Splashes of Watercolor

The Featured Stamper challenge FS59 on Splitcoaststampers today showcases the artistry of Amy Sheffer, better known as PickleTree on SCS. This comes as NO surprise to me, as I have been stalking Amy’s gallery and blog for months now! The hardest thing today was choosing from all her wonderful designs. I finally chose her precious Nursery Necessities card, which she says uses Julee T’s Mojo Monday sketch from week 20. So I have to thank both of these talented ladies for their creative influences! This card also fits Sharon’s Simply Saturday challenge ssnotime27, which is to use rounded corners. Thanks, Sharon!

I kept the layout that Amy used, the use of the ribbon and the general “sweet” feel of the card. I changed the stamp set and the colors.

I decided to use my new Hey There Cupcake set, which is exclusive to Eclectic Paperie and is so much fun to play with! I paired it with the Papertrey Ink Aqua Mist paper and ribbon and with the new Basic Grey Two Scoops 6×6 paper pad to come up with this totally yummy birthday card. I also used my new Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder. Love it too!!

Each piece of the cupcake, except the candle, is paper pieced onto the white embossed retangle. I used my craft knife to cut the slits for the ribbon to slide through and I dotted all the scallops with liquid pearls.

Hey, I just noticed that this card matches my blog banner pretty closely! Neat!

Thanks for visiting today! I trust you all are having a most wonderful Easter Sunday!

Be sure to come back tomorrow for a sample of Jeanne’s new Rubbernecker color challenge!

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Stamps: Hey There Cupcake – Stampendous from Eclectic Paperie

Paper: white, Papertrey Ink Aqua Mist, pretty in pink, Basic Grey Two Scoops 6×6 pad

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Papertrey Ink Aqua Mist, groovy guava, wild wasabi, blue bayou

Accessories: Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots embossing folder, barely banana & pretty in pink markers, yellow metallic gelly roll pen, Papertrey Ink ribbon, craft knife, liquid pearls