Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 445

Hello, lovelies!

Newton's Nook Designs is sponsoring the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge and I am joining in the fun! Check out the theme below! ;-)

So how to play this challenge is, they have theme week and color week along with an inspirational picture of cupcakes. You must use the theme/color combo of the week to create your project, and if the cupcake picture inspires you, go ahead and use it but not required to. Fun, isn't it!?

Here goes my card...;-)

For today's floral card, I used the just-released Wedding Frills Set and the Essential Alphabet Die Set ;-) 

I heat embossed this beautiful image with gold embossing powder on watercolor paper and colored with poppy, orange, black, green, and light blue watercolor. I then did a lot of fussy cutting and popped them on different levels to create this cluster of flowers! 

I used the Essential Alphabet Die Set to create this big and bold sentiment! I placed the letters on white cardstock and kept them in place with washi tape while running through my Big Shot, and I mounted it on black cardstock. I sprinkled some sparkling clear sequins as finishing touch, of course ;-) I LOVE how this card turned out! Hope you do, too!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it!

Make sure to head over to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog to check out other DT members' work, and link up your floral card for a chance to win a gift certificate!

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 429

Hello, my lovelies!
This week, Newton's Nook Design is sponsoring the fun and awesome Cupcake Inspirations Challenge! I've missed the CIC, their fabulous color and fun theme challenges inspired me every week when I was on their DT! I wish I could make time to play along but man! why do kids take so much of your time and attention!!? {LOL}

This week is a color challenge, and look at these beautiful fall colors!
Of course the cute pumpkin cupcake image is fun and so inspiring as well ;-)
Alright, here is my take...;-)

We all know that Newton's Nook Designs has a huge selection of cute and beautiful stamp sets, so as I always do, I looked through my collection and the Fox Hollow set stopped me! This is still one of my favorite sets! (well, to be honest, all of them are my favorites...LOL)

I picked this adorable fox couple, and I wanted some pumpkins too so I borrowed those pumpkins from the Fall-Ing For You set. I stamped them on each side of my front panel with Antique Linen Distress Ink and watercolored them with shades of oranges and greens. Then I sponged the bottom of the panel with brown, and the other part with light blue. This beautiful fox couple was stamped with Antique Linen Distress Ink on watercolor paper and also colored with the challenge colors. I die cut it with the coordinating die and popped it on with foam tape. 

Another reason I borrowed the pumpkins from the FALL-Ling For You set was this beautiful sentiment! I heat embossed it with dark brown and copper embossing powder, don't these rich colors look beautiful against my light blue background!? I added some copper sequins around it for more rich, fall color and sparkle ;-)



Thank you so much for stopping by!
Hope you enjoyed it!
Make sure to head over to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog and play along for a chance to win a gift certificate to the Newton's Nook Designs Shop from Jen! 

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 411

Hello lovelies!

It's time for another Cupcake Inspirations Challenge! Woot!

This week's sponsor is Inspired by Stamping!

They have seriously awesome stamps and dies along with lovely embellishments and patterned paper, make sure you head over to their shop!

I know! My name is written all over this theme!!!

Such a perfect theme for our last challenge before the 2 week summer break!

You will have 3 whole weeks to link up your beautiful creation, so enjoy!

The sponsor gave us the DT members a fabulous discount so we could pick up their products to showcase, thank you very much!

I just LOVEd their shabby chic embellies, I was totally inspired by that!  

Is this sweet enough for you!? ;-) 

So I picked up this gorgeous Love Sentiment Die, a couple of the Crochet Trim Collections, and the Vintage Floral Paper Pad from them!  

I die cut the Heat of Gold from yellow vellum, adhered it onto one of the beautiful patterned papers then trimmed it. I watercolored a piece of scrap watercolor paper with pink, yellow, and teal and die cut with the Love Sentiment Die. I also die cut 2 more from 2 shades of pink and layered them for a dimension. DO you like that gorgeous paper rose? It was a free gift with my order, which is also available for purchase. I definitely go back to their store and order them, so delicate and beautiful! I love crochet trims, and this one I used is just divine! A little snippet of it adds so much drama!

I die cut this beautiful mint paper (also from the Vintage Floral Paper Pad) with the stitched banner die, mounted onto the vellum with the bold white stripes, and added some zig zag stitches on the top. A few sequins in mint, pink, and clear were sprinkled for more girliness and done!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it!

This post will be my last one on the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog, I have decided to not return for the next term... I have been on this fabulous DT for 2 full years, and I have met so many wonderful, talented people, including very sweet and generous sponsors! Thank you so very much to my lovely teammates, you girls are truly awesome and I am so happy to have "met" you all :-) I hope I will have a chance to visit you guys in the future! 

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 409

Hello there, lovelies!

It's Sunday again and that means Cupcake Inspirations Challenge!

