{CUP}Cake Art Love

Happy Tuesday! 
It is a rainy day! The perfect weather for a day of board games with my children. So far, we have played Twister, Scrabble, Candy Land, and Go Fish. We did take a small break, and headed to the Yogurt shop.
The kids wanted to ride their bikes, today. I thought the ground was too wet, for riding. (Secretly, I was glad!) We did go on a bike venture yesterday, and rode to the park. Well, I actually walked behind them. Where we live, there are many areas of steep hills. Since, I have not exercised consistently, it was real workout! We do plan on going again tomorrow, if the sun is shining. We did purchase a new bike for Gabi, so she is anxious to use it! 
Today, I wanted to repost my blog post on the following project. I was blessed to have it featured on the cover, of Scrapbook Trends, {For the Home.} You can also read about it, here, too.
(When a project is published by Scrapbook Trends, they ask that you remove the project from your blog, and galleries. Thus, the reason for reposting.) It is one of my favorite Pebbles projects from last year!
Thanks for stopping by, and have a good evening!
 
I wanted to share a project I designed for Pebbles.  This project was part of last week's Hand stitching challenge on the Pebbles Blog.  I took an 8x8 frame and created a very SWEET project.  I really do love the way it turned out!  It is my current favorite project.  I have an obsession with cupcakes, not eating them, but using them in my projects. However, a cupcake sounds good about now!  My best friend,Jeannette,has a bigger obsession with baking, and designing with them.  For now, I will stick to papercrafting with cupcakes embellishments! 
The challenge was to create a project using hand stitching as an element. Okay, when I saw this challenge, I did not hesitate to sign up!  I love  hand stitching on my projects. It is such a great detail to add to any project, no matter how big or small you stitch. This is what I created for Lynn's  Hand stitching challenge for Pebbles: 

"Life is sweet" 8x8 Altered Frame:

Supplies:
Cardstock: Pebbles Downtown Collection, White Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Pebbles Downtown Collection
Candy Dots: Pebbles
Stamp:Hampton Art
Chipboard Flowers: Pebbles Chips
Note die and small scallop: Quickutz
Safety pin: Making Memories
Button: Basic Grey
Ribbon:Offray
Cupcake punch:  The ever favorite one by McGill!
I have used Downtown Collection on my last two projects.  I love the color.  Go Here  
to view the entire collection!
Few more details:

I "hand stitched" around the note to make it pop!  

Detail of the cupcakes.  I love the way the cupcake liners turned out.  I simply used the same portion of the paper to get it just right, on all three! The tops of the cupcakes were also embossed with my favorite Swiss Dots folder from Cuttlebug!
This frame will hopefully find its home in my scrapbooking area very soon!
Lynn shared hand stitching tips, and techniques last week.  You can find it all here. The other designers shared their projects, and I know I keep writing this, but they are all inspiring!!!

 
 

Comments

[sarah]

congrats on being on the cover, suzanne! :) will need to check it out!

anyway, i'm slowly catching up on all of my blog reading. been super busy.

hope you have been well

hugs!

[Char]

I saw that magazine and LOVE this!! I need to make something similar for my house!! Thanks for the inspiration :-)

[Deena]

Congrats! I admired that on the cover and I love it even more now that I know its yours!

[JEANNETTE SICILIANI]

Still waiting for my autographed copy! LOL! This was such a great project, especially since it is cupcakes, my fav. Congratulations on the cover, I'm sure it's only the beginning of more to come. Your work is amazing!

[Sara Rossi]

I SO love this project! I love to bake so this suits me to a T! ;) Congrats again on the cover! It's well deserved!