Birthday Cupcake

Happy Sunday, all! Hope you're having a good weekend. I have the day off tomorrow for President's Day, so I will be a busy little bee in my craft room. Hoping to catch up on some DT work as well as whip up a few things for some pub calls. I'm getting behind with all the work I'm doing on my school's musical...three-hour rehearsals 4 nights a week! Forgive me if I don't make it around to your blog as often as I usually do.

It's rainy here today...perfect for crafting...so I got busy with a few challenges. I combined Papertrey's Make It Monday #2 (use a vellum sentiment strip) with JUGS72 (aqua, melon, & kraft) & the Totally Stampalicious challenge to add glitter or bling. I glittered the frosting on my cupcake...I figure if you can't eat it, at least I can make it pretty to look at, right?

Hope you like it!

Stamps: Cupcake Collection, Simple Sentiments (PTI)

Paper: Berry Sorbet, Cool Caribbean, PTI kraft & white, white vellum

Ink: Berry Sorbet, Cool Caribbean, Adirondack Espresso

Accessories: Nestabilities circles, PTI buttons, Kaisercraft pearls

Sweet Birthday Card

Happy Sunday, everyone! Hope you all had a great Halloween! Hubby and I went to see Paranormal Activity--what a fun thiller to see on Halloween night!

I had a little time today to make this sweet, simple card using Beate's WSC104. I used glitter pens on the cupcakes to add a bit of sparkle and accented it with this fun dotted paper from Pink Paisley. This will go in my stash that I sell to co-workers.

Stamps: Clear Cupcakes (Hero Arts)
Paper: Sweet Blush, Certainly Celery, white, Pink Paislee dp
Ink: Adirondack Pitch Black
Accessories: Copic markers, Spica & Sakura glitter pens, Nestabilities circles

Hey There!

Hi, all! Happy Thursday! Life still hasn't slowed down for me, so I'm just popping in with a quick card. I based my layout on FTL65. The pic's a bit blah, but it's been raining nonstop here this week. *sigh*

I know I've been neglectful of the ol' blog lately, but tomorrow I'll have TWO new posts for you! Stop by to see the latest Everything But the Kitchen Sink and Get Sketchy challenges.

Stamps: Cupcake Collection (PTI)
Paper: Regal Rose, Taken with Teal, PTI white, SU dp
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Martha Stewart cupcake, scalloped edge punch

Get Sketchy #8

Hello and happy Friday! Time for another fun challenge from Get Sketchy! This week's sponsor is Pebbles Inc. You can get your hands on some FREE Pebbles goodies if you play along with us! Bonus points if you use brads on your creation this week.



The design team got to play with a bunch of Pebbles' ADORABLE products. My hubby can testify that I was literally giddy when I first saw these supplies! I was giggling over this polka dot pattern for sure!

All of the papers except the white cardstock are Pebbles products, along with the ribbon and fun candy dots...that is the actual name of the product--I wasn't sure whether to eat 'em or craft with 'em! TOO fun!

Hope to see you all playing along this week...be sure to link up your card on the Get Sketchy blog.

Stamps: Mega Mixed Messages (PTI)
Papers: PTI white, Pebbles Inc. dp
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Martha Stewart cupcake punch, Nestabilities circles & ovals, Pebbles ribbon, Pebbles candy dots, dimensionals

Cupcake Wishes

Hi, all! Just popping in with a quick card I whipped up using Laura's sketch at 2 Sketches 4 You. I've been wanting to play with this yummy felt cupcake from Paper Blooms, and when I came across this scrap of paper in my stash, ta-da! This card practically made itself.

Hope your week is going well. I'm looking forward to the weekend already...

Stamps: Mega Mixed Messages (PTI)
Paper: Taken with Teal, Sweet Blush, SU dp
Ink: Taken with Teal
Accessories: felt cupcake (Paper Blooms)

Happy Birthday, Amy!

Today is my blogging buddy Amy's birthday! And before you ask, she's...ahem...29.

I made this card for her using Kazan's sketch 32 over at 2S4Y. Cupcakes are one of her many loves, so I had to incorporate those. AND I know she hoards her Martha Stewart cupcakes, so I figured I'd use one of mine and show her how freeing it can be.

I also asked the talented Leah from Paper Blooms to make these felt cupcakes for Amy. Hopefully she'll like them. What do YOU think?

