Busy about UStamp!

Oh my oh my oh my . . . have been busy enjoying my granddaughters and working on the graphics for the next round of UStamp Big Shot Round Up!

Be sure to join while the price is discounted for Early Bird - this is one round you will NOT want to miss!

Neighbor Gifts

This year I thought it would be nice to reach out to the people in our subdivision. I really felt we have been so blessed this year and that we should share those blessings with our neighbors so I enlisted the help of a stamper friend of mine (Ann) and we made cute cookie packaging on Wednesday and then on Thursday we made these awesome Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies!

These cookies have become my husbands fav cookie (even over oatmeal raisin!) since they are so simple to make and they have NO FLOUR to upset our digestive track! When I make them for him only I use Skippy Naturals peanut butter, but (heavy sigh) I am having a problem with stomach pain when I eat the Skippy Naturals (and Jif Natural is totally out of the question) so I have had to resort to making my own peanut butter from the grinder at Freddy’s. This is fine for me, but (again heavy sigh) those nuts MAY have been processed on equipment that also processes SOY so that means hunny can’t have them!!! What a mess, but I make them for him since it is almost impossible to find cookies for him in the store that have no gluten, soy or dairy and I CAN have the Udi’s Snickerdoodles from Stawell Health over in Twin Falls.

Here is the recipe hunny’s co-worker gave him, she is always looking out for us gluten free recipes (her son also has food allergies) so you too can make some of these YUMMY cookies for the holidays – and HEY instead of using fork tines to mark them try using our Cookie Stamp set (with the snowflake here for the winter) dipped in some C&H Superfine Baking Sugar to keep from sticking!

Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

(from REAL SIMPLE magazine – Holiday Baking – slightly edited by me)

•  2 cups creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 cup granulated white sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt

Heat oven to 350 degrees, line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. In large mixer beat all ingredients until smooth. Shape dough into balls (by 1 tablespoon) or scoop dough out with your cookie scoop and place 2” apart on baking sheets. Mark with forks in criss-cross pattern OR using your handy dandy Stampin UP! Cookie Stamps you can gently press them down imprinting stamp image onto cookies. Bake one sheet at a time for 10-15 minutes until golden brown, allowing to cool on parchment – cookies will deflate as they cool, and your stamped image will return to look AWESOME on your special cookies!

So to make the cute packages for these fab cookies Ann & I used the Big Shot and the Scallop Circle Bigz die to cut out our package toppers. We then randomly stamped snowflake images from an old old set in tone on tone and accent colors. Ann also stamped in Baja Breeze, Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive ink on Whisper White CS 2 images from the Sweet Seasons stamp set. Those were then added with a dimensional to the folded scallop circle that I wrote along the edge on the back sides “from your neighbors @ 209 Teton”. We tore strips from our INCREDIBLE fabric (this is Candy Cane) to make hangers for these cookie bags, so that incase our neighbors are not home when hunny and I go visiting we can just hang it on the doorknob and hope the neighborhood dogs don’t find them first lol

When hunny got home from work on Thursday he looked at them and said “they need candy canes” funny man – why didn’t he say anything about that before! So today we went to town and got some candy canes and now instead of tonight taking them out, we will head out tomorrow and deliver our goodies to all our neighbors wishing them many blessings this Christmas Season!

I will also be taking some of my mini-catty’s for Thrity-One helping to promote my Virtuous Woman (from Proverbs 31) biz and hopefully get some orders for the fund raiser Thermal Tote sale (www.mythirtyone.com/nancyhorn) to help with the local food banks to stock “allergy friendly” supplies.

I am also busy working on the graphics for the next UStamp round “SCORE 2012” and hope you will be able to join me on Dec 30^th for that AWESOME event! Did you enjoy the free Blog Hop event earlier this month – wow weren’t there so many incredible holiday projects??? This upcoming event has projects that use our FABULOUS new Simply Scored scoring tool that premiered in the Holiday Mini (which ends soon so get your order in right away for any of the stamp sets you can’t live without – no guarantee which ones will turn up in the catty in July!). Next month the Occasions Mini and Sale-A-Bration start so be on the lookout for those catty’s to post here as soon as its legal :)

If I don’t post before – please have a wonderful time celebrating the birth of our Savior Christ the Lord, HE is the reason for the season!

Drum Roll Please . . .

I was out of town all weekend and didn't get to do much more than read and post the comments - wow 40 of them! Thanks to all of you that posted and now for the time to choose the winner of the prize pack sent by Dawn! True Random Number Generator Min: 1 Max: 40 Result: 37 Powered by RANDOM.ORG

This is the post by the winner:

April J said...

Love the choice of paper and colors. Wonderful gift set!

