Cupcake Celebration

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Jessica Kruegel aka jexterra.....congrats, Jessica!  I chose this adorable cupcake card from her gallery as inspiration today.  For my card, two white panels were cut out with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies; on one, the 'Cupcake' single was stamped,  watercolored at the bottom and sponged at the top; the largest panel was scored with a Scor-buddy.  A partial piece of designer paper from the NCC 'Sweet Shoppe' Paper Collection was cut with the same die, using the Die Re-sizing Technique.  A craft knife was used to cut through the cupcake so that the single candle (cut with the ODBD Custom Birthday Candles Dies) could be inserted.  The sentiment was cut with the ODBD Custom Celebrate and Wish Dies.  The sprinkles, embossed areas of the candle, and the sentiment were highlighted with a clear glaze pen and two red gemstones were added.  I will also be submitting this card to the Fan Club Central Theme since I used scoring on the white panel and since the candle is parallel to the rectangles.

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Blessings,

You Are So Cool!

Hi, everyone!  It's been a couple of days since I was able to stamp, so I have a lot of catching up to do.  Splitcoast held a 'Virtual Stamp Night' event Friday night and all day Saturday, so you will see many cards from me this week as I complete at least some of the challenges and post the photos by next Sunday's deadline.  Though each VSN challenge must be submitted separately, we are allowed to combine them with the daily Splitcoast challenges.  For this card I have combined Misti's 'Ice Cream Social' challenge with this week's Featured Stamper challenge.  This week's chosen artist is Selma Stevenson....wow, what an amazing gallery!!  Since the VSN cards should only take an hour to create, I chose this super cute card from Selma's gallery and changed the cupcake to an ice cream cone.  The layout design was kept the same except that I used a polka dot design from the NCC Sweet Shoppe Paper Collection;  instead of stars around the image, I used sprinkles and both Selma's cupcake and my ice cream cone have a cherry on top and a sentiment at the bottom.  The ice cream image and sentiment banner are from 'What's The Scoop?'; the cherry and sprinkles are from the ODBD Custom Beverage Cup Dies set and the framing was cut with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies set. 

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Blessings,

Donut Worry, Be Happy!

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Hayneedle site....I fell in love with this donut print and tried to 'mostly' recreate it with this birthday card for my niece, Skylee.  Though I didn't have any chevron paper, I did find a gingham pattern in the same color in the 'Sweet Shoppe' Paper Collection by North Coast Creations. The donut image and sentiment are from 'Sprinkled With Love' Stamps and Dies set, also by NCC.  The icing was colored with Pink Passion and Rich Razzleberry; Smooch pearl paints were used to enhance the sprinkles; a clear glaze pen was used to coat the entire icing layer.  The popped up frame and gingham panel were cut with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Squares Dies set.

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Have a blessed weekend!

Sweet Birthday Wishes

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Christopher Radko website.....I was inspired by the yummy cupcake inside this adorable snow globe.  My card was created with the 'Sprinkled With Love' Stamps and Dies set by North Coast Creations and the NCC Sweet Shoppe Paper Collection.  Since these are clear stamps, I was able to curve the sentiment easily to fit inside the circle.  The curved border was cut with the ODBD Custom Leafy Edged Borders Dies and the sentiment panel was cut with the ODBD Custom Pierced Circles Dies, matted with the ODBD Custom Circles Dies set.  Some gems and baker's twine were added for a simple finish.

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Blessings,

Birthday Llama

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from 'The Company Store'......when I saw this colorful pillow, it reminded me of the 'Sweet Shoppe' Paper Collection from North Coast Creations.  The festive colors in the paper led me to the 'Llama Tell You' stamp set.  The llama was stamped in Stazon Jet Black, fussy cut, then watercolored slightly with blush on his face and ears. The following cutting dies from ODBD were also used: Double Stitched Rectangles, Double Stitched Ovals, and Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies.

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Blessings,

North Coast Creations September New Releases!

Hi, everyone!  I am super excited to be a guest designer again this month for North Coast Creations!   Check out all of the adorable new stamps and dies HERE.  My designer sisters created the most amazing, creative projects.....check them out here:

* Sandee * Julie * Dawn * Lisa * Chris * Angie (me!) * Maggie *

Here are the items used in my two samples for today:

For my first card, a white panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, then the image from the new 'Llama Tell You' set was stamped three times.  The clouds were sponged over a template cut with the ODBD Custom Clouds and Raindrops Dies.  For a colorful mat, a pattern from the NCC Sweet Shoppe Paper Collection was cut with the same rectangle set. After coloring each llama, a clear glaze pen was used to highlight their eyes.

For my second card, the image from 'Llama Tell You' was stamped on white, colored, then fussy cut. (An extra nose was stamped and colored to pop up for dimension.)  I used the 'Faux Wood' technique on a dark red card by swiping a brown ink pad from top to bottom to create the wood grain pattern.  The frame was cut using the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles. A clear glaze pen was added to the eyes to give them a realistic look.

Thanks for hanging out with us today!

Blessings,