15 Minute Project ... Pretties in Less Than 1/4 of an Hour

I'm sorry, I know I promised that I would post my 'Inspiration Basket' today, but my camera and I had a falling out ... now it's sulking in the corner and not working properly. So, I decided to show you this card instead:



And in my world, a cupcake beats a grapevine basket any day!

This card was created on white Image Plus 110 lb card stock ... have I mentioned that I love this card stock?

I doodled on the edges of the card with my black Precision Pen; frankly, it looks like chicken scrawl to me but when I see anyone else's doodles, I love it ... go figger. Even though I hate my own doodling, I forced myself to use it anyway ... a girl has to be tough with herself sometimes!

I'm really loving digital paper these days so I used two sheets of digital patterned paper, ticket corner punched the corners, matted them and adhered them to my card base.

I used a horizontal slit punch to add the pink grosgrain ribbon and then I decided I didn't like the look ... so I covered up my ribbon faux pas with two, bright fuchsia grosgrain ribbon bows. Not sure I'm lovin' this but sooner or later it'll grow on me.

I stamped my cupcake on a scrap of white card stock then ran it through the Cuttlebug with a Large Square Scallop Nestie. I stamped the cupcake again on pink, green, and fuchsia digital papers, then pieced the image together.

I used a Stardust clear glitter pen to highlight all the 'sprinkles' on the cupcake. You really need to click on the photo (a new window will open), to see all of the sparkly sprinkles! I also dotted each scallop with a bit of pink glitter pen.

Finally, I used a Copic marker (W1) to create a shadow around the cupcake and mounted the scalloped piece to the card using dimensionals. Easy, quick, and delicious!

Ingredients:

~Card Stock: Image Plus
~Patterned Paper: Digitally created with photo editing software
~Stamp: Michaels (Studio G)
~Ink: Palette Hybrid, 'Noir' (Stewart Superior)
~Color Medium: Glitter pens (Sakura); Black Precision pen (American Crafts); Marker (Copic)
~Ribbon: Pink and fuschia grosgrain (May Arts)
~Adhesive: Tape runner (Tombow Mono); Dimensionals (All Night Media)
~Tools: Cuttlebug Die-Cut machine (Provo Craft); Nestabilities Large Scallop square (Spellbinder); Horizontal slot punch and ticket corner punch (Stampin' Up)

If my technologically superior camera decides to cooperate with me, I'll get the 'Basket' photographed tomorrow.

Thanks for visiting!