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There's No Place Like Home!

PHEW! What a whirlwind 6 days we have just had~

Kasey was married to Jessica in Boise Idaho on Saturday, We spent all our time with kids and grandkids (insert a hooray here!)  and we made it home at 2am this morning in time to get 4 hours of sleep and rush off to work!

Our time was precious with our loved ones and we thoroughly enjoyed every minute!

That is Misty the creative artist!

And here is Kasey and Jessica!
More photos to come! I am exhausted tonight!

Awesome News!!

I was so thrilled/shocked and in happy tears when I received this photo from my college daughter today, that I just had to post it to share with my friends!! 

WOO HOOO KATIE ROO! WAY TO GO!!

A Very Merry Gift

Having my niece Michelle and her family here this holiday means so much.  I am missing her mother, my sister,  more than I can ever express and today I received the most wonderful and thoughtful gift! Michelle said she was in a store when she saw this and she felt her Mom there with her and knew this was a gift I needed.

"My Sister, my friend

Walk with me, and along the way we'll share............ everything."

As I read the card I could not stop the tears as this has a 2 fold meaning for me. My sister is gone and I have always considered Michelle my little sister because there is only 6 years difference ( I am older lol) between us.  This is one of my most precious gifts and I will cherish it always!

May your Christmas day hold many wonderful memories for you as well!

Kids Reindeer Idea!

This one is my FAVORITE! How cute is this idea? 

I would LOVE to get some of these from my grandkids to hang every Christmas!!!

Grammie has to Brag!

My Daugther is babysitting her nephew Garrett today and they sent me this photo- now keep in mind I have NEVER seen in person or held this little man yet- I will get to in January and I can't wait! TOOO cute that he is waving at me!!

Thanksgiving was a VERY emotionally hard day for me living so very far away from my kids and grandkids, thank goodness for cell phones and text photos!

I had to share even though it's not scrapbooked!

Hugs Gwen

The New Stampin' Trimmer Video!

The New Stampin' Trimmer

Click below for Full Video!

 

Introducing the new and improved Stampin' Trimmer! Although paper trimmers are a common crafting tool, this trimmer was designed exclusively by paper crafters for paper crafters-and because it was made by Stampin' Up!, you know it's a cut above the rest! Please note, the cutting and scoring blade refills will be available early in December.

Features of the All-New Stampin' Trimmer

• An extra-wide 6-1/4" cutting base and an extended 14-1/2" ruler
  • The extra-wide cutting base provides a large work area and is marked in 1/4" (4 mm) increments, allowing for small measurements. 
  • The right-side grid helps you measure and cut very thin strips.
  • The extended cutting arm has a stabilizing leg to provide a sturdy and steady cutting surface for longer cuts. 
  • When fully extended, the extended cutting arm sits flush with the trimmer base, providing more accurate and consistent measurements across the entire surface.
  • The cutting base and track include a full ruler, incorporating measurements down to 1/16" and grid lines that mark each quarter inch. 
  • All rulers and measurements on the base are printed under a plastic cover so your measurements won't wear off.
  • The base has nonskid feet, which keeps the Stampin' Trimmer securely in place on your work area.
• A full 12" cutting and scoring track
  • The extra-long cutting track has space at the top and bottom so you don't have to take the cutting and scoring blades out when you're not using them. 
  • The track gives you enough space to cut or score a full 12" (30.5 cm) without having to remove or switch out handles. 
  • The cutting track locks in place for secure storage or transport. 
  • The track includes an insertion point for cutting and scoring blade handles so you can easily insert handles into the cutting track.
• Specially designed handles and cutting track to ensure straight cuts
  • The hook on the scoring and cutting blade handles keeps the handles stable so the cuts are as straight as possible.
  • Handles come in two colors: dark for cutting, light for scoring. 
  • The precision tip on the cutting blade allows you to pinpoint precisely where you're cutting.
  • The point on the side of each handle shows you where the blade will cut, making it easy to see exactly where your cuts and scores will begin.
• Storage compartment under base
  • The storage compartment holds scoring and cutting tools such as a Bone Folder, Simply Scored Stylus, extra scoring and cutting blades, and even business cards. 
  • Separate compartments within the storage compartment keep your tools organized, and the clear cover makes it easy to see what you've stored.
• Product details: item 126889; $29.95

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For all the Veterans and Military

THANK YOU for your service and for protecting my family!  I believe in you all and stand behind you.

