DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

   This comes from www.iheart2stamp.com .  A lovely idea to make something more dementional, not just letters but almost anything else.  Good luck! That’s what I love about this industry…you are able to learn something new {almost} everyday. Sometimes it’s can be something simple, sometimes it’s something really cool and other times you smack yourself on the forehead and say, “Why didn’t I think of that before!?” Well, the other day I was at Scrapper’s Boutique, my local scrapbook store where I work and teach, and the owner showed me this cool technique that she had done on chipboard with glitter and Diamond Glaze/Crystal Effects. It was one of those “Wow this is cool AND why didn’t I think of that?” moments, so I thought that I would share. I’m actually going to start with the finish product/project and work my way to the details. This is the card that I made with the letter S having the Glazed Glitter technique {that’s just the name I came up with, call it what yo

   This comes from www.iambaker.net .  They look like little cupcakes. Bake a few, make a dozen, the more the merrier.  Enjoy these sweet little cookies! Cookies Decorated like Cupcakes It’s time for a guessing game folks. Cookies OR Cupcakes? I am Baker pumped out some fun creations that may throw you off just a hair. She decorated cookies that look exactly like cupcakes . She piped frosting in a variety of swirls and topped them with fruit and sprinkles. To make these, she used her favorite sugar cookie recipe and perfect crusting buttercream recipe . I love the creativity that is radiating out of each of these.

( Chinese New Year is on 23rd Jan. 2012) Expect this to be a very energetic year, filled with optimism, power and entrepreneurship. However, the year is of water dragon, which means that even the most powerful will give a patient hearing to the weaker, and will try to see through their point of view. Better alliances and decision will take place.    Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade. The Chinese calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. In order to "catch up" with the solar calendar the Chinese insert an extra month once every few years (seven years out of a 19-yearcycle). This is the same as adding an extra day on leap year. This is why, according to the solar ca