Hey, Cupcake!

Since DRS Designs last release a few weeks ago, I've been working diligently on increasing my stash of sympathy cards.  I've noticed that my birthday card stash has been depleted as well, and now it's time to replenish them. Here's a rather clean and simple one I made using the new Hey Cupcake Greeting (365B) and the Cherry Top Cupcake image (463E). 

 

I colored the cupcake with Copic markers and shaded it with brown ink while it was in a Nestability die. I went for a realistic look by adding Diamond Glaze to the cherry to give it a shiny, wet look. (Sorry that's hard to see in this picture!) I matted it with red card stock, which really helped make the cherry stand out. Next, I worked on the sentiment banner and shaded it the same way as I did for the image and matted it with red card stock as well. I embellished the banner by adding a small paper flower and adhered it to the banner with a petite pink brad. I adhered 2 pink panels in the background and stamped them both with the Splatter Background (855H) and red ink and then assembled the card front as shown.  Three red rhinestones placed in the upper right corner were the final touch. Cute and easy, don't you think? ;-)

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Smiles,

Jennifer

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With A Cherry On Top

This cute Valentine's card I have to share with you today fits the requirements for three challenges! I didn't really plan it that way, but that's how it worked out!

*The layout follows last week's Splitcoast Stampers Sketch Challenge SC524.

*The "Cherries" inspiration photo from this weeks Cupcake Inspirations Challenge was the basis for my card theme. DRS Designs is their sponsor this week and 1 lucky winner will be picked from all the challenge participants to win a $10 store voucher for stamps at DRS Designs online catalog!!!
 

*Finally, the challenge this week on the DRS Designs blog is "So Shapely!" You are to use at least 2 different shapes on your project.  I went with a circle and hearts.

 

Both the Cherry Top Cupcake (463E) and the Sweet Valentine's Greeting (257D) are by DRS Designs.  The image was colored with Copic Markers.  The card front was embossed with a heart embossing folder and then I inked it with pink ink to make the hearts stand out. Then, I randomly added small heart die cuts to some of the embossed hearts and embellished them with a small pearl in the center.  Next, I assembled the rest of the layout as shown. The greeting banner was adhered with foam tape to pop it up for some added dimension.  Finished card size is 4.25" x 5.5."

 

Hope you enjoyed my card today!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Smiles,

Jennifer

 

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Sweet Birthday Cupcake!

Last week for DRS Designs Shape Up Challenge, I started Working on this cupcake card, but I had forgotten about the note I wrote to myself to try the Teepee card that was featured in the April issue of Scrap and Stamp Arts magazine. In the meantime, the cupcake card was put on the back burner and I started on my Teepee card from scratch. Luckily, this week's challenge on the DRS blog is all about food, so my cupcake card fit right in! Best part, is that I was already half done with this week's challenge project!

The first step to make this card was to hand draw the cupcake silhouette on white cardstock that was folded in half. The card opens upward, so the card fold is located under the cherry. Next, I created a template by tracing the cupcake silhouette on scrap paper. I cut it into two pieces, one for the bottom and the other for the top portion of the cupcake.

I used the bottom portion to cut the cupcake wrapper from brown cardstock. The edges were inked with Vintage Photo and then I stamped it with the Lines O' Plenty Background (366H). The upper portion of the cupcake was cut from pink cardstock and the edges were inked with Worn Lipstick. Then I stamped the frosting repeatedly with the Raindrop Background (1012H) in multiple colors to resemble sprinkles. The cherry was papercrafted by cutting a red cardstock circle with a Nestability die and hand drawing the center line. I added Diamond Glaze to it to make it look realistic and added a brown cardstock stem. 

DRS Designs has a great food-themed prize to give away this week.  Check out all the details for the challenge here, link up your Food For Thought card, and win! 

Have a great day!

Smiles, 

Jennifer

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Time To Celebrate!

Hey Everybody! My Birthday's almost here!

As the Design Team Coordinator for DRS Designs, I'm the one who picks the themes for their weekly blog challenges. Since this is my birthday week, I thought it would be fun to see all kinds of birthday cards.

