May 03 2008
Garden Party
Sometimes stamping is so darn much fun! I had the best time making this card. I’m celebrating some birthdays this month and with Spring in the air I thought I’d make this one a garden party.
The cake and its pedestal are still one of my favorites. They’re from Flourishes’ Cake Decorating 101 set. I stamped the cake outline and the cake slice within it in Pretty in Pink. That’s all you have to do to make it look like there’s a slice gone from the cake. To make the scalloped frosting edge I used a product that’s new to me — Eclipse Masking Tape — for masking the sliced area. I now know I won’t let myself run out of this stuff. How easy it made the masking! The paper is very thin, with a repositionable adhesive backing. Just stamp on the Eclipse paper, cut out the image, remove the backing and position where desired. I saved my mask because it seems to have enough tack left to be reusable.
The cake plate is embossed Rose Red craft ink. All the coloring was done with Stampin’ Pastels (soft chalks). I went over all the colored areas of the cake plate and pedestal with a clear Sakura glaze pen for a glassy appearance. There’s no masking required to match up the pedestal and plate. I did, however, cut the cake out and adhere it to the plate because I wanted more of a dimensional look to it. You may be able to just barely see some Stickles sparkle along the frosting scallop.
My card became a garden party when I decided to use this piece of BasicGrey Sultry paper in the background. It’s one of those pieces you can’t bear to cover so I created somewhat of a scene with it, instead. See the little table the cake sits on? That’s another piece of Sultry. I stamped and embossed the other large cake plate from the set on it. To give it a ceramic finish I pressed it into my Versamark pad and embossed, repeating once for more of a glaze.
Here, you can see a little more detail, including the pattern in the table top. You still can’t see the ceramic gloss, darn it, but the sparkle shows up nicely.
The flower embellishment is a Wal-Mart treasure. The sentiment is from Flourishes’ Sweet Treats. I added plenty of heat-curled ribbon so the party would be easy to find.
Well, this party needs to head into the kitchen to get dinner on the table now. I hope you’ve been having a nice day and will do the same tomorrow. See you soon!
- Stamps: Cake Decorating 101, Sweet Treats
- Paper: Chocolate Chip, Pixie Pink, Whisper White, BasicGrey Sultry 6 x 6 pad designer paper
- Ink: Pretty in pink, Versamark, Chocolate Chip, Rose Red craft
- Accessories: Ribbon, Stampin’ Pastels, spray matte sealer, embossing powder, Scotch brand foam mounting tape
OMGosh, this is absolutely adorable! How very pretty, and definitely screams Garden Party! Every last detail is amazing! Wonderful work, Leslie! TFS!
What a beautiful card! Makes me hungry just looking at it!
This is absolutely jaw-dropping gorgeous Leslie - holy moly, girl!! Of course stamping is fun - look at what you do with it!! Beautiful card!
*STAMPIN HUGS* Alex
How beautiful! That paper looks like it was made to go with those stamps. At first I thought you were using all stickers! I love your shading on the cake.
This is gorgeous, Leslie!!! Darn! Now I have to get another Basic Grey paper pack!! All the details on your card are really perfect! Love the sparkle and the ribbons are totally cool!!
This card is absolutely the most GORGEOUS card ever! Great details! Perfect….in every way!
Leslie ~ Just Beautiful!!! How did you make the ribbon curl????
Beautiful card! Love the missing slice look! Gorgeous colors!
Gorgeous!
Lovely, absolutely lovely!
This is one of the most beautiful cards I’ve ever seen! Don’t you just love it when papers and stamps come together and create a masterpiece??!
Gorgeous!
And, so glad I ordered the Sultry paper! Can’t wait
to tear into it.
Thanks for sharing!
Leslie,
I stalk your blog constantly but only occasionally comment — not any more! I just had to tell you how much I love this card! It’s no wonder you had fun making it!
Your creations are always gorgeous and inspiring — thank you so much for sharing them!
Christina
Your cake looks delicious, and I love the garden party theme!! All of your special details are so beautiful, and I love your curled ribbon!!
Oh my that is just lovely, The paper really sets it off nicely, love your cake decorating
This is beautiful, I love the cake image with this designer paper and the curly ribbons!
Gorgeous card!!!! Look at those those details,TFS!!
What a great card! The ribbon is perfect. And the cake looks good enough to eat.
Oh boy…I’ve been wondering if I needed to add this set to my FLourishes collection…and that paper, WOW! Totally gorgeous!!
Hubba Bubba. This card is gorgeous! I can’t take my eyes off of it. In fact, my nose is pressed up against the screen.
Absolutely adorable!
I absolutely love this card. It’s so whimsical. Looks like it’s right out of Alice in Wonderland.
You work magic with this cake, Leslie! One could say “You take the cake!” LOL!!
Leslie…what a beautiful card…outstanding selection of papers and just love the theme…using Flourishes Cake Decorating 101 just looks great in this card…but oh my pure genius on your part to make the table our of the other paper..just wonderful!
This card is absolutely beautiful! It looks like you could reach right in there and take a piece of cake right off the display. Wow!! Truly a masterpiece, Leslie!!
Kelly
That is one lucious looking card-love it all-so pretty. tfs
Bev J. (Maxell on SCS)
Whoo Hoo……… Bright, cheerful and Yummy looking ! TFS
This is totally yummy!! I love it:)
Leslie, that cake looks totally 3-d! **shaking head in amazement**
Super!
Beautiful!!
Excellent design!!!
Leslie, this is the prettiest card I have ever seen. You have a special gift.
This is absolutely gorgeous! I’m in awe…
Wow, Leslie! You really outdid yourself on this sugary pretty creation! Love the colors, papers, ribbons and dimension. I love having that Eclipse tape handy for masking - so much better than sticky notes, and they do last quite a while. Linda
How fun! That cake looks good enough to eat and I love your ribbon accent as well!
I love this card! I need to try that with my ribbon sometime. And I have to tell you, you just cost me a lot of money missy!! I just had to click on the link to Flourishes for the masking tape, and into my cart it went - and then I had to look through the stamps… and $57 later I am done shopping! Oops! I spend WAY too much money on stamps for a gal with no income!! But I can’t wait to play with them.
Did I know they had a LILAC set?? (ie did you ever show it to me on your blog??) Well if you did, I must have forgotten - I just got very excited when I saw it. I *LOVE* lilacs and miss them so much - we had them growing up in MI, but they don’t grow in TX. Anyway that was one that I had to order… 