Hey there cupcake!! Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #51

I love sketch challenges, if you have not already noticed!! I have a list of blogs that I go through when I sit down to start a card. Once I have found the sketch that catches my eye, I get busy creating, or at least try to create! LOL I found this cute sketch over at Taylored Expressions and thought I would give it a shot. Here is the Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #51.....

Here is my take on the challenge......For my card, I used the Key to my Heart paper pack (still available till the end of the month) and a new CTMH stamp set called Cupcake Sprinkles.


I stamped the cupcake top in Sorbet and put Liquid Applique over all and added Prisma Glitter to the top. After I took the heat gun to puff the Liquid Applique, I gently sponged Sorbet on to the top to give it a little color. For the cupcake bottom, I stamped the image with VersaMark and embossed it with Clear Detail Embossing Powder. I cut it out, took my Juniper marker to the lines and folded the edges in for dimension. Both pieces are pop dotted. The "stitching" around the card is a stamp from the Cupcake Sprinkles set.


Just in case you did not know this already, if you like any of the CTMH products that are used in my projects, all you need to do is click on the Close to my Heart link and order from my website. Your order will be shipped directly to you! It does not get much easier than that!! If you have any questions about the Close to my Heart products, or would like to join my team, please feel free to contact me anytime!

Most supplies are CTMH:
Stamp set: Cupcake Sprinkles
Papers: Key to my Heart
Embellishments: Spring Blossom Mini-Medley, Sorbet Ribbon
Non CTMH: sparkles ( archiver's)

Hope I have inspired in some way today!

Thanks for stopping by, make sure to stop by again!!

Jen

Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #47

I LOVE the weekly sketch challenge over at the Taylored Expressions blog! If you are up for fun challenge, head on over and check it out! Once again, I don't have cupcakes on my card, but I did use this darling little lamb from the stamp set A Birthday Wish from CTMH!! I have been looking at this stamp set for some time now and finally broke down and bought it and now I wish I had not waited so long to purchase it! The patterned paper that I used is from the Key to my Heart paper pack.



I stamped the lamb onto Bamboo cardstock and then again onto Colonial White cardstock. I added Liquid Applique to the head of the Bamboo image and sponged it with Bamboo ink and added 2 black Bitty Brads for his eyes. I then cut around the mouth of the image stamped on colonial white, sponged the edges with bamboo ink and pop dotted it onto the bamboo image for dimension. I then cut out the body from the colonial white with the exception of the hands and feet and sponged it with bamboo ink and adhered. It is hard to tell from the picture, but I used my Stardust glitter pen on the necklace on the lamb. The flower in the lamb's hand was stamped onto colonial white and colored with Baby Pink marker, cut out and then adhered to his hand.





Most supplies are CTMH:

Stamps: A Birthday Wish, Say it in Style
Paper: Key to my Heart, Cocoa and Colonial White CS
Ink: Bamboo, Cocoa and Baby Pink
Embellishments: Sorbet and Creme Brulee Ribbon Round Collections, Black Bitty Brads, Liquid Applique and Stardust Gelly roll pen
Nestabilities: Circle, Scalloped Circle and Rectangle
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder

Thanks for stopping by!

Jen

You Hold the Key to my Heart

I just love these pictures of my kiddos!! But it kind of makes me sad to scrapbook these because I see how fast time is rushing by me. These photos were taken 8 years ago although it feels like just last year. I showed this page to my hubby and he said thanks for depressing him! I said I know, I feel this way everytime I scrapbook pictures of the kids when they were this little.

This LO was made using a sketch from Page Maps and using the Key to my Heart paper pack and stamp set that Close to my Heart is featuring as part of National Papercrafting Month in January. This gorgeous paper pack features CTMH's new scrumptious colors: Juniper, Creme Brulee, Sorbet and Tulip. The border, key and title are all created with stamps that come in the HUGE "E" size stamp set in the Key to my Heart package. If you click on the Key to my Heart picture to the right, you will find details on how to get your kit at a discount or for FREE!! But don't delay because this promotion is only available until January 31st, 2009!

Most supplies for this page are ctmh:
Paper: Key to my Heart
Stamps: Key to my Heart
Embellishments: Spring Blossom Brads, Spring Blossom Mini-Medley, White Daisy Just Blooms, and Sorbet Ribbon Rounds.
Technique: Embossing, 2nd generation stamping and ink distressing
Non ctmh: Spellbinders Oval Nestabilities

I hope that I have inspired!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jen

As Promised.......Meet Jasmine!

Isn't she the cutest mommy you have ever seen? I stamped her on watercolor paper and used my blending pen for her hair. I am not too thrilled with the way the coloring turned out on her dress, it looks a little blotchy to me. Maybe I need to look into the Copic markers........ Anyhoo, even with the blotchy coloring, I still think that Jasmine turned out pretty sweet! So, if you thnk Jasmine and Roxy are super cute, you will LOVE the other stamps that InStyle Stamps has to offer.

Supplies used:
Stamps: Jasmine (InStyle Stamps), Key to my Heart and Welcome Baby (ctmh)
Paper: Key to my Heart (ctmh), watercolor paper from Archiver's
Embellishments: Juniper Brads, Cocoa Ribbon
Technique: Blending pen and edge distresser
Nestabilities regular and scalloped oval

I hope this has inspired you in some way.

Thanks for stopping by!

Jen