DECEMBER 4, 2011 10:41 AM

April Please contact me ASAP with your full snail mail addy (and email addy) so Dawn can get your prize pack sent off!

UStamp Blog Hop #2

Welcome to the UStamp with Dawn and Friends!! Up On The Roof Top 2011 World Showcase Holiday Blog Hop.

If you have been following the Blog Hop from the beginning, you have just been wowed by Kris Sobolik's fabulous Shimmery Holiday Packaging, cant you just see using her packaging to wrap up some trinkets?

All Blogs are linked together so you will be able to see ALL the FABULOUS projects we have for you. My project is the gift for those who have everything - or no space for anything else!

This last summer my husband and I had our 3 fabulous granddaughters for 2 weeks and we took advantage of that time to have our portrait done with them. This gift is made for my mother-in-law who lives in a very small space and has no room for much clutter. The blank cards inside will showcase "notes" from her great-granddaughters, with their individual portraits on the back of each card. This Photo Gift Folder is perfect for the "nana" (or anybody else) who already has way too much of everything.

The note cards on the inside are blank on one side for writing a note and the other side has their individual picture on it

I made a Gatefold card to coordinate with the Photo Gift Folder using the cut out of the flocked piece from the front of the Photo Gift Folder

Using Mocha Morning Specialty Designer Series Paper made this project a great gift that can be displayed all year long

I sure hope you enjoyed my Photo Gift Folder I made especially for UStamp with Dawn and Friends!!

As a Special Thank You for stopping by my blog I am giving away BLOG CANDY!!

Please leave a comment about my project to be entered for a chance to win a great goodie bag of current Stampin' Up! products. I will randomly select a winner to be announced on Tuesday, so please check back to see if you are the lucky recipient!

AND there's MORE...LOTS MORE!!

• You have the opportunity to get the downloadable PDF Tutorial for my project FREE!! It's a GIFT from UStamp with Dawn and Friends!! Woohoo!! See the blinkie below to access the FREE Blog Hop Website.

• In the Spirit of the Holiday Season, you have the opportunity to get in on "Special Holiday Pricing" for the upcoming UStamp with Dawn and Friends!! SCORE!! Event. The Stampin' Up! Simply Scored Tool is HOT STUFF and SCORE!! will feature 40+ projects, all created using the Simply Scored Tool. SCORE!! is a MUST NOT MISS Event!! See the blinkie below to join and get in on the Early Bird savings.

And now for the most exciting giveaway of the season...

Everyone that joins the new and exciting upcoming event - SCORE!! - with "Special Holiday Pricing" will be entered into a Drawing to win 1 of 3 FREE Passes for an ENTIRE YEAR of UStamp with Dawn and Friends!! events!!

YES!!

You read that right!!

YOU could win a whole year of UStamp with Dawn and Friends!! events FREE!!

***Special Holiday Pricing of just $19.99 ends Dec 8th***

Winners will be announced on Friday, Dec 9th.

Click the Blinkie below to join SCORE!! with Special Holiday Pricing

and a chance to win a FREE Year of UStamp with Dawn and Friends!! events!!

Click the blinkie below and you will be taken to

THE UP ON THE ROOFTOP BLOG HOP WEBSITE!!

Of course it's ***FREE*** to join and

there you will find the tutorials for ALL the blog hop projects,

PLUS live chats, challenges and more prizes!!

You will even have an opportunity to be considered for a spot as a Guest Designer!!

Yes!! It is all FREE, so tell all your friends and

join the fun with UStamp with Dawn and Friends!!

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AND last but certainly not least, it's time to hop on over to the next Designer's Roof Top, so please click below for NEXT BLOG, where you will find BETTY ready to share a delightful Holiday project with you.

If you would like to hop back to Kris's Roof Top, please click below.

Thanks again for stopping by and Happy Holidays to YOU!!

Dec 2-4,

2011 Holiday

Up on the Rooftop

Blog Hop!!

* The FABULOUS UStamp with Dawn and Friends!! Design Team will have awesome projects for you to enjoy at their blogs!!

* Every project will include a link for a downloadable PDF tutorial.

* Every Designer will have BLOG Candy at their blogs and YOU could be a winner!!

*We will have FUN Creative Challenges where you can share your projects

*LIVE Chats with prizes

* Talent Search...would you like to be considered for a Guest Designer spot for the UStamp with Dawn & Friends!! Design Team?? Get your Holiday MoJo going because details will be announced Dec 2nd.

Plus I will be offering BLOG CANDY during the Blog Hop so be sure to come back!

Be sure to select me (Nancy Horn) as your demo so you can get the preferred pricing!

2 new items available at 20% off TODAY ONLY (Nov 21st)

Cookie Press Stamp Set

Simply Scored