Ages and Ages

It has been Ages and Ages since I last blogged, I'm sorry. DH is home on leave right now and I haven't so much as picked up a single stamp in the last month I think. O.k. that's not totally true. I did make quick nametags for a church thing but other then that, I haven't done anything. I forgot to take pics of those, sorry... But I did take pics of the cake I made.

And here is a top view of the cake.

My writting skills still leave a little to be desired, which is sad since I have a message press set that I got for my birthday. If my writting is this bad with that set, imagine how bad it is without it though. *snicker*

Oh, and I forgot to share this one with you. In our church we do what is called Baby Blessings, sort of like a Christening, but not. Anyhow, my best friend had a baby in December and asked me if I could make a cake for the family party she did after her baby's blessing. I gladly said yes. The frosting consistency wasn't quite what I wanted but it still turned out nice.

Wall Art

I was at Walmart the other night and found some great frames on clearance. I just had to snatch some up to create some fun wall art. These were so simple and easy to create.

All that I did with these was stamp the Garden Sillouettes stamp set in Black Staz-On onto a piece of Whisper White Cardstock. Then I mounted each one into a frame. The whole set took less then 5 minutes which included taking the frames out of the packaging and cutting the cardstock and everything. I absolutely love how these turned out.

My next one that I did was this Family Frame:

I bought some wooden letters at Hobby Lobby a couple of months ago with the intention of altering them for my mom for a present. The letters I bought happened to come in a pack of two so I had enough to do one for me as well. Well I went months with them in my drawer and never did anything with them. When I found this great frame at Walmart for $5 I knew that it was time to pull out the letters. I used the Brocade Backgrounds (SU) paper to alter these along with some ribbon and silk flowers from Hobby Lobby and some Primas. I used some Cream CS that I got from HL as the background. I now have this hanging on my wall above some family pictures.

My mom's will be in Americana colors. I just need to get the right papers for hers. I thought I had some good ones in the colors I needed but I don't. I hope I have inspired you to see what you can do with a frame. I did get some other frames but haven't used those yet.

Heart and Snow

So I woke up yesterday morning to a lot of snow out my window. We had a nice little snow storm. I have a spinal cord condition so I can't shovel my snow (I did during our first storm of the year and was in bed for about a week after). So since then my neighbor has been doing it. Well that is until yesterday. Someone else got to it before he could. I went outside to get my mail and I see my friend Alice trying to hurry and jump in her van without me seeing. And I see this:
Alice had shoveled my porch, sidewalk, and driveway and piled it all up into the corner of my front yard and sculpted it into a heart. Sweet huh?! How in the world she was able to do most of it without me knowing I have no clue. I literally didn't see her till she was trying to get into her van to drive away. Boy do I have great friends or what?

Friday night stamping

I am in a birthday swap group and so tonight I sat down to make the February girls birthday card. I decided to use my cuttlebug and some chalks and see what I could come up with. I embossed my whisper white CS using the stylized flower embossing folder. I then used my dew drop chalks and some applicators to highlight the piece. I used some close to cocoa Patterned paper and a certainly celery card base. I added some primas and a brad in the middle. I finished off the card by stamping the sentiment in Close To Cocoa ink. I hope she likes it! I sure do!

I liked the way that it turned out so much that I chose to do another one. I used the textile embossing folder this time and rubbed the chalks on the piece. I mounted it to Lavender Lace CS, added some ribbon and a velvet prima with bling brad and attached it using dimensionals on a Certainly Celery base. I stamped the sentiment using Black ink. I so love the way that this one turned out. And I love this technique of using the cuttlebug and chalks together. You should try it sometime!

Cake Class Finale!

So tonight was my final cake class. *sniff* And I do mean final..... *sniff* *sniff*


But, Course 3 was a blast! Course 3 was working with Fondant and Tiered cakes. And I have this to show for all my efforts in these classes.

I'm so pleased, what do you think?




Close up on Roses (you can see the leaves in the background)

I love it! Yay me!

Don't fall over in shock!

Seriously, I mean it, don't fall over. I know your shocked..... me too! I actually stamped! *shock*

I am doing a workshop next weekend. My first one in a few years. So I sat down to come up with projects. The hostess wants Valentines projects. The first one I came up with is this one:

My sweet friend Belinda (who also happens to be my SU! upline) let me borrow her Unfrogettable set (I seriously need to buy this set). For this adorable (if I do say so myself) card is made using Certainly Celery CS, Rose Red CS, Basic Black CS, and Shimmer White CS. I stamped the frog onto the SW CS using Staz On ink (it holds watercolor better and doesn't run and the shimmer CS is gorgeous when used with water coloring). I used the Watercolor Crayons and Aquapainter to color the image. Then I mounted the image onto Basic Black and then Rose Red. I stamped Happy Valentines Day using the StazOn on to the bottom of the Rose Red piece and added some gingham black ribbon. I mounted the piece onto the CC card base using dimensionals. Less then 5 minutes! Love it! I am going to get some gogglie eyes and add those but I need to pick them up from the craft store.

I made another card but didn't quite like it so I changed it. I need to get some ribbon to add to it but as soon as I do I will post that one. I want to make the hostess gift using the Free & the Brave set (hostess is also a military wife and she has her house decorated in Americana so I thought it would be nice) but I didn't know if I would get the set in time so I came up with something else just in case.

I used the Time Well Spent (Level 3 hostess set). Colors used are Cameo Coral, Apricot Appeal, and Real Red. I love how these turned out. Here is a close up of the card:
I am happy to report that I will be receiving The Free & the Brave on Tuesday so I will have plenty of time to hopefully put together the gift I have in my head. I will post that when I finish with it. For now, I need to go and put together a list of things I am making for my Pampered Chef open house tomorrow. I have everything bought for it, I just need to have a list of what needs to be made and when so it's all ready. Have a fabulous weekend!

Been too long

So I was informed by my mom that it has been a while since I last blogged. Oops! You know it's bad when your mom starts telling you to blog more. *insert blush here*

So I have a post for you today. Sorry it isn't stamp related but I do plan to stamp today so I should have projects to show you in the next couple of days. This post is to show off my cake that I made in class last night. I am now in course 3 of the Wilton Cake Classes and it's fabulous! Although with my spinal cord condition rolling the Fondant isn't so easy but the end result is totally worth it. At least I think it is. This is my very first ever Fondant cake. What do ya think?

Top view of the cake (the shiny parts are where the Fondant got wet from adding the bow. I had more curliques on there but I didn't like them so I took them off)

Another view of the cake. The class book wanted the centers of the flowers to be different colors, but I didn't want to make that many icing colors.

And there you have it, my very first Fondant cake. I am so pleased with the end result. Which is saying something considering I never like anything I do.