Spotlighting Scrappy Moms Stamps for FCCB!!

Happy Sunday everyone!! Today, over at FCCB, some of the DT members were asked to create projects using Scrappy Moms Stamps!! Tammy and Melanie over at Scrappy Moms Stamps were so generous to supply us with their BRAND NEW RELEASE....."QUIRKY QUOTES"!!!!! If you have never worked with these stamps, let me tell you, they are FABULOUS!! They are high quality clear photpolymer stamps that are made in the USA, and they stamp wonderfully!
Quirky Quotes has some adorable sayings.....I used one of the more 'traditional' sayings since I was making a birthday card for an Aunt, but there are some really cute puns in this set too! Head on over to Scrappy Moms Stamps and check them out!!

Here is my card....

Recipe:
Cricut Cartridges: Life's A Beach, Create A Critter, Tags, Bags, Boxes and More.
Cardstock: K & Company
Scrappy Moms Stamps QUIRKY QUOTES
Yellow Embroidery Floss---(just haven't allowed myself to buy any twine yet! This was a great substitution!!)
Signo Uniball Silver Gel Pen
Nicole Rhinestones
Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Walnut Stain
Ribbon from the Target Dollar Bin
Pop Dots

Here is a close up of the QUIRKY QUOTES sentiment! Thanks SCRAPPY MOMS!


Thanks for visiting today everyone! So glad that I could share my card with you! Today is gonna be a SCORCHER here in Maine, and I'm so glad my first part of the day is going to be at the Birthday Party (where this card is for...) and it's a Pool Party!! And then the 2nd part of my day is going to be at the SEACOAST COUNTRY MUSIC FEST!! I am soooooooo excited for this event, I just had to share! Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, and Jerrod Neimann, plus others!! Yee HAW!! :) Can't wait to put my cowboy boots on! LOL!!



Have an Awesome day! I know I will! :)

Beach Birthday Cake, using Cricut, but not the Cricut Cake!

I usually use the "Wilton Shaped-Pan" method for the birthday cakes that I make...but when my niece asked me to make her a "beach scene"....I had NO IDEA what I was going to do!!! I do not have the Cricut Cake, nor do I want it...I only make cakes about 5-6 times a year, so it's not really cost effective. And a lot of the 'samples' of Cricut Cakes I've seen....well, I think they look cheesy. (Sorry if you use the Cricut Cake, but it's just my humble opinion...) Unless you practice, practice, practice, I just don't think that you get super clean lines and perfection that a professional baker gets...no matter how easy it seems! Soooo....then I decided that I could just make a tiered cake, and frost it like the ocean....add some finely crushed graham cracker crumbs on the top of the cake for the sand...and make all sorts of die-cuts with my Expression and Life's A Beach cartridge, attach 'em to long toothpicks and VOILA!!

This is Miss Zoe's Beach Scene Birthday Cake!!


A friendly dolphin and shark among the blue water...


An octopus and a sea turtle, too...


A fun sand castle and some awesome buried treasure on the beach...


A Beach Ball, Crab, and Shovel and Pail for some fun in the sun!


Hula Girl, Palm Trees, and a Sun shining high with birthday wishes!!


I used my white gel pen and stickles to make the die-cuts stand out...I also added a wave border around the top tier. I was happy with the way it turned out...I may have to use my Cricut for more of my cakes!!! Now, if only there was a 'Madagascar' cartridge...That's what my other niece wants for her cake in June! Augh!! Gotta get my thinking cap on for that one!! :)

Thanks for looking!!