Hey Cupcake!

I picked up a cute cupcake set and and a set of matching sentiments from Starving Artistamps last weekend at the stamp show I attended. It's so cute! I mean, you can't have enough images featuring this sweet treat, can you? I couldn't resist using the big cupcake image for this week's sketch challenge at Taylored Expressions.

I stamped the large cupcake image in black ink and colored it with Copic markers. I really like the doodle-y look and shape of the image. I cut out the cupcake and the scalloped mat using Nestabilities dies. For a little shimmer, I painted over the pink part of the cupcake with some Angel Wings Shimmerz paints. It added just a hint of sparkle--more subtle than Stickles and less mess and dry time, too.

I used the "Hey cupcake!" sentiment to create the panel behind the cupcake. I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the words and space them evenly. What a great tool! I used Regal Rose ink so the words would stand out from the Pink Pirouette panel. I gathered pieces of pink taffeta ribbon to create a ruffled border along the stamped panel. This is such a fun way to use ribbon--and a good excuse to order more of the taffeta, too.

It's really hard to see in the photo, but I stamped the smaller cupcake image from the set on the Regal Rose cardfront panel using Crystal Blush Opalite ink. The ink is a shimmery, reflective ink--so cool IRL!

Materials Used:

cupcake image and sentiment (Starving Artistamps); white cardstock (Xerox); Tuxedo Black ink (Memento); markers (Copic Ciao); Regal Rose Classic ink, Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, and Close to Cocoa cardstock, Pretty in Pink taffeta ribbon, dimensionals (Stampin' Up!); Opalite Crystal Blush ink (Kitchen Sink Stamps); circle and scalloped circle dies (Nestabilities); Angel Wings Shimmerz (All That Scraps); paper flowers and rhinestone brad (Target dollar spot); Stamp-a-ma-jig