Angel Feathers ......A Yummy Goodness

A few years ago I went scrapbooking for a weekend in St. Charles MO at the Lococo House Bed and Breakfast. Mrs. Lococo has the true gift of hospitality we had just a good time and we ate ourselves into food coma that weekend. One of the things she made was a version of this yummy goodness.

Our church is a having a dessert auction on Sunday to raise money for the High School Mission Trip to South Dakota to an Indian Reservation. Angel Feathers are my go to dessert for any type of dessert fund raiser. I call them Angel Feathers because one taste and you will think you died and went to heaven!

It is so simple to make and yummmy! It has cream cheese and butter in it, manna from heaven, right?

• 2 Cans Crescent Rolls
• 1-1/4 Cup Sugar
• 8 oz. Cream Cheese
• 1 tsp vanilla (I have dark vanilla here but I used clear vanilla in the recipe)
• 1 stick butter - melted
• 1 Jar Apricot Preserves
• Cinnamon and Sugar

 

I buy the small aluminum pans in bulk from Sams they come in handy for taking things to peoples homes or church and I don't have to worry about getting my pan back.

• Light spray bottom of a 9x13 or small pan

• Spread 1 can of the crescent rolls on the bottom of the pan 
•  Cream together 1 Cup of Sugar, Cream Cheese and Vanilla
• Spread Cream Cheese Mixture on top of Crescent Rolls
• Spread Apricot Preserves on top of Cream Cheese Mixture
• Top with 2nd Can of Crescent Rolls 
• Pour Melted Butter over the whole thing
• Sprinkle with 1/4 cup Sugar and Cinnamon
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes

The yumminess has just begum. The reason I used Apricot Preserves is because they were available at Aldi. You could use any kind of fruit of jam that you wanted.

Ready to go in the oven. This makes the house smell like you are Betty Crocker.

The manna from heaven fresh out of the oven.

Well I hope they fetch top dollar at the Auction. I do make a label for the with my tag line......"so delicious one taste and you'll think you died and went to heaven."

I am off to garage sales. Yeah it isn't raining for once.

Pear Card using Cricut Preserve Cartridge

Hello again. Yesterday was a snow day here in Missouri (today too as a matter of fact) so after the traditional snow day pancake breakfast I cleared the table off to make some more cards. I am on a mission of card making. We recently started going to a new church and they are interested in starting a card care ministry like I was a part of at our old church. I have been making card kits for the ladies to put together to get the ministry started. Everyday Cricut has great ideas using the cricut and all of their wonderful cartridges.

Preserves is another one of those cartridges I purchased at Menards! It was so cheap I had to buy it. I had no idea what I was going to do with it. When I saw THIS card I knew I wanted to make it.

Here is my interpretation.  I used mostly American Craft  Patterned Paper from the  a la Carte collection.
There is one difference between Everyday Cricut's card and mine. All the elements are from the Preserved Cartridge. Yes, and you can cut every thing off the Cricut. There are 2 exception. The base for card and the little leaf which is a Martha Stewart punch. If you don't have this punch you need to run out and buy it. I love this little leaf so cute and versatile.

 
So here it is for you to download. Pear Card Cut File
Keep checking my blog because I am going to have my first give away.
Stay warm (today it is only 2 degrees here in STL) and see you soon.
Oh, if you are looking for a place of worship we go to Gateway Christian Church  we are really enjoying being part of this Christian family and are really growing in our faith being in this body of believers so try it out if you live in the STL area and you can help me with this card ministry!

Cosmo Cricket and the Cricut.......Card

Today was the day I needed to make a card  for my 3rd week of sending out a card every week.  I was looking at the Everyday Cricut website for some ideas for cards using my Cricut and came across a really cute one HERE. On my Black Friday shop-a-thon I purchased the Preserve cartridge at all places a Home Improvement store called Menards. They had Cricut cartridges there for $20.00. Needless to say I went crazy! What attracted me to the card was the paper. It was from Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety 

( FYI-If you click on the names it will take you to the links)  I love Cosmos Cricket paper but it is really hard to find in the stores around STL so with my hot little 40% off coupons I purchased this paper pack!

So to the card............................... These are the elements that you need. If you want specific direction I would want you go to Here (Card Directions) since Melanie is the one who originally designed it. I did make a cut file for it though. The file cuts 6 of the strawberry elements. The other paper I cut with my papercutter.

Here is my version of the card. I made the strawberry 4 1/5 inches instead of 3 1/5 like Melanie did. (Only because I thought it said 4 1/2 inches when I read the direction. Oops)

The saying I printed out on the computer it says if you can't read it "Bless You Berry Much"
Thanks Melanie for the inspiration

Here is the cut file STRAWBERRY CUT FILE

This .cut file is open to everyone enjoy!