More is More

WooHoo it’s Friday!  My Stampin’ Up! class is tonight, I’m feeling much better, Curt got home last night from a business trip and it’s time for Taylor’s Cupcake Challenge – an all around good day!

I was so excited when I saw Taylor’s sketch this week because I already had this cute little Lockhart Rosebud Cupcake colored, punched and mounted just waiting to be made into a card.  There were so many possibilities for the large panel, but I knew I wanted to feature a sentiment, so I looked through my sentiments drawer until I came across the perfect one from SU All Holidays.  Then I decided it would be fun to have a floral background to go with the tiny rosebud frosting.  Retired SU Mixed Bouquet seemed perfect and I still really love that set.  Once the panel was stamped it seemed a bit too bold though and overwhelmed my tiny cupcake.  A vellum overlay was an easy fix for that and a great way to showcase the sentiment.  Adhering vellum can be a little tricky.  In this case I used green rhinestone brads on the left side and some Scotch Tacky adhesive on the right under the ribbon and cupcake.  The little finishing details: swiss dots Cuttlebug folder on the Regal Rose panel, pink stickles (they are really almost burgundy) around the scallop circle, Kaiser Craft rhinestones on the olive grosgrain ribbon.  Cardstock:  So Saffron, Regal Rose, Prisma Razzleberry Dark (close to Purely Pomegranate), white, vellum.

We’d love to have you play along with Taylor’s Cupcake Challenge – it’s a simple sketch challenge, cupcakes NOT required.  Check out her blog here to get all the details.  You could be chosen as Taylor’s featured stamper like Terri Dodd (SCS = tdodd00) this week.  Check out her gallery here – and her blog here – lots of great stuff including last week’s winning challenge card.  I can hardly wait to see what she’s done this week!

Let’s see what the rest of the Cupcake Crew came up with:

Lynn Mercurio: Stamperosity
Ana Wohlfahrt: Ink A Stamp
Stephanie Hargis: Steph’s Stampin’ Stuff
Vicki Chrisman: This Art that makes me Happy
Mary Jo Albright: Beauty Lies Within
Monika Davis: M.A.D. Stamper

Oh and don’t forget the Summer Sale at Taylored Expressions – details on Taylor’s blog.  It only lasts through the weekend, so check it out quick!

Thank you to everyone who e-mailed to see if I’m feeling better.  Yes I definitley am – just been trying to catch up with things this week.  I really apologize for missing Divine Design on the 8th.  I plan to catch up on that sometime next week.  Also early next week I’ll have an exciting announcement – I can hardly wait!  Over the weekend I plan to post my projects from tonight’s class so be sure to check back.  They’ll be strictly Stampin’ Up!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a fantastic weekend!

PS to SU Demos – I have a Sneak Peek swap posted on SCS with just a few spots left.  If you’d like to play and can deliver on-time quality swaps, please click here for the details.  Thanks for looking.