CIC241 - Jellypark Friends

Look at those gorgeous cupcakes!  They're perfect for an unconventional Christmas Colors at the Cupcake Inspirations challenge.  This week we're being sponsored by one of my favorite companies - Jellypark Friends.  You're thinking that I have to say something nice about the sponsor, well, that's sort of true.  I don't have to say anything at all, but I happen to love Jellypark Friends and I also happen to be on Jellypark Friends design team too, so you see, I really do love them.  If you take a stroll around my blog you can see more of my work with Jellypark images - or you can go to the lower left sidebar and use the label feature to see all the Jellypark posts.

Now I have to make a sad announcement.  This will be my last post as a member of the Cupcake Inspirations Design Team.  It's been quite a wonderful sweet and fun time for me.  I've been on the team since February 13, 2011 and this is my 126th post, that's a lot of sweetness.  I've had the pleasure of working with many wonderful teamies and we've been sponsored by many generous companies.  I've been so lucky to get to work with the images they provided.  My life has become a bit busier these days and keeping up with all the duties of a design team member has started to become difficult so it's time to step down and let someone else have some fun with the job.  

don't you just hate it when you can't get the colors to come out just right on your photo?  Most of it looks OK but the background colors on the patterned paper and the blue card stocks just aren't reading right.  It makes me crazy but what's a girl to do?  

Here's the deets:
stamp - Jellypark Friends "Jack Frost"
ink - printer
paper - My Favorite Things "Berrylicious", "Steel blue", "Razzleberry", "Pink Lemonade" and "Nighshift blue" card stock; Stampin' Up "whisper White" card stock; patterned paper unmarked
miscellaneous - copics; bling; Stampin' Up circle and scalloped circle punch; ek success circle punch; Jolees' snowflakes stickers

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC241 - photo
Freshly Made Sketches #116 - sketch
Friday Mash Up FM139 - Winter not Christmas
Simon Says - Let It Snow

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CIC240 - Robyn's Fetish

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, well at the Cupcake Inspirations challenge blog. Here in sunny Florida Santa and his elves are still sunny themselves in shorts and tee shirts in 85 degree plus weather so without these little cupcakes and the visual cues I see on the Internet I keep forgetting that Christmas really is on its way.  So for this week Cupcakes Inspirations Challenge CIC240  we'd like to see some sweet Christmasy looking designs and we've got Robyn's Fetish for our sponsor. If you play along you could be the lucky winner of 5 digi images!  Wohoo!  That's a great prize.  I'm particularly partial to the primitive designs but that's not all you can find there, go check out the store and then come back, my blog will wait. 

For my card I chose the adorable "bella da snowlady" image.  I won't get to see too many snow people in my neck of the woods, which is quite all right with me.  I'll admire them in photos and drawings like this one which I just adore.  It was a lot of fun to color, and by the way, this week if you aren't inspired by our cupcakes you can use our colors, red, green and gold for inspiration.  That's a pretty easy peasy challenge at this time of year.  








Here's the deets:
stamp - Robyns' Fetish "bella da snowlady"
ink - printer
paper - Bazzill "Maraschino" card stock; My Favorite Things "Timber Green" Card Stock; October Afternoon "Make It Merry" patterned paper
miscellaneous- copics; ribbon; green cord; snowman charm; pearls; corner punch

Here's the challenges:
Cupcakes Inspirations CIC240 - photo 
Mojo Monday 322 - sketch
Sweet Stampin' - Ribbons
Sister Act #36 - Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy #103 - Hearts
Creative Corner - Traditional Christmas

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CIC239 - Digi Darla Designs

Talk about cute!  There's rarely a cupcake that I wouldn't eat.  Well, these are the exception to my rule, I just couldn't eat these cuties, which just happen to be the inspiration for this week's Cupcake Inspiration Challenge CIC239.  The only thing cuter than these toppings are the images from our sponsor,  Digi Darla Designs .  You have to go visit Digi Darla, there are so many adorable images there you could just lose your mind trying to pick one.   By the way, if you're in a rush and don't have time to color or you aren't very good at coloring there are some pre-colored images available too.  There's something for everyone.

