Eat More Cupcakes

Hi friends! I've got a fun little card to share today. This past weekend, I was inspired by the inspiration photo at The Challenge and had to pull out the Cupcakes set. The bright colors seemed like a bit of a challenge and I was up for a little something out of my comfort zone. {grin} I've since pulled off these colors with a bit more pizzazz, but you'll have to wait a while to see that! Anyhow, back to the card... I stamped the bottom in turquoise and the tops in pink repeatedly, then fussy cut them and applied some Nuvo crystal drops to the icing and dusted with glitter.

Next I stamped the sentiment in coordinating inks and then cut and matted with square dies. I fussed with the layout of the cupcakes for quite some time before gluing them down. This seemed more balanced, but I had envisioned a big giant pyramid of cupcakes. Maybe just wishful thinking! LOL

The side strip is grosgrain ribbon with an extra loop and I finished off the embellishments with some enamel dots and a puffy heart sticker, giving it that tweenage flair I was going for.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! The boys are keeping me super busy. After a weekend in red air quality and lots of coughing for our ashtmatic family, the air quality is finally only in yellow today so I think we might just brave leaving the house!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Cupcakes (Verve Stamps)
Paper: designer paper, black, watercolor paper
Ink: lost lagoon and coral rose (Altenew)
Accessories: ribbon (SU!), square dies, enamel dots, Nuvo crystal drops, glitter, puffy heart sticker

Mojo Cupcake Happiness

Hi friends! It's time for another Mojo Monday sketch.  Here's the card I based the sketch off of, but I went a bit easier on you and left a few layers off the sketch.  Dress it up, or dress it down, just have fun!

I had been itching to use the Cupcakes stamp set since it recently came back into stock after a long hiatus.  I was inspired by the colors in the bracelet of his month's Diva Inspirations challenge, so started with those colors in mind, stamping and embossing the cupcake and sentiment in pink.

I pulled out a tag that had soaked up some blue and green inks from a previous project, layered it under the vellum and added the stamped Cupcakes word.  Next I toook a bit of distress paper and smooshed some wild honey, spiced marmalade and worn lipstick around until I had a nice background.  Below that the turquoise layer is spritzed with dylusions spray, then dry embossed and sanded for a fun texture.  All of this is on some textured white distressed cardstock, and I finished off with a resist chipboard butterfly, sponged with distress inks and dolled up with glossy glaze and glitter.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a wonderful start to your week.

Mojo Monday 448 Sketch

Enabler's List
Stamps: Cupcakes (Verve Stamps)
Paper: white, vellum
Ink: melon mambo (SU!), versamrk
Accessories: Stitched Pennants Die Set (releasing from Verve 5/20/16), Springtime Stitches Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), pinking circles nestabilities (Spellbinders), resist butterfly (Teresa Collins), glossy glaze, glitter, embossing folder (Darice), white embossing powder

Cupcake Hello

Hi friends!  I'm popping in with my take on this week's Viva la Verve August Week 2 sketch.  I didn't have a chance to play along ahead of time, so stole a pocket of time last night and hit the studio.

Stamps used are from the Cupcakes set and the heart from Love Notes.  I made a chalkboard piece using the Rounded Scallop Frame Die in black, with the sentiment embossed in white an a bit of white ink stamped and smudged around the edges.  The cupcake pieces are stamped in pool party and blushing bride and popped up and sprinkled with glitter and glossy glaze for some pizzazz.

I added the heart using the Jotted Heart Die, then a doily and finished off with some beaded stick pins and seam binding ribbon.  And since cupcakes are the perfect celebratory treat, I'm linking this up to our current Diva Inspirations challenge.  The challenge is open until the end of the month, so feel free to play along as often as you like!

VLV August Week 2 Sketch

Enabler's List
Stamps: Cupcakes, Love Notes (Verve Stamps)
Paper: neutrals pattern prints (SU!), basic black, blushing bride, pool party (SU!), white
Ink: blushing bride, pool party (SU!), black, versamark
Accessories: Rounded Scallop Frame Die, Rounded Rectangle Die, Jotted Heart Die (A Cut Above by VERVE), woven embossing folder (American Crafts), seam binding, triple beaded stick pins, glitter, paper doily, liquid pearls. glossy glaze