Sunflower cupcake

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week we have a beautiful inspiration photo for you:

And here is the card I created:

As is my usual habit, I started this card with a sketch I fell in love with:

It was from the Handstamped Sentiments challenge blog and unfortunately, the challenge had already ended.  But I was already set on using the sketch, so I just went with it anyway.  As I was looking through my Repeat Impressions stamps, I hit upon the fun idea to create a sunflower cupcake topper.  So, I stamped, colored and fussy cut the cupcake image (cutting off the cherry on top so it would show behind the sunflower) and stamped and fussy cut the cupcake wrapper from a piece of scrap patterned paper.  After adhering the patterned wrapper onto the image, I stamped, colored and fussy cut the sunflower head and adhered it to the top of the cupcake.  And it is adorable!!  I had a die cut vellum circle in my bits and pieces stash that I used to help separate the image from the background.  For a little more interest, I stamped the postcard image in light gray ink onto the card base and then I watered down some brown gelato and splatted it onto the background.  I finished it off with some cinnamon stickles on the center of the sunflower (for some nice sparkle) and a couple orange/yellow gems.

Since this is actually a belated birthday card and I knew I had to get it in the mail right away, I actually stamped the same sunflower image on the envelope in a light gray ink.  I don't usually do that as I don't have my envelopes at my craft desk, but today I just happened to have a stack sitting there from some bridal shower invitations I just mailed out.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this photo.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Sunflower", "Cupcakes", "Postcard", and "Happy Birthday"

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; Verve "Sprightly Sprigs"

Challenges:

Cards Galore Challenge #79--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #174--anything goes

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Creative Inspirations--spots & dots or inky splats

Crafty Friends #144--anything goes

Crafty Catz #518--anything goes with the optional twist: use glitter and/or gems (I used yellow/orange gems and brown stickles which includes glitter)

Shopping Our Stash #429--make a mess (I used my gelatos with water to splatter on my card; oh, and stickles which can get messy if you forget to let them dry properly!)