 I love cats and dogs, my house has been a zoo for years.   So I had to pick "Digi Darla's Snowtime Scottie 9" an image that features both a cat and a dog for my card.  

For the notch at the top right of the card I used circle dies placed over the edge of the paper.  A larger circle was used on the patterned paper so that card stock mat would show.  I took my time placing this die and used a tiny piece of scotch tape to hold it in place as even a slight move would be critical on this cut.

Currently the kitty that owns me is an orange tabby that's a lot tougher looking than this guy and our dog is a darker grey terrier mix (that's code for very lovable mutt).  Neither of my animals own fancy hats and scarves but when my daughter was young she used to dress the cat up.  He was quite a good sport about it.


Here's the deets:
stamp - Digi Darla Designs "Digi Darla's Snowtime Scottie 9"
ink - printer
paper - My Favorite Things "Sno-cone", and "Pink Lemonade" card stock; My Mind's Eye "Wonderful Winter" patterned paper pad
miscellaneous - copics; Gelly Roll Clear Star pen; My Favorite Things "Circle Stax" die-namics; burlap twine; Scottie dog charm; Jolee's snowflake sticker; Liquid Pearls; Stampin' Up corner punch; grosgrain ribbon; stapler

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC239 - photo
Sweet Sunday Sketch #198 - sketch
Totally Gorjuss #212 - Snows the Way to Go
A Gem of a Challenge #108 - Winter Wonderland
CRAFT - Use Metal/Add a Charm
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Little Red Wagon #213 - Off the Edge

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CIC238 - DRS Designs

Are you thinking "Starry, Starry Night" either Vincent Van Gogh, or the song about him and the painting?  Usually when Cupcake Inspirations Challenges posts its latest photo all I can think about is icing, yummy buttercream icing.  However, this week I can't get the song out of my head, or for that matter poor tormented Vincent.  What a talent that man possessed!  
This week they are the inspiration for the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge CIC238 which is being sponsored by DRS Designs.  DRS is one of our regular sponsors and they always generously allow the design team to pick an image to work with for the challenge but I was asleep at the wheel as they say when I was supposed to be shopping and forgot to pick something so I am not using one of the DRS Designs image for my card.  So please make sure you hop over to DRS Designs to see some of the fun images you could win if you play along in our challenge this week.  You scroll to the label section at the bottom left side of this page and click on DRS Designs to see the cards I've made with some of their images. 


If you aren't inspired by the cupcakes you can also play along with the color challenge.  I try to do both.  When you're doing the color challenge no one says you can't add a little bit extra color, okay technically you're only supposed to add a neutrals and if you have a human figure you can flesh tones and hair but here on planet Chris pink is a neutral, and here on planet Chris this card just needed that extra punch, the silver, midnight and gold is very elegant and works nicely for a professional looking Christmas card but I was going for a fun "hey, I live at the beach and there's no snow on New Year's Eve here" kind of not at all professional kind of look.  It should tick of just about everyone I know.

Here's the deets:
stamp - Impression Obsession Leigh Hannan Beach Bottle
ink - Memento "Tuxedo Black" and Ranger "Frayed Burlap" (to dull the Lemon Drop cs) and "Faded Denim"
paper - My Favorite Things "Midnight Blue", "Lemon Drop" and "Rich Razzleberry" card stock; Close To My Heart " Pemberly" dp and " Silver"
miscellaneous - copics; flip flop charm; baker's twine; pink ribbon; My Favorite Things "Modern Moroccan", "Blueprints 7" and "Hello" die-namics

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC238 - photo
4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - Anything Goes

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CIC237 - Fresh Brewed Designs

 

Here's a cute little pilgrim cupcake for this week's Cupcake Inspirations Challenge CIC237.   It's a dang cute little thing isn't it? Probably tastes good too.  

