Shop Your Stash - Cupcake Birthday Card

In the last few months, I've been resisting the urge to buy new supplies.  I know the horror.  Not only has it been good for my wallet, but it's also been good for my creativity.

I've started shopping my stash and casing Pinterest.  I have a huge inspiration board for card making over there, and I keep adding to it.  The inspiration for this cupcake birthday card came from the thousands of ideas I have over there.  Once I had the idea, I started building the card.

This card started with patterned paper.  Patterned paper is one of those supplies that I have an excess of and have been toward using up, but that's a goal that's gonna take years.  This patterned paper was a 12 x 12 sheet from the stash of scrapbook paper, back when I thought I wanted to make pretty albums.  In an effort to use the mountains of 12 x 12 I've been cutting it down into card panels.  I can generally get six panels out of one sheet.  This means that if I so desire I can make six of the same card design.

Once I had the paper selected I pulled stamps, markers, and dies that would give me a similar layout to the inspiration card.  While the inspiration card used a cupcake die I worked with stamps from Whimsy Stamps and selected a greeting from my collection of Simon Says Stamps stamps.  I use Gina K Amalgam Ink to stamp any image I plan to color with Copic markers and VersaMark Onyx Black is my go-to for sentiments.

The cupcake was colored with Copic markers, and unfortunately, at the time of making this card I wasn't thinking about writing about my process so I have no clue which colors were used in the coloring of this one.  After coloring the cupcake I used Tonic Nuvo Crystal Glaze to fill in the icing and a bit of shimmer pen was applied to the wrapper, the photo does those details no justice.  

The style of this card, while layered is still a flat lay card with no dimensional elements.  I've listed the supplies below, when still available, using affiliate links, but I encourage you to shop your stash and use the amazing supplies you have.  

Shop the Card:  Happy Birthday - Orange & Chocolate Cupcake

Shop the Supplies:

Kokuyo Tape Glue Dot Liner Long tape, Refill cartridge 5 Pack, Shop at: SSS | AZ	Kokuyo Tape Glue Dot Liner Long-Blue Shop at: SSS | AZ	EK Success Mini Scoring Board Shop at: SSS | AZ	Lawn Fawn Teflon Bone Folder Shop at: SSS
Tim Holtz 12.25 Inch Maxi Guillotine Trimmer Shop at: SSS | SBC	Simon Says Stamp STITCHED CIRCLES Wafer Dies Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp STITCHED RECTANGLES Wafer Dies Shop at: SSS	Tonic Nuvo Crystal Glaze Shop at: SSS | SBC | AZ
100 Clear A2+ Card Resealable Cello/Cellophane Bags (Fit One A2 Size Card w/Envelope) Shop at: AZ	250 Starbrite Opaque Select A2 Envelopes in White - Economy 24lb Bond Smooth Vellum Finish Shop at: AZ	Gina K Designs OBSIDIAN Amalgam Cube Ink Mini Pad Shop at: SSS	Gina K Designs OBSIDIAN Amalgam Ink Pad Shop at: SSS
Tsukineko VersaFine Pigment Ink Pad - Onyx Black Shop at: SSS | SBC | AZ | Blick	Neenah Bright White Paper 65lb. Cover Stock Shop at: AZ	Glitter Brush Marker - Clear Shimmer Shop at: SBC	Spectrum Noir CLEAR OVERLAY Sparkle Pens Shop at: SSS | SBC
ZIG - Memory System - Wink Of Stella - Glitter Brush Marker - Glitter Clear Shop at: SSS | SBC | AZ	Calories Schmalories Clear Stamps Shop at: WS	Simon Says Clear Stamps HAPPY Shop at: SSS