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Friday, July 17, 2015

a little cupcake...


Hey friends!!   Can't believe we are already in the middle of July... time sure does fly by doesn't it?   Despite time flying by rapidly I managed to capture enough of it to make a card for a few challenges:  CASology - cupcake, Color Throwdown, CAS(E) this Sketch and Seize the Birthday.  My niece turned 13 this week and so I will be giving her this card along with some birthday $$$.   I admit that I am not the most innovative or creative cardmaker out there, lol!  I tend to take things very literally when it comes to sketches and that is pretty much what happened with the CTS layout.   No harm in that, right?   Since I wanted to make a card with a cupcake on it I looked at the my stamp sets and realized that cupcakes are sorely lacking in my collection, but I managed to locate the one I used in my PTI Blue Skies stamp set.  It even comes with a cute little cherry!!  Die cut all the pieces using the matching dies and stamped them up with purple and pink inks.  Originally the small rectangle was die cut from white cardstock, but then I decided to switch it out for the black and I like it much better.  After adhering the cupcake bottom to the banner I added some silver metallic thread... that took much longer than anticipated, lol!  After adhering all of that I added the cupcake top and cherry using foam dimensionals.  The piece was adhered to white cardstock die cut using my A Jillian Vance Design rectangle polka dot backdrop die.  Added some pink sequins for and mounted it on some cardstock that matched the purple ink (PTI's Winter Wisteria cardstock and ink).



 
 
 
 


Thanks for stopping by today....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  Recollections white; PTI winter wisteria and black; Stamps:  PTI Blue Skies; Dies:  PTI Blue Skies, Spellbinders plain rectangles, MFT banner dies and A Jillian Vance Design;  Sequins:  Pretty Pink Posh; DMC silver metallic thread

16 comments:

Deepti said...

This is sweet :)

Lisa Elton said...

Great way to combine the challenges Rosemary!! Love your polka dot frosted cupcake!!

Nancy said...

Love your cupcake card Rosemary! Thank you for your sweet comments on my blog. You are so amazing to continue to be published month after month. It was quite an accomplishment for me:)

Shelly said...

This is so cute!

Greta said...

I bet your niece will love this super sweet card, Rosemary! Wonderful choice of colors & that cupcake is just darling! Absolutely nothing wrong with using a sketch literally!

Anita in France said...

What a yummy looking cupcake, Rosemary ... the soft, frosty colours are just delicious ... a perfect card for a new teenage girl! Anita :)

Viv said...

Another super card Rosie, love that little cupcake ;) Viv xx

Monika/Buzsy said...

Super cute card Rosemary. Love the SWEET cupcake image. The sequins and the thread look wonderful. Thank you for playing along with us at The Color Throwdown.

Tenia Nelson said...

Super cute!!

Anonymous said...

Oh, I love this! That sequins and thread are the perfect embellishments! Well worth the effort! 😉

Barb Ghig said...

Such a pretty cupcake and I love how you wrapped the thread behind it! Perfect card for your niece!

Petra Swart said...

Love your literal take on the sketch, Rosemary and surely your niece loved her card as much as I do!!!! This is beautiful and the cherry on top is the cute little cherry on top of your yummy looking cupcake!!! Love the sequins and the thread!!!!

Leigh Penner said...

Super sweet take on the sketch!

Joan Ervin said...

How cute with that adorable little cupcake and the sequins are the perfect details!!! Thanks for joining us at the Color Throwdown Challenge!!!

OttawaMom said...

Very sweet creation - I'm sure your niece will love it! Love the polka dots on the cupcake and the scatter of sequins. Thanks so much for joining us at Seize the Birthday!

Anni said...

Love the soft colors of your card! The cupcake looks so yummy!
Thanks so much for playing along with us at Seize The Birthday!
Anni