On an orange fence

The entire reason for making this card was to use the picket fence die I got from Simon Says Stamps over 4 weeks ago. Actually, I think I got it just before I went on my cruise in August.

Since I never have enough birthday cards, and I just happened to have a cute birthday themed turtle stamp set (It's My Party from The Alley Way Stamps), I was off and stamping. And die cutting, and Copic coloring, and gluing. I couldn't help myself, I had to use the googly eyes on the turtle, too.

The inside greeting is "Hip hip hooray!". Simple, and it does the job, right?

Watercolor fun

Well, I am back to playing with my watercolors again. Watercolors are so much fun, and very forgiving. I love playing with them.

The first card was a belated birthday card for my sister, and the second one is just because. I chose the "Oops!" sentiment for the first scene since it looks like the maraca is falling on the short cactus. Unfortunately the explanation point looks like an "I", so it appears to say "oopsi". Oh well. 

Both are from stamp sets from The Alley Way Stamps; the first card is from Cha Cha Cha and the second one is from Oinkers. Both are delightful sets.

Almond "butter" blondies

I'm still working out how to use up all that coconut flour I bought a few weeks back. I thought I would look for some more Paleo recipes, since those are more likely to have coconut flour in them.

Also, I ordered a dry container for the Vitamix a couple of weeks ago and it hasn't been shipped out yet. I had blanched and skinned a bunch of almonds to make almond meal, so I used the food processor to make the almond meal.

There is a site that lists Almond Butter Blondies as a good use for failed almond butter. That is, you grind and grind them but it never becomes butter. The recipe calls for 2/3 cup coconut flakes, so I tried to substitute the flour.

They are delicious, but too dry, not chewy as they are supposed to be. The coconut flour ebook that came with the flour did say to use more eggs when substituting them in a recipe.

The honey was good, thanks to my brother the beekeeper.

This is what a can of tuna should look like.

I'm not kidding, I just thought I'd share what a good can of tuna looks like. Back in the day, even Starkist and Chicken of the Sea looked like this. Yes, chunk light tuna actually had identifiable chunks in it, and the can was actually full of meat and not a lot of water with floating flakes.

I first found this at Whole Foods, but now I order it from Amazon. 

I remember breaking up with Charlie Tuna back in 2011. For a couple of years I didn't eat tuna at all. I still remember the Charlie watch (and towels)  I had, fondly, but the tuna, not so much. Crown Prince is da man! 

I'm so out of it I didn't know I was a winner!

My entry in the Naughty or Nice Challenge back in July was a winner in the naughty category! I'm so out of it I JUST found out today!

Here's my post:

And here's my winner tag!

Here's the card:

I'm so chuffed I might actually finish a card this weekend!  I really lost my steam after I sent my last box to Operation Write Home. I really need to get my mojo back or stop spending money on stamps.