♥ My Sweet Cupcake ♥ {A Ribbon of Photos}

This week I am the Guest Sweetie (GDT) over at {Cupcake Inspirations}. Unfortunately my flourishes to work with for my project didn't get here in time for the start of the challenge. (Of course, they arrived the following day!:) This is the beautiful inspiration photo for the challenge.

I decided to make a little keepsake cupcake filled with lots of love, photos, flourishes and of course those yummy colors! I first inked up a white paper doily with some silver ink. Covered a small round paper mache' box with purple and orange cardstock. Then adhered the doily to the bottom and sides of the box. I then cut a round styrofoam ball in half, inked it with my green ink pad and then covered it with some white lace also inked green. I then printed out some photos of my 2 cupcakes in Sepia and adhered them to chipboard pieces. I then "linked" them together with some orange ribbon and my hot glue gun. To finish everything off, I added some Prima flowers to the top of the styrofoam as well as the gorgeous flourishes from Flourish with a Bling, which is this week's sponsor over at {Cupcake Inspirations}. I used Jack Vine in Forest Green and Jasmine Puffy Flourish in Lilac, which I cut up to add to the cupcake. Oh, they are so pretty! I then added an orange bow and a MF rub-on sentiment.

Because it is a little box, you can give a little something inside of it too. It's like a gift within a gift! I will probably give it to my Mom for Mother's Day with a little "something" inside the box. And I will probably "glam up" the photos too with some embellies! ;)

Have a wonderful day!!

Hugs...

♥ Family Love Cottage ♥ {a treasured keepsake}

Altered tin...distressing...love...family...paper...glitter...shabbiness. I'm in heaven! All my favorite things wrapped up in one sweet little keepsake. I had a couple of these house shaped cookie tins left over from Christmas (like the one I used for my Gingerbread House) and wanted to make something with it that I could keep out all year long. So this is what I came up with!

I distressed some beautiful papers by Echo Park, October Afternoon and Making Memories with my paper distresser and brown inks along all my edges. Adhered them to my house. Added some Prima flowers, crystals, old gem charm, ribbons, chipboard, photo of my two babies which I used the old time look on it, Melissa Frances rub-ons and keyhole, glitter, lace, ribbons, pearls, punched MS butterflies and hearts which I also distressed, a little glass bottle filled with glitter, pearls and crystals and finally the little rose bud on the front left hand corner is from my niece's wedding back in November. I hung it upside down for awhile to dry it out and then I simply but carefully, coated it with some Aileen's glue and to my amazement, it is holding up!

My local scrapbook store (about 20 minutes away), Paper Wings started their own challenge blog, Random Flutters from Paper Wings. Their latest challenge is to use Distressing on your project. That challenge, {Time to Get Distressed!} is what inspired me to make this project.

I was also inspired by this gorgeous inspiration photo (Isn't it just yummy!) It is from this week's challenge from the Play Date Cafe!

And the following challenge(s):

~ Flutter by Wednesday: 3 hearts and a butterfly
~ Ellephantastic Challenge Blog: #23 Distressing with a LOVE theme

Well, back to taking it easy! Hubby and I have had a stomach virus for the past couple of days! YUCK! Not fun!

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs...

♥ Keeping Warm ♥ TSTR #49

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Happy Valentine's Day Everyone! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

This week's theme at The Shabby Tea Room is called "Keeping Warm". This is the oh, so warm and snuggly inspiration photo for this week's challenge. You are to use the colors from the photo.

Here is my card for this week's challenge.

I used a PostCard Digi stamp , as the base of my card. It is from this week's sponsor, Stamping Dragon Designs. Lovin' this versatile stamp! It comes in a set of four different designs for only $3.00! I also used some burlap which I cut into a shape of a heart, a MS punched heart, butterflies and branches, "rolled" flower out of lace, pearls, ribbon and the sentiment I printed out of MS Word.

This week's winner will receive 4 digi stamps of your choice from Stamping Dragon Designs!

Don't forget to visit the rest of the Shabby Girls for tons of inspiration!

♥ Debbie Marcinkiewicz - {TSTR Creator} - Simple Treasures
♥ Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
♥ Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations
♥ Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations
♥ Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

And don't forget that The Shabby Tea Room is currently looking for 2 new designers. You can see the Design Call HERE. And in just a few short weeks we will be celebrating the Shabby Tea Room's 1st Birthday with a huge bash that you won't want to miss!! So stay tuned for that! ;)

I am also using the following inspirational challenges for this card:

~ The HotSpot Challenge Blog: Natural Elements
~ Crafty CardMakers: Hearts

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs...