Easy Designer Paper Wreath Tutorial

Good Morning and happy crafting!  Today’s project is this adorable wreath. I am working on party decorations for Silas’ first birthday and this was the perfect addition to my front door.

It is so easy to make and takes no time at all.

Stampin’ Up Supplies:

• Designer Series Paper of your choice (I used World Spectacular) (126897)
• Tom Bow multipurpose glue (110755)
• Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)
• Paper Snips (103579)
• Foam Wreath

Directions:

1. Use Stampin’ Trimmer to cut Designer Series Paper into 2″x 12″ strips.  Flag both ends of each strip with Paper Snips.
2. Loop first strip around wreath form and apply TomBow adhesive to the flagged portion and a bit above on the strip that is under the wreath, but facing upward.  Line up the portion of the strip that lies over the wreath and press together to adhere.
3. Continue until wreath is covered.  This took approximately 20 strips to cover the wreath (4 sheets of designer series paper).
4. To ensure that the strips stay in place, place a small line of adhesive under the spots where the strips overlap and adhere the strips to one another. This will keep them from moving around and exposing the wreath base.
5. Ta-Done!

Food Blog

Well in completely unrelated to stamping news, I am loving Emeals as a quick way to plan delicious dinners.  Last night I made Greek Chicken wraps with homemade carrot and raisin slaw.  It was wonderful!  I made a few modifications to the recipe.

Here’s how I did it:

Ingredients:

• 2 bonesless, skinless chicken breasts
• 1 green bell pepper
• 1 onion
• greek dressing
• feta cheese crumbles
• flour tortillas

Carrot & Raisin Salad

• 3 carrots
• 2 snack boxes of carrots
• 1/4 cup mayo
• dash of sugar

 

I cooked two boneless, skinless chicked breasts (I used frozen because it was cheaper in bulk at Costco) in a frying pan.

Dice 1 onion and 1 green bell pepper.   When chicken in almost fully cooked, slice chicken into strips and throw it back into the pan with the diced veggies.   Cook with the top covered until the veggies are tender and translucent, stirring occasionally.  Place chicken and veggies into a flour tortilla, add greek dressing and feta cheese crumbles and roll it up. (heat the wrap in the micro for 12 seconds with a damp paper towel over it, before adding the food, to keep it from tearing).  Drop the wrap back into the pan and crisp on each side.

Carrot & Raisin Slaw:

Well, I accidentally bought whole carrots instead of shredded, so I chopped them up into slices and then into fourths.  I added two small snack boxes of raisins, yes- the kind you give our kids.  Add a large spoonful (or 1/4 cup if you like measurements) to the carrots and raisins.  Add a sprinkle of sugar and mix.   Chill in the fridge while the wraps are cooking.

Happy cooking!

Why you should use My Digital Studio

I am sure I have mentioned why I love Stampin’ Up!’s My Digital Studio for making digital cards, party decorations and scrapbook pages, but today I will be a little bit more detailed.

I LOVE MY DIGITAL STUDIO!!

It is so simple to make thousands of projects.  You can make them from scratch or download a pre-made design and print it out without changing a thing!

Here’s why I love it today:

• It is only $19.95 and comes loaded with digital content.
• It is compatible with the Silhouette electronic cutter, so you can cut out any stamped image or digital punch.
• Scrapbook pages are easily printed into a board book or soft cover book!
• Party invitations, decorations and cards are done in a snap.
• You can be that crafty person who all the other moms swoon over. How do you have time for that? It only takes a few minutes.
• There is a website mydigitalstudio.net devoted to tech support, crafty ideas, and help with anything you could ever need.

So, here is today’s project for MDS Monday.  I am working on 1st birthday invitations for Silas.  This is my starting sample.  It is just the start of a whole theme that will come together for his Circus themed birthday party.  I know there will be many changes made to his invitation, but for now, it is an easy starting place to make it perfect for Silas.

Happy Crafting!!

MDS Monday: Digital Recipe Binder

I can’t cook.  Okay, well I can cook, but not without a recipe. I am adding new recipes to my collection every day. I like to try new recipes and love to make my favorites over and over again.  I pull out my recipe binder and look at the measurements (even when I’ve made it a hundred times).

Putting my recipes into a binder was the best idea yet.  I have clear sleeves in the binder and as I find recipes I like, I print them out or rip them out of the magazine and add them to my binder.  I keep it in the kitchen on our little corner desk, along with cookbooks.

I wanted some of my favorites to be easily accessible and to look nicer than the food stained, crumpled recipes currently in my binder. (I still can’t figure out how the recipes get dirty when they are in plastic sleeves, but it happens).

Enough talking, long story short, I used the recipe book in My Digital Studio to make my recipes look appealing, refreshed and delicious   I added pictures, ingredients, directions and printed them out. I added them to the binder.  Perfection. Enjoy looking and feel free to use the recipes, I used my favorites.

 

 

I think it turned out fabulous. I am very happy with it and it only took 30 minutes to create.  If you have not yet downloaded My Digital Studio, download the FREE 30 day trial. You will fall in love.

Happy creating.

Happy Sunday

Last week we played outside in the pool.  Silas loved swimming, but was worn out! Here he is cheesing for the paparazzi after a long day of swimming.  Happy Sunday!