...and a hug around the neck with Pretty Cute Stamps!

Welcome to Pretty Cute Stamps' August Release Hop! 

We are so glad you are joining us.  

Follow each of the PCS designers and comment on what you think about the projects today that use the new stamp releases, and you just might be picking up a $15 Gift Certificate to buy up some of the cute stamps from the Pretty Cute Stamps Store!  All New Releases will be on sale through August 26 and that you can save even more by purchasing the August 2014 Stamp Bundle.

You should have sauntered over here from Lisa's blog...aka, the beginning of the hop!  

Years ago, my mon would sing "I love you, a bushel and a peck" to my first baby.

When I saw this sweet song made into a stamp, I was really glad. 

To add dimension to my card, I water colored the apples in all three apple colors,

red, yellow, and green!  Also, I stamped the basket twice. The top layer is just the basket itself.

Don't you love the brads!  

So..since apple season is just around the corner, I thought I'd share with you a delicious

Pumpkin Apple Streusel Recipe for the season.  

Don't let the pumpkin deter you. These are delicious...esp when fall hits!

Preheat oven to 350 degress. 

Lightly grease 18 muffin cups or use paper liners. 

(I get more like 20-22 muffins out of this recipe.)
In a large bowl, sift together:
2 1/2 cups flour
2 cups white sugar
1 T pumpkin pie spice
1 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
In a separate bowl, mix:
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup canned pumpkin puree
1/2 cup vegetable oil
Add this pumpkin mixture to the flour mixture and stir until just moistened. Fold in 2 cups peeled, cored and chopped apples. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. 

In a small bowl, mix together:
2 T flour
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 t cinnamon.
Cut in 4 T butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle topping evenly over muffin batter.

Bake in preheated oven for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.

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Next up...is Karla...I wonder what she has cooking up for us today!!

Lisa: http://prettycutestampsblog.blogspot.com/ Start here.

Dawn: http://www.dawnmercedes.blogspot.com  You are HERE!!

Karla: http://creative-love-affair.blogspot.ca/  Next up!

Kendra: http://www.inkinitupwithkendra.blogspot.com/

Raven: http://www.love4stamps.blogspot.com