A productive sunny Sunday afternoon, sitting outside in the garden, listening to the birds singing and making some cards for my loved ones.
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Great British Bake Off Cake
Summer, sunshine, strawberries!!!
What is better then celebrating the summer with some strawberry cake?!
I made this strawberry white chocolate cake based on a recipe from the "Great British Bake Off" - book and it tasted so loooooovely!
Wedding Card
On the 31.05.2013 my sister got married. The wedding day was amazing, both bride and groom looked gorgeous and everyone was so happy.
To wish them both the very best for their future life together, I made this wedding card. I embroidered their wedding day date onto a piece of creme coloured fabric. The leaves were individually cut off white foam rubber and glued together in a heart shaped wreath. A nice lace like ribbon gave the card the final touch.
xxx
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Merry Christmas 2012
A bit delayed on my blog - but trust me, the cards all went out before xmas :-)
My theme for the cards was Scandinavian Christmas. I reduced the colour scheme down to red and white but made each card slightly different and unique. I used different techniques and materials to finish them, including stamping, stitching, glueing, use of red and white chequered ribbon and red or silver sparkling gems.
Birthday Cards
Manly Birthday Card
For my Dad's birthday I made this card.
I think it can be quite difficult to craft a birthday card for man that isn't overloaded or kitschy but still looks sophisticated and thoughtful.
As my Dad is a person who quite likes to travel and seeing that I moved into a different country, I thought it would be a nice idea to do something with a vintage map print. The print I used was from the latest homemaker magazine. I used a blue card for the base which picks up some of the colour hues in the map print. To give it a bit more interest, I added paper flowers, an organza like ribbon, some gems and a label.
Although I didn't manage to post the card on time to reach him at the day, he was still very touched by the card.
Girly Birthday Card
It might be the spring feeling - I really seem to be back into pink!
This card is for one of my best friend's 27th bday. I used some print from the homemaker magazine, picked the base card colour to match and a vintage ribbon, a very bright ribbon, a paper flower and a paper button to hold it all down.
Fairy Cupcakes
It's been a while since I posted...Today I have quite a few new bits for you.
I've been busy baking yesterday - cupcakes. These were trials for my sister's wedding the end of May. The recipes are from the "Great British Bake Off" book. I went for two different flavours:
Lemon cupcakes with lemon curd butter swirl. They are decorated with pink forget-me-not sugar flowers from Hobbycraft and Dr. Oetker Hundred and Thousands.
Vanilla cupcakes with dark chocolate frosting. Decorated with burgundy forget-me-nots and sugar pearls.
The beautiful cupcake wraps are both from Hobbycraft.
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