You know, I've actually never tried paper piercing before, so today's CAS challenge gave me the perfect opportunity. I am glad I finally gave it a try! It was a lot easier than I thought it would be, I was so sure my hands weren't steady enough to cut smoothly without the affixed image looking choppy. You never know if you don't try right? ;#
The inside of the cupcake card will say "Hope your birthday is as sweet as you are". I wanted to add more glitz to the icing, but when I tried the glitter shades I had, there were too many green and blue inflections in them and itjust didn't look right. It doesn't show up well in the photo, but I colored around the grooves with a Copic Atyou glitter marker instead, in lemon, just enough to add a little glitz - OOH! I could have painted my Shimmerz over them! Darn! Next time... I tried to balance the dots in the cupcake bottom with the white brads and the white dots in the Swiss Dot ribbon in lemon tart from Papertrey, so yummy.
Hope you like my cards - here are the deets on them for you:
Baby Card:
By Ones & By Twos #Stampin' Up!#
Regal Rose Patterned Paper from hostess patterns pack #SU#
Regal Rose card stock #SU#
Whisper White card stock #SU#
Regal Rose Marker #SU#
Palette Noir Ink
3/8" grosgrain ribbon #RABOM#
Cupcake Card:
Cupcake Kind of Day #MFT Stamps#
Copic Markers #Y11, Y13, Y17#
Atyou Copic Glitter Marker in lemon
Regal Rose Patterned Paper from hostess patterns pack #SU#
Regal Rose card stock #SU#
Gina K. Luxury card stock
Palette Noir ink
white brads
Ticket Corner Punch #SU#
Lemon Swiss Dot Ribbon #PTI#
Date: Monday, June 22, 2009 GMT Views: 1485
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Registered: July 4, 2008 Location: Birmingham AL Posts: 6417
Mon, Jun 22, 2009 @ 3:56 PM
Both of these are so adorable; I don't know which one I like more! The baby onesie is so perfect textbook CAS, but then I love the added brads & ribbon on the cupcake card. Great job on both!
Registered: April 18, 2009 Location: Boston suburbs, MA Posts: 14060
Mon, Jun 22, 2009 @ 8:33 PM
What GREAT clean and simple cards, Meredith!! I love your colors (especially the cupcake one--reminds me of pink lemonade!!). Super job on the paper piecing. I just re-read your details--seriously, this is your first try at paper piecing? It turned out awesome. I love paper piecing--opens up whole new worlds . . . Anyway, great job on these!
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