


PP Danyeela, Hambly Rubons, SU eyelets, 7gypsies labels, Sultane cutouts.
Journaling: ONE DAY... she is going to feel too grown up to be silly like this. I hope it is not anytime soon. First day of school 8'07

Have a good one.

I was in heaven!

I had the most fabulous weekend! Really, it was a lot of work, but it was so much fun. And, like I said, I was in heaven: I got to bake four different kinds of cupcakes and try out a new recipe for cinnamon rolls. Oh my... it was pure sugar overload at my house, but I had a blast.

So, to backtrack. I started baking Friday, because on Saturday I was hosting the Northern Paperbraut Meeting. The always fabulous Primadonna Ms. Kalbach was going to teach a Workshop (dets on her blog, she still has some kits for sale, I think, better check them out fast....), I was going to provide the nourishment.... in the form of cupcakes.

I ended up making OrangePoppyseed, BananaHazelnutChocolate with Caramel Buttercream, and Vanilla Chocolate Cupcakes. I also made oh so Ooooey-goooooey cinnamonrolls, that took me back Omaha where I had my last Cinnabon cinnamon roll what seems a long, long time ago.

Nat's workshop was wonderful. I didn't get to do the project yet... I was trying to be a good hostess, so I didn't sit down much... but everybody really seemed to enjoy it. And of course, how could they not, they fell in love with the wonderful new Prima Marketing Products.

And for today, I baked two dozen or so VanillaStrawberry cupcakes (also in the picture) for my neighbors' 30th wedding anniversary. So... enjoy the pictures, I am beat and going to bed.









Have a good one.

Lazy blogger here...

not really, just "working again"-blogger. Funny how something like a job interferes with important things like updating my blog. LOL.

Anyway, I am getting super excited. On Saturday we are having a little Paperbraut Forum get-together at my house, with a fabulous workshop by the fabulous Ms. Kalbach. And since Nat is providing the entertainment, errr....I mean creative activity, I am providing the food. We are talking cupcakes here.

I am not sure on what exactly I am going to make though. I was thinking orange poppyseed, banana caramel, and strawberry. But Trouble #2 requested something with Vanilla Seasalt again. Mmmmhhh. Some more thinking to do.

Anyway, nothing else going on, have a good one.

Three Vanilla, Vanilla Seasalt Caramel Buttercream Cupcake

Just a quick post because I am heading off to bed.

This is the one kind of cupcakes that I took to Nat's yesterday. I absolutely loved them. They are Three Vanilla Cupcakes with a Vanilla Seasalt Caramel Buttercream. I had read about using seasalt in cupcakes and I was a bit sceptical, but since one of my favorite deserts is Strawberry Pretzel Salad, which is kind of sweet and salty, I thought "why not?" And I loved the outcome. The three kinds of vanilla are great in the cupcake part and the buttercream.... oh, yummy!



I am going to try and post pictures of the other kind... strawberry cupcakes.... tomorrow.

Have a good one.

Just a short post today...

So many things on my to-do list today
1) bake cupcakes-done, except frosting (out of powdered sugar... see #4)
2) prepare salad-dressing prepared, just need to toss with the greens
3) take kids to swimming... in 20 minutes
4) grocery shopping-still need to do.
5) head into the city to meet up with Nat, Andrea, and Kimmy! Is this the coolest? I love that I have so many scrappy friends, but do they have to live so far apart? So... I am tickled pink that there are going to be four of us getting together today for an afternoon of scraptalk, girltalk, good food and drink, and more scraptalk.

Have a good one.

Stampin'Up Update (German)

Nachdem ich gestern bei einer SU Demo Schulung war kann ich jetzt mit neuem Elan posten.

Also:

1. Stampin'Up Kreativabende in 5 deutschen Städten.

Diese Events finden in Frankfurt, Köln, Hamburg, Berlin und München statt. Jeweils 19-21h.
Ihr könnt dort mehr über SU erfahren, aber in erster Linie geht es darum SU Produkten kennenzulernen und damit zu basteln.
* Ihr könnt bei diesem KOSTENLOSEN Event mehrere Projekte herstellen.
* Ihr könnt Preise gewinnen.
* Was ist besser als mal ein fröhlicher Abend ohne Kinder, Arbeit, und was man denn sonst so noch machen muss?

Und für mich das absolute highlight:
* Shelli Gardner, Mitgründerin von Stampin’ Up! ist bei drei Veranstaltungen in Deutschland dabei (Hamburg, Berlin, München) dabei. Dies ist eine tolle Gelegenheit in kleinerem Rahmen, die Person zu treffen, die "hinter" Stampin’ Up! steht

Jetzt zu den Details: Anmelden (egal zu welchem der 5 Events-nicht nur Hamburg) könnt ihr euch bei mir per mail manolos.I.covet@gmail.com und ich lasse Euch die Details zukommen. Ich werde auf jeden Fall dabei sein und hoffe ganz viele von Euch zumindest in Hamburg zu sehen.

2. SuperSonderAngebot im Juni

Auch in diesem Monat hat Stampin'Up wieder ein tolles Angebot.

Und zwar gibt es vom 1.-30 Juni 2008 die Kombibox "Three for you" zu dem fantastischen Preis von 39.95@€ und das Stempelset "Grundbegriffe" für 35.95€. Das ist jeweils ein Rabatt von über 30%. Also, schlagt zu. Schickt mir eine mail, ruft mich an, auf Rauchzeichen reagiere ich eher nicht... LOL, aber lasst euch dieses Angebot nicht entgehen.

3. SuperSonderAngebot #2

Als ob das Angebot mit der Kombibox und dem Stempelset nicht schon genug wären, es gibt noch ein weiteres. Schaut mal hier: eScape. Auch dieses Angebot läuft den ganzen Juni über.... meldet euch bei mir.

So, das wär's dann erstmal für heute. Ich muss zur Arbeit.

Have a good one.

just a couple of LOs and check back tomorrow for a Stampin'Up update

I started working (officially) on June first. We had to do a thorough cleaning and rearranging of the store... I was beat after two days of non-stop cleaning and running around. But, the store looks so much nicer now and I feel much better just knowing how clean it is now.

On top of work, I also managed to get two LOs done. This one is a total lift of an Ashley Calder LO. I love all the different techniques she shows in her book and I decided to give a few of them a shot.

and a close-up of my little wire "antennas".


This one was so much fun. I never even thought of painting over the rather bright K&Co paper, but I love how it turned out.
Materials used: K&Co paper, gesso, Hambly overlay and rub-ons, Stampin'Up Wire, sequins, misc. chipboard letters.

The other LO I did is also a lift, but from a different book... sorry, don't remember the original artist. But anyway, I wanted to play around with some of the lovely Stampin'Up designer papers. Pretty much everything is SU, except for the rubons and the giant brad.



and a close-up of the hidden journaling flap: Trouble #2 wrote her own journaling.



Quite frankly, I am going to fall into bed any minute now, so check back tomorrow for some fun and exciting Stampin'Up News... both fabulous specials and a great event.

Have a good one.