Fettucine Alfredo Recipe

Hello friends! This post has absolutely nothing to do with stamping. I used to love to cook, but the kiddos cannot agree on the same meals, so mealtime has become something that I do not enjoy as much anymore. I’m willing to bet some of you out there are looking for recipes that have been tried by someone you know and are quick to get to the table.  Today, I’m sharing the best low-fat fettuccine alfredo recipe that I’ve been able to find.

 

Fettucine Alfredo with Bacon

Ingredients:
1 (9-ounce) package refrigerated fresh fettuccine
2 slices applewood-smoked bacon, chopped
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 cup 1% low-fat milk
2/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Drain in a colander over a bowl, reserving 1/4 cup cooking liquid.

While pasta cooks, cook bacon in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat 4 minutes or until crisp, stirring occasionally. Remove bacon from pan, reserving drippings. Add garlic to drippings in pan; saute 1 minute, stirring constantly. Sprinkle flour over garlic; cook 30 seconds, stirring constantly. Gradually add milk, stirring constantly; cook 2 minutes or until bubbly and slightly thick, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low. Gradually add cheese, stirring until cheese melts. Stir in salt and reserved 1/4 cup cooking liquid. Add hot pasta to pan; toss well to combine. Sprinkle with bacon, parsley, and pepper.

Happy cooking and enjoy!
Wendy
XOXO

Stamp Sets & Kits – Last Day of Sale!

Hello friends!  Today is the last day for the 10% off sale on Stampin’ Up!s stamp sets and kits. Head over to my online store here to check it out. There are some exclusions — see below.

 

Get ready for tomorrow and Wednesday (11/27 and 28). All of these goodies will be on sale. Tools & Ink: adhesives, applicators, cleaners, cutting tools, embossing folders, framelits, and thinlits, ink pads, ink refills, markers, punches, scoring tools, stamp blocks and cases with the exclusions pictured below.

PLUS, don’t forget — for every $25 you spend a free gift will come your way!

Happy stamping!

Wendy
XOXO

 

 

 

Freebie Friday!

Hello stamping friends! Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and are now ready to move full steam ahead into Christmas mode! Today I am sharing with you an adorable Baker’s Box tutorial for gift giving using the Signs of Santa Stamp Set and framelits.  This Baker’s Box is the perfect item to wrap up cookies or other treats for a small gift for your friends and family this holiday season. I love that this box features a clear acetate window to showcase your treat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

Cut your paper as follows:
Whisper White Cardstock (100730) 3-3/4” x 1-1/2”; 1-1/2” circle
Coastal Cabana Cardstock (131297) 2-3/4” square
Santa’s Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper (147809) 4-1/4” x 2”; cut out elves, etc.

1. Assemble the Baker’s Boxes using the Bone Folder to crease the lines well.
2. Stamp snowflakes from the Still Night Stamp Set in Coastal Cabana ink on the Coastal Cabana and Whisper White rectangular pieces of cardstock for background decoration.
3. Next cut out the decorative pieces you like from the Santa’s Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper. Take advantage of the Santa’s Signpost framelits to cut out some of the images. They match up nicely with the framelits.
4. Stamp the “official seal of the North Pole” image in Poppy Parade ink on a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock. I used my 1-1/2” circle to cut out the image, but you could also use the framelits to cut out the image.
5. Attach all of your pieces to the Baker’s Box as desired using mini glue dots and Snail Adhesive.
6. I finished it off by tying Garden Green Baker’s Twine around the box.

 

Product List

Still Night Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$18.00

Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$9.75

Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Santa's Workshop 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

$14.00

Santa's Signpost Framelits Dies

$32.00

Baker's Boxes

$7.00

Garden Green & White Baker's Twine

$4.00

Big Shot

$110.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

$7.00

Glue Dots

$5.25

Stampin' Trimmer

$30.00

Bone Folder

$7.00

1-1/2" Circle Punch

$16.00

Hope you enjoyed this gift box tutorial. If you’d like to make this box and need any of the supplies that I used, click here for my online store.

 

 

Also, remember the Online Extravaganza starts today.  We start off with 10% off all PAPER AND EMBELLISHMENTS!  This includes all bags, brads and buttons, cards and envelopes, cardstock, designer series paper, embossing material, glitter, ribbons, twine, specialty paper, tags and washi tape. Head on over to my online store to get your discount!  Happy shopping!

Wendy
XOXO

 

Black Friday Stampin’ Up! SALE

Hello friends! Stampin’ Up! is back with their annual Online Extravaganza that starts on Black Friday along with all of the other holiday craziness.

Here’s the scoop!  There will be six days of sales. Each different promotion will run for two days only in each of these categories:  Paper & Embellishments (Nov. 23-24); Stamps & Kits (Nov. 25-26); and Tools & Ink (Nov. 27-28). Following is a list of what’s included in the sale.

