Friday, August 9, 2013

Holiday Cards & More, Vol. 8 Blog Hop!

Happy Friday and welcome to Paper Crafts Holiday Cards & More blog hop. We are celebrating this super fun & festive issue filled with many awesome ideas for the holidays. You should arrive here from Kelly Griglione blog.



For this hop, we're asked to create a festive treat wrap and share a favorite holiday recipe. One of my project that get published in this issue is a cookie tote that looked like a gingerbread house. So, continuing with the house theme, I decided to create two house cookie box. I am also entering this for Moxie Fab Holiday Food & Treat Wrap challenge.




Both house were made using Silhouette. I love that machine. I really do. :) Now, for the first house I decorate the top with sparkly May Arts ribbon to add a festive feeling. Colored the window with copic to add warmth to the house. The cute Mrs. Clause is actually one of the gnome from There She Goes My Little Friend set. 


The next box is decorated with Santa from PTI Tiny Treats Christmas set and reindeer from PTI Holiday Tags Stamp set. I lined the window with wax paper.





Now, the recipe. I definitely not a cook. In our household my husband is the cook. Thank goodness, other wise I'll be living of cereal and ramen noodle. Ha... But, I do like making dessert. Unfortunately, since there's only the two of us and 3 dogs, I can't make dessert too often. It can be dangerous, if you know what I mean.
My favorite dessert is cheesecake and tiramisu. I've been known to eat them for dinner on rare occasion. For today I decided to share my favorite tiramisu recipe.
If I am not wrong I got this from Kraft website long time ago. One of the reason I like this recipe, no baking required.
 
TIRAMISU
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
3 cups cold milk
2 pkg. (3.4 oz. each) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided
48 NILLA Wafers
½ cup brewed strong MAXWELL HOUSE Coffee, cooled
2 oz. BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, coarsely grated
1 cup fresh raspberries

Instructions:
1. Beat cream cheese in large bowl with mixer until creamy. Beat in milk and dry pudding mixes. Stir in 2 cups COOL WHIP.
2. Line 2-1/2-qt. bowl with 24 wafers; drizzle with 1/4 cup coffee. Top with half each of the pudding mixture and chocolate. Repeat all layers.
3. Top with remaining COOL WHIP and raspberries. Refrigerate 2 hours.
 
Easy peasy. It's great for party since this recipe is for 14-16 servings.

Last but not least, the giveaway part. PC is giving each of us an extra issue to give away. Simply leave a comment here by midnight CST, Tuesday, August 13 and I'll announce the winner on Wednesday. From here please hop to Maurine Anderson. In case you missed a link, below is the complete list of the hop participants. Thank you so much for stopping by here. 


                                                                        
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70 comments:

Sus said...

Vera, love your holiday boxes!

Chriss Blagrave said...

These are darling, very special!

craftymom205 said...

Cute projects.

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jcobb said...

I lol'ed when I saw these. Adorable! One of my favorite treats is Christmas cookies and these would be perfect!

Gregsgirl's crafty corner said...

oh so cute, I would want to keep these well after Christmas they are adorable and yum recipe too

slbt17 said...

very cute!
Sandra ltb

Dana said...

Oh wow!! What a cute idea! Perfect decoration!!!

TLady said...

OH YUMMY!!!! This recipe sounds DEE-LISH!!!:) Your little houses ARE ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!! :) LOVE the wax paper windows!!!!!:)

Angi Barrs said...

This is so sweet Vera! Love that little Santa!

Jingle said...

Vera, these are absolutely adorable! I love them!

Virginia L. said...

Darling and yummy packages, Vera! So creative!

{VICKI} said...

Super cute idea

Beatrice Lawson said...

Great boxes, and what a cool recipe!

Carol McCready said...

Very fun packaging.

Patty said...

LOVE your recipe. Tiramisu is an all time favorite. And your house boxes are adorable!

Barbara said...

Love your little gift box houses! Perfect for goodies to be shared I'd say. Tiramisu is a favorite of mine as well. :)

Julie S said...

These are adorable!

Diana Enns said...

What fun boxes......love those little houses, and another yummy recipe.

Helen F. said...

What a sweet treat your packaging is, Vera! Love the adorable characters on the box too :)

Sue D said...

Your holiday house treat boxes are adorable!
slrdowney at hotmail dot com

Lillian Child said...

What delightful projects and how did you know that my FAVORITE dessert is tiramisu??!! Thanks for sharing!

PamSpradlin said...

Your gift boxes are adorable...I love Santa trying to go down the chimney. I have seen a few things made with the Silhouette on this hop. When I see things like your boxes it really makes me want one.

Betty said...

Cute!! Thanks for the recipe, also!

Lynda said...

Love your boxes! I definitely want to try your Tirimisu recipe!

