Tiramisu and Layers

Today the Lollipop Ladies are launching a new challenge for the next fortnight. 

The theme will be tiramisu 
and as an extra challenge you will be asked to add layers to your card/item. 

After all, timamisu is a delicious, layered dessert. You can take your inspiration from the photo below! 

Doesn't that look so yummy! All that luscious custard, coffee, cream, chocolate, cake............a creation of C's!!! Oh yes, and Masala (or similar)! What crafter does not want to be involved with a good coffee, and some chocolate to help the creative juices flow!


Tiramisu means “pick me up” in Italian. It is usually made up of a layer of sponge fingers, which are soaked in coffee and some kind of liqueur. A layer of rich creamy Mascarpone cheese mixture is then laid over and finished with a dusting of cocoa powder.

Here is another photo of the desert:

Here is a link to a great recipe as well:

My contribution to the challenge combines some of these yummy colours and also remembers that February is the month of love and romance as well.  In addition, there are several weddings around that I need to get some cards made for and this one will kick off that collection. I will enter this for three other challenges as well:

Getting Cricky with K: wedding bells are ringing

Let's Ink It Up: #20 - ribbons and/or lace

CropStop #57: weddings

So, here is my entry:

I have used layers  (base card, DP, embossed card, mount, designable, lace motive and letters) and my colour scheme follows that of the layered scrumptiousness shown above. I have used the following items to create the card.

Cream Bazzill for the base card; SU Very Vanilla for the front card; mounted on firstly SU Kraft then Co'ordinations card in two different colours, which has been embossed and then sanded to show the alternative colours; DP from 7 gypsies Avignon paper pack. Dark brown Co'ordinations scraps behind the cuts in the cream.

Cream lace piece from stash; bling from Kaiser, colourd with Copics to match; Thickers - white Dear Lizzy, coloured with a Copic pen E49

Stamp: Lili of the Valley - Mr and Mrs; ink Memento Close to Cocoa

Embossing Folders: Provo Swiss Dots; Coulture Creations - Flamingos and Hedgehogs; Marianne Designables - DS0911

The image has been subtly coloured with Copics and Spica pens were used to create a bit of sparkle on the flowers, and the veil and the dress. The image was stamped and punched out and fitted into the space with dimentionals to lift it up - such a bonus when I discovered one of my circle punches fitted perfectly the circle in the Marianne Embossed Designable. I used SU Sizzix adhesive sheet to fix the lace to the card and eventually Crystal Effects to fix on the bling!

(Bugger - I have just noticed that one of the bits of bling had fallen off the card in the photo - now fixed on the card!)