My First Tutorial Let's Make Candy

                   Hi Everyone

            Today I am going to do my first tutorial. I hope this goes
well. Any help is greatly appreciated.  Here we go (forgive the grammar).


             One of my favorite things to do for the holidays is make

 candy. I usually make bite size pieces, and put them on a pretty plate. This year I made  the Christmas Lollipop Favor Boxes  from The Ultimate 12 Days Of Christmas First Edition. They are so cute. After you eat the candy you can hang the box on the tree as an ornament.

               These are my recipes. You can change them to make what you like. Share them with friends and family. Just have fun with them. My gift to you. They are very easy, it is a great way to get the children in the kitchen and make a day of it.

These are some of the ingredients
I used. Baker's white chocolate (my local store) and Wilton's candy melts (Michael's craft store or on line).
 You can use what you have available.

         Krispy Rice Candy

         Light or dark chocolate
         Krispy Rice cereal ( you know
          snap crackle and so on).

          

 Wilton has a great icing for drizzling over the top of the candy. I like to get the Wilton's white chocolate melts and add some food coloring, you can make all kinds of colors from one package. Just melt, put some in little bowls and add food coloring.( Food coloring will stain so you may want to make the icing yourself then let the children play).    

A small lesson about choclate.

No water near chocolate.

Water in the chocolate will make it turn into an unusable

mess.

You can melt it on the stove

over a pot of simmering water, or in the microwave.
I use the microwave, just make sure you start out with 30 seconds, then 10 seconds at a time, and stir until smooth. Chocolate will burn very easily. Start out with small batches. If you do burn a batch, start over with a clean dry bowl. Chocolate will taste like what ever it is stored with, or made in.   O.K. I talk to much,lol. Put the chocolate in the bowl and melt slowly.

         

Add the cereal, small amounts at a time, until coated.

If you like add more cereal, or more chocolate , what ever you like. That's it. So easy.

Now just spoon onto parchment paper (you can get this at your local store) or freezer paper and place on cookie sheet. Put a lollipop stick in center,( you can get these from Michale's, Joann's, or maybe your super market will have some). You can let air dry or put in the fridge, if you have room. 

I put a little to much on mine so I had to cut some off to fit in the holders. The best part of that is you get to eat the mistakes.  :) 

                   Then drizzle icing over the top.
Next do the same with the coconut.  

                                                                                

See how easy. And yummy!

             

Next White Chocolate, Nuts, And Pretzels!!

Just as easy, melt white chocolate, add Spanish peanuts (in local store), or what ever nut you like, and broken up thin pretzels. 

 You are making candy !!!! Having fun? Still with me?

I saved the best for last. How many of you like turtle candy?

Recipe

Regular or dark chocolate

Soft caramels

Pecans

Taste Tester :)

           

These are a little different, but just as easy.

Place a teaspoon of chocolate on the paper.

                                                                             

Put a stick in the center of the caramel and flatten out.

Place on top of chocolate.

Place a small amount of chocolate on top of caramel.

Then a pecan on top of chocolate.

See How easy.

Cover the entire area with chocolate to seal everything in. Place in fridge to set up. That's it.  If you are like me and want more that a bite, make them bigger. this time put 4 pecans on top and cover with choclate, but this time let the feet stick out, just like a turtle.                                  

                                       
                                          Are you still with me?
                                           sleeping yet ? :)
                                          Have a piece of chocolate!
                                           It's time to clean up!! :) :)

                                             This is foil for wrapping candy.
                              I found this online. It has a food
                              grade paper on back. The site is
                              http://www.foilman.com/ . There are 
                              over 60 colors to pick from and
                              they are sold by the sheet. Pop
                               over and check it out.

                                  Wrap the candy, and place in the 
                                   holders. Decorate, and done.

                                       
         I hope you enjoyed the tutorial. Have fun making candy.

                                  This is my finished project.

                                             

                               Thank you for stopping by.

                               And Have a chocolate day!

                                                       








 
                               

ADDING TO THE GIVE AWAY

                         Hi everyone

              I only have one person in the contest.She will win! Let's put a few more things in the pot and see if we can't give her a little competition. How about the Extra-Strong-Permanent-Tape-Runner  I used to make the ornaments. This is a great glue tape, and it holds very well.  Crafter's Companion makes this wonderful product. Let's see, the white parchment paper would be great to play with, and you can make some of the ornaments yourself. That comes from Specialty Paper's Plus, my favorite paper company. Let's do 4 sheets.

Last but not least, the 2 sheets from Kanban that wasn't claimed from the last contest . These are beautiful borders.

                     

Be a member of my blog, leave a comment, and your name will be entered. Leave the area your from and it will be entered a second time.(Must have a U.S. Post Box). If you have someone I can send it to in the US and they can send it to you, that will work also. Contest ends at midnight November 18th EST.  Good Luck. And have a scrappy day!!

ORNAMENT GIVE AWAY

                           Greetings Everyone

                   I know it's a little early for Christmas ornaments

but I wanted to get these on the blog so I can give them away.

                   The first thing is the paper I used, yes you know,

white parchment paper. This is different, it is text weight, nice and thin for folding these ornaments. This paper comes from a wonderful company called Specialty Paper's Plus. You can purchase this paper at a 10% discount with the coupon code

"HAPPYHOLIDAYS",just put this in the coupon area at checkout. They also have 50 sheets of  Gold Parchment Card stock free with every order. Pop over and take a look.

                      Now for the ornaments. First the credit and directions for these cute little tags goes to Tami. I want to thank her for the video.

