HoHoHo Merry Christmas

I want to take this time to wish you and yours a Very Merry Christmas!!!!!

We started our Holidays off last night with a party for the grand kids. Look who showed up to see the kids.




Santa and Josh


Santa and Tyler



Today we are making cookies for Santa and presents for Mom and Dad. Hope your Christmas is filled with joy!!!!

Swedish Cream Wafers

Swedish Cream Waffers

I know I've shared these before but these are my all time favorite cookies. I don't think I am the only one in my house either....they are gone before I can even get them frosted! They are a must in our house over the Holidays.

Swedish Cream Wafers
makes: 5 dozen

1 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
granulated sugar
Combine the butter and whipping cream.
Add the flour.
Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 375F.
On a floured board, roll out 1/3 of the dough at a time to 1/8 inch thick.
Cut with 1-1/2 inch round cookie cutter.
Place lots of granulated sugar in a shallow bowl.
Coat cookies with the sugar on both sides.
Place rounds on ungreased baking sheets.
Prick each round with a fork about 4 times.
Bake 7 to 9 minutes.
Let cookies cool.

filling
1/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sifted powdered sugar
1 egg yolk, optional
1 teaspoon vanilla
food coloring, optional Make the filling by beating 1/4 cup butter, powdered sugar, egg yolk and vanilla together.
Tint with food coloring, if desired. I use red and green for Christmas and add peppermint instead of vanilla


When cookies have cooled make sandwiches by placing some filling between two cookies. WARNING THESE COOKIES ARE ADDICTING!!!! :) I hope you and your family enjoy them as much as we do.

GIVE BACK BLOG HOP

“Creative Kuts Gives Back”















Welcome to the
“Creative Kuts Gives Back”
Blog Hop.


If you arrived here from Linn Cloninger's blog then you are in the right place. If you just happened along here and want to start at the beginning please go to www.Creativekuts.blogspot.com


Hop along with 6 talented ladies in giving to the Make A Wish Foundation a gift to make another one’s wish come true. Beginning December 9th at midnight PST until December 11th midnight PST, you will be able to place a bid on any project displayed for sale. You will see beautiful work on some awesome projects and it or they can be yours.

100% proceeds of all funds received for each project sold will be donated to Make A Wish Foundation.

We have made this hop simple by keeping it to a minimum of 6 hops and simple guidelines


1. Please visit each member of the hop and place a bid in the comment box if you would like the chance to win the project. Your bid needs to be $1 more than the previous bid posted, so please look at all the comments above. All other comments are also appreciated.

2. Send an email to cheryl@creativekuts.com with your bid amount and contact information.

ISN’T THIS SIMPLE?

You will be notified after the bidding's have been closed with your winning bid amount and an invoice through paypal. Payment will need to be made no later than December 15th.

We would like to thank you in advance for your generosity and most of all your interest in just stopping by. Happy Holidays and hope you helped make a wish come true.

Here is the list of Ladies blogs that have all goodies waiting to for your bid.

Creative Kuts - Cheryl - http://creativekuts.blogspot.com/
Linn Cloninger - http://linnsscrapshack.blogspot.com/
Bonnie Guess - http://scrap-n-away.blogspot.com/ YOU ARE HERE
Eva Laney - http://evasscrapsncards.blogspot.com/
Gina Long - http://c90designs.blogspot.com/
Kristin Courtney - http://papercreationsbykristin.blogspot.com (Guest Designer)


You are bidding on these 5 Ornaments made fromCREATIVE KUTS file CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
I cut each Christmas Ornament using my cricut and thin paper to use as a pattern. I then hand cut each piece out of felt,added sequins and beads around each piece and lightly stuffed to make them 3D. Ornament measure approximately 5" each.












You may click on any of the pictures if you'd like to see a larger picture of the ornaments. The Ornament measure about 5"


REMEMBER 100% of your BID is going TO MAKE A CHILDS WISH COME TRUE so BID OFTEN!!!! CHECK your bid you don't want someone else to win. REMEMBER to E-MAIL CHERYL after EACH BID @ CHERYL@CREATIVEKUTS.COM


Your next stop is Eva's


I hope you enjoy our projects and that you've helped MAKE A CHILD'S WISH COME TURE this Holiday Season!!!
Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Bonnie

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER

DRUMMM ROLLLLL PLEASE.....................THE WINNER IS
lindaplus3
Congratulations!!!LINDAPLUS3
If you will send me your address I will get you package in the mail this weekend.

