Enjoy Your Travels

A little suitcase shaped card for a friend going to Europe on vacation this week!

Supplies Used:

• Kraft Cardstock
• Stamps
• French Script (Stampin' Up)
• World Travels stamp set
•  Postmarks (Autumn Leaves)
• Circle punch
• Homemade glitter dew drops
• Tiny Tags Die (Provo Craft)

Pecan Pie Bars

I made these for my husband's "birthday cake" last week -- He's not a fan of real cake, but LOVES these delicious bars. 

Pecan Pie Bars

Crust
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar
Filling
3 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup butter, melted
pinch of salt
  2 cups pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 

Grease a 9 x 13 in. baking pan.
Blend together crust ingredients until smooth.

  Press crust dough into prepared baking dish. 

 Bake for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, beat eggs until bubbly.  

Mix in sugar.

  Add corn syrup, salt vanilla, and melted butter.  

Stir in pecans. 

 Pour filling over the baked crust. 

 Bake for 30 minutes.

  Let cool before cutting into squares.  

Serve and Enjoy! 

Optional: You can also add 1 cup of chocolate chips to the filling make them Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars!

This post linked to:
Whatever You Want Wednesday
Our Sheltering Tree

Bird Tags Take Two

So I decided that I didn't like the bird tags I posted last week so I started over.

I like these versions much better than the first two I made.

I love how springy this looks with the pink, purple, and teal!

 For these flowers I used flower soft and I LOVE how they turned out

Closer view of the flower soft flowers.

Since I really didn't like how the 1st go around turned out...

 ...I ripped the flowers off and started over!

I like these a whole lot better!

Supplies used:

• Stamps
• Transparent Treasures
• Flower Triplet 
• Embossing Folders
• Diamonds (Sizzix)
• Wood Grain (Darcie) 
• Punches
• Martha Stewart Branch Punch
• Ribbon
• Flower Soft 
• Heather
• Summer
• Sweet Pea
• Fuchsia
•  Studio G Glitter
• Scallop Oval Punch 
• Shredding Scissors
• Birdie Coloring page from here 
• Inspiration for these tags came from Misty's Mess

This post linked to:

Word Art Wednesday

Samoas Scones

I spent an afternoon this week with new friend from the Czech Republic (along with  her 18 mo. old son) and a young friend who moved here from New York not long ago.

   We enjoyed a small tea party while visiting the afternoon away.

Here's the recipe for these delicious delicacies!

Samoas Scones

3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter, chilled and cut into pieces
1 cup milk
6-oz semisweet chocolate, melted w/tsp. of oil to thin
1 cup caramel sauce 
 3/4 cup shredded coconut
Preheat oven to 400F.
Grease baking sheet.
In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
Cut in chilled butter.
Add 1 cup milk
Divide dough in half.
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and flatten into a disc about 1/2-inch thick.
Cut into 8 wedges.
 Repeat with second piece of dough.
Bake for 16-20 minutes, until scones are a light golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.
Melt the chocolate in a small bowl.
 Combine caramel and coconut in a small bowl.
Spread scones with the caramel and coconut mixture
Drizzle with chocolate
Makes 16 scones.
Serve and Enjoy!

(Adapted from Crustabakes) 

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Our Sheltering Tree 
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