Friday, October 2, 2009

A Little Friday Frosted Flair...

...Hey everyone!

***I know this is a CRAZY Friday as I have not one, not two, but THREE posts today, but thanks for stickin' with me and PLEASE, if you will, scroll down for my LPS Preview as well as my Farm Fresh Friday post from The Greeting Farm...there is SO much going on this week in cyber-stamping-space!***

Well, I am LOVING the September Kit of the Month from UNITY stamps, but while I have a few projects sitting right next to me here in the making, I realized that I never did get around to showing this little confection from last month!

You guys all know that next to butterflies, cupcakes are prob my next obsession and when I saw this sweet lil' stamp in the August kit I knew it had to be inked up!I followed a sketch and color combo from Taylored Expressions (Taylor is the ultimate cupcake lover!) Birthday Bash challenges and I really like how this one turned out, complete with Crystal Effects to make the cake plate shine like glass :)

Do you guys like cupcakes? Check out these links to two of my FAVE places....ever! One of them I am fortunate enough to be very close to...although that's not always a good thing, LOL!:

IVEYCake-Franklin, TN
and
CUPCAKE...in my beloved town of Charleston, SC.

If you guys ever get a chance to go to either of these places, well...you'll be pleased :)

Well, on that note...who wants to bake something today?! I'm gonna go finish up these projects I have with my SEPTEMBER Kit of the month...and OMGOSH have you guys SEEN the October one? Is it the 15th yet???

You'll see what I mean when you check it out HERE.

NEED IT NOW!

Unity Flair!


On that note, I'll leave you with a sweet thought for the day....I had a little bit of a trying day yesterday and remembered this quote...that just HAPPENS to be by someone named CUPCAKE Brown:

"Instead of asking WHY you had to do it, how about just thanking Him for safely bringing you THROUGH it."


Have a Flair-filled Friday, everyone! Before I get to the next post (below), I want to announce that COPIC WEEK is coming to DieCutsRUs! I will be doing some spotlighting this week over there to help celebrate DCRU's last HUGE Copic sale of the season...are you ready for this? How about some Copic Ciaos for 2.99 a marker?!? Can you say STEAL of a DEAL? Stay tuned and/or check out the link on my sidebar for more info coming this weekend :) You will NOT want to miss this!

69 comments:

Unknown said...

wooohooo you have the blinkie ;)
great card!!

NinaB said...

Yay, I found the blinkie! Your card looks YUMMY! Great colors and that shiny glass looks perfect.

Carolina said...

LOVE the clear shine you gave the glass! And totally there with you about the October kit - woo hoo, can't wait until the 15!

StampinCathy said...

Your card is so pretty and inspiring. I just love this color combo and details.

Cindy Haffner said...

Perfect, love your colors!!

Ann Kranitz said...

Love the glossy accents. Great touch!!

JPScraps said...

The blinkie!!! Love your card...such attention to detail.

Jackie said...

Jessica! I love that cupcake goodness! Great job, and nice take on Taylor's sketch!

Kim said...

Beautiful card and I love the shiny cover on your cupcake!

Monika in VA said...

So Yummy! Just want to reach in & take a bite!

JenMarie said...

Yummy card!!

Kim said...

Very nice card - love the look of glass on the cover. Sweet blinkie too

Rachel B said...

I love the glossy look you put on the glass cover. Really cool!

Angie Blom said...

love the glossy look on the stamp so perfect for this. and love the Blinkie too.

4guysandagirl said...

Love your card and thanks for the heads up on the copics!!!

Rona said...

Adorable card! i haven't inked that one up yet either and I need to - too cute!!

Kelly Booth said...

So Cute Jessica...Love your yummy cupcake card!!

Jacqueline said...

Wow this card rocks!!! Great work! You have such talents! Oooo Blinkie :D

Lillian Child said...

I found the Blinkie!! Love your cupcake card creation. Unity ROCKS!!!

Handmade Creations by Stephanie said...

Great card love the shine!!

jan farnworth said...

adorable card love it.

Krista said...

I love, love , love your card. The Crystal Effects looks great!

WickedPixie said...

This is an adorable card Jess! I had been contemplating joining the Unity KoM club for a while and your fun creations and enthusiasm for them finally put me over the edge so now I am awaiting my first kit! I am so copying you, I know (first Verve, now Unity!) :-)Traci

Dianne Morgan said...

Beautiful card, great colors and it looks good enough to eat!

Rachel Hope said...

Mmmmmmmm, cupcake!!!

Love the card, the *glass* is the perfect touch!!!

Linda said...

Your work is adorable.... I love all so bright cheerful. Do you wanted be my teacher.... LOl hotwheels

Marcy H said...