Birthdays and sweet treats often go hand-in-hand, so I used the Cherry Top Cupcake image (463E) repeatedly for the front of my birthday card. The images were colored with Copic Markers and I added fine glitter for the frosting. The cherries even look edible created by the shine you can see when Diamond Glaze dries. For the sentiment at the bottom I stamped the first portion of the Sweet Birthday Greeting (161E). The second half of it was stamped on the inside, which was decorated as well!

Now that you've seen my birthday card, create one for yourself and link it up HERE on the DRS Blog for a chance to win some free stamps!

Until next time,

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Card Tag Is Complete!

Oh my what fun! The 4th round of Alicia's Card Tag is now complete!  It's a lot like the kids "Tag" game, but we use hand crafted/stamped cards. When you are "tagged it," you use the card of the person in line before you as inspiration to create your own card.  Here's my finished card.  I was inspired by Barbara's cupcake birthday theme and how she used buttons and border punches to embellish her card.

All of the stamps I used on this card are by DRS Designs.  First, I colored the Cherry Top Cupcake (E463) with Copic Markers.  Then I cut it out and layered it on a white cardstock circle embossed with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder. I matted it again with a red cardstock circle.  I stamped the Happy Birthday 3" Giga Cicle (L488) with SU! Real Red ink on white cardstock and used my Marvy Uchida Giga Circle punch to punch it out perfectly.  I colored in the dots with a red Copic Marker.  I stamped the Happy Moments, Happy Days sentiment (G490) on pink cardstock and used an EK Success border punch for the edges.  I added this piece to a red cardstock front and added ribbon to cover the area where the pink cardstock stopped.  I added the matted Giga circle to the center above the sentiment and embellished the front with small red buttons.  To add a bit of dimension, I stamped the cherry a second time, colored it with Copics, cut it out and adhered it in place with foam tape.  Then I added Diamond Glaze to it to give it a bit of shine.

 You can see all 10 cards from the Card Tag game HERE on Alicia's Blog and see the transition from the first card to the very last card. 

Thanks Alicia for hosting this card game.  I enjoyed it and hope to play again soon!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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SD37 Getting Sketchy!

The Sunflowers and Dragonflies team is playing with this sketch for our challenge this week.

I used Sunflowers and Dragonflies Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Cupcake image and sentiment from the Cupcake Set to create this "Chocolate is a girl's Best Friend" card.

I colored the cupcake image with Copic Markers.  The sentiment was stamped in black ink and I used an EK Success punch, a few brads, and some yummy ribbon to embellish it up a bit.

Feel free to play along with this sketch if you'd like, and if you do, please link me up so I can see what you came up with.  Unfortunately Beth’s Blog is corrupted and is still getting fixed!  We won't have any prizes for the challenges until things are up and running, so please be patient with us.   

In the mean time, you can browse the other S&D DT Blogs to see how everyone else used this sketch!
Beth
Jerusha
Kim
Karen
Rose
Cathy

Thanks for visiting today and have a great weekend!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Purple Flower Power!

Flower Power is the name of this week's Sunflowers and Dragonflies Blog Challenge! This is the Sunflowers and Dragonflies 15th Blog Challenge!

For my challenge card I tried to do everything flower!

I added the Sunflowers and Dragonflies Sugar Frosted Pansies Cupcake as my focal image and also stamped the Happy Flower from the Alice in Wonderland series around the cupcake image. You can also see that I used flower designer paper, and added a Prima flower as a finishing touch!

Stamps: Sunflowers and Dragonflies Creative Designs- Sugar Frosted Pansie Cupcake, Happy Flower from the Alice in Wonderland Accessory Set
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink in Yellow Ochre,
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by American Crafts, DP from DCVW Glitter Stack
Accessories: Bic Markers, Nesties, Purple Stickles, Ribbon by Offray, Brads by Joann's Scrap Essentials
Finished Card Size: 4.25" x 5.5"

Anyone can play along in the challenge. There are no limits on time or supplies. Of course we’d prefer that you use images by Sunflowers and Dragonflies, but feel free to use other images. However, there is a bonus if you do use a Sunflowers and Dragonflies Image, you'll receive an extra entry in the drawing for the weekly challenge prize!! So, if you have any S&D stamps it would be worth it to use them! Please post a direct link to your challenge project from either your blog or an online gallery to the Sunflowers and Dragonflies Blog, specifically on the Challenge #15 Blog Post, so we can view it. If you upload to an online gallery, please use the keyword S&D15.

