Why did the chicken cross the road?  To go on an adventure, of course!

Well today I am playing with the cutest Sale-a-bration stamp set, Hey Chick.  You can get this stamp set, right now, FREE with a $50 merchandise order.  Hello! cute chickens and  free, what’s not to love about that.

Hey Chick Clear Mount Stamp Set – 143331

You can check out the Sale-a-bration brochure at the end of this post.

Also, this is the last day you can get all twelve of this month’s tutorials free with your $50 merchandise order as well, bonus upon bonus! See below!

YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW TODAY’S PROJECT WAS CREATED IN TODAY’S STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL.  SEE HOW TO GET IT AND 11 OTHER TUTORIALS FROM THIS MONTH FREE BELOW.  LEARN TECHNIQUES YOU CAN APPLY TO YOUR OTHER STAMPING PROJECTS AS WELL.  

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Complete Supply List

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Hey Chick Clear Mount Stamp Set – 143331

Wild About Flowers Photopolymer Stamp Set – 138728

Mint Macaron 1″ Dotted Lace Trim – 138424

Real Red 3/8″ (1 Cm) Stitched Satin Ribbon – 141693

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad – 131179

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad – 140931

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad – 126976

Dapper Denim Classic Stampin’ Pad – 141394

Always Artichoke Classic Stampin’ Pad – 126972

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad – 126953

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 100730

Real Red 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 102482

Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin’ Pad – 126952

Mini Glue Dots – 103683

Stampin’ Dimensionals – 104430

Stamping Sponges – 141337

Many Marvelous Markers – 131264

Aqua Painters – 103954

Bone Folder – 102300

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On another note. . . .

I do a whole lot of canning and storing food away during the Summer when my garden is exploding with produce, but I also do some canning during every season. Here is one that is perfect for Winter.

This week I canned beans, beans, beans. . . .Pinto, Navy and Black Beans.  I didn’t grow them, I just picked up bags of dried beans when I caught them on sale.  If you are anything like me, when you see a recipe that calls for beans you pass on it if you have to wait to soak your beans so they are usable, or pay a very high price to purchase your beans already canned.   You can can beans yourself for about 25 cents a can and it is so easy.  This is what I do.

Sterilize your jars, bands and lids.  Rinse your dried beans and pick out anything that shouldn’t be in them.  In a pint jar add 1/2 a cup of beans, 1/2 tsp canning or kosher Salt to your jar and fill the jar up with water, leaving 1″ head room (space at top).  That 1/2 cup of beans will fill the jar, they expand a lot!

Process your beans in a pressure canner for 90 minutes at 10 pounds of pressure, here in Ohio.  You must use a pressure canner.  You cannot use a water bath canner for this.

I have an enormous pressure canner, because I can a lot!  My pressure canner holds 18 pint jars.  There are much smaller pressure canners out there.  They are a great investment and it will last you a life time.

After 90 minutes, let the pressure in your canner drop to zero and then take your wonderful, ready to use canned beans out of the canner.  I canned 36 jars in a matter of an afternoon saving me loads of money, at least $36 dollars.  🙂  The next day my beans were put on my top pantry shelf.  I have all the beans I need for a really long time to add to any recipe I find.