CIC235 Stamp Fairy

Don't you just love the gorgeous fall colors?  I sure do, but I don't get to see the leaves change here in sunny Florida so I love to see all the beautiful fall themed cards and paper crafts around the Internet.  That makes this week's Cupcake Inspirations Challenge CIC235 a very fun one for me.  It's sponsored by Stamp Fairy and that's just the icing on the cake or cupcake so to speak.  The winner of this week's challenge will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend in the Stamp Fairy shop. That's going to be fun for someone.   The design got to use some cute images and this week a couple members of the Stamp Fairy design team joined us making samples so you really must stop over to see all the creations on our blog.  Then get busy making your card or project.

My card is using the digital image Mimi Falltime.  How cute is she?  I know she's just adorable.  It's colored with copics.  The edges of the square are punched with one of my favorite Stampin' Up corner punches and the orange leaves were made with an EK Success punch.  Everything else is just straight edge cuts.  The acorn charm is from Oriental Trading.  The punches and charm are old so if you are trying to get this look dig into your embellies and you'll find something to substitute.


Here's the deets:
stamp - Stamp Fairy - Mimi Falltime
ink - printer
paper - My Favorite Things Safety Orange, Gumdrop Green and Orange Fizz card stock; Authentique  Collection:Thankful dsp
miscellaneous - copics; Stampin' Up corner punch; EK Success leaf punch; twine; charm

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC235 - photo
Oldie But a Goodie - Charming (everything, except the image, in this card is at least a year old)
Partytime Tuesday #144 - Anything Goes
Crafting for All Seasons #64 - Autumn Colors
Divas By Design - Use Some Orange

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CIC201 - Stamp Fairy

The Cupcake Inspirations 200th challenge party's almost over, but first we need to announce the winners. If you entered all of the designers blogs don't forget to visit them again to see if you were a winner.  Thank you to everyone who stopped to leave a comment on my post.  I wrote all your names on little pieces of paper, folded them up, put them in a bowl and choose one.  While I was tossing the papers my husband woke up from his nap and asked a million questions about what I was doing.  He never did understand my answers and he felt left out when I wouldn't let him pull the winning slip.  Too bad, he can have his own contest if he wants to pick winners.  The winner of the $12 gift certificate from A Day for Daisies is Sian Ridley.  Sian, I'll drop you a line when this post goes live to tell you what you need to do.

 

This week we are sponsored by Stamp Fairy.  You will find the cutest images there, I love the little bears, and if you are a teddy bear lover you could be there for a very long visit.  The inspiration for my card is the flower with the pearl center and the colors.  This shade of blue on the hat is one of my favorites and I was very happy that I was able to match it up with these papers.  Usually I would pick my papers and then match my coloring to it because that is easier but sometimes it doesn't work that way.  For this image I pulled colors from the inspiration photo and then looked for paper that would match.  These are great spring colors so it wasn't a difficult task.  The decorations on the cupcake are also great spring images so it's going to be an easy peasy challenge for you.  Don't forget to link it up on the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge blog so  the sweeties can see what you created and so that you'll have a chance to win the Stamp Fairy prize. 

Here's the deets:

stamp - Stamp Fairy "Clementine Spring" digi

ink - hp printer

paper - My Favorite Things "Sour Apple" card stock; Basic Grey "Sugar Rush" dp

miscellaneous - copics; butterfly brads; pearls; the Cat's Pajamas "Topper" cut-ups; Stampin' Up "Festive Paper Piercing" and "Framelits Window Frames Collection"; Spellbinder's "oval" die

 

Here's the challenges:

Cupcake Inspiration Challengesm n CIC201 - photo

2 Sisters #134 - Pastels

Allsorts week 197 - Springtime

Basic Grey #89 - Spring is in the Air

One Stop Craft #219 - Spring

Splitcoast Stampers Way to Use It WT417 - Poke a Hole in It

Cute Card Thursday #259 - Spring Fever

Crafting for All Seasons #47 - Spring Into Spring

 

Thanks for stopping by, come back again.

 

 

SFTW - Anything Goes



Happy New Year!  Maybe you don't make New Year's cards, I never used to but I like them better than belated Christmas cards if you catch my drift. 

