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Sweet Cupcake

All About Neutrals – Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop

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Hello! Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop!

Our theme this week features cards containing neutrals.

Who doesn’t love neutrals?? Just about every card ever created uses at least one neutral!

I created this ‘sweet’ card –

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This card is fun and whimsical. The icing is layered neutral colors. Just plain fun!

This card would be great for a variety of occasions : someone you’re thinking about, just to say hi, a birthday, to name a few.

I’m sure both (forward) Debbie Henderson, and (back) Mary Brown have some lovely cards!

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

  • Stamp Set – Sweet Cupcake, retiring 
  • Framelits – Cupcake Cutouts, retiring
  • Card Stock – Whisper White, Smokey Slate, Basic Black, Basic Grey, Crumb Cake
  • Ink – Basic Grey, Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip (retiring color)

Rose Birthday for CCMC

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As it gets closer to Christmas, the time seems to go faster and faster…….It’s time for another Create with Connie and Mary challenge as a mater of fact!

This week it’s a sketch –

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Great sketch with lots pf possibilities!

I was somewhat stumped admittedly. Do I go with Halloween or thanksgiving or Christmas?

None of the above.

I went birthday –

libbystamps, stampin up, Sweet Cupcake, Rose Garden Thinlits, This Christmas DSP, CCMC429

A card using some products we might have forgotten about.

Or perhaps didn’t think of using them this way –

libbystamps, stampin up, Sweet Cupcake, Rose Garden Thinlits, This Christmas DSP, CCMC429

Like this DSP. It’s a specialty Christmas pack, This Christmas DSP, in the main catalog.

libbystamps, stampin up, Sweet Cupcake, Rose Garden Thinlits, This Christmas DSP, CCMC429

It’s a lovely card isn’t it? Perfect for any birthday!

I’d love for you to leave a comment before taking a look at what the other Design Team members created.

Join us at Create with Connie and Mary this week! Playing along with challenges are so much fun!

Supplies –

  • Stamp Set – Sweet Cupcake
  • Dies – Rose Garden Thinlits
  • Card Stock –Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive
  • DSP – This Christmas DSP
  • Ink – Tuxedo Black Memento
  • Other – Rhinestone Basic Jewels
Happy Stampin’
Libby

Cupcakes, Clearance and Special Deals

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That’s right.

Let’s start with the Cupcake –

libbystamps, stampin up, Sweet Cupcake, Cupcake Cutouts Framelits, Lots of Labels Framelits, Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate, Silver Foil, Silver Glimmer Paper, Red Foil Sheets

I made this using the framelits and no stamping! Well, there is for the greeting, but you get what I mean.

libbystamps, stampin up, Sweet Cupcake, Cupcake Cutouts Framelits, Lots of Labels Framelits, Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate, Silver Foil, Silver Glimmer Paper, Red Foil Sheets

I used the cool new Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate for the bottom dotted portion of the card. It’s flipped over to look silver. Pretty nifty. And, it’s on sale in the Special Deals!! So are the Cupcake Cutouts Framelits!!

libbystamps, stampin up, Sweet Cupcake, Cupcake Cutouts Framelits, Lots of Labels Framelits, Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate, Silver Foil, Silver Glimmer Paper, Red Foil Sheets

I just love the repeated soft stamping of the birthday greeting. Matches the silver look on the bottom quite well! And, using the negative from the Red Foil Swirls, quite cool!

What do you think? Comments make bloggers happy!

Clearance. Stampin’ Up! has put lots of new stuff on the Clearance Rack. LOTS & LOTS of cool stuff – stamps, paper and holiday stuff!

Clearance Rack

Special Offers. Stampin’ Up! is also having a similar sale to the previous Weekly Deals, called Special Offers. Here are the current ones –

Supply List
Some awesome deals. You can see my card was made with a few of them!!
Happy Stampin’
Libby

Below are the products I used to create my card.

Beary Special Birthday

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Someone is having a ‘beary special birthday’, I’m just not sure who yet!

It’s been raining here most of the week and I’ve needed to create something. Anything. Well, I ran across three sketches that I thought I could combine. Yes, three.

First was the theme from SU-Only Challenges –

SUO Challenge #155 – Cute and Cuddly!

Such a sweet idea.

Second. Colors from Can You Case It –

CYCI#133

Fun, fun, colors!!

And, last, but not least, a layout from Nacho Average Challenges –

A great layout that will go into my ‘go to sketches’!!!!!

And, this is what I created –

libbystamps, stampin up, Bear Hugs, Sweet Cupcake, Better Together, Bear Hugs Framelits, Cupcake Cutouts Framelits, SUO#155, CYCI#133, NAC178

Adorbs, right?

libbystamps, stampin up, Bear Hugs, Sweet Cupcake, Better Together, Bear Hugs Framelits, Cupcake Cutouts Framelits, SUO#155, CYCI#133, NAC178

I sure think so! This big bear is ready for a birthday cuddle!

libbystamps, stampin up, Bear Hugs, Sweet Cupcake, Better Together, Bear Hugs Framelits, Cupcake Cutouts Framelits, SUO#155, CYCI#133, NAC178

I just thought this was a perfect combination of all three ideas!

And, yes, I did use lots of miscellaneous items to create this cute card. Even some retired trim just for the little pom-pom!

I’d love to read what you think of this little cutie bear!

And, now to figure out who to send this to…..

Happy Stampin’
Libby

Cupcake Celebrate, CCMC420

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I just had to pull this cupcake set out. Again.

This time for Create with Connie and Mary. We have a color challenge this week.

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Nice, soft colors.

And, once again, what to do with them. However, not too long of a struggle.

I created this tasty card –

libbystamps, stampin up, Sunshine Wishes Thinlits, Confetti EF, Sweet Cupcake, Cupcake Cutouts Framelits, CCMC

Nice, huh?

libbystamps, stampin up, Sunshine Wishes Thinlits, Confetti EF, Sweet Cupcake, Cupcake Cutouts Framelits, CCMC

The focal, of course, is the cupcake! I’m really taking a liking to this triple stamping you need to do to create the frosting and the liner. I am only using one color (per item) as well. I haven’t experimented with multiple ink pads. As you can see, you really don’t need them either. And, there are framelits to cut it out too!

libbystamps, stampin up, Sunshine Wishes Thinlits, Confetti EF, Sweet Cupcake, Cupcake Cutouts Framelits, CCMC

The candle also has two stamps and a framelit to cut it out. I made a slit unto the frosting here to insert it. Looks more realistic I think.

All in all, this stamp set is a winner! It also has multiple wonderful words too!

Go see what the other design team members created at Create with Connie and Mary this week. Create something and share it with us!

Supplies used –

  • Stamp Sets – Sweet Cupcake
  • Ink – Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Smokey Slate
  • Card Stock – Pool Party, Smokey Slate, Whisper White
  • Big Shot – Cupcake Cutouts Framelits, Sunshine Wishes Thinlits, Confetti EF
Happy Stampin’
Libby

Sweetest Cupcake

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Happy Monday!

Got two challenges I’m playing along with today! Woot! Woot! I was just so inspired. Maybe it’s the neater room……

The first was a layout from Freshly Made Sketches –

Always simple and neat layouts! Always.

The other was a color challenge from The Paper Players –

Also, very neat and clean challenges and great color combinations!

I just got this set and I’ve been itching to try it. So, what better time using these two challenges?

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Isn’t this the cutest???? Perfect for a boy or a girl!

libbystamps, stampin up, Sweet Cupcake, Cupcake Cutouts Framelits, FMS249, PP308

I just love it!!!! And, it was my first time with triple stamping this cupcake. Whew. But, I did it fairly well!

libbystamps, stampin up, Sweet Cupcake, Cupcake Cutouts Framelits, FMS249, PP308

These little curlys, aren’t they the perfect addition to this?

I’d love to read your comments about this bright, fun gender neutral card too!

Happy Stampin’
Libby

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