Unfortunately, we do not have a sponsor this week BUT don't worry! Debbie has a prize for you so make sure you link up your creation!

We have this pretty color combo for you this week!

Aren't these cupcakes just adorable!?

I was totally inspired by this cute kids themed picture...;-)

These delicate pastel colors led me to this baby stamp set that I just got from Pink Fresh Studio ;-) I apologize for my dark photo, this was the only way the sentiment can be visible...ish...😣

"twinkle twinkle little star..." was heat embossed in white and again with clear embossing powder on my sponged watercolor paper. The star with the tiny star trail image was also heat embossed with white, then colored in with yellow so it didn't disappear in the background. The cloud with the tiny stars image was heat embossed with Pool Party embossing powder. This adorable moon with his night cap was stamped with Antique Linen Distressed Ink and very lightly wartercolored. Can you see that the moon is colored with blue? Ugh! I wish I was a better photographer! 

With the star stencil, I added some stars with embossing paste, I just love how the paste adds a different texture and changes the whole look of cards! 




Thank you so much for stopping by!
Hope you enjoyed it!
And again, I'm sorry for my awful photos this week!

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 407

Hello my lovelies!

Happy Mother's Day!

It is time for another Cupcake Inspirations Challenge!

This week's sponsor is Poppy Stamps! Fabulous!
They're generously giving one lucky winner a $20 gift certificate so make sure you link up your card over at the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog!

What a perfect theme for today!

Here is my take...;-)

I wanted to use the only set from Poppy Stamps I own, which is the Falling For You set. It is a fall/thanksgiving themed set but who says you can't use this adorable critter for mother's day!? or any other occasions for that matter ;-)

I stamped this cutie with Antique Linen Distressed Ink on watercolor paper, colored him with light brown and dark brown Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers and the Antique Linen Distressed Ink. Also used the pale pink Zig Clean Color Real Brush marker for his blushed cheek ;-) I die cut him with the coordinating die ;-) I'm too lazy to fussy cut so dies are a MUST! {LOL}

The background was sponged with Crisp Cantaloupe and Pistachio Pudding, splattered some water for a distressed look, and drew a little bit of grass where my cutie is standing. I watercolored a piece of watercolor paper with the Strawberry Slash ink, splattered some water, then die cut them with the heart dies from the XOXO Die set by Papertrey Ink. I heat embossed "love you" on the big heart, "mama" from the Simply Relative set by Newton's Nook Designs on vellum and trimmed it to a tiny banner and popped it on the heart. Several 3mm Sparkling Clear Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh were sprinkled, and the gold dot washi tape was placed on the base.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it!

Have a lovely Mother's Day!!!

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 405

Hello my lovelies!

It is Sunday again, and that means it's time for another Cupcake Inspirations Challenge!

This week's sponsor is Frantic Stamper! Woot Woot!

Not only they have a huge collection of fabulous products, but they also carry other manufacturers, so you can get everything you need from them!

WOW! Look at this gorgeous color combo this week!

Spring is such a beautiful season, and this is so perfect!

Okay, here is my take...;-)

I know, I am such a rebel...{LOL}

I used the pretty spring colors to create this super fun card!

The owner of Frantic Stamper, Fran, so very generously provided each DT member with our choice of a die set! Thank you so much! It was very difficult to pick just one since she has SO MANY awesome dies!!! But I couldn't resist this fun "Super Kids" die set! You die cut each piece you see here, then you get to build your own superhero! Here's a girl with pink hair, isn't she just adorable!?

Here's my boy with his purple suit!

I die cut the kids' figures from white then colored with Spectrum Noir Markers, then dressed them with their super suits!

When you hear superheroes, you think of comic books, don't you?

And comic books has those tiny polka dots background (why is that exactly? I've never read them myself, but they sure look dramatic!) so that is what I used! Of course, I had to frame it like it is in a comic book! I just LOVE how this card turned out!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it!

Don't forget to head over to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog, too!

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 401

Hello my lovelies!

I hope you enjoyed our 400th celebrations last week!

Congratulations to the winners! {woo hoo!}

Now we are back to our regular schedule, and this week's sponsor is Birch Press Design.

And we have this beautiful color combo for you this week!

These cupcakes are so pretty!

Alright, here is my take...;-)

I apologize for this blurry photo... I'm so frustrated with my camera! {ugh!}

But at least I had so much fun making this card! ;-)

I got this adorable Japanese girl in her kimono from Sweet Stamp Shop, I just had to have this set! I stamped the image with antique linen distressed ink on watercolor paper, and colored her with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Set. This was my second try because I'm not very good at coloring with dark colors, so the maroon kind of ruined my first one {LOL}. The set comes with its own sentiment "konnichiwa", but I thought, why not write it in Japanese myself!? So I wrote it with my Stazon marker then heat embossed it. 