This week at Stampin' for the Weekend our challenge theme is "Anything Goes" and we're sponsored by Stamp Fairy.  I've been very lucky to be on design teams for challenges that are sponsored by Stamp Fairy so I have lots of cute images (you can see more of my Stamp Fairy cards by clicking on it in the labels near the bottom of the side bar).  If you're not that lucky why not make a card for our challenge.  It's anything goes so you can make whatever you need or want.  Link it up on our challenge blog and you've got a chance to win Stamp Fairy booty.  Come on, you're probably going to make a card anyway so you might as well enter it in the Stampin' For the Weekend challenge.  We'd love to see what you create.


Here's the deets:
stamp - Stamp Fairy "Mimi Stars"; year numbers My Favorite things "Journal It Calendar Basics"
ink - hp printer; year numbers Memento "Bamboo Leaves"
paper - October Afternoon "Cakewalk" dp; Bazzill "Hillary (green)" and "Sunbeam" card stock
miscellaneous - copics; Viva glitter pen "Gold"; buttons; burlap twine; star charm; My Favorite Things "Postal Stamp Stax" die-namics; machine stitching; mini brads; pearls

Here's the challenges:
Stampin' for the Weekend - Anything Goes
Simon Says - New Something (image and die are new for me)
L'il Red Wagon #166 - New Year
TuesdayThrowdown #128 - Bright and Happy New Year
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Whoopsie Daisy - Celebrate

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PIO #34 - Cuddly Critters

"Cuddly Critters" is the theme for this week's Pile It On Challenge #34.  Sounds like the opportunity to be making a cute card.  I can always use a cute card with a cuddly critter on it.  There's no sentiment on it so it could be used for a few different reasons - birthday, get well, thanks, lots of different uses for a card without a sentiment on it.

We're sponsored by Stamp Fairy so if you're the lucky winner you can add to your cuddly critter collection.  



Here's the deets:
stamp - Stamp Fairy "Charlie Happy Life"
ink - hp printer
paper - Stampin' Up "Wild Wasabi" and "Kraft" card stock; DCVW "Pet Stax dp"
miscellaneous - copics; ribbon; paw charm; My Favorite Things "Circle" die-namics' button brads; pearls

Here's the challenges:
Pile It On #34 - Cuddly Critters
Splitcoast Stampers Fan Club - August Sketch
4 Crafty Chicks - Circles, Circles and More Circles
Digi Doodle #121 - Use a Charm
Delightful Challenges - Punches and Dies
Crafty Catz #146 - Animals
Fabulous Friday - Ribbon/Twine
Fairy Tale Challenges  #48 - Song Inspirations (How Much Is That Doggie in the Window)
Totally Papercrafts #130 - Inspired By a Song    "
Allsorts Week 168 - heavy Metal (Charm and button brads)
Craft Your Days Away #52 - Anything Goes
Crafty Ann's - Circles
Critter Sketch #128 - Digi Week
No Matter Which #1- Anything Goes
L'il Red Wagon #146 - Dog Days of Summer
Whoopsie Daisy - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll come back again.  I look forward to seeing you join us in the "Cuddly Critter" challenge at Pile It On.

Be Bee

CIC168

Boy oh boy does this cake look inviting.  I wonder what kind of cake is under that icing.  It's probably a good thing I don't know, it's just be more temptation.  Did you ever hear people who work in bakeries say that after awhile you get sick of the stuff?  Yeah right!  I don't think so.  Maybe a lobotomy would take my mind off sweets but short of that I think cake will always be my favorite food. 

This cute beehive cake is the inspiration for Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #168.  What comes to your mind?  There's those little bees, the hive, the color combo, the shapes, lots of stuff going on there if you take a good look.  If you play along with us this week you could win a prize from Stamp Fairy.  They're a great place for shopping, even better for winning a little shopping spree so get inky and play along.

My inspiration is obviously the bees.  Check out "Lenny Bee", isn't he a cutie pie?  He's from Stamp Fairy, so if you think he's cute (and who doesn't) you have got to go Stamp Fairy and shop.  If you're like me you'll probably have a hard time picking just one. 

Bees make me think of beehives, which makes me think of hexagons, which makes me think of the bees crawling around in the hive which gives me hives and at that point I stop thinking about bees and start coloring.

Here's the deets:
stamp - Stamp Fairy "Lenny Bee" digi
ink - hp printer
paper - Stampin' Up "Crushed Curry" and "Bermuda Bay" cs; My Mind's Eye "Follow Your Heart - Be Anything" dp
miscellaneous - copics; My Favorite Things "Oval" die-namics; SU crochet ribbon; baker's twine; beehive charm; brads; mini brads; gold bling; machine stitching

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC168 - photo
Stampin' Royalty #131 - Basic Grey, Daffodil Delight, Baja Breeze
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by, come back again.

