Cakes and mice

Hi.  In my last post I said I had been busy but not doing cards. So what have I been up to.? .... Well it's was my granddaughters 1st birthday. So my daughter asked me to make her a birthday cake.  So I am thinking cute little cup cakes and trust me I felt out of my comfort zone decorating cupcakes. So imagine my panic when my beautiful daughter said she wanted a castle cake.....

 What no cute little cup cakes with piped swirls and a few sprinkles...

I could just about challenge myself with these.

No it has to be a castle cake for Ellie's 1st birthday.

so this is what my little princess got.

this picture was taken before I added a few more details like the path gravel, candles and a few other little things.

In this one you can see the top towers  were lit up I used battery lit tea light candles.

and here view looking down. Like my cards, my cake had lots of edible glitter added. You can just see it added to my granddaughters name.

I am very pleased how the cake turned out. Considering this was the very 1st time I have used fondant, let alone picked up a icing bag.

 

My worry now is this.... if this is  what my daughter wanted for Ellie's 1st birthday.....

what extravagant ideas will my daughter and granddaughter have for grandma to make for coming birthdays.

 

and here are the mice I made as a little extra gift for Ellie.

these little mice were in the molly makes magazine last year and,

I thought i would make them for Ellie.

I had some help with little cutie. My friend Caz at the paperlane / witch wool shop in Northallerton

she kindly knitted the little cardigan shes wearing.  As my knitting skills are very limited.

Caz she has so many beautiful yarns I wish i could knit but i don't have Patience.

She stocks yarns that are very good quality and so soft they are just pure luxury

She made this little cardigan  from alpaca wool,

But she also stocks

Silk & Merino, cashmere blends, 100% Baby Llama and Merinos wools/yarns.

And here is the little boy mouse. his waist coat looks a little large so think 

 I make make him a more fitted one.

I hope you have enjoyed a little look at something a little different from my usual cards

Thank you for visiting my blog.

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Please feel free to leave comment or ask questions about the cards I make. All comments are truly appreciated. I dearly love to read all your comments, as they inspire me to create more beautiful cards to share with you.

bYe ByE

for now

Klare

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Thank you- Magnolia hanging Bunnie

Sorry I've not been posting regular of late but I have been been busy with other things than cards. But just thought I would share this cute little thank you card I made.

Just a simple little card with lots of mat and layering.

The image is a magnolia stamp-hanging Bunnie

The image was coloured with mainly polychomo pencils and blended with Sandor and a blending stump. I also used a few copic markers.

Image as you can see was stitched around the outer edge.

The papers used through out the card are from primas pixie glen 6x6 pad.

As you can see I added a Dollie and some lace off cuts, and a few stick on pearls

Also a seam binding bow with pearl in centre just to finish off this cute little card.

Thank you for visiting my blog.

 

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Please feel free to leave comment or ask questions about the cards I make. All comments are truly appreciated. I dearly love to read all your comments, as they inspire me to create more beautiful cards to share with you.

bYe ByE

for now

Klare

:O)

x

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Valentines penny black stamp card

Welcome to my blog I have another card to share with you today. So are we enjoying the snow? or are you wishing for it to go yet? Me i love to she it and how clean and bright it looks and how beautiful nature looks with a sprinkling of sparkling crystal blanket of snow.

So its coming to that time next event in the celebration calender....

Valentines day.

  

So for this card I pulled out some of my older stamps from Penny Black.

theses were some of the first stamps I bought that got me interested in rubber stamping.

 

So here is close up of the  stamped image. It was a smaller image than I am used to working with.

This cute little cat holding a rose was just so sweet for a valentines card he was coloured with copic markers. Then i used so bright apple red glitter for the heart and the rose.

 

So as the image was so small. worked on embellishing it to make it fill out the card.

I used a memory box heart die and added a joy craft flourish die at the point of the heart.

Then layered that with ribbons and lace.

 

Inside card was finished off to compliment the outside.

Thank you for visiting my blog.

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Please feel free to leave comment or ask questions about the cards I make. All comments are truly appreciated.

bYe ByE

for now

Klare

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x

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Wee stamps card

Happy new year to you all. Hope this year will bring you plenty of happy times and many cherished memories for the future.

I know I not been around as much  sorry to those of you who cheek out my blog on a regular basis. Well I'm am glad Christmas festivities are over and its the start of a New year. New beginnings, plans and ideas hopefully.

Have been stuck in Christmas mode with my cards and glad its over so I can try and get my mo-Jo back and create something other than that.

 

 

 Today's card I have used

Fairy belle papers from prima ( I added glamour dust glitter with quickly glue pen)

Copic markers and polychromo pencils (image)

Perfect pearls (image on wings)

Selection of wild orchid flowers

Wee stamps (these came free on paper craft essentials magazine)

Joy crafts cutting die

ribbon lace and stick on pearls and crystals.

Picture quality is not good on next picture

As I took picture with lamp on  to show all the glitter.

(need a day light lamp then could show picture in better light)

Fingers crossed for next Christmas eh ..lol

With the quickly glue pen you can outline where you want the glitter

and the nib so fine you get a nice fine line.

Then just sprinkle your glitter on top glue ink, tap off the excess glitter, and you have lovely glitter embellished papers.

To added the perfect pearls i just used the glue pen again and took a dry paint brush with some pearl powder and applied to glue area on wings. brushed off the fall out . cant see in this picture but the wings have a lovely pink iridescence to them.

 

Here is the inside of the card didn't have to do much to this, just outlined the parts i wanted to have glitter with glue pen and added the sparkle.

The papers from this pad are so pretty.

Thank you for visiting my blog.

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Please feel free to leave comment or ask questions about the cards I make. All comments are truly appreciated.

bYe ByE

for now

Klare

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x

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