Hi Cupcake!

One reason I like the American Crafts paper so much is that it really is such a nice heavy weight and it is reversible! The reverse side of this pretty paper is a nice soft pink, which made it perfect for the inside of a card - no need to line it with additional paper. For some reason, the first time I saw the "Salut" paper from American Crafts this month, I thought of frosting. Maybe I just had frosting on the brain, because I was also planning my daughter's birthday party, which had a cupcake theme, and I was seeing cupcakes and frosting everywhere! Anyway, after the card was cut to size, I pulled out my Ikandee chalks and quickly filled in alternating rows with the appropriate color. I used a stamp to create the cupcake and the greeting on white cardstock. Once they were also decorated with chalk and edged with ink, I mounted them on pop dots and - voila - another simple card!

IOD for MCB

I love the IOD Paintables!

They really let you match any paper you have...or any picture...because you get to color in the design! In the tutorial I saw, they used watercolor pencils. Predictably, I used Pearl Ex and my aqua brush filled with Future floor polish! I also used chalk for some of the more subtle shading. The colors were not exactly what I wanted, so I took out my "Dune" Colorbox stamp pad and distressed it all.

Super Simple!