Have a Safe Trip!

I've missed at least 2 of Taylor's Cupcake Challenges. I finally had time tonight to complete a card for her latest sketch (Cupcake Challenge #29). I love circles!

This card involved no stamping and no ink pads...I created the sentiment on my computer with Microsoft Word and the images are all BasicGrey rub-ons. I also used the some printer compliant Stampin' Up Codes to get my printer to print a Blue Bayou color on white cardstock.

Card Ingredients
Paper: Kraft confetti (CA Paper Goods), Blue Bayou, white
Other: Wholy Cow! rub-ons (BasicGrey), foam tape, 1" & 1 1/16" circle punches, white ribbon (Taylored Expressions)

Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #25

I rotated Taylor's sketch on it's side. Two nieces will be celebrating birthdays in a few weeks, so this card is for one of them.

I paper pieced the clothing. I paper pierced the circles and main layer. I also liked the look of distressing the circles. I noticed Dawn McVey does this. I love the look. I used a Sakura Glaze Gelly Roll pen on the sunglasses to give them a shiny look.
Card Ingredients
Stamps: Inkadinkado Humorous Birthday
Paper: Very Vanilla, Soft Sky, Groovy Guava, Blue Bayou, Spring Silhouette DSP
Ink: Memories Black
Other: 1/2" & 3/4" circle punches, paper piercers, dimensionals, rhinestone stickers (Michaels), Sakura Glaze Gelly Roll, Crayola Brown pencil

Hip-hippo-ray!

This card was simple, but I had a few Stickles accidents. Ugh! I had to re-piece the hippo and the scallop. I should been working on birthday party invitations for my son, but I had to participate in Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #24.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Pun Fun
Paper: Bashful Blue, Parchment Olde Gold (CA Paper Goods), designer paper (a gift from my good friend, Ericka)
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Other: Velvet ribbon (BasicGrey), rhinestones (Me & My Big Ideas), Stickles, Sakura white gel pen, 1 3/8" and scallop punch, foam tape, paper piercer

Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #23

This card started with the ribbon. I've got some yummy BasicGrey ribbon I was itching to use. The sketch I used is for Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #23.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Inkadinkado Humorous Birthday, SU
Paper: Ruby Red, Cool Caribbean, white glossy, silver (American Crafts)
Ink: Basic Black, Ruby Red, Cool Caribbean
Other: BasicGrey Color Me Silly ribbon, rhinestones (Me & My Big Ideas), paper piercer, piercing template, foam tape, 1/2" and 3/4" circle punch, Sakura white gel pen

Friendship

I'm running so late with this card. My weekend was packed, so here I am on Monday morning trying to submit this card by 8AM. We took a very excited Kalino to see "WALL-E". We all loved the movie. Well done, Pixar!
This card is for Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #22. I wanted to use this chick from Imaginisce. Of course, he's not colored a traditional chick colored...oh, well! Since the sketch had a vintage window feel, I used some vintage looking designer paper.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Chick (Imaginisce), Think Happy Thoughts, By Design
Paper: Purely Pomagranate, So Saffron, white, designer paper (Daisy D's..blog candy from Theresa)
Ink: Versamark, Pink Passion
Punches: 1/2", 3/4", 1 1/4", and 1 3/8" circle punches, 1/16" hole punch
Other: Black embossing powder, Prima, ribbon (Taylored Expressions), Sakura pen, paper piercer, foam tape, SU brads, slot punch

Feliz Cumpleanos, Lucia!

I made this card for Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #21. The person I made it for is my cousin, Lucia. She is actually my husband's cousin. She lived with us for a few years when she moved up to the Bay Area. She is the sweetest person.

I loved this sketch, Taylor! This card is small (4.25" x 4/25"). I found some great Basic Grey ribbon at my local Big Lots. I had to use some of it.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Hey There Cupcake (Stampendous), Felicidades Siempre, One of a Kind
Paper: white textured paper, silver foil (Only the Best), Soft Sky, Spring Silhouettes, Wild Wasabi
Ink: Basic Black, Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky, Versamark
Other: Clear embossing powder, Rubbermania Seattle Mist embossing powder, Amuse Circle Stickers (blog candy from Theresa), half pearls (Target $1 bin), Boho Blossoms punch, Basic Grey ric rac, corner rounder, Oval Coluzzle, metal edge tag

When I Grow Up I Want to Be Like You

I combined my need to make my husband a Father's Day card with Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #20. I rotated Taylor's sketch on it's side. Taylor and I (and my husband) share the June 12th birth date. Taylor, sorry, I didn't make you a birthday card like everyone else.

I usually make Enrique a photo card when it comes to Father's Day. We went to RoboGames in San Francisco yesterday and I got several nice photos of him and Kalino on the Marina Green near Fort Mason.

I finally used my Verve Visual stamps I won as blog candy from Julee Tilman.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Father Figure (Verve Visual)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, designer paper (My Mind's Eye & my local scrapbooking store)
Ink: Brilliance Coffee Bean, Versamark
Other: Chocolate Chip ribbon, clear embossing powder, robot rub-on (Hambly Screen Prints), Making Memories leather tag and SU large eyelets (thanks Theresa!)

Thank Ewe!

I'm having Blogger publish this is my absence @ 4 AM..did you see the video on Kristina's blog? You'll get the 4 AM joke.

We should arrive back in the Bay Area tonight.
Today (June 12th) is my birthday and my husband's birthday as well! Pretty cool, right? We weren't born in the same year; I'm older.