I want to say thank you to all of you for joining us for our blog hop! We love hearing your comments :) Our Creative Kuts Design Team will be having a blog hop a month and we hope you will join us again.

Be sure and come back tomorrow and see how I bake and decorate my Holiday Breads!

Hopping Through The Holidays Day 2

WOW.....is all I can say!!!! Have you been through both days of HOPPING THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS BLOG HOP? If not your missing some really great projects. Day 1's line up is in the post below. Here is the link to start day 2
Kani's Kreations

I want to thank everyone who stopped by yesterday and left me a comment. I will be posting the winner of my BLOG CANDY here tomorrow. Good Luck :)!!!!

I just recieved my new Cricut Cake machine so I'm off to play with it. Hope you all have a great day and enjoy the Blog Hop!

No time to craft

How was your Halloween? I went to Pismo Beach to spend Halloween with part of my grandkids. My oldest grandson turned 18 so on Sunday we took him to the Casino. He walked out with about 75 cents left to his name. He said he had a good time even though he lost. LOL










Here is a couple of pictures of my Son's house. He love's to decorate for the Holidays. I can't wait to see what he does for Christmas. He made the spider...it has smoke that comes out of his nostril's and the eyes light up and move side to side.








I got to go to my 7 year old grandson's school for their Fall Party. It was Crazy Hair Day all the kids looked so cute. Here's a picture of Tyler's crazy hair.






Halloween night we took the kids to the Church for their annual Sock Hop. The kids had a blast playing all the games and getting their faces painted. Both of the boys won at the cake walk so we had plenty of cupcakes. Someone had made banana nut with chocolate frosting they were so good. Here they are dressed in their costumes.






I had a great time with the kids. I even got to spend an extra two days there waiting for truck parts to come in. My truck broke down and I had to replace the catalytic converters. Why does a truck have to have two.....so it can cost double is the only thing I can think of. LOL!!!!

I made it home in time to get ready for the weekend. We have a group of 7 girls at the Retreat this weekend. They are excited that we have snow. It snowed off and on yesterday and we woke to about an inch of snow this morning covering the ground. As for me I'll be glad when it's melted. LOL As you can see I've had no time to get any crafting done. I'm off to make cookies for the girls. Hope you have a great weekend!!!!

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!!!!
I hope you have a very SPOOKTACULAR DAY. I'm spending the day with some of my grand kids today.....first we're going trick or treating in the Village then we going to a Sock Hop at the church after that we may going to a few house in the neighbor hood. We'd love to hear what you and your kids are dressing up and doing today so leave us a comment.

Drum Roll Please

Thanks to all of you who stopped by our Black and Orange Blog Hop! The winner of my Blog Candy is lindaplus3. If you'll e-mail me at bonnie@scrap-n-away.com and send me your address I will send out your package on Thursday when I get back home.

What was your favorite project you saw on the Blog Hop? I saw so many great ideas it was hard to pick just one but if I had to pick one I'd have to say it was Linn's box with those tiny little flowers! All I can say is Wow!!!! Can imagine making all those flowers no bigger than the size of a dime?

I'm off to go shopping with my grandkids for Halloween : ) Hope you all have a great day!

Black and Orange Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to day 2 of the Creative Kuts Black/Orange Blog Hop. Thanks for all the comments yesterday. I hope you enjoy what we have in store for you today!

This hop is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 28 through Saturday, Oct. 29. It's that time of year when the nights are all spooky and creatures are known to wander the forests. So sit for a spell with a nice cup of hot apple cider and check out all the great projects using the Creative Kuts files which you can find here at....Creative Kuts

If you just happened to come to this blog, you can start at the beginning with Lisa. If you just came from Anna then you are in the right spot.

We're so excited to be doing this hop and we have a fabulous lineup with some very talented ladies. There will be lots of fun projects, along with some great blog candy, and a great grand prize for this hop. The grand prize for this hop will be $50 of Creative Kuts files. The winner will need to contact Cheryl with your pattern choices at pieces2pieces@gmail.com. In order to be eligible for the grand prize, you must follow each blog and leave 2 days of comments on each blog.

The hop is a 2 day hop with only 13 blogs to visit so you will have plenty of time to make it through the whole hop lineup twice. Check out each blog and see what blog candy you can win at the individual stops.

