Sall the Crafty Baker

Yes this is it all my Thank you cards are done!  This one uses the pheasant image from  Hobby Art

It is anything but a square or rectangle over at  International Art & Soul  this fortnight.  I love these hexagon dies and am really enjoying making cards with them.  I've used an old Art Deco image as the focal point on the card.

Elderflower and Pressed Pear Sponge I won't bore you with the exact recipe but this sponge mix doesn't use butter of any kind and get's it's lightness from beating egg yolk and sugar then the egg whites and folding them in.  I really like the summery freshness of the elderflower and in this case the pressed pear tones that down a little.  I've added some of the cordial to the buttercream too. This recipe would also be really nice in Autumn using Autumn cordials e.g. Bottle Green's Sloe and Juniper Cordial, Apple and Plum, Rhubarb and Ginger or in Winter using spiced cordials e.g. Belvoir Ginger Cordial, Spiced Winter Berries and Apple Plum and Cinnamon Cordial.  Or at any time of year using Rhubarb or Elderflower or Blueberry and Blackcurrant Cordials.  Belvoir and Bottle Green are not the only makers of cordial, I've used a Robinsons Elderflower and Pressed Pear and I know most supermarkets make their own cordials too. I have also made a strawberry an...

It's a peacock thank you card using a gorgeous stamp from  Hobby Art  today.

The saying is usually I'm too OLD for this but recently I've adopted I'm too DEAF for this. Thursdays are supposed to be my "adventure" day.  Lipreading is no longer financially feasible and I don't want to lose the little "me" time I can get so I am pushing myself to do things I would never normally do and enjoying it for the most part.   Today's "adventure" was slightly different to say the least but before I get to that I want to give a quick history of the week. Monday I was feeling out of sorts and a tad grumpy...nothing unusual if I'm tired but some yoga helped.  Tuesday started much the same and again the yoga helped but by lunch time I was crying in pain and struggling majorly...ear pressure was extremely high, swallowing water let alone food was tricky and it was all I could do to keep it together and not scream in pain.  I somehow found enough coherence to realise I ought to increase the antihistamine and by today I...

Another thank you card from me I'm afraid.  This time it's using another image from  Ikes Art .

This time I have used an image from  Ikes Art  for a thank you card.  I love the idea of gifting cake to someone I am grateful to for what they have done for me and this cake looks like it could taste great.

I promise the Thank You cards are almost over!  I've used an elephant image from  Hobby Art  to create this card.

It's Deaf Awareness week and this pic copyrighted to Action On Hearing Loss says everything I wish I had the nerve to tell people I come into contact with. It's easy to think that deaf awareness week has nothing to do with my Thursday Adventures but being deaf is the sole reason I am doing them.  I used to attend lip reading classes on a Thursday morning but a change of location has made that complicated.  I've been doing things that I would normally let my deafness stop me from doing.  Well unless I took someone with me of course.  However armed with a National Trust membership and by making a credit card size piece of card with information telling people I'm deaf I have forced myself to go to different places that I have always enjoyed but always thought weren't suitable for me. If you scroll back through this blog you will see various places I have visited and slowly I have gained confidence in speaking to others.  I have immersed myself in history...