I love this plaid and I embellished it with ef and gold acrylic paint added with my finger then black splatter. The cupcake is from a children’s coloring book and water colored then added glitter here and there, fussy cut and layered on pp. Tag has the glitter on the edge and heat set black embossing powder. My Mother-in-law loves bling so this should fit her sweet tooth just right. Not as CAS as I was going for but works for me.
Tip; Use your colorburst to create intense water color pallet. I spent the afternoon yesterday creating the colors used here. I added colorburst powder with another brand in similar color that also has mica in it. So now my colors are very intense and have shimmer. The colors dry perfectly and rehydrate with a water soaked brush. I sprinkled the powder on a scrap of paper then poured that into the tray and added water with a pipette. This worked to keep the mess of loose powder to a minimum yet keep my colors from mixing. I know because I tried sprinkling the powder into the tray then spritzing with water. News flash, color every where.
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That cupcake looks positively yummy. I really like how you did the plaid background.
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This is a beautiful fall birthday card. Love your embossed plaid background and your water colored cupcake image. Great tip on making your intense and shimmery water colors that could be used again and again.
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Beautiful coloring! She is going to love this.
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Beautiful card! Great tip – will work on my Brusho also!
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Yummy cupcake and a coloring page to boot! Always love your plaids and the creative use of the embossing folder and making your own water color paints too! Well definitely worth color everywhere!!
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Beautiful card, love the colours, layout and cupcake! Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin’ this week.
Chris
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Bonnie, this is beautiful! I love the rich colors you got.
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A very bright and happy creation, many thanks for joining us at Allsorts challenge this week.
B x
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Your MIL will love this!! I really like how you embellished the plaid background paper.
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Fun cupcake creation, thanks for joining Allsorts challenge, good luck.
Happy crafting
Tracy x
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What a scrumptious looking cupcake and the vibrant colors look fabulous! Thanks for playing along with this week’s challenge at The Paper Players!
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What a wonderful project! Thank you for joining us at Allsorts this week.
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Such a pretty cupcake! CutThanks for playing along at The Paper Players this week!e card.
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Such a fun card! Love your plaid swirly background! Thanks for playing along at CAS on Friday Challenges! Crafty hugs Linda
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