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Posted on January 19, 2010 by Driven to Ink

Here is my next Cupcake card that follows a similar format to yesterdays card, but it has a portrait orientation instead of landscape.

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I wish I had the time to use Liquid Applique on all 99 cards I’m making because I absolutely LOVE the result. I sprinkled ultra fine prisma glitter over the liquid applique on this cupcake before heating it up. I’m not one of those people who has the patience to let Liquid Applique dry before heating it and I actually prefer the bubbly, fluffy effect you achieve from heating it while it’s still wet. If you were to allow it to dry first it would be slightly smoother when heated.

I’ll be back on Thursday to post my next two cards as I won’t have internet access tomorrow and will spend the day “baking up” some cupcake cards. See you then!

Birthday Birds

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Driven to Ink

I used a reverse masking technique for this card by punching a 1.25″ circle out of a post-it note (near the sticky side), then stuck the reverse-mask down over each dot one at a time so I could stamp each bird inside of the dot without going outside the lines.

Birthday Birds

Supplies: Hero Arts Decorative Birds, You Hoo Owls, Birthday Messages, Bird Greetings, and Clear Smooth Gemstones (coloured with yellow Sharpie); A Muse Mod Dots Notecard; Tombow Dual Brush Pens; EK Success Circle Punch, Signo White Uni-ball pen; Onyx Black VersaFine Ink

Happy Cupcake Day

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Driven to Ink

I made this card for another Paperie class a few weeks ago – I thought it was a stroke of genius to add some micro beads to the liquid applique before heating it. Then I googled the “liquid applique” + “micro beads” and saw many other bloggers who had the same flash of inspiration. Ah well, I am still waiting for that ONE perfect, original idea to strike. Someday…

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Happy Cupcake Day

Supplies: A Muse Cupcake Builder Set; Marvy Punches and Liquid Applique; Tombow Dual Brush Pens; Stix2 Microbeads; Onyx Black VersaFine Ink; various cardstocks.

Partridge in a Pear Tree

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Driven to Ink

When I saw this patterned paper from Basic Grey I knew it would be “peared” perfectly with the Partridge Tree stamp from A Muse.

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Supplies: A Muse Partridge Tree stamp; Hero Arts Peace Holiday Word Border; Basic Grey Offbeat 6×6 Paper Pad; Marvy Punches; Spica Twinkling pens; Golden Star Gelly Roll metallic pen; Onyx Black VersaFine; Brown Tombow Marker

Classic Window

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Driven to Ink

I love the Classic Window stamp from A Muse – the options are only limited by your imagination. In the card below I thought it would be funny if this clever Bandit was coming out of the window on Halloween with his loot – what better night to walk around in your burglar garb?

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Supplies: A Muse Classic Window, Bandit, Tiny Pumpkin, and Happy Halloween stamps; Tombow Markers (Purple, Grey, Orange, Black); H20 WaterColour Brush; pencil (to draw “siding”); Onyx Black VersaFine Ink, various cardstock.

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Supplies: A Muse Classic Window; Hero Arts Halloween Stencil Print, Ink’n’Stamp Web & Cat stamps; EK Success Circle Punch; Tombow Markers (Orange, Yellow); H20 WaterColour Brush; Onyx Black VersaFine Ink; VersaMark; ColorBox Tangerine Chalk ink (to ink the moon); Reminisce Holoshimmer patterned paper; various cardstocks.