Easter Teacher gift (pinterest Mash-up)

I saw this great idea on Pinterest for a teacher appreciation gift with EOS lip balm and I also saw some sweet free printable tags. So thought... What about a Pinterest Mash-UP!?!  I printed that tags and added them to the EOS lip balm packages. The EOS colours are perfect for a spring project.

Handmade by Shaz

Here are the two great Pins that spurred this mash-up.  Idea for to use the EOS lip balm as eggs here. The adorable printable tags here. 

Happy Krafting, Shaz

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Chocolate Cupcakes {Gf, Cf, Sf &Nf}

Chocolate cupcakes with cinnamon topping {Gf, Cf, Sf &Nf}

 Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Sugar-free Nut-free Cupcakes

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Celsius.

Ingredients:

2 cup Gluten free flour

(1/2 cup of each: corn, tapioca, brown,white rice )

2/3 cup organic coconut palm sugar 
20-30 drops of Stevia liquid

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda 
1 teaspoon xanthan gum

½ cup warm soy milk

2 large egg

5 tablespoons light olive oil 
2 tablespoon pure vanilla extract 

2 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder

1/4 teaspoon vinegar or lemon juice

1cup water at your discretion

1. Whisk the dry ingredients together and set aside.
2. Using a hand mixer combine the wet ingredients in a large bowl.
3. Add the whisked dry ingredients to the large bowl of wet mixture.
4. Beat on a low setting until batter is thick and smooth. If the batter is too thick it will climb the beaters. Slowly add water to loosen the batter.
5. Scoop batter into lined muffin tray and bake for 10-15 minutes for fluffy sweet sugar, Gluten and Dairy-free Cupcakes.

The Basic Topping

2 table spoons of coconut oil

½ cup of powdered coconut palm sugar: To powder the sugar you place one cup of coconut palm sugar and 2 table spoons corn starch in the blender and blend.

10 drops of Stevia liquid

The cream of one can of coconut milk. To separate the cream, in a can of coconut milk: Place the can of coconut milk in the freezer for one hour. The cream will solidify at the top of the can.

2 table spoons of tapioca flour

1.       Cream the coconut oil and coconut palm sugar adding the stevia drops

2.       Mix in the coconut cream, until the mixture is smooth and light.

3.       Slowly beat in the tapioca flour to thicken the topping.

Variation: add a dash of cinnamon with the tapioca flour.

Spring Cricut Word Art

I have never made an "all Cricut" project. I was so inspired by some Framed Word Wrt on Pinterest.   I thought I would give it a try and why not use my Cricut to cut out all those letter? It seemed like an obvious match. After selecting words that reminded me of Spring, Passover and Easter I got to cutting... I use a few different cartridges to cut out my word, with ruler in hand paced then on my base. The Spring Cricut word art was a success. I love how it turned out!

Happy Krafting, Shaz

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Kool Tween Valentines

Tomorrow is the big day, Valentines! I made these kool Valentines for my tween's classmates. i used non-traditional colours because my kids like to be unique. I also found a "Star Wars" font so the boys' in her class don't feel it's too girly for them. I saw some of the cutest ideas on Pinterest, the Kool-aid cards were my favorite.

My grade two will be shareing these "you're the 'write' friend Valentine" cards with her class. I hope the kids like the mini click pencils. I thought they would be a fun change from candy and chocolate.
Our youngest will be sharing crazy straws with her class. No homemade cards for her, grandma gave her Tinker Bell cards. :(  Our oldest is making her own cards and just for her BFFs. she loves embossing so I am sure her cards will be beautiful!  I only have hubbies card to make. I am also planning to make him a cheese cake. YUM! Have a great V-day!

Happy Krafting, Shaz

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