Pile It On - Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Daydreams

Are you ready for the Pile It On challenge, well you better be cause it's here.  How about this fun theme "Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Daydreams".  There's an awful lot of images that will fit this theme so finish your web browsing then go get busy pulling out your supplies.  This week we're sponsored by Stamp Fairy, the winner of the challenge will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend in the Stamp Fairy store.  I'm sure you'll have a fun time with that. 

For my card I'm using a "Garden Goblin" and Close to My Hearts "Route 66" paper because whenever I see a creature that looks like this I think about a story I saw on TV many years ago.  It was about a family who had a gnome like this on their front lawn and it was stolen.  Over the next couple months they received touristy pictures of the gnome from all over the country.   One day the gnome was home again.  They never found out who did it.

don't forget the inside

Here's the deets:
stamp - Stamp Fairy "Garden Goblins"
ink - hp printer
paper - Close to My Heart "Route 66" cs and dp
miscellaneous - copics, mini brads, linen twine, mushroom charm, My Favorite Things "Dainty Dots" die-namic, machine stitching











Here's the challenges:
Pile It On #19 - Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Daydreams
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards #12 - Sketch
Crafty Ann's - Stitching
Moving Along with the Times - Summer Sunshine
Digi Doodle #106 - Anything Goes
Crazy for Challenges C4C135 - Gardening or the Great Outdoors
Speedy the Fox #106 - Use Three of Something (3 different patterned paper)
Craft Your Days Away - Just for children
2 Sisters #90 - Anything Goes
The Stamp Man - Your Favorite Technique (machine stitching)
Totally Stampalicious - Masculine
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - In the Garden
Going Grey - It's a Boy
Cute Card Thursday #215 - One for the Boys
4 Crafty Chicks - Your Favorite Embellishment (charms)
L'il Red Wagon - Stitch It Up
Crafty Cardmakers #67 - For the Boys

Thanks for stopping by, I hope to see you play along with us at Pile It On.

Hoppy Easter



CIC155

These cuppies would be a great dessert today, or any day.   These look like they wouldn't be that difficult to reproduce if you were so inclined.  Looks to me like it's a couple of marshmallows cut in half with pink sugar on them for the ears, mini marshmallows for the cheeks, maybe skittles or M&Ms for the eyes and nose, a little coconut on top of the icing and you'd have a reasonable facsimile of these guys.  Soooo cute and edible too.  They're also the inspiration for this week's Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #155. 

The cute and generous Stamp Fairy is our sponsor this week.  Lots of cute images there, you're always a winner at Stamp Fairy because there's a page of freebies there (there's a bunny freebie hint, hint).

I love the white bunnies so I used that for my inspiration and then went with the pink and blue for some color choices.  It's hard to see in the photo but the egg is a very faint aqua color and the bunny is highlighted with gray.  It's very subtle but when you see the card in real life it makes a difference.  To make the white image stand out I cut it out and then popped it up on an oval of pink card stock. 



Here's the deets:
stamp - Stamp Fairy "Clementine Easter One"
ink - hp printer
paper - K & Co "Tim Coffey Cottage Garden" dp; Stampin' Up "Melon Mambo" and "Blushing Bride" card stock
miscellaneous - copics; button; candy dots; burlap twine; bunny charm; sewing machine

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inpsirations CIC155 - photo
Fetch a Sketch #21- sketch
Secret Crafter - Easter
Card Making Mamas - Easter
Cardmadfairy Digi Days - #30 - Due Cuts and or Punches
Daring Cardmakers - Sorbet Colors

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll come back again.  I'd also love to see you participate in this week's Cupcake Inspirations challenge so get inky and link up with us.

Don't Worry...

