Giant Cupcake - yummy.......

Morning all,

I decided to take on the CAS-ual Friday challenge this week of making a non-traditional shaped card!

I love cupcakes, so thought I'd have a go at making one as a card, and this is what it turned out as:

I used the scrummy Peach Parfait card for the cupcake base.  I think you can just about see in the picture that I scored lines right across to make it look like the cake wrapper.  I also daubed the edges.

The frosting is cut from Blushing Bride card, again daubed, and Basic Rhinestones added for the sprinkles!

The cherry on the top is cut from Poppy Parade using the 1" Circle Punch, and then covered in Crystal Effects.  The sentiment is from the US Create a Cupcake stamp set, inked in Melon Mambo and punched with the Word Window punch.

Good enough to eat!!!!!

The Details: 

Card / Paper - Peach Parfait / Poppy Parade / Blushing Bride

Stamps / Ink - Create a Cupcake (USA) / Melon Mambo

Embellishments - Basic Rhinestones / 5/8" Whisper White Satin Ribbon

Tools - Word Window Punch / Sponge Daubers / Crystal Effects / 1" Circle Punch / Trimmer / Stampin Scrub and Mist / Bone Folder

Blue for Boys

Hello everyone,

I can't believe it's Tuesday already!  Where is the week going?

I had such a busy, but brilliant weekend.  I was helping run a Stampin' Up! stand at the Art Stamp Show at Newbury Racecourse.  I meet so many lovely people over the two days, and had a brilliant time with all the other girls working the stand.  Big thanks to Hayley Gillie for organising it all - you can take a look at her blog HERE

I spent a lot of yesterday making cards to send to lots of the ladies who visited the stand, they are now all in the post.  So back to my blog and I have just made a quick card today to show you.  I am heading out shortly to see Take That at Wembley Stadium.  Soooooo excited!!!!!!

I'm loving the Clean and Simple (CAS) look at the moment, so made this one layer card in a jiffy!

I used the star stamp from Fun and Fast Notes, inked with various blue markers and stamped directly onto Whisper White card base working diagonally across the page.  The sentiment is from the retired So Happy For You SAB set.  I thought the style of the sentiment went really well with the stars.

I'm entering this cards into two challenges:

Less is More - Shades of Blue

CAS-ual Fridays - Masculine

I hope you have a wonderful rest of the day.

I should hopefully be awake enough tomorrow to post again :o)

The Details: 

Card / Paper -  Whisper White

Stamps / Ink - Fun & Fast Note / So Happy For You (SAB - retired) / Markers in Bashful Blue / Marina Mist / Baja Breeze

Embellishments - None

Tools - Stamp-a-ma-jig / Trimmer / Stampin Scrub and Mist

CAS-ual Friday - New Challenge

Hi there,

I happened to stop by the CAS-ual Fridays challenge blog this week and took a fancy to the challenge they had displayed.  It was a tic-tac-toe board and the idea was to pick three elements from it, either in a straight line, across or down, or diagonally.  The elements were chipboard, gems, emboss, ribbon, die or punch, felt, buttons, flowers and twine.  I went with a straight line down the middle - gems, punch and flowers!

I used some SAB favourites of mine, So Happy For You and Sweet Summer - sadly now retired :o(

I grabbed the lovely In Colour card stock and ink pads and set to work to create this card:

I made the scallop border using the 1 1/2" Scallop Square Punch, working it across the edge of the Pear Pizzazz card.  It gives the opposite cut effect to the Scallop Border Punch, which I don't yet own.

I added some Basic Rhinestones to the flower centres for that added Bling!

The Details: 

Card / Paper - Whisper White / Peach Parfait / Pear Pizzazz

Stamps / Ink - So Happy For You / Sweet Summer / Peach Parfait / Pear Pizzazz / Blushing Bride

Embellishments - Basic Rhinestones

Tools - Trimmer / 1 1/2" Scallop Square Punch / Snail / Stampin Scrub and Mist