Cupcake's Creations: OUSC

Happy December 1st! Hope you are all having a great weekend! I'm looking forward to Sunday because we are treating Jerry and April to the Cirque Du Soleil - Dralion show! We love the Cirque shows and hope they will enjoy the entertainment as well. Only 20 days left until Jerry graduates from the University :) I can't even begin to tell you how proud I am of him. It's been a loooong and costly 5 years to say the least.

Being the 1st of December that means it's time for an all new Once Upon A Sketch challenge! This month's theme is "December" and shown below is the sketch that we are playing with. For complete details, please refer to the Once Upon A Sketch blog.

I thought I would create a layout featuring fun patterned paper from the Pink Paislee City Sidewalks Collection seeing that today kicks off the Pink Paislee Countdown To Christmas Event ~ click HERE for complete details! There are lots of prizes to be had ~ click HERE to be directed directly to the Pink Paislee Facebook Fan page!

I layered various patterned papers from the City Sidewalk Collection. Using the Die-namics Perfect Bracket Edge, I created the fun shaped bottom most layer. I randomly stamped a snowflake image from Die-namics Christmas Ornaments, heat embossed then completed each with a pearl center.

Using Die-namics Poinsettia, I made a multi-layered shimmery Poinsettia. Peeking out from behind is a die cut flourish that was made using Die-namics Medium Fancy Flourish.

Thanks so much for visiting! I hope you have a great day / evening. I will be back tomorrow for week 2 of CR84FN68.
Be Sweet ;)

Hi there! I'm here to share some really exciting news that I've had to keep a secret! A few months ago, Nadia Cannizzo, the talented Owner/Administrator of the Once Upon A...Sketch challenge site invited me to join her and her uber talented, 28 member International design team beginning July 1st for a one year term! YAHOOOO!!! If you are not familiar with Once Upon A Sketch, it is a monthly scrapbook layout challenge site providing a boat load of inspiration. Please feel free to check it out for yourself ~ click HERE.

Of course, I can't share my exciting news all by itself so I played along with the June Once Upon A ... Sketch challenge which also includes a BIRTHDAY theme.

Here's my take featuring Meredith looking oh so beautiful amongst pretty patterned paper from the Pink Paislee London Market collection and home made flowers made using Spellbinders Rose Creations and Spiral Blossom One dies.

See the big pink blossom? I have had that Spiral Blossom One die for quite awhile and I wasn't happy how my flowers looked so I put it away for another day. Well, I pulled that bad boy out and decided to give it a try again. I cut not 1 but 2 pieces of cardstock, doubling up and rolled them together. Now, I LOVE that die because you can make a really FULL bloom!