Be Happy.  Do you remember that upbeat ditty by Bobby McFerrin (here's a you tube video if you're interested)?   When it first came out It irritated me to no end.  If I had a gun I would have shot the radio (my first argument for gun control) but eventually it grew on me.   It's got a Friday kind of feel.  Time to kick back and relax, have some fun, have some me time, maybe even get some stamping done.  Which brings me to...Stampin' for the Weekend.  It's time for another SFTW challenge.  This week we're sponsored by Stamp Fairy and it couldn't be easier to play along because this week the theme is "Anything Goes".  So dig out your supplies and make anything, then link it up for a chance to win a $10 GC to Stamp Fairy.  

don't forget the inside

Here's the deets:
stamp - Stamp Fairy "Lenny Bee 2"
ink - hp printer
paper - My Mind's Eye "Lost and Found - Sunshine" dp; Bazzill "Beeswax" cs
miscellaneous - copics; Spellbinder's oval and scalloped oval dies; bling; baker's twine; bee charm; pleated ribbon; Bazzill cardstock strips; brads and mini brads; puffy bee; sewing machine


Here's the challenges:
Stampin' for the Weekend #6 - Anything Goes
Stampin' Royalty #116 - sketch
Sentimental Sundays #94 - Metal (bee charm and brads)

Irish Cupcakes

I find myself wondering if the baker put green dye in the batter of this cute cuppies.  These are the inspiration for this week's Cupcake Inspirations challenge.   We're sponsored by Stamp Fairy, one of our regular and generous sponsors.  They've got cute and sweet bear images for every occasion.  If you enter the challenge this week you may win a little shopping spree.  If I weren't a DT I'd be playing along. 

There's lots to be inspired by in this photo.  There's the cute little bear, the pot of gold, the flag, the rainbow, and of course the shamrocks.  There's something for everyone in this photo and everybody's Irish in March.

You can see I've been inspired by that cute little bear and the St. Patrick's Day theme.  The Stamp Fairy bears are just about twins with the cupcake bear. 

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don't forget the inside

Here's the deets:
stamp - Stamp Fairy  "Herb/St. Patrick's Day"
ink - hp printer
paper - the Paper Cut "Whip Cream" cs; Bazzill green cs; Basic Gray "Origins" dp; Recollections Printed Scrapbook Papers (yellow dot) dp; Stampin' Up "Kraft" cs
miscellaneious - copics; SU crochet lace ribbon; gingham check ribbon; Irish charm; My Favorite Things oval die-namics; Fiskars "Upper Crest" punch; sewing machine

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC151 - photo
Friday Mash Up #49 - use Green and Yellow and/or a 3-d basket
DYSU #62 - Go Green
Digi Doodles #98 - Animals
Delightful - St. Patrick's Day
Crafty Sentiments - Bears

Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate all your kind words.  I hope you'll come back again.

Good Morning Cupcake Fans

CIC147

Big Love day is almost here.  If you haven't made your sweetie a card yet, well you better get cracking.  Why not use these yummy cuppies as your inspiration that way you can enter your creation into the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge CIC147 and have a chance to win the prize offered by our sponsor Stamp Fairy.

My inspiration came from the cute little bears and the dreamy light color palette.  What about you, maybe it's the hearts, or just the the cupcakes, do the initials pop out at you?   Just find some inspiration from the photo and share your creation with us at the Cupcake Inspirations challenge blog.  The sweeties love to see what you create.

This week our sponsor is Stamp Fairy.  I think the bears on the cupcakes are dead ringers for the many of Stamp Fairy images.  If you're not familiar with their images you must go check them out.



Here's the deets:
stamp - Stamp Fairy "lllove3"
ink - hp printer
paper - Best Occasions taupe cs; Urban Oasis green cs; Basic Grey "Cappella" dp
miscellaneous - copics; Spellbinder's Lacey square, Classic Heart and Classic Scalloped Heart dies; Sizzex "Flourish" die; Hero Arts green pearls; Kaisercraft pink pearls

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC147 - photo
CES #72- Lots of Layers
Moving Along with the Times #135 - Cute Critters
Basic Grey #162 - Love/Valentine (using BG "Capella" dp)

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll come back again.  Now get inspired by those cupcakes and join us in the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge.

TGIF

Yeah, it's the weekend!  Even though I'm retired I still like the weekend.  What better time to do the things you love.  For me it'll be crafting and checking card blogs.  If you have some free time this weekend why don't you join us at Stampin' for the Weekend in our challenge #25 to "Emboss".  We're sponsored by Stamp Fairy (my card is using the Barry Angel digi).  The sentiment on my card is heat embossed.  You can dry emboss if you prefer.  Stop by the blog to check out the details and see what the rest of the design team has created. 

Here's the deets:
stamp - Stamp Fairy "Barry Angel"
ink - hp printer
paper - the Paper Cut "Pink Lemonade" cs; Kaisercraft "Hey Birdie" collection dp
miscellaneous - copics; glaze pen; Tiny Twinkles; brads; ribbon; baker's twine; charm; sewing machine

Here's the challenges"
Stampin' for the Weekend #25 - Emboss

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll come back again.

