Challenge Entry: 365 Cards - Day 158 - Sweet Treats

Today's challenge at 365 Cards  is entitled Sweet Treats.  The challenge -

Add at least TWO sweet treats to your card, any way you want.

Patterned paper counts as one of the ways.

And here's my little interpretation of this new challenge.  I call it "Happy Sweet Birthday".

Card Recipe:

• Card Size: 4" x 4"
• Card Stock: American Crafts White and Shiny Pink
• Paper pieced Cake from a Scrapbooks Etc. template
• Sentiment is from Stampendous Hey There Cupcake set and stamped in with Stazon Iris.
• Candle image from Stampendous Hey There Cupcake set and stamped in with Versafine Onyx Black and colored in with color pencils.
• Patterned paper: Imaginisce Berrylicious/Summer Stripe (double sided sheet)

Thanks for looking! :)

Challenge Entry: Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 128

My first time to participate at the Sweetest Thing Challenge blog.

Here's the sketch.

And here's my take on it.  I call it Yellow Cupcake Birthday.

Stamps from the Stampendous Hey There Cupcake set.

LO Project: Tying the Perfect Bow

I am working on a practice project using the Stampendous Hey There, Cupcake set.  As I was finishing up the layout, I thought that a bow would be a really nice accent.  So, I decided to make a small bow with a bit of leftover ribbon I had in my stack.  And it was quite hard to tie it into a perfect bow.

I moved from my craft station to the computer and brought up YouTube on the browser.  Then I found this amazing video on how to tie a perfect small bow.



Now, this is what my bow looks like using this technique.  And the finished product.

The denim is not part of the project, it's our sofa's cover. :P

It's just a practice piece.  I will try to come up with a better one in the next few days.  I am still trying to get the hang of stamping.