Day 76: Chocolate choc chip muffins

250g caster sugar
290g plain flour
2.5 tsp baking powder
6 tbs cocoa powder
1 packet (around 100g) choc chips, white look good in this recipe
pinch salt
2 eggs
200ml milk
100ml sunflower oil or melted butter

Preheat oven to 200C / 190C fan / Gas 6 / 400F.  Mix all the dry ingredients into a large bowl.  Combine the wet ingredients into another bowl.  Make a well in the dry ingredients and mix in the wet until just mixed, batter will be lumpy.  Put mixture into muffin cases, it will be enough for 10 or 11.  Bake for 18 - 20 minutes, or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Cool on wire racks.  You can make these as mini muffins, add another 50 ml of milk as the minis dry out more, and shorten the cooking time to around 10 - 12 minutes, though your oven may vary.

Day 75: Anniversary card

DH suddenly (and casually!) announced that our friends' wedding anniversary is coming up.  Those of you who have seen my previous blog will know that this is a recurring situation...... :-)

I had no anniversary cards in my box!!!  So I rummaged in the 'partially made' collection and found this base - an overlay die on a shmooshed ink background.  I punched out the scalloped circle and went through some stamps, found this swirly heart from Deep Red, which I had never used.  It fit the circle perfectly, so I added the sentiment from Stamping all Day and heat embossed in two shades of blue.  The darker blue hasn't come out so well, but it can pass as being a bit grungy, so that's ok!  I plan to make up several of these in different colours, now that I have found such a useful stamp, I really don't know why it has never seen ink!!  I actually have half a dozen or so stamps from this brand and had only used one previously, so will be having a play with the others too.

I am sharing this with NBUS challenge blog  

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Day 74: Cross stitch update

Sleeve trim finished and a little more progress on the beard. I have also rolled the frame down and started on the upper left side ribbon.
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Day 73: Father's Day card

I used another new overlay die from Lisa Horton.  The paper underneath is from a Kaisercraft paper pad and the sentiment is a very old one, I can't remember the brand - it comes from a set of 12 circular sentiments for various occasions.

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Day 72: Birthday Card

I wasn't feeling very inspired today, mojo has completely left the building!  So I found this stamped Woodware image and coloured with alco markers, then assembled a card.

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Day 71: Cross stitch update

Lower left side wreath section completed, sleeve trim in three different shades of pale beige plus white is going well, though it's very hard to see the difference between such pale shades!

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Day 70: Thank you card

A thank you card today - SU stamp, coloured with alco markers and matted onto patterned paper.

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