Challenges and Texas Toast

Well, I am trying to get my house back together so I haven’t had a whole lot of scrapping time. I did, however, manage to get a challenge done at Hummie’s that grabbed my attention. She is doing a whole gradient theme at the moment and the latest technique challenge is a simple gradient mask. I would have had a hard time scrapping these pictures but the challenge inspired me to do a layout that I am very happy with. Oh, and by the way … Hummie is Queen for the Day at DST today so stop in and say hi.

The frame is from Angel Wings N Things – Dirty Boy
The pin is from Heavenly Designs – Paper Bag
The font is Qlassic Bold

I visited Hummie’s blog earlier today and she was talking about Texas Toast. Now there was post where this was brought up yesterday. I have to admit … I thought it was very odd that Texas toast was mentioned in connection with maple syrup. In fact, I was mildly repulsed *LOL* You see, when someone mentions Texas Toast to me I think of this …
See? I was thinking that Garlic and Maple syrup are not the best combo. From reading Hummie’s post it seems that what she calls Texas Toast, I call French Toast *L*. So, Hummie, now I can answer the question posted on your blog…

How do I make my Texas Toast? I take it from the box and throw it in the oven for a few minutes. *L*

As for how I make my French Toast …. I crack a few eggs, a splash of milk, add a generous splash of vanilla extract and a couple shakes of ground cinnamon and then I quickly dip both sides of my bread in it (not too long though…I hate when it stays soggy in the middle) and then I grill it up. If I’m feeling fancy or want to give the kids an extra treat I may sprinkle it with a little confectioners sugar.

So there you go

Teacher Appreciation Week

Did you know that this week is National Teacher Appreciation Week? Having several teachers in my family I know just how under-appreciated (not to mention underpaid) these important people are. It’s not too late to send a little something into school with your child just to say thank you to their teacher. My daughter’s school is having a luncheon for the teachers and staff and I volunteered to bake some dessert. As I was baking it I was thinking how I should share the recipe since I have never once taken this one someplace and not been asked for the recipe multiple times.

Does it look yummy? It is! In fact, it’s so yummy that as I was cutting them and packing them up for the school….I snitched one (Shhh, don’t tell the teachers…they’ll never know *L*)

Anyway…here’s the recipe. Oh, and did I mention they are SUPER easy too?

Cream Cheese Bars
2 8 oz pckgs cream cheese, softened
1 cp white sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teasp vanilla
2 8 oz pckgs refrigerated crescent rolls
1/4 cup white sugar
1 teasp cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350
Lightly grease a 9X13 pan.
In medium bowl, cream together cream cheese and 1 cp sugar until smooth.
Stir in egg yolk and vanilla
Unwrap one package of crescent rolls, and spread in pan pinching seams together lightly.
Pour and spread cream cheese mix over the crescent rolls.
Unwrap next pckg of crescent rolls and spread on top of cream cheese pinching seams together.
Combine remaining sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over the top.
Bake for 30 – 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until the top begins to brown.
Cool and cut into bars.

I also have a bunch of layouts I’ve done recently and keep forgetting to post. I’ll just add a few today so you aren’t stuck looking at 20 of them all at once *L*

Here is one that I just finished for the Sunshine Girls Challenge.

Background paper and bracket from Flergs Denim Blues Kit.
Black And White alpha from Seebies Freebies
Blue Alpha from Jessies scrap Shak – Baby’s First Haircut kit.
Font is Pea Beth

And, thanks to one of Britt from Britt-ish Designs’ NSD Challenges, I finally did a Disney layout. I’m afraid to screw them up so they sit there just asking to be scrapped *L*

Her Royal Highness and Who needs a fairy godmother kits by Britt-ish Designs.
Glitter style by Flergs.
Fonts – Pristina and Edwardian Script

Oh, and last, but certainly not least…have you seen the new Designer Color Challenge at Hummie’s? I’m working on my new kit, are you? Here’s the color palette. Click it to go to the Challenge thread.