Cake, anyone?

When my daughter & I signed up to do the Wilton Level 2 cake decorating class, it seemed like May would be the perfect time to do it... ha!  We turned out to be crazy busy, lots of activities by all family members, me working more than normal and driving everyone all over the place.  Oh well, amidst it all we learned how to make little gum paste flowers and the classic roses.  Tonight was our grand finale where we each made a cake using flowers we'd made earlier in the course.  We were a little rushed getting cakes baked & iced, and making multiple batches of buttercream icing, so our cakes were pretty quickly thrown together, but we are pretty pleased with the results.  First, here is Paige's cake (she's 14):

And here's mine, I went the gum paste route, just don't look too closely at my first attempt at a basketweave:

Deconstructed Sketch #53

I used my Key Ingredients kit papers for this week's Deconstructed Sketch... I needed a generic guy card yesterday, and my selection was fairly pitiful, so I'm hoping to work on a few male-friendly cards for my stash in the next while.  Hopefully this one fits the bill (even though there's a vague Minnie Mouse feel to it!):

Patterned Papers are Pebbles, Fresh Goods (Key Ingredients kit); Stamps are CTMH; Inks are Outdoor Denim & Tulip - CTMH;

Humble Artist's Swap

I have the priviledge of being a part of the amazing Humble Artist's Swap, and as usual we had quite the list of recquirements for our April cards. They must have:
- at least 8 layers
- use patterned paper from 2 different paper packs
- use 3 different colours of cardstock (not counting neutrals)
- use at least 3 different embellishments
- tie it up (use hemp, twine or waxy flax)
- use an Art Philosophy shape
- be at least 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
I made mine 5"x 6 1/2" -- here's what I came up with:

Patterned papers are Stella & Lucy; Cardstock is Sweet Leaf, Creme Brulee, Cotton Candy, Grey Wool & Colonial White; Natural hemp; Newsprint Rub-ons; Stamp set is Card Word Puzzle; Black & Creme Brulee Ink; Licorice Opaque Pearl; Flutter shapes - all CTMH.

Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #54 & Key Ingredients May Challenge

Yay!  I got my Key Ingredients kit in the mail today... so I immediately pulled it out to make something for the May Key Ingredients challenge which is "May Flowers".  I've used this week's Sketchbook Saturday sketch.  The little canvas flowers came in my KI kit... they have cute little resist hearts embossed on them, so that when I sponged them with ink, the little hearts appeared.

Stamp set is Bloom & Grow, Verve; Baker's Twine, The Twinery; Inks are Black, Heavenly Blue & Baby Pink, CTMH; - all other supplies are the May Key Ingredients kit.

Mojo Monday#242

October Afternoon papers are always some of my favourites, so I've pulled out 5 & Dime for this week's Mojo Monday sketch, along with Verve's lovely Bloom & Grow stamp set:

Patterned papers are 5 & Dime, October Afternoon; Cardstock is Kraft & Colonial White, CTMH; Stamp set is Bloom & Grow, Verve; Inks are Dutch Blue, Cranberry, Sunny Yellow, Black & Desert Sand; Baker's Twine, The Twinery; Black pearls, Want to Scrap.

Play Date Cafe Challenge #132 & Dynamic Duos #3

I made this up for the Splash of Colour challenge at the Play Date Cafe this week...as well as the Dynamic Duos challenge, after seeing a little inspiration on Vicki Wizniuk's blog.  Not sure if you're sick of this stamp set yet... I'm not! 

Cardstock is Creme Brulee, White Daisy & Black; Stamp set is Card Word Puzzle; Sunflower Organdy ribbon, - all CTMH; Ink is Tuxedo Black, Memento;  Copic Markers.

Inspired By #24

I've been wanting to play the Inspired By challenge for the last few weeks, and I always seem to run out of time!  So this week I didn't waste any time, and had an idea as soon as I saw the inspiration photo.  I distressed my little gingham strawberries, and cut a green flower in half to make the leafy green bits:

The inspiration photo:

Patterned papers are 100 Days of Summer, Simple Stories; Baker's Twine, Martha Stewart; Stamp sets are Adorable & Card Sentiments, CTMH; Ink is Tuxedo Black, Memento; Michael's flowers.