Looks Like Mom to Me

When I saw these cupcakes I thought of Mom.  Growing up in the 50's I was lucky enough to have a stay at home mom. She was a great cook, an excellent baker and an avid reader. She could knit, crochet and sew and taught me all of those crafts. She was pretty, funny, loving, and encouraged me to do whatever I wanted to do.  She was also an early supporter of the feminist movement and the ERA.   She was a very forward thinking woman and I wonder what she would have done had she been born at a time when she would have been encouraged the way she encouraged me. 

These fun and colorful cuppies are the inspiration for this week's Cupcake Inspiration challenge CIC109.  You can interpret the photo anyway you like (maybe they made you think of Dad or a maid).  You can make a card or any kind of a project.  We love to see what you come up with.  You can find all the challenge details, the linkey thingy and the cards by the other design team members by clicking here.

the dots around the flourishes look better in real life

Here's the deets:
stamp - There She Goes "Loads of Fun"
ink - Memento Tuxedo Black; Close to My Heart "Desert Sand" for inside
paper - Colorbok pink cs for base; Stampin' Up "Pacific Pint" cs for mats; Georgia Pacific white cs for image; DCVW green cs for flourishes;  October Afternoon "Modern Homemaker" dp
miscellaneous - copics; Nesties "Lacey Squares"; Sizzex "Decorative Flourishes"; Stampin" Up "Basic Pearls";  Oriental Trading utensils brad; blue glaze pen; Martha Stewart border punch; green bic marker for sentiment


Here's the challenges"
Cupcake Inspirations CIC109 - photo
City Crafter #54 - Mother May I?
Fussy and Fancy - Springtime
Fairy Tale #14 - Mother's Day
2 Sisters #37 -For a Mom 

don't forget the inside

Nadia's #5 - Mother's Day

Tuesday Throwdown #46 - Brads or Eyelets (those big old utensils are a brad)

Card Positioning System - sketch 215 (already closed but I liked the sketch

Sisterhood of Crafters - Mother's Day

L'il Red Wagon #78 - For Mom

Top Tip #31 - Squares

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you'll come back again.  Now go get busy making a card inspired by those fun cuppies.  Don't forget to link it up to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge blog.  We love to see what you do.

To Wash or To Stamp?

Laundry or stamping?  I'd choose stamping every time but that won't get my clothes clean and I really hate hearing anyone tell me they don't have any clean underwear.  UGH!  So when I have to wash clothes I stamp while it's running through its cycle.  The best of all worlds.  Well, at least the best till someone adopts me and does the cooking and cleaning for me, or I win the lottery and get a housekeeper, cook and chauffeur, maybe a cabana boy too.  Someone's gotta put the lotion on my back.

It's been a long time since I played in a There She Goes challenge and this week it's a great sketch so when I got home from feeding the flamingos I still had some time to play so I pulled out some stamps and paper and put this together. 


there's panties stamped in pink on the inside

 Don't you love how neat this wash pile is?  I'm not sure mine even looks this neat after it's been washed!

Here's the deets:
stamp - There She Goes "Loads of Fun"
ink - Memento Tuxedo Black for the front; SU "Pretty in Pink" for the inside
paper - October Afternoon "Ducks In A Row" pad dp; Recollections beige cs for base and mats; MFT blending cs paper for image; MFT "Pink Lemonade" cs for mats
miscellaneous - ZVA Crystals; Webster's Pages Sparklers; SU corner punch; Creative Memories corner punch; Nesties "Peony"; My Favorite Things die-namics Lacey border

Here's the challenges:
There She Goes TSG91 - sketch
Kaboodle Doodle #51 - Bling It Up
Stampin' B #94 - Use a Banner (the sentiment)
Cute Card Thursday #148 - Recipe 1, 2, 3 you chose (1 buttoney thingey on top of the banner; 2 stamps, and 3 patterned papers)
Crafty Catz #66 - a forgotten stamp (this one had an inch of dust on top of it - poor sad thing)

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Official Dork

It's official, I'm a dork. You probably knew this already or at least suspected as much. Why is it official today you ask, it's because I named the laundry detergent "SOME". Unless you click on the picture to blow it up you probably can't even see it but I'm dorky enough to point it out.

I hate housework in general but I actually like washing clothes. It's very tactile, I especially love clean fluffy warm towels when they come out of the dryer ad if they smell like bleach, that's the jackpot. Hey I told you I'm a dork.

Because I love laundry when I saw this stamp set I wanted to buy it but it was out of stock. I went back to the There She Goes website but it was out of stock again. When it was out of stock the third time I looked I was beginning to wonder but a couple weeks ago when I looked it was in stock so I nabbed it but I find myself wondering how many other people are out there stamping a laundry basket. More importantly are they stamping it because they like laundry?

This week the challenge at There She Goes is Worn, Torn and Distressed which seemed to be the perfect for laundry, well for my laundry. I enjoy distressing so this was a fun challenge for me. I combined it with a sketch and color challenge and Voila! the card practically makes itself.

So here's the deets:

Stamps - There She Goes "Loads of Fun"; plaid background stamp (not labeled - I got it on e-Bay)

Ink - Tuxedo Memento Black; Ranger Tea Dye; Stampin' Up Cameo Coral

Paper - Stampin' Up Not Quite Navy, Cameo Coral and Certainly Celery card stock; Martha Stewart Playful Pink Paper Pad green print dp

Miscellaneous - copics; nestibilities; SU clear embossing powder; SU tag; Spare Parts green clip; thread; pink bling

Here's the challenges:

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #73 - Sketch

The Color Throwdown #97 - Certainly celery, Not Quite Navy and Cameo Coral

There She Goes -TSG #59 Worn, Torn and Distressed

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