Happy Birthday Lianne - a pass and a fail!

Firstly - a very Happy Birthday to my beautiful daughter Lianne.
I will share her card with you next week (hint hint!)

When we went to Disneyland Paris last November, she and Chloe bought me a silcone mould of mickey mouse heads as a Thank-you. So, when asked what cake she'd like for her birthday, this was the choice.
FAIL!!!
The cake stuck badly to the mould and didn't come out well :(
Lianne doesn't like buttercream so I had planned on adding Glace icing and hundreds & thousands.
Here is the result - what a joke lol!

She said they tasted nice so thats good.

Then, I've been a little down lately - a few issues - so Robert sent me these absolutely stunning flowers to cheer me up!

Lastly, a pass!
These were made for a friend's Mums birthday.

I put them into a box I got from Lakeland and tied it with a double bow.

A close up below although it doesn't show the edible pink glitter very well.

TFL

xxx

Happy Birthday Anita - a little early :)

On Saturday at Cardinal Colours Crop we celebrated Anita's Birthday - a little early I know but we won't see her again til the end of the month.
This is the card I made for her.
I used a 6x6" version of BG Nook and Pantry paper for the background and layered with an embossed sheet of white card then a frame cut with a Marianne die.

The image is House Mouse and is coloured with Copic pens aswell as some gellyroll glitter pens.

I distressed the edge and inked before adding with 3d pads.

A few roses from my stash were place under the image and a CWC greeting mounted onto an SU punched oval which I have stickled with gold.

I made Chocolate Orange Cupcakes for the occassion decorated with Orange jellies and Lindt Intensly Orange Chocolate pieces. Here they are ready in the box to go.

Oh, I forgot to mention the edible glitter too!

A close-up :)


Believe it or not I didn't have one as I have given up sweet things for lent, especially chocolate!

Happy Birthday Anita, hope you had a lovely day and will enjoy your birthday on the 21st.

Just purr-fect - A pagemap challenge

This is another page made at Cardinal Colours crop on Saturday and another PageMap Challenge

I have used the same set of papers ~ Basic Grey- Sweet Threads ~ and larger images of the photographs to create a "double".
I ran a pen line along the edge of the white cardstock again and a rough double circle to tie them together.

The roses are stapled in place.

The same butterflies were also used along with some of the element stickers from the collection page of papers.

The flowers were cut from the same sheet as before.

As it's to match the other, I decided they would be purr-fect together, hence the title.

Thanks for looking :)



Miaow - A pagemap challenge

I enjoyed making the last page ~The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel ~ so much that I was thrilled to see

a very similar design in the March Pagemaps.

This is my take on the sketch.
I have used Basic Grey Sweet Threads papers and white dotted swiss bazzill.

The strip along the bottom has been cut with shredding scissors to create a fringed effect then random
strips added vertically. I cut the flowers from a floral sheet and raised some on 3d foam pads.
I used bubble wrap again to form a dotty pattern along with some splatter of cosmic shimmer mist,
then drew a rough double circle around a plate. I also ran a black line around the edge of the white cardstock.

Some ribbon mesh roses were added in two places along with some butterflies cut with a new Memory Box die set.

I'd had this spray of diamante for ages and decided to cut into two and add to the side.

The photostrip was created with the same app on my iphone, I love the way you can add existing photos to it aswell as create new ones.

A close-up below of the "bubbles" - bit blurry sorry :(

I know there are various ways to spell Miaow but I like this one the best.

Thanks to PageMaps for yet another month of fantastic images for inspiration.

TFL

xxx



G is for Glitter - Bajan Diners - Scrapology March 2012 Challenge

This month we scrap-lifted our lovely DT member Anita, this is my version.

I used Kaisercraft Sweet Nothings papers from Merly Impressions to create this layout.

The background is a 12x12 cardstock from DCWV which came in kit.

