Cupcake Challenge Anniversary!!!!

Wooo Hoooo! Taylor is celebrating the one year anniversary of the Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge!

Each of the Cupcake Sketch Samplers has designed their own sketch to celebrate. As a Featured Cupcake Sampler, I was asked to feature Stephanie Hargis' sketch challenge. Hope you don't mind, I turned it upside down here. You can check out the sketch on her blog and find out about the prize you can win by participating! To get your creative juices flowing, here are some other Featured Cupcake Sampler's and their take on this sketch:


Cindy Lawrence
Sarah Anderson


Don't forget to check out Taylor's blog, the anniversary celebration headquarters, for all of the sketch challenges as well as an awesome grand prize for one random winner who participates in ALL 9 sketch challenges! We hope you'll help us celebrate this yummy occasion!

Now, how did I make that rain? I didn't have a rain stamp but I just had to have rain on this card. I get some of my best ideas when I'm desperate! Ha! So, I turned my card upside down and angled it a bit (so the corner with the "sun" was point at my right hip). I dipped my blender pen in Whisper White and touched it to the paper and held it there for a sec and then "flicked" it up towards me. No arm movement - just a "flick of the wrist". Finally, I painted a little Angel Wing Shimmerz on the rain drops and also on the pond.

Make sure you click on this pic to enlarge and really get the full effect. (And I just have to say that I could NOT get a good pic of this card no matter what I tried! You'll just have to trust me that it is much better IRL!)


Here are the instructions to sponge the clouds using a mask. I colored the images my usual way.

Can't wait to see what you come up with!

Stamps: Taylored Expressions A Year of Sweets 1, Taylored Expressions A Year of Sweet Sentiments
Paper: Regal Rose, Whisper White, Bazzill
Ink: Baja Breeze, Whisper White, So Safron
Accessories: Copics, Prismacolor pencils and goo gone, scallop circle punch, circle punch, ribbon from Pink Hedgehog, Angel Wings Shimmerz, Blender pen

Enjoy!
Michelle B.
“Queen of the Scene”