Wowee! I won!!!
I’m probably more excited about this than I should be, but I cant help it! There was a contest from one of the designers at pink cat studio this past week and I decided to enter a few cards. There were several contests to enter in, a sketch challenge, color challenge (pink and brown), theme (winter, Christmas) and a supply challenge for sparklies!
I thought I would share which cards I decided to enter and which card was the winner. Because I know your all dying to know! 
The first card I made a few days ago and I was feeling pretty proud of myself with this one. I really liked the touch of the rhinestone brads for the cherries, and all those cherries were hand stamped. I entered it in the sparkly supply challenge, it did NOT win:
This card I was not fond of, but it used an awful lot of glitter and rhinestones so again it was great for the sparkle challenge. It also fit in the pink and brown challenge, but you could only enter each card into one challenge. But this one as well did NOT win:
This little number I REALLY like. I just LOVE the boho blossoms set from MFT, it makes me so happy. And I love the little rhinestone in the center of the heart, the pearls on the corners of the page. I like the whole darn thing. I entered this in the color challenge, but no this did NOT win:
So this brings me to a card that I almost did not even post on my blog. I finished it and went “eh”. It sat on my table and I wasnt planning on taking a picture or anything. I ended up entering it into the supply challenge since there is a touch of magenta stickles on the butterfly wings. So here is my winning card for the sparkly challenge:
So a card I didnt like, almost didnt ever mention to anyone is the one that somebody like enough to pick a winner. Go figure! I have no idea how that even works. And it kinda has me wondering if the cards I like are icky and the ones I dont like are nice. I shouldnt think like that but it does make me wonder. Do you do that? Do you wonder if what you make is nice or if you dont see what others see?
Anway, I had a lot of fun entering into the challenge and I was so suprised I won. Thank you Kimmie and pink cat studio!
Filed under Flourishes, MFT Stamps, SU! Cards | Comment (0)Cherry sweet
I just had to make another card for the sketch challenge today, one that didnt use ‘true friend’. And there was a challenge from Flourishes to post a card today with one of their sets and you got a little something in the mail……too fun! Plus this is my final entry for the pink cat studio contest that’s been going on, so this is a TRIPLE whammy card!
I used some making memories rhinestone brads as a few of the cherries, I really liked that! The brads were on sale so they were super cheap, I think I’ll pick up a few more next time theyre on sale. Since they are so cheap I dont mind splurging and throwing a bunch on one card!
I stamped all the treats individually and then popped them up on dimensionals. My camera is a bit blurry due to letting both the girls play with it today, so a few of the details are lost. But there is some lovely lace stickles on the fluffy frosting on the right. The lace color just looks white without being glittery or too opaque, so it made lovely frosting whip. And the other cupcake has red stickles on it for some sprinkles.
The cherry paper was handstamped with the individual cherry from the stamp, inking it with my real red marker and artichoke marker each time. I swear I started out saying to myself I was going to make a fast card, and then before I knew it I was making this cherry paper!
Happy Wednesday everyone……it’s that much closer to the weekend!
The DEETS:
Stamps: Sweet treats-flourishes
Ink: stazon black, real red, always artichoke, chocolate chip-SU
CS: bashful blue, real red, always artichoke, white-SU
Accessories: SU markers in real red, always artichoke, bordering blue, creamy caramel, making memories rhinestone brads mini brights, dimensionals, SU 5/8 red grosgrain ribbon, red stickles, lace stickles.
Finally! A Beate weekend sketch!!!
It’s been several weeks since I got to play with one of Beate’s weekend sketches! I hurt my back, then we painted and now I finally had some time to play.
My new set from Flourishes, ’sweet treats’ came on Saturday and I couldnt wait to ink it up! It has 30 stamps to create the most wonderful tower of treats! It reminds me of afternoon tea with all the pastries, cakes and sandwiches. It also took my SU inks really well, mostly working on the first stamp.
I stamped some of the images twice and popped them on dimensionals, and the fluffy white yummies are merengues!
Instructions:
1. Starting with a piece of chocolate chip CS cut and folded to standard size.
2. Next I used a piece of DP from eclectic paperie, “winnies walls” and cut out half a circle with my round coluzzle. Then I cut out the next largest circle in purely pom CS and layered the two together, then adhered it to the card.
3. I then stamped the tower in stazon black onto white CS and cut out around it and used the ticket corner punch on the four corners.
4. Next I stamped bon-bons, cupcakes, and treats onto the tiers. Then I also stamped them again onto a piece of scrap white. I colored the images in with my SU markers and then used dimensionals to adhere them ontop of some of the yummies.
5. I added some frosting swirls with my white signo gel pen ontop of the chocolate bon-bons and one of the cupcakes for vanilla frosting.
6. For the cherry and strawberries I used real red and always artichoke markers and inked the stamp directly then stamped again onto a scrap piece of white CS, then cut them out and adhered them with dimensionals.
7. Then I added some Christmas red stickles to the cherry and some crystal stickles to the pink frosting on one of the cupcakes.
8. Next I adhered this to purely pom CS and then I trimmed around it to layer the image, and added magenta stickles to the four corners. This was adhered to the card base using dimensionals.
9. Using pink grosgrain ribbon I made a small bow and adhered it to the top of the tower of treats.
10. For the medallion I used the tab corner punch with the “winnies walls” papers, then I punched a 1 3/8 circle of purely pom ink and adhered it to the tab. Then I stamped the sentiment in purely pom ink and cut it out with the oval coluzzle.
11. Finally I sponged purely pom ink around the oval, then chocolate chip ink and adhered it to the layers, then finally adhered that to the bottom right corner.
I’m really trying to resist making Audrey’s 2 year birthday into an afternoon tea party and sending out invitations using this set. I know realistically it’s more work then I should make for myself, but I LOVE this set! It’s just so much fun making all those yummy treats!
Please enter my giveaway for my free “Love you to pieces” set if you havent already, there are a few days left before I draw a winner!
The DEETS:
Stamps: Sweet treats-Flourishes
Ink: stazon black, purely pom, chocolate chip-SU
CS: chocolate chip, purely pom, white, -SU “winnies walls” DP
Accessories: dimensionals, Christmas red and crystal stickles, pink grosgrain ribbon, SU markers, white signo gel pen, ticket corner punch, tab corner punch, 1 3/8 circle punch, round and oval coluzzle.
Hi Allison!
