Birthday

A beautiful case of charming kindness…

What I love about Stampin' Up, apart from their fabulous products, their superb quality and their designs, is that their demonstrators are so friendly, kind and generous and love to share their talents, ideas and projects. For my card today, I cased (copy and share everything) a card given to me by my friend and… Continue reading A beautiful case of charming kindness…

Birthday · Cakes

VW camper van and modern vintage birthdays…

I've been so busy lately!  The Easter holiday was a blur; mainly because I was on a mission to make a VW camper van cake to celebrate Mick’s 60th birthday!  Now when I’m in cake class, I have my teacher demonstrating how to make the cake.  She is always on hand to help answer questions … this… Continue reading VW camper van and modern vintage birthdays…

Handmade

My first blog award…

A few weeks ago I was nominated for the Liebster blog award by a fellow crafter and Stampin’ Up demonstrator – Yvonne Hunt .   It was so sweet of her to honour me with the award and share my blog with her readers.   * So - what is a Liebster blog award? I had no idea,… Continue reading My first blog award…

Cakes · Easter · Gifts · Punch art

A really sweet Easter …

We made an Easter cake in class this week … it’s a chocolate cake filled with chocolate buttercream, covered in chocolate flavoured icing, topped with a chocolate Easter egg covered in chocolate icing, filled with chocolate mini-eggs! Death by chocolate! But what a way to go!   Great fun to make – and the smell… Continue reading A really sweet Easter …