This week one of our regular sponsors Fresh Brewed Designs is back.  There's lots of coffee related images there, which are my favorite, but there's plenty of other stuff there too.  The funny thing is that I don't particularly care for coffee, and I rarely drink the stuff but  most of the rest of the world's population can't start the day without it.  Works out well for me since I like to make cards and usually don't send them to myself.  

 My card uses Pumpkin Latte.  For this card I printed the image twice and colored the circle with the pumpkin twice.   I cut the card out and popped it up on dimensionals and then cut the second pumpkin circle out and popped that up on dimensionals also. A little thing like that doesn't take much more time or effort but it adds a pop to an otherwise clean and simple card.

Here's the deets:
stamp - Fresh Brewed Designs "Pumpkin Latte"
ink - printer
paper - My Favorite Things - "Kraft" and "Orange Fizz" card stock; Authentique "Thankful" dp
miscellaneous - copics; My Favorite Things "hello" die-namics; ribbons; machine stitching

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC237 - photo
Crafty Ribbons #70 - Anything Goes with Ribbon
Crafty Creations #248 - Dies and Punches
Ribbon Carousel RCC87 - Holidays and Celebrations

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CIC236 - Pink Cat Studios

Whooo's ready for the new challenge CIC236 at Cupcake Inspirations?   We've got Pink Cat Studios back to sponsor us this week.  That is just about the cutest store on the internet.  If you haven't made your holiday cards yet you have got to check out the winter holiday digis.  I'm thinking about next year already.

For my card I used "Cuddles the Owl",  If you collect or love owls there are quite a few really adorable owl digis available at Pink Cat Studios any of which would be perfect for this challenge.  

If you don't have an owl image you can enter the color challenge.  The sweeties look forward to seeing your creations.




Here's the deets:
stamp - Pink Cat Studio "Cuddles the Owl"
ink - printer
paper - My Favorite Things "Hot Fudge" card stock; Stampin' Up "Strawberry Slush" card stock; S.E.I. Chocolat - Mousse and Eclair patterned paper
miscellaneous - copics; bling; Martha Stewart Optic Dot border punch; cord; charm; brad; My Favorite Things Pierced Rectangle Stax die-namics

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC236 - photo
Crazy for Challenges C4C211 - Let's Frame It
A Gem of a Challenge #105 - Gems, Gems, Gems
Sister Act #32 - Anything Goes

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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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CIC233 Stamps of Life

Another set of cute as can be cupcakes.  It just amazes me that people have the time to make such beautiful desserts that will be devoured so quickly.   This week we have a new sponsor, The Stamps of Life.  You'll find some of the cutest stamps for scrap booking and card making there.  Stop over and have a look around, you'll like what you see.

For my card I used the Thanks2Fall set. There are 34 pieces in this set.  While I chose to paper piece the two pumpkins there were stamps that I could have used with an orange stamp pad to get a full orange inside, as well as some other pieces to use for different cut outs of pumpkin faces and more sentiments.  You can sit with this one stamp set for hours, making different designs and having lots of fun.  I know I had a great time.

Here's the deets:
stamp - The Stamps of Life "Thanks2Fall"
ink - Memento Tuxedo Black; My Favorite     Things Gumdrop Green
paper - My Favorite Things Tangy Orange, Safety Orange, and Gumdrop Green card stock; My Mind's Eye Black Bird dsp
miscellaneous - stickles; baker's twine; bling

Here's the challenges:
Cupcaked Inspirations CIC233 - photo
a Gem of a Challenge #102 - Spooky
Simply Create Too #48 - Halloween

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CIC232 Bugaboo

BOO!

It's time for Cupcake Inspirations CIC232 Challenge.  It's also time for all the ghosties and goblins to be making an appearance so if you've got some some fun Halloween stamps and embellishments now would be the time to break them out.  If you don't celebrate Halloween you can still play along by using the colors white, chartreuse and black for your challenge inspiration.  We want everyone to be included.

