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

A Holtz!an ATC! - Grungy Monday

This ATC cut from thick packaging  is made using my most fave coloured Distress inks (for a long time I only had 2: Vintage Photo and Broken China and they are still the ones I love the best!).

 The little ticket is another all time favourite, free some years ago in my beloved Craft Stamper magazine... It's a ticket  to Fairyland - I love a touch of whimsy!

The flowers are from Basic Grey, I can't remember which set (owls and tree branches) I stamped and embossed lots of extra's and cut them and fastened them on with brads out to add dimension.

This was embossed several times with a sprinkling of Glamour dust sprinkled lightly over it to add fairy sparkle.

 I am entering this into the fantastic Grungy Monday Challenge, Holtzian ATC's

Nail Polish Crackle!

When I saw the Simon Says Stamp challenge today, I was absolutely thrilled, it was a recipe challenge. You need to create something which includes, torn edges, distressing, wings and a button - bliss!


I will add to this post later, but for now I must tell you... my dress form has about 3 different sorts of Crackle techniques on it AND they are all nail varnishes and crackle nail polish - courtesy of my daughter (who, um... doesn't actually know yet!)


I am entering this most happily into the simon-says-stamp-and-show-torn-edges challenge

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

Love Is In The Air

A romantic lady dreaming of her Valentine, created on a wet and windy evening in Brighton. Though the forecast is for heavy snow, it is pouring with rain and blowing a bit of a gale outside. So, I snuggled up and created this. Coloured in Promarkers and lots of added black and silver grey glitter to highlight the details. The heart was stamped using part of a forest stamp (!) and then glossy accented and glittered.

The lady came from the huge box of images that my daughter uses to create collages (her favourite art form) She has collected magazine clippings etc for the last 3 years. Even junk mail gets scoured for suitable bits 'n' bobs for collaging! Sorry I cannot be more specific about the lovely Regency lady.

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I am entering this in the Our Creative Corner Challenge.
Love Is In The Air - A Recipe Challenge
and the  Oldie but Goodie Challenge
and the CABC Challenge - Love is in the Air
and the Delicious Doodles Challenge - all loved up!
and the Joanna Sheen, love-is-in-air-challenge