There's a whole lotta baking going on!

There's a whole lotta baking going on in our house today!

Though I have no 'Sweetheart' to make a card for,  I made a Valentines Thank you card to the Queen of my  Heart... my lovely daughter. 

I am always proud of my shy and artistic 14 year old daughter and today seemed like a good day to show it... by making her a card.

 I tried to get a lot of texture in this one, the big heart is recycled card from packaging, the wrapping paper covering is recycled Cath Kidston, stuck down and sanded and then smooshed with a mix of Mint Liquid Pearls and Crystal Stickles The greeting was embossed and cut out from a Cuttlebug embossing folder (Woo Hoo Anita!) All topped off with lashings of Glossy Accents and a decorated Prima Flower.

She has already made a gorgeous batch of Sausage Rolls and is just putting the first batch of Peanut Butter Cookies into the oven. 

The Hummingbird Bakery cookbook is certainly MY favourite of her Christmas presents... beating the Derwent Watercolour Pencils simply because she keeps making beautiful things, which we both get to eat!

Last week she made the most delicate 'Lavender Cupcakes'... loving all this baking!

I ma entering this into the Queen-of-Hearts-challenge at Quietfire Style

Heart Shaped Tag

A small tag made by using a die cut large heart which was  then crackle glazed using gold nail polish and white crackle glaze nail polish (!) as I had no Distress Crackle. Distress embossed with Old Paper Distress Embossing Powder. The edges were sanded down and swiped with Distress Ink in Dried Marigold. The wonderful image is from the fabulous Graphic 45 Steampunk Debutante pad which is so gorgeous I was reluctant to even cut into! To finish,  I added Glossy Accents to the ladies Top Hat, some distress stickles, a beautiful Prima flower(which I distressed and added Glossy Accents to and the spare button from one of my daughters old PE teeshirt.

I am entering this into the Grungy Monday crackle challenge  grungy-monday-34-were-cracking-up