Cake Pops

I was grocery shopping with my little boy and stumbled across a book about Cake Pops.  I was mesmerized.  What a marvelous creation.  They can range from super simple to extremely intricate.  I did a little googling and found out a woman named Angie Dudley, aka www.Bakerella.com, created them and I really suggest you visit her website to witness tons of fun little Cake Pop ideas.

I was hooked and decided to try my hand at making something new.

There are lots of official recipes available, but here is the gist.

First bake a normal cake and crumble it to bits.  I have to say, that part was actually kinda fun.
Then blend most of a container of pre-made frosting to a playdoh consistency.




Roll mixture into balls and poke in a lollipop handle.
Stick in the freezer for a bit to make the cake firm.



Melt chocolate of desired color and coat the entire cake pop.
Decorate as desire.  I used a food pen to draw on my pops, but lots of the designs I saw had candy and other food bits stuck to the chocolate before it completely dried.

They were so much fun and easy to make.  For my first attempt I decided to go uber easy, but the sky is the limit on all the possibilities.

Fun time flocking

I learned about the wonders of flocking last weekend at a Scrapbooking Expo!  Where in the world have they been keeping this wondrous little secret?  I thought this was a whole new product that was bursting onto the market, then I discover it has been around for years!  Where was I?  It is much like an embossing powder but it actually makes things fuzzy. 

I have no particular reason to make a card, I just really wanted to make a fuzzy little critter.
  

Front:
Precut cream colored 5x7 card
Cardstock: green pattern paper (sort of a grassy appearance), cream
Cricut Cartridge: Create a Critter
-pg 69 Fawn cut at 3.5"
Embellishments: brown ribbon, generic flower gemstones
Stamp: My Pink Stamper - More Punny-licious: you're a deer
Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Tea Dye
Funky Flock: Milk Chocolate, Bow-Wow Brown

Here is an extreme closeup of the the fuzzy flocked little deer.  Isn't he just sweet and amazing...

When using attaching multiple flocked layers, be sure to use a strong liquid glue or you may get an undesired layer separation.