Jan 09, 2009
Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #50
Happy Friday and Happy Cupcake Day! Whew… this is the first full week I’ve worked because of the Christmas and New Year holidays and I’m so ready for it to be over! The first one is always the toughest, right!? I think this week’s sketch is going to require a lot of you to step outside your comfort zone. I know it did for me. But that’s why they’re called challenges! On my weekly trip to Michael’s earlier this week (please tell me I’m not the only one who makes a weekly trip! lol) these Martha Stewart felt cupcake embellishments literally fell into my cart. I set down an item I was holding in order to look at something else on the shelf. When I picked up the item these cupcake embellishments slid off the shelf and fell in my cart. When I picked it up to see what it was I was so tickled! Aren’t they adorable!? I used my Zva crystal doodles to hang each of my cupcakes and added a tiny pink grosgrain bow
to each. I also embellished each felt cherry with a red crystal. I picked up the Hero Arts sentiment on my trip to Texas last fall. The cardstock colors are Prism Vibrant Pink and Vibrant Teal, Stampin’ Up Gable Green, and TE Choice Snow White. I’m so excited to introduce you to the Featured Cupcake Sampler this week! Renee Van Stralen caught my eye last week with her soft floral creation and she’s created another masterpiece for us this week! I love how she used three different sized Stampin’ Up cupcakes to complete the sketch. And doesn’t that frosting look edible!? You can check out all of the details on this card and the rest of Renee’s beautiful work on her blog: Stamping for Sanity. Thanks so much for sampling the sketch, Renee! Now it’s your turn to to try the sketch! I’ll choose 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 Featured Cupcake Sampler honors. If you’re uploading to Splitcoast use keyword TECC50 (for Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge 50). 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, January 12th at 8am PST to be eligible for the featured cupcake sampler. I also want to let you know that on the 9th day of each month I will be participating in this year’s Divine Design Challenge. Since today was also Cupcake Friday, I’ll be posting my Divine Design challenge creation tomorrow. Hope to see you back here tomorrow!
Don’t forget to check out the sketch challenge inspiration from the Cupcake Crew:
Donna Baker, Jackie Pedro, Jami Sibley, Sherrie Siemens, Vicki Chrisman, Monika Davis, Stephanie Hargis
I’ve also been wanting to try out the Mister Linky service. I saw it on Julee’s blog and thought it looked like a fabulous way to organize all of the cupcake challenge links! Just enter your name and the link to your blog post or gallery upload and we’ll all be able to click through easily!