Friday, January 27, 2012

Let Them Eat Cake!

 Everyone should have cake on their birthday, even if you are on a diet! However, if you are one of those who never eat sweets or cakes kind of person, then maybe you can just admire this cake and smell the roses! I created this card specifically for Our Creative Corner's Challenge "photo inspiration - baby shower". You chose at least two details from the photo and create a project around them. I decided to go with the coral and turquoise colors, the flowers, and of course, cake. I love cake! I love baking cakes! I love decorating cakes! I love eating cake! I love giving someone a cake I made! And now I love creating paper cakes! Who knew...I just wish I could eat it!?! 
I am also submitting this card to the Lisa Somerville's Blogger's Challenge "texturize it". There's a lot of texture going on here! I am super proud of how my bottle came out. This faux vintage glass look technique is from Wendy Vecchi, but I tweaked it some. I wanted to recycle and I didn't have any empty, unused glass bottles, so I used an empty "plastic" matte medium bottle. I applied Gesso instead of Glue N Seal, and after crackling, I used Distress Ink instead of Distress Stain, but still the same principle. I love this! That Wendy is a smart, crafty cookie!
Remove label and lid cap and wash thoroughly. Apply a layer of Gesso and let dry.
Apply a very heavy layer of Distress Crackle and let air dry. Apply Distress Ink to cracks and work in really well.
Reduce, reuse, recycle! Here's the package from the Prima flowers. I love the color and images on their packaging.
Use Watermark Reist (love this stuff) and stamp images on craft card.
Do the same on the Prima packaging. Ink all edges with Distress Ink.
Stamp writing image on flower petals with Distress Ink, and apply metallic paint dabber to the edges of the petals.
Cut bottle in two, and save the other half for another project. Tie ribbon on and add flowers and embellishments.
For the cake, I used Espresso and Bronze Paint Dabbers to stamp the image. The cake plate was covered in Crackle Accents and the cake in Rock Candy Distress Stickles. Liquid Perfect Pearls makes the decorative border on the cake layers. A long bead and wire cord are used to make the candle. I added Dew Drops for the cake plates feet and a piece of ribbon for the doily. More Dew Drops are used on the vase and embellishment in the flower bouquet. The sentiment is stamped in Distress Ink, heat embossed, and Crackled. A decorative border of Liquid Pearls is added.
 
 
Supplies:
Prima:flowers
From My Stash: ribbon, journal frame, bead (candle), peach colored cardstock


I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!



20 comments:

  1. So cool, Anita! And your cake looks good enough to eat!!

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  2. Anita, your cards are masterpieces! Amazing!! Bravo! Yvonne

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  3. Wow- this is an amazing project. I love all of the texture- the jar with the flowers is very cool! I love the cake too....!

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  4. Wow! Texture Heaven! Anita, this is wonderful! Gorgeous colour scheme, clever, clever recycling (the bottle? genius idea, I'm inspired and shall borrow that idea)There's something really Willy Wonka about this card - it truly looks edible! Such a pleasure seeing what you come up with each time, you are truly creative my friend. Anna xx

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  5. Gorgeous card! Love what you did with the bottle. So clever! The cake looks so yammy.

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  6. What a fabulous card, Anita....simply gorgeous and truly filled with texture. I look forward to seeing more of your beautiful artwork and have joined your followers group. I invite you to join me as well. Hugs, Gayle. http://gaylepage-robak.blogspot.com

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  7. OMG Anita that is fantabulous! I am amazed at the idea to cut the bottle in half... you're so talented! This whole card is fantastic but I can't get past what you did to the bottle. Love it!

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  8. Love the 3-D effect and I do believe I can smell those roses and cake! This is so cool and I am one of those who don't care for sweets. However, give me a bag of chips and you have a little piggy! Have a great weekend!

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  9. oh how wonderful...i want a bite of that cake and pour the bubblies..lol
    awesome art as always

    hugs,
    susan s.

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  10. Stunning. And your photography is amazing.

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  11. Pretty birthday card. You did a great job incorporating a lot of texture and some really sweet ideas.

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  12. gorgeous your cards are like beautiful pieces of art with all the dimension and textures, tfs

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  13. WOW, What is not to LOVE about this card, there is so much detail to it. The cake looks like it belongs on my plate :-) Love the addition of the pearl pen on everything. Thanks for joining us at Blogger's Challenge this week!

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  14. Oh my gosh Anita! This card is amazing!!!!! I LOVE all the textures. Thank you so much for sharing your process....VERY inspiring!

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  15. Wow that's one fabulous card and such detail :)
    Thank you for sharing how you made it
    Von x

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  16. This did turn out well. I always appreciate all of the work it takes to post a tut for others.
    Lots of LOVE.
    Stephanie Hallit

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  17. This did turn out well. I always appreciate all of the work it takes to post a tut for others.
    Lots of LOVE.
    Stephanie Hallit

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  18. Hello Anita,

    real nice card ! I could use it for my husband who becomes 51 today :)

    I love the reuse of the paper ànd I especially like how you only used it partly and put it over the edge.
    this creates a very interesting view in combination with all the other parts.

    Thanks for the interpretation of the wendy vecchi bottle : it shows again how versatile ànd useful gesso is! :)

    I love the whole composition and look of your card.

    thanks for sharing
    greetings from belgium
    Inge

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  19. Hi Anita! Wow, this is a party on a card! Love all of the beautiful details you added. welcome to the OCC team! Really looking forward to working with you and your fabulous creative inspiration. I see you live in Texas, too. Waving hello from the Lone Star State! Big hugs! :)

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  20. Fab BD Card! Love all the added texture! The blossoms look beautiful in your altered vase - too clever! Thanks for playing along with the Bloggers Challenge!

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