Cupcakes Again!

When I came across Jenna Millsap's blog the other day, I saw that she participated in a Stamps and Smiles sketch challenge over at The Fresh Batch and discovered that it was the cutest thing. I couldn't believe it took me this long to find it. Not only that, it also features Cindy Haffner! I've been addicted to Cindy's blog for a while now. I love every card she makes so I visit her blog at least once, if not twice, a day. Cindy, you are truly inspiring! I want to case all of your cards. If only I had all your supplies! LOL So thank you Jenna and Cindy for leading me to The Fresh Batch.

Mmm, cupcakes! Who doesn't love cupcakes? The one thing I miss most about work is baking cupcakes for everyone. I used to do this quite often but now that I'm home with a baby I can hardly find the time or the excuse to make 24 cupcakes. I certainly can't eat them all myself! All I can do is make cards with cupcakes and drool over them. LOL There's definitely no shortage of delicious cupcake stamps out there and I thought that this Pink Cat Studio version was just the perfect focal point for this sketch.

I love how Cindy popped the bars up in her card so I did the same. :) I paper pieced the cupcake wrapper but it's hard to see the chocolate words written all over it. A few things went wrong while I was making this card. The wave punch is new and the more I punched the more oil kept coming out of it. I've never had this happen before! I tried to pour some rubbing alcohol into it to absorb the oil but that didn't work. Luckily the residue dried or mostly evaporated after a few hours which is why I had to wait 'til this morning to photograph the card. Then I made the mistake of using the same safety pin to reopen the Stickles and the Crystal Effects so when I used the shine on the chocolate-covered strawberry, sparkles got all over it. Maybe that's not a bad thing but this card looks like a mess. I wanted to add some ribbon but couldn't figure out where to put it. Oh well, I guess they can't all be perfect. :Þ

Sources: DCWV sweet stack, Halcraft & Paper Reflections cardstock; Pink Cat Studio Sweet Treats image and sentiment; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Copics; SU crystal effects; PSX Diamond Stickles; EK Success dotted wave edger punch; dimension squares