Sweet Stuff

Here is a pair of cards for StampTV challenges with a sweet theme using images from Gina K Designs.

The first is for this week’s sketch challenge. I used images from the 100% Sweet stamp set along with a pink and brown color scheme. The ice cream sundae image is colored to match my color scheme. The chocolate topping and the cherry are coated with Glaze pens for a slightly glossy, shiny look.

I paired the colored image with dotted patterned paper from October Afternoon. A strip of brown cardstock with a scalloped edge runs across the card, decorated with pink ribbon with a matching brown piped edge. The “have a sweet birthday” sentiment is stamped along the top of the strip in matching brown ink.

Materials Used:
100% Sweet stamp set, white cardstock (Gina K Designs); Tuxedo Black and Rich Cocoa inks (Memento); markers (Copic); Sweet Blush cardstock, Sweet Blush buttons (Papertrey Ink); Close to Cocoa cardstock (Stampin’ Up!);designer paper (October Afternoon); pink ribbon (Martha Stewart)

This card is for the current Potluck Friday challenge to use words or a sentiment as the focal image on your project. I’ve been looking for a project that would be good for using some of this sparkly cupcake paper from DCWV and this was the perfect thing!

I stamped a combination of words and phrases from Melanie’s The Best Things in Life stamp set to say, “The best things in life are covered in chocolate.” Two of the words (best and chocolate) were stamped a second time on scraps of paper, cut out, and added to the panel with dimensionals for extra interest.

I attached the sentiment panel to the cupcake paper. I wish that the glittery swirl hadn’t been at the bottom of the paper—if it hasn’t been, I would have switched the layout up so that the swirl looked like it was coming out from under the sentiment . . .

Materials Used:
The Best Things in Life stamp set (Gina K Designs); Bashful Blue and Close to Cocoa Classic inks, Bashful Blue, Close to Cocoa, and Whisper White cardstock (Stampin’ Up!); circle and scalloped circle dies (Nestabilities); designer paper (DCWV’s The Sweet Stack); Dark Chocolate button, twine (Papertrey Ink); light blue ribbon (Morex)