12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 6

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 6. This hop will take place November 24th through December 5th and the new postings each day will be posted by 9am eastern standard time. This hop will be full of wonderful ideas and inspiration to get you well on your way of creating all of those beautiful Christmas project. This is an awesome way to get a lot of your Christmas cards, and scrapbook layouts finished, home decorations completed and maybe even be inspired to create something using a new technique that you have never tried.  There will be a new project posted each and every day by all the wonderful amazing ladies in this hop. Also each day we will have a guest designer or two for you to visit. I will be giving away some wonderful blog candy each day of the hop from our amazing sponsors that we have for this hop. I will be posting all the winners from this hop on December 9th. Every one has a chance to win including the ladies participating in the hop and even the guest designers and the sponsors. At the end of each post I will have a list of all the sponsors who are sponsoring this hop all you need to do is click on their name to go to their sites and check out all the wonderful sites. I want to thank each and everyone of the sponsors for their generosity. It has been greatly appreciated.

Here is a complete line up for the hop in case you get lost along the way. You wont want to miss any of the wonderful projects these talented ladies have made.
 
1. Lisa Pontious ~ http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/ 

Jennifer ~ http://www.jennspapercrafts.blogspot.com/ 

Marji ~ http://www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com/ 

2. Ashley ~ http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com/

3. Theresa~ www.thescrapbookingqueen.com

4. Sheila- http://www.2pawprints.blogspot.com/

5. Jillian ~ http://www.paperalamode.com/

6. Pam (Mama LoveBug) ~ http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/

7. Rebecca~ http://blog.scrapprincess.com/

8. Teresa~http://freshandrenewed.blogspot.com/

9. Madge~ http://www.thescrappinlounge.com/

10. Jessi~ http://mylifeinartsncrafts.blogspot.com/

11. Miranda~ http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/

12. Shawnee ~ http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com/

 Now for today's project I decided to do something 

different and give some yummy recipes for you all to try.

Jingle Bell Balls

Ingredients:
3-1/2 cups Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal
3/4 cup M&M's Brand MINIS Chocolate Candies
3-1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
3 tablespoons Parkay Original Stick
1/3 cup Butter
1/8 teaspoon salt

Combine Rice Krispies cereal and M&M'S MINIS Chocolate Candies in large bowl; set aside.Put marshmallows, butter, peanut butter, and salt in large, heavy saucepan, and melt over medium heat 10 minutes or until smooth, stirring occasionally. Pour over cereal mixture, tossing lightly until thoroughly coated.

Shape mixture into 1-1/2-inch balls. Place on waxed paper, and cool until set. Enjoy!

Jolly Snowman Faces

 Ingredients
1 pouch Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 egg
1 container (12 oz) Betty Crocker® Whipped fluffy white frosting
Red string licorice
Assorted candies

1. Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, butter and egg until soft dough forms. On ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart.

2. Bake 11 to 14 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.

3. Frost and decorate 1 cookie at a time. After spreading frosting on cookie, add licorice for band of earmuffs and candies for ear "covers" and snowman face.

Christmas Cookie Meringues

Cookie Ingredients:
3egg whites
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 cup sugar

Filling Ingredients:
1 (6-oz.) pkg. (1 cup) semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon coffee-flavored liqueur
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts

1. Heat oven to 275°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or grease and flour cookie sheets. In small bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar at medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually add 1/2 cup sugar, beating at high speed until stiff peaks form. Drop mixture by scant teaspoonfuls onto paper-lined cookie sheets.

2 In medium bowl, combine all filling ingredients except walnuts; mix well. Stir in walnuts. Drop 1/2 teaspoon filling onto each cookie.

3 Bake at 275°F. for 30 minutes. DO NOT OPEN OVEN. Turn oven off; leave cookies in oven with door closed for 10 minutes. Remove from oven; cool completely. Remove cookies from paper.

Nutter Butter Snowmen

Grab some nutter butters, white chocolate, m+ms, and orange tic-tacs in the grocery store to build these little snowmen. The tic-tacs are such a clever way to add the snowman carrot nose!

Easy Marshmallow Snowmen Cupcakes

You'll Need:

For hat: a chocolate-covered mint "beret" 

For body: two marshmallows -- cut a slice off the top one and squish to make it smaller. Dabs of icing hold parts together

For eyes: chocolate sprinkles (poke holes first with a wet toothpick)

For nose: orange gummy fish (or candy corn piece cut small)

North Pole Cupcakes

You'll Need:
Vanilla Cupcakes
White frosting
Sugar crystals (or coconut might be a cute alternative) 
Candy canes (break off the curved top)
Red M+Ms
Small Cut outs that say "North Pole" (you can print these of hand write them)

Now on to the blog candy for day 6 of this hop. Today I will be 

having 2 winners so I will be giving away 2 different blog candies. 

Blog Candy #1 One is from our wonderful sponsor

Little Scraps Of Heaven Designs.

Little Scraps Of Heaven Designs will be giving one 

lucky winner a $20.00 gift certificate to their store.

Blog Candy #2 is from our wonderful sponsor

Scraptastical Kreations

Scraptastical Kreations will be giving one

lucky winner a $25.00 gift certificate to their store.

To be eligible to win this blog candy you must do the following:

1. Leave a comment here on my post. Your comment must tell me what pattern is your favorite pattern from Little Scraps Of Heaven and What is your favorite pattern from Scraptastical Kreations.

2. Become a follower of my blog 

 Be sure to check out the facebook event page for this hop also ladies because I will be doing little giveaways on there also.


I want to thank each and every sponsor for all their wonderful generosity. You all are truly amazing. Here is a list of all the sponsors of this hop. Please be sure to check them all out you will be glad you did.
 
1. Bo Bunny
http://www.bobunny.com/

2. Pazzles
http://pazzles.net/store/home.php

3. My Creative Time
http://www.creativetimeforme.com/

4. KaDoodle Bug Designs
http://www.kadoodlebugdesigns.com/

5. Little Scraps of Heaven Designs
http://www.littlescrapsofheavendesigns.com/

6.RibbonCarousel
http://shop.ribboncarousel.com/

7. Designs by Sarah's Custom Blog & Blinkie 
http://www.designsbysarahbryan.com/

8. Paper Piecings by Nikki
http://www.paperpiecingsbynikki.com/

9. Scraptastical Kreations
http://www.scraptasticalkreations.com/

10. Designs on Cloud 9
http://www.designsoncloud9.com/

11. Joy's Life
http://joyslife.com/

12. Scrapping Bug Designs
http://scrappingbugdesigns.com/

13. Cardz TV Stamps
http://www.cardztvstamps.blogspot.com/

14. PSA Essentials
http://www.psaessentials.com/

15. Theresa
http://royalcastleshoppe.bigcartel.com/product/pink-paislee-city-sidewalk-collection

16. Barbara Ohanlon
https://www.facebook.com/groups/412968002078251/

17. Ashley
http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com/

18. Lisa (Honeybearz Designs)
http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

19. Paper Creations by Mindy
http://www.papercreationsbymindy.com/

20. Tsunami Rose Designs
http://www.zibbet.com/tsunamirose

21. LoveBug Creations
http://www.lovebugcreations.net/

22. Lucy Kelleher-Close to My Heart Independent Consultant
http://lucyk.ctmh.com

23.Pinque Peacock
http://www.pinquepeacock.com/

24. Patty's Craft Spot
http://www.pattyscraftyspot.com/

25.  Paula Luvs 2 Stamp
http://www.paulaluvs2stamp.typepad.com/

 26. Graphic 45
http://g45papers.com/
 
 Now hop on over to see what Jennifer one of our guest designers has created.