Here is the complete lineup:

Lisa- http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
Linn- http://www.linnsscrapshack.blogspot.com
Anna- http://stampanna.typepad.com
Bonnie-You are Here
Eva - http://evasscrapsncards.blogspot.com
Julie -http://juliescreativepieces.blogspot.com
Lisa - http://www.bljgraves.blogspot.com
Maria - http://justgetscraphappy.blogspot.com/
Gina - http://c90designs.blogspot.com/
Fabiola - http://www.mrssassycrafter.com/
Gaby - http://www.thecraftydream.blogspot.com
Cynthia - http://luv2scrap-luv2scrap.blogspot.com
Cheryl - http://creativekuts.blogspot.com

I made this Haunted House Mini Album was made using Creative Kuts Haunted House Mini Album

The cover is made with paper from DCWV Halloween matt stack. I made the bat smaller and added them to the front door. You could also leave them off and use this as a photo matt. Here's the cover closed



Here's the cover opened









All of the pages are made with paper from DCWV Halloween Matt Stack. Page 2









Page 3

I used Halloween Fun for the Bear Witch on this page....isn't she adorable with her green and purple striped socks,gold buckles on her shoes,her little Spell Book,not to mention her Witches Hat and her Bubbling Calderon! I've stickles the bubbles in the calderon and out lined the ghost with stickles and ink.







Page 4











Page 5








Page 6













Who wants some BLOG CANDY?
Here's what I have for one lucky winner













Here's all you have to do to WIN
1. Leave a comment one entry for each day
2. Become a follower of my blog for 5 entries
2. Add my Blinkie to your blog for 10 extra entries

Leave me comment to let me know if your a follower and if you posted my blinkie with a link to your blog. Good Luck!!!

Your next stop is Eva's Come back again for more great projects. Hope you have a creative day.

Black and Orange Blog Hop Day 1

Welcome to the Creative Kuts Black/Orange Blog Hop. This hop is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 28 through Saturday, Oct. 29. It's that time of year when the nights are all spooky and creatures are known to wander the forests. So sit for a spell with a nice cup of hot apple cider and check out all the great projects using the Creative Kuts files which you can find here at http://www.creativekuts.com....

If you just happened to come to this blog, you can start at the beginning with Lisa- http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/. If you just came from Anna http://stampanna.typepad.com then you are in the right spot.

We're so excited to be doing this hop and we have a fabulous lineup with some very talented ladies. There will be lots of fun projects, along with some great blog candy, and a great grand prize for this hop. The grand prize for this hop will be $50 of Creative Kuts files. The winner will need to contact Cheryl with your pattern choices at pieces2pieces@gmail.com. In order to be eligible for the grand prize, you must follow each blog and leave 2 days of comments on each blog.

The hop is a 2 day hop with only 13 blogs to visit so you will have plenty of time to make it through the whole hop lineup twice. Check out each blog and see what blog candy you can win at the individual stops.

Here is the complete lineup:

Lisa- http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
Linn- http://www.linnsscrapshack.blogspot.com
Anna- http://stampanna.typepad.com
Bonnie-http://scrap-n-away.blogspot.com
Eva - http://evasscrapsncards.blogspot.com
Julie -http://juliescreativepieces.blogspot.com
Lisa - http://www.bljgraves.blogspot.com
Gina - http://c90designs.blogspot.com/
Fabiola - http://www.mrssassycrafter.com/
Gaby - http://www.thecraftydream.blogspot.com
Cynthia - http://luv2scrap-luv2scrap.blogspot.com
Cheryl - http://creativekuts.blogspot.com

My Princes of Darkness layout for day 1. I made this layout using Creative Kuts files Prince of Darkness and Halloween Theme The paper is from BoBunny.








Who wants some BLOG CANDY?
Here's what I have for one lucky winner




Here's all you have to do to WIN
1. Leave a comment one entry for each day
2. Become a follower of my blog for 5 entries
2. Add my Blinkie to your blog for 10 extra entries

Leave me comment to let me know if your a follower and if you posted my blinkie with a link to your blog. Good Luck!!!

Your next stop is Eva - http://evasscrapsncards.blogspot.comCome back again for more great projects. Hope you have a creative day.

I'm posting this here so you have first chance. You have until thursday before I send out the newletter.
Trick or Treat! No TRICK here just one last TREAT for you. We've been thinking about what great customer's we have and we wanted to give you one more SPOOKTACULAR SALE to end out this FANG-tastic year. Book one of these weekends before the BEWITCHING HOUR Oct.31,2011. You will pay full price ...and your friend will come for 1/2 price. YES you read it right.....YOU Pay FULL price for a 3 or 4 day retreat and your friend gets that SAME weekend for HALF PRICE.
This offer is only good on the following 4 weekends
NOV.17-20,2011
DEC.1-4,2011
DEC.8-11,2011
DEC.15-18,2011

HURRY and book your SPOOKTACULAR WEEKEND before they've been put to RIP. This SPOOKTACULAR SALE'S BEWITHCING HOUR will be NAILED in the COFFIN after Oct.31st never to come out again. No other gift certificates or or other discounts will be excepted on these weekends.

