RJ's 2nd birthday

Where have those last 2 years gone?!
Our darling little grandson, Richard, is 2 today :)
Here are his cards, the first one made for uncle Jake to give him...

This is Freddie, I absolutely LOVE this image, it reminded me of RJ the moment I saw it.
I coloured the image with promarkers, and teamed it up with Dino-mite papers by Bazzill Basics.
'nephew' was cut from this die...

I cut out the letters that I needed, and used the 'm' for the 'w'.
The number 2 was cut using a Die-namics die (By the numbers).

I'd like to enter 'Freddie' at:
I love Promarkers - anything goes
Crafting By Designs - add a sentiment
Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
Seize The Birthday - anything goes


UPDATE 20/10/16:
Thank you so much for choosing my card :)

And here is his card from us...

Can you tell what his favourite film is? My daughter has lost count of the times that she's sat and watched it with him. To infinity..and beyond! ;)
I paper pieced the card, adding the shirt pattern and the cow print with markers.
'Grandson' is a Crafts Too die, I used the same number die as before, and 'RJ' was cut using a free alphabet die from a craft magazine. I used one of the flowers from SU's Boho Blossoms punch for the stirrups on the boots. The star punch is also by Stampin Up. I finished the shirt with Tattered Lace buttons.

Looking forward to seeing the birthday boy later today for his tea party :)
My daughter has made his cake, her first ever make, I think she has done a superb job!

Thanks for looking.

Helen's 50th birthday cakes

These are the cakes that I made for my sister...

I was giggling while making this one...

and with the words added...

Hehehe!

A double birthday party.

My grandsons are having a joint birthday party tomorrow.

RJ was 1 on monday, Mikey will be 5 on Nov 5th.

I offered to make their party cake, a double sided 2 tier cake...

Mikey's side... Mikey likes Minions.
So this minion is 'up to his neck' in cake ;)

RJ's favourite toy is his Mickey Mouse plush.
I'm not adventurous enough to model a Mickey Mouse out of fondant, so went with this for his side...

Used the same idea that I did for his card.
I have 2 round black fondant ears to add to the top of this side of the cake, I'll insert them using wooden kebab sticks before the party.

EDITED TO ADD:  This is the mickey side with the ears attached. This was taken with my phone so isn't a very clear photo...

The bottom cake is vanilla madeira, the top is Mikey's favourite, chocolate.

I can rest up for a while now before work this evening.. *Phew!*

A Golden day...

Today is my parents' golden wedding anniversary :)
50 years married, and they haven't gotten fed up of each other yet! haha!!

I made a cake for them, Date & Walnut, their fave...

They aren't big fondant fans, so I only covered the top, choosing to wrap the sides with white card and gold organza to pretty it up a little.

And here's the card that I made...

I've used dies from Spellbinders Nestabilities Decorative Elements 'Elegant Ovals', '50'  and '&' were cut using dies from Die-namics By The Number & By The Letter sets, and 'mum' and 'dad' were both cut using word dies by Clearly Besotted Stamps.
The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye, Stella & Rose, Hattie pad, and the flowers are all from The Ribbon Girl.

I'd like to enter this card at:
Sister Act  - Anything goes
Crafts Galore - Anything goes

Mikey The Knight

Here's a pic of the cake that I made for my grandson, Mikey, who was 4 last week...

I made him a castle cake, the photo above was taken just after i'd finished it.

The following pic was taken once we'd delivered it and had his action figures placed around it,
I wasn't brave enough to have a go at modelling those!

Mikey was very happy with his cake, phew! success!

A day to remember

Today is our daughter & new son-in-law's wedding day! :)

I wanted to keep to a CAS theme so that this beautiful Heart of Hearts die by Impression Obsession could really stand out.

I have added a verse to the inside, i've no idea who wrote it though, so I can't give credit where it's due...

Plan together for the future
but don't forget to live today
Enjoy each precious moment
of your journey on the way

Snuggle close when storm clouds gather
Love will overcome all fears
Build a picture book of happiness
to add to through the years

Fill your lives with special memories
that are made along the way
Always remember to take time
to say "I love you" every day

Enjoy a happy life together
Have fun and laughter too
For that's the very special wish
That we send to both of you

Lovely verse isn't it?

Here's a photo of the cake I have made for them:

Cake: top tier is red velvet, bottom tier is chocolate.

Congratulations Laura & Rich xx

Emma & cake

We had a lovely time last night celebrating Emma's special day, and she loved her birthday cake :)

The bottom cake is plain madeira cake (but has a subtle vanilla flavour)
The 'shoebox' cake is layers of red velvet cake, which I flavoured with raspberry
The shoe was made over 3 weeks, I made the toe and instep part and had to dry them out while resting on cardboard and packed with bubble wrap, the heel was made and dried out using a cocktail stick, once thoroughly dry, I 'glued' them together with black royal icing and then added the bow and the pink insole, before leaving to dry out further.

Can I just say that black icing tastes REVOLTING!