This week our sponsor is the great, and fun Bugaboo Stamps.  I love Bugaboo Stamps, I shop there frequently.  I happen to love a couple of the characters and can't get enough of them.  Stella is my favorite.  She is just so snarky.  She's the kind of woman that if she worked in your office she'd have you spewing out coffee on your keyboard on a regular basis.  I love lots of other images there, I love the Rudy the Christmas reindeer, Gus and JJ, then there's the cupcakes.  I could go on and on but I think you get the point.

Here's the deets:

stamp - Bugaboo "Make It Snappy Boo to You" digi

ink - printer

paper - My Favorite Things "Sour Apple" card stock; Stampin' Up "Basic Black" card stock; K & Co Tim Coffey Halloween Specialty pad, K& Co Kelly Panacci Halloween Specialty pad

miscellaneous - copics; Jolee spider stickers; Spare parts candy corn brad; lacy ribbon, waxed linen twine; candy corn charm

Here's the challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations CIC232 - photo

Simply Create Too #48 - Halloween

Crafty Catz #202 - Halloween

Sister Act #28 - Anything Goes

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CIC231 Kenny K

This week at the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge CIC231  we've gone Steampunk.  The chatter among the sweeties was that none of us were very familiar with this genre and weren't very sure how we were going to proceed but I've had a peek at what the rest of the team have created and I think they did a great job.  You should stop over to our blog to check it out, and if you have some time, stop and leave the sweeties some love, you know how much those comments mean to you.

Steampunk can be somewhat daunting if it isn't your thing.  It's a growing subculture that looks like Victorian English fashion forget to be prim.  And then there's the gadgets, lots of gadgets.  If you're not familiar with it do a google search you'll be gone for days.

Just like the rest of the team I was a little perplexed how to proceed with my card but I happen to have a few dies and stencils that are cogs and gears that I purchased for no particular reason so I pulled them out.  Then since it's October, and Kenny K's gals usually are pretty full breasted I was inspired to make my card a Steampunk meets Breast Cancer Awareness card. Hey it works for me and that's all that matters.  This challenge is all about inspiration.  So whatever inspires you, we can't wait to see.

Here's the deets:
stamp - Kenny K Downloads Velocitia
ink - printer
paper - My Favorite Things "Natural", "Pink Lemonade" and "Steel Blue" card stock
miscellaneous - MFT "MPD Time Pieces" and "Sentiment Strips" die-namics"; Tim Holtz' "Gadget Gears" die; baker's twine; breast cancer awareness charm; MFT "MPD Gears" stencil; Gelly roll clear star pen; Marvy scarlet pen

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC231 - photo
My Time To Craft #237 - Vintage or Shabby Chic
Splitcoast Stampers Hope You Can Cling To 1302 - Hope You Have a Great Day
Charisma #39 - Bingo (Gems, Charms, Pink)
Crafty Creations #242 -Winged Things 
Friday Mash Up FM130 - Let's Cut It Up (image is fussy cut)

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CIC229 - Fresh Brewed Designs

They're back.  Fresh Brewed Designs are back as our sponsor.   This week it's all about the forest.  Check out those cute cupcakes.   We've got forest friends for our inspiration on the cupcakes at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge CIC229, adorable aren't they?  And Fresh Brewed Designs came up with some really cute critter  digital images for the sweeties to use, and of course they're available for purchase at the Fresh Brewed Designs Store.   Take some time to stop over at our challenge blog to see what the sweeties have made before you get to work on your card.




My card uses the forest theme and colors.  I used the beaver digi.  Don't you just love those big eyes?  I fussy cut it out and popped it up on a piece of forest paper which was was die cut into a circle shape.  
The rest of the papers are also forest themed from the October Afternoon Campfire pad.  There's a small bow with a charm embellishment on it but I don't think that's too girly.   Right now I don't have anyone in particular to send this to but if I need it for a boy I think it will do.

