Kween Bee Kreations

Snowcake

Another non-traditional Christmas project for me (color-wise).

Tonight, I am going to an ornament exchange dinner... and guess what is inside this cute little gable box?  You guessed it, an ornament (scroll down to see it)!

I used the stamp set "Snow Swirled" to randomly stamp these beautiful snowflakes.  The large snowflake is inked in Perfect Plum (love this color), the middle size snowflake in Kiwi Kiss and the small snowflake in Pretty in Pink.

The sentiment is from a hostess level 1 stamp set called "Best Yet".  It is stamped on Whisper White card stock and layered on top of a Pretty in Pink punch out using the Curly Label punch.  That punch is layered one more time using Stampin' Dimensionals and is sitting on top of a Kiwi Kiss large Oval punch.

This cute half cupcake, half snowman is hidden inside this box.  Isn't he the cutest thing? 

I always buy an ornament to exchange, then end up wanting to keep it for myself.  Maybe I need to start buying two of them?

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For a Woof-fect Woman

This card was created for the Color Challenge (CC180) at Splitcoastampers.com.  The challenge was to use Ruby Red, Blush Blossom and Close to Cocoa.

I actually started this card using a completely different stamp set , "Crazy for Cupkakes" and I just could not get the combo to work for me.  After struggling with that for about 20 minutes, I quickly switched focus, dug through my stamp sets and found these cute little dogs.  They are from the "Loads of Love Accessories" stamp set. 

I stamped the pups in Close to Cocoa ink, then popped them out using Stampin' Up!'s small oval punch.  I then inked up the "Cute & Curly" stamp set (that comes in a bundle with the new curvy label punch) also in Close to Cocoa.  This image got punched out and mounted on four Stampin' Dimensionals. 

The designer series paper you see is Berry Bliss and now retired.  But I had a few pieces left and thought it worked perfectly for this challenge and Kreation.  A strip of Blush Blossom cardstock got two long holes with the horizontal slit punch, then was threaded with some Kraft Taffeta ribbon. 

Final touches on the card are the sentiment from Hostess Level I set "Best Yet" and three tiny adhesive pearls.  The base of the card is Ruby Red card stock. 

This card will be given to my Mom - a strong woman who could use these little puppies right now.  She's a dog fanatic so this card is purr-fect for her.  Or should I say woof-fect?? ... sorry, I'm more of a cat lover!  :)

Big & Simple Cupcake

Keep in mind - all new stamp sets are die cut in the Fall/Winter 2008 IB&C.

This means the stamp sets come virtually ready to use.  Simply punch the rubber out, remove the backing and mount to the wooden block. 

Today’s Kreation was made using one of my new favorite stamps.  The “Simple Birthday Thanks” stamp (item 111546 – set of 1, page 65, $17.95).

This is one BIG cupcake!  The card base measures 5 ¼” x 4 ¼” to give you an idea of just how big it is. 

This stamp is meant to be used as a simple thank you note … notice the center of the image (photo below) with the journaling spot.

Instead of making a "thank you for the gift" card, I wanted to just showcase the cupcake.  So, I used a Stampin’ Write marker in Basic Black to ink up the image, leaving out the center portion.

I then stamped it three times.  Once on the gorgeous Washington Apple designer series paper, once on So Saffron cardstock and finally stamped the cherry on Riding Hood Red cardstock.

After stamping, I carefully trimmed around each part of the cupcake.  I reassembled the treat atop a bit of Tangerine Tango textured cardstock, then added some bling to each dot on the frosting.  The cherry on top is covered in crystal effects to give it a “juicy” look.

The final touch is a sentiment from the hostess level I set, “Best Yet”.  It is punched out using my 1 1/4" circle punch and then mounted on a textured Tangerine Tango 1 3/8” circle.

So, Yummy!

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