Birthday Cupcakes

I finally finished this card for my very good friend Wyndi. Her birthday is Sunday, but her special present is on a UPS truck at the moment and won't be here until Monday afternoon, so I guess she'll have to be a few hours over 30 before she can play.

I made this card for the Little Paper Shop color challenge. The colors in the challenge were So Saffron, Perfect Plum and Certainly Celery. I really loved this combination, but when I finished the card, it seemed, I don't know, a little too "bright". I decided to give it a more vintage, old-fashioned feel, so I sponged and stippled everything with Creamy Caramel to tone it down a bit.

Oh, and I used my new tool/toy the Pixie sewing machine. Now, I did take homemaking when I was in high school, and we did have six weeks of sewing, but we had to hire a professional seamstress to fix the hem on my circular skirt before I could wear it in the fashion show. (Yes, after I turned it in for a grade.) I might be a little challenged in the sewing department. But, I love the look of stitches that you see on so many cards and I had to give it a try. Once I mastered threading the machine (by far the hardest part), I was ready to go. I know I need to practice some more, but it's a start!

The stamp is a digital stamp from LPS called Jena Baking which I originally chose with Wyndi in mind. She loves to bake and is always bringing samples of her goodies to work to share with me. I gave Jena Wyndi's blonde hair, but I don't think we'd ever find Wyndi in that dress. Still those perfectly decorated cupcakes are exactly what you'd expect from her. Hope her birthday is as "sweet" as she is!

Project Recipe

Paper: SU So Saffron, SU Certainly Celery, PTI Plum Pudding, Gina K Pure Luxury White CS, SU Delicate Dots PP

Stamp: LPS Jena Baking Digital Stamp

Ribbon: SU Certainly Celery, twine, DMC floss

Accessories: Pixie sewing machine, stickles, copics, Making Memories Lemonade Blossoms and Buttons

Chick with Bling

Just in time for Easter, I grabbed (not literally) my digital stamps from LPS to make a card for two challenges. Little Paper Shop has a sketch challenge going on right now. Check it out here. They are giving away free digital stamps to a random winner. And Dare U2 Digistamp has a bling challenge. I might have gone a little overboard on that one (ya think?). Yeah, I added Angel Wings Shimmerz to the egg after I colored it with copics, and then the blingin' flowers, and just couldn't stop myself, had to use DCWV glitter cardstock, too. This is going in my grown son's "Easter basket". Hope he's not offended! Easter hugs, everyone!
Project Recipe
Paper: SU Bashful Blue CS, SU Delicate Dots PP, DCWV Glitter CS, GinaK Pure Luxury White
Stamps: LPS Chick Egg
Ribbon: PTI Spring Rain twill, twine
Other: Paper Studio button, copics, Kaiser green rhinestone flower, Dress It Up Petals, Angel Wings Shimmerz