Vendor Faire at work!!

Hello,
I've been working on some new projects to sell at the Vendor Faire at my work. We had it yesterday, and I had a great time with my BFF Cynthia!!
I still have a few items left!  Just in time for Mother's Day and for Teacher Appreciation Week!  
Here they are!
First one is a two page scrapbook page layout.  The first one has Kindergarten through 5th grade.

The second page is from 6th grade through 11th grade. If you need them framed, they are $20 for both pages. 

 If you just need the pages in sheet protectors, they are $10 for both pages.
Here was a fun one I found on Pinterest.  It's a frame with 7 different pages.  You can switch them out according to the season.  Get it?  I called it a "Frame for All Seasons." It is $5 for the frame with the 7 pages.  I have 2 left!

Then, I also made some Hershey Kisses roses.  I used to make them every year for Valentine's Day for my co-workers.  I haven't made them for a few years and thought it would be a great small gift for people to purchase.  They are $1 each or 6 for $5.  If you bought a half dozen, I will wrap them with green tissue and tied it with a ribbon.  Here is the vase of roses and the half dozen roses.  I have a couple dozen left, but can make more if you let me know.

I was also busy making card sets.  They were sets of 4 cards and envelopes for $10.  Most of them were Thank You cards for Just For You cards.  These are the last ones left.

Which crafts were your favorite?

Thank you for checking in! 
Sharon Lim
Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator #54149
Rubber Stamps and Accessories including Scrapbooking 

email: sharonitwithyou@gmail.com
cell: (707)486-3500

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My very own Personalized Monogram Stamp!!!

So cool!

I FINALLY ordered my Photopolymer Circle Monogram stamp.  It took me a while to decide what to put on it, and now I want MORE!!  This is the back of a card I created.  I am so EXCITED to use it for ALL of my creations!

This is how it arrives separately in a padded envelope from Stampin' Up!

When you are ordering, you put in the number 132852, and a new screen pops up to let you create the stamp ANY way you want!  This is a screen shot of what you would see.  

Here's my next one for my customer thank you cards

All you do is place it on a clear block and WELLAH! 

I can imagine a wedding monogram,  a baby announcement, or an address stamp.
What will you choose to create?  Click on items below to order.

Thank you for checking in! 
Sharon Lim
Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator #54149
Rubber Stamps and Accessories including Scrapbooking 

email: sharonitwithyou@gmail.com
cell: (707)486-3500

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Card class on Saturday, April 25 from 1-4pm!!

Who's coming to my next card class?

• At my house, 1013 Linden Avenue, Fairfield, from 1-4pm
• It's $15 for 6 cards, 2 each of 3 different designs
• Bring your own adhesive, paper cutter and scissors
• Call me or text me at 707-486-3500 or email me at sharonitwithyou@gmail.com to save your spot!

Here is the first card, using the Butterfly Thinlits and the All Abloom Designer Series Paper Stack

 The next cards using Work of Art stamp set in a choice of colors, Rose Red, Rich Razzleberry,  Tempting Turquoise, and Old Olive.

 The last card uses the Framelits Labels and the Big News stamps set.  See how the Wild Wasabi ring sits around the Daffodil Delight shape?  So FUN!!!

Which one is your favorite card?

Thank you for checking in!   
Sharon Lim
Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator #54149
Rubber Stamps and Accessories including Scrapbooking 

email: sharonitwithyou@gmail.com
cell: (707)486-3500

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Homemade bean and cheese burritos

I'm on another cooking from scratch kick...it TOTALLY satisfies the frugality/cheapness in me.

I made some refried beans from scratch.  

Here's the Pinterest recipe I used.

INGREDIENTS:

2 lbs pinto beans

1 large onion, chopped

4 Tbsp. jarred minced garlic

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

2 tsp cumin

10 cups hot water

DIRECTIONS:

1. Rinse beans in colander. Pick out the bad beans.
2. Combine all the ingredients in the crockpot.  Remove any floating beans. Cover, and cook on HIGH for 4 hours and then on LOW for 2 hours
3. Uncover, and remove extra liquid.  Leave enough liquid to reach the desired consistency when the beans are mashed.  
4. Mash beans with a potato masher to desired consistency.
5. Serve warm. Store in air-tight containers in the refrigerator and use within 2 weeks, or freeze in ziplock bags for later use.

After having some bean and cheese burritos for dinner, I got 3 quart sized ziploc bags full of beans to make more burritos later.

2 days later, I spread some beans and sliced up some cheddar cheese to wrap in some warmed up tortillas.  I ended up with 9 burritos total.  I ate one for dinner and wrapped the rest in ziplocs and froze them.

I like the my tortillas toasted so I put mine in a pan until it turned golden brown on both sides. YUM!!

Here are the rest of the burritos all packed up to freeze to eat later.

Do you have any good freezer recipes to share?
Check out my Freezer Meals Pinterest board
I want to try some some of freezer meals I've pinned, and if I deem them successful, they will then be pinned on my Pinterest WINS!!! board. 

Thank you for checking in!   
Sharon Lim
Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator #54149
Rubber Stamps and Accessories including Scrapbooking 

email: sharonitwithyou@gmail.com
cell: (707)486-3500

Bunny Bum card tutorial and sticky stick tip!!

Happy Easter!!
I was inspired by Pinterest to make this very cute card.  Here is the front of the card.

Here is the inside of the card

First start with the two 4-1/4" X 5-1/2" Chocolate Chip cardstock and emboss it using the Woodgrain Embossing folder.  You can emboss 2 sheets of cardstock at a time.

Then use the Extra Large Oval punch and punch both cardstock at the same time so they will line up.

Take a piece of Whisper White cardstock that is 5-1/2" X  8-1/2", score it at 4-1/4" and then cut off an inch off of one side. This will be sandwiched between the 2 Chocolate Chip pieces.

One Chocolate Chip cardstock will be adhered behind the small flap.

Then, the second one will be adhered to the top of the first one, matching the holes.

Here are the pieces you need to create the bunny bum and bunny head

Another tip I learned from Pinterest is to put a drop of liquid glue onto a skewer, and let it dry.

It becomes a sticky stick to pick up the small circles and not lose them.

Now, I have another stick to use when I'm crafting.  It sits by my Paper Piercer.  Do you recognize the foam they are sitting in?  They are the foam from the Clear Block Storage Caddy.

Thank you for checking in!  
Sharon Lim
Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator #54149
Rubber Stamps and Accessories including Scrapbooking 

email: sharonitwithyou@gmail.com
cell: (707)486-3500

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Do Slime and Easter go together?

I believe they do...
Here are the Easter treats I made for Andrea's son's class.  
It is a carrot shaped bag filled with a little Easter grass and a plastic egg filled with homemade slime.

The slime recipe is: 
Mix 1 cup glue with 1 cup of water (with a few drops of food coloring) in a bowl. 

In a separate container, mix 1 tsp of borax in 1 cup of warm water.  Stir until borax dissolves.  

Pour the borax solution into the glue and water mixture and mix together. It'll look like this, kind of chunky and blobby.

Keep mixing/kneading until all the liquid is absorbed.  And this is what it looks like when it's done.

Here is the box filled with 22 carrots.  

I packed the box and then wrapped it to make it look nice for Andrea.

Thank you for checking in!  
Sharon Lim
Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator #54149
Rubber Stamps and Accessories including Scrapbooking
email: sharonitwithyou@gmail.com
cell: (707)486-3500