Sunday 5-in-1

Hello everyone out there in BLOGGER land! It feels soooo good to craft "just cuz" :) It's been a long time since I've had the time to sit and make something that isn't just for design team work, and it feels fantastic!

Today, Tamie, let me know of a few challenges that are happening this week and she is also the Guest Designer this month over at Sweet Stamping Challenge Blog and their challenge is "Pink," so that was my starting point. I needed a sketch, so I hopped on over to the Clean and Simple Stamping Challenge Blog and found this:


...I have been wanting to "attempt" a clean-and-simple card for some time now and I think I did ok (didn't I?) *giggle* I find CAS cards very difficult and this one {might be} a bit too detailed even still...I will work on it and maybe create a few more tonight *wink*

My card also qualifies for the following challenges:

• Crazy 4 Challenges - Cupcakes
• Fussy & Fancy - Pink and Black
• Our Creative Corner - Embossing (dry or heat)

Here is my card using all 5 challenges:

Stamps: Birthday Cupcake (Inkadinkado); Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Pretty in Pink; Ink: Versafine Black, Momento Black; Accessories: perfect dots embossing folder, pretty in pink satin ribbon, scallop edge punch, markers, dimensionals

Thanks for stopping in this afternoon - I'm in the process of packing up my daughter for 4H Camp tomorrow, but I'm *hoping* to create one more tonight! Ciao!

Happy Birthday, Peggy!

Happy Hump Day! I got DH out the door and came to sit in my craft zone and get a challenge (or 7) done *wink* My card qualifies for the following challenges today:

• Paper Works - "to use cupcakes anywhere on your card or project."
• Stacey's Stamping Stage - color combo - Act 27
• Lord Have Mercy - sketch challenge
• Fussy and Fancy Challenge Blog - make a birthday card with some type of "sweet treat" on it
• Pile It On! - "Make it Sweet"
• Stamp With Us - "Birthday"
• Stamping Royalty - "Use Your Punches"

...here is my cutie patootie birthday girl:

Stamps: Short & Sweet, Mimosa - Cupcake (Bildmalarna); Paper: Certainly Celery, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White; Ink: Versafine Black, Basic Black; Accessories: celery satin ribbon, button, linen thread, markers, white gel pen, dimensionals, oval punches, oval scallop punch, cuttlebug border embossers

The weather man says we are in a "winter storm warning" for our area and we can expect 12-15 cm of snow and/or rain today and tomorrow. I am hunkered down with candles lit, great tasting coffee and laundry has been started. I am hoping to be back later on today with more installments! My workshop has been postponed so I don't have to run out tonight...more time for stamping :) Yay me!! See you soon - stay warm!

Late Night Beauties....

...I bet you were expecting to see a pic of me and Tamie right???? Giggle, snort!! We were up late creating and this set of birthday cards is what I made with the Crazy for Cupcakes set. Hop on over to Tamie's blog HERE and see what she made using the big cupcake stamp out of the set - they are GORGEOUS!! We are off to my final Christmas Stamp-A-Stack this morning, but will be back to create later on today and all day tomorrow! Stay tuned...............

Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes

Ink: Basic Black

Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Orchid Opulence, Cottage Wall DP

Accessories: scallop edge punch, scallop square punch, razzleberry ribbon, old olive ribbon, markers, gems, micro beads,

Another sketch challenge - wahooo!

I hopped on over to Jen's blog and checked out her Sketch for You to Try.
This one had me a bit stumped - I knew what I *wanted* to do, but each image that I tried just didn't seem to work out. Then, when I was doing my last and final card, I realized AFTER I had glued down all my layers, that the one ribbon piece (or paper, whichever you chose to use) was supposed to be over the front of the left hand layer and under the right hand layer...OOOPS! Oh well, my ribbon is under both layers LOL...kinds defeats the purpose of having it there, cuz you can't really see it, but that's ok - learn as we go, right?!
I totally *heart* the designer paper I used for this card - it's again part of the DCWV paper pack that I bought at the Drayton Valley Scrapbook Store. And...I tried a new product tonight! The pink dots on the scallop circle are made with Liquid Pearls. How fun is that!?! I can make my OWN! Wahooo....I think I did pretty good for my first attempt..what do you think? :o) Thanks for stopping by tonight...toodles!


































Recipe:

Stamps: Cupcake Affair by Verve
Paper: Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, Gable Green, Whisper White, Cupcake paper DCWV
Ink: Close to Cocoa
Accessories: scallop circle punch, ticket corner punch, green ribbon, liquid pearls, swiss dots cuttlebug folder, dimensionals, sponge dauber, 1 3/8" circle punch

Got Cupcakes?

My good friend, Tamie, and her kids are here for a sleepover for Calvin's 12th birthday and so....while the kids play....the girls *must* craft! HEE HEE...
I dug out one of my newest My Favorite Things sets, Cupcake Flopsey. Isn't he CUTE?!?! And I had to use him in conjunction with my new Raspberry Tart DP :o) Thanks for stopping by...running to my scrap box to find more inspiration - be back shortly!

Recipe:

Stamps: Cupcake Flopsey from MFT

Paper: Pretty In Pink, Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral, Whisper White, Raspberry Tart DP

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: ticket corner punch, Cuttlebug EF, pink ribbon, half-back pearls, Flower Fusion II flowers, rhinestone brad, dimensionals, sponge dauber, Martha Stewart glitter.

Hi, Cupcake!

Ohhhh...I love this new designer paper from Stampin' Up! It's called Raspberry Tart and there are some very nice patterns and colors in this pack of paper....
Tonight I decided to make 2 cupcake cards using the paper piecing technique. If you click on the image, you'll notice that the cupcake papers are actually designer paper...you stamp your image again on a piece of DP and then cut it out, and glue it onto your main image....FUN! Thanks for stopping by - I am off to bed. I have a very emotional day ahead of me tomorrow. The lady I told you about a while back that had brain cancer passed away last week and tomorrow is her funeral. She touched my life in a huge way and I was glad to help her clean her house and do household chores the past 4 or so months before she left us. She was a fighter....but now she doesn't have to fight anymore. She can rest.
Talk to you tomorrow...

Recipe:

Stamps: Hi Cupcake by Inkadinkadoo

Paper: Rose Red, Old Olive, Whisper White and Raspberry Tart DP

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: glitter, glue pen, ribbon, half-back pearls, ticket corner punch, dimensionals

Cupcakes, cupcakes...how do I love thee?

Yep....today is Taylor's Cupcake Challenge! She gave this sketch and this is what I came up with....if you click on the image, you will see the glitter more up close:

























Recipe:

Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Mellow Moss, Berry Bliss DP, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: markers, riding hood red ribbon, swiss dots cuttlebug folder, oval and scalloped oval nestabilities, big shot, dimensionals, glue pen, glitter, brads

Thanks for looking!

Inkingly Yours,

Lori