Cupcake's Creations: Presto Punch

Hello! Hope you are all having a fab weekend! I'm here to share a project I made for the second week of the CR84FN38 Color Challenge. Today is also Day #3 of the September Waltzinmouse Stamps previews ~ you can check out all the details here. There's one more week left to play with the fun color combo shown below: (beautiful photos courtesy of Leslie at a creative mint).

I altered this inexpensive wooden birdhouse that I purchased at Joann's for $1! (sweeeet!)

I made the little heart banner using Spellbinders Hearts Punch templates for the Presto Punch featuring the HOME sweet HOME sentiment from the NEW Waltzingmouse A Cottage Home set that will be released Monday, September 19th.

To make the darling little bird embellishment, I pulled out a piece of Spellbinders Precious Metals Premium Craft Foil ~ Gunmetal and using the smaller of the two birds from Spellbinders Bird Sanctuary set, I cut/embossed then lightly sanded to reveal the lovely detail:

In case you were wondering how I created this project, shown below are a few pics I took along the way. I prepped the roofline by applying black Gesso and white Gesso to the roof trim and base.

Shown below are the 4 house panels, die and punch templates and the roof panels that were made using fun patterned paper using Pink Paislee Vintage Vogue collection ~ Eau De Parfume. After adhering all the panels and trim along the roof line, I sprinkled the roof with Melissa Frances Mica flakes and finished it off with the Home Sweet Home banner and foil bird die cut.

Thanks so much for looking! Please hop on over to CR84FN for COMPLETE details on how to join in the fun and for some awesome inspiration, please visit all the designers blogs listed below. Be Sweet!

Marie Oberg (Guest Designer)

Suzanne Czosek

Deborah Frings

Stephanie Kraft
Heather Jensen

Sue Lelli

Andrea Mathews

Lisa Somerville

Stamps: Waltzingmouse A Cottage Home
Patterned Paper: Pink Paislee Vintage Vogue ~ Eau De Parfume 00542, retired Pink Paislee Parisian Anthology, Making Memories
Die Templates & Machine: Spellbinders Bird Sanctuary, Hearts Punch templates for the Presto Punch, Presto Punch Machine, Grand Calibur
Other: Melissa Frances Mica Flakes and Vintage embellishment, Maya Road trim

Hi there! Hope you all had a safe and fun weekend! Can't believe the first week of September has nearly zipped by. I am quite honored and thrilled to say the least that I had the card shown below published in the August issue of CARDS Magazine! Thank you CARDS for sharing my card :) EVERY month, the magazine is jam packed with loads of inspirational projects~be sure to check it out for yourself ~ click HERE.

Love how the card was shown on a 2 page spread ~ featuring a close up of that beautiful Spellbinders die cut butterfly and doily combo:

Next, I have a CAS card that I made for a sweet friend of mine featuring a few of my favorite papercrafting products:

I pulled out a piece of Pink Paislee Nantucket Crab Cakes patterned paper then stamped the lovely sentiment from JustRite Stampers Friendship Nested Sentiments & Verse set on a piece of PTI Rustic Cream cs, punched a few hearts ~ one cs / one felt ~ using Spellbinders Presto Punch Heart Templates, inked edges of cs heart, layered then stitched into place. I snuck in a scalloped border using a Spellbinders Classic Scallop Edgeabilities die template.