TECC48: Offbeat Cuppie Cake

Here is yet another offbeat cuppie because I love them with this yummy paper pad by Basic Grey! My card is pretty straight-forward so I don't have much to say about it other than I decided to finally do a fun banner for my sentiment that is popped up for dimension. I punched the circle with 1-inch punch & smooshed it in a versamark pad & embossed with iridescent ice embossing powder. I chose to leave cuppie's cake white because it's Buttercream frosting & has chocolate icing accents (courtesy of cinnamon stickles). FUN!

Today is my middle sister's birthday, the one I made the Butterfly gift for (she opened it on Sunday, neither of us can wait to give/get gifts so we usually do it early) and she loved it! I also told her there were quite a few ladies who wished I was their sister so they could get something as nice. That made her feel good. She then went on to tell me how much she boasts about how creative I am, and how much of a great cook our other sister is and that she doesn't really do anything, well except make people laugh and well, that made us laugh! But, it's not true, shortly after all the gifts were done we started chatting about makeup (we've all recently gotten into using bare minerals, it's really nice) and she was going on & on about all of it. Then I had to stop her and say, Deana you said you're don't really do anything special but you do, you really know your makeup and you're good at that. She said, oh yea. She would spend hours getting dolled up, and always knew exactly how to put her makeup on to look smashing and did it many times for us like special occasions. In fact for our oldest sister's wedding we didn't have to pay someone to do her makeup because Deana did it, in fact she did everyone's that morning! Have a happy birthday Deana - we love & miss you!!

Here is the sketch so you can try it! Taylor will choose the most clever, creative, and cute creation from the submissions this weekend to be the Featured Cupcake Sampler next week. Your design and blog will be featured on her blog during Cupcake Friday. You're not required to use cupcakes for the challenge, but if you got 'em why not use 'em!? You're welcome to create something other than a card, just stick as closely to the sketch as possible and you'll be eligible for the Featured Cupcake Sampler honors. If you're uploading to Splitcoast use keyword TECC48 (for Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge 48). Leave a comment on her post with a link to your blog post or gallery upload so she can check it out! You must have your cards uploaded by Monday, December 29th at 8am PST to be eligible for the featured cupcake sampler. Most of all - have fun!!

Now go check out what sweet creations Taylor & her Cupcake Crew have for you!

Taylor
Ana
Jackie
Jami
Monika
Stephanie
Vicki

This week's Featured Cupcake Sampler is Ashley - Cherry Hill Design. Here is the card Ashley made last week that caught Taylor's eyes A Happy Hello

P.S. Less than one week for the next Stamp a Sweet Impression release! A bigger than ever one that will have your head spinning with sweet creation possibilities! Sneak peeks will start next Wednesday, Dec 31st!