Friday, June 5, 2009

Tic-Tac-Toe with Cupcakes



Today’s the day—you can purchase the Taylored Expressions stamp sets and other bundles and treats revealed this week. I’m thrilled with how the card I created with my For the Love of Cupcakes set (one of the sets in the Whimsical Wishes line I design) turned out. Dawn’s color challenge was just the perfect thing for a cupcake card—bright pink, cream, chocolate and kraft. Sounds just like a cupcake fresh from the bakery to me! While blogging recently I discovered Heather Pulvirenti’s creations-WOW! Heather’s got talent...and this one caught my eye. I thought this layout combined with cupcakes would make a great tic-tac-toe card. I also got a little braver with sewing card layers this time and stitched the game board and borders and even the inside!! But the greatest little find was the QuikKutz magnetic sheets I bought at a local scrapbooking store. I can’t believe that four 4”x12” sheets were just 5.99 CDN! Don’t you think that’s a deal? I punched magnets with my SU ½” circle punch for the backs of the cupcakes, which are coloured with copics and paper-pieced with retired SU designer paper Loves Me, and larger circles using the ¾” punch for the playing zone. It's hard to see the cream patterned polka dot paper used for the cupcake liners on the chocolate frosted cupcakes. I made a home for the spare cupcake on the inside of the card using the same oval nesties I used for the sentiment on the front of the card.
I hope this gives you a little inspiration today and that you head right on over to the Taylored Expressions store and load up with cupcakes and other ‘beary special’ stamps!

~Nancy

13 comments:

Karen Motz said...

OMG...love love LOVE this!!! You're SOOOOOO clever to make a game out of the card. Everything about your card is just perfect...all the details and those cupcakes look soooo yummy! Thank you for designing such a fun set to play with! :)

Unknown said...

Wow! Fabulous card! What a great idea for card!

Jane said...

Okay, how creative are you!!! Love it!

Scrapping Julie said...

how stinkin cute is this!!!!!!!

Emily Leiphart said...

What an amazing idea! I was just looking at velcro accessories today, too.

Kara said...

This is awesome!
Kara

Christina Smith said...

Awwww...I love it!

Winter said...

Oh, so cute! I love the idea, and those cupcakes look good enough to eat! :)Top pick for sure!

Terri Trotter Earley said...

How creative and what a wonderful cupcake game. Super job on the color combo.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Amy said...

Such a cute and clever card! Great work!

Lisa H. said...

so cute and fun! great use of the colors. tfs!

Beth Norman said...

What a cool idea. Love it!

Elizabeth S. said...

So cute!!!