DIY Foil Labels for Homemade Canned Gifts Plus Roasted Jalapeno Ranch Dip Recipe

I love to hand out handmade gifts to people, and when I can make something with elements from my garden, even better!  This year it is roasted jalapeno ranch dip!  I grew the onions, jalapenos, garlic and cilantro myself!  Then it is all about the label and the handmade card for the final look!

This post also contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links.  Various companies provided me with some product to create this project.  The opinions I share are solely my own.

Check out how I made the foil labels in the video below

DIY FOIL LABELS

1) Print out your labels on a laser printer.  It needs to be a laser printer as that will allow the foil to stick to the toner and make it pretty!

2) Run your labels thorough your Glaminator with the color of the foil of your choice.  I picked green to go with the color of the dip!  Now they are all pretty and shiny!

3) Cut them up into individual labels.  I rounded the corners to make them look a little neater.  Then ran them through my Xyron Creative Station Lite to turn them into stickers!!

4) Now you just pop them onto your jars!  Easy since they are now stickers!

Now for the recipe for the dip!!  it is so yummy and a great way to use up my jalapenos!

Roasted Jalapeno Ranch Dip

Ingredients

2 quarts Sour Cream
12 Jalapenos
5 whole green onions
3 large cloves of garlic
1 lime
1 bunch fresh cilantro
3 tbsp dried dill
1 tbsp salt

Directions

1) Cut in half and seed jalapenos and place on cookie sheet skin side up for 20 min at 425F to roast.  Let cool completely.
2) Rough chop onions, garlic, cilantro (stem included) and place into blender with 2 cups of sour cream.  Blend.
3) Add zest and juice of the whole lime to the blender.
4) Add cooled jalapenos, dill, and salt and blend again.
5) Pour blended ingredients into a large bowl and add in the rest our the sour cream and mix.
6) Taste to see if you need more salt, dill, or lime.  Keep chilled.

Tips!!

1) Add more or less jalapenos depending if you want more or less heat!  Totally up to you!
2) You can do half sour cream and half mayo if you wish - work great that way too!

This dip is great on so many things here are just a few suggestions

1) Fresh veggies
2) Chicken Strips
3) On Chili
4) Tacos
5) Tortilla Chips
6) Eggs
7) Potatoes

What are you making for your friends and family this year?

Interested in the supplies I used in this project? Most are listed below and some are affiliate links, which generates a me little commission (at not extra cost to you at all) when you click on the link and make a purchase. 

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Rustic String Art Ornaments

Handmade Christmas ornaments are a wonderful tradition we love to do in our family, and each year we make a few new ones.  Here is a fun set we made this year!!

This post also contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links.  Various companies provided me with some product to create this project.  The opinions I share are solely my own.

This year we made some string art on wood slices with yarn!!  I help my younger kids put in the nails, but they had a blast doing the yarn.   Check otu the video below to see how to make these fun ornaments.

Start off first with gather your supplies (links are all down below), and to help you organize all the supplies I used my Deflecto Caddy Storage Tray.  The tray made it so easy to keep everything organized and for the kids to find the supplies they wanted to finished their ornament!

All the little bits of yarn, nails, twine, and wood slices fit so wonderfully!

Start by drawing your design onto the wood slice and then nailing in your nails.  I chose a nice small nail, 3/4" long.  Make sure not to go all the way through, and include enough nails to make your design make sense.  To make life easy, stick with simple ones like a star and tree, it is just a triangle!!!!

Add a little loop to the end of your yarn with a knot and then start winding it around the nails!

Tie off the end of the yarn with a little knot when you have made enough loops.  Don't forget to add the twine to the top to to make it an ornament!

What kinds of fun ornaments will you make today?

Interested in the supplies I used in this project? Most are listed below and some are affiliate links, which generates a me little commission (at not extra cost to you at all) when you click on the link and make a purchase. Affiliate and product disclosure can be found here.

Arbonne Shop at: O	Amazon Storefront Shop at: AZ	Fiskars Scissors 8" Shop at: AZ	Love Knitting Paint Box Yarn Shop at: O
Patons Alpaca Blend Yarn Shop at: AZ	Arteza Slices Shop at: O	Deflecto Caddy Storage Tray Shop at: SB	3/4" Nails Shop at: AZ
Craft hammer Shop at: AZ

Christmas Fun Fold Cards - Scrapbook.com Holiday Card Parade

I just love fun fold cards, and why not make some that are a little Christmas inspired with some layers and ink blending!! Check below for all the details and also for the amazing giveaway!

This post also contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links.  Various companies provided me with some product to create this project.  The opinions I share are solely my own.

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Supplies Used Interested in the supplies I used in this project? Most are listed below and some are affiliate links, which generates a me little commission (at not extra cost to you at all) when you click on the link and make a purchase. Affiliate and product disclosure can be found here.

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