SPARKLE-Y BABY / TECC #56 & OCC - Use a Tag...

I needed a baby card today & Taylor's sketch seemed to be a great layout for it! I had also noticed today's challenge from OCC was to use a tag... 2 birds, one stone.... gotta love it!

This cutie little giraffe is from a new Stampin' Up! set called Animal Crackers. I do love giraffes! The paper is my old stand by for baby boy cards...DCWV's Nana's Nursery Baby Boy stack. I also used my new Martha border punch again, it's my new fave!

See you tomorrow!

M-O-M-M-Y LUVS COFFEE / TECC #55 & SJCI #24...

Yay! I finally got to use this new set, Sip by Sip from Stampin' Up!
Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #55 this week was the perfect, funky sketch I needed for inspiration! And Stacey's awesome Jewelry Color Inspiration #24 added just the right twist to this "boss" 50's style stamp set!


Night night & sweet dreams!

HAPPY B'DAY CUPPY / TECC #53 & KWDCI #40...

Okay, is it me, or would it be cannibalism for a cupcake to eat cake?
The colors for KWerner's Color Inspiration were terrific this week, as was Taylor's Cupcake Challenge sketch!
I thought I had finished this card (below) but I wasn't happy with it so I added a few things, the "faux" faux stitching and the white dots...

Thanks for looking!

CUPCAKE w/ HANDLES?!? / TECC52SS...

Sorry~ in my attempt to finish Taylor's 1 Year Anniversary Challenge, everything has started looking like a cupcake to me! Including this mug of beer from STampin' Up!'s Cheers to You set! I added a candle & there you have it... a cupcake with a handle! Enjoy!

NOT A CUPCAKE...but just as sweet! / TECC52JS...

Here's #6 - whew! Sketch is courtesy of Jami from Taylor's Cupcake Crew, for Taylored Expression's One Year Cupcake Challenge Anniversary!

I used a new Level 3 hostess set from Stampin' Up! for this one, called Goody-Goody Gumdrops! What a cute set! Anyone who has a catalog party or workshop at the $500 level can choose to get this set for free!
I used Cameo Coral, Rose Red & Kiwi Kiss cardstock, as well as Raspberry Tart DSP. It's hard to see, but there's a little glitter on the ice cream & the cherry and the tall ice cream glass are coated with Crystal Effects. The ice cream is paper pieced... I've been doing a lot of that lately!
Enjoy!

PARTY HEARTY~ SOME MORE! / TECC52JP...

I'm halfway there... #5! This sketch for TECC's Anniversary Celebration was provided by Jackie! Isn't it cute!

I used Party Hearty by Stampin' Up!, as well as bunches o' punches! I stamped the round sentiment in basic black on Kraft, Very Vanilla, and Riding Hood Red cardstock and punched them out with the 1-3/4 in., 1-3/8 in., & 1-1/4 in. circles punches, respectively & then layered them. The 2 larger circles were done with my Big Shot and circle nestabilites. (It was really hard not to use my scalloped circles... but I wanted this to be a guy card) The cupcake was punched from Candy Lane DSP.

Only 4 to go...

TIME TO PARTY / TECC52SH...

My 4th card is based on Stephanie's sketch for Taylored Expression's Sketch Anniversary Celabration.

For this card I used my curly label punch for the cupcake/sentiment from the stamp set Time to Party, both by Stampin' Up! I stamped the cupcake top in Riding Hood Red onto So Saffron & paper pieced it on the image that I had stamped in Pumpkin Pie. I ran my Pumpkin Pie cardstock through my Big Shot using the Swiss Dots embossing folder. The top of the card is Washington Apple DSP.

Bye for now~

A HAPPY HEART (wrapped in ribbons) / TECC52VC...

An awesome 3rd sketch for Taylor's Challenge brought to us by Vicki!

I went a little crazy with the ribbon, but I really LOVE ribbon! I thought the lines in Vicki's sketch could best be respresented by ribbon...

The stamps are by Stampin' Up! ~ I used A Happy Heart & Crazy for Cupcakes. I paper-pieced the little cupcakes to put onto the tic-tac-toe board. The colors used are Cameo Coral, Rose Red, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, and Barvo Burgundy.

3 down...

STITCHED SHERBERT-Y CUPCAKE / TECC52TV...

This is one of nine cards I'll be doing this week for Taylored Expression's celebration of a Year of Cupcake Challenges! YAY! Yes, I know 9 cards is a tall order when you work full time & have a teething 7 1/2 month old at home & a husband that works nights... BUT THAT'S WHY IT'S A CHALLENGE, RIGHT?
Anyway, I used Stampin' Up!'s Party Hearty stamp set for this card. The DSP is also Stampin' Up!, Tangerine Tango Patterns. I inked the cupcake in Only Orange & Gable Green and the candle in Tangerine Tango & Apricot Appeal... then I shaded them in the same colors of SU! Watercolor Crayon. I added some faux stitching with a Uni-Ball Signo Gel Pen, punched out the DSP with a Martha Stewart scalloped border punch, and added a couple Making Memories cute little button brads.

One down and 8 to go!

ALL THAT & A GIANT CUPCAKE / TECC52DB...

Sketch #2 for TECC's One Year Celebration, courtesy of Donna. What a terrific sketch~ I love it!

I pulled out my retired Stampin' Up! set, She's All That, man how I wish it were still available in the catty! It was in a mini-catalog last year and it's so funky! I used stickles and a rhinestone for the cupake, which was punched (Martha Stewart cupcake punch). I also used SU!'s 1-1/4 inch square punch for the squares along the outside of the image, punched from Urban Garden DSP, also SU!. The colors are Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy & Kiwi Kiss. I also used my Nestabilites for the scalloped frame around the image!

Thanks for looking!

MAKE A WISH / TECC#51 & CT#25...

Where to begin? This card is based on 4 challenges; Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #51, Color Throwdown #25, Our Creative Corner's Technique Challenge, and Stamp Something's Birthday Challenge.

For this card I used the emboss resist technique, you can find the tutorial HERE on Splitcoaststampers.com, as well as 3 Stampin' Up! sets; She's All That, Petal Pizazz, and Crazy for Cupcakes. I really wish SU! still had She's All That in the catty!

Have a great day!

TAYLORED EXPRESSIONS Cupcake Challenge #43 & KWERNER Color Inspiration #31...

Well, I couldn't help myself... I came home, fed bebe Alex and he's happily watching Baby Einstein, so I made another card using the color inspiration from kwernerdesign.com! I've also loosely based this card on Taylor's Cupcake Challenge... obviously this is not a cupcake~ sorry! (The cupcake stamps are coming out next, as long as Alex is happy!)

All supplies are Stampin' Up!, except the hardware... and I just love this stamp set, Harvest Home, which I used a few weeks ago on a card. The paper is Haiku.

Have a great weekend!!!