The Winter Wonderland Papers are Limitless!

Every time I log into my email, I get an update about a wonderful new Winter or Christmas scrapbooking paper someone has for sale. I love how paper ties into the color trends in decorating. Do I love this new paper because it's a beautiful reminder of winter in the woods or do I love it because it's the exact colors I want in my bedroom? 

In fact, these are the new Evergreen Flannel Sheets I just ordered from LL Bean this past week.

And here's the Winter Twig paper collection

Walking In A Winter Wonderland...

Today is a perfect day to share this beautiful new "Snowfall" paper line by Bo Bunny. It's absolutely beautiful and I'm sure seeing it in person will be even better with the glitter accents. 

Another...New Christmas Cricut Cartridge!

The newest holiday release by Cricut is this Limited Edition cartridge that features Scandinavian Christmas Cards. I can't wait to get my hands on this one. With the colors I have pictures in my head right now, it reminds me of a sweater for some reason. Maybe it's the pattern or layered texture?

Obsessed With Scrapbooking made this card using the Christmas tree as an example.

Creative Critterz used this same tree to make a bright and colorful Rosette.

"Nordic Holiday" Paper Line By Basic Grey

A Cherry on Top has another great holiday line by Basic Grey. This Christmas/Winter Line is called Nordic Holiday.  Some of the papers look like a comfy sweater. I think it's great for the Christmas and Winter in general. Here are some of the patterns. 

New Cricut Halloween Cartridge...LOVE IT!

I love all the Cricut Halloween cartridges, but this one is CHIC and SCARY!

Teresa Collins has created a Halloween cartridge called Cricut Chic & Scary Cartridge! You will enjoy the fantastic classic Halloween images found on this cartridge. These are not "cartooned" versions of Halloween, but realistic looking Halloween themed shapes. This is a great cartridge to always have handy for fall. Chic and Scary even includes 4 cupcake wrappers!

For some fabulous ideas, you can check out the designers blog.  TERESA COLLINS. 

New Line of Vintage Scrapbooking Paper from Reminisce

One thing that us scrapbookers do well, is hunt down an awesome piece of paper and we have no hesitance with sharing our finds. My friend Carrie forwarded this awesome paper to me this morning wondering if I liked "this kind of thing". I have to laugh, because it's EXACTLY what I'm in love with at the moment and perfect for some projects I want to complete for my home this Christmas.

If you liked to buy this line, you can find it at Scrap Your Trip . Carrie already has a great idea to use them for this fabulous project in CHRISTMAS STYLE

They also have a great new line of travel paper in black and white. These would be great for making your own pieces of art for your home. They are beautiful pieces of paper. 

Happy Christmas in July: Day 1

It's here, Christmas in  July. The heat of the summer is setting in and that means, I'll be spending a bit more time inside working on projects. I've got lots of ideas in my head for Christmas in July this year, I just hope they can all come to light. It's always a busy month in my household, so my post tend to be early in the day or late in the evening. Just depends on what's we're celebrating that day, but I will be here daily to bring you ideas, share some laughs and bring you a little Christmas cheer. I've also got several decorating and "Upcycling" going on, so I'll be posting those for my decorating and craft friends as each project is completed.


Today I started my 1st day of celebrating, by opening my CIJ Swap Gift. My partner Patsy, sent me this great chalk set to use while making cards and scrapbooking. I currently have a set that's very, very old and all primary colors. This set, has lots of pastels and the little poof balls to go with it. I'm looking forward to using it. I also received this Scrapbooking with Cricut book and hope it will help me learn even more about that machine of mine. I can cut out letters, but I've still got a lot to learn when it comes to other projects.

My first baking recipe of the month, is sorta inspired by "Semi-Homemade".  If you have some Christmas favorites, why not stock up a bit after the holidays and enjoy them later down the road. Today I'm baking Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting. The gingerbread cupcakes come from a box, but the cream cheese frosting is homemade.

My cream cheese frosting is very basic. The original recipe called for 1/2 of these ingredients, but I wanted to make sure I had enough frosting for these 12 cupcakes, so I doubled my ingredients and that's what I've listed below. 


4 TBSP Butter
4 oz of Cream Cheese
1 1/3 cup of powdered sugar
1/2 tsp lemon extract 


I added these fabulous seasonal Gingerbread Marshmallows to the top

And here is the final product....a yummy gingerbread cupcake with cream cheese frosting. If you don't like the strong taste of gingerbread cookies, the cream cheese on this recipe really does cut that down and blend well together.