Paper & Embellishments: bags, brads and buttons, cards and envelopes, cardstock, designer series paper, embossing material, glitter, ribbons, twine, specialty paper, tags and washi tape. These are the exclusions…

Stamps & Kits: stamp sets, project kits, card kits, kit refills, Memories & More, and punch box kits. These are the exclusions…

 

Tools & Ink: adhesives, applicators, cleaners, cutting tools, embossing folders, framelits, and thinlits, ink pads, ink refills, markers, punches, scoring tools, stamp blocks and cases.These are the exclusions…

The link for my online store is here. Now is the time to get your shopping done for you or your crafty friends! For every purchase over $25, there will be a  FREE surprise gift from me! Happy shopping!

Wendy
XOXO

Happy Friday!

OH MY GOSH…what a day I had yesterday!  In addition to being a stamping addict, I am also a mobile Notary Public, which means I go to people’s homes, businesses, etc. to provide notary services.  Yesterday I had three appointments – two loan closings and one personal job (not really a big deal).  However, it snowed here in PA yesterday and this is what it looked like traveling out there!

 

 

 

 

 

There were accidents EVERYWHERE!  I sat on one road for 1 1/2 hours and did not move.  This made me two hours late for my last appointment.  I left home a 7:45 am and got back to my home at 4 pm.  I was never so happy to be home by the fireplace! I love being out and about traveling to my notary appointments, but not yesterday!

Now, to share my latest library card.  Yes, I was supposed to have a library card class last night, but that got canceled too!  Blah!  Here’s one of the cards that I was going to make with my stamping friends. I thought this was a great card for the Thanksgiving holiday coming up!

That’s all I have for now because my brain is fried! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and make sure to do some stamping!

Wendy
XOXO

Christmas Sampler

Hello stamping friends!  Would you like to take a break from your holiday preparations and make a Christmas sampler?  If you’re local to me, join me on Saturday, November 24th from 2-4:30 pm to make this adorable Christmas sampler.  I cannot take one ounce of credit for the design of this sampler.  It was designed by a fellow demonstrator, Audra.  She always does such amazing samplers!

Cost for this class is $25 for all of the supplies, except for the 10×10 white frame.  You can easily pick a frame up at any one of your local craft stores.  Send me an email and I will get the rest of the info. to you,  if you’re interested.

Happy stamping!
Wendy
XOXO

30 years! Stampin’ Up! Continues

Hello again stamping friends!  I am sharing a  few more pics today from our 30 years celebration in Orlando.

Celebrating the high achievers!

How cool is this?  Three generations of stamping!  Shelli Gardner, the founder of Stampin’ Up!, then Sara Douglass, her daughter and CEO and Sara’s daughter.

This is a little hard to see, but we met a fellow demonstrator, Kylie Bertucci from New Zealand!  She was so much fun!

Hope you enjoyed the quick pics from our celebration!  Tomorrow, I will share with you some of the new products coming your way.  Make sure to come back to see them!

Happy stamping!
Wendy
XOXO

 

Stampin’ Up! 30 Years!!!

Wow, what a fun five days I just had in Orlando, FL stamping with 6,000 of my closest friends from all over the world! Congrats to Stampin’ Up! for 30 years of crafting. Shelli Gardner started this little stamping business right in her living room back in 1988 and it has turned into a huge business with 53,000 demonstrators all over the world!

Over the next few days, I will share some pics of our three-day convention showing you all of the fun we had!

The new catalog!  Lots of fun new stamp sets.  Are you a dog and/or cat lover?  Fun new animal sets coming your way.

Are you tired of your red rubber stamps not sticking to the blocks?  Guess what!  We now have “cling stamps” that have some serious clinging labels on them!  You will never have to worry about your stamps falling off your blocks again.  Stay tuned!

The view from at our lunch table.  Stamping goodies are in the clear tub!

This is my stash of freebies that I came home with from convention!  You all need to sign up as demonstrators and go with me the next time!  Seriously!  Stampin’ Up! is very good to its demonstrators.

Until tomorrow, happy stamping!

Wendy
XOXO

2019 Mini Easel Calendars

 

It’s here!  the  2019 Mini Easel Calendars!  These are great gifts for the holidays. Think about the teachers, hairdressers, bus drivers, holiday parties where you’ll need a hostess gift, your hard to buy for friends and family or anyone else that you’d like to give a little gift to during the holidays. Who doesn’t love a pretty calendar?

 

 

Let me give you the scoop on the size of the calendars — the actual calendar page itself measures 4.25 x 5 and has a mat featuring the current Stampin’ Up! colors. These cute little pages sit nicely on the 5-inch easel.

