giveaway and enlarging a stamp

Hello Friends, How are you today? Any fun plans for the weekend? How about something sweet?
It's Simon Says Stamp Card Kit time! You know what that means right?
I have Simons JULY 2013 CARD KIT TO GIVEAWAY TO ONE LUCKY WINNER. You know the drill.... just leave me a comment and I will randomly pick a winner to be announced July 4th. 

I couldn't decide what photo I liked best...with the stone wall or not. Would love to hear your feedback on that. :) Creating these realistic sized cupcakes was easy and fun. I  will be cooking up more cupcakes this weekend without heating up the kitchen or giving me a sugar high.

I have to tell you there hasn't been one Card Kit that I haven't loved. (well... when SSS first started out they didn't use the SSS brand stamps.... so that's the exception ... now they always do) The great thing is the value... in case you are new to my blog... the value of these card kits are exceptional. For example, the stamp set is $14.99 and if you subscribe the Card Kit is only $19.95. Go figure... I still can't figure that out. Such a good deal! The best part is you can opt out if you want...some card kits don't give you that flexibility. You can check it all out here. 

There are always fun elements in the card kits that give my cards a new look. Todays post is just paper and glossy accents.  I just had to enlarge the cupcake in the stamp set called, "CupCake Party"

I enlarged the cupcake, traced it onto some white cardboard and cut it out in sections. (The cardboard was rescued from some packaging) You can see the original size of the cupcake on the right. 

I used my cardboard cupcake to trace on the patterned paper. I drew another oval shape for some filler. 

After gluing my pieces together I roughly traced another cupcake for the back or the card and the back of the cupcake (to give it a finished look) You can trace one and cut two at the same time. 

Here it is in all its glory. Love the glossy cherry... I used TWO coats of Glossy Accents. 

If you want to make a faster cupcake card just trace the top part of the cake like I did here. I almost enlarged the heart and stars in stamp set... BUT, I remembered that I had this die cut.. the perfect sizes for so many uses. A BIG time saver too. 

Note : Please take another look at the hearts... I felt like I had to go over the edges with a black marker. 

I just love how Glossy Accents brings stuff to life. Do you like the look of the outlined hearts?

It's fun to have an all occasion cupcake sized card. Stay tuned for more low cal cupcakes. I also wanted to thank you for taking the time to hop over to the Simon Says Stamp blog in my past post. I really appreciate the time that it takes  :^)
On another note .... Soon I will celebrating my blog Birthday and am gathering my favorite goodies that I use all the time. It will be a BIG GIVEAWAY. You might want to subscribe to my blog if you don't ready. I hear Google Reader will be dissolving soon and I have to read up options etc.
Enjoy you weekend! Hugs, Kathy
P.S. DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE A COMMENT AND AN EMAIL (if you don't have a blog) FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN THE JULY 2013 CARD KIT. THANK YOU SIMON for letting me give one of these beautiful card kits away. 

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Kathy's Lily Pad Palette Color Challenge

Hello Friends, Has it been a good week for you? Ready for the weekend? How about about a jump start to your  next card or scrapbook page? It's that time of the month again.... the "Kathy's Lily Pad Palette Color Challenge" at the Lily Pad blog. Lawn Fawn is the sponsor (yes that means prizes) this month and you will love what the other DT members created with Lawn Fawn's stamps. 

This stamp set is called "Gnome sweet gnome" and it's super adorable. You may be asking yourself why my house is so much larger than it appears here.  I enlarged the mushroom house with a projector & you could enlarge the image with your printer & get them same results. 

If you peep behind the door you can see the wall paper I created by using some bright inks and the flower & the squiggle in the stamp set. My order of Scrap Dots came in just in time for this card. When I need some serious dimension I use this. I would use it on everything if I could but, that's not cost effective. The bushes on the card were rejected dots from the top of the mushroom. I didn't like the way I colored them with the stripes but, happy to have found a a purpose for them. I fell in love with these bright Copic markers. ( this, this & this ) If you are like me and feel the need to add a little pattern to your gnome's clothes you will need this super fine marker. 

To create a subtle pattern on the mushroom top I used this and this ink with the squiggle & the grass stamps for the pattern. After cutting it out I distressed it with some brown distress ink as I did for each dot, parts of the mushroom and the bushes. 

I wanted to pop the dots so I traced them twice from my projected image and numbered them so I didn't have to figure out where each dot should be placed. Next time I will number them on the back of the dots. I added a little trim to the windows so they would be easier to cut out. More grass stamping on the mushrooms base. 

I thought I would share this tip for cutting with a blade on smaller images. Cut out the fragile parts first before you cut the images off of the paper because there is less give to the paper and it's just easier too. 
Here are a few links of other enlarged projects. Here, here & here if you are interested and if you have any questions please send me an email. Don't forget to hope over to the Lily Pad blog. Thanks so much for your visit!!!  Hugs, Kathy
P.S. Did you see this giveaway?? 

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