DAY THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX - Cake Fancy

 

Good morning, a very early start for me today.  Awake since 4am but managed to stay in bed till nearly 5am then it was up, a cuppa and a catch up on what has been happening whilst I have been sleeping.  Not much it appears.

If I am staying up to see the New Year in then I will be having a couple of hours nanny nap later today otherwise I wont last.  Its obviously an age thing.

Here is a card that was made recently and sent out to a neighbour.  I have all the elements ready to make another half or dozen, I just need the time to sit and put them all together.

I used the Cake Fancy stamp set from Stampin' Up! which is still available with lots of different colours.  A winter birthday card is a bit tricky but I thought that this one is perfect for all year round.  As the stamp set is photopolymer (clear) it was easy to see where to place each individual stamp and there are quite a few in the set. 

I got everything out, pastry rolled, mince pie cases filled and put them in the oven.  They cooled down and I made tea and shouted hubby in to the kitchen for a taste of the first batch.  Oh my goodness, they were awful.  So bitter and the pastry had a tang to it.  It was the first time I was gifted some festive mince meat from a well known supermarket but it wasnt to our taste at all.  Upon reading the ingredients it included

Vegetable Concentrates (Radish, Carrot, Cherry, Sweet Potato, Apple)], Ruby Port (3%), 

Next year I will use the Robertsons Mincemeat, as I always have done.  These mince pies ended up in the bin and I went and purchased a box.  

I know the year soon passes by but here we are again, the last day of another year and what a year it has been.  Lots of wonderful memories made and I am so looking forward to 2025 to making more.

Thank you so much for having a read today and I wish you and your family a very Happy New Year.   x