TECC#51

Happy Holiday weekend! I am enjoying today knowing that I can sleep in one more day! :-) I have mostly been playing around in my craft room - or maybe just making a mess. My husband would say the later! haha

I decided to put together Taylor's Cupcake Challenge this afternoon. I like how it came together. Although, I think I would use smaller brads next time.

Enjoy :-)

Here's the supplies that I used:
Stamps: Stamping Bella, Inkadinkado
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Not Quite Navy, Copics
Paper: PTI White, SU! Pretty in Pink, Teal CS & dotted background paper from the craft store.

Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #32

Here's my take on Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #32. This is kind of a bad photo, but its cute in person! :-)

I stamped the mini cupcakes from Inque Boutique and colored them with Copics and added some sparkle w/ a Sakura glitter pen. I used the Upsy Daisy birthday sentiment and then added dots w/ the PTI Polka Dot Basics mini dot. And put it all together.

Supplies: Stamps - Inque Boutique Party Cupcakes, PTI Polka Dot Basics, SU! Upsy Daisy; Paper - PTI White, SU! Rose Red, Kiwi Kiss & Pink Pirouette; Ink & Ribbon - SU! Old Olive; Copics; Sakura glitter Pen; SU! Scallop and circle punches.

Cupcake Challenge #27

Here's my interpretation of this week's Cupcake Challenge from Taylor. After I finished it, I realized that I didn't follow the sketch exactly w/ the placement of the circle. I did flip flop the ribbon knot & sentiment circle because the image I used is heavier on the left. I think it turned out pretty cute anyway.

Image is Stampendous Changito Bouquet; Paper is from Martha Stewart Craft (Wal-Mart); Ribbon is from stash; Sentiment is from a clear $1 set from Michaels; Copics were used to color the monkey and the edge of the border circle around the sentiment.

Sketch Challenges...

This first card is for Taylor's Cupcake Challenge that she hosts every Friday. You don't have to use a Cupcake image, but I chose to this week. The cherries are colored with a glitter pen to add some sparkle. I colored the image w/ Copic markers and added some ribbon leading to the flower sentiment ... I handwrote the sentiment since I couldn't find one I liked that also fit. Obviously, I am really into this pink and green paper! haha

This next card is for Julee's Mojo Monday challenge. I made the cupcake paper by repeating my stamp image and then coloring it to "go" with the dotted background paper. I added some sparkle with the glitter pen and used the sentiment from the stamp set - this is one of those $1 babies from Studio G sold at all the big box craft stores. They are sometimes not the best - they can be hard to get a good, clean impression, but it worked out great this time. I really love the swirly "wishes" under the birthday. It turned out pretty cute. And I will probably make more Cupcake paper in the future - it was kind of fun.

Cupcake Challenge # 22

Friday = Taylor's Cupcake Challenge. You don't have to use a cupcake image, so I went with my Causabella stamp. She is almost too big for this layout ... I will try it again later this weekend with a smaller stamp and maybe without the cardstock strip under the ribbon at the bottom. I tell you what ... Papertrey CS and ribbon is fabulous and it goes really well with this Crate paper.

In case you didn't know, the teal ribbon is for ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer awareness is the national philantrophy for my sorority, so I made this card in honor of that. I added a "hope" sentiment that I wrote out with a marker. And .... drumroll please ... this is my first addition of bling to a CARD! TA DA! Lovin' it! Her shoes are also glittery and the bottom of the awning is popped up on foam tape. (All that is kinda hard to see since I can't get my camera to cooperate!)

Back to the sewing machine! :-)

How Sweet!

Here's my version of another Cupcake Challenge from Taylor's blog. I used the MFT How Sweet It Is stamp set for this one. I stamped the girl w/ SU! Basic Black and then colored her in with Copics. I had the Crate paper in mind when coloring (the back of the DP is actually that green). I punched the sentiment and colored the edge with a Copic marker to give it a little something. The flower is actually a Stampendous stamped image that I cut out since my scallop punch was a bit too big. Overall, I like how this came out and am ready to make a few more since I (once again) used Mish's tips on mass producing and colored 3 of these images at the same time! Now the question is ... can I stay up late enough to put them together?! haha
Recipe:
Stamps: MFT How Sweet It Is; Stampendous May Flowers
Ink: SU! Basic Black; Copic Markers
Ribbon: Satin Sensations
Paper: SU! Groovy Guava cardstock, Crate DP, GP white cardstock, brown leftover from some wedding invitation project!

Another Cupcake Challenge!

Every Friday there is a new challenge from Taylor called the Cupcake Challenge. You don't have to use a cupcake stamp to play along so this week I chose to use a flower stamp. Here's what I came up with.

This is actually my second try - I just didn't like how the other one was turning out with the patterned papers I was messing with yesterday. I think its because I really didn't know what color ink to use. So, I got out my SEI Black Orchid paper pad and started over today. I used Stampendous' May Flowers stamp set to make the orange section and the "buttons" on the side. I colored some of the flowers with a light pink Copic marker to give it some interest. The sentiment is from Studio G - one of those little $1 sets from AC Moore.

Recipe: SU! Basic Black ink, Copic markers, Stampendous May Flowers Stamps, & Studio G sentiment, all paper from SEI Black Orchid stack.