Cupcake Contest!

Hey, everyone!

You may have noticed how much I love digital images! They are so fun to play with; so versatile, too. I was looking for free digital stamps/images when I saw THIS POST. Of course I wanted the free cupcake image! I loved it! Then I read about the contest and thought, why not? So here is my entry:
I made this card for my mother-in-law's birthday. I colored 4 cupcakes that I had printed and then asked some coworkers to pick which one they liked the best. I didn't tell them which one was my favorite but we all agreed that this is the cupcake that we liked the most. I put this card together and submitted it. It was hard waiting until May 1 to see if I had won. It was even harder to wait without Internet service until May 5! So guess, what? They liked my card enough to give me a Guest Design Team Spot win, too! Check it out HERE. Oh I am so excited!!


The card above is one I sent to my friend Christina. I knew she would love the purple cupcake wrapper and these bold colors are SO HER! It is shimmery!! I hope you like the cards and thank you for sharing in the excitement about my new win! Stay tuned for more cards using their free stamps!

Angel Hugs,

CC47

Hey, everyone!!

Laurie, an amazing Angel has issued a Color Challenge over at Paper Wings. This is the first challenge of the year and I really want to participate in more challenges, especially at Paper Wings, so I was eager to make a card using only Turquoise, Kraft, Ivory and Brown. I will admit that my "Ivory" is actually "White" but the rest of the colors qualify, right? LOL I made a masculine Valentine card to give my two year old son! I hope he likes it. It's up on dimensionals and has a little bling but I don't think it's too girlie for him! LOL What do you think?
The cardstock is cut at 4" x 8" and scored with my Scor-Pal at 4" creating a square card. I love this size! I then added a brown layer with measuring ¼" smaller than the 4" base. The white cardstock is ½" smaller than the 4" base. I sponged some Reflection Blue Hybrid Palette ink onto the white cardstock and then added a blue rhinestone in each corner. The scalloped squares are made with my punches I have from The Angel Company. The white square is 1½" squared, sponged with Reflection Blue and the cupcake wrapper is paper pieced with the turquoise cardstock. The cupcake is a PWP stamp set! You can buy this adorable set called All Smiles for only $2.95 with any $30 purchase. In fact, this month you can purchase TWO of these PWP stamps for any $30 purchase!!
Here's a look at the inside:
The sentiment is from a retired stamp set from The Angel Company. It's called Sweet as Pie. I always tell my kids, "You are as sweet as pie!" So I will be including this sentiment in both my children's Valentine cards this year! What have you made today? I'd love to see it!

Angel Hugs,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CUPCAKE!

Hey, everyone!

I have the best friend you could ever want! She is funny and creative, so very talented, and smart! She has helped me out so many times when I needed advise, just someone to listen, have a girl gripe session occasionally (LOL), and always to inspire me when I get stuck on a project! We IM frequently and enjoy "shopping" together and blurfing! Today is her birthday and I wanted to do something special for her. We live several states away from one another so I can't just hop in my car (as much as I'd like to) and scrap with her or work on cards or even just hang out! So, I asked her if she would want to do a virtual scrap session or something since my daughter and her daughters are all in school. So that is what we're doing today! She came up with a challenge and I am so excited because it's fun and easy and now...it's done! LOL She e-mailed me this challenge and I couldn't wait to get started. Mine doesn't look exactly the same, but Christina loves purple so I went with purple frosted cupcakes! Of course I have to add the bling so the top layer has glittery sparkles that may not show up too well in the picture and the cherry is all blinged out with stickles! I can't wait for her to see it!!! So, this challenge is just for you CHRISTINA!!! Go wish her a very happy birthday!!!!!!!!

Christina: I hope you have an awesome birthday and get to spend the day doing all the things you enjoy with the people you love!!!

BIG BIRTHDAY HUGS!!!!