My goodies arrived on Friday from Papertrey Ink and I am officially in love! I have had a few bits and pieces (some stamps, card, a couple of ribbons etc) for a while but it’s mostly Christmas stuff and I just haven’t been in the mood to do Christmas cards recently (I wonder why!!). Anyway, I have now bought a few new stamp sets, ribbons, buttons, more card, papers etc, and spent a couple of hours bonding with them last night. I feel like I’m starting again with crafting – like I’ve got new life!!!! I made a few cards – 4 of which I can’t share just yet as they’re either DT projects or they’ve been sent to people who would probably see them if I posted them here. So here is the one I CAN share.
All supplies are PTI. The stamps are from the Baby Buttons set (OMG it’s gorgeous) and they were stamped in Dark Chocolate ink. The cupcake has been paper pieced in papers from the Pretty Pastels range and the “frosting” is white Flower Soft (reminds me so much of dessicated coconut – yum). I’ve used my Labels nesties to make an aperture in the card and put a peice of acetate behind on which to mount the cupcake. Behind the window on the inside back of the card there is a matching nestie shape stamped in Aqua Mist using the Polka Dots Basics stamp set. Finally I’ve put an Aqua Mist button on the cake and dragged out my trusty old sewing machine for a wee bit of stitching.
Right, better go and do some HW (shudder). Chris has taken 4 of the kids to Deeside ice-skating so I’m going to tackle the task of sorting the washing out!! What else are Sunday’s for!!!! (Don’t answer that – I was being sarcastic!!)
Big hugs,
Caryn xxxx
