Turned Gypsy giveaway :)

I haven't done any giveaways or participated in very many, but this was seems VERY cool and so here is to hoping! =) Turned Gypsy (her link is on the left bar) is having an awesome suprise giveaway of two gift certificates for cropstop.com! Follow her and try to win! She has an awesome blog and I personally fell in love with her train card with the lion.

Germany wins!!

My family and I are DIE HARD Germany fans and we had a great game today!! Germany was able to eliminate England 4-1 and we can atleast breathe easily for a few days before they meet (at the moment it's Argentina) on Saturday! Atleast i'll be able to craft in peace! haha =)

Go Germany!!

Once Upon a Princess Layout.

My little girl was blessed with a crazy amount of hair (she takes after her mama!) so at 5 months old, I was able to put her hair in pigtails and the pics are priceless! I rarely do 2 page layouts because they can be so time consuming but i'm actually really proud of my pages! (Even cut out my own chipboard (which wasn't glued all the way down BTW and 3D words) so I just had to share. :)) I used Once Upon a Princess for the Princess, castle phrase and chipboard crown. I used Don Juan for the words and to made the words pop up, I used pop dots cut into little long rectangles. =)

Nephew's Birthday card.

I have a nephew who is turning 15 next month and thought I would make him a card today so I wouldn't forget. I sorta scraplifted the idea but changed most stuff about it although I cannot for the life of me, remember who the idea was taken from. So if you see it, thank you :) lol. I kept it pretty simple and I used Don Juan (My FAV font cartridge) for the 15 and a Happy Birthday stamp from Stamping Bella =)

B is for Boy.

My husband let me go to Walmart the day I found out that they were going to be selling Cricut Lite cartridges (a few weeks ago) to look for this cartridge. I was SO excited because we have 2 little boys and this cart is so perfect for their layouts and cards :) Today was the first day that I challenged myself to actually use it and I came up with a simple layout. The cute thing about it is that the little boys I cut out have the same hair as my boys :)Oh and I used my awesome Peachy Keen paperdoll stamps as well. I can't wait to add pics of my boys on it!

Mini album in progress :)

I am working on my first mini-album for my sister to take with her on deployment of our family. I'm liking the results so far.

Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Recipe :)

Enjoy!

Ingredients:
2 1/4 Cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 Large eggs
2 cups (12-oz pkg) of Nestle Toll house Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels(Chocolate chips)
1 cup chopped nuts

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

These cookies are AMAZING!! :)