Now it's your turn.  Come on and play along with us at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge.

Here's the deets:
stamp - Fresh Brewed Designs Beaver
ink - printer
paper - Stampin' Up -Garden Green card stock; October Afternoon Campfire dp
miscellaneous - copics; Close to My Heart mocha Opaques; tan cord; acorn charm; Spellbinders circle dies

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC229 - photo
Fairytale #76 - Newspaper and Book pages
Crafty Creations #240 - So Charming
Whoopsie Daisy - Use More Than 2 Patterned Papers

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CIC228 Robyn's Fetish

As usual the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge has a photo that is making me drool as I write my post.  Fortunately for me and you the photos do not contain any calories and are here strictly for your inspiration.

This week we have Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More for our sponsor.  We've been lucky to have them a few times.  I particularly like the primitive style images they have but there are so many images in so many styles to choose from that a trip to the shop is a must for you.  Go on over now I'll wait for you to come back...

For my card I chose to work with the "Apple Cider" digi.  It's got that fall feeling.  Since I live in sunny Florida where the temperatures are still in the 90's and the palm trees don't change colors I needed to do a little seasoning of my own.  I was able to use the colors of the inspiration photo and pick up the chevrons from the cupcake papers.  

Need some more inspiration?  Stop over at the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge blog and see what the rest of the sweeties created, I know they always knock me out with their work.  Then get busy making your card, we love to see what you do.  Don't forget to link it up.

Here's the deets:
stamp - Robyn's Fetish "Apple Cider" digi
ink - printer
paper - My7 Favorite Things "Orange Fizz" card stock; Bazzill "Rain" card stock; My Mind's Eye "Away We Go" patterned paper pad
miscellaneous - copics; baker's twine; Close to My Heart aqua dots; My Favorite Things "Happy Hellos" die-namics

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC228 - photo
Sister Act #24 - Anything Goes 
Milk Coffee - Fabulous Fall Colors
What If Wednesdays DCC911 - Food Happy
Sisterhood of Crafters - Devine Digis

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CIC227 My Creative Classroom

This is my favorite part of Sundays.  The cupcakes at the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge.  I think this week's photo is one of the cheeriest and most fun photos around and it wasn't hard being inspired by it.

This week we have My Creative Classroom for our sponsor, stop over at our blog to find out more about them, the prize, and see some more inspiration.

My card uses the color scheme, washi tape with a red gingham print, and three pairs of sun glasses.  

What will you create?  There's so many ways to go.

Here's the deets:
stamp - Taylored Expressions "It's a Banner Day 1"
ink - MFT Blu Raspberry
paper - MFT - Smooth White, Sour Apple, Orange Fizz, Banana Split and Blu Raspberry card stock; Stampin' Up Gumball Green card stock
miscellaneous - Taylored Expressions Spectacles Dies; Washi tape; bling; baker's twine; sun charm; Close To My Heart dots

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC227 - photo
Taylored Expressions - Tic Tac Toe (washi tape, birthday card, 2 or more dies)
Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes
Friday Mash Up #126 - Washi Tape
CCEE1336 - Birthday Card

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CIC226 - Digi Darla

It's time for another fun and girly challenge from Cupcake Inspirations Challenges.  We've got Digi Darla Designs back as our sponsor this week.  You can see some of the fun and cute images being used by the design team this week if you go to our challenge blog. You can stop at Digi Darla's and see all of what they've got to offer and of course you can stop at both.

This week you we're giving a choice of photo or color inspiration challenge.  Which ever you'd like to play.

I love the Digi Darla image I'm using.  It's Purse 2,

The schools I attended required that uniforms be worn.  But they didn't say anything about purses!  I have purchased or been given purses of all shapes and sizes, used and new, in flea markets and on e-bay.  I do love a purse.  So for my card, it's hard to see but the purse is the card.  I printed the card as large as my printer allowed.  There are two of them cut out.  The top portion, above the purse, the handle and the area in the middle of the handles are glued together and then the card opens under there.

