Engagement Card

An Engagement card, I thought I'd keep on the cake theme and this Cake stamp by Papertrey Ink seemed perfect for the job.

It is stamped with Ocean Tides Pallete Ink then the blossoms with Versamark then heat set with white embossing powder, The Label 1 Nestabilities where used to cut out the shapes and Kreaxion punch used for the corners, all tied together with a satin ribbon and a few blossoms and pearls added to finish.

Lemon Drizzle Cake Recipe

Lemon Drizzle Cake Recipe just couldn't be easier.

ingrediants

8oz Caster Sugar, 8oz butter or Margerine, 8oz Self Raising Flour

4 Eggs, Pinch of salt, 2 Fresh Lemons

Method

Beat the sugar and butter until light and creamy, add 2 eggs the salt and roughly a 3rd of the flour and beat into the mixture, grate the rind of the lemons and add this to the mixture add the remaining 2 eggs and another 3rd of the flour and beat well.

Add the last of the flour into the mixture but do not beat this, fold in gently I use the figure of 8 method.
Grease a large cake tin, mine is a 8.5" round tin, add the mixture and bake at 180C for around 40 - 45 mins

Topping

Squeeze the juice of the lemons and add sugar to it untill it is a thick consistancy and spoon the mixture over the top of the cake while it is still warm.

Rubberstamp Tapestry - Violet Border

A rubberstamp Tapestry Card made using the Violet Border Peg Stamp set by Rubberstamp Tapestry

I punched the corners with the EK success Heart corner adorna andthen glued a lavender shade card on the inside of the base card so that it would show through where I'd used the corner punch, with the same shade lavender card I cut out the Larger of the 2 Nestabilities label dies then cut out the smaller one in white and used the peg stamps on top of the white label.

I used Versacolor ink pads in shades Lavenderfor the flowers and butterfly, Split Pea for the lush foilage and Fresh Green for the bunnytail grass.

the 2 label die shapes were glued together and then a ribbon wrapped around them and tied in a bow at the front, I also slotted a charm onto the ribbon to lie at the top of the label shapes. I used a block You are loved sentiment stamp also by Rubberstamp Tapestry in the center of the label shaped with the same lavender ink.

Everything was layered on top of the base card then I stamped the Bitterflies evenly spaces around the label shapes.

Lemon Drizzle Cake

I baked a cake!

Something I haven't done in a little while, yesterdays card set me off on the lemon theme I think.

My Mam when I was at home baked the most amazing goodies from home made bread to the finest cakes I've ever had and her lemon drizzle cake was just to die for.

I set to baking this for work thinking that it would go down very nicely with our 11 o'clock cuppa, unfortunately whilst I was cutting it up and packaging it a piece just fell in my mouth (funny how that happens) well I can even begin to tell you just how mouth watering delicious it is.

Finger licking good.

Sow Summer - Copic Markers

We had a bit of Sunshine and so the summer colours got an airing.

I used a pale blue base card then using a piece of lemon card embossed it using the Swiss Dot cuttlebug folder and and wrapped a sheer blue ribbon around this and tied a bow on the back of the lemon card (I decided to use it with the reversed debossed side).

I stamped the wheat stamp onto white card stock and coloured it with copic markers then used the nestabilities to cut it into an oval (2 little pieces of low tack tape hold the nestabilities in place whilst cutting out) I cut out a blue oval with the scalloped die. The sentiment stamp was from a Papertrey Ink stamp set cut out with the SU word slot punch.

Fleur De Li's - Passion

After sitting at my craft desk for many hours with a crafting block and panicking that I'd lost my MoJo this is what I came up with. It was the punch that inspired me, I just punched out the shape from a piece of black card and slowly I started to build up the image of what I wanted.

Panic over...

I punched four more Fleur De Li's from black card stock and arranged them onto a square of red card stock I used a black button and tied red and black ribbon and knotted it at the front of the button.

I added black diamond stickles glitter glue to accent the shapes then matted and layered onto a piece of black card to form a frame.

Attention to detail; the punched red shapes that popped out of the card have been sponged with black ink and added above the punched Fleur De Li's holes to mirror the image, the black pearls were added to the red sponged shapes.

If you are wondering where the black pearls came from well I have to admit to cheating, I only had normal pearl colours but used a permanent black marker to colour them.

Dandelion & Flourish Card

I started with a Black base card 14 x 14cm and using a Stamp around wheel and So Swirly Jumbo wheel by stamping up I rolled it down one side of the card with versamark and heat set with black embossing powder.

The rectangle shapes were cut using the nestablities dies and stamped the Dandelion in black ink onto the smallest of the rectangle shapes.

Finished with a sheer white ribbon tied into a bow.

Acetate card

I've yet to figure out how to take a good picture of an acetate card, it always seems to catch the light.

The little birds were stamped directly onto the acetate card using white Stazon, I using matting a layering with the Nestabilities Label dies and pretty papers I stamped the sentiment onto the top layer then the bird onto a scrap piece of white card and cut it out before adding it to the card, a pretty ribbon and a blossom to finish.

I think the hardest part of making a clear acetate card is hiding where you attach the pieces to it, I get round this by adding the same to the back of the acetate to mirror the front and this seems to work well for me.

My Star

I thought I would share a family moment with you all, Picture the scene.
Natalie set up her Mixer equipment up in the loft and started singing, I'm sure the rest of the street will have enjoyed it as much as I did, this was the result, I love sitting with her while she sings.

Please be patient, the video takes time to open, there is no picture just the song itself.

either on You Tube here

or play below

Melting Pot Beads - Suze Weinbrrg

I bought this little beauty at Graphicus after seeing it demo'd on Friday

I have to say it is a learning curve as I have burnt fingers and at one point even managed to burn and discolour the UTEE.

However I persevered and ended up with some pretty unusual bead charms see images below.

I will now invest in more colours of UTEE to satisfy my craze.

A few of the beads I made with the Melting Pot