I also wanted to share this explosion box I made to get everyone ready for our
BLACK and ORANGE BLOG HOP OCTOBER 28-29. You won't want to miss out on all these great designers!









I used Creative Kuts files Prince of Darkness for Dracula,the witch is form Halloween Fun and the cat is from Halloween Theme

The Celebration has begun!

Just in case you do not receive our Newsletter or haven't been over to our fan page on facebook? Here's what we have going!

It's our 7th ANNIVERSARY and we want to CELEBRATE with YOU!!! Starting NOW
until Oct.31st we're going to be having daily giveaway's on our fan page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Scrap-N-Away/164965180225854 so don't miss
out on the fun. Be sure to come by daily and leave us a comment you never
know what we're going to be giving away!

We are also running 7 VERY SPECIAL WEEKENDS visit us on ONE of the
following weekends for a 3 or 4 day retreat and save $100 that makes a 3
day RETREAT only $225 or 4 days for $325
October 2011
6-9
13-16
20-23
December 2011
1-4
8-11
JANUARY 2012
5-8
12-15

This offer is only good on these weekends and will not be extend to any
other weekends, no other discounts,specials or gift certificates may be
used on these weekends.

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!!!! How would you like a chance to come to
SCRAP-N-AWAY on US?
We'd like to meet your Scrapbooking,Quilting,Knitting,Crocheting and Card
Making FRIENDS so we're giving you a $50 gift certificate to give to your
friends and acquaintances who have NEVER BEEN HERE.....For every 7 people
who use the GIFT CERTIFICATE to visit us you get a FREE RETREAT. There are
no limits to how many gift certificates you can give out or how many
retreats you can win. Just sign your name where it says authorized by and
as soon as I have 7 of them with your name I will send you a GIFT
CERTIFICATE for a 3 DAY RETREAT!!! You have from OCT.1,2011-DECEMBER
31,2012 to GET your RETREATS ON US!!!!

If you don't receive our Newsletter and would like a copy of the gift certificate to give to your friends just e-mail me. You still have time to get in on today's GIVEAWAY!!!! We will be picking the winner between 9-10 this evening.

Celebrations!

The wedding turned out beautifully. They couldn't have asked for nicer weather. I believe it's one of the only times I've been at Avila Beach when the wind hasn't come up in the afternoon. Here are a couple of my favorite pictures so far. I haven't had a chance to really look at them all yet. We got home late last night and we're going back again tomorrow for the parties. I needed at least one night in my own bed LOL.

OUR YOU A GAMBLER?



How would you like to GAMBLE this month and WIN A FREE WEEKEND at SCRAP-N-AWAY? In honor of my MOM'S BIRTHDAY and SCRAP-N-AWAY'S ANNIVERSARY we are going to be CELEBRATING the WHOLE MONTH OF OCTOBER so come back on OCTOBER 1ST for all the details.

We are headed back to Pismo Beach for more Wedding Celebrations see you on the 1st with all the exciting games and give aways!!!

Frankenstein Snacks

I've been so busy I haven't had as much time as I'd hope to work on Halloween decorations but I did see these adorable little Frankenstein Snacks on someones blog. I'm sorry I don't remember where I saw it so I can give them credit....if anyone knows please let me know. I would love to give credit where credit is due.

I did get a few minutes to do this page. I used Prince-of-Darkness by Creative Kuts. I'm trying to get caught up on last years Halloween pictures before I start taking this years LOL If only I could get caught up!



I have a lot to do this week. My Son is getting married a week from tomorrow and I still don't have anything to wear YIKES!!! I can't believe I've waited this long to go shopping. Plus we have a 4 day retreat this weekend then my Uncle gets here Monday to go to the wedding with us. I best go and get busy! Have a great day!

Halloween Decorations

I've been busy making Halloween Decorations or I should say trying. One was a complete falure. I was trying to use something I'd never worked with before and it didn't hold the paint. Oppps! I did get this Welcome sign done and I'm almost done with a wreath. I will tell you more about it when I have it finished....so far it's turning out soooooo cute. Anyone else working on Halloween decorations? I'd love to hear about them.

