Cupcake Alert!

The Cute Card Thursday challenge this week is:

"FOOD & DRINK"

Create a card with an item of food or drink on it somewhere - as simple as that!

I'd bought a few chipboard templates a while ago but not got round to using them (unless you count taking them out of the pack a few times and looking at them!) One of the templates was a cupcake which I thought would be perfect for this challenge. Plus I really should make more shaped cards as I really enjoy it!

The cupcake wrapper (is that the correct terminology?!) has been cut from pink corrugated card and the fondant iced top is from Funky Daze (Fun Daze collection). As I liked the dot pattern, I decided to layer it a little and randomly so it looks like the icing is slithering down the bun. Yum!


All edges have been inked in pink and I've added some tiny beads for sprinkles - I think they were a freebie from yonks ago and I'd just not used them before. I've used two ribbons around the middle of the cake (the organza was donated by Enfys - the spotty one I bought from Hobbycraft) and the daisy brad was from a lovely lot of stash as part of my camper van swop with Alex last summer.

Inspiration for the colours has been drawn from Molly and Izzie - but be warned - don't visit if you are hungry!

I think I could be making more of these as they look so good! And they passed the 'what is it test' - asked the boys what they thought it was. Slight pause before they both said CAKE!! Just need to watch Jacob as he will probably try and scoff it!

• Backing papers: Funky Daze
• Template: From Craftwork Cards
• Ribbon: From Hobbycraft and Enfys
• Brad: From Alex
• Gem sprinkles: From my stash
  
  

Shhhhhh! You Ain't Seen This!!

Carol is back from her holiday with another great sketch, and the sketch is:

The boys have been invited to a 5th Birthday party in November (Lynsey you can stop reading here or feign surprise when you do see the card!) and I wanted to make a princess themed card. And as I do like a sketch challenge, I decided to get the card made early and used Carol's challenge sketch.

The pink stitched paper is from my camper van swop from Allie (I actually already had some of this, in pink, green and black but never used them - think I will now as it is lovely thick handmade paper!) the fairy is made from various Sizzix dies with Quickutz tiara and wand. The net on the dress is actually a remnant from a friends wedding veil (she knew I'd be able to use it!) and the name has been cut using the Cuttlebug Baby Face alphabet.

The translucent vellum has been cut using my new Martha Stewart punch (I am liking it very much!), ribbon from my stash, and the metal heart / star embellishment is actually a posh paperclip from Paperchase.

Happy Birthday Anya when it does eventually arrive - the boys are already asking when is it time to go to the party!!

• Backing paper: From my Camper Van Diva swop partner
• Dies: Sizzix and Quickutz. Martha Stewart border punch
• Ribbon: From my stash
• Embellishments: Paperclip from paperchase, gems from my stash
  
  

Allie - The Camper Van Diva Swop!

As promised, here are pics from my recent Camper Van Diva swop partner - Allie. And look at all this that she sent me! The Volks World magazine is actually a folder, and inside were all the papers and borders (I've already used some of the pink stitched ones!)

And there was an altered booklet with a fab stamped image of a camper van (I very nearly bought the same stamp myself!) Lots of pages inside for me to scribble notes, and at the back....

.. is a stitched pocket with 3 camper can tags and a very funky space saving ruler (it folds in half!) with camper van prints on it!

All this was inside a draw string - well, actually ribbon (and very lovely ribbon too!) bag with a cute fabric camper van in the bottom corner. Also inside the bag was a lovely camper van notelet book and an envelope with all manner of bits and bobs, including flowers, dome stickers, gems, ribbon (she knows me too well!) brads and charms!!

But wrapped separately (all the packages were wrapped in brown paper and had pictures of camper vans on them!) was this beautiful framed image - beautifully cut and stitched. Isn't it fabulous?!

No wonder the boys thought it was my Birthday!

A huge thank you to Allie!! Now go and visit her blog - she is a very talented lady!!

And a big thank you to JB*JB for organising such a fab swop!

Recent WIP - Camper Van Diva Swop

Now all can be revealed as my Camper Van Diva swop partner has received my package! I did show some sneaky photos a while ago, but here are the finished articles:

Each card has an oval tag cut from a 1970 road map sheet which was inside an old car magazine. I've punched a larger hole through which I've threaded ribbon in complementary colours (I did say I'd use ribbon somewhere!) and I've inked the edges of the tags and also the edges of the cards. The sentiments have been stamped with my trusty mini Studio G wooden alphabet stamp and as you can see - the lettering is not as wonky these days!

All the backing papers are downloads from various collections from Vicki's blog which I have printed to fit a 13.5cm square card. The camper van die cuts I've had for ages (I knew I'd be able to put them to good use one day!) and I've layered different colours to achieve the finished result. All have frosted windows added (translucent vellum) and silver gel line highlights.

And I'm so pleased you like them Allie! My package arrived yesterday which opened with aid from Samuel and Jacob who thought it was my Birthday and kept giving me hugs! They weren't that far wrong as it did feel like my Birthday as there was so much to unwrap! It was far too dark to take decent photos but I will do over the weekend and will share in the next few days. Thank you Allie!

• Backing papers: All from Vicki's blog, vintage road map background from an old magazine
• Die Cuts: From my stash
• Sentiment: Mini wooden Studio G alphabet stamp set
• Ribbon: From my stash