29 & 30 week baby bump

29 Weeks: 

30 weeks:

Eeeekkk! Its going sooooo fast!!! 

Lightning McQueen Cake

I started with making a 10 inch square cake ready to carve:

Inspiration: 

I asked Christopher which decoration he wanted on the cake and he chose the Rust-eze logo over the piston cup.

Getting the shape right for the body, I drew it out on paper and then cut it out to use as a template:

Body cut out and the front slightly rounded off:

Shape from above:

Figuring out if the top is the right shape:

Building up the shape with the top, the headlights and the back spoiler:

Covered in buttercream/crumb coating:

First lot of fondant:

This was NOT my friend!!! This stupid stuff cracked when I put it on the cake! 

I had to pull it off and redo some more fondant:

This pic always makes me think - I've murdered the cake! Lol. 

2nd lot of fondant all coloured:

It worked!!! THANK GOD!! I did not want to have to do it for a 3rd time

All brushed down and the icing sugar rubbed off as much as possible

Decoration time. All hand cut. I drew these out on paper first (with the exception of the 95's which I cut out freehand) to check that they would be the right size for the cake and then cut them all out

Circle cut out using my biscuit cutter set and then handwritten Rust-eze

Eyes:

Finished Cake!!!

 All finished with a plaque with his name on ready for his party

This was the hardest cake that I have ever made but I am soooo pleased with how it turned out. It was what Christopher asked for when I asked him what he wanted and he absolutely loved it, he wanted to touch it and stroke it as soon as he saw it.

Christopher's 3rd birthday card

 

He adores Disney Car's so I wanted to make him a cars card

Baby bump progress 26-28 weeks

26 weeks


27 weeks


28 weeks:


From above:


This pregnancy is flying by!!!

Chocolate chip cupcakes

Close up of the gorgeous roses

Christopher's car and butterfly that he requested:

My decorating session got hijacked by Christopher but we had a blast so that's all that matters :o)

Quick batch of chocolate cupcakes

Some of these are to go to Christopher's nursery tomorrow to thank the girls in the 2-3 room which he is moving out of this week, tomorrow is his last day with them :o)

Wedding card 2

This wedding card was ordered by the same person but for a different couple - they are again having a purple themed wedding but with a butterfly theme so I wanted to include that in the card too.

I'm really pleased with how this one turned out too, I love the effect with the shaped card blank as I think it adds something to the card rather than just going with a plain straight edged card.

A poor daylight pic (first thing in the morning before I had to leave for work