I cut the square from the centre of the die-cut, stuck the edge with 3d foam then returned the middle on doubled foam for extra height and the addition of some orange ribbon.

I cut around the edge of the birdcage and flower on Dozen Roses and cut to 7 x 6 1/4" approx with the cage and leaves extra.

The photograph is 6 x 4 which I trimmed and matted ont the dotty section of Devoted,

this was then slid under the birdcage and flower. This frame was stuck with 3d foam too.

From Devoted, I cut out the birds and additional flowers then added them to the layout along with a bow from the remaining ribbon.

I then added loads of stickles in Platinum, Crystal, Patina, Cinnamon, Tiara and Diamond Black.

It's a shame they dont show very well here.

The butterfly was from a section under the photograph with glossy accents on the body.

Ingredients:

Memories Die Cut

Dozen Roses

Devoted

The ribbons and flowers came from a box of "posh" chocolates Lianne got on her last birthday, so a little recycling here too lol!.

There is lots of dimension to this page too which is not visible.

This is our sketch and Anita's original page:

Why not hop over to the Scrapology Blog to see the other DT samples and take part in the challenge?
Look forward to seeing you pages :)
TFL
xxx

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

On Saturday, Roberts Birthday, we went to Bluewater.

I had a appointment for a facial at the Elemis spa-room in John Lewis and once finished realised I'd forgotten my make-up. A lovely lady on the Bobbi Brown counter gave me a quick make-over so I was ready for our night out.

Following a lovely meal at Loch Fyne - fantastic seafood platter - we went along to the cinema where I had  tickets in the gallery for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel which inspired this layout.

I started with a plain piece of white bazzill and inked the edges.

A piece of bubble wrap was dabbed with Tim Holts distress ink pads in Milled Lavender and Faded jeans, the placed onto the white and pressed lightly. I then added splatters of Cosmic Shimmer and Tattered Angels glimmer mists.

Random strips of paper from the BG Kissing Booth collection were cut and inked then placed onto the cardstock. A recent app on my iphone for a photobooth made the perfect photograph for this layout, especially as we took it whilst waiting for the film!

I tied a thin piece of white organza ribbon around the strip, matted onto paper, then stuck it on at an angle. The journalling block was punched with a large scallop from another of the Kissing Booth papers, I chose this bit as it had "25" on it which was the correct date which I ringed with black pen.

A few flowers from my stash were added with pearl and jewel centres along with a spray of gems.

The title is stickers from the BG collection pack which I have edged with fineliner.

I love the way this alphabet came in three different styles.

The Birds are from the element sticker sheet, inked edges and mounted onto 3d foam pads.

I have been browsing many magazines and blogs lately and have used various techniques/ideas that I have seen. I cannot remember where/when so please let me know if the idea is/was yours and I'll gladly credit you.

As for the film????

I haven't laughed so much in a long time, it was absolutely fabulous and I would recommend everyone to see it - it's ageless (unless you are under 12 when you need to be accompanied by an adult!)

TFL

xxx



Lemon Drizzle Cake

I asked Robert what type of birthday cake he would like and he wanted as the title suggests.

I found the following recipe on the internet and set to work - Lemon Drizzle Cake

First challenge - make lemon curd - easier than I expected.

Next, bake the cake - problem - only have a 9" springform tin not 8" :(

Well, I made it but am not 100pc happy with it.

I think it would have helped if I had the correct sized tin - note to self - buy one!

However, here it is:

The filling is Marscapone swirled with the home made lemon curd.

I dusted the top with icing sugar but you can still see where it stuck to the plate when turning it.

The recipe, once the lemon syrup is added, makes for a very soft cake so not easy to handle, it also darkens the edges making it look a tad burnt but I assure you it's not.

May try them as cupcakes???

The cake stand is my latest purchase from Pampered Chef - so glad I did as they are retiring it this month!

Taste test to come, just off to eat dinner first.

Again, Happy Birthday to my beloved Husband

xxx