Bubbly Scrumptious - Cupcake Challenge

The theme for the June Challenge on the Bubbly Scrumptious Blog is 'Cupcakes'. I was sorting out some old craft mags and found this cupcake paper in a copy of Crafts Beautiful. I adapted another Kathy's Waffle Sketch (there should be five circles in a row) to fit the A6 card. The handmade pink paper has been in my stash for a couple of years and the pink 'sprinkles' beads even longer! I had a flash of inspiration when I remembered about the Puffy Velvet fabric pen I bought at the NEC, at the time I intended to use it to create snow, but it didn't work out for the project I was doing. It does make great whipped cream though!

It's official!

Yes, I'm afraid I have finally become a fully committed card maker! I've started making my Christmas cards in October, I know there are some people who start even earlier but these are for personal use, so I think the end of October is quite early enough. The Holly card above is made using the stamp I won in the Think Pink Auction (thanks, Gez) it is a huge stamp, so you don't need much more on your card. stamped it on watercolour paper and 'painted' it with watercolour pencils. There is a little bit of glossy accents on the berries, but it didn't come out very well in the picture.

I got lots of these embellishments from Craft Beautful Magazine last month. They make really simple cards. The sentiment is a Papermania sticker, free from a mag last year.

This is another of the CB embellishments, doodles done with the Crafters Workshop, Swirly Vines stencil and a silver gel pen.

Think Pink - Goodbye and Good Cluck

This week's Think Pink challenge was to create two cards for 'leaving' occasions. The Blue Skies card features a photograph I took of the sky last weekend - got to catch those blue moments because let's face it, they don't last long!

The second card was inspired by Angelnorth's bad pun on one of her cards for the challenge. I found these little chooks in the Crafts Beautiful magazine. You can see all the cards on the Think Pink Blog, click on the link on the banner in my side bar.

Paper and bits are Dream Street, from a BF Kit.

Artipix Card from Crafts Beautiful Magazine

Made this card from the CD I got with Crafts Beautiful September issue. The bakcing paper and Artipix are by Chris Warner of Papercraft World, I also used a couple of papers from Pink Petticoat for matting & layering and added a little sparkle with my Sakura glitter pen.