fresh & fun

This shows the inside of one of my favorite cakes, Donauwelle.

I absolutely LOVE this cake.

Tart Cherries mixed in black and white cake, topped with buttercream and a thin layer of chocolate. What’s not to love?

Well…if you ask my kids (who unfortunately don’t eat this cake), it’s the cherries that they don’t love! LOL

So when I make this cake, I know right away I will gain some weight. But hey! I am good enough, I am smart enough and people like me (SNL, was it Stuart Farley? The guy always looking in the mirror)

If you are interested in the recipe, click on more.

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This is my strawberry shortcake roll.

It’s Austin and Rebecca’s favorite cake and one of the cakes I made for today (and for my birthday a couple of weeks ago).

If you are interested in the recipe, just click on more.

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Here is the sketch for this weekend:

To participate in the challenge and be entered in the  raffle, make a card with this layout and upload it either to your blog, or to an online gallery.

 If you upload your card on SCS, put WSC45  (NO SPACE INBETWEEN WSC AND 45) in the keyword section. That way we can look at all of them at once!

Post a link to your card to this blog entry as a comment. Please add your entry# to it.

I will determine the winner  with Random.org on Monday at 11:00 a.m. CST

To see samples made with this sketch now, check out the blogs of

Cambria Turnbow

Charmaine Ikach

Jenn Balcer

Laurie Schmidlin 

Lori Craig

MaryJo Albright

Sharon Harnist

Have fun creating! I can’t wait to see what you come up with.

SCS submissions

I haven’t had a chance to make a new sample yet. This week has been crazy with SCS work, kids school projects and prepping for Rebecca’s birthday. My baby is turning 9 today! We already made cookies to take to school. I am about to bake her birthday cake. We will have a party at home tomorrow with Cup cake decorating, hoola hoop contest, egg races and waterballoon fight.

I did use this sketch on Tuesday’s Inspiration challenge card.

I had a feeling I wouldn’t get to stamp much this week. I am sorry about that. Next week! I will stamp a lot next week! Hugs and smiles

Becky Carafa sent me this gorgeous card.

She is the swap group leader from Great Swaps and a very talented stamper.

Make sure you check out her block {the lakeshore stamper}