Aug 15, 2008
Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #29
Happy Friday and Happy Cupcake Day! I’m so glad it’s Friday! I think tonight is the only night this week that Jon and I don’t have plans… finally some to lounge on the couch! Last night we enjoyed dinner with friends at an Argentinean restaurant called Malbec. We had never been there before, but it was so good! We had empanadas, canalones, and caramel flan and dark chocolate mousse for dessert. If you live near Pasadena I would highly recommend checking it out! You’ve probably noticed by now that I love using circles in my sketches. There is almost always some circle element incorporated into each sketch. Today there are nine circle elements! I decided to use the itty bitty cupcake from Stampin’ Up’s Short & Sweet stamp set. I colored each of the images with Copic markers and
mounted them onto a 1 1/4″ scalloped circle punch. The punch is by EK Success and I picked it up at my local scrapbook store. The patterned paper is by Heidi Grace and the sentiment is from Papertrey’s Mixed Messages set. Now let me introduce you to the Featured Cupcake Sampler this week. Noelle’s stunning bouquet card caught my eye last week and I love what she’s done with the sketch this week. She had the idea to do a Cupcake 101 study… how cute is that!? And since she didn’t have enough different cupcake stamps to create the card she just drew them herself! I love that kind of resourcefulness! You can check out all the details about Noelle’s cupcake study on her blog Scrap Pirate. Thanks so much for sampling the sketch this week, Noelle! Now it’s your turn to try the sketch! I’ll chose the most clever, creative, and cute creation from the submissions this weekend to be the Featured Cupcake Sampler next week. Your design and blog will be featured on my blog during Cupcake Friday. You’re not required to use cupcakes for the challenge, but if you got ’em why not use ’em!? 🙂 You’re
welcome to create something other than a card, just stick as closely to the sketch as possible and you’ll be eligible for the prize drawing and Featured Cupcake Sampler honors. If you’re uploading to Splitcoast use keyword TECC29 (for Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge 29). Leave a comment on this post with a link to your blog post or gallery upload so I can check it out! You must have your cards uploaded by Monday, August 18th at 8am PST to be eligible for the prize drawing. I can’t wait to see what you come up with! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!