Friday 28 November 2008

Morgan - Get Well Card

Hello,
here's my second attempt at doing some stitching on a card.
I think it looks very effective and it adds a nice weight to the finished card.
Just having started I only have a few stamps,
but this is definitely one of my favourites.


The stamp is from Whipper Snapper.
I coloured it with Promarkers.
It's taking me some time to get used to them, but hopefully my shading techniques
will get better with practice.
Both the Promarkers and the stamp were from
http://www.diestodiefor.com/categories.php
The ribbon is from http://www.poppicrafts.co.uk/catalog/index.php

Wednesday 26 November 2008

Handbag Card

I went to my first Papercrafts show in September,
which really inspired me to get back into card making.
One of the many things I bought, was a goodybag from Craftwork Cards.
These are great.
They contain the cards, plus all the embellishments and sayings
you need to complete them.
Check out their website for this season's goodybags.

Here's my handbag card, made with one of their kits,
and paper from Papermania - Simply Elegant.



Sunday 23 November 2008

My First Post

Hello, and welcome to my very first post.. this is kind of scary.. lol*
I am an MSN refugee, and trying to get to grips with learning how forums work,
so I thought, 'what a great time to start a new blog'....
in for a penny...


This weekend's project was a little sweet treat, that I found on the web,
(forget the fact that I am on a diet and can't sample the results).
It's actually made with cereal, but don't let that fool you,
you can probably put weight on just by looking at it.


You could probably use any cereal, and any chocolate for the topping.
Or you could be realy decadent out and use dark, white and milk chocolate all in one go.

240g Cereal ( I used half plain shreddies and half coco shreddies)
220g brown sugar
85g butter
3 tbsps liquid glucose
1/4 tsp baking powder
50g white chocolate buttons.

Method
Measure out the cereal into a large mixing bowl, and line a baking sheet with greaseproof paper.
In a glass bowl, microwave the sugar, butter and liquid glucose for 1 or 2 mins on high.
Stir until melted and smooth. Stir in the baking powder.
Pour over the cereal, stirring to coat it all. Microwave on high for 3 mins.
Stir after every minute to make sure all the cereal is coated.
Spread onto the baking sheet and cool for 10 mins.
Melt the white choc butons in the microwave - about 1 min 30 seconds - until they have melted.
Use a fork to drizzle the chocolate over the cereal.
Put in the fridge to set.
Break into chunks.