Box Card with Bug Chocolates

 Anya stamp, Martha Stewart punch, Bigz flower die and Nestabilities die.

 Tim Holtz tag die, and flourish die. Happy birthday stamps. Gold dabber around the edges.

 Random flower punches and a matching brad.

I used My Minds Eye paper stack. Bug Chocolates to add a welcome surprise!

Altered Storage Box

This started out as a naked wooden box for many years, until.........
first I painted the whole thing white, then once dry used mod podge glue to stick on papers from My Minds Eye stack named Bohemia. Then I used a brown stamp pad to distress around the edges of the wood and the paper.
Using Tim Holtz Hardware Findings die, I cut 4 decorative hinge things out of thick card, bashed the living daylights out of them with Tim Holtz texture hammer. Painted them dark brown and when dry rubbed gold rub-ons over the surface. Then stuck them into position using silicone glue. My Paul then kindly drilled a single hole through each draw centre. Using random knobs bought from local DIY centre attached them one to each draw.

Bramly Cottage Birthday Cake

This is a cake I made for my daughter's 7th birthday. I started with a Norwegian sponge, has 12 eggs in each cake, but tastes good and doesn't sag! Sponged together with strawberry jam and butter cream.
Shaped the whole cake to look like a tree stump.
Covered the whole cake with ready to roll out royal icing.
Then got to work making branches, mice, leaves, apples and so on. I used food colouring for the painting.
The mice I hand painted  before they went on. The tree stump and the leaves I painted together.
This cake took me three days in total to make and decorate, the look on my Laura's face....wow, she loved it! Tasted good too.