You Take The Cake

Birthday cards are fun to make especially when you can use any Cricut cartridge. This week's challenge at Cricut Cardz Challenge #103 is to make a birthday card with a cake or cupcake using any cartridge or colour. I did just that with this fun card.

I started with a fabulous background paper from the Best of Brenda Walton from K&Company. Then I cut the plate and layer cake using the From My Kitchen Cricut cartidge. The pink icing was created from pink cardstock and one of Martha Stewart's edge punches. The party hat and Make a Wish phrase all came from the Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge. I used a bright pink Martha Stewart glitter pen on the phrase to add a bit more dimension. I know that any little person in your life would love to receive such a fun birthday card.

Come on over to CCC for this week's challenge (#103) and let us see what you can come up with...and have some fun doing it!

Pears and Thanks

When we first moved into our current house 23 years ago, our neighbours planted a dozen fruit trees. Over the years, some of the trees died off or got sick but most of them are still standing and now bearing fruit. With age the fruit has gotten better and better. Each year they would bring over fruit from the trees and I would give her vegetables from our garden. Last year when I received my first large bag of pears, I returned the favor by sending over a pear gingerbread. I came across this fabulous recipe which is like an old fashion upside down cake but the flavor is so mild that you don't even know it's gingerbread.

I just received my first bag of pears from this year's crop and they are the best fruit that these trees have ever produced. I guess that age does improve some things. I just had to thank my neighbour once again for her thoughtfulness.

For the card, I cut the pear using my From My Kitchen Cricut cartridge. I added a lovely satin ribbon the same colour as the K&Company designer paper. Gold Stickles added to the stem added a little fun to the fruit.