Stuffed Mushroms Recipe

This is a good recipe for an appetizer  if you are going to a New Year's Eve Party and would like to bring a little something.

12 large Mushrooms
2 Tablespoons butter or margarine
1/2 Cup chopped onions
1/2 Cup pepperoni chopped (I use Turkey Pepperoni)
1/4 Cup chopped green pepper
1 clove garlic minced
1/2 Cup cracker crumbs
3 Tablespoons Parmesan Cheese
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon oregano
Coarse black pepper (a few grinder turns)
Warm water to moisten (or chicken broth)

Wash mushrooms, remove and chop stems.  Melt butter in saute pan; add chopped stems, onions, pepperoni, peppers, and garlic.  Cook until soft and onions are translucent.  Place crumbs, cheese, salt and pepper in bowl.  Add sauteed mixture.  Add enough warm water to moisten mixture. 

Stuff the mushroom caps and place in a shallow baking dish.  Bake at 325 degrees for 25 minutes.
Enjoy

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Pals Celebrations Blog Hop

We're so glad you could join us for the final Pals Blog Hop of 2012!  Today the Stampin' Pretty Pals are excited to celebrate all of our favorite occasions of the year! And what's a little celebration without some sparkle?

You've probably hopped over from Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers  I'm stop number 6 on the Pals Hop and I'm glad you hopped in! I'll help you "hop along" from blog to blog where you'll find great ideas for Stampin' Up! products from the Stampin' Pretty Pals! Should you hop off course, simply click on any of the links in the Pals Hop Line-up below and you'll be back on track.

Celebrate!  The card stocks are Whisper White and Basic Black.  The Champagne Glass images and the lower case celebrate sentiment are stamps from Stampin' Up!'s Embellished Events.  The Upper Case celebrate sentiment is from Seasonal Sayings.

The large celebrate and the champagne glasses are embossed with Silver embossing powder.   The lower case celebrate images are stamped with SU Illuminate Ink.

Champagne Glasses are embellished with SU Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Now hop along for more inspiring ideas from Beth Beard at My little craft blog  stop number 7 on the Pals Celebrations Blog Hop! Thanks for "hopping" by.

1. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
2. Maxine Conrad at Stamp to the MAX!
3. Kim Czenszak at LiveLoveStamp
4. Julie Trevett-Smith at The Stampin' Affair!
5. Kerry Willard Bray at Stampgoodness
6. Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers
7. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter
8. Beth Beard at My little craft blog
9. Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb...
10. Naki Rager at ...notes from Naki
11. Claire Crotteau-Hutt at Stamp Paper Scissors
12. Shannon Hokanson at My Stampin Blog
13. Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps
14. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
15. Susan Lankford at stampandscrapwithsusan
16. Liz Hughes at DIY Paper Creations
17. Peggy Noe at prettypapercards.com
18. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
19. Nicole Watt at Impressions By Nicole
20. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
21. Sherrie Gross at Stampin Sunshine

Cards Magazine

Today's card is my version of Vanessa Menhorn's  Merry Christmas on page 32 of the December issue of CARDS  Magazine.

I crafted my card using Stampin' Up! products.

The cardstock is Naturals Ivory, my all-time favorite and Gumball Green for the tree.  The DSP is from Be of Good Cheer.

The sentiments, both inside and outside are from More Merry Messages stamp set.  The tree on the front was die cut with the Framelits Holiday Collection and the stamped tree on the inside is from Scentsational Season.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Variations on a Design

When you need a card or two in a hurry, instead of designing a new card, try using a design from another  project for your current need.  This is what I did for the two birthdays cards here:

I created the Hanukkah card for this month's blog hop and liked the colors used, so I used the design to create two birthday cards.

Quick and easy. 

Snow Festival

PPA 147 is a sketch challenge. 



And as far as I am concerned, this was quite the challenge!  So many elements! 

I decided use Stampin' Up!'s Snow Festival DSP from the Holiday Catalog.  I purchased this DSP for a Workshop, but the workshop got cancelled, so I thought I could use it foe all the different elements of this sketch.  Of course, any of the patterns of this pack would have worked equally as well, but I chose the ones you see here:

It was fun!  I cut and cut and cut. I cut out the Christmas Tree, I eliminated the hedgehog or porcupine or whatever that little critter is. The Snowflake is the Bold Snowflake Single Stamp and was cut out with the Blossom Punch.  The ribbon is SU 1/2" Scallop Dots in Cherry Cobbler.

 The "merry" sentiment is from Pennant Parade and was cut out using The Big Shot and the Bitty Banners Framelits.  Don't miss out-if you are waiting to get a Big Shot, tomorrow is the day!  Monday, November 19th, the On-Line Extravaganza begins!  The Big Shot is 20% off!  Here is the link to the flyer:

http://www.stampinup.com/us/documents/Online_X_flyer_US.pdf

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Pals November Winter Wishes Blog Hop

We're so glad you could join us for this month's Pals Winter Wishes Blog Hop!  We hope you have your holiday wish list ready because today the Stampin' Pretty Pals are sharing some fabulous cards and projects showcasing our must have wish list items!   You've probably hopped over from Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers I'm stop number 16 on the Pals Hop and I'm glad you hopped in!   I'll help you "hop along" from blog to blog where you'll find great ideas for Stampin' Up! products from the Stampin' Pretty Pals!   Should you hop off course, simply click on any of the links in the Pals Hop Line-up below and you'll be back on track.

The Stamp Set that I am recommending for your wish list is Jewish Celebrations.  This set is in the Holiday Catalog and we just found out yesterday that it is being carried over and will still be available after the Holiday Catalog ends.  The images are quite lovely and when used with the Illuminate Ink Pad the results are beautiful.  You will be able to create a special card for your celebrations.  My sample above was made with SU Midnight Muse and Very Vanilla card stock, Midnight Muse and Illuminate inks, the Fancy Fan Embossing Folder and some Pearl Basic Jewels.   This card is clean and simple and can easily be duplicated for everyone on your mailing list.

Now hop along for more inspiring ideas from Kim Czenszak at Live Love Stamp, stop number 17 on the Pals Winter Wishes Blog Hop! Thanks for "hopping" by!

1. Lori Martin at The Rejoicing PaperCrafter
2. Kerry Willard Bray at Stampgoodness
3. Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps
4. Debbie Crowley at expressively deb...
5. Janice Warhank at Janice's Papercraft Playground
6. Beth Beard at My Little Craft Blog
7. Julie Trevett-Smith at The Stampin' Affair!
8. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
9. Bobbi Mangas at My Therapy
10. Nicole Watt at Impressions by Nicole
11. Claire Crotteau-Hutt at Stamppaperscissors
12. Susan Lankford at Stamp and Scrap With Susan
13. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits From Dawn
14. Nancy Gleason at My Stampin' Space
15. Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers
16. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter
17. Kim Czenszak at Live Love Stamp
18. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
19. Angie Blake at Angie's Musings
20. Sherrie Gross at Stampin Sunshine
21. Barb Furlong at The Love of Stamping
22. Peggy Noe at Prettypapercards.com
23. Shannon Hokanson at My Stampin Blog
24. Debbie Pierce at Stampin' Sunshine

Envelope Book of Many Pockets

I learned how to make one of those mini envelope books at a Stamping Blitz last week held at Bella Art in Johnston, RI.  There are SO many pockets in this little book.

I made one at home using Stampin' Up products.  Here is my little book which uses the DSP International Bazaar:

The ribbon is SU 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain in Rich Razzleberry, the flower was punched from Rich Razzleberry using the Blossom Petals Builder Punch, and the center Ia a SU Antique Brad. 

Here it is opened up so you can see the many pockets.

This little booklet is made from 6 business size #10 envelopes, glued together.

Love Doesn't Melt

Here is a card for my dear cousin Nancy, who left New England many years ago to live in Florida.  I will be sending a little snow her way.

I am submitting this for the PPA challenge 146.

I used Stampin' Up! retired Merry Winter and the current Perfectly Preserved stamps sets.  The card stock is Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla and (retired) Ruby Red.  Inks are Crumb Cake and Ruby Red.

Trick or Treat Microwave Popcorn Sleeves

Here is an idea for a Halloween Treat:  Sleeves for microwave popcorn.

All products are Stampin' Up!

Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake

Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake.   Are these two desserts for a special dinner?  No, they are two colors in Stampin' Up!'s palette of colors.  Two of my favorites, BTW.

Using a piece of Crumb Cake card stock (4" X 5.25") and Cherry Cobbler ink I stamped "Greetings of the Season" from the SU stamp set of the same name.  I sponged the edges with Cherry Cobbler.

Using the Holiday Ornament Framelits Die set and the Big Shot, I cut out two ornaments.  Then I selected one of the designs in the "Be of Good Cheer" Designer Series Paper collection and centered a portion of the design on the card proper so that when I placed the top layer over the card, the design would look centered on the ornament. 

Using dimensionals, I place the cut out layer over the DSP on the card.  The ornaments are "hanging" from Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine.