VALENTINE's DAY CARD TO PRINT

Valentine's Day is just around the corner!  With the circumstances in our lives right now, my dear husband is 1700 miles away so we are not able to be together.  So when I came across these elements in my files, I KNEW I had to use them!

The template is from Jersgirl Templates.  The elements are from Create with TLC.  Just right click on the image and tell it to open in a new tab/window for it to open to its full size.  Then save it to your own computer for printing whenever you are ready.  

“Love is that condition in which the

happiness of another person is

essential to your own.”
- Robert Heinlein

HUG YOUR SWEETIE
RhondaSue

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FOR THE BIRDS BLOG HOP FREEBIES

I sure hope you are having fun along this HOP's path!  Lots of beautiful images to snag and use in your digi-scrapping... All generously given by Paulette at Create with TLC!

List of stops:

Cynthia

Hetty

Karen

Marsha

Carla

Lisa Lynn

Vicky

Rachelle

Rhonda

TlcCreations

and a special GUEST DESIGNER STOP:

Edwina, Guest Designer

I created TWO things... You can click to open them full size, save them to your own computer and please leave some love for Paulette's generousity for the goodies!

This set of bookmarks is made using paper fill and digistamp from Paulette at CREATE WITH TLC.

This is an 8x10" sized sheet of stationery paper.  The heart element is from SHARON C.  The birds and the fill background as well as the wordart are by Paulette at Create with TLC.

Enjoy your HOP and don't forget to leave some love along the way!

Happy Crafting

RhondaSue

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CUPIDS KISSES FREE CANDY TENT PRINTABLE

The template is from Belle...

The wordart elements are from

Paulette at CREATE WITH TLC

The layout and the heart fill are

by myself at CraftymumzCreation.

Just click on the image to open it in
another window in full-size format.
Then right click and save it to your
own computer.
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NATIONAL BIRD DAY 2013

National Bird Day

Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013

Why National Bird Day?

• The beauty, songs, and flight of birds have long been sources of human inspiration.
• Today, nearly 12 percent of the world's 9,800 bird species may face extinction within the next century, including nearly one-third of the world's 330 parrot species.
• Birds are sentinel species whose plight serves as barometer of ecosystem health and alert system for detecting global environmental ills.
• Many of the world's parrots and songbirds are threatened with extinction due to pressures from the illegal pet trade, disease, and habitat loss.
• Public awareness and education about the physical and behavioral needs of birds can go far in improving the welfare of the millions of birds kept in captivity.
• The survival and well-being of the world's birds depends upon public education and support for conservation.

This is the reason for National Bird Day.

source:  http://www.nationalbirdday.com/

Don't miss out on

our BLOG HOP

to honor this event...

JANUARY 13, 2013

ANNOUNCING: A NEW BLOG HOP

Another TLC Creations Blog Hop~!

To introduce the new Design Team Members,

and to get a lot of freebies~!

I think 9 or 10 at this point........

if you haven't Hopped with us before,

you are in for a treat~!

When:  January 13, 2013

Where:  Start right here~!

Time:  8:00 a.m. PST

Theme of the Hop is ..........

"For the Birds"

 

 

Start limbering up,

because we are going to 

HOP~!

 

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CHRISTMAS TOPPERS

I always put myself through so much stress to finish projects last minute.  I wish I could learn just once to do more ahead and get things done way before the last minute time frame!!!  But I thoroughly enjoyed making this project for my fellow co-workers and really am glad that they all seemed to like them too!

I have been shopping for MONTHS to prepare for a Christmas themed craft show.  But in early November, my neighbor decided she wasn't going to do the craft show and since I've never done this particular one I really didn't want to do it alone.  SO...  I have had lots of stock building over the past several months to get enough supplies on hand for my own booth.  Well, I let my daughter and her friends eat most of the specialized candy...  But I have had quite a stash of MUGS being saved for many different kinds of projects.  Starting the first week of November I focused on stocking up more on Christmas mugs than anything else.  I actually was able to get 34 different mugs!  And guess what?  There are 34 employees on the payroll at work!  HOW AMAZING IS THAT?

Inside of each mug I added one candy cane, 8 Hershey Kisses, one pkt of SwissMiss Classic Hot Cocoa, a small ziploc baggie of mini marshmallows.  I also made Reindeer Noses and Elf Pillows to add to the gift bag.  Then to put it all together I made a topper tag of SNOWMAN SOUP.

