Sunday, 5 August 2012

Awful Cupcake Card …. Acceptable Cupcake Card!

The cards in this post measure 5ins x 5ins and are made using a white linen effect hand cut card blank.
I made this card first………
Cupcake card
…. but when I started to blog it and looked at the picture properly I realised it was total pants, everything was wrong with it, what was I thinking? So I went back to the drawing board, got my Nestabilities out and started again. I don’t use my BigShot enough, it’s on a shelf with other things piled on top, and I’m just too lazy to get it down to use it!!  
gingham cupcake card
However, I now realise that it should be moved permanently to the table adjoining  my  craft desk because using a scalloped square die cut has completely transformed the card.
Gingham Cupcake card.
The cupcake was from a pack of six from The Range.  I’m always attracted to small cute stickers, but often, in the clear light of day they are a devil to use, mainly due to their size and being quite hard to match up to use with other embellishments. It’s a lesson I should have learned by now!

7 comments:

Sue said...

Looks good enough to eat:)

marc said...

its a fab bright card and keep that big shoot and diys out big love marc

Suze Bain said...

Just back from my hols and doing a catchup. Love your mini book (know what you mean about time consuming, I've only used my bind it all twice!) and the welly cards are fab. xx

Dianne said...

Love the scallops...they make a world of difference and seem to go perfctly with a cupcake....lovely colours...Dianne

Elsa said...

Sooo true. It's amazing how a small change can totally transform something sometimes. It's also great that you have a good eye for these things and can recognize when something is just not working. Often I will have something amiss on a piece I'm working on, will ask others, and get the stock "I like it." answer. They aren't excited by it, but they can't tell me what's wrong, either. It's great when you find the answer and can fix it!

Toni said...

Definitely a good idea to have your die cutting machine to hand. They really make a difference to your cards and if you've invested in one, shame not to use it. Love the card.
Toni xx

PaperFunky said...

Gota love the Nesties :) I love this card its so sweet xxx