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12 on Twelve | February 2013

13 Wednesday Feb 2013

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12 on Twelve, Yearlong Album

Yesterday was a fun one for 12onTwelve because we had an early Valentine’s party! Here’re the shots I got for the day:

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1. M reading stories to G over breakfast

2. Saying goodbye to Daddy before he goes to work

3. Playing Lego

4. Making Valentine’s

5. The kiddies love the self timer!

6. Reading stories

7. Doing puzzles during naptime

8. Working on the Yearlong Album 2013 cover page

9. G and I made peanut butter chocolate chip cookies for the party

10. My Valentines!

11. Pavlova for a party treat

12. Almost forgot my selfie – got it at almost the last minute!

Did you take pics yesterday? Link me up in the comments- I’d love to see your day!

S.

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An update, brownies, and a class I took…

17 Wednesday Oct 2012

Posted by Sara in Baking, Mini Album, Mixed Media, ScrapBook, Uncategorized

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7 Gypsies, Baking, Basically Bare, Bazzill Basics, Bo Bunny, Book of Me, Brownies, Canvas Corp, Classes, Creative Imaginations, Graphic 45, The Collins Rep Group, The Paperie, Viva Colour

Sorry for the little blog break here – I’ve been crazy busy since returning from Orlando and there just aren’t enough hours in the day…

I’ve been completing the few unfinished projects from the show – I made 7 mini albums plus other items so there was a lot of little odds and ends that needed a final touch or two!

Bazzill – Christmas Lickety Slip Album

Creative Imaginations – Beautiful You Mixed Media Album

Basically Bare and Graphic 45 – Nutcracker Suite Easel Album

7 Gypsies and Canvas Corp – Epicurean Library Drawer

Creative Imaginations – Holly Jolly Altered Album

I’m only showing you the sneaks here of a few things but if you want the full reveal, all the details, and to hear about the fun we had then you need to sign up for the Show and Tell at The Paperie on Tuesday, October 23! I think there may be some giveaways too…. πŸ™‚

I’m heading over to have wine and chit chat with a friend tonight so I thought I’d bring some goodies with me – brownies!

Brownie Batter!

I took two of my favourite recipes, made a change or two and combined them to make gluten freeΒ mascarpone brownies with ricotta topping. They look and smell yummy and I’ll post an update later with how they taste! I already know the batter was good….

And they really should be good because if there’s one thing I know how to bake well, it’s brownies! That’s not ego my friends, it’s just the simple truth! πŸ™‚ But I can’t roast a chicken to save my life….Β UPDATE: They are the bomb…. πŸ™‚

yummy, yummy in my tummy!

Finally, I carved out a little time on Saturday morning to take a class from my friend Rae Lynn, the queen of clean and simple LO’s – her work is always gorgeous! She has started a new class series to do a Book of Me and the two LO’s we did are awesome!

I only took one picture with me for the class but the sweater I was wearing was the perfect colour for the papers and since Miss Smarty Pants Rae Lynn brought her camera and Canon Selphy printer, we took a snap, printed it and I was in business! It always feels good to go home with a completed LO!

i am…

I changed this second one a little – the background paper was a light tan/brown and I had a piece of Bo Bunny Vintage Double Dot paper that was the exact shade of my shirt so I used that instead. Also, I think I’m going to change the title to “An unexpected pleasure” and do my journalling on one thing rather than do a list of several “simple pleasures.” I could have had this one done but I was really uncertain about the journalling and decided that focusing on one unexpected pleasure – my camera – would work better for me for this LO. So now that I’ve settled on that, it will be done tonight, RLOK, I promise!

an unexpected pleasure

I love how the bright background paired with the black title, splatters, and stars make my camera pop!

And that’s been my life this week, crazy and full – how have you all been?

S.

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Monday again?

02 Monday Apr 2012

Posted by Sara in Baking, Cards, Classes, ScrapBook

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Baking, Creative Chemistry 101, Kiddies, Online Card Classes, Peanut Butter Cookies, Tim Holtz

A new week is here, much too soon I might add – where did last week go? Oh. I remember. It went in a haze of sickness, and crankiness, and all around no goodness.

And P & C had their last day here. Boo. 😦

I’m really hoping to get back on track this week. I have two new little girlies starting with us, which may throw me off, but crossing my fingers that we can stay on schedule!

On Friday I had a guest blog post at The Paperie go live – go check it out, fun times with paint!

This week I’m redoing a LO that I will be teaching later this month, the original had a slight mishap with a cup of Starbucks hot chocolate. Guess who won?

So, making a new version, with a couple of fun tweaks added – Β water is a great medium! Sign up at The Paperie, I’ll have sneaks of the new, improved LO tomorrow, I hope.

I’m still having a blast with the Online Card Classes Creative Chemistry 101 by Tim Holtz. I need a ream of tags, not just that measly pack of 20 they sell. And who knew all the cool stuff glossy paper could do? I thought I loved it before but now…

Here’s a bad phone pic of a 3 minute card for C’s birthday party yesterday. Seriously, not kidding. Very cool resist technique on glossy paper – love it!

happy dirtday!

And some of the Perfect Pearls stuff? Way cool! Those who know me know I love Perfect Pearls anyway – now I may be obsessed!

Basically, if you own any Ranger products at all, even one, go take this class, it’s worth it and you’ll learn to use your supplies in ways you could never even dream of! This is an intro video about the class…

Finally, we’re heading over to say goodbye to P & C tonight before they get on the road tomorrow for their big move. And who wants to make a long drive with no cookies?

My kitchen smells good!

S.

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We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming…

14 Tuesday Feb 2012

Posted by Sara in Baking, Family, ScrapBook

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Baking, Basic Grey, Family, Hero Arts, Pioneer Woman, Sakura, Stampin' Up, Stamps, Valentine's Day

…for Valentine’s Day!

I was going to do another technique today, but just couldn’t pass up the Valentine’s thing. If you’re craving technique, check my previous posts here, here, and here – that should keep you going until tomorrow! πŸ™‚

So, I knew Valentine’s was coming. I bought little treats for the kiddies, poked them away….. and promptly forgot about the whole thing!

Don’t get me wrong, I like Valentine’s Day. I just don’t get all hyped up about it. The point is, late last night I was up making M and G’s Valentine’s. And D’s is the technique for this week!

Valentine's

Also, since I forgot all about today, I didn’t get my kiddies on the ball making Valentine’s for their little friends or make the cupcakes for the party we always have. That meant Valentine’s making instead of cereal for breakfast and cupcake making with a crew of Β (not very helpful) helpers this morning!

Valentine Cupcakes

Long story short, we got it all done, including making theseΒ cards, ate copious amounts of sugar, and, due to changing the topic at the last minute, this post is very, very late – sorry!

Hope you all have a very Happy Valentine’s Day with whomever or whatever you love – friends, family, pets, books…

Sara

P.S. The Valentine’s were made with this Hero Arts Stamp,Β Basic GreyΒ Sugar Rush papers, Stampin’ Up! gems, and Sakura Gelly RollersΒ (I use medium for colouring) and Stardust Pens.

The cupcakes are this recipe (but made with rice flour and xanthan gum) and the frosting is this recipe (again with the rice flour!). These really are the best – even gluten free – with wheat, they’re to die for!

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