WSC46: Best Cupcake Inchie

Wow, it's been all week since I posted  something -- sorry about that!  I've been busy stamping for deadlines and I hope to be able to show you some of those things soon!  How do you like this long, skinny sketch Beate put together for her Weekend Sketch Challenge today?  Lots of neat possibilities!  Here's what I came up with:

I was excited to get my new Spellbinders MegaNestabilities Long Scalloped Rectangles this week, and knew they'd be great for this sketch.  Here, I used the largest of the Small set, which is 5.75" at the widest point (My card turned out about 6.25" x 3.25".  I suppose I'll be making an envelope for it, LOL!).  All papers used are from BasicGrey's new Cupcake collection.

I popped up the squares on the left (cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Squares) and added some beautiful bling Gemstone Crystals to each corner.  <== Check those out ... Ellen has a bunch of new colors of crystals in the store.  The smallest ones in the sets are the same size as A Muse's Creative Candy Mini Dot Twinkle Stickers and then there's a larger size in the set, too (I used the larger ones here).

The popped up squares allowed space for a paper clip (this one is from a Spare Parts Alpha Clip by The Paper Studio that already had a mounting on it, so I just glued the Inchie to the mounting) to attach and hold this birthday Inchie that can be used as a bookmark or perhaps an embellishment for a birthday scrapbook page!

The Inchie is made from that wonderful new white matboard I've been using.  I stamped part of the Best Cupcake image directly on the matboard with Ranger's Adirondack Pitch Black ink and then colored it with these Copic markers:

I just dotted the markers onto the matboard to create the confetti background.  The Inchie is matted with Spellbinders' smallest Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Square from the large set -- it fits the 1-inch matboard square perfectly.  Another blue gemstone crystal tops the cupcake and a bit of Wright's yellow rick-rack finishes it off:

I hope you'll try this sketch this weekend and check out other samples made by these talented ladies:  Beate, Cambria Turnbow, Charmaine Ikach, Jenn Balcer, Laurie Schmidlin, Lori Craig and MaryJo Albright.

FYI note: I've changed the commenting on my blog -- now you don't have to verify and type in the Captcha letters.  I know how those can sometimes be a pain to read and type correctly, so we'll try this for a while!

Comments

[Jenn Balcer]

Okay, I couldn't wait till tonight to see it in person. :) This is so *happy*happy*happy*, Sharon. . . kinda like me today! See you in a few hours, my friend!

[Charmaine]

This is just too cute, Sharon! LOVE the inchie bookmark. . .adorable!

[broni]

I love this bright and cheery card! And that sure is a great sentiment! The inchie bookmark is sure to make someone smile every time they see it!!!

[beate]

That is adorable! Love it! Have fun with Jenn this weekend! I wish I could be there too. Hugs and smiles

[Lori Craig]

this is adorable!! Love that cupcake... you are lovin' those inchies, aren't you! I had my long scallops out, too! Glad you could make them work for your design... Hugs ~

[Laurie Schmidlin]

What a beautiful and fun card!! It is so clever how you placed your paper clip!! And those Long Scalloped Nestabilities...between you and Beate this week...I'm going to have to get some of those for sure!! :-)
Have a wonderful weekend!

[mj albright]

So bright and fun. Love it! Have a safe trip and a wonderful weekend.

[Cambria Turnbow]

KILLING me.... your blog is dangerous. LOVE this... all of it, every inch! Get it... inch? SNORT. You are bomb Miss Sharon. Have a super weekend my friend.

[Susan (rainy)]

What a darling inchie! Love the bling on the cupcake.

[Linda Marie]

Aren't you Ms. Creative!! What a fantastic way to get the most out of those inchies! Love it, love it!!

[stampmonkey]

I love this -- so bright, fun, and festive! tfs

[Sara in WI]

Sweet! (hehehee)

[Lindsey]

This is darling! Love the fun feel it has!

[Shari]

What a bright, fun card- I love it!!! I just opened up my long Rectangle Nestabilities last night, so much fun!!

[Gabriela]

I adore the colorful polka dots on the inchie background and the muted two-tone of the cupcake's frosting. Oh how I wish I could make scallped 1" squares!

[Gabriela]

I ADORE the colorful polka dots on the inchie's background and the muted two-tone of the cupcake's frosting. Oh how I wish I could make scalloped 1" squares like the ones on this inchie!

[Viv (VivLyn)]

Very cute! I love the idea of putting the inchie on a jumbo paper clip! I have several of them and have no idea what to do with them! This is a great idea!!!

[Donna]

wow - so bright & cheerful, I totally LOVE this card, every INCH of it! Thanks for turning off the word verif (I really don't like those)

[Kathleen Nelson]

Sharon---this is so cute! I haven't done the sketch yet, but I hope to get to it in a day or two! Hugs~

[cassie]

bless you - i hate those capture things!!
this card is TOO YUMMY!! I love that you turned your inchie into a bookmark - soooo clever!!!

[Rose Ann]

This is so colorful and fun, Sharon!! I love your little bookmark inchie too! Just so cute!

[Anna Wight (SweetMissDaisy)]

SUPER cute, Sharon!!

[Deborah Golan]

Love your cupcake card for Beate's WSCS! I have this wonderful cupcake paper and it is so darn cute to play with! Have a happy day! Deb

[Marja Schellenberg]

What a lovely card. Wonderful colors.

[Jenn Ellefson]

Way too fun, Sharon! Love all the cheery colors!