Baking Blog Hop

Welcome to the Baking Blog Hop. You should have come here from Jen's Craft Corner. If you happened across our blog hop you can start at Baking Up Crafts. Everyone has great projects to share and I had so much fun making mine.

I saw this tool box on Sarah's blog -Pink Cricut- and I knew exactly how I wanted to use it. My husband is a VERY handy man and we never have to hire jobs out unless he's to busy to do them himself. But his favorite project right now is working on the 77 camaro he's restoring. It was the car he had when we started dating in 1981. The car had more problems than we realized which is usually the case with older cars. It has been a labor of love. When he has free time he works on it and when he works on his car that means I can craft undisturbed and not feel guilty for being in my scrap room and not in the yard or garden.

I used paper that looks like hammered metal. and covered all the tool box pieces.
I punched holes in the four corners and used brads that look like screws.
He loves his Makita tools so I used cardstock in the same colors as the tools.
The black band around the tool box is black cardstock I ran thru the Clock Works embossing folder because it looks like car gears.
The tools are cut from the Handy Man lite cartridge at 2 1/2". Because this will be used when he's working on his car I used tool images that he would use on his car.


I stamped "You Rev My Engine" which is in the Tool Time stamps from Pink By Design stamps. I LOVE Sarah's stamps.
The tool box handle is a wood dowel that I ran across the silver ink pad from ColorBox Cat Eye inks.I'm going to give this to my husband saturday when he gets home from work. He can spend the afternoon working on his car and have goodies right on his work bench. I made Carmelita Bars and Popcorn Caramel Crunch. I added a Snickers and some packs of peanuts. It gives him a little sweet and salty. If I keep refreshing his ice tea he'll be happy and I can scrapbook all afternoon.
( I'll add the recipe's at the end if you would like them)


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I hope you enjoyed the blog hop. Here's the line up if you've missed anyone.

Baking Up Crafts

Pink Cricut

Gilby's Craftster

Bug Bites

Joyful Stamper

Jen's Craft Corner

Paper Memories- You are Here

Have a Scrap Happy Day!
Dana


CARMELITA BARS

1 jar Butterscotch 1pkg. chocolate chips
2 cups flour 2 cups oatmeal
1 1/2 cups brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups butter 1 teaspoon baking soda

Combine flour, oatmeal, melted butter, brown sugar, baking soda and salt. Grease 9x13 pan and put 2/3 mixture in greased pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 17 minutes. Sprinkle choc. chips and butterscotch sauce over the top, then crumble remaining mixture on top. Bake at 350 degrees for another 17 minutes. Let cool and serve.


POPCORN CARAMEL CRUNCH

4 cups popped popcorn 1 cup dry roasted peanuts
1 cup chowmein noodles 1/2 cup raisins
1 cup sugar 3/4cup butter
1/2 cup light corn syrup 2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

In large grease bowl add popcorn, peanuts, chowmein noodles, raisins. Set aside. In large sauce pan combine sugar, butter, corn syrup and water. Cook over medium heat until mixture reaches soft crack stage with a candy thermometer. Stir occasionally. Remove from heat and stir in cinnamon. Pour over popcorn mixture and pour onto cookie sheet to cool. When cooled break into pieces and store in air tight container.