There are two ways that you can get your hands on these calendars:

  1. If you love to stamp and want to design your own, you can purchase all of the pieces and create the calendar your way on your time. This option includes the blank monthly pages, the pre-cut mat, and the easel. Cost is $15, plus $5 shipping or porch pick-up if you’re local to me.
  2. You like to stamp, but don’t have the time.  Purchase the completed calendar and easel for $20, plus $5 shipping or porch pick-up if you’re local. The calendar will come packaged in a clear envelope ready for gift giving.

To order, please send me an email at wendymakes@gmail.com.  Tell me which option you’d like to purchase, your email and your mailing address. I will then send you an invoice via PayPal for payment. Your order will the ship once payment is received.  If you do not have a PayPal account, no worries — contact me and we’ll use an alternate method.   As always, contact me if you have any questions!

Happy stamping!
Wendy
XOXO

 

Hello November!

What?  November already? I am so not ready for this time of year. Anyway, here’s a pic of my November calendar page from my 2018 mini calendars. Get ready, the 2019 mini calendar is coming soon.  All of the pages have been created and I even have a few packets ready to go!  I don’t think I’ve ever had some done this early!  I’m hoping that’s a good sign for my holiday preparations this year.

Come back in a few days.  I hope to have the purchase options ready and posted for next year’s mini calendar.  I think you’re going to love it. I had lots of fun creating next year’s pages.  Stay tuned…

Happy stamping!

Wendy
XOXO

 

Reinker Tip

Hello stamping friends!

Hope you all had a great Halloween!  My daughter had a few friends come to our house last night to hand out candy to the trick or treaters. I made a pasta bar to feed the troops before the trick or treaters arrived.   Here’s a pic of the crazy girls! Can you guess what all of their costumes are?

We had a robber, a boxer, a kitten, Kim Possible, a dad and a tourist!  They all did a great job with their costumes!

Now, on to my quick tip of the day!  Do you have trouble finding the correct reinker color when you’re looking for it?  Another demonstrator (not sure who) out there in the Stampin’ Up! world came up with this idea and I think it’s great!  Using a mini hole punch, punch out a circle of the corresponding colored cardstock for each reinker.  Using our mini glue dots adhere the circle to the top of your reinker.  This will make your life so easy when you’re looking for that certain color the next time!  These pics aren’t great, but take a look at mine…

 

 

 

 

 

What do you think?  Easy peasy and it makes finding that reinker so much quicker.  You’re welcome and thanks to the demonstrator out there that came up with this genius idea.

Happy stamping!

Wendy
XOXO

 

Happy Hump Day!

Hello stamping friends! Yes, I’ve been MIA lately.  Things have been crazy.  We have been busy with college visits, as my son is a senior in high school this year.  Nothing like waiting to the last minute! All is good though!

Today, I thought I’d share with you a quick Halloween card that I made recently at a retreat using the Spooky Sweets and Cauldron Bubble stamp sets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isn’t he so cute?  I just love the little smile on the cat’s face! Below you can find a list of the products used for this stamp set.  Hope you enjoyed!

Happy stamping!
Wendy
XOXO

 

 

Product List

Cauldron Bubble Clear-Mount Bundle

$44.00

Spooky Sweets Clear-Mount Bundle

$30.50

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$9.75

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Toil & Trouble 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Smoky Slate Light Stampin' Blends Marker

$4.50

Crumb Cake Light Stampin' Blends Marker

$4.50

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

$35.00

Detailed Trio Punch

$20.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$6.00

11 Weeks of Christmas Projects!

 

 

LAST CHANCE stamping friends!

The 11 weeks of Christmas starts Wednesday, October 10th!  This means that if you’re on my mailing list you will receive an email once a week with a Christmas “project” featuring all the fun products from this year’s  Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog.  It can be a card, gift, tag, bag or wrap.  Each week you will be surprised!

All you need to do is provide me with your email below in the comments  ASAP and I will add you to my email list.  Let the  Christmas preparations begin!

11 Weeks of Christmas!

Hi stamping friends!  The 11 weeks of Christmas starts next week!  This means that if you’re on my mailing list you will receive an email once a week with a Christmas “project” featuring all the fun products from this year’s  Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog.  It can be a card, gift, tag, bag or wrap.  Each week you will be surprised!

All you need to do is provide me with your email below in the comments before October 6th and I will add you to my email list.  Let the  Christmas preparations begin!

October

Welcome to October!  This is my favorite month! I already told you all that I love to craft and decorate for Halloween . The fall colors are also the BEST!

If you’ve been following along with my blog this year you know that I made these mini calendars for 2018 and this is my October page.  Of course, it’s Halloween themed! Happy Fall everyone!

Stay crafty,
Wendy
XOXO