CPS Sketch #175

I love sketches, so I thought I'd play along this week with the CPS sketch #175.  You can see all the details here to play along!






I have a lot of Hero Arts goodies on this card! 

There is a long story that goes with my acquiring the Hero Arts Clear Design Cupcakes stamps.  My quest was cursed, and when I finally did get them, the first thing I did was spill embossing powder all over them - on the stamping side.  It's still there, but the stamps still stamp just perfectly, so I suppose I can live with it. 

I stamped one of the cupcakes on a piece of kraft and another on the Vintage Cream.  Then I used my aquacolors and blender pen for the icing and paper-pieced the kraft and candle portions.  Stickles were added and I let them dry overnight.  Then I stamped the lines from Background Basics: Retro (PTI) on another kraft portion and adhered them together. 

The background is another Hero Arts stamp - the Cupcakes Cling stamp.  Yummy!  I also stamped the inside with a sentiment and another cupcake from the Sparkle Clear Cupcakes set.  (Yes, I have all 3 and want more.) 

I added some sparkle to the candle and little pink rhinestones on the tops of the smaller cupcakes, but I'm not sure the picture picked it up.

Thanks for looking!

Supplies:

Stamps: Clear Design Cupcakes, Cling Cupcakes (Hero Arts), BB: Retro (PTI)

Cardstock:  Vintage Cream & Hibiscus Burst (PTI), Kraft

Ink: Dark Chocolate

Other:  Aquacolors, Dove Blender, Rhinestones, Stickles, Sakura Stardust pen