Stickers

Old magazines, comic books or gift wrap
• 2 tsp. flavored gelatin
• 5 tsp. boiling water
• Paintbrush

Time needed: Under 1 Hour

Step 1: Cut a bunch of pictures from the magazines, comic books or gift wrap.
		Step 2: With a small paintbrush, coat the backs of the cutouts with a thin layer of gelatin solution. Let dry, and the stickers are ready to lick and stick.

Misc.

These are some misc. substitutes that can come in real handy.

• Light Corn Syrup 1 cup + 1 Tbsp granulated sugar & 1/4 C water
• Dark Corn Syrup 1 cup + 1 Tbsp brown sugar & 1/4 cup water
• Gluten & dairy free maple syrup or honey can also be used as a corn syrup replacer

 

Dairy

= to 1 C of orginial Dairy Product

 

Butter

1cup dairy free margarine & 1 1/2 Tbsp water

 

Butter Milk

1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar or lemon juice topped up to 1 cup with gluten & dairy free milk alternative (soy milk, potato milk)

allow the liquid to stand for 4 to 6 minutes before dadding to a recipe

 

Double or heavy Cream

2/3 cup milk alternative & 1/3 cup melted dairy free margarine

 

Single or light Cream

1/4 Cup milk alternative & 1/4 cup melted dairy free margarine

 

Evaporated Milk

use Single Cream as listed above

 

Sweetened Condensed Milk

1/2 Cup Dari-Free, 3/4 cup Sugar, 2 Tbsp dairy free margarine, 1/2 tsp xanthan gum or guar gum

Mix all the ingredients together well

Bring slowly to a boil over a med. heat stirring constantly

Boil for 1 minute or until thick & bubbling stirring constantly

Chill liquid before adding to recipe

Egg

In place of a large Egg you can use

• 1/4 cup fruit puree
• 3 Tbsp Tapioca starch flour & 3 Tbsp water
• 1/4 cup blended plain soft tofu
• 1 Tbsp ground flax seed soaked in 3 Tbsp water

 

GF Flour Mix

Gluten Fee Flour mix

4 C white rice flour

1 C potato starch flour

1 C tapioca starch flour

It is advisable to make a huge batch of this flour & store it in an airtight container so that when you need to bake you do not have to first mix up the right quantity of lour before you start. After mixing store in freezer. flour deteriorates rather quickly by freezing you will prolong its life. The flour doesn’t freeze whole it remains loose. Don’t have to bring it to room temp. either unless your making bread dough.

Plain flour Mix

2 C of above GF Flour Mix

2 tsp. Xanthan gum

Self-rising Flour

2 C of above GF Flour Mix

2 tsp Xanthan Gum

2 tsp. Baking Powder

Amy's Tutorial for Transparency

Transparency Tutorial

(Paint Shop Pro 7 Version)

It is important to remember that before you begin your graphic to rename the first layer "background" and turn it off (this can be done by clicking on the glasses to put a red x over them).

   

Add a new layer for the first part of your doll (ie. the head). Add a new layer for each new part of your doll (ie one layer for the head, another layer for the body, another for the legs, etc.).

   

When you have fully assembled your doll, go to layers->merge all visible.

   

Now, go to your background layer and click on the glasses again to make the background layer visible.

   

Make sure the background layer is selected and click on your background color on the color palette (on the right side of your screen). Make the background a weird color that isn’t in your graphic. I use neon colors.

   

Using your fill tool, fill the background of your image with your weird color by right clicking somewhere in the empty space around your doll.

   

Go to layers->merge all visible

   

Now go to file->export->gif optimizer.

   

In the transparency tab, at the bottom of the box, you’ll see "areas that match this color" and a color box. Make that color match your weird background color by clicking first on the color box and then somewhere on your weird color in the image in the top right box of the optimizer window. Click ok. Give your new doll a filename and press save.

   

You did it! It wasn’t that hard was it? LOL.