There is one girl that I have gotten to be friends with that collects penguins.  And low and behold, she was the name given to me for the SECRET SANTA GIFT EXCHANGE too yet!  WOOT WOOT!  I had fun splurging on penguin goodies everywhere I went shopping!  You can spot the penguin mug above right?  It even had a hat used as a lid to the mug!  And the goodies inside went into a penguin drawstring bag!  And the only bag different from the rest to put all 34 mugs into was the penguin bag you see on the left side of the pic!  I had so much fun putting ALL of these together!

After each mug filled with its sweetness got put into its own bag, I added a REINDEER NOSES and an ELF PILLOWS packets to each bag.  Then folded over one inch or so at the top and stapled the SNOWMAN SOUP topper to that. 

This is the front view

This is the back view.

REINDEER NOSES FREE PRINTABLE

just click on it to open full size and right click

to save to your own computer!

ELF PILLOWS FREE PRINTABLE

just click on it to open full size and right click

to save to your own computer!

SNOWMAN SOUP FREE PRINTABLE

just click on it to open full size and right click

to save to your own computer!

The picture I took of the finished project was so blurry you couldn't make them out... so I am sorry to say I can't share what they all looked like completely finished!  Very disappointed in that...but you get the mail idea I think with everything else I've described I hope.

And then to top it off, I baked 28 loaves of Banana Bread yesterday.  Everything from 2" up to 8" loaves.  It was the first time I used that recipe and it was SO SO SO GOOD! I just couldn't stop!  We delivered them to four of our neighbors as a gift for Christmas.  I gave one to my "penguin friend" today.  We are eating one.  I put the little mini's on snowman plates and surrounded them with REINDEER NOSES (round circle pretzels with a hershey kiss melted inside and a red m-n-m pressed into the center of that then cooled to set up solid again) and a few wrapped Hershey kisses too.  These plates of goodies went to our daughter's boyfriends dad for Christmas and another neighbor.  They all liked them and put smiles on their faces.

This is my favorite time of the year!  I love to do all these R.A.C.K.s...  and it is so heartwarming to see everyone's smiles and happiness!

**R.A.C.K.s = Random Acts of Christmas Kindness

****All the elements I used in the free printable toppers above are from

Paulette over at Create with TLC

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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!
RhondaSue

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KINDNESS... PASS IT ON!

Let's see how much kindness

we can spread today.....

There are literally thousands of ladies that

come to THIS BLOG every day....imagine

if all those people passed on some kindness

and then those thousand passed on kindness

....wow.....

moments of happiness dotted all

over the world.

Worth a couple of minutes?

you go to someone else's blog and leave some

kindness and tell them to spread some kindness

and a little TLC. 

With the TLC we can track it.....

Come back to Paulette's main blog post and let

her know where you spread some kindness

....just a name....you don't have to leave a link.... 

AFTER 20 people comment,

Paulette will add another freebie.....

Then we will get more kindness going

and she will leave more freebies~!

Let's get some Kindness rolling

all around the world~!

Ready, SET, SPREAD KINDNESS~!

Snag the button and put it on your blog or

share it with someone, or hundreds to

remind them to spread Kindness.

Christmas Card Set I Made

I am sharing one of them as a free
printable for you to see the elements,
but if you'd like to play with them to
make creations of your own, as well
as many many other wonderful, fun
and exciting elements and kits, please
go visit Paulette over at

CREATE WITH TLC

Merry Christmas...
RhondaSue




click on card and it will open to full size.
then right click on it and save it to your computer...

 

moving up from 2009  before retiring

CREATING CHRISTMAS FREEBIE #4 plus preview

REINDEER NOSES

Elements by Paulette at:
CREATE WITH TLC

Template and Layout by myself:
http://craftymumzcreations.blogspot.com/

DOWNLOAD expired

Smuggles,
RhondaSue

moved up from 2009 before retiring
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Christmas Candybar Wrapper #2

Here is the second printable freebie

for you to use.  These make great

stocking stuffers, or grabbag type

gifts for boys or girls, men or women.

The wrappers fit around

the 1.55oz candy bars.

All the elements used for these are

from CREATE WITH TLC.

Merry Christmas,

RhondaSue

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Christmas Candybar Wrapper #1

I have made several printables

for Christmas using elements

from digipapers to wordart and

clipart from Paulette over at

CREATE WITH TLC

Just click on the image to open

it up full size and then save it to

your computer.

Merry Christmas,

RhondaSue

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HALLOWEEN MINIBAR WRAPPERS

The template I used for this is from BELLE at BELLE's PRINTABLES.

