My 1st Day Baking

Hi everyone!

My body is still sore from the whole day baking activity I had yesterday (Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011).  It was a 6-hour no-sitting & non-stop baking.  But the all-day work did pay off when my baked goods turned out tasty and merited the approval of our chef, my parents and everyone at home.

I know my parents are hard to please when it comes to food.  Thus, I was relieved and a bit proud that my baked doughnuts turned out to be at par to those found at premium coffeeshops in the metropolis.  {wink, wink}  I just hope that I could duplicate what I've learned at home. hahaha {crossing my fingers}

I was too tired to take great food shots of my doughnuts yesterday.  In fact, I almost forgot to take a photo of finished goods to keep as remembrance as they were fast being consumed at home. lol  Below are the photos of the various doughnuts we were able to make last Saturday:

Choco glazed doughnuts in various shapes

Honey glazed choco doughnuts & Jelly doughnuts

Choco walnut doughnuts, Choco glazed regular doughnuts & Honey glazed regular doughnuts

Stay tune for future postings of my baked goods for the next 4 weeks.  I never thought I'll enjoy baking again after 20+ years of shying away from it. {sigh}  I just hope I can handle the next 4 weeks of baking.  As they say no pain, no gain.

Sketches 4 All St. Jude Childrens Christmas Card Blog Hop (Nikki Sivils sponsored): Nov. 12 - 15, '11

Welcome to the Sketches 4 All St. Jude Children's Christmas Card Blog Hop with Sponsor Nikki Sivils! The bloghop starts now Nov. 12 and ends Nov. 15, 2011.

If you arrived from Margie's blog, you're in the right track.  If you got lost, please refer to the bloghop line-up below:

Fia - bloghop's 1st stop

Michelle

Stacy

Jessica

Cheryl

Margie

Kathleen  -  you are here

Rebecca

Jennifer

Nikki Sivils sponsored the products: The Gingerbread Land Collection for us DT to create the cards we will be donating to the: St. Jude Children's Cancer Research Hospital!  We are excited to add some Christmas joy and smiles to the St. Jude Cancer Children Hospital! 

If you would like to join us in sending SJCCH's children Christmas Card, you can send them to: 

St.Jude Children Research hospital

595 N parkway

Memphis,TN

38105 USA

ATT: Vilma Carnahan

Please leave a comment on each DT blogs and your name will be entered into the  grand prize drawing for the Nikki Sivils You're A Hoot 12 x12 paper kit!!

Become a follower of my blog: Creo by Lady Katutz and leave a comment on this post, you'll be eligible for a SMALL RAK aside from the Nikki Sivils grand prize above.  The small RAK to be given is a MINI KIT put together by yours truly for this bloghop.  Winner of this RAK shall be randomly drawn.

Please come and enjoy the DT's inspiration cards we will be donating to SJCCH!!


Please pardon me, since I reside in the Philippines, the sponsored materials by Nikki Sivils hasn't reached me yet.  I promise to create and donate (2) cards from the Gingerbread line of Nikki Sivils when these materials do arrive.


Love & Regards,

 Kathleen (Kath) MC B. Hernandez
Sketches4All (S4All / S4A) Design Team Member
{creative team member and monthly challenge host}

Colorful Creations’ “TAG You’re It!” Member’s BlogHop (Nov. 11 – 12, 2011)

Welcome to another of Colorful Creations’ Member’s BlogHop.  This is the 2^nd time I’m participating with their Member’s BlogHop.  The general theme of the BlogHop is “TAG YOU’RE IT!”.   

So how does this blog hop work? You will need to visit each blog and leave a comment that you have been there. Your last stop will be the CC blogspot. To qualify for the GRAND prize you will need to leave a comment on each blog letting us know you have visited all the blogs as well as complete each blog’s project. A winner will be randomly selected. You have from November 11th thru November 12th (12:00 a.m. eastern time) to complete the hop. All entries must be uploaded to the blogs by November 16th and a winner will be selected on November 17th.


Along the way you will find some design team members offering up their own raks and prizes!!!!


I’m the 3^rd stop and if you’ve arrived from Keely’s Blog then you’re in the right track.  Just in case you got lost, you’ll find the sequence of the bloghop below:

Nanette

Keely

Kathleen H. – you’re here

Marivic

Jenessa

Colorful Creations

Now on to my bloghop challenge! . . .

