Monday, January 31, 2011

Play Date Cafe Challenge 66


Hello there!
Happy Monday, everyone.
Did you get a chance to see my first
how-to video that I posted on Friday?
If not, please scroll down to the previous
post and let me know what you think!
It's how to alter a mini composition notebook.

So as I enter this second year of papercrafting,
I decided it's time to start participating
in more challenges.
I came across one for the Play Date Cafe
in my blog travels this weekend,
and loved the colors so much,
I promptly made a card.



is to go black and white
with a color splash of lilac
(or any shade of purple).
Here's what I came up with.


I got out my new Lawn Fawn "Sew Lovely"
stamps and introduced them to ink for the first time.
The dress on the dress form, I paper pieced
with some scraps I had laying in my scrap bin.
I decided it would be fun to go shabby chic,
so I used some Core'dinations cardstock
sanded down and distressed, then ripped
up the purple swiss dot cardstock for a fun edge
before I glammed it up a bit with 
sheer ribbon and silver pearls.


And now, a little feast for the eyes.
My hubby spent Saturday afternoon
while I was at work, on speakerphone
with his mother in Germany
baking this cake "together."
He was so proud, when I got home he asked,
"Are you going to post this on your blog?"
Around a mouthful of chocolate cake
and raspberries and pudding,
I replied that I most definitely would.


He did everything from scratch,
and let me tell you, it was YUMMY!

With that, I bid you Auf Wiedersehen.
'Til next time, friends. :o)


Card Supplies:
cardstock: Hollo's, Core'dinations, Bazzill Swiss Dot
patterned paper: Basic Grey "Kioshi", Best Occasions
stamps: Lawn Fawn "You're So Lovely"
ink: Tsukineko Momento in Tuxedo Black
copics: Special Black 110, C05
ribbon: Offray
pearls: Queen & Co

18 comments:

  1. Card turned out great!!!

    And yummy looking cake :)

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  2. Thanks! I'll tell him you said so.
    You should try this challenge! The colors remind me of your blog. Lol.

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  3. Love your card, the coredinations paper really adds to it! And what a cake your hubby made! Looks sooo yummy! So smart of him to have his mom on speaker phone to help! My mom makes cakes like these all the time, she is Croatian so she makes a lot of different European ones. You should post the recipe, my mother would love this one!

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  4. Oh yes, the European cakes are so different from the American ones! It's amazing how many varieties and assortments they have. I'll have to see if he can remember the recipe, if not, I'll have to get it from my mother-in-law.

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  5. I love the paper piecing on the dress, so lovely. The colors of this card are very nice too. Great job!

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  6. I love the distressed cardstock and the pearls are such a sweet accent!

    oh and YUMMY!! The cake looks devine!

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  7. MMMMMMM looks so yummy! The card is amazing! Great job with the colors Christy!!! You rocked it girl!

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  8. Yuuummmmm!!! That cake looks delicious!
    Your card came out so very pretty, Christiana. I LOVE how you added the pearl necklace. Such a great detail!

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  9. Absolutely beautiful, love the image and the colors you have and the paper piecing is so soft. What an amazing cake, your hubby gets a standing ovation.

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  10. BEAUTIFUL!!! Love your take on the Lilac splash! Thanks for joining us at the Play Date Cafe :)

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  11. Beautiful!! Love EVERYTHING about this!

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  12. OH my, I do not know which looks yummier, your card or the cake... Okay, so the cake looks delish, but I love LOVE your card. Way to rock the challenge! (Of course, I love how you used the Lawn Fawn stamps, Lawn Fawn does Shabby Chic---so cool!)

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  13. Love the strategically placed pearls! Thanks for playing with us at The Cafe this week. Hope to see you again soon!

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  14. What a cute dressform stamp and what lovely ribbons! A beautiful card, indeed! Thanks for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe!

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  15. What a lovely card, and I love the dressform stamp you've used :) Love the addition of the pearls too. Thanks for playing at the PDCC this week!

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  16. This is gorgeous! Love how you've done the distressed background, very pretty! Thanks for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe!

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  17. The way you've dressed up that form with paper piecing and those pearls is fantastic. Just love your splashes of purple. Thanks for playing at The Play Date Cafe.

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  18. This is beautiful and so clever of you to use the pearls! The cake looks fabulous - wow! Thanks for sharing!

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Thank you so much for taking a few moments to brighten my day!

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