CIC169 - My Favorite Things

If this cupcake display isn't enough to make you want to go right to your crafty space and create a card (while noshing on a delectable treat) then the fact that My Favorite Things is the sponsor for this week's Cupcake Inspirations challenge should get you going.  If you're a regular visitor to my blog then you know how much I love My Favorite Things.   If I weren't on the design team for this challenge I know I'd be making as many cards as possible for this challenge.  Seriously, I am a HUGE My Favorite Things junkie.  There are so many lines of images that there's something for everyone.  If you're like me you can't decide which line you like best.  It's not just the stamps that I love, there's the die-namics, paper, buttons, and ribbons too.   Then there's Kim, the owner of MFT, she's just the nicest person you could know.  If you're not in the Florida vicinity you can meet her on line in the forums on Splitcoast Stampers.  You can yak with the design team and the rest of the junkies and you're likely to bump into me there.



The first thing that struck me in the inspiration photo was the roses.  They are gorgeous so I looked through my stamps (this took a little time cause I have a lot of MFT stamps and I looked at all of them) pulling any that had flowers.  Then I finally narrowed it down to this Pure Innocence.  Next I pulled out my favorite flower dies, the royal roses and punched out a bunch of pink roses and a few leaves to keep to the color theme of the inspiration photo.  It's hard to see but there's a little rose charm hanging off the pink cord bow that's tied around the center panel behind the image.  All the paper edges are sponged with Ranger "Tea Dye", it looks really good on the roses.  There's some bling in the corners and the centers of the roses and for the final touch there's Star Dust Stickles on the roses.  I love the way this card turned out, it's going to be really difficult to give this one away.

Here's the deets:

stamp - My Favorite Things "Pure Innocence Bunch of Blooms"

ink - Memento "Tuxedo Black" and Ranger "Tea Dye"

paper - the Paper Cut "Pink Lemonade" and "Sweet Tooth" card stock; Stampin' Up "DSP Pattern's Stack Subtles" for the roses; Authentique "Bundle collection - Uncommon" dp; green scraps

miscellaneous - copics; My Favorite Things "Oval", "Oval Dainty Doily", "Royal Roses", "Royal Leaves" die-namics; EK Success "Scallopey Scallop" border punch; bling; pink cord; rose charm; machine stitching; "Star Dust" stickles

Here's the challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations CIC169 - photo

A Gem of a Challenge #50 - sketch

Delightful - Bling and Bows

Fabulous Friday - Stamping

Totally Papercrafts #125 - Lots of Layers

Whoopsie Daisy - Make Your Own Embellishments

Totally Stampalicious - Your Favorite Embellishment (charms)

Papertake Weekly - Strawberries and Cream

Partytime Tuesday PTT#76 - Let's Get Punchy

Thanks for stopping by, I hope to see your creations in the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge.