You can never have too much cake

I am sure you will all agree with my post title. On Monday my darling baby Boy Matt (he would hate seeing me write this but as he does not read my blog I am safe ;0) was 25. Yes 25 years have passed by in the blink of an eye. My son lives nearby and his girlfriend and I liaised and thought it best to host his birthday tea at our house. Charlotte is a keen cake maker, she usually makes exquisite cup cakes and we decided that we could both make him a cake...as you can never have too much cake!

It was a very small family party, just 6 of us as it was mid week. Here are the cakes we made;

You will also see my Mum, who makes beautiful decoupage, made him a giraffe card as my boy has a lifelong love of these wonderful creatures.
Charlotte decided for the first time to make a giant cup cake with a golf scene as my son's business and pleasure is golf.
Here is her amazing creation in close up

He loved it and I am sure would love it if golf courses did have 25 holes, he could be even longer out there!

I made my usual Victoria sponge, as always packed with a whole jar of raspberry conserve and plenty of vanilla butter icing

 I added a fun Mr Happy candle to my plaque creation

and he had fun blowing out the candle

It was such a lovely evening. My baby boy is now a strapping 6'1" man, no longer the 8lbs 9oz little one who came into the world in 1989 but as anyone who is a Mum knows...our baby's are always our baby's aren't they ;0) We were so thrilled to share his special day with him.

My card today is the tag I made for Matt's pressie. I had fun with my Distress inks again using some yellows are green to create the background. When it was dry I repeat stamped some flowers and also some butterflies and added a  bird box stamp. I added some shimmery blue and green ribbons.My son adores being outside in the open and I wanted my creation to have for a sunny feel. Also green has always been his favourite colour.

The sentiment is one from Lili of the Valley's Quotables.....I love these stamps which I embossed with gold embossing powder. Here is a close up.

and the repeat stamped flowers

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

The Artistic Stamper use distress
Lili of the Valley name that tune my tune is Summer Breeze by the Isley Brothers, my favourite ever summer tune..it's so uplifting.
Pile it On thinking of you
Fashionable stamping anything goes
Sentimental Sundays make your own background
Rhedd and Rosie aanything but a card
Totally Papercrafts Spring my greens and yellows are very spring colours
Vintage Stamping It's a man thing


Today is my day off and I am looking forward to meeting up with my dearest best friend for lunch...lot's of girlie chat and catching up. The sun is shining and on Saturday we are seeing our Darling Daisy ...so I don't really need to make a wish...mine have all come true.

Happy Thursday everyone, enjoy the upcoming weekend and one wish that you might want to make.......... is for lots of cake ;0) Enjoy.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x