Sweet Swirls

I used Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #46 sketch for this card. I have no cupcakes--I know, you're thinking "what!!"--so I turned to my computer and Illustrator and created my own. You're also probably thinking that this cupcake belongs in Whoville, but I hope you think it's kind of fun. If you like it, feel free to save a copy to your computer and size/print/play with it--if you do, please let me know what you come up with! I printed on Gina K 120lb Pure Luxury cardstock (it really is as good as Karen says!) and coloured my image with copics, then added cotton candy and golden pink coloured stickles. My sentiment is a combo from savvy stamps' "sweet pea" and Hero Arts' "from the Heart." I used markers and huffing on the "sweet" and covered up the text I didn't want with a sticky note before inking "Heart" with SU pumpkin pie. At some point between stamping, glitzing and photographing this card, I smeared the sentiment. I also stamped it on the left without thinking about following Taylor's sketch more closely, so I flipped the sketch and embellished the right top corner.

The layers of this cupcake card... the base is pink pirouette textured cardstock; then pumpkin pie, which I ran twice through my distressed stripes cuttlebug folder to emboss the length of this strip(5.75"); the patterned slice is Basic Grey Oh Baby! Girl Natalie; and the image is matted in basic black and then pink pirouette cardstock. I also used the Fiskars threading water punch for the pixie pink scalloped design along the bottom, but added petal pink liquid pearls for a little frosting. The green polka dot ribbon is from my stash and I used both sides to repeat the dots and the solid colour.

Stamps: from the Heart, Hero Arts; sweet pea, savvy stamps
Ink: SU pumpkin pie; SU pretty in pink and basic black stampin' write markers
Paper: Gina K 120lb Pure Luxury cardstock; SU pumpkin pie, pink pirouette, pixie pink and basic black cardstock; Oh Baby! Girl Natalie, Basic Grey
Other: cuttlebug 'distressed stripes' embossing folder; pop dots and dimensionals; stickles; liquid pearls; computer, Adobe Illustrator, Wacom tablet and pen; Fiskars edge punch

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