Halloween Candy Bar Wrappers

Here are a couple of Halloween Candy Bar Wrappers I made using Creative Kuts file Halloween Candy Wrappers I used a regular Hersey's candy bar for these. If anyone is interested in buying them I'm selling them for $3.50 a piece or 4 for $12 just e-mail. I can make any of the 4 I just have two of them pictured.




I also wanted to share this layout I made using Scrapping Design Bugs file Halloween Train. I can't wait to take the grand kids to Filmore to ride the Pumpkinliner and put pictures on this layout!



Since the HOLIDAYS are just around the corner it's time to start posting HOLIDAY IDEAS for you. I will be posting ideas for you at least once a week so come back often to see what I've been making!

If your looking for more ideas head over to Skip to my Lou

Here Comes the Circus

I've been busy clearing out our storage and going through things :( We are trying to get rid of our storage unit. Yikes how do two people acquire so much stuff? I think we must both be a couple of hoarders LMBO!!!! Now to get rid of all this stuff.

Not much time to create. Here is my latest layout. I use Creative Kuts A Day at The Circus.

Harvest Memories

I've been so busy I forgot to post last Thursday layout. Isn't this little boy just to adorable. He reminds so much of one of my grandsons.

Wait until you see this Thursdays layout. Can you guess what it is? I'll give you hint it's under the big top. Any ideas now? I hope you'll come back and see.

Trouble Brewing

Here is my latest layout Trouble Brewing. I made it using Creative Kuts file Troubles Brewing This file was just so much fun to work with!

Laker's Card

Do I have any Laker Fan's out there? I can now show you this card I made for a friend who is a Laker's fan. I had so much fun making it.

Back to School

While everyone is busy getting ready to go back to school I've been busy making this layout using Creative Kuts adorable School Collection2 file. I hope everyone has a wonderful First Day of School.

Very Excited!

I'm very excited to announce that I am now designing for Creative Kuts and to CELEBRAT I am having a GIVEAWAY for a free $50.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE to SCRAP-N-AWAY PLUS I'M GIVING YOU 4 CHANCES TO WIN!!!!

Here's all you have to do

1. Leave me a comment on Creative Kuts fan page under the Laker's Card
2. Leave a comment on Scrap-N-Away's fan page
3. Become a follower of my blog and leave a comment
that you are.
4. After you done the first 3 go back to Scrap-N-Aways fan page and let me
know you've done them all. GOOD LUCK!!!!

Don't forget we are

*********CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS*******

The WHOLE MONTH OF AUGUST here at SCRAP-N-AWAY

Book any weekend in August and save $100 OFF a 3 or 4 weekend. OH BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE! To help with all those Christmas Layouts we are having a 50% off sale on all Christmas paper and embellishments during the month of August also. What a great time to take that much needed mini-SCRAP-cation!

Art Philosophy Cartridge by Close to My Heart and Cricut

Check out the NEW CLOSE to MY HEART'S Art Philosophy Cartridge by Circut



This new cartridge is packed full of all kinds of goodness such as fonts, tags and and the cutest 3D items ever. Best of all, there are 3 sets of coordinating stamps and chipboard that come with the cartridge when you purchase it.....if that wasn't enough there are also even more items available in the catalog to go along with the cartridge. It's pretty impressive! And don't worry because they tell you the exact size of the cuts to match the stamps right on the stamps.

This cartridge is available here starting on AUGUST 1st. While you're there don't forget to check out ALL the NEW CATALOG and the WHILE SUPPLIES LAST for some GREAT DEALS!

Tearific Time

I've had a little time to get some scrapping done in between Retreats so I thought I would share them with you.

I need to run I'm going to a fund raiser in Bakersfield tomorrow so I have to get all the beds made,dust,laundry and the menu planned for this weekend.

A Day at the Park

I got to spend the day with my two youngest grandsons yesterday at the park. We got a surprise visit from my oldest grandson. It was nice to get to visit with him just the two of us while the boys played. He is thinking of go in the service : ( I sure don't like that he grew up so darn fast.














from there we went to the Frazier Park Museum. The boys loved seeing the animals,learning about the Indians that lived in this area,grinding corn, and going in the log cabin....they didn't think the bed looked comfortable or living with a dirt floor would be much fun. So much for being a pioneer LOL! I forgot to charge my battery for my camera so it died at the park so we got no pictures at the museum : (

Look where we went next




Tyler

Josh






YUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!There was chocolate and ice cream from the tips of their noses to their elbows :0 What a fun day!!!