Mojo Monday Sketch #198

It's been a long time since I have posted anything, summer is just too busy. 
I really like the sketch at Mojo Monday this week  http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/2011/07/mojo-monday-198-contest.html and now that my company has all gone home I finally had some time to stamp.

This is for 2 different challenges. Mojo Monday and Stamp TV.

The Grid dp, striped dp and small yellow checked dp are all freebie downloads.  The grid is from hp.com and the other 2 are from Two Peas In A Bucket.
I used a Spellbinders label die and sponged it while still in the frame with Memento Danube Blue and Paris Dusk.  Cut out the Happy Birthday (Memento Lady Bug) sentiment with a Grommet Tag also by Spellbinders and sponged with Memento Dandelion.  Cut the red and yellow banner strips with Spellbinders Pennants dies.  Adhered the grid dp to a Gina K Pure Luxury White card base and stamped with Gina K In Stitches in Paris Dusk.  Stamped the star from the Gina K set Stars with Memento Dandelion then colored with a Prismacolor marker to darken it up and punched out with a Fiskar's star punch.  Attached the Grommet Tag senitment with red eyelets.

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Tuesday Trigger: A Citrus Celebration

I am loving the bright, springy colors of this week's Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2011/03/tuesday-trigger-citrus-celebration.html  as I look out the window watching the snow storm outside.

The colors and fun polka dots are what inspired me.  The polka dot paper is the inside of a card from a pack I had picked up a couple of years ago.  All stamps used on this are from the set Square Pegs from Gina K designed by Melanie Muenchinger.  The cupcake was stamped twice, once with Memento Pear Tart on the polka dot cs and once on some checked yellow digi dp then paper pieced together.  The frosting looked too dull, so colored with a brighter yellow Prismacolor marker then covered with Sakura yellow glaze pen.  The pennants are actually the Christmas trees from the same set, stamped with VersaColor Orange pigment ink then heat embossed with clear ep.  Cut the "trees" out and layered onto the polka dots to form a banner.  The candles are a Sizzix die from the Birthday Knockout pack.  Cut the candles out then colored with Prismacolor markers and added Stickles in Diamond to the flames.  Glued the cupcake on top of the candles then onto the yellow and orange circle layers that were cut with Nesties.  The ribbon was adhered to a narrow strip of cardstock then run through a crimper, which is hard to see in the photo.  Last of all, I stamped the "celebrate" in the upper left corner in SU Only Orange.

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