In this large size this would also make a cute box to hold a few cards or tags made with this image.  It could also be made into a little book.  I see so many possibilities for this image. 

Here's the deets:
stamp - Digi Darla Design "Purse 2"
ink - printer
paper - Georgia Pacific card stock
miscellaneous - copics; Ranger Glossy Accents; pearls; stickles

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC226 - photo or colors: fuschia, rose and pool
Sister Act #22 - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments - Make it Girly

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CIC223 - Stamp and Create

Welcome back for another challenge with Cupcake Inspirations.  These cupcakes are the perfect inspiration for Birthdays cards so now's the time to get ahead and have one waiting for the next one to arrive.  If you're like me you might as well make a few because I've got a ton of August birthdays.  This week we're sponsored by Stamp and Create and I think the image I'm using is just perfect for making a birthday card.  AND most of my friends are animal lovers so it's perfect.  This card could go to an adult or child, male or female.  I could even give it to a pet, and yes, I've been to a birthday party for a pet.  But I digress...

Here's the deets:
stamp - Stamp and Create "Toby' Gift"
ink - printer
paper - MFT "Berrylicious" and "Orange Fizz" card stock; SU "So Saffron" cs; October Afternoon "Midway" dp
miscellaneous - copics; stickles; MFT "Tag, You're It" and "Blueprints 6" die-namics; floss; charm

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC223 - photo
Sister Act #19 Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy #95 - Bingo (Button, Free and Blue)

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CIC222 - A Day for Daisies

Aren't these cupcakes just beautiful? Certainly they're too pretty to eat and that's okay because they are for this week's Cupcake Inspirations Challenge CIC222.  This week if you aren't inspired by the photo  you're welcome to play as a color challenge.  We've got A Day for Daisies as our sponsor this week.  There are some gorgeous images there and I know I'd love to win this one, but alas I can't.  I can however go shopping there and I just might do that later.








For my card I used "Growing in a Snow Globe".  I think this is the first image I got from a Day for Daisies and it's one of my favorites, thankfully I don't have to pick a favorite, if I did we'd be here forever.  The flowers on the cuppies made me think of the flowers growing as this fairy's hair.  I also carried the color theme to my card, it's such a beautiful soft palette.

Here's the deets:
stamp - A Day for Daisies "Growing in a Snow Globe"; sentiment from MFT "Astronaut Girl"
ink - printer
paper - Bazzill "Apricot" and "Glow" card stock; K & Co "SW Spring Blossom" dsp pad
miscellaneous - copics; stickles; baker's twine; ribbon; lace; bling; button

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC222 - photo
2 Sisters #155 - Anything Goes
Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes Birthday Celebration
Really Reasonable Ribbon #77 - Things with Wings
Polka Doodle week 31 - Birthday Girl
Crafty Catz #194 - Pastel Colors
Milk Coffee - Show Us Those Coloring Skills
Cute Card Thursday #280 - Anything Goes

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CIC221 - Bugaboo

I love cupcakes and I love dogs, so getting them both at the same time is like a dream come true.  These gorgeous cupcakes are the inspiration for this week's Cupcake Inspirations challenge CIC221.  

This week we're being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps. Bugaboo is one of favorite companies.  So much to choice from cute kiddies, fancy cupcakes, flowers, numbers, food, holidays,and  crazy character including my favorite Stella.  Stella has an attitude, she's snarky and she is my favorite but I do love JJ and Ruby too, oh and of course Gus. There's tons of fun images, if you haven't been there yet, you have to go there now.  You'll be glad you did.

