OTT Cupcakes!

This is a birthday card I made for the lovely Sue, a member of the Card Swap Group. Sue is a fan of orange & yellow and I wanted to steer away from the usual flowers so I thought 'cupcakes'! A bit OTT in my opinion but the thought was there :0)
Made using the Create-a-Cupcake set and co-ordinating punch in Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight with a touch of gold thrown in. The little hearts are from the Bird Builder punch and the flowers from Itty Bitty Punch Pack, with a sentiment from the now retired Curly Cute.
Hope you had a great day Sue.

Margaret x

Notes case

This is a small gift I have made for a very good friend who is leaving school to complete his teacher training (fingers crossed he will be back next year!). His name isn't really Giz, that's just what everyone calls him! 

I bought these cases last year and they have been sitting in my craft room ever since so I thought I would have a go at making a 'notes box'. I have to say it has taken me ages to make as I just didn't know how to decorate it but, as I had to have it ready by today, I decided to get a move on with it on Sunday. 

I have used Midnight Muse DSP and cardstock to decorate the case and cover the notepads and the 'brainstorming' cover was made by using computer generated words punched with the Cupcake Builder Punch. I put a little magnetic board inside (bottom right) by running a piece of a drinks can through the Square Lattice Embossing Folder which was then glued to a larger piece of cardstock. The magnets were made by cutting some thick chipboard with the Circles Die, covered with DSP and a magnet glued on the back. A few Glimmer Paper stars were added to finish. I can't honestly say I'm thrilled with the result but, as they say, it's the thought that counts and I'm sure he'll appreciate it anyway - well I hope so :0)

Birthday Cupcakes

 It is a friend, and work colleagues, birthday today and we always buy a smallish pressie. As she is the Food Tech teacher I thought these 'Butter Bath Melts' were ideal. They look good enough to eat don't they?
Having bought the present I needed to make a gift box for them and decided to copy the cupcakes for the box design.
Made with Real Red cardstock and DSP, an Apothecary Accents die, the Cupcake Builder Punch and some now retired Real Red Satin Ribbon

I also made a birthday card to match! (below)

Simples Sunday

Another really simple card for today using the Cupcake Builder punch. I wanted a quick card to send to Jen to thank her for the lovely cakes she brought to our class the other day (see last Friday's post), and what better than a cupcake!
I matted a piece of Soft Suede cardstock onto a card blank then punched out the cupcake, frosting and sprinkles (for want of a better way of describing the little circles on the top!) in Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla. I added a few score lines to the cupcake and frosting and highlighted the 'sprinkles' with a white gel pen before fixing to the card. A sentiment punched with the Word Window punch and a couple of Basic Pearls finished the card - job done!
I hope you've had a lovely weekend, back to work for me tomorrow after the Easter break so that is going to be a bit of a shock to the system :0)