Daisy Jane celebrations

Happy birthday to my darling Daisy who is 1 today...what a fantastic year it has been and how quickly the time has flown by. Thank you everyone for all for your birthday wishes which I have sent to her. We enjoyed the most wonderful family party on Saturday. My daughter and SIL put on a delicious spread and the house looked gorgeous, all decked out in a bright happy daisy theme. My little princess had a new party dress and is loving walking around with her new walker.

Just look at that cheeky little grin she is sharing with her daddy.

I promised you all that I would share the cake and card I made too so grab a cuppa as this is a photo heavy post today.
I decided some time ago that my cake would feature daisies (what else!) and spent some time cutting and making various daisy flowers out of sugarpaste.

I cut the petals out in white and then
rolled a small piece of yellow and pressed it
into their centres. I wanted to add some texture
to this and after a lot of searching I found the
perfect tool...the end of a thimble!
It worked really well.










I also made some tiny daisies as I wanted to spell out her name with them and I also made a fun Daisy face as the focal and a little daisy candle holder

My sponge was my usual all in one
Victoria sandwich and I put
the cake together after work on Friday
all ready for the party Saturday lunch time.
It was nerve racking transporting it in the boot
of the car in it's box but it arrived in one piece thank goodness.


When we arrived we were delighted how pretty the house looked, there were photos of Daisy, flowers and pretty daisy decorations everywhere including a banner for the party girl. She adores giraffes (just like her Uncle) and her serviettes featured them.

The conservatory was opened up to give us more room for the celebrations

The spread was so eye catching and her Mummy had made some delicious daisy cup cakes to match my cake

Daisy looked like a little princess

She really has the cheekiest grin

After enjoying lots of chat and laughter and delicious finger food we sang happy birthday

 and her Mummy and Daddy helped her to blow out the candle

The cake went down really well.

The afternoon raced by and bath and bedtime soon approached, there was just enough time to play with a balloon.

Thankfully it didn't burst!

My card challenge today is her special birthday card. I made an easel card with the sweetest Lili of the Valley stamp called Petal. I coloured her with my Promarkers and highlighted with Prismacolor pencils. I used lots of glitter to add plenty of sparkle

I used my joy butterfly border and made some daisies with gold glittered centres.

 This is the inside of the easel with a button where the easel front rests when the card is opened.

and here is my card..........

made by her Nanna with lots of love xxx

We enjoyed such a wonderful family occasion and it is incredible that my darling girlie is now 1....................

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

Country View bugs, bees and butterflies
Penny Black and More anything goes
Stamp and Create ribbons and bows
Crafty little Fairies not a square
Little Claire's shaped cards
Creative Inspirations easel cards
Papertake weekly 2 or 4 legs
Top Tip Tuesdays 3 or more papers
Crafty Sentiments anything goes
Party Time Tuesdays anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned papers anything goes

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

That craft place anything goes
Crafty my life anything but a card

Enjoy the rest of the week.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x