We are very excited to be sponsoring a most unique challenge this week. It's an "Etsy Inspired" challenge! For each challenge an Etsy store is featured and using their products as inspiration you create some type of craft project.
Our partner for this week's Etsy Inspired Challenge is Queen of Tarts Cakes. Their edible creations are amazing - uniquely made cookies with some really fun shapes and icings. All little works of art! They also have a partner shop Queen of Tarts Wafers which creates specialized wafers that can be used as decorative elements on any baked goods. After visiting their shops, and seeing all the little square cookies,we were inspired to create a card that has petite sweet all over it!
Our 'cookies' are stamped with the Itty Bitty Bite Size Cupcake from the Lockhart Stamp Company and 'iced' with different pattern papers and surrounded by pastel 'background icing' of Copic Markers.
Begin by stamping 9 white Inchie Squares using black dye based ink. Our favorite is Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black. Also stamp a selection of pattern papers. We used our Inchie Papers, an assortment of 108 different patterns that are pre-cut into 1 1/2" squares.
Cut out the cupcake tops and glue them onto the stamped Inchie Squares.
Color the background of each square with the super lightest of the Copic Markers - usually the ones with lots of 0's in their labeling.
And don't forget to color the edges! Because the squares are solid core white this is one of the very few products where you can add this finishing detail.
Be sure and visit the Etsy Inspired Challenge blog to find out the details for uploading your submission...and to learn about the great prizes from Inchie Arts and Queen of Tarts Cakes for the winner of this challenge. Entries will be accepted until noon (Pacific time) on Friday November 26.
Loved it! A fun and unique type of card. I would be delighted to receive one of them.
Posted by: freelance writing | January 20, 2012 at 05:54 AM
Lisa I just received my inchies in the mail! Thank you SO much for the great prize! =D I'll definitely be sending you lots of pictures of my creations soon! =) Thanks again, I LOVE inchies!
Posted by: Kristy Smith | December 12, 2010 at 11:12 AM
Thanks so much for sponsoring us at Etsy Inspired this week ... I had so much fun designing with my inches ... and I love these adorable paper-pieced cupcakes.
Posted by: SmilynStef | November 26, 2010 at 06:01 PM
Gorgeous card Lisa! Looks good enough to eat! Thanks for playing along with EtsyInspired this week and most importantly, for sponsoring us with some terrific samples and an amazing prize! Lovin my inchies!
Posted by: de | November 24, 2010 at 03:43 PM