Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #30

Happy Sunday and welcome to the latest Cupcake Inspiration Challenge from Hope Stamps Eternal! I hope you're all having a wonderful weekend!

My card this week is modeled fairly loosely after the cupcake photo - I mainly drew from the bright colors for my inspiration. I just love the colors in the Bella Blvd Plastino collection, so I wanted to really spotlight a few of those papers. The striped paper, the paper I used to punch the scalloped circle, and the main image are all from Plastino papers. I needed no stamping for that main image - cool, huh? I just used a Marvy mega circle punch and it was the perfect fit for one of the flower clusters on the patterned paper. I added some Stardust Stickles to the center of the flowers for a touch of bling on my super easy focal point! The entire main image is raised up with foam adhesive dots. Oh, and the ribbon wrapped around the large panel is May Arts sheer polka dot ribbon. You can never go wrong with polka dots, right?

I'm a little bummed about the background. When I made the card a few nights ago, I stamped the 'happy day' sentiment from The Greeting Farm set Sentiments repeatedly across the card base to create a fun little background. However, when I finally had a little bit of natural light to take a photo a few days later, the sentiments had faded so they were barely visible. I stamped the sentiment again just before I took the photo, but now it looks a little jumbled with the faint trace of the stamping I had previously done behind it. :-(

If you'd like to play along, add a direct link to your project to the Mr. Linky widget on Rachel's post. The top 5 entries linked up by 9pm MST next Saturday night will be featured in next Sunday's collage.

Ok, now it's time to go and visit the other Sweeties!

Bonnie
Carolina
Colleen
Kelli
Michelle
Natalie
Tammy

Supplies
Stamps: Sentiments by The Greeting Farm
Ink: PTI Lemon Tart
Paper: Bella Blvd Plastino Collection, PTI Lemon Tart
Other: Stardust Stickles, adhesive dots, May Arts red sheer polka dot ribbon

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #29

Happy Sunday and welcome to this week's Cupcake Inspiration Challenge! These little witches are so sweet perched on top of those yummy looking cupcakes!

My card kind of took on a mind of its own as I was making it, and I don't know that I'm really pleased with the final result, but you win some and you lose some, right?!

My main inspiration came mainly from the colors, though the overcast weather we've been having didn't exactly allow me to get the best photo of my card to showcase the colors I used! The top panel is black cardstock embossed with the Perfectly Paisley cuttlebug folder. I then outlined the embossed shapes with a Sakura Stardust pen to really make them pop. The kraft panel on the bottom was stamped with a greeting from the Greeting Farm set called Sentiments, embellished with a Zva Creative crystal flourish, and punched along the bottom with a Martha Stewart Scallop Dot edge punch. Finally, to finish off the card, I added a strip of brown cardstock along where the black and kraft panels meet and covered that with a strip of sheer white polka dot May Arts ribbon.

If you'd like to play along, add a direct link to your project to the Mr. Linky widget on Rachel's post. The top 5 entries linked up by next Saturday night will be featured in next Sunday's collage.

Ok, now it's time to go and visit the other Sweeties!

Bonnie
Carolina
Colleen
Kelli
Michelle
Natalie
Tammy

Supplies
Stamps: Sentiments by The Greeting Farm
Ink: PTI Dark Chocolate
Paper: PTI Dark Chocolate, True Black, Kraft
Other: Scallop Dot Edger punch from Martha Stewart, Perfectly Paisley cuttlebug folder, Sakura Stardust pen, Zva Creative crystal flourish, sheer white polka dot May Arts ribbon

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #28

Happy Sunday! It's time for another Cupcake Inspiration Challenge from Hope Stamps Eternal!

I am out of town this weekend and so did not get a chance to participate in the challenge, but I wanted to make sure I put the inspiration photo up in case you want to play along! Aren't these cupcakes pretty?!?

If you do, be sure to add a direct link to your project to the Mr. Linky widget on Rachel's post. The top 5 entries will be featured in next Sunday's collage.

Ok, now it's time to go and visit the other Sweeties for some fabulous inspiration!

Bonnie
Carolina
Colleen
Kelli
Michelle
Natalie
Tammy

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #27

Good morning! Believe it or not, it's October, so that means Halloween is just around the corner! Isn't today's cupcake inspiration photo a lot of fun?

I chose to focus on the pumpkins and used the Pumpkin Harvest cuttlebug folder on some Imaginisce Bestitched paper, showing the debossed side instead of the embossing. I kept the rest of the top of the card plain to really show off that cuttlebug folder.

The two strips of patterned paper are both from the Basic Grey Eerie paper pack. I just love how all the different papers from that collection mix and match so well together!

The sentiment is from Scary Words, one of the Inkadinkado mini clear sets. I traced over the sentiment with a black spica pen to give it some fun sparkle.

If you'd like to play along, add a direct link to your project to the Mr. Linky widget on Rachel's post. The top 5 entries will be featured in next Sunday's collage.

Now before I send you off to check out the other HSE Sweeties' creations, I want to extend a warm welcome to the latest Guest Sweetie, Ida from Faith Artistry. Be sure to visit her fabulous blog to see her interpretation of this week's challenge.

Ok, now it's time to go and visit the other Sweeties!

Bonnie
Carolina
Colleen
Kelli
Michelle
Natalie
Tammy

Supplies
Stamps: Scary Words from Imaginisce
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, black spica glitter pen
Paper: Imaginisce Bestitched, Basic Grey Eerie, PTI white, Plum Pudding, Ripe Avocado
Other: Pumpkin Harvest cuttlebug folder, paper piercing tool, foam adhesive dots (for popping up the sentiment panel)