Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Takin' Out the "Cupcake" Stash


There is just something about cupcakes that make me feel so happy! I love making them, I love eating them and I just plain ole' love looking at them. I was so excited when I found this line of 3 dimensional felt cupcakes by Little Yellow Bicycle at my new favorite store, A Scrap in Time...

My impulse is to HOARD THEM in my
"saving it for a "special occassion" stash"

Turns out this was the perfect card to go with these
I made these cupcakes for my son's bus driver.
Every time I make cupcakes, I make sure to give her one. Being that it was Valentine's Day and all, I created a cute little gift box filled with several. Besides keeping them off of MY HIPS, I also want her to know how much I appreciate her service of ensuring that my little boy gets to and from school safely!!!!!!!!!

Quick details about this card: I stamped my card base with polka dots, Added a strip of glitter & embossed patterned paper (also Little Yellow Bicycle), Punched & layered some border strips, Zig Zag Stitched them, Layered a Heart Shaped Doiley then Popped my Cupcake up with Pop Dots. The 3 small hearts were punched with a punch that I got out of a dollar bin and I just added little pearl accents (no they aren't the edible ones that I put on the cupcakes)

CHALLENGES I USED:
Cupcake Craft Challenge: I Love You (incorporate at least one heart into your project)
Stamp Something: Something for your Valentine
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge: Lovin' From the Oven (they also have a Design Team Call)
The Pink Elephant: Be My Valentine

..................Supplies I Used..................
Stamps: Paper Trey Ink (polka dot basics)
Cardstock: Paper Trey Ink (dark chocolate, aqua mist), Stampin Up (whisper white)
Patterned Paper: Little Yellow Bicycle (cupcake love)
Tools: Martha Stewart (doiley punch), Stampin Up (scalloped doiley punch), Dollar Tree (heart punch)
Misc: Target (heart doiley), Little Yellow Bicycle (felt cupcake), Hero Arts (pink pearls), pop dots

18 comments:

It's Jenn! said...

YummY! Both the card and the cupcakes =)

Golden said...

Delicious! Looks like I am making cupcakes. Those felt cupcakes are a great find. Have a great day my friend.

~amy~ said...

oh-so-sweet-&-delish!

Danni said...

Love the card and the cupcakes look yummy!!

It has been a while...we just moved to Washington! Hugs!

Pat (mspfd) said...

Yummy! What a fun, happy card; and the cupcakes (faux and real) look delicious. Oh gosh, Justine, now I need something sweet...

Georgia said...

The cupcakes you made look so yummy! They are beautiful, too!!

Lynn Mercurio said...

Wow...I'm not sure which I love best...this awesome card, or those works of art that you call cupcakes. Holy cow...delicious!

Erin Smetak said...

I saw this on facebook and thought I missed the post! Stupid feedblitz! I get everything a day late!
Anyway! I LOVE your card!!! And that cupcake! YUM! Did you make more, or is that the cupcake that we talked about? ;)
I'm not ready to send something for publication! You said two weeks!!!! Next week I'll start! I have to finish stuff for my cousin's wedding!

Cindy Haffner said...

Ohh YUMMY and FUN!!

Céline said...

Hi Justine,
fab card, me too i love this 3d felt cupcakes!
thanks for playing with us at stamptacular sunday this week
hugs
céline

Anonymous said...

Oh wow!! Talk about YUMMMY!! :) This is so sweet and I love the heart shaped doily behind the cupcake! Beautiful job and thanks for joining with us at Stamp Something this week!! HUGS

Donna said...

Hi Justine, your card definitely has the wow factor and so do your Cupcakes...I'm licking my lips from here lol! :) Donna x

Melisa Waldorf said...

YUMMY! Your sprinkles look like pearls. You are so sweet to do that. And you card is so cute! I hope you are having a wonderful week filled with lots of FL sunshine!
hugs,
Melisa

Jacilynn said...

cuteness! and love those cuppies!

Shelly said...

Gorgeous creation for our "I {heart} you" challenge! Such pretty colours! Thanks for joining us at Cupcake Craft Challenge! Shelly :)

Gemma said...

Great card, love the paper heart behind the cupcake, and the design paper is just totally suitable for our Lovin from the Oven challenge this week. Thank you for joining us at SSC and have a nice weekend! Hugs Gemma

The Crafty Den said...

What a beautiful card. The image and papers are just wonderful. Thanks for sharing with us at cupcake craft challenge this week. Hugs, Denise x
p.s. your cupcakes look amazing!

Leonie said...

O my!!! this looks devine! good enough to eat and that heart doily is wowsers!!! thanks for joining in with us this week at Stamptacular.
hugs Leonie
PS Sorry I'm running late on comments this week :(