Do you watch "The Closer" with Kyra Sedgwick? We TiVo the show and love her character. I love the way she says "Thank You". I imitate the Deputy Chief Brenda Lee Johnson character and my husband thinks it's funny. So when I saw this stamp in Pun Fun, it makes me laugh and say "Thank Ewe!" like Kyra Sedgwick's character.

I made this card for Taylor at Taylored Expressions. Last week, I won a really nice selection of ribbons from her for the Cupcake Challenge. I used Taylor's sketch for this card...and some of her ribbon.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Pun Fun
Paper: Positively Pink, Black, designer paper (SU), white textured
Ink: Memories Black
Other: Sakura Glaze Gelly Roll, Making Memories mini brads, ribbon (Taylored Expressions), Martha Stewart Circle Cutter, 1/2" circle punch, foam tape, horizontal slot punch

Got Cake?

I made this fun card for Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #19. One of the stamp sets Ericka gave me the other day is Inkadinkado's Humorous Birthday. When I saw the Got Cake? stamp, I knew I had to use it for Taylor's challenge.

Earlier this year, Ericka also gave me some Basic Grey designer paper. I used it on this card. I did some paper piecing with the designer paper for the dog. I also did some paper piercing on this card with tools Ericka brought me from Peru a few years ago. After reading this item on Melanie Muenchinger's blog about a tip she got from Jody Morrow, I finally remembered to search for plastic canvas shapes at my local Michael's. It's a cheaper way to do paper piercing. I bought a round and a rectangular piece for less than $1 total! Thanks Melanie and Jody, and of course, thanks Ericka!

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Inkadinkado Humorous Birthday
Paper: blue and cream textured papers (Only the Best), Basic Grey Sugared designer paper
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Other: Rhinestones (Me & My Big Ideas), Sakura white gel pen, Darice plastic canvas shapes, 1/2" circle paper punch, paper piercing tools

Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #18

For the first time I tried the tape transfer technique for all the flowers using Scotch packing tape for Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #18. No cupcakes today. I learned this from a Hero Arts YouTube video. I'll be doing this type of image transfer again. It's fun. (Excuse the night time lighting...the colors look off)

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Friendship Blooms, Polka Dots & Petals, Think Happy Thoughts
Paper: Cool Caribbean, So Saffron, designer paper (My Mind's Eye)
Ink: Basic Black, VersaMark, StazOn Jet Black
Other: Ribbon (Costco), Making Memories mini brads, Primas, clear embossing powder, clear embossing powder, Scotch Packing Tape

Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #17

Here's my weekly card for Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #17. I had to create another card using the Crayon resist technique I love on the Hero Arts website.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Happy Birthday (A Muse Artstamps), Hey There Cupcake (Stampendous)
Paper: white glossy Kromekote, Real Red, designer paper (My Mind's Eye)
Ink: So Saffron, Real Red, Memories Black
Other: White Crayon, Making Memories brads, 1/2" circle punch

Happy Birthday - Woven Ribbon

This card is for Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #16. The card design started with the ribbon. I knew one cupcake on this card would be too small, so I wanted a larger focal point.

I like the look of torn paper. I tore more edges that she required on her sketch.

I put 3 layers of embossing powder on the cupcake.

I did some ribbon weaving about 4 years ago on a card and I was reminded of the technique by Kristina in her Make a Card Monday video. I don't know why I haven't done ribbon weaving more, I love it.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Hey There Cupcake (Stampendous)
Paper: kraft, Pumpkin Pie, designer paper (My Mind's Eye), white
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Versamark
Other: ribbon (Costco), Clear embossing powder, Making Memories mini brad, scallop punch, 1/8" circle punch, SU felt flower, mini pearl (Target $1 bin)

Happy Birthday Cupcake (SOA Challenge #9)

This card is for Stampin' Out Alzheimer's Challenge #9 and Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #15. I made my own background papers by stamping them with Brilliance ink pads. I was a little rushed to finish this card, so I feel it's not by best effort.

The colors that inspired this card are: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, and Summer Sun.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: All Holidays & By Design (Stampin' Up), Hey There Cupcake (Stampendous)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, and some vanilla-colored textured paper
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Brilliance (Rocket Red, Coffee Bean, Yellow), Versamark
Other: Yellow embossing powder, Making Memories mini brad, 3/4" circle punch, foam tape

Hey Sweetie (SOA Challenge #3 & Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #14)

I combined two challenges in one for this card. This card is for Jen's Inspiration Challenge, which had colors Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, and So Saffron. I must have been craving chocolate cupcakes, because Taylor's Cupcake Challenge led me to use my new Stampendous cupcake stamps. I love this color combination.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Stampendous Hey There Cupcake, Stampin' Up Noteworthy, Season of Joy
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, So Saffron, designer paper (My Mind's Eye)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, So Saffron, Versamark
Other: Chocolate Chip ribbon, gold mini brads (Making Memories), foam tape, clear embossing powder

Taylor's Cupcake Challenge 13

I made this card for Taylor's weekly cupcake challenge. I didn't use a cupcake stamp. Taylor's sketch challenge came in handy. I used the sketch today to show non-stamping girlfriends how to make a Mother's Day card.

Card Ingredients
Stamps (all Stampin' Up): Unfrogettable (flower stamp), All Holidays
Paper: Parchment Olde Gold and Parchment Olde White (California Paper Goods), fushia designer paper (My Mind's Eye)
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Other: Making Memories mini brads, ribbon (Michael's), 1" and 1 1/16" circle punches, foam tape, colored pencils