CIC #14 Johnny Cupcakes...

Whew! What a whirlwind weekend. A trip to Alabama on Saturday and back on Sunday. And guess what? We get to do it again THIS weekend...except we're leaving Friday and will be back Sunday.

Anyway, I wanted to get Kristina's challenge done. And since I'll probably be packing, again, tomorrow night -- I decided to do it tonight. Here's the inspiration picture. I love that it's mostly B&W. And who doesn't love cupcakes?

I didn't really have a design in mind -- or any stamp sets picked out. But then I looked down at my B&W stripped pants and voilà, a card is born. Then Doodle This just hit me, and I went from there. I think the Ruby Red just makes it pop. I put Dazzling Diamonds (glitter) on the frosting. I don't know if you can tell that or not. And I ran the "cup" through the crimper and hit the ridges with River Rock ink. I think it's cute. I also water-colored the "leaves/stems" with River Rock. It kinda looks green IRL.

I hope you enjoy this too. Makes me hungry for a cupcake though...

G'Night!

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WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!

I made Kristina's top 24. Oh yeah! Go girl! It's my birthday -- well, close. I'm so STOKED!

Ok, so I didn't make her top 10 or her random 10, but I did get a mention/link. In her first paragraph she says to click on each of the orange linked words to view other cards that had the same inspiration as she. I'm the "how" link. That's too cool! My first time to make deadline....

Thank you so much, Kristina, for linking to my card & blog. You made my day!

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