This week's prize is 2 large packages of Prima Flowers! Deadline for this challenge is next Friday November 6th.

Smiles,
Jennifer

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S&D11 Sparkle & Shine!

Do you like projects that Sparkle & Shine? That's the theme behind this week's Sunflowers and Dragonflies 11th Blog Challenge! For this challenge we want you to use items that will make your projects glisten--think Bazzill Bling cardstock, rhinestones, Stickles and Shimmerz galore!

Anyone can play along in the challenge. There are no limits on time or supplies. Of course we’d prefer that you use images by Sunflowers and Dragonflies, but feel free to use other images. However, there is a bonus if you do use a Sunflowers and Dragonflies Image, you'll receive an extra entry in the drawing for the weekly challenge prize!! So, if you have any S&D stamps it would be worth it to use them! Please post a direct link to your challenge project from either your blog or an online gallery to the Sunflowers and Dragonflies Blog, specifically on the Challenge #11 Blog Post, so we can view it. If you upload to an online gallery, please use the keyword S&D11.

This week's prize is a Set of Cupcake Stamps, Deadline is next Friday October 9th.

Here's my "Delicious" Sparkle & Shine Cupcake Card!

I used one of Sunflowers and Dragonflies new Cupcake images for this challenge. The layout I used follows this weeks Splitcoast Sketch challenge. The cupcake image was colored with Prismacolor Pencils and the colors were blended with Gamsol. I pop dotted a lemon slice on top of the cupcake and added yellow Stickles to it. The frosting, flowers and wrapper were painted with Shimmerz.

In this close up photo, you can see the detail & true colors on the cupcake.

This angle shows you just how much this card really sparkles & shines!

Stamps: Sunflowers and Dragonflies Creative Designs- Candied Orange Blossom, Delicious Sentiment
Ink: Staz On Jet Black, Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink in Yellow Ochre
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by Bazzill Bling
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Nesties, Cuttlebug and Cuttlebug Spots & Dots Embossing Folder, Orange Sherbet and Burgandy Shimmerz, Ribbon-unknown, Pop Dots, Rhinestones by K & Co., SU! Word Window Punch, Yellow Stickles, EK Success Decorative Border Punch
Finished Card Size: 4.25" x 6"

I look forward to see your Sparkle & Shine project! Won't you join us?

Hope your having a wonderful weekend!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Sweet Treat for a Sweet Tooth!

So, do you have a favorite Sweet treat??
This week the Sunflowers and Dragonflies DT is challenging you to create anything to do with Sweets. Cookies, Cupcakes, Candies, Ice cream, you name it--if it's sweet, it qualifies! This marks the start of the Sunflowers and Dragonflies 8th Blog Challenge!

Anyone can play along in the challenge. There are no limits on time or supplies. Of course we’d prefer that you use images by Sunflowers and Dragonflies, but feel free to use other images. However, there is a bonus if you do use a Sunflowers and Dragonflies Image, you'll receive an extra entry in the drawing for the weekly challenge prize!! So, if you have any S&D stamps it would be worth it to use them! Please post a direct link to your challenge project from either your blog or an online gallery to the Sunflowers and Dragonflies Blog, specifically on the Challenge #8 Blog Post, so we can view it. If you upload to an online gallery, please use the keyword S&D8.

This week's prize is a complete set of the new Cupcake stamps that will be released from Sunflowers and Dragonflies next week!
Deadline is next Friday September 18th.

