Sweet Cupcake Cards

Hello My Sweets!

In my last post I went through my favorite items in the latest Stampin Up Catalog and one of my favorites was the Sweet Cupcake Bundle.

In this post I will show you how I made this lovely card:

I used some retired Stampin Up paper and cards that I had on hand, but you can use literally ANY coordinating paper set for this project.

I first started with my stamp and dies set.  You will also need a Big Shot Machine

I also decided to use these pretty (retired) Spellbinders Nestabilities Majestic Circles, but you can also use these Layering Circle Framelits Dies instead.

I've selected these 3 colors for the frosting part of the cupcake:  Summer Sun (#1), Archival Brilliance Pearlescent Orange (#2), and Watermelon Wonder (#3).  

The idea is to use the lightest color on the stamp that covers the most area 1st, medium goes 2nd, and darkest goes 3rd.

I've selected these 3 colors for the cup part of the cupcake:  Creamy Caramel (#1), Tip Top Taupe (#2), and Close To Cocoa (#3)

I will also be using my Misti Stamping Tool to help create perfect stamped images every time, and to help line up the stamps properly

Here's a shot of me using my Misti Stamping Tool with the 3rd whipped cream stamp.

And here's the finished whipped cream stamped image

Next I took my image over to my Big Shot Machine to cut the whipped cream out using the corresponding whipped cream die

After that I started stamping the cup part of the cupcake.  Here is what it looks like after the 1st, lightest ink is stamped

Here's a photo of the 2nd, medium colored ink

And here's what it looks like after the 3rd, darkest ink

I took it over to the Big Shot Machine to cut it out using the corresponding die

Then I decided to use the Sweet die and the banner die that is included in this set. 

 I cut out 2 banners and stamped the darker one with the sentiment "The Best Things In Life Are"

The banner die has little slits which I assumed are for the die cut words to be inserted in.  My Big Shot Machine machine didn't cut the slits so I took some scissors to the lighter colored banner that I had cut out.

Next I cut out 2 nesting circles, using different prints of coordinating paper.

Here's a photo of the smaller circle.

Here is what it looks like before I adhere everything.  

I ran out of the card stock that I used when making the initial card so I used this card stock instead...for a different look.

Then I decided to flip over the larger circle, because the print on the other side was really pretty...

I couldn't decide which one to use!!!!  

So I decided to put it up for a vote on Facebook

Here's a shot of the inside of the card.  

I used Tip Top Taupe and Watermelon Wonder.

The sentiment says "The Best Things In Life Are Sweet, 

And You're One of the Sweetest.  Happy Birthday"

Here's a photo of the finished product.  "A" won!

Thanks for reading!!!  I'm really looking forward to getting another tripod so I can just film a YouTube video or Periscope (@belovedbijou) this sort of thing... :-/

<3 Myria

Annual Rubber Stamp Show Part 3

Hello My Lovelies,

Today I am finishing up a 3 part series on the Rubber Stamp Show.  I could have dragged this out a little longer by dividing this post up into 2 but I figured I'd go ahead and get 'er done.

See part 1 and part 2 for more photos.

First up we have Ellentina Cutting Dies.  I don't remember a whole lot about this vendor except that they had a lot of dies.  When I looked them up online it seems that this is more of a wholesale company, and that they don't have their own website.

Next is Our Daily Bread Designs

My favorite thing about their booth was their Steampunk display

Awesome idea board!

Rubbernecker Stamps had an amazing selection of Floral Watercolor stamps

Look at these examples!  Gorgeous.

Packaged very nicely

This one was my favorite

Next is Art Impressions

I was really impressed with their watercolor images

They were doing a live demonstration but they also have some videos on YouTube

I absolutely LOVED this raccoon stamp and die set. 

How cute!?!?

Seriously...look at these examples.  Adorable!

The possibilities are endless.

Stamps by Judith and Heather

I fell in love with their Halloween stamp display

LOVE these examples!

How sweet is that?

The illustrations are really top notch

You can't tell from the photo but they used Glossy Accents on the bats to give this example dimension

Next is a local (New Mexican) company called Stamp A Mania

They demonstrated a GORGEOUS embossing technique.  

Here are some examples.

They use multiple colors of glitter embossing powder and sprinkle them on, starting with the outside portion of the stamp, or one side of the stamp, and working their way through the whole image.

I tried to take a video but didn't actually film ANYTHING!  Ugh.

I'm thinking I'll do a blog post on this technique so you all can see how it is done.

Creations Unlimited was next and they don't have an online presence at all, and their display was very simple...

...but I liked their lace embossing technique.

Here we have another local company Guadalupe's Fun Rubber Stamps

I loved their calavera stamps <3

In addition to the fun stamps, they also sold other art supplies, like these bags of vintage ephemera

I bought an issue of Somerset Studio - swoon!!! <3 <3 <3

I also bought this Daily Sketch Journal and a Mini Gelli Plate

I really want to use it as an art journal

I'm really excited about it

Oh, I also liked this Mica Spray by Ranger and Wendy Vecchi and they also had some by Dina Wakley

The last vendor was Morning Star Stamps

My favorite part of their display was these cute little favor boxes

I also really liked their coffee and tea dies

and they had a really cute Halloween favor box display.

That's all folks!