Tuesday, February 05, 2013

whoooooosssssshhhhhh...


Good morning everyone, I hope your all well and having a good week....wwwwooooossssshhhhhhh there flew my Monday, what happened to it...it just rushed by...the cake although a good idea didn't go the best...I made and cooked the sponges...great...then went to make butter icing for the filling along with blackcurrant jam and no icing sugar...aaaahhhhhh I yelled as the light bulb went on...so out came the liquidiser and in went the caster sugar...now how difficult can it be to make icing sugar...bloody hard lol...an hour later after nearly blowing up my liquidiser twice I had what resembled icing sugar...wrong but I made the butter icing anyway...it tasted great but like it had been at the beach for a day...you know that horrible gritty sensation you get from sand in your sandwiches, it doesn't go well with cake...oh well never mind they still ate it but I could hear the gritty bits bless them...well the lesson learnt is always keep a stock of icing sugar and don't try to be too clever lol...right now onto my card for today, using one of the new Magnolia With Love collection cuties...this one is Magnolia With Love - I'm in Love and I love her cute little tights don't you...I coloured her with distress inks and teamed her up with these stunning papers from the Kaisercraft - Pickled Pear 6.5"x6.5" Paper Pad...gorgeous colours isn't it...the pad and stamp are from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...I finished my card with a gorgeous champagne coloured seam binding ribbon bow and a tag from the same pad...I made the sketch up as I went along and am entering it for the Magnolia Mania challenge, Marvelous Magnolia Challenge and the Simon Says Stamp challenge too...Im leaving the cakes alone today and going to concentrate on some crafting, I will stick to what I know I think lol...whatever your up to have a brilliant disaster free day
Mina xxx

distress ink colours used
skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose
 hair - frayed burlap, antique linen
tights - pumice stone
top - scattered straw, antique linen 
 hat - bundled sage  

12 comments:

Chrissy said...

Oh! Mina, that did make me laugh, grit in the icing....gorgeous card though,love the papers and colouring..fabulous.

Luv CHRISSYxx

tilly said...

I love the new papers and Tilda, so sweet, I think I may have filled my cake with custard (Like a doughnut) though lol
Tilly

My'scardcorner said...

Pretty card Mina yes love her tights
Myrax

Hanneke said...

Lol, too bad about the icing sugar! I haven't tried making a proper cake yet myself, just cookies and muffins etc. Love your card, such a sweet Tilda and lovely colors and DP! Hugs, Hanneke

Riet said...

What a beautiful card.

Hugs Riet.xx

KandA said...

Super card Mina. It has a lovely fresh feel and a great design xx

coops said...

so gorgeous mina.i love your pretty papers and really sweet tilda :D

xx coops xx

Mojca said...

Oh the papers are so gorgeous and Tilda is really cute. A perfect card Mina. hugs! Mojca

cebelica said...

Oh well, things doesn't always turn out as you want them to.
Beautiful card again today. I can see why you like this image - it's great. :) Hugs! xx

Shazza said...

oh dear, sand and cake, not a good combo! Never mind, the card turned out perfectly x

Squirrel x said...

Simply stunning sweetie! Hugs, Sxx

Turtle In The Sand said...

Gritty frosting and cold cream. Love both!

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