Shaped Card

It's time for another fabulous Cupcake Inspiration.  Boy do I love this cake that's topped with a cupcake.  The colors are so soft and feminine.  It looks divine, another cake I couldn't bring myself to cut but I wonder what's under the fondant.  Is it a chocolate cake or a yellow cake?  Is there fruit or lemon between the layers.  Fortunately you don't need to know what's on the inside to be inspired and if you need a little jump start there's plenty to see on the Cupcake Inspiration challenge blog.  The design team has been busy making cards for your viewing pleasure. 

This week the challenge is sponsored by Stamp Fairy.  My card is made with one of the freebies on the site.  If you've never tried using a digi before, this is a great way to find out if you'd like it.  You can choose from 10 images.  



I was inspired by the top layer of the cake.  I made a card shaped like a cupcake and used the colors of the top layer when I made it.  A cupcake is a pretty simple shape to make.  I took a piece of plain paper and cut it the size of an A2 card, then rough sketched the shape of a cupcake, making sure to have a part of the icing area be on the card fold.  Trace it or affix your pattern to your card base with a removable tape then cut it out.  Then cut the "icing" portion off of the pattern and do the same thing to cut out a piece of white card stock. The "icing" was fancied up  with an embossing folder and glitter.

To make the card a little more interesting I used the paper tole technique and made three layers of the image.  The bottom layer is the entire image.  For the middle layer the heart and halo are cut off.  The top layer is the head.   The close up is supposed to show you the three layers but it isn't the best photo I've ever taken.

Here's the deets:
stamp - Stamp Fairy Freebie digi
ink - hp printer
paper - The Paper Cut "Sno Cone", "Sweet Tooth" and "Red Hot" card stock
miscellaneous - copics; Spellbinder's oval, scalloped oval and cherry dies; Kaisercraft pearls; embossing folder; glitzy glitter

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC129 - photo
Raise the Bar #76 - Things with Wings 
Stampin' B #129 - Use 2 or more Spellbinders
Speedy the Cat's Friends week 74 - Things with Wings
Top Tip #51 - For the Kids

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you'll play along with us at the Cupcake Inspiration challenge. 

Layer It

Layer, layers and more layers. This week at Pile It On that's what we want to see, lots of layers. So combine this challenge with as many other challenges as you can and play along with us. Our sponsor this week is Stamp Fairy. The image on my card is Barry Halloween. He's a pretty cute little fellow all dressed up for the funnest of the holidays. If you're looking for images as cute as this rush over to Stamp Fairy, cause everything is this cute.

For this challenge I looked for a sketch (this is from the Sweet Stop) with lots of layers but for a little more interest I used a technique called paper tole. This is where you stamp more than one of the image and then you cut and paste pieces of the image on top of themselves (that's clear as mud, huh?). In real life you can see it, but not in the photo of the card face so I'm adding this close up of the face and arm with wand. Here you can see that the face is popped up on dimensionals. With the paper tole that makes 5 layers without counting the mats.


Here's the deets:
stamp - Stamp Fairy "Barry Halloween"

ink - hp printer

paper - Recollections naturals card base; Wausaw cs; K and Co "Tim Coffey Halloween Specialty" pad; Georgia Pacific white cs

miscellaneous - copics; stickles; brads; baker's twine' charm; sewing machine; Nesties circle dies



Here's the challenges:
Pile It On #29 - Layer It
the Sweet Stop SSS125 - sketch (thanks for a great sketch!)
Paper Cutz #108 - Going to the Pumpkin Patch
Jellypark Friends- Pass It On
CES #53 - Make It Magical or Spooky
Freshly Brewed - Something New
Truly Scrumptious #65 - Decorate the Inside of Your Card
the Crop Stop - #36 -Spellbinders (the circles)
Pals Paper Arts PPA110 - Halloween
Craft Us Crazy #16 - Autumn Colors/Favorite Embellie (charm)
Crafty Sentiments - Halloween
Stamp Something - Anything Goes
Southern Girls - Lots of Layers or Birthday
Do You Stack Up DYSU#36 - Texture (those wrangly bats have enough texture for me but there's also the sparkly swirls on the green dp)
Stamp with Fun #127 - Autumn
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Anything Goes
Critter Sketch #81 - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting, I hope you'll come back again.  Now go get busy making a card with lots of layers, then link it up at the Pile It On challenge blog.