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What Do You Do in the Summertime?

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Summer is all about fun in the sun, making memories. What Do You Do In The Summertime? captures the bright, poppy feel of those cherished moments. This cute, sunny kit is packed with cheerful patterned papers and sweet summer treat elements for all your summer scrapping needs. Turn your photos into cherished scrapbook pages and save your summer stories now.

Scraps N Pieces by Lori and Heidi have 5 pieces this month – alpha, papers, elements, cardstocks, and a template pack.  Grab them by July 7th to get each piece for just $1.  Mix and match with pieces from the other designers and be sure to check out our Bits N Pieces challenge in the forum to earn points for free products.

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 I made two layouts for you. First up is a layout about some homemade ice cream. I think I need to do that this summer. The recipe is included in this blog post.

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Digikit: Scraps N Pieces – What Do You Do in the Summertime (alpha, cardstock, elements, papers)
Template: Scraps N Pieces – Template Pack 6
Font: KG When Oceans Rise (journal/date)

And this second contains some oldie but goodie photos of my siblings and I in the backyard wading pool.2015-07-01_LO_1985-Summer-Fun

Digikit: Scraps N Pieces – What Do You Do in the Summertime (cardstock, elements, papers)
Template: Scraps N Pieces – Template Pack 6
Font: KG When Oceans Rise (journal/date)

The CT has made some adorable layouts all about your favorite yummy summer treat.

Scraps N Pieces will have this freebie on their Facebook Page or you can pick it up in their newsletter next week if you are subscribed.  See link at the top of their blog.

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Don’t forget to come back tomorrow because we have 3 more (yes I said THREE MORE) new releases that you are not going to want to miss.  They are extraordinary.

 

You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream

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So a few weeks back I made Raspberry Sherbert for me and some Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream for my husband. The Raspberry Sherbert didn’t turn out quite right. It’s not quite the right consistency as you can’t really scoop it, so I won’t share the recipe for it. However, the Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream turned out delicious, although next time I will probably double the amount of chocolate used. This meets the requirements for Mike’s Table’s frozen dessert blog event.

Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream


Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Source: my grandmother Ethel’s old green recipe box

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • dash salt
  • 2 cups milk (I used whole milk)
  • 4 eggs, slightly beaten
  • 1 quart (4 cups) heavy cream
  • 3/4 teaspoon green food coloring (I didn’t use quite this much)
  • 2 teaspoons peppermint extract
  • 1 1-oz. square semi-sweet chocolate, finely chopped

Directions:

Combine sugar, flour and salt in a medium size saucepan; add milk gradually. Cook over medium heat stirring constantly until mixture thickens and bubbles. Remove from heat. Stir half of the mixture slowly into beaten eggs. Stir back into remaining mixture in saucepan. Cook stirring constantly 1 minute. Remove from heat; pour into a large bowl. Stir in cream, food coloring, and extract; chill completely. Pour into a 4-6 quart ice cream maker. Prepare according to manufacturer’s instructions. Fold chocolate into soft ice cream. Freeze until firm.

Yield: a lot