Friday, October 24, 2014

My next card class is Nov. 1st!!

Come join me at my card making classes in Dixon at "It's all about the Scrapbook"
Nov. 1:  10am-12noon it's $15 for 6 cards 
(2 cards each of 3 designs)
Bring your own adhesive, paper cutter and scissors.
To sign up for a class, call 707-676-5252 with your name and your credit card information or send a check made out to, "It's all about the Scrapbook" to:

It's all about the Scrapbook
1670 N. Lincoln Street, Suite B
Dixon, CA 95620

Let me know you want to attend so I will have enough materials for you!

Here is card #1, the outside:
And the inside, where the presents are "popping" out!
The next card is the "Triple Stamping" technique


And the card is also an easel card, it stands up
Here it is from the front view:
The last card is a Triangle star card, here it is closed:
 And here it is opened up.

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

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Sausage and Cabbage Skillet WIN!!!


So, I tried another Pinterest recipe tonight.  It called for Kielbasa, but I didn't have any, and after mowing my front lawn (after MONTHS of neglect..that's another blog post), I didn't feel like going to the store, so I used what I had, some chicken and apple sausages.  I ate it with some white rice of course.
Here is my Sausage and Cabbage Skillet!  What do you think?
The key was to cook and brown the sausage first.  Leave it in the skillet with a little oil and let it get that yummy crispiness.  Take it out onto a plate and brown the garlic and onions in the leftover oil.  Once those have browned, then add the cabbage and I added some water and let all the flavors meld together.  Then, add the meat back in. I didn't add the sugar, vinegar or the mustard in the recipe.  I'm just simple like that.
This is the recipe I followed, with my blue corrections:
Ingredients
• 2 pounds fully cooked polska kielbasa,
apple and chicken sausages, cut in half lengthwise, then cut into 2 inch pieces

• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive vegetable oil
• 1 head cabbage, coarsely chopped
• 1 large sweet onion, cut into large pieces
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 teaspoons rice wine vinegar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dijon or brown grainy mustard
Directions
Heat olive oil in a large nonstick sauté pan over medium-high and add kielbasa sausage. Cook, without stirring for 1 minute. Then stir occasionally for about 3 minutes. Transfer to a plate with a slotted spoon.
In the same pan with some of the rendered kielbasa fat, add the cabbage, onion, garlic, sugar, salt, and pepper. Stir to combine and cook for about 10 minutes. Add in the cabbage and 1/2 cup of water and cover with at lid to let all the flavors meld and the cabbage to steam.  Mix in the vinegar and mustard; add the sausage back to the pan and cook for another 2 minutes to heat through. Taste and adjust seasoning, if necessary.
My mom used to tease me because I used to always mix my meal all together.  She liked to eat with her bowl of rice and take pieces of meat or vegetables one at a time as she ate, you know, family style.  She would always laugh that I would mix it all together.  I would do that with stew and rice and she would tease me that I was "eating like a baby."  She said she would mix food like that to feed a baby, and it was not a way an adult should eat.  This dish made me think of my mom.

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

Monday, October 13, 2014

My first paper mobile!!!

My friend Aimee asked me to try and make this mobile for her new baby.  
But, her nursery theme were these colors, so I chose Tempting Turquoise and Tangerine Tango. And, I used circles and fish.
I started out punching and cutting out LOTS of circles and fish.  Then, I laid them out and had to see what pattern I wanted.
I ended up with this pattern with the 8 different strings, 4 were circles and 4 were fish.

Then, I bought an embroidery hoop and covered it with matching ribbon and tied the strings on it.  What do you think?

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

Saturday, October 4, 2014

Birthday garland for Gracie!

Remember my cowgirl themed invitations I  blogged about before?
I made a few more things for the party.  First, personalized tags for the cowboy hats that the kids will receive at the party.
Next, a garland for the birthday girl!
What do you think?
Here is how I made this garland.
I started with an 4-1/4" by 11" piece of paper and scored it at every 1/2" on the long side and in half at 2-1/8" on the short side.
The other side looks like this:
Then, you accordion fold the paper so it looks like a fan you used to make in elementary school.
Fold it in half along the score line

Place adhesive to both ends to make the circle, and use some glue dots to close the circle.
I used a larger glue dot to attach the circle in the center.
Then, I attached the circle to the center to the front and back.
Then, I die cut some letters and used more glue dots to attach them.  Then, I strung it on some twine.
Also, there will be party bags and games.  The games will be Pop the Drop the snake in the boot (dropping plastic snakes into a boot) and  Pop the Pigs (kids have to sit on pink balloons with curly tails and pig faces drawn on them in a relay fashion).

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