take two

This is the second attempt
at home made ice cream....
fresh raspberry with low fat probotic yogurt
and which chocolate shards.

Was yummmmmmmmmmmmmm!
S was here and as you know she is
doing weigh watchers.
We worked out how many points it
was for whole tub and then divided it
up into scoop sized portions & estimated points.

It was tangy and low in fat.
You didn't need much
to feel you had a really yummy pud.
And it worked out as a low point dessert,
I forgot to put fresh rasps on the plates...

Still loads in the freezer...
anyone want some??

Ice Cream! I scream!

Best for when you are feeling under the weather
no matter how young or old you are
is....Ice Cream!

My darling other half came home the other day
with requested Ben & Jerry's
Chocolate Fudge ice cream!!

Image my disgust to discover it was
FROZEN YOGURT !!!

Ewwwwwwwwwwwe!

Yesterday Darlin Hubby came home with
an ice cream maker!!!

Am reading instructions......

You need to freeze the bowl for 24 hours.
you need to chill the liquid you want to turn
into ice cream for 12 hours......
Only handle the frozen bowl with
pot gloves to avoid frost bite!
* GULP*

"This appliance is not intended for use by persons
with limited experience
or knowledge unless thy are supervised!"
* I can't find the experienced enclosed person
I might need in the box!!!!*

"Don't however use the machine inside the freezer!"
*how big do the think my freezer is?*

"you are at risk of salmonella from ice cream..."
*ok......*

It lists hazards for people operating the machine,
including

• electrification
  
• suffocation
• hanging
• hair injuries!
  
• frostbite
  

The booklet that comes with machine
is 24 pages long.....
only 5 pages have recipes on them!!!
The rest is health warnings!!!!

But on a positive note.....
it says you should consume all the finished ice cream,
IMMEDIATELY!!!!


Now I know this looks like a blood fest...

But it is home made Raspberry ice cream
with raspberry sauce
all natural no added colourings.

And I didn't think to take a picture
till it had started to melt...

it was yummy!
Have more fruit to make
some more tomorrow !

Chocolate & card class

Enjoyed another card class at Sally's shop tonight!
A lot of laughing and giggling!

First card involved a lot of folding and I love the end result.



I will use the idea of the folded 6' by 6' centre piece on other simpler cards.



I am also trying to figure out how to do a more complicated card with it.

not sure how easy it will be.

This tag card is for a lovely friend who is having a hard time just now,
the smaller tag is shrink plastic we used chalk inks on to match the card.





Just want to send a hug to her, and thought this was a sweet way to do it.

The smaller tag is shrink plastic.
We used chalk inks on it and sukura pen.

the verse reads

Hugging is healthy
it boosts your immunity.
Invigorates, comforts,
and reduces stress.
A hug is pure & organic,
low fat, naturally sweet,
fully returnable
and absolutely free !

I got home and the house smelt absolutely heavenly!
My hubby had made chocolate brownies with white chocolate chips in them!!

Very much not low fat but absolutely heavenly!

Sunday chillin.....

My lovely Hubby has been very good at doing most of the cooking and stuff
while I have been poorly,
we used to do a lot of the cooking together but I did the bulk of it.

He has taking to making the meal when my mate Shirleyanne comes over for dinner at the weekend and we then spend the next few hours haven a giggle
while watching Alaskan crab fishing prog.....

Don't knock it till you have tried it!

It is addictive!!

He surpassed himself yesterday!

We had parma ham and other meats with melon platter....
(I did that !) lol
then he did grilled lemon soul, with black pepper and parsley,
mashed tatties with spinach ( need to boost my iron!)
and a veggie medley from our veggie box.
and for pudding sticky toffee pudding which was so light and yummmmmmy!

I made two cards while he was making pudding before Shirleyanne got here!!!

The backing papers are from forever friends that I heat embossed and layered
using pearl papers and cards, while the backing behind the stamped image is dyed material that my lovely mate Briony did. It is a beautiful deep purple with cerise dyed into it.

It is very beautiful material and I was in two minds whether to use it or keep it.
It is stitched onto the white pearl card using two different coloured threads.

This one I am entering it for the Sketch Saturday Challenge



The image is a forever friends sticker that came with a crafting magazine.
I am still not keen on FF but will use up what I have.

We wont eat evening meals again together till Friday as he is on late shifts all week,so just be me and Poppy.

two stamps............six cards

After months of feeling absolutely awful....
waking up feeling pretty good today was a wonderful surprise!
Energy levels were not 100% but I felt pretty well!
I feel I am on the mend!

We often have our mate round for dinner on Saturday or Sunday,
so we usually have a bit of cooking and do.

My lovely hubby prepared all the veggies and and stuffing for Sunday Dinner,
I prepared the lamb to roast with garlic and herbs.
The house was tidy, the washing was out drying.......and a fantastic Raspberry and white chocolate cheese cake was setting in the fridge after we made it yeaterday!


And came out of the tin in one whole piece!!!!


I served it on a drizzle of home made Raspberry sauce with some Raspberrys and some slightly whiped double cream if you want the extra callories.....Like there wasn't enough on the plate!

It looked fab and tasted even better!!!

With all this done I thought I will go do a bit of crafting and make a couple Christmas cards.

I love these two stamps....

I bought them at Sally's shop Bee Crafty in Elgin, where I go to do my Tuesday Card Class.

The "let it snow" is a Do Crafts and the Scribbles snowman is Fun Stamps.

I had been looking at the Sketch Saturday site to have a go at their challenge,
I am relatively new to challenges and I had a wee I look back at previous sketches.
I loved the different layouts they had.

So I thought I would try some out, using the same two stamps on each one.
I managed six.....








I know pink and green seem popular in the shops for this years Christmas colours,
But I am still not sure about them together on a Christmas card.

But I think this one is my favourite!

I used lots of different techniques, in these cards, embossing, glitters, sukura pens, funky kits downloads, do crafts papers. pearly card, buttons, ribbons, jewels, cuttlebug embossing folder, mirror card, double sided sticky card, stuff from my stash.....all sorts!

You know what ....I never did this weeks sketch challenge!!!
But we only ate one piece of cheese cake each!!!