May God Bless you!  I hope you will all listen to this song by Kristy Lee Cook

 

My dad would have loved this song. He was in WW2  an Army Staff Sgt  one night he fell asleep in their foxhole and when he woke he was the only man left with his head still attached. Evidently the Japanese didn't see him in the hole,  PTSD wasn't a diagnosis then, and I now know he had it. When I was a youngster, we had to use a 36" ruler to poke him to wake him because he would grab you and try to strangle you without realizing what he was doing. 

May God bless all our soldiers, past present and future and hold them in his hands!

I love you and miss you daddy!

And to my daughter Katie who just signed up with the National Guard- I love you and pray for your safety.
Hugs,

Gwen Mangelson

Candy Corn Fudge!

I made this last night for the pot luck lunch at work today (and a shepherds pie)

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 RECIPE:

3 c Sugar

3/4 cup BUTTER

2/3 c Evaporated Milk

1 jar Marshmallow Creme (or fluff as some call it)

3 tsp Vanilla:   use 1 tsp in the main mixture and set 2 tsp aside for the second mixture listed in the directions below

3/4 c Nestle Semi Sweet choc chips (MUST be semi sweet chips)

1 c White Baking Chips

Orange gel food paste- the kind  you use for coloring frosting for cake decorating- (Wiltons find it at Michael's).  Food color works too, but not as dark or even.

• Line an 8 inch pan with foil and spray with Pam set aside
• Combine sugar butter and evaporated milk in sauce pan
• On medium heat- bring to boil STIR CONSTANTLY it will burn- and cook for 4 minutes
• Take off burner and add vanilla and marshmallow creme
• Put 1 1/2 c into a heat resistent bowl and add the choc chips  stir well and pour in the bottom of your pan lined with foil and put in the freezer
• Divide  off 1/2 of the mixture left into a heat resistant bowl and add the orange gel paste coloring and mix well
• Pour over the chocolate mixture
• Add the white fudge to the top
• Add orange sprinkles lightly over top
• Put back in the freezer or refrigerator
• Let set and cool completely -
• Cut with a COLD knife or it breaks apart and serve! 
• Delicious!

I am going to try this with red white and green for Christmas- and this is awesome tasting fudge too- so will definiately take a batch with me to the Thanksgiving pot luck !

 

 

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Gold Leafing Project

Hi everyone!

Last night in our Mia Maid & Laurel Young Women's activity we created these beautiful gold leaved pictures and then framed them! It was so EASY to do and I am going to buy more leafing and create some other projects! The trick is to LIGHTLY crumple the sheets do NOT wad them up and then wonder why they won't come apart ;o). And the other trick is to NOT try to "smooth" it out once you have it on the sticky back of the picture because you want the rumpled look to show through and you can tear it or ruin your project by trying to smooth it out and once the gold sheet hits the sticky you CANNOT move it!

The words were created on the computer  and made to fit a 5x7. Lynn our YW Leader, took it to Staples to be printed on Transparencies and cut .

We sprayed the back with spray adhesive and the girls put the gold leaving (after gently crumpling it up first) on the back to cover it and then I turned mine over and pressed- this is where I wished I had taken my Stampin Up Brayer with the foam roller on it! I will be sure to do that from now on!

It was easy to trim off the outer edges and place it in the frame and TA DAH! Done!

you could use any photo, the temple, somethingChristmas etc the key is black lettering on a Transparency!

Have fun ad thanks for stopping by today= my weeks are filled with Church activities lately, leaving little time after work for any stamping but come back this weekend for a few projects!