Today its dull and gloomy, and a perfect day to be at home! The boys are busy doing their little projects - oldest son practicing music for his forthcoming performance and the little one has hijacked the pegs, some of my papers and sellotape and making puppets!! The challenge over on Stamp Something this week is to create a thank you something! I have made this thank you card using an Elisabeth Bell stamp which I had from Funky Kits a long time ago, coloured with my trusty promarkers, red cardstock from Crafters companion and these gorgeous background papers from Nitwits Cherry collection. The lace comes from a local haberdashery shop, which I must admit manages to make me go weak at the knees when I go there and behave like a child in a candy shop!!

Vanilla Sponge, with Swiss meringue buttercream and raspberry conserve, wrapped in

Belgian Chocolate Paste and topped with fresh raspberries!

These were so yummy. I have a tin in which I bake these individual rounds of sponge cake. I split them in two and filled them with some raspberry conserve and a little swiss meringue buttercream. The buttercream was also spread around the outside to hold the belgian chocolate paste in place. A piping of swiss meringue on the top and these local fresh raspberries, and they vanished from the kitchen within minutes!

It's been a good week for crafting for me.......its been good getting out the craft stash! This is one of my favourite stamps by Elisabeth Bell, originally from Sugar Nellie. She has been promarkered, and glamour dusted and I couldnt decide if I should go with pink or purple to mix with the brown so I went with both! The challenge over at Stamp Something, this week is flowers.....which I am sure most crafters have in every shape or form. The pearl dots are Woodwares pearly stuff which works brilliant and is available in many colours. I didnt have a purple rose so I coloured this one with a promarker! I even managed to put some cupcakes with flowers with mine LOL (ok not freshly baked today, but photo from a few weeks ago when I baked them).

Materials used:

Promarkers, brown and pink cardstock, glamour dust, Woodware pearly stuff, lace and ribbon, Cats Life Press - sentiment stamp, Mulberry Roses (one coloured purple with promarker)

I know that getting the craft stuff out would be a.......good (bad) idea.....its so addictive!! I should be studying - at least thats what I just told the lovely man of the house I would be doing for the next hour or so......but will squeeze some time in to blog first:) but I will be studying afterwards!! Cupcake Craft Challeges has a challenge of cakes and Icecream for this weeks challenge......cakes I love creating....not such a big icecream fan, but this little girl from Elisabeth Bell (ex Sugar Nellie) is gorgeous.

Materials Used:

Elisabeth Bell - Summer Icecream

Promarkers - will note the colours for next time

Background paper from Nitwits Just a Note

Lilac cardstock

white corner peel offs, Doily, flat back pearls

Pink Roses from here

For the first time in months, I have had time to do some proper crafting. Oh how I like getting all the craft stash out and using the stuff I have forgotten I had! The challenge over on Allsorts challenge blog is Inspired by Nature, and I thought this little girl with a peeking bunny would be just perfect!

Close up of the image

The Inside

The Back

Materials Used - Promarkers

Stamp - Elisabeth Bell (Ex Sugar Nellie)

Kanban and Bazzill Cardstock

Just for you circular sentiment from The Beary Scrap Paper

Diamond Dust

Ribbon from Mic

Flowers and Leaves from Here