New layout and a baby shower cake!

I was a busy cake decorator last week.  Three cakes in one week is the most that I've ever had to do within a few days but I enjoyed it.  It was a good test for when I have a similar series of sugar arts to do in December. :-)

Here's a photo of the baby shower cake I made:

The cake inside was chocolate with a vanilla buttercream filling.  Otherwise the cake was decorated with fondant (the blue base, buttons, rubber ducky, and shoe laces) and gumpaste (the pacifier, key teething ring and shoes).   I was really excited to do this cake because I've had the cutters to make the keys and shoes for over a year and haven't had the opportunity to use them until this past weekend.  I really loved how it turned out and, from what I hear, so did the guests at the baby shower!

I also finished another 12x12 layout this weekend!  Also LOVE how it came out.  I used a lot of Pink Paislee things (the papers and rub-ons), some Prima flowers, Memory Makers brads, Martha Stewart blue flocking powder (first time I used that stuff - it was cool!), Maya Road scroll sheer (the journaling) and heart slide (the metal one on the right), and even some STICKERS that I hardly use! (The orange hearts are stickers I mounted on chipboard, cut out, then put flocking powder on the perimeter.) 

I took color queues for the layout from the photo.  My boyfriend and I "took" the photo ourselves on self-timer when we were the only ones on the beach a VERY cold morning in Pensacola, FL the third weekend in October of this year.  It certainly made for a memorable sunrise though!

I'm going to start photo documenting my layouts and put up step-by-step instructions to how I achieve some of the looks on my layouts.

HAPPY MONDAY!

Friday the 13th!

Happy Friday the 13th, everyone! I don't care so much that it's an "infamous" Friday the 13th, as much as I care that it's almost the weekened!  And today's the big Maya Road online crop/chat that I'm excited about!  Check it out here.

Have a great Friday!

One day away from the weekend!

Happy Thursday, everyone!  It's actually chilly and gray in Orlando, FL which is VERY atypical.  But I have to wear my sweaters when I can around here and I think once in a while a gray day is needed - and it makes me appreciate the sunshine and blue skies more!

I had a nice, busy evening filled with cake baking and decorating, and a new episode of GLEE!  I love musical theater (watching, not participating) and grew up going to many Broadway shows so naturally I ADORE this show.  I love that a few friends enjoy it too and we can bond over sending each other our favorite clips and looking forward to upcoming episodes together.  Tonight it's more cake decorating after drinks with a new friend!

I wanted to post photos of the cake I made the past few days.  I LOVED how it turned out. I just thougth it was really classy, loved the fall colors, and thought that the metallic luster I brushed on added some elegance.  The inside was pumpkin cake with pumpkin mousse filling and cream cheese buttercream.  I decorated it with fondant, mostly.

DON'T FORGET TO BECOME A FAN ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE!

Also, I wanted to post some scrapbooking products on my wish list!  Anyone else in love with these Maya Road sheer robots?  I'm waiting for 2Peas to get some more in - they've been sold out for a while! (I guess that means lots of other scrapbookers like them too, right?)

I've also been looking around for a cool scrapbooking kit club and have found that I really LOVE Studio Calico and Kenner Road.  I honestly cannot afford to do it monthly, but it's nice to know that should I feel the urge to purchase an awesome kit once in a while they're out there!

AND Studio Calico's coming out with their own line of products soon!  I have a feeling I'll be buying them so I can play some more (as if I need more supplies?).

Okay, so my personal projects include the following right now (so I can keep tabs and you can too if you want):

• Finish digital "Ellie" kit with Tara Sroka (I enjoy collaborating with her!)
• Finish Becca & Josh's wedding album for myself (it's my best friend and her husband - I started it a while ago and I LOVE it - acrylic album with Basic Grey papers in pinks, greens and white.  I just need to set aside time to complete it!)
• Finish Pink Paislee mini album (almost done!)
• Put my products from Oscraps into The Digichick (I'm now exclusively at The Digichick!)
• Edit photo shoot pictures of my friend Devin and his girlfriend, Bethanie
• Think about my Etsy store and what I'm going to sell

I think that's enough for now, no?  I'm just one person!  It's an exciting, creative life and I'm glad to be living it.

New layout!

I created a new 12x12 layout recently I just adore...just like the person in the photos.  I used Basic Grey's Lime Rickey papers (the blue background, plus the circle paper, which is where I obtained those circles from) and Heidi Grace flowers (the clear ones with the white outline), Prima flowers (that awesome blue one and the pink one behind the "o") and I even got to use some of my super fine GLITTER!!  I always want to break that out but seldom remember too. 

Here's a fun tip:  I didn't have "so this is" in my stash, obviously, so I used the large self-adhesive Lime Rickey letter sheet and cut it out of the letter X, since I didn't think I'd ever be using it, and stuck it on!  I penciled the letters freehand then cut them out with my craft knife and voila!

Here's some photos:

I also finished yet another cake last night (#2 of 3 for the week) so I'll post that next!  I have to work on a baby shower cake, that has to be ready for the weekend, tonight.

Have a great Wednesday!  We're halfway to the WEEKEND!

Cake time...

I am just filled with sugary goodness lately.  Or perhaps my life is just that sweet?  Maybe both.  I had a really fun time with friends this past weekend, including attending Food and Wine Festival as I previously posted, and the "Specticle of Lights" show at Hollywood Studios (thanks Tracy and Sam for making it possible and Meg and DJ for being oh-so-fun!) but then it was time to WORK for a cake I had to make! 

It was "Futurama" themed.  I thought it'd be all fun and relatively straight forward since it's a cartoon with simple lines, but of course I had to challenge myself by hand cutting and shaping every last detail!  I made the "New New York" skyline for the bottom round, put the main characters on the second round, then had the character Bender as the cake topper (as requested by the bride who ordered it for her groom) with him "stealing" the wedding rings.  it turned out really cute and though I almost had a melt down at about 1:30am on Saturday (no wait, technically Sunday) because I was exhausted and had been in the same spot for nearly 14 hours at that point doing decorating all day, I made it through!  And like I said, loved the result.  A special thank you goes out to my Futurama loving boyfriend who offered his expertise on the characters and plot of the show.

Here's 2 photos of the cakes (also posted on my Facebook fan page!)

And Bender the robot cake topper:

I have to work on another cake tonight, Autumn themed, that I'm looking forward to and then another cake this weekend!  See?  Sugary life, right?

Hopefully I can squeeze in some scrapbooking too!