Flutter by butterfly ....

flutter by butterfly, 

floating flower in the sky, 

kiss me with your petal wings, 

whisper secrets, tell of Spring.

My Daughter's friend was celebrating a special "0" birthday last night.  The colour scheme for the party was purple, mint and white, and as she just loves butterflies it was pretty obvious that she would get a kaleidoscope of them.  

My go to card for special birthdays is the 'card in a box' as it is so easy to get the wow factor with them.   Yes, they do take a lot more time, but I think they are worth it.

So this was the card for my Daughter to give:

 

 and this was my card to her:

 

and how about this gorgeous cake, made by my Daughter?  The colour of the "nude" icing was just perfect.

Once cut, the cake showed the marbling of the colours beautifully.  

A very special cake for a very special lady.
 

 

Many happy returns!!

Well, Hello Gorgeous

That probably should read Hello Scrumptious, but either way I just love this cupcake stamp and as soon as I saw this week's Just Add Ink challenge I knew what was going in that circle.  I had intended to keep the card the same orientation as the sketch, but decided it looked better turned into portrait mode.

Card Recipe:

Stamp Set:   Avery Elle Cupcakes

Card:             Stampin' Up Whisper White; SU DSP In Color collection 2013-2015

Inks:              Copic markers

 

Just love the icing on the cupcake!
Mary

Make a Wish

Today I have finally finished a card for this month's challenge at Scrapbook Boutique.  Their inspiration photo is gorgeous, as usual.

 

Decided to go with the cupcake theme, but added some ribbon and pearls as well.  I do keep trying for the clean and simple style,  but usually end up adding a bit of bling here and there.

 

 

I have used some of my recent purchases from SB - the stamp set from Avery Elle and some new copics.  I enjoyed the colouring on this one so much I made a couple of extras in different colours.

Mary

 

 

 

Cupcakes

While I was checking out Scrapbook Boutique this morning I saw this beautiful photo

which is the inspiration for their latest challenge and decided to give it a go. 

This is what I came up with.

Now, the challenge will be to see if I can work out how to post it to their blog.

Mary

Edited to add:

I have posted it on the Scrapbook Boutique blog but it is not a good photo - it really does look better in real life.  Maybe I should wait for some sunshine and try agin.

More cards and that rabbit makes another appearance

I've been busy trying to keep up with the birthdays and I have needed quite a few male cards lately and this is what I came up with for some of them - a wine bottle!  I have made it a bit more personal by adding the recipient's name on the label and in some cases I put the year of their birth in on the vintage tag.  A nice easy one to do when you are a bit short on time and a bit different from the usual run of cards.  The insert reads: "Life has many gifts, take time to open them all."

Unfortunately I have also had to make some sympathy cards this last month - not such an enjoyable job, but this is the one I came up with - using the single bloom from the SU Bloomin' with Beauty stamp set.

It is getting harder to think of ideas for the children as they get a bit older especially when they live interstate or overseas and we don't know what they like, so this one is for a ten year old girl.  SU  Happy Moments set and Whimsical Words used here (both free sets).

And I thought I'd pop this in - not a card, but a cake for a little 4 year old fairy. LOL

Last, but not least, my very favourite rabbit makes an appearance:

and as that other rabbit used to say ...... that's all folks !