Kavitha Vadhri said...

your house cookie box is just amazing and ,thanks for the recipe.

Unknown said...

These boxes are so cute - for treats or for decorations!

Jeanne J. said...

Oh how adorable - I love the little house packaging and all the wonderful little details you added. This will stick around even after the treats are gone!

Alljazzed2create said...

Great packaging idea.. Love the cooky recipe as well. This is a fabulous hop getting all the recipes as well.

Be Blessed
Pam

Unknown said...

The little houses are wonderful! Thanks for the terrific idea! The tiramisu sounds delicious!

Deborah said...

These are adorable little houses and thanks for the recipe

SapphireGyrl said...

I love the little Rudolph.

sapphiregyrl@hotmail.com

Benwah said...

Nice houses. Makes me wish I had a silhouette. thanks for sharing.
Beneta
slayer2b@hotmail.com

Darlene S. said...

Love your holiday houses...soooo cute! Thanks for sharing.

snowbear said...

Cute house boxes...

Helen said...

Adorable!!

cghundley said...

Congrats on your house
in the book! These two
houses are very cute and
fun!
Carla from Utah

Anonymous said...

Recipe sounds yummy - just makes my mouth water right now!

DSW said...

Adorable holiday houses! I, too, could eat tiramisu for supper, but it's good my husband won't allow it!

Lindsey said...

I like both these boxes, but for me, what really makes the one perfect is the Santa in the chimney! So fun.

Amy Williams said...

Such adorable cookie boxes!

Noreen said...

I love your little houses - always a fun way to wrap a gift!

Noreen
Crafty Journal

Torico said...

Super cute!!!

HawaiianLibrarian said...

I'm sorry, but if I worked that hard to make house packaging and tiramisu, you'd have to come to my house to eat it! So special. Mahalo for sharing.

Unknown said...

Home for the holidays! Good one.

elf1023 said...

Cute little houses. Brings back memories of years gone by. Also love the recipe. Thanks.

~Shari said...

My DIL LOVES Tiramasu...she wouldn't see it coming in this darling presentation; and she'd die of shock that I made it! Thanks.
~Shari

jusaweecatnap said...

The houses are adorable. I can see how they'd be loads of fun to decorate.

gabriella said...

The recipe sounds delish and the boxes are fab

Dhez said...

What festive looking boxes and Tiramisu is one of my all-time favorite desserts! TFS!

Anonymous said...

the houses are so cute. I'm going to get those patterns. Love gingerbread. thanks for sharing.

bzyPTmom said...

Love your house boxes--with all of these cool ideas--I have enough ideas to use for holiday gifts for years to come! I have a Pazzles cutter--love it--so perfect for this type of project.

Mary-Anne V said...

Very cute boxes...love the little details.

Gilu J said...

What great holiday boxes. Love them.

Barbara H said...

Thanks for sharing your holiday boxes with us, so cute.

Taunya Butler said...

Both of these packages are so cute! Love the design and the cute stamped images added to make them look more lifelike!!!

Lynne in NI said...

Awww your little gift boxes are adorable. Yummy recipe too, TFS :)

pajaropr said...

One day I will be able to create item like this. Beautiful.

Lindsey said...

Super cute houses...I love the little details, especially the little Santa. How cute is he? This would certainly be a fun way to package goodies.

mimi said...

I love those gingerbread houses - they are just darling!

stampingandstitching said...

Aw Vera, your packaging is absolutely adorable! Love the designs and all the fab details on the boxes - that Santa sneaking down the chimney made me smile:) Thanks so much for your yummy sounding recipe, I can't wait to try it!

Loly Borda said...

Tiramisu is my fav dessert as well! I'll have to try your recipe, your two houses are adorable! TFS

Anonymous said...

Wow! Great house packaging. They are so beautiful. Love your Tiramisu recipe too, it already made me hungry

Denise Bryant said...

Darling little houses, and your recipe sounds delicious!

Isha Gupta said...

Wonderful projects Vera. love them. I would so love to win the magazine. TFS

Katie said...

Your houses look so cute!! Great ideas. Yes, dessert every night can be dangerous. :) Thanks for sharing.

Katie B.

Unknown said...

OK, the houses are just to darn cute. Love the Santa coming out of the chimney!

Unknown said...

Very cute boxes! Love the Santa on the chimney!!! You are right you can't go wrong with a recipe from Kraft - thanks for sharing the Tiramisu recipe!

Kathy Mc said...

Love your boxes, Vera, with Santa popping out of the chimney & Mrs. Claus waiting to greet everyone. Even though I don't drink coffee, I like Tiramisu. TFS your recipe!

Janis said...

Adorable projects!! Love the little Santa in the chimney!
<3 J

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Editor said...

Hey Vera! Thanks for linking this up to the Holiday Food & Treat Wrap Challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

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