All the elements I used are from Paulette at Create with TLC

Open it up in a new window to save it fullsized to your own computer...

 

Have a fun and SAFE Halloween!

HAPPY FALL YA'LL!
RhondaSue

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NO NOODLES ABOUT IT and APPLE CRISP DINNER

I was surfing the web looking for some LOW CARB recipes and came across the following two recipes that I wanted to try.  The first one is for THE BEST LOW CARB LASAGNA.  I have seen many recipes using zucchini slices instead of pasta noodles.  This one caught my attention because of the addition of vegetables besides the zucchini.  I sliced my zucchini about half as thick as their picture shows theirs so I did NOT bake mine in the oven first.  I felt it was thin enough to do "it's thing" in the oven while baking assembled.  And I was right.  They were perfectly tender and tasty! For my meat layer, I used the best quality ground chuck mixed with some Cudighi Sausage (sample recipe and history at that link) that the local grocery store I work for makes themselves.  I did not add any more salt or pepper because the Cudighi is seasoned well!  It was DELICIOUS!!!!!!  I will be making this one again when my husband his home from his TOUR in Australia.  It's a keeper!

Picture by DASHING DISH

The next recipe I did was for an APPLE CRISP for dessert.  It is also a winner!

 

Picture by THE GIRL WHO ATE EVERYTHING

I used SPLENDA granular sugar in place of the white sugar in the apple layer; as well as SPLENDA brown sugar in the crumble layer.  I wanted to use almond flour in the apple mixture, but I honestly don't know if it would have the "binding" effect as the all purpose flour does.  I am pretty sure the flavor would be okay because nuts and apples do go together.  But the purpose of the flour is important so I didn't venture into that experiment yet.  The topping of the drizzled CARMEL was delicious and SUGAR FREE because I used the one available from Walden Farms.  I found it at a local grocery store, but this link shows you what it is.... HERE

http://www.waldenfarms.com/products/dip_caramel.html

 

 

Glad I could share these WINNERS with you!

Have fun and PLAY with your food!

RhondaSue

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The Liebster Award

WOW... I am so honored!  I have been doing this blog since April 2008.  Over all these years, I've had spurts of time to create and share and other times where it just was not possible.  But everyone has been so kind and supportive no matter what was going on.  I want to THANK all my followers as well as visitors for that support...  I've received tons of private notes, prayers, encouragement, and lots of comments left on the blog.  THANK YOU TO YOU ALL!!!!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH to VICKY from CRAFTING VICKY for gifting me with this award!  I'm honored and so blessed to be part of a fantastic "family" with all the friends of CREATE WITH TLC. 

ABOUT THE AWARD

Liebster is a German word meaning "Beloved," "Favorite," or "Dearest." This award is a peer to peer award in which fellow bloggers present the award to their favorite bloggers with less than 200 followers. The origins of this award is unclear, but is believed to have originated by a German blogger. This award was designed to be a blog award in the pay it forward fashion to share your dearest and most beloved blogs that have less than 200 followers.

RULES FOR ACCEPTANCE

Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to their blog. Post the award onto your blog. Give the award to five bloggers who you appreciate that have less than 200 followers. Leave a comment on their blog letting them know that you have given them this awesome award!

PAY IT FORWARD
Now comes the hard part… choosing another 5!  Wow not an easy task.  What helped is that many of the blogs that I like have received it already so I’m passing on to some that haven’t  yet received the award and that have less than 200 followers.  And of course all those blogs are some that I really love, follow and that give me inspiration!

Here's my list of people that I'm passing this on:

 

Gilly's Place at  http://gilly-gillysplace.blogspot.com/

 

Fran at  http://scallopsandswirls.blogspot.com/ 

 

Lori at  http://www.happybirdscraftinghaven.com/  

Jennifer at http://sugarbuttdesigns.com/  

 

 Bri at http://www.beautybloggerbri.blogspot.com/

Please take some time to give some support to these FABULOUS BLOGGERS and ONLINE FRIENDS ...  They are all different themes and many reasons why I enjoy each one.  So go see for yourself why they are so good!  They are trusted sites and all family oriented!

Thank you, again VICKY...

Have a great week everyone!

RhondaSue

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HALLOWEEN TIC TAC TOE PRINTABLE

I used goodies from Paulette at Create with TLC from her SEASON YOUR HOLIDAYS CLUB from last year I believe it was!  Just right click to save it to your own computer...  and stop back at her blog to leave some love and see what new club she is offering as well as all the other freebies and store goodies!

HAPPY FALL YA'LL!

RhondaSue

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