Those lanterns were stamped with Calypso Coral ink on watercolor paper, fussy cut, popped on with foam tape, and little snippets of gold twine were added. Those puffy cherry blossom stickers were sent from my mom years ago. It's almost cherry blossom season in Japan, and it is my absolute favorite time of the year there! The petals of those delicate flowers fall from their trees is like a pink blizzard, it is simply breathtaking! People go to parks and have picnics under the cherry blossom trees and paper lanterns every spring, especially at night! Anyway, that's what the splatters represent on this card, a cherry blossom blizzard ;-) 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it!

Don't forget to head over to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog and check out what my fabulous teammates created!

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 400th Celebration

Hello lovelies, Happy Friday!

The celebration is still going on over at the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog!

Today we're featuring 2 more sponsors, Sparkle N Sprinkle, and Newton's Nook Designs!

Birthdays are always fun!

But to make the party more exciting, you get to pick your favorite past challenge to combine with the birthday theme! I LOVE this idea!

So here is my pick of the past challenge for today's card...;-)

I LOVED this theme!

I even loved the card I made fro this challenge originally!

And I love today's card as well...;-)

I obviously LOVE Newton's Nook Designs, Jen's little critters are just so adorable!

And Newton is one lucky kitty, he travels all over the world!

But for today's card, I used this super cool pilot from the Winston Take Flight Set!

This image is just too cute, and oh, how perfect!

I stamped him with the Antique Linen Distressed Ink on Neenah white cardstock, colored with colored pencils, and die cut with the coordinating die. I added white lines all over his fun, poppy plane with the white gel pen. I also drew the stitches around the sentiment with the gel pen. 

Of course I had to make him "fly" around the world! My lovely earth was die cut from 2 different patterned papers, and I had to fussy cut it to circle because none of the circle dies were the right size! {Boo! LOL} The sentiment was die cut from Poppy Parade and Pool Party cardstock, stacked them on each other, popped on with foam tape, then I drew little stars on it with gold gel pen. 

Hope this card inspired you to pick your favorite past CIC challenge and play along!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Make sure you head over to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog to link up your beautiful creation for a chance to win one of the fabulous prizes! 

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 400th Celebration

Hello my lovelies!

Welcome back to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 400th Celebration!

We are celebrating this big accomplish all week, and we have a gorgeous lineup of sponsors! So make sure you link up your beautiful creation for a chance to win a fabulous prize! Woot Woot! 
And you know what else? This is my 400th post on my blog also! When I realized it, I was super excited!!! :-D

Today, we are featuring 2 of the sponsors, Kitty Bee Designs and Aliciabel!

I am joining with this beautiful digi stamp from Aliciabel ;-)

How perfect is this pretty Alice holding a slice of cake!!?

It is called Alice and the Cake.

And as soon as I spotted this image, I knew exactly which past challenge to use ;-)

This color combo is one of my favorites, and I really wanted to use it.

So when I saw the Alice image, I was so excited!!! And again, she's even holding a piece of cake in her hand!!!

I printed Alice on Neenah white cardstock, colored with colored pencils, and fussy cut. It took me a long time to color her hair with a few shades of yellow and a few shades of orange, but it was fun and I am happy with how it turned out! Since I printed the image a bit too big (she is almost 6" long!), I really couldn't add too much on this card. But isn't this blue paper with vintage rose just perfect!? I mounted the panel on another patterned paper, which has various widths and colors of stripes, and somehow I managed to have red on both sides!  A tiny, ivory, vintage rose embellishment was the perfect finishing touch ;-)

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Hope you enjoyed it!

Make sure you head over to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog!

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 400th Celebration

Hello there, my lovelies!

Welcome back to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 400th celebration!

Today we are featuring one of our fabulous sponsors STAMPlorations!

To play along this week, you must combine the birthday theme with one of the past challenges! How fun!!!

For today's card, this pretty color combo was my pick!

Here is my take...;-)

I might sound like a broken record, but STAMPlorations is one of my favorite stamp companies, especially because of their mixed media style is simply awesome! AND the owner, Shery Russ, is one of the sweetest people ever!

I just got this adorable bird stamp set called, Fowl Play :-)

He was heat embossed with white on watercolor paper, water colored with Calypso Coral, except for his little eye with Pool Party, then fussy cut. The cute sentiment was also heat embossed with white after die cutting the stitched speech bubble from vellum. 

I borrowed the happy birthday sentiment from another stamp set and heat embossed it with white on the Pool Party Cardstock. I stamped a couple of images from the Mixed Media Elements stamp set (I LOVE this stamp set!) with white ink, which is probably my favorite part of this card! {giggle} I created a stencil by die cutting a little cloud so I could make some clouds with embossing paste, and I die cut those cute outlined clouds also. 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it!

I'll be back on Thursday again, but the celebration goes on everyday so make sure you visit the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog!