More is More

Happy Friday!  It’s time for another one of Taylor’s sweet sketch challenges!  Yep I’m on a stampin’ roll!  WooHoo! 

This sketch momentarily threw me for a loop, until I stopped and thought about it for a minute.  Hmmm….what are some possibilities for those 3 circle elements up in the corner?  Then I had that little *aha* and I was off and running.

I guess it might be a little weird to choose the embellishments first, but it totally worked for me here with these felt flowers from SU Flower Fusion.  Once I had them all laid out and layered with rhinestone brads, I also had my color scheme of Old Olive, Rose Red and Punmpkin Pie.  Next I went looking for a stamp image and decided on these birthday cakes from Fast & Fun Notes.  I realize they are represented as wedding cakes in the set with the connected sentiment, but I chose to omit the sentiment and make them pretty birthday cakes.  I stamped them on shimmer white cardstock and cut them out with a scalloped rectangle nestie.  Then I colored them with copic markers and added a little Fruit Punch Stickles for some sparkle.  The sentiment oval (from Oval All) is not in the sketch, but I figured the little addition wouldn’t hurt.

The Pumpkin Pie strip was embossed with my Cuttlebug and the Rose Red panel was stamped with the SU BG stamp Stitched (almost impossible to see in the photo) and punched with an EK Sucess border punch.  The dp is SU Walk in the Park.

I just love how bold and happy this card turned out!  And now it’s time to see what the rest of the Cupcake Crew has cooked up:

Be sure to hop over to Taylor’s blog to see her sample and to get all the deets to play along with us.

If I ever finish all my blog hopping this morning (to see the Cupcake Crew, to see the new OCL release samples, to see the WSC samples, etc.) I’ve got a busy day ahead.  Looking forward to a church picnic tonight if Curt is not to tired when he gets home from work – Friday nights are tough sometimes.  I hope you have a fantastic weekend ahead!  Don’t forget that the TE release is coming up next Tuesday and sneak peeks start on Sunday!  I’ll have a newsletter for you soon so be sure you’re signed up!

Thanks for stopping by!

-Jami