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~~~~The images I used for my challenge card this week are new from Sunflowers and Dragonflies! The sentiment, the cupcake stamp, & several other cupcake designs will be available for purchase next Saturday, and the brand new S&D website will be up for your viewing pleasure as well! Stay tuned for more info...~~~~

I had a lot of fun making this challenge card--I must admit from all of the new cupcake stamps I received, I had a hard time deciding which one to show off first. I picked this floral cupcake image I colored it with some fun with Prismacolor Pencil colors and blended them with Gamsol. I outlined it with a Zig Marker and that really made the colors pop! I used a light pink sheet of designer paper from Basic Gray's Euphoria collection (also available for purchase from S&D too!) and stamped the sentiments on it with SU! Taken with Teal.

Stamps: Sunflowers and Dragonflies Creative Designs
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, SU! Taken with Teal
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by American Crafts, Pattern Paper by Basic Gray Euphoria Collection
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Nesties, Turquoise Zig Marker, large brads by Joann's Scrap Essentials, small brads by Making Memories, Fiskars Treading Water Border Punch
Finished Card Size: 4.25" x 5.5"

Thanks for visiting today. I look forward to seeing your Sweet Tooth project. Good Luck winning this weeks Nestability set! ;-)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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A Sweet Birthday!

Happy Card Sketch Wednesday!

Here's today's sketch:

To complete this challenge I played with the New cupcake image from DRS Designs again & Liquid Applique. That stuff is so much fun! It's like magic!

The background was created using the Chocolate Chip background stamp by DRS Designs. It's perfect for this sentiment! I used Diamond Glaze again on the cherry. Can you tell is has a wet shiny look to it?

Stamps: DRS Designs- Cherry Top Cupcake, Sweet Birthday Sentiment, Chocolate Chip Background
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink in Chestnut Roan and Lipstick Red
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by American Crafts
Accessories: Nesties, SU! Word Window Punch, Copper Brads by Joann's Scrap Essentials, Ribbon by Bobbie M. Designs, Liquid Applique by Marvy Uchida, Diamond Glaze,
Finished Card Size: 4.25" x 5.75"

Make sure to leave me a link if you get a chance to create with this sketch. I'd love to see your version!

Thanks for visiting today!

Smiles,
Jennifer

PS: For those of you who are waiting for the update picture regarding my Great Aunt's 93rd birthday, stay tuned. Tomorrow is housekeeping and catch up day. This week has gotten away from me!

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CPS 103-Happy Birthday, with a Cherry On Top!

I received my newest package of stamps yesterday from DRS Designs. This is my favorite package yet! There are tons of new Birthday images and sentiments & lots of St. Patty's Day stuff too! You can see all of their new releases here.

I used one of my new stamps to play with this week's CPS sketch challenge.

I colored this image with Prismacolor Pencils and blended the colors with Gamsol. I applied Diamond Glaze to the cherry, to give it a shiny look, and Liquid Applique to the frosting, to make it look lumpy-bumpy like frosting really is. Then, I matted it using my Nesties. I stamped the sentiment on smooth cardstock and then ran it through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots Embossing Folder for some added texture. Then, I did a little matting and added the red brads. Finally, I adhered the layers according to the sketch. The matted cupcake was adhered using foam tape to add dimension. This sketch was pretty simple to work with and fun too!

Stamps: DRS Designs- Cherry Top Cupcake, Happy Moments Happy Days sentiment
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink in Chestnut Roan
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by Bazzill, American Crafts and The Paper Company
Accessories: Diamond Glaze, Liquid Applique, Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Brads by Making Memories, Nesties, 3-D Dots
Finished Card Size: 5 1/8" x 5 3/4"

I've recently been inspired to use Liquid Applique from blog hopping & seeing so many others use it. I asked around a little bit and added it to my shopping list when I was out and about yesterday. What you see here on this card is my first time using it. How fun and so cool! My friend Vicki gave me a little tip--She said she only buys the white Liquid Applique and then uses ink refills to create any color she needs to match her project. Great idea huh? For my cupcake frosting, I used a sponge dauber to apply brown ink to the Liquid Applique. I'm happy with the final look.

Stay tuned tomorrow to see my Fun Filled Friday Challenge card. This week's theme is to create a card in 10 minutes or less. Why don't you give it a try?

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Smiles,
Jennifer

PS: Happy Gray's Anatomy Thursday! Any other GA fans out there? I can't wait to see what happens tonight!

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