Happy Cupcake Day

Here's a card I did for 2 challenges. First, I followed Donna's sketch, which I absolutely love. What a great way to use up some scraps ... of course, that's not what I did here. But still the sketch is great for that. I also did the 3-2-1 challenge from this week's Cupcake Craft Challenges blog. My card has 3 different pieces of cardstock (plus a punch of patterned paper squares), 2 candy dot embellishments and 1 ribbon. I love how my card turned out and I will definitely be making more like this.

So I'm happy to report I was able to complete all 9 sketches from Taylor's challenge. It was a lot of fun. What an amazingly well planned and executed job, congrats to Taylor and her entire Cupcake Crew. I'm looking forward to next year's challenges. I have found that the more I stamp, the more I want to stamp. If only I didn't have to work to support myself and my daughter ... I could stamp all I wanted ... lol.

So Many Challenges

... so little time ... lol. Here's the card I created for Jami's sketch in Taylor's Anniversary Cupcake Sketch challenge. I decided to pair Ginger with some Chatterbox paper I've had for a while. I couldn't believe how well it matched SU's Kiwi Kiss. I used another sentiment from Taylor's A Year of Sweet Sentiments set, which is so versatile. Sorry for the wonky picture, but I was under the gun to get the rest of my pictures uploaded in time for the deadlines to qualify for the drawings that Taylor and her Cupcake Crew will be doing this evening.

Then I decided to create a coat for my card because that what was Maria's Monday Method Challenge was this week on the InStyle Stamps blog. I had to make one minor change. I cut my patterned paper to 3.5 X 11.25 so it would cover my Ginger image.



So here are pictures of the inside of the coat and the whole project from the outside. I love how it turned out. (Great challenge, Maria!!)

You MUST check out Maria's blog. She is such a talented stamper. I'm hoping to make time to do some of the other tutorials on her blog next week with my sister when I'm in Maryland.

Make A Child Smile Birthday Card

I used Sherrie's sketch to create this birthday card that I will be sending out for February's birthday kids over at Make A Child Smile. It's such a wonderful program. And their motto is ... "for the price of a stamp, you can Make A Child Smile". If you're at a loss for where to send any of the wonderful cards you create, rest assured that you have the ability to brighten a sick child's day. And what's more wonderful than that???

It wasn't me ...

For those of you that don't know, I work from home and this morning my company's server was down for a couple of hours ... which was great because I was able to finish one of my cards for Taylor's 1st Anniversary Cupcake Sketch challenges. I swear I had nothing to do with this *ummm* unfortunate situation, but it sure made my day.

So here's the card I made for Monika's sketch. The cupcake image and chunky glitter are from Treehouse Stamps. I used some Bo Bunny patterned paper to paper piece the cupcake wrapper. The icing has Stardust gelly roll pen on it and then I used my Quickie Glue pen on the sprinkle dots and added the Girly Girl chunky glitter. I used my Nesties like crazy on this card. I've been wanting to make a scalloped circle card base (so thanks for the great challenge, Monika) and I definitely will be making more.

This card will be going to a friend who knows I was taking cake decorating classes, so she sent me some accessories and an adorable cupcake decorating book. She's a paper crafter too and I know she will love this card. So, I *may* try to whip up a little set of cards to give to her ... we'll see ... I always have the best of intentions, but often don't have the time to make all the things I want to make. But I must make time for the final 3 cards for Taylor's Anniversary challenge.

Wild About You Pizza Box

Here's a mini pizza box that my club members made last night. We did the Rock and Roll technique on the elephant and then stamped the little bird from the Wild About You set on the elephant's trunk. Last night's demonstration didn't exactly go smoothly ... I told them to adhere the patterned paper BEFORE I even passed out the ribbon ... and I had them put sticky strip on the wrong sides of the flaps of the box. Luckily, they were all able to recover from my miscues and their projects turned out cute. (Thanks for your patience last night, ladies).

We also made a corner book mark from DSP that I found on Dawn's blog, here. (not pictured)

Supplies: Wild About You stamp set, Bella Rose DSP, Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White CS, Pink Pirouette striped GG ribbon, retired heart punch.

Morning People

Here's a card I created following Stephanie's sketch. I love this Fluffles image ... it cracks me up and I knew I had the perfect sentiment to go with it. What do you think? I can totally relate (even though I'm not a coffee drinker). I got the Fluffles stamp at Stamper's Dream and I just want to applaud their customer service because I placed my order on a Friday afternoon and had it in my hands on Monday. The patterned papers are from Taylor's Valentine Key Ingredients Kit. That tells you 2 things ... first I love it and second I haven't put away much since I started working on all of these challenges. lol.

2 More Cupcake Challenge Cards

Here's a picture with 2 cards I created as part of Taylor's 1 year Anniversary of Cupcake Challenges. The one on the left follows Jackie's sketch and the one on the right follows Ana's sketch. It sure has been fun coming up with projects for these challenges. 4 down ... 5 more to go.

Sorry for being brief, but I'm on a mission ... lol.

Supplies for You Did It card: Penny Black image, TE Sentiment, Polka Dots & Paisleys DSP, So Saffron, Regal Rose and GP CS, Tempting Turqoise GG ribbon, Nesties, Primas.

Supplies for Here's the Scoop card: Memory Box image and sentiment, patterned paper from Bo Bunny, Bazzill textured CS and buttons & white card base.