Just Add Cup Cakes and a sketch

What a beautiful Winter's day it has been here in Melbourne today! It was a crisp and cool morning but so lovely to have the sun out for the whole day :-)

And now for today's card! It uses the sketch this week from The Paper Craft Crew

and the inspiration from Just Add Ink to add "Cup cakes or dessert".

So here is my card:

And there are TWO Sneak Peek products from the upcoming Catalogue available here in Australia from July 1. Can you see them?

Yes! The DSP is from the new Lullaby* pack and the greeting - quickly becoming my favourite stamp set - is from Work of Art* :-)

Card stock: WW, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Silver Glimmer Paper

Designer Series Paper: Lullaby*

Stamps: Create a Cupcake, Work of Art*

Access: Big Shot, Starbursts Framelits, Create a Cupcake punch, Chevron Border punch,Decorative Label punch, Three Flower punch (Retired), Sequins (Non-SU)

* Available in the 2014 Idea Book and Catalogue

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you have time to check out the great Design Teams cards at Just Add Ink and The Paper Craft Crew and maybe you too might be inspired to join in the Challenges too!

And just letting you know that Sally my gorgeous Labrador is heading back to Lort Smith Animal Hospital tomorrow for surgery potentially on both her knees so Mum might be away for a few days :-)

In the meantime...

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Happy Birthday Cupcake

Well if anyone had thought that Summer was over we can all think again! A hot 34 in Melbourne today and it was 30 degrees (Celsiuis) by 10am so it was a short walk and playtime for the dogs.  And so it is also a good time to stay indoors and make a card using the sketch at Just Add Ink this week :-)

I decided to use the Chalk Talk Framelits for the tags - can you see them?

Yes, that's right :-) The large tag detail is hiding under the white tag layer!

The card base is Island Indigo and the White and Indigo layer is added with dimensionals onto another white layer with some White Bakers Twine to cover the card join and add another texture. Next the Chevron DSP is cut using the largest Chalk Talk tag framelit and it too is layered onto a White version to give it some strength so it can sit up on dimensionals :-) For the greeting, the Sassy Salutation is stamped and cut with another of the Chalk Talk framelits.  Silver Foil card stock is added with more Chevron embossing and some silver brads. And finally, the happy little cupcake with its little cherry on top :-)

Card stock: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Silver Foil

Designer Series Paper: Watercolor Wonder

Inks: Island Indigo, Real Red, Baked Brown Sugar

Stamps: Sassy Salutations. Create a Cupcake

Accessories: Big Shot, Chalk Talk Framelits, Chevron EF, Whisper White Bakers Twine, Create a Cupcake punch, Silver Brads (retired), Earth Element brads (long retired!)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Big Shot Letters

It's only the third week of the blog and already nearly a week between posts! Shameful!

However, that's life isn't it? Sometimes the things we love to do have to be put on hold for one reason or another. This last week has had it's ups and downs as always but one big UP was going to see the movie Red Dog with a good friend - we are both dog owners and lovers so yes, there were a few tears, but quite a few laughs as well. We both loved it!  And in fact everyone I know who has seen it seems to have loved it so do go and see it if you can, its a great Aussie film.

Natalie is a wonderful 7yr old girl who comes to visit to make cards with her Mum. She is a very talented card maker and has a great eye for colours. She especially seems to like bright colours and also makes a bee-line for my Create a Cupcake stamp set  almost every time so it was a natural choice to use for a card for her Naming Day. I hope she likes it.

The glittered N is from the Sticky Letters pack that is now retiring (numbers and letters made of double sided clear sticky acetate). I mounted the N onto Pacific Blue card and then covered in Chunky Glitter.

The rest of the letters are made using the Big Shot and the Medium Sizzlits alphabet - with Crystal Effects applied to all of them and the cherry on top of the cupcake too. I love the lacquered look this gives - so 3D and fun!

The background is hard to see but the lines are actually clear embossing of the Sanded stamp - the embossing just lends a little extra texture.

Card stock: Tangerine Tango, Pacific Blue, Real Red, Chocolate chip, Old Olive, Summer Sun, Rich Razzleberry.

Inks: Chocolate Chip, Rich Razzleberry, Real Red

Stamps: Create a Cupcake, Sanded

Tools and accessories: Sticky Letters,  Crystal Effects, Chunky Glitter,Big Shot, Sizzlits Alphabet Die, Beautiful Wings Die, Create a Cupcake Punch, 1 3/4 Circle Punch, Clear EP

Happy Stamping!