More embellisher projects

I've been playing with my embellisher today. 

I was going for a stained glass look:

I did this postcard using some of the wool sampler fibers I got from Joggles a couple of weeks ago.  The sections are outlined using some black wool rug yarn.   Not a bad first attempt but I think the next time I'll try this using soy silk.

This next piece is done with silk sari yarn and denim.

Silk sari yarn is yarn spun from the shredded fibers of silk sari's.  It's pretty cool stuff with some great colors in it.  It's a bear to knit with but I've woven pretty successfully with it and the embellisher had no problem with it.

And I thought I'd share with everyone a terrific new cake recipe that I made yesterday.  I am always looking for low fat, no or very low cholesterol healthy food choices and having recently taken off the extra 25 pounds I've been carrying around for way too long (yea, a little bit of shameless bragging) I rarely eat sweets (although I do crave them!).  I wanted something as a treat for thanksgiving day dessert that wasn't too over the top and so my friend Willamena gave me this cake recipe that is really really yummy.

Pumpkin spice cake:
Combine one box spice cake mix with one 15 oz can of pumpkin and a 1/2 cup of water.  Mix in a electric mixer until well blended.  I split the batter in half between 2 9" round cake pans and baked for 28 minutes at 350.  I cooled them on  rack and then refridgerated overnight before frosting.

I also made up a cream cheese frosting to go with it:
8 oz block of Philly neufchatel cheese (room temp)
4 oz Philly cream cheese (room temp)
1 box of confect sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla
Low fat milk

Combine the first 4 ingredients until blended, add milk a tablespoon at a time until the icing is a spreadable consistency.

The cake itself would make great muffins and if want to add some additional good for you ingredients, add some walnuts or pecans and of course leave off the icing!    

Comments

[Deb Hardman]

Thanks Sue. I think I might try this recipe, it sounds good.

I love the look of your stained glass & the woven over denim.

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[emmy]

very good looking It is so much fun to see what others are doing on the embellisher

[Moon Stumpp]

That embellisher must be one unique tool! What is it? The demin and sari yarn is a fab combo. What are you going to do with the fabric?

[Vicki]

The work you are doing with the embellisher is so cool! When I first saw the embellisher I was not interested - you've changed my mind!

[QuiltingFitzy]

Just what exactly is "an embellisher"?

Inquiring minds...

[Terri]

Both of these look wonderful...the stained glass pc looks fuzzy, is it? And the sari/denim creates a wonderful texture. And you should be able to brag about losing unwanted weight. Good for you! Now just wish I could find the will power to accomplish that. Sorry to say...I probably won't attemt that desert as I'm not into pumpkin.

[Dianne (FaeryDi)]

I also LOVE the denim piece. Sari yarn is just gorgeous - I've used it in a few things and it really jazzes things up.

[Linda Fleming]

Those two are gorgeous! The first one definitely looks like stained glass- that's the first thing that popped into my mind when I came to your page. The colors in both of them are so lovely.
Peace-
Linda

[Rissa]

Wow, the stained glass felting looks great. The pumpkin cake sounds yummy too. I mean how can you go wrong with pumpkin and cream cheese?

[arlee]

ooooooooooooooooo the denim piece is yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmy---whatcha gonna do with it?