Cupcake Inspirations - Surprise Sweetie

Hello Everyone!

So excited to be here today as the Surprise Sweetie for the wonderful challenge blog Cupcake Inspirations. If you aren't familiar with this challenge, you should definitely head over and check them out. Every Sunday starts a new challenge with a theme or colour combo and an inspiration photo, BUT, the photos are always of cupcakes!! It is super creative and so much fun. The design team is amazingly talented and I always enjoy seeing how they interpret the photo every week.

Here is this week's challenge inspiration photo.

The minute I saw this, I thought of a wedding. Something about the streamers and the soft colours just took me right to a vintage, shabby chic style wedding with lots of laces and flowers. SO, that's what I went with.

For the background I used some texture paste and the Tim Holtz Latticework stencil, then painted it with a soft pink paint. A little rub of Hero Arts Soft Blossom ink, a splash of whitewash and then I edged it with some DecoArt Metallic Lustre in gold.

The heart and doves were made with crafter's clay and silicone molds, the sentiment is from Prima, the floral die cuts are Chloe's from Memory Box, the laces were coloured with distress inks Brushed Corduroy and Frayed Burlap. The big white fabric flