Long time, no speak!!

Woahhh!! Howdy bloggers!! :)

It's been sssssssoooooooo long since I last blogged and I apologise for that!! :)

Hope all is well with you guys!

I've been really busy with college and everything and I havent had time to put all of these pages in my albums!! I really need to get some new albums though because at the moment these are just sitting in a box, gathering dust!! :)

So first things first, time to upload a couple of things I made recently, first up is my little tilda card :)
I was going for a kinda muted colour scheme, for example baby blues, baby pinks, duck egg etc and out of the papers that I have, this card came about :)
The papers I used were free ones that came with a magazine and the flowers, ribbon and dewdrops are from my personal stash :)
The stickles I used are "Fruit Punch" and "Waterfall".

Lastly here is my layout :)
I am really pleased with this layout and I actually love it :)
The blue cloud paper is from Colemans, the pink paper is from Basic Grey.
The blooms, brackets, dewdrops, ribbon and chipboard letters are all from my personal stash.

Uhmm so yeah :) That's all for now I think :)
I'll try to blog later in the week if I have time :)

I hope you like my layout and card :P

Speak soon

Apsy xx

Happy Birthday Mum!!

Happy Birthday Mum!!

Go visit her blog and wish her a happy birthday - http://sparklespaperstampsohmy.blogspot.com

Apsy xx

Traybake Cake and a layout :D

Howdy :D

So yesterday I was quite busy making a traybake cake :D

It's really scrummy!!

Tia Page

Turquoise scalloped cardstock - Papermania
American Crafts "Teen" patterned papers - TKMaxx
Butterflies, Buttons, Gems from stash
Sparkly thickers - QVC

Basic Sponge Traybake

Makes approximatley 24 squares

12oz/350g butter/marg (softened)
12oz/350g caster sugar
6 eggs - size 3
12oz/350g SR flour (sifted)
1tbsp baking powder (sifted)

Put all the ingredients in a bowl and beat well
Spoon into a greased, floured 12in x 8in x 2 (30cm x 20cm x 2cm) in baking tray
Bake on gas mark 4/350f/180c for 30-40 minutes

Freeze - Cut cooked cakes into squares, wrap in foil or put into a poly box. Keeps for up to 3 months.

Buttercream Icing

I doubled all of the ingredients for the buttercream but here is the normal quantites

75g/3oz butter (softened)
175g/6oz Icing sugar
1 tbsp milk

Put butter into a bowl, beat until creamy.
Sift and gradually beat in the icing sugar
Add milk and beat again
Add food colouring of your choice

Finally for decoration you can add hundreds and thousands and a marshmallow or 2 on each slice.

Hope you like my cake :D

Christmassy Post!

Hey everybody!
The rain is pouring down where I am and it is a rather horrible day :( All the more reason to update my blog!

I am soooo soooo sooo sorry that I haven't updated in months, been rather busy with college coursework and also partly the fact that I don't have a laptop as I broke it :/

So anyway lol.. last week I had a week off college and so me and my mum had 2 whole days of crafting, with only christmas songs, the weather and the dog to keep us company :D

I got quite a few little projects done thanks to Mish Mash. Her blog is absolutely amazing! She has some brilliant little projects to do and I done most of my bits and pieces from her blog. Thank you Michelle for the inspiration!!

So here goes with my rather christmassy blog post!!

Cocoa For Two Gift Bag

I got this cocoa for two gift idea off Mish Mash - Michelle Wooderson's blog - for Christmas.

I used :

A5 clear bag - Colemans - pack of 50 - £3.25
Ribbon, Flowers, Buttons - Stash
Handmade Paper - Home Bargains - £2.00
Glitter - PeeWee - £5.99

Christmas Scalloped Tag - Front View

Another idea off Mish Mash - Michelle Wooderson's blog - A lovely scalloped tag for a Christmas tag.

I used :

Tags - Colemans - Unsure of price
Papers - Festive Frolics - Colemans - Unsure of price
Doylies - Wilkinsons - Unsure of price
Stickers and buttons - personal stash

Christmas Scalloped Tag - Back View

Items used as before

To/From Tags

Another little project from Mish Mash - Michelle Wooderson - for Christmas gifts.

I used :

Papermania Turquoise cardstock - Colemans - 49p a sheet
Papers and Ribbons - personal stash
Gems - Poundland - Price is obvious!

Pink Doves Minibook

Mini book made from my own sketch.

I used :

Dove stickers - Papermania
BIA white wires - BIA- Unsure of price
BIA Covers - BIA - Unsure of price
BIA pages - BIA - Unsure of price
Stardust Stickles - Colemans - £2.49

Joy/Peace/Noel/Wish/Hope/Celebrate/Yuletide Christmas Card

Christmas card made from my sketches lol.

I used :

Blue Cardstock - Papermania - Unsure of Price
Word rubon - The Works - £1.99
Papers - personal stash
Gems - Papermania - £1.99

Robin Christmas Card

A comic little christmas card from my own ideas.

I used :

Festive frolics striped paper - Papermania - Unsure of price
Robin festive frolics paper - Papermania - Unsure of price
Glossy Accents - Colemans (?) - Unsure of price
Green ribbon - Stash

Snow Bauble Card

Simple little christmas card from my own sketches

I used :

Snow paper - Stash
Crystal Stickles - Colemans - £2.49

Angel Christmas Card

Another card from my ideas

I used :

Angel diecut - Sizziz - Unsure of price
Crystal Stickles - As before

Angel Christmas Card

Another card lol.

I used :

Festive Frolics snow paper - Papermania - Unsure of price
Tim Holtz Antique Linen distress ink - Unsure of price and stockists

Hope you liked my cards and projects (:

Card

Heyy!

Just made a quick card for Mich's C4E Recipe challenge blog. The theme was holidays so I did a halloween themed card (:

I used:
Patterned papers from stash
Ghost and Trick word - Sizzix dies
Stickles
3D Glossy Accents

Hope you like! Will upload more projects and bits when I have a bit more time!