Stampin' Pals: Sweet Cup Cakes #loveitchopit

Saturday 23 March 2019

Sweet Cup Cakes #loveitchopit

In a matter of days the end of March will be here, and SALE-A-Bration will be over for another year! Can you resist a cupcake? At least these paper & ink confections won't be adding any calories!!!

I always pop this type of stamp in my basket, mainly for birthday cards of course, the type of card I'm sure we all make the most. When it was one of the first choices released for SALE-A-Bration, I selected it straight off, never guessing that there would be a surprise release of matching framelits - woohoo!!! The framelits do need to be purchased but count toward your bonus.

I challenged myself to a stamping session using this stamp, along with a later release co-ordinating one, More Than Words. The sentiment above came from that set, and is made up from 3 separate stamps, believe it or not.

The other self-challenge was to #loveitchopit. You may or may not be aware of this Facebook group, started by Australian Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, Kylie Bertucci. It seems that many of us have issues with using our pretty patterned papers, more commonly referred to at Stampin' Up! as DSP. Her suggestion is to cut the paper to a card front size, but I have actually changed the base size to a more even 14.5cm by the width of the card, score at 10.6cm. That makes the layers much easier to calculate by reducing each layer by .5cm.

My first layer measures 14cm by 10cm, the 2nd layer 13.5cm by 9.5cm and so on. It does leave me strips from the base card, but there are ways to use them up too.

Garden Impressions is the paper I am trying to make a dent in here, a really lovely 6 inch square pack of 48 sheets of precious paper. It was my mission to chop it to show it love.

These pieces were cut to 13.5 by 9.5cm and with the one above, it has been cut diagonally, and another contrasting card has been cut to match. Of course, the other half of this paper is ready to use on another card too, and I could easily turn it over and use the reverse of the paper for more variety.

This piece is one of my favourites in the pack with those large, loose flowers. Again, it has been diagonally cut, but both pieces are used on this card. To get the gap in the middle, you shorten the length, and have a perfectly sized strip for finishing the inside layer of the card.

If you order the Call Me Cupcake framelits @ $47.00 you only need to find $43.00 more to add to your order. Maybe a pack of card, a pack of DSP (patterned paper) and some dimensionals? Then Hello Cupcake can be added as your free promo item, and you're all set for making a heap of birthday cards. It's very easy to shop with me, just click on any of the products below and you will be able to see that item in my online shop in greater detail. Only add it to your shopping basket when you wish to purchase. The web site does not save orders unless you are logged in.