Happy Accident

I was working on a card using this Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper. I had made my cut for a 4"x5-1/4" piece of it and then my paper cutter blade fell down on the remaining 4"x6-3/4" piece and cut it diagonally. I hate when I do that! Usually I just put that piece back in the package and hope I will use it later. But this time I challenged myself to make something with it. I like how it turned out. 

The stamped image is from the Another Great Year stamp set. I stamped once on white and cut with circle punches and then stamped a second time on Crushed Curry and fussy cut the banner to layer.  I colored the candles with Blendabilities markers. More circle punching in Tangelo Twist and Crushed Curry and a strip of the Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim and all layered on a stamped piece of Tangelo Twist. The dots were made using a stamp from the Work of Art stamp set. (You gotta get it!) After everything was layered I had a few of the Bermuda Bay sequins laying on my work surface so I added them to the card and topped them with a little rhinestone. I love when little mishaps turn into happy accidents!

Yippee-Skippee!

I had scraps of Designer Series Paper that were just too big to throw away. So I made this card. The little cupcake is from Another Great Year stamp set (retired) and fussy cut... meaning I used my Paper Snips (103579) to cut it out. Current stamp set suggestions:  Birthday Surprise (134120 c, 134117 w) or the little cake from Little Buddy Birthday stamp set (133863 c, 133860 w). I punched a heart using the Owl Builder Punch (118074)  and the 1" circle punch (119868) for the background to the cupcake. The sentiment is from Yippee-Skippee stamp set (131344 c, 131341 w). Other than the fussy cutting and coloring the cupcake liner (Many Marvelous Markers 131264 or more choices on pages 179-183 in the annual catalog) this card goes together really quickly. The ribbon is retired but check out all the current ribbons on page 206-207!