Hey sistahs!
I'm sure many of you probably know this, but Taylor VanBruggen hosts a Cupcake Challenge every Friday. You don't have to use a cupcake image as part of the challenge, but I happened to have one, so I used it.
I truly struggled with the three images on the side. So much so that I had to put myself to bed and sleep on it before I could wake up and make the card. Even then I wasn't sure what I was going to use.
I knew I had The main image is from Hero Arts' clear acrylic "Cupcakes" set. I used my orange Copics to color the cupcake cup and then used Warm 1 on a second cupcake to add a little detailing on the icing before I covered it with Dazzling Diamond Glitter. I cut the second cupcake's frosting off and popped it up on the first image. I stamped the cherry from the same set separately and covered the cherry with Glossy Accents then added red microbeads to give it more dimension. I added glitter to the leaf and brown to the stem then I cut it out and attached it to the frosting with Glossy Accents.
Once I finished with the main image, I had to focus on the three images next to it. I had absolutely no idea what I was going to do, until, I remembered that I purchased some build-a-brads from SU! and hadn't used them. I found a small cupcake stamp in Papertrey Ink's "Limitless Labels" set and used it to recreate the main image for the brads. I wanted to use the word "yum" too ,but I couldn't find a stamp that would work, so I just busted out the pen and wrote it. Then I attached the ribbons to the back of the brads and called it good.
The DP is from Stampin' Up's "Summer Picnic." I love the polka dots and the warm colors the paper provided. The paper was actually what kick-started this card, well, that and the fact that I wanted to use my new Perfect Match cardstock from Papertrey Ink. Despite my little bit of stress, this was a fun card to make!
TECC23 Recipe:
Stamps: Hero Arts - Cupcakes, PTI - Limitless Lables, Stamping Bella - Sentiment
Ink: Brilliance Graphite, Real Red, PTI - Summer Sunrise
Paper: PTI - Summer Sunrise, SU! - Real Red, Whisper White, Summer Picnic DP
Accessories: Build-a-brad, Glitter, Glossy Accents, Grosgrain Ribbon, Striped Ribbon, Copics
I'm off to look at the other creations made for this challenge.
Happy Stamping!
I love how you did the build a brads on the side with the ribbon and that cupcake looks YUMMY!!
Posted by: crystal | July 07, 2008 at 06:54 AM
Very cute! Good work. See what a little break from the Christmas cards will do for you? I think you should take plenty of time away from them and start fresh next month.
Posted by: Darsana | July 07, 2008 at 09:03 AM
OMG! Way cute. Love the colors. You are so damn talented!
Posted by: Pheebs | July 07, 2008 at 02:08 PM
So cute, Angela! Your cupcake looks super yummy! Love the bright colors too!
Posted by: Taylor | July 08, 2008 at 01:03 AM
Love the card!!!! Beautiful job!!!
Posted by: kim | July 09, 2008 at 01:54 AM
Oh that cupcake looks so yum-o! Love the color!
Posted by: Ramsey | July 09, 2008 at 08:34 AM