Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #60

This is my take on the sketch this week for Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge. Lucky for me I had some precut ovals I bought on eBay as I don't have anything that cuts or punches oval....I know that's hard to believe!!

I used a mix of paper. The pink background is Sweet Blush Perfect Match from Papertrey Ink. Some of the other paper is Basic Grey-Two Scoops. I colored the cupcakes with my copics, added a bit of sparkle with some Spica's and some white from a gel pen. I tried to get a bit creative with the ribbon...it's not as smooth as I wanted but not too bad.

Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #55

This card is for Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #55. This was a challenge for me! Don't usually have to cut that many straight lines! :-) At first I thought I didn't like the card at all but then I added the embossed swirly and the ribbon and this really seemed to bring the card together for me. The plain paper is the Perfect Match paper from Papertrey in Aqua Mist. The patterned paper is "Let it Bloom" from Black Market. Ribbon is Ocean Tides from Papertrey. Sentiment is from Hero Arts stamped with Ocean Tides and the Swirly is from Stampabilities embossed in Whiskers Seafoam White. And, as a final touch the little robin eggs!

This week I also decorated a couple of cute photo boxes for wallets for seniors...but I let those go out the door before I took a picture. :-(

Be creative!

CPS #97 Challenge

OOooops!! The week got by and I never got this one posted for the CPS http://cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/ challenge #97. So, I guess it's better late than never but I have to post it since I actually got the card made this time!

I used white prism cardstock for the base. Stamped the sentiment with a the justrite stamper from the wedding set and then embossed it. Punched it out and added a scalloped circle made with a spellbinder die. I attached it with foam tape to give it a bit of dimension. I added a gray rain drop to bring out the other circles. The pattern paper was some scraps I had and I'm not really sure where it came from. The ribbon came from Papertrey Ink I believe. This was a fun, easy card to make so I made a couple while I had everything out.

Thanks for looking!!

Finally, another post!!

Hope you all had a great holiday time and are having a happy new year!! I haven't taken time to post anything lately. Even more recently, my main work computer has been down with a virus and that has totally messed up my work flow in my photography business!

These are a few cards, and a bookmark, I put together recently. I love the baby card. The pink was embossed with swiss dots Cuttlebug embossing folder. I stamped the baby buggy with chocolate chip and colored it with copics and added a little bling. The patterned paper is from Basic Grey's Sugared (I love their 6x6 papers!) and the brad is from Making Memories. All the buggy and sentiment are from Bitty Baby Blessing from Papertrey Ink. This is such a cute set! The ribbon is just a brown satin ribbon...yeah, I know it looks black in the picture.

The bookmark was a just for fun project. The stamps are all from stampers anonymous. They are embossed then distressed with the Tim Holtz distressing inks and I also rubbed on a bit of stickles in a couple areas with my finger to add a bit of sparkle. I used my Crop-a-dile Big Bite to attach the eyelet. I totally love this thing...I used to had using eyelets but this truly makes it easy, plus the hole punch works great on most anything!

The final card is only partially finished as I couldn't decide what I wanted to put on it for a sentiment.....I decided to just wait and see what I might need this card for as it can be used many different ways. My motivation to make the card was simply to use this stamp and my doodlebug brown flocking on the cattails. The design was stamped with Versamark and embossed the Stampin Up copper, then colored with copics before applying the glue and adding the flocking. I loved how it turned out.

Thanks for checking in!!

Jo

I got some of the "new release" stamps and a couple snowflake punches at Papertrey a while back so I had to give them a try. The swirl is a doodlebug stick with it with Martha Stewart glitter. I used Versamark Dazzle to stamp some snowflakes on the background. The sentiment is from Stampabilities.