Here's the deets:
stamp - Bugaboo "Summer Dog Pool"     
ink - printer; Stampin' Up "Chocolate Chip" marker for sentiment
paper - Stampin' Up "Cherry Cobbler", "Soft Suede" and "Basic Grey" card stock; DCWV "the Pet Stack" dp
miscellaneous - copics; dew drops; baker's twine; paw charm; scalloped corner rounder punch; glossy accents; Stampin' Up "Mini Vintage Tags"





Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC221 - photo
Southern Girls #74 - Animal Antics
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards #44 - Animals
Sister Act #17 - Anything Goes
Speedy the Fox #170 - Tie It Up

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CIC219 - Fresh Brewed

Wowsers!  Look at all these cupcakes.  Those are the inspiration for this week's Cupcake Inspirations Challenge CIC219.  This week we have one of our regular sponsors back - Fresh Brewed Designs.  My favorite images are the coffee cups. So many of my friends and relatives are avid coffee drinkers so the coffee images are perfect for the cards I make for them.  But this week Fresh Brewed has shared some beach/marine life images with us.  You should check out what the rest of the design team has created and then visit the Fresh Brewed store.  You can never have too many digis.

I had a lot of fun making this card. 
I do love a seascape and the summer colors. For the background I used "Under the Sea" and then I made a couple "Flirty Fish" in different sizes which I cut out and popped up on dimensionals.  If I made a large card or project I could have added some starfish, turtles and crabs, all of those images are available at the Fresh Brewed store.




 At the end of this post I am going to share with you a drawing I made many years ago.  If you read down to the end of the post you'll see that I've had this love for many years.  Since the drawing is signed with my maiden name I know that it's from the early 80's. Seems like some loves are lifelong loves.


Here's the deets:
stamp - Fresh Brewed Designs "Flirty Fish" and "Under the Sea"
ink - printer
paper - Bazzill "Whirlpool" and "Glow" card stock; Imaginisce "Splash Dance- Bathing Beauties and Water Words"
miscellaneous - copics; stickles; Stampin' Up So Saffron ribbon; blow fish charm; bling; baker's twine

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC219 - photo
Crazy For Challenges C4C194 - Marine Life
One Stop Craft #234 - Summer Colors
2 Sisters - Make It Sparkle
Sister Act #15 - Anything Goes
Polka Doodles week 28 - Summer Fun
Just Add Ink JAI173 - Just Add Water
Crafty Ribbons #52 - Anything Goes with Ribbon
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - #42 - Life's a Beach
Friday Mash Up #118 - Nature Theme and/or colors - Pool Party, Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, Smokey Slate and Soft Suede

And now for those of you who have hung in here this long, here's my drawing.  It was done with Prismacolor pencils.

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CIC218 DRS Designs

Look at that icing.  I like the icing more than the cake so whenever the  Cupcake Inspirations Challenge photo has a cuppie with fluffy, swirly icing it makes me drool.  Fortunately that's figuratively and not literally, otherwise I'd have shorted out my laptop years ago.  

This week we have a return sponsor, DRS Designs.  There's something for everybody and every occasion at DRS Designs so you should get out your supplies and start making your card now.  You could be the lucky winner.

This week if the photo isn't inspirational you can use the color palette.  Me, I try to do both, I think I nailed it this week.  The cupcakes have lemon wedges for a garnish, and that's what inspired me to use the "Lemonade" image.  I like the "Just a Note" sentiment because it's so universal.  You can use it for any occasion or just for the heck of it.  The papers were picked to match the color palette.  
I've been doing a lot of fussy cutting lately, which I did with this image.  It's propped up on dimensionals.  I love that look.  Do you like the button treatment?  One of the ladies at Splitcoast Stampers used it last year and I finally remembered to use it here.
She got the idea from this Pinterest (feel free to knock around my boards) photo.  


Here's the deets:
stamp - DRS Designs "Lemonade" and "Just a Note" sentiment
ink - printer
paper - Stampin' Up "So Saffron" card stock; all other papers Making Memories "English Garden" pad
miscellaneous - copics; Candy Dots; My Favorite Things "Rounded Banner Stax", "Fancy Flourish" and "Dizzy Doily" die-namics; buttons; baker's twine

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC218 - photo
Totally Gorguss #191 - Anything Goes with Circles
One Stop Crafts #233 - Anything Goes

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