My TAG challenge theme for the BlogHop is “HIS & HERS TAG or JUST EMBOSS IT”!!

Instructions:

1.       Create either a set of tags – 1 for a boy & 1 for a girl, OR Create a single tag with embossing.

2.       The tag created should be new as of challenge posting date.

3.       The tag cannot be combined with any other Colorful Creations challenges.

4.       You must be a follower of my blog: Creo by Lady Katutz to be eligible for my prize/RAK.  And to qualify for the GRAND PRIZE draw, you will need to leave a comment on each blog letting us know you have visited all the blogs as well as complete each blog’s project.

5.       Your tag creation should be uploaded and entered via my blog’s link below to qualify as entry. 

6.       You have until November 16, 2011 (US timezone) to submit your tag creations.

Here’s my SAMPLE of HIS & HERS EMBOSSED TAG:

 

A "HIS" Embossed Tag

A "HERS" Embossed Tag

Here’s the PRIZE RAK I’ll be providing for the winner of my challenge:

A MINI SCRAPBOOKING TOTE BAG

FOR THE BlogHop GRAND PRIZE:
1 SET OF (4) TAGS BY MARIVIC CLIFTON

Our hop is being sponsored by Marivic Clifton who will be offering these beautiful tags to the grand prize winner of the hop.  In order to be eligible to win the grand prize you must participate in each hop, and leave a comment on each blog that you are now a follower of this blog and I'll include your name in the drawing.

It is just easy to incorporate these amazing tags in any projects. There are so much details yet it remains sophisticated and beautiful … just add few elements and it's done.

 

CHALLENGES ENTERED INTO:

1.  The Pink Elephant TPE124 – Gift tags (2 tag entries) 

2.  The Ribbon reel Challenge #14 – Colour Combo  

3.  The Paper Shelter Challenge #39 – “All in Pink”  

4.  Colour Create Challenge #83 – Turquoise, Deep Pink & Ivory  

5.  The Paper Crafting Journey Challenge #23 – Embossing  

6.  Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge – Embossing!  

"Plain Yogart Day" LO for Sketches4All

It's my 3rd monthly challenge at Sketches4All.  And I would like to break the good news that my term with the said site has been renewed.  YAY!!  More opportunity for me to get myself occupied and have an escape from worrying too much about a number of things.  Of course,  I need things to be done at home with family but this will afford me a "ME" time, I hope, with the coming Christmas Season.

Anyway, back to my hosted challenge at Sketches4All: November 2011 Dessert, Coffee or Tea Inspired By Challenge --

Use the photo below as your inspiration.  Create any project you wish using the photo provided.  May you be inspired by the colors, the kind of dessert the photo is showing or any you might think of.

1.      Upload your LO in the Sketches4All's gallery with a tag: Kath’sInspiredBy1
2.      Challenge started last Nov. 1, 2011 at Sketches4All and will end Nov. 30, 2011 (at Manila, Philippines timezone).  To view Manila time: http://localtimes.info/Asia/Philippines/Manila/

Here's my sample LO:

Here's the Inspiration Sketch I used from 

"For the Love of Sketches":

Winner will be drawn at the end of November 2011. 

A small RAK will be provided to the winner.

SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!  HEAD ON TO SKETCHES4ALL! 


Love & Regards,

 Kathleen (Kath) MC B. Hernandez
Sketches4All (S4All / S4A) Design Team Member
{creative team member and monthly challenge host}

Welcome to "Creo by Lady Katutz"

Hi, everyone!  Welcome!

If you came from my old scrapbooking blog: "Let's Get Scrappy!", you found me.  Actually, I'm still putting together the finishing touches and have been planning on having this blog live probably start of 2012.  But I've sent out introductions to most of my scrappy friends in the blogosphere.  And I can't hazard another google mishap on my old blog, "Let's Get Scrappy!".  Thus, I'm going live now this November 11, 2011 (11/11/11).  What a coincidence, isn't it?  It would make a memorable start for "Creo by Lady Katutz"

I'll still be using my old blog until end of December 2011 and will be really be live on 2012.  For the meantime, feel free to leave a comment on the total look and feel of my new blog and enjoy the new challenges & upcoming events all throughout this 4th quarter of 2011.  I'll be probably synchronizing blogposts here with posts on my old blog.  Please bear with me.

Again, thanks for dropping by and welcome to all my crafting & baking friends. =)