Cake - Sunshine & Tardis

Yippeeehhhh! Sunshine and lovely temperatures ... it felt so very much like Spring today. To celebrate the change in weather I think we all deserve a nice piece of cake (lol). 
A colleague of mine commissioned a birthday cake for his Dad, he send me this link and said: I want a similar cake for my Dad with writing and everything  (his Dad is to be a bit of a Dr Who fan) ...So I started to design, construct, measure, cut , glue

 and in the end it looked like this

 

vanilla cake with strawberry jam and vanilla buttercream

I wish you all a lovely Sunday with lots of sunshine, Petra.

Lunagirl - Vintage Heart Tag

February is a month I cannot help but associate with roses and red. It seems to be so natural to do so (lol) For Lunagirl Moonbeams challenge: Vintage Red I could not help but to combine the two by altering a wooden heart tag by using a lot of gesso, redish paint and doing a lot of sanding

 

I covered the front with very thin printed paper also sanding the edges

and attached some teeny tiny punched hearts and a wonderful elegant and stylish Lady's hand from Lunagirl Moonbeams  Red collage sheet.

 

The back is covered with paper from Authentique paper, the edges sanded.

I added a little chipboard heart which I did start to decorate but never finished and looked a bit battered. But somehow it seemed to work with the more rustique style. It is embellished with a little printed word and a nother teeny tiny punched heart.

There is still time to take part in the challenge and we would love to see your creations. Pop over to Lunagirl Moonbeams blog to join and to see all the fabulous DT creations. Petra.

Also linked to: Digitally Sweet Challenges

Dream Valley Challenges

Tag Tuesday - Insects

 Spring is almost in the air with Spring-like temperatures, the birds looking for suitable nests and the first bees humming around early flowers. And with the weather being a bit calmer it is such a nice feel. The theme over at Tag Tuesday is so very fitting this week: insects. I choose just one insect, my very favourite one: a butterfly

 

 I covered the basic tag with crinkled sewing pattern tissue paper

 

coloured it with various chalks and ribbed off the tissue paper around the basic tag. 

  

 

I added some gesso to the middle of the tag, spread some watercolour paint on the craftmat and layed

the tag onto the paint. 

 

The butterfly and the sentiment (both Darkroom Doors stamps) were stamped with blue acrylic paint, the lines were created with acrylic paint using atracing wheel. 

 

As embellishments I added some little blings, some wooden beads and a little chiffon ribbon.

Enjoy your Tuesday, Petra.

Cheerful Monday #48 - Black & White

Today is Monday and time for a new challenge, a colour challenge over at the Cheerful Stamp Pad: Black & White. This colour combination is always so classy and I love both colours very much.

 

I created the card background by stamping repeatedly little Penny Black flowers with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. It was not only fun but was also very relaxing (lol)

 

I added some black card and a digital stamp from Bugaboo Digi Stamps. To embellish the card I stamped two butterflies from Crafty Individuals and cut them out and also added some very narrow gingham ribbon.

Hope you have time to join us and also pop over to the blog to see all the fabulous creations from the DT! Petra.

Also linked to Craft Stamper Magazine - Take it, make it challenge 7 for repeat stamping technique

Sweet & Savoury

Yesterday was chocolate making and bread baking day. I made some little Malteser chocolates at home

 

to take them to a bread baking session  a colleague of mine had organised. The bread baking session was great fun. Everybody had a good time and we all learned a lot. I am very happy the way the bread turned out andwill bake some more soon

Wishing you all a happy Sunday, Petra.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I wish you all a wonderful and very happy Day, Petra. x

Photo Session #13 - South Devon/Beesands 08.02.2014: Never Give Up

Well, I thought the race should have been cancelled ... South Devon/Beesands last weekend flooding everywhere and more bad weather to come .... but the Endurancelife race organisers have this slogan: Never Give Up ... so it was not cancelled or re-scheduled and my DH still training hard for his long race had to go and I, well, I went with him ... although quite reluctant I have to admit. And it was quite an experience ... the area is absolutely beautiful with its small villages, wonderful beaches and brilliant walks along the coast ... if it would not have been for the weather ... like in April with sunshine and rain and not to mention the hail which felt like bullets and the gusts (up to 80 mph) and the mud .... and some flooding along the way ....

here they are waiting for the start (marathon distance)

facing some muddy paths and rainy weather and hail during the day

quiet moments full of sunshine and wonder

 effects of the storm

 some flooding along the trail

 and he made it and he did really well!

 While Peter was running, I went for a walk and experienced all the difficulties just like the runners and I enjoyed it (lol)

See you for the next adventure! Keep safe, dry and warm wherever you are.

Petra.