Told You I Was Busy........

I don't know what it is with Hubby and ice fishing with me. I come home from work and there he stands at the sink with at least a couple of fish. Brags to no end how many fish were there. So, the time comes that I go out to that same spot and not one fish to be found.

Nothing. Nada. Skunked.

Oh well, at least someone in the house is catching them!

Friday night we decided to try a new recipie with the whitefish we caught and holah! Delish! We found the little gem in the pages of Outdoor Canada.

Whitefish Florentine

Serves 4.

1 lb. spinach

1/2 tsp. sugar

2 tbsp. butter

2 tbsp. all-purpose flour

1 1/4cups milk

3/4 cup mushrooms, thinly sliced

3/4 cup grated Swiss cheese

2 tbsp. chopped parsley

Salt and pepper, to taste

1/2 to 3/4 tbsp. nutmeg

1 lb. whitefish fillets

Wash spinach thoroughly and pack into a saucepan. Sprinkle with sugar, cover and cook over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes. Lift lid and cook for an additional 2 minutes. Drain and spread spinach on the bottom of a greased 1½-quart casserole dish. Set aside. Next, in same saucepan melt butter, stir in flour and cook over low heat for 1 minute. Add milk and stir to blend; cook until slightly thickened. Add mushrooms, cheese, parsley, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Stir until cheese is melted. Next, spread fillets over spinach and pour sauce over fish. Bake at 350ºF for 30 minutes

Anyways enough fish tales, here is something scrappy......

That wasn't the only thing I did. I created a fun little Maya Road mini album. It was so much fun to do too. And I am also willing to teach it at any local scrapbook stores or retreats too.

Chipboard Purse Album and Key: Maya Road
Patterned Paper: Daisy D’s
Flowers: Prima Marketing
Rub Ons: Hers by Urban Lily
Chipboard Letters: Center of Attention by Heidi Swapp
Buttons: Craft Supply
Metal Foil: Stix 2

Thanks for looking!

Ring in the New Year!

Happy New Year to everyone! I think 2008 is gonna be a good year. I feel it. It came in a little rocky the past few days, I suffered from the retched holiday hangover.

No, I wasn't partying too much on New years, in fact it was fairly laid back and spent with my pregnant neighbour! No, I spent the last two days with a ridiculous headache. I think it was the change of pace getting back into the routine of work that threw me off. So, no creating the past couple of days.

But I am back at it later tonight. But for now, I just had to pop in and send some greetings for now! Be back later!

Right Back At It Again...

I'm back from the Christmas madness!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. We certainly did. We didn't go back to Saskatchewan this year, and it made for a bittersweet stay at home, but it was definitely a much more relaxing time. Instead of the 2 days of travelling, trying to split 3 days between two households and a full agenda of visiting everyone, we did what we felt like, when we felt like it. Relaxation and a fair bit of ice fishing!

And as far as scrapping, I just played. Experimented.

I did make something though. Here, I'll show you..........

It is a Teabag Album and Tin.

See? I played with Prima flowers, lace and paper by Iron Orchid Designs. Can you tell I love the stuff?

Before I show you a peek of inside my teabag album, I have to show you how I got the dyed look on that big flower using Twinkling H20s.

Place your flower flat on a washable surface. What I noticed is that these flowers are saturated with color. Doing this technique will make the color bleed slightly.

Dilute some black twinkling H2O and dab it in the middle of the flower. Using the brush, then pull the paint outwards to the middle of each petal (in the photo, the middle is about where the silver reaches). Make sure when you do this, that the brush is water soaked. At this point, the flower will soak up the water and you will be able to watch it climb to edge of the petals.

Next, dilute some silver twinkling H2O and lightly brush it from the middle of the flower outwards. If the silver seems to strong, dilute it by brushing over with a water soaked brush.

Let dry. To speed up the process, you can use a hair dryer.

The finished result will have pulled the flower color (dye) and the black twinkling H2O to the end of the petals as shown.

With that said, the rest of the album:

Page 1 and 2

Page 3 and 4

Page 5 and 6

And have a great New Years too. Thanks for stopping by!