I just love it when I can use materials that I have had for a while. The little bow on the cupcake is some raffia that I've had forever (in fact I think I stole if from my mom when I moved out). Anyway, I started by stamping the cupcake in brown, and then adding the little bow and cherry. To the cherry I added some Glossy Accents. Then I stamped and embossed the sentiment in white. Before adhering the cupcake down, I ran the background papers through my sewing machine with a zig-zag stitch. I just love the look of stitching on a card. After all that, and when I got the cupcake on, I still felt like it needed something, so I added the three buttons on the right. This card I am linking up to Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday challenge blog. Their challenge was Easter or Sweet Treats. Obviously, I went with the sweet treats:) This next card is for OWH's Sunday Sketch Challenge. I kept it simple with just a bit of patterned paper and the sentiment. Then I stamped some silver stars on the bottom. I did a little bit of diagonal scoring as well. The design is flipped from the original sketch, but that's because I started scoring on the wrong side of the card. I had to fold it over so the raised part would be on the outside. So note to self: think about which side is the right side before scoring! A few products I used:
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Shari B
4/13/2014 12:41:43 pm
Wow, these cards are great! The cupcake card is SUPER cute...love the details! Your star card is so striking and using the scoring board for the lines in the sketch was brilliant!
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Marlene D
4/14/2014 05:32:55 am
Terrific cards! Your yummy cupcake looks good enough to take a bite. Love the sewing and buttons. I'm loving your take on the challenge.
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Marlene D
4/14/2014 05:35:00 am
Ooops, finished too soon. Flipping the sketch was a good idea even if it was a happy mistake. Clever idea to use score lines for the strips, and to stamp stars to coordinate with the paper. Thanks for playing this week!
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4/14/2014 08:55:11 am
Really nice cards. I especially like the scoring you used on the 2nd one! This sketch is so different---I like it :)
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4/15/2014 04:14:21 am
Both cards are wonderful!! Fabulous designs!!
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Linda L
4/15/2014 12:28:25 pm
Its all good! Two wonderful cards. Absolutely adore the cupcake card with the punch of red!
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