Let's Go Fly a Kite!

Welcome to this week's tag for 52 Weeks of Tags.  Janis challenged us to make a tag with a kite on it.  Here is what I came up with:

Cute, huh?  The tag is cut from Plantin Schoolbook, and the kite is from Boys Will be Boys.  I did some doodling with my Sakura Jelly Roll pens.  The sentiment is from Whimsical Designs Everyday Sentiments.

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So, pop on over to Pause, Dream, Enjoy and see all the tags the DT has to inspire you, and be sure to play along with us for your chance to win!



 


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Beautiful Banana Bread

Happy Monday - Today I have a cute little tag and a delicious loaf of banana bread :)  I think this may be the best banana bread I have ever made!  It was really easy, moist and yummy!

I found the recipe HERE.  So simple, so few ingredients :)  I will post the full recipe below the pictures...

So I ended up making 2 loaves, and decided to give one away to a friend.  I felt it needed something, so I made an adorable little tag.  the tag is from Plantin Schoolbook.  The banana is from Create a Critter.  I stamped his cute little face with Peachy Keen Boy Mates faces.

Here is a close up of the little tag.  I hand wrote the "to" and "love".  The "yummo" is from Whimsical Designs Whimsical fun.  Isn't it perfect for this tag?

Here is the recipe:

Banana Banana Bread

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon  baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs, beaten

• 2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas
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• Directions
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•  - Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
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•  - In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
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•  - Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

A few challenges for my tag:

2 Sisters - anything goes

Craft Your Days Away - paper piecing

Totally Gorjuss - yummy

Cupcake Inspirations - inspiration picture
Crafty Catz - begin with B (banana)
Make it Monday - anything goes

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52 Tags - Week #8 Flowers and Frills

Happy Friday everyone! One of my favorite craft people, Janis of Pause Dream Enjoy, has asked me to come aboard as one of her design team members for her 52 Tags in 2012 Challenge. I lovemaking tags. They come together quickly and are so satisfying when they're done! I am thrilled to be taking part. This weeks challenge is to make tags with flowers and frills. Here is what I came up with:

I cut this tag from Plantin Schoolbook at 4 inches. The flower is from Joys of the Season. I thought it was really frilly too. The paper is mostly SU and Bazzil. I used chalk and ink on the flower and I chalked the edges of the tag too. This chalking thing is slightly out of my comfort zone, but I think it looks pretty. The stamp is from Whimsical Designs Whimsical Fun Vol 1. I doodled around the edge with one of my SU markers, popped a button with some twine on the the empty corner, and used some ribbon from Michaels to string my tag - and voila! Tag is done!

Here is the second tag that I created. I used an old SU set called Branching Out. I just LOVE this stamp set, it is so pretty :)  I was thinking of the apple blossoms in the Annapolis Valley when I created this tag - the moment when the trees are so laden with blossoms and fruit buds that you can hardly see the leaves for all the pink flowers:

The inks are all SU, and the doodling was done with my Sakura Jelly Roll pen. Again the sentiment is from Whimsical Designs Whimsical Fun Volume 1. There are so many beautiful sentiments in that set.

Janis is looking for a couple more people to join her DT. If you are interested, then be sure to contact Janis. All the details are on her blog. I hope you all come to Pause Dream Enjoy, create a beautiful flower tag, and play along with us.  I would love to visit your blogs and see what you all come up with.  You can even link up with us right here on my blog:

Here are a few challenges for my little tags:
Crafts and Me - shades of spring
My Grafico - flowers
Crop Stop - at least 3 flowers (there are hundreds of blossoms on the apple tree tag)
Cute Card Thursday - winged things (there are 2 little butterflies on the apple blossom tag)
Cardz TV - anything goes
Stampin Sisters in Christ - flowers
Sentimental Sundays - let's get sentimental
Paper Pretties - spring
Cards and Things - color challenge

**With all the rumors running around about Google Friends going away and us all losing our followers, I am adding a Networked Blogs gadget, so you can still find me if you want to - or you could always subscribe vi a email :)



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Flaunting a can...

Sorry about this post being late, I have been getting all messed up working nights, I never seem to know what day it is :) Today is Friday, which means it's Flaunt it Friday!! Today we are flaunting the bear in the trash can from Give a Hoot. I don't own that cartirdge, so here is waht I came up with:



I cut the bag from Plantin schoolbook, and oscar is from the Sesame Street cartridge. The name is cut with Robotz, my favorite chunky font. The stamp is from my Scrappy Moms Stamps - love them! The paper is from my SU stash and the ribbon from Michaels.

The prize this month, for one lucky person is Birthday Bash! Certainly a prize worth playing for :) So hop on over to Flaunt It Fridays and check out the inspiration all the DT members came up with, and then play along with us!

Some challenges:
Paper Cutz Challenge - anything goes
Pear Tree Designs - free for all
Stamp Something - something cute


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