                        The stamp set I used for some of the images came from Crafter's Companion. The set is called Playing, from the Adorables.  This set has the perfect size stamps for this project.

The snow flakes and trees fit just right.

                          I also used the extra strong Glue Tape,it has the holding power to keep the sections in place.
                          The video calls for a scoring tool and a cutting tool. I used the The-Ultimate-Crafter's-Companion, it has just the right scoring lines at 3 and 1 1/2 for this project.( Right now they have the The-Ultimate-Crafters-Companion-MEGA-Bundle on sale. What a great early Christmas gift to yourself)
                           The cutting tool is the Clever Cut-5-in-1-Paper-Trimmer. This cutter has a large area for our 12x12 sheets of paper and is very accurate.

 

Crafter's Companion is having a great prize this month.

The stamps are from the Humphrey collection, 6 full sets.  All you need to do is make a project with a holiday theme.

 Pop over to there Blog  and check out the

 November Holiday Challenge.

These are the 3 ornaments I made.

Now for the best part, I am going to give all 3 of these away.

Would you like to have these for your tree, or a gift tag for someone special?  Be a member of my blog and leave a comment. That's it. The contest will run until November 18th

midnight EST. (Must have a U.S. post box,or someone in the states I can send it to,and they can send it to you.)  Good Luck.

I had a great time making these, I hope you will enter. Lets see

where in the country the entry's come from. When you leave a comment put the state you are from and I will put your name in a second time.

Thank You for stopping by.

And have a scrappy day.

SANTA PANTS BOX

               

                 Hi Everyone

             I just wanted to show you one of the projects from the

 12 Days of Christmas E-Book Second Edition. This is called Santa Pants Box. The directions were very easy and the tutorials are the best.

Is this just to cute or what !!        




It is better full !!!

                         
                   I had the best time making this gift. Thank you  Jinky for creating a wonderful guide into the world of paper magic.

                   I hope you enjoyed the project. If you love making cards and boxes, please check out this wonderful book.

                               Thank you for stopping by.
                                                  And have a scrappy day.

The Ultimate 12 Days of Christmas E-Book

                

                        Hi everyone

               Today I wanted to tell you about 2 wonderful E-Books.
If you like making cards, boxes, or little gift bags, theses are the books for you.

These books were created by Jinky of  cloth,paper crafts and more. http://www.jinkyscrafts.blogspot.com/ .

                This is the first book,12 days of Christmas 2010.It has been revised and is an amazing book of cards and boxes.


                  The Second book is the 12-Days-Of-Christmas second edition.  This book has cards, boxes, gift bags, sewing ideas and more. You just need to take a peek at what's in these books and you will want them both. They would also make a great gift for someone you know who likes to craft. Just Give it to them a little early so they can make you something for Christmas LOL.

                     Go to Jinky's Blog and check it out.


                    Tell Her Kathy sent you. Thank you for stopping by.

                                And have a scrappy day.

The Theme this month is Holidays

                                Hi everyone

                     Crafter's Companion is having a wonderful contest
this month. Please pop over to crafterscompanion-challenge. and take a look.

                       The theme this month is holidays. Just make a project with a holiday theme and enter. My card this month
this for Christmas, go figure.

                         I was looking on you-tube and found a side step
card. There are all kinds of ways to make them. I combined a few, and this is what I came up with.
                         I Started out with 2 sheets of Christmas card stock from DCWV called Mrs.Claus's Kitchen . With help from you-tube I found directions. I used the Crafter's Companion  Ultimate-Tool and made the score marks for cutting and folding.
                          The first sheet I used to make the card, the second I used to cut out figures to make them 3-D. The recipe card was also from the card stock. I haven't made the cookies yet but there is still time before Christmas. The winter scene was made from a package of buttons, I just cut the shanks off the back.The snow is made with a little glue and Martha Stewart flocking powder.

                                                                                      

The stamp I used this time is from the   Adorables set.                        

I just love these stamps.  This set is called Caring..                     The "north pole" sign post and the "Santa Claus is coming to town" sentiment fit perfectly. I used watercolor pencils to color in the sign post and  pop dots for a 3-D effect on the Santa sign.       

                                                            

  Crafter's Companion has great tools and stamps to make  all kinds of great gifts. You can go to  the  Card Gallery  where the designers have amazing ideas.  There is also a  Project page and  Free Downloads.  They  have a  Membership-Rewards plan with free enrollment. You  get points for free merchandise and other goodies just for shopping. Hop over and check it out.

                 I am glad you stopped by. Have a scrappy day!!   
             
                      

            

1000 HITS AND THE WINNERS OF THE 2 CONTESTS

                   

                           Hi everyone

                  I am so excited. Not only am I giving away the My Memories software and the blog candy, I hit 1000  viewers on my blog. I think that calls for an extra prize just to say THANK YOU  to all the members who signed up.

                    First the Prize of the My Memories Software
                                                     Goes to.
                                        DARLA!!  Congratulatons.
                      Please E-mail me and claim your Prize...

                     Next is the blog candy. I hope this time it gets claimed. LOL
                                           The Winner is..............
                          HAPPYSCRAPIN!!  Congratulations.
                         Please E-mail me with your Address and
                          I will send out your prize.

                   Now for the extra prize. I put everyones name in who is a member of my blog. And the winner is....
                            Diana's Creations!!  Congratulations.

 These are wonderful borders by Kanban. I hope you like them. Please E-mail me your address and I will send them out to you.



Winners Have one week to claim
there prize.











                  Thank you everyone for entering. I will have more
goodies to give away soon. Enjoy the blog.
                                                         And have a scrappy Day!!