Impressions by Day

Crazy for Cupcakes Wiper

Haven't used this set for some time and when I pulled it from the shelf, it gave me the idea to do a wiper card for our Specialty Card class over the weekend focusing on cards with moving parts.

Here's the front of the card with the cupcake all frosted and looking yummy to eat.

The view from the top - there's a little piece hidden between the front and back panels.

 Pull on both ends of the card and a little balloon wiper pops up

The cardstock is Rich Razzleberry with YoYo Yellow accent piece.  I sure do like that satin ribbon - I know I keep saying it, but it really is so easy to work with.

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Happy Birthday

What's special about celebrating a birthday?  It's special because my granddaughter, Danielle, and I share the same birth date.   How wonderful is that to celebrate a birthday wtih her each year and today we're celebrating!

Danielle loves chocolate!  Chocolate milk, chocolate ice cream, chocolate cake - anything chocolate, she enjoys - and she loves bling!  So here's a dazzling chocolate cupcake for you, Dani.

This is also one of the birthday cards that we did last week at my friend Theresa's workplace class.  We made three birthday cards and this one was timed perfectly for Danielle's birthday. 

The cardbase is Chocolate Chip, with mats of Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip and the designer paper  is Sweet Always.  The cupcake and sentiment are from Crazy for Cupcakes.  The "confetti" in the frosting was coloured with Pretty in Pink, Pumpkin Pie and YoYo Yellow markers.  The frosting was made with Two Way Glue and dusted with Dazzling Diamonds.  The cupcake was made with Close to Cocoa.

Happy Birthday, Dani!

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Cupcake Birthday

Yesterday my son, Colin, and I met my daughter, Jen, who is celebrating her birthday today,  in Marysville, WA.  She drove up from her home in Bellevue to Marysville, and we drove down from Surrey.  Marysville is about half way for both of us.  We went for lunch at the Cedars Cafe in the new Tulalip Hotel and had a good time catching up on all things stamping.  She has a great SU demo, Deborah Anderson, in Bellevue and recently attended a stamp camp with Deborah.  She showed me the things she made at the camp and I took down some projects that I had been making with the Big Shot to show her.

I made this card for Jen for her birthday.  I was shopping for a Pandora bead for her bracelet and on her wish list was the cupcake charm.  After I bought the charm and came home to make a card, lo and behold the Crazy for Cupcakes set was sitting on my shelf!  What a perfect match!  It was in a stack of three sets that I've recently purchased and hadn't had a chance to put together.  Do you do that too? 

I went through my stash of DSP and was trying to make up my mind between the Parisian Summer (yummy lemon)  or Bella Rose (always love chocolate) and decided to use Bella Rose for the card. I'll have to make another using the Parisian Summer DSP later.   I used Chocolate Chip as my base and chose the gingham pattern for the awning for the storefront look.  I cut the scallop on the strip of DSP with the Scallop Edge Punch and then cut a shorter piece of Pink Pirouette and a scallop edge on one side too.  I layered them with a bit of the PP showing.  The top of the awning is folded over the darker shade of cardstock and dimensionals were place under the awning to make it stand out.

The "chocolate" cupcakes were coloured in with the Chocolate Chip marker and the frosting on the cupcakes was made with the Pretty in Pink marker and Real Red was used for the cherries topping the cupcakes.  The cupcake stand was coloured in with the Blush Blossom marker.  A length of pink taffeta ribbon completed the card.

This is the cupcake charm for Jen's bracelet.  If you have one of these Pandora braclets, do you find it as addicting as stamping?  I sure do!

Don't forget the Birthday Promotion that will be expiring on Friday!  Buy $20 in regular merchandise and you can purchase any of the preselected birthday sets for 20% off - there are seven sets to choose from. Click here for promotion details.  To place an order please email me at dayanna@perfectevent.com or place an online order at www.dayanna.stampinup.net  or click on the 24/7 Online button in the left sidebar (Canada only, please) by October 31 before this Birthday Promotion ends

Happy birthday Jen!

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