Gorgeous card!!! Love the colors & the class effect!!

found the blinkie also....

Jules(theurbanzoo@wyan.org) said...

it's official....you and cupcakes ROCK!

M. S. Horii said...

Love the cupcake and the birds!!! Two of my favorite things. Great card!!

Elena said...

Your card is so pretty! Love the cute DP you chose! The diamond glaze looks great here!

Jen Shults said...

Beautiful card Jessica! That color combination is fantastic and I love that little birdie paper... and the crystal effects, I need to get some of that stuff. Off to go see what other stunning stuff you made for today. :D

Alexandra MacVean said...

Just stumbled across your blog and I totally love your cards. :)

Chris said...

Wonderful Unity Card! And so happy to find the blinkie!

Stephanie Hargis said...

Yay! I found it! How exciting that you had the blinkie! :D Your card is adorable girl! I LOVE it!

מימס mimms said...

yummy card, love it !
found the unity blinkie
on your blog :-)) !

Robynccgirl said...

Your card is too cute! I'll have to check out the cupcake place in Charleston, SC next time we visit! Yummy!

Diane Jaquay said...

This is such a FABULOUS card!! I LOVE those colors together, so striking, and I love how you made the "glass" cover, greeeeaaattt job!!

Mary Friederichsen said...

Darling card! and I love the idea for the shiney gloss!
Thankyou for the inspiration!
I always love your work!!

Have a great weekend!

Heather Schlatter said...

Jess this card is great and I love the fun bright colors you choose to use that little image is really cute too!!!

Heather

Carpenters' said...

I love your bright colors and all the paper piercing. Beautiful. And the way you made the glass shine is amazing!

Tracy R said...

SO CUTE! Love that paper, and the cupcake is super cute!!!!

charian said...

Your card is very pretty. I like all the layers and the glass effect in the cake stamp. Good Job!

Have a great weekend! Charisse

charian69@videotron.ca

Stephanie Zito said...

Love your card Jessica! That colour combo is beautiful and I love the gloss on the glass! Congrats on having the blinkie this week!!

Unknown said...

Jessica.... Your card is amazing...Just like always!! Beautiful work !!! Xx

Jillisgram said...

Such a cute card and love those colors together!

Ravengirl said...

What a sweet little cupcake card! Yum!

Michelle said...

The blinkie! The blinkie!
I love your cupcake card!

ANAT S said...

GORGEIUS CARD
LOVE YOUR CAKE JESSICA

Jenn B. said...

Love this card...flawless! Great attention to detail, and I love the glossy accent.

Sparkplug17 said...

Such a cute card!

Unknown said...

Such a cute card! Love the crystal effects you used to make the cupcake cover look like glass!

Roslyn said...

The cupcake looks good enough to eat!

Sara Henton said...

This is so bright & cheerful!! You did such a great job

Purple Princess said...

I love the glass cover. I used that on one of my cards and I am hooked on that look! Fabulous!!

Pam Varnell said...

This is beautiful Jess. Love those colors, of course. You totally rocked Taylor's sketch and I love all your piercing. Hope you are feeling a little better girl. Hugs!!

Danni said...

Love the fun colors for this card! Great job!

Nancy B said...

Very pretty card! Love the colors.

Silke Ledlow said...

Totally sweet card - Jessica!!! Hugs ~S~

CarlaKH said...

gorgeous card... love the way you treated the cupcake holder (cant think of better word yet lol) and the quote is great too.

Anonymous said...

omg! how delish-did i mention that i have been craving a delish cupcake all week! definitely puts me in the mood for some baking this weekend-have a good one jessica!

xoxo
sarabeth

Gwen said...

Great cupcake card! It might be too late but I did spot the blinkie!

Monica said...

adorable card! The crystal effects make it looks so real! Hooray for finding the blinkie!

JessicaK said...

Great layout and the paper piercing looks fantastic. And yay for the blinkie!

Shannah said...

I love your bright cheery card - and the glossy glass looks awesome!
And how cool to have the Blinkie!! YAY!!

Emily (stampingout on SCS) said...

YAY! found it! Your card is super yummy and adorable! :)

Lisa Hjulberg said...

I'm getting my new Unity stamps cracked open and ready for ink, thanks to you!!!

Hugs,
Lisa

Unknown said...

I LUV LUV the colors you used for this cupcake card...so cheerful and happy...adorable!I couldn't get all my hopping done on Friday, so congrats to whoever won a prize for the blinkie!!!

Sheri Gilson said...

Super cute Jess!! I love how you used the glaze on the cake!!

AJ said...

absolutely yummy Jess! I love this!
hope you enjoyed FWF!! :)