Stamps: A Little Birthday Cheer (SU)
Paper: Real Red, PTI white, American Crafts dp
Ink: Real Red
Accessories: cupcake (Martha Stewart), Cuttlebug Swiss Dots, ribbon (SU), pearls (Kaisercraft)

An Ode to Amy

Well, so much for my outdoorsy plans with hubby today. Last night my brother called with an extra ticket to the Cubs game, so he's off in Chicago right now (as I sit here typing this in my Cardinals t-shirt). BUT, that means I had some unexpected crafty time, and I'm so glad I did, because today's 365 Cards challenge is just plain fun. You are to choose one of the DT cards and CASE it.

Of course, I had to select a card from my blogging bud, Amy! I chose to CASE this card (which, BTW, I happen to now have in my possession. Yeah, I know you're jealous.) I decided to pay tribute to two of Ms. Amy's loves: cupcakes and Sassafras. And the sentiment is something I could imagine her saying. Love ya, Amy!

Stamps: Cupcake Collection (PTI)

Paper: PTI white, Sassafras Lass Vintage Yummy dp

Ink: Taken with Teal

Accessories: cupcake sticker (Martha Stewart)

Super Happy Birthday!

We have another fun CAS challenge lined up for you this week. It's a theme this time: birthday cards.

I hadn't used my cupcake punch in a while, so that was my starting point. I used textured cardstock to give the cupcake some dimension, then outlined the frosting with a glitter pen. I mounted it on dimensionals and layered it on top of a couple of other punches. Only after I was finished did I realize that my layout is this week's Card Patterns sketch--Yay! Happy accident!

Now, don't you wanna play along? C'mon, everyone can use a few more b-day cards in their stash! Head over to the Splitcoast CAS forum for all the details.

Paper: Kraft, Pink Pirouette textured, PTI white, Bazzill white textured, dp (unknown--RAK) Accessories: ribbon (Ribbon fX), rub-on (SU), Sakura glitter pen, Martha Stewart cupcake punch, circle punch, designer label punch, paper piercer, dimensionals

Hey There, Cupcake!

This week's Raspberry Suite color challenge had me using all kinds of food names--Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Melon Berry, and Berry Sorbet. I was so hungry, I just had to use my new Papertrey cupcake set! I love that there are so many ways to mix the tops and bottoms on these cupcakes. I added some pearls to mine, which (although it doesn't look like it in the pic) closely match Melon Berry. I finished it off with some fun pom pom trim. What do you think?

Stamps: Cupcake Collection (PTI)

Paper: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, PTI Melon Berry, PTI Berry Sorbet

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Berry Sorbet

Accessories: pearls (Kaisercraft), Cuttlebug Swiss Dots, pom pom trim (May Arts), dimensionals

Cupcake Sprinkles

I follow the Hero Arts blog, but up until now I haven't participated in any of their challenges. So, what inspired me to finally join in?

This week they are featuring a different guest artist each day, and the challenge is to use the artist's work to inspire you. Well, Monday's artist was Lucy Abrams. I adore Lucy's cards. If you haven't seen her blog, go take a peek. Seriously. Her stuff rocks.

I chose this card as my inspiration. I love the look of bright colors paired with kraft, especially for a birthday card. And, although you can't see it in the pic, I used a glitter pen on my heart and cupcake sprinkles. Looks good enough to eat, doesn't it?

Stamps: Clear Cupcakes (Hero Arts)

Paper: Pixie Pink textured, Pink Passion textured, PTI white

Ink: Adirondack Pitch Black

Accessories: Nestabilities circles & scalloped circles, Copic marker, pink glitter pen (Spica), ribbon (Ribbon fX), buttons (BasicGrey), Cuttlebug Swiss Dots, Martha Stewart scalloped dot punch

Kazan's Sketch 27

Hi, all! I love having Mondays off--it means I can play with the weekly sketch over at 2 Sketches 4 You.

I used this yummy cupcake stamp (courtesy of Miss Amy) and some of my Pink Flamingo paper. I love these fun colors for summer birthday cards.

Speaking of summer, I've got some fun announcements to make at the end of the week. Stop back on Sunday AND Monday to hear all about it!

Stamps: cupcakes (Studio G), Tiny Talk (SU)
Paper: Cameo Coral, Real Red, PTI white, SU dp

Ink: Real Red, Adirondack Pitch Black

Accessories: Cuttlebug Spots & Dots, corner rounder punch, horizontal slot punch, Nestabilities circles, circle punches, Copic markers, ribbon (Michaels), pearls (Kaisercraft), dimensionals