Happy Spring

Hi Everyone,
Happy Sunday!!!. Thanks for stopping in today!! Hope you are having gorgeous weather today in your area. It's really pretty here in my area. I just noticed that my burning bushes in the back are starting to bud out.And  I am seeing lots of birds, so spring has finally arrived!! Hallelujah!!!!

On my last post, I made a card and used a cloud (part of the rainbow digi image) to make the icing on a cupcake. (Thinking outside the box.) Well, today, I have a card using the full digi image of the rainbow. The rainbow digi is courtesy of Back To Paper. Check out all the details over at Crafters Digital Art Center

I have a gorgeous embossing folder that I used for the corner and the full right side on this card. It includes butterflies and swirls. Two of my favorite things to add to a card.

Those clouds in the background, I made them using a template. Easy peasy. I flocked the clouds on the rainbow and used  glitter and a Permopaque pen on the swirls. I had fun making this and I think this is a great spring card, don't you.

Have a great day and I'll see you soon.

Rainbows to Cupcakes

Hi Everyone,
Thanks for stopping in today. Today's card is made from image 2( or part of it) in the CDAC Progressive Freebie Challenges. This challenge runs April 1 - June 30. The image is courtesy of Back To Paper. Image 1 and the card I made can be viewed here

It's seems that lately I have been thinking, or maybe I should say seeing, outside the box. Lately, when I see an image I also see other ways to use the image, or part of it, in a different setting than it was intended for.

For instance, I received this image of a few clouds with a rainbow in between..

 OK, yes I saw the obvious, however, I wondered if the larger cloud could be used for...............

 icing on a cupcake????

Yep!!

I used the cloud for the icing, colored it and added glitter. I hand drew the cupcake base then penciled in and scored the lines for the cupcake paper folds and colored it. I made sure to leave a little of the cake part showing and colored that area a brownish color. That candle, well, its a piece of card stock rolled into a very small tube. Next I added glue oozing down the front it and let it dry. Then I colored the dried glue with a white pen. Used bakers twine for the wick and added a little black to the tip to make it look as if the candle had been lit.

I found a panel that had been punched and was patiently waiting to be used. Added a back to the panel, used some DP and printed the sentiment out from my computer. The cupcake has a soft bend in it to give a 3-d effect. So I was able to go from a cloud sans the rainbow, to a cupcake in short order. Bet you can too. LOL.

Next time you see a stamp or a digital image look closely, you may see another way to use it other than the obvious.

Have a great day,