Summer Breeze Blog Hop

See the curtains hangin' in the window in the evenin' on a Friday night

A little light a-shinin' through the window lets me know everything is alright

Summer breeze makes me feel fine 

blowing through the jasmine in my mind

Summer breeze makes me feel fine 

blowing through the jasmine in my mind

See the paper layin' on the sidewalk a little music from the house next door

So I walked on up to the doorstep through the screen and across the floor

Sweet days of summer the jasmine's in bloom 

July is dressed up and playing her tune

And I come home from a hard day's work and you're waiting there not a care in the world

See the smile a-waitin' in the kitchen food cookin' and the plates for two

Feel the arms that reach out to hold me in the evening when the day is through

Summer Breeze Lyrics by Seals and Croft

We have a super creative group of ladies that are participating this month as this will
be a monthly challenge where the players may change but the creativity is phenomenal:

Participant Blog Addies for Summer Breeze

1. Lynne Kirsch ~ http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com
2. Kimberly Pate ~  http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com
3. Shelly Lynn ~ http://kccroppers.blogspot.com < YOU ARE HERE!
4. Lucy ~ http://www.love2createitall.com
5. Lisa Peters ~ http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
6. Edwina Brown~  http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/
7. Anita Cannon~ http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com
8. Miriam -  http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com 
9. Janet Smith ~ http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
10. Jenny~ http://cccjalessi.blogspot.com/

If you have come to visit me today, I'm honored but I wouldn't want you to miss a single
creative spot and would want you to start at the beginning which is Lynne at
http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/. You should have arrived from my
creative accomplice Kimberly at http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com

Now, to showcase my creativity (with help from Julie and Traci at Paisley and Polka Dots,)
I have for you today... a mini album (kit project) from http://paisleysandpolkadots.com.
I absolutely LOVE their mini album kits.  If you have never checked them out, please do so.

I altered the original album a bit.

 OOPS...
I added the pinwheel sticker (above) when I completed the album
and forgot to take it off the backing sheet before taking the pic.

   
My toothpick on the flag was to short so I created the butterfly above the flower.
Using Maya Road cream colored scalloped trim and a trinket pin.
(Close up below)
  

Thanks for stopping by!

With all this being said, sadly, I must send you on your way to our next super crafty friend,
Lucy at http://www.love2createitall.com

Summer breeze makes me feel fine; blowing through the jasmine in my mind!

Stay tuned for next month for I Double Dog Dare YOU. If you want to particpate,
let either Lynne Kirsch at hercraftiness@gmail.com or Kimberly Pate at KPKre8tions@gmail.com
where we are going to be challenging your creativity mojo
where the only limit is yourself with a theme of "First Readers"

~ Shelly ~

Piece of Cake

Well, not exactly. My husband got a Cricut Cake last year for his birthday (I honestly did not put him up to it- he asked for it of his own accord!), and since we haven't used it a whole lot, we thought we would pull it out and give it a shot when making a Thank You cake for Shell and her husband John, who had watched our pets when we traveled over the weekend. I picked a design from the "Just Because" Cards cart, and we were off. Our theme was watermelon, so I baked a red velvet cake with chocolate chips in the batter (to look like seeds), and frosted the cake green. So far, so good. We figured we would cut the three easy decor pieces out of gumpaste, slap 'em on top, and be good to go for afternoon delivery.

Yeah. Like that was happening.

Instead, we spent the rest of our Saturday afternoon cutting and recutting gumpaste.

Some things we learned:

1. Gumpaste needs to be pretty stiff to cut. Add more powdered sugar than you think you need.
2. Stiff gumpaste dries out quickly. And it cracks. So don't make it too stiff.
3. Intricate cuts like letters are a no-no. Maybe they work better with fondant.
4. The color printing on our old Farberware flexible cutting mats apparently comes off on gumpaste you roll out on said mats. Who knew?
5. There needs to be a pressure setting between Minimum and Low on the Cricut Cake.

We finally got the job done...for an eight o'clock delivery. All that said, it was fun to work together on a project with the husband. Next time, though, I think our theme will be circles. Or squares. Perhaps straight lines.

Seeing cute hubby in an apron makes it all worthwhile ;-)