Sneak Peek: Cupcake Critters

Hello stamping friends! Suzy here and I’m so excited to get to share with you one of the brand new Pretty Pink Posh stamp and dies sets called Cupcake Critters. This one was my favorite from the January 8th release and it goes so well with many of the other new birthday stamps and dies! Today I have two cards to share with you that focus on these cute birthday critters, but also use some of the other new products (which might be a sneak peek for you today!).

If you are familiar with my card style, you have probably seen me make cards with this technique before. I actually try to make one with each new stamp set because I love the look of random stamping so much! For this card, I stamped all of the images in the Cupcake Critters stamp set on white cardstock with a natural color of ink for no-line coloring. I like the images to go topsy turvy and curve all different directions. I think my love for making puzzles makes this technique really fun for me! (Note: Use a Misti tool to make this much easier!).

I colored all the images with colored pencils. I use both Prismacolors and Polychromos as I love them both for different reasons. I’ve gone into these details on some of my past blog posts on my blog if you want to read about them. I added shadows behind each image with a gray Copic Marker (N2) to make them look like they are dimensional on the paper.

For the sentiment, I used the new Happy Birthday Script Dies die-cut from white cardstock twice. I glued the two together so they would be more dimensional. I colored them with colored pencils to match my card front, but I think it would be much easier to color them with Copics or even use colored cardstock! I then used Glossy Accents over them and covered it in fine white glitter. I used some of the new Party Jewels Mix around the sentiment and as the dot on the I.

This card is my other favorite type of card to make – a shaker card. The PPP products lend themselves so well for shakers too! I started by stamping all of the images on white cardstock with a natural color of ink so I would have no-line coloring. I colored them in with colored pencils again, but this time I decided I wanted them to have outlines, so I used a fine tip black marker to add them. I used Glossy Accents to add some glitter to the cupcakes.

I used the largest Stitched Hexagon Die to create a shaker window. I then watercolored a piece of watercolor paper with three colors – orange, yellow, and green that fit behind the window. I used several sequins and jewels inside the window including 3mm Sparkling Clear Sequins, the new Party Jewels Mix, and the new Valentines Jewel Mix. I also stamped all of the confetti stamps from the new Pinata Party Stamp Set to include in the shaker window (I stamped them with a light color of ink and colored them with colored pencils, but you could just stamp them with colored ink).

I attached the colored critters to the front of the card overlapping the shaker window. I stamped the sentiment from the set (I had to cut it apart to use it horizontally) with a light color of ink and then drew over the letters with colored pencils. I used several shades of green and blue so it would look multi-colored.

Thanks for visiting today and don’t forget to stop by each day this week to see all of the new products! I love the birthday theme as birthday cards are the ones I need the most! I was covered with glitter on New Years Day after making these cards which you would think meant I had a great New Years Eve, but unfortunately it didn’t! (in bed by 9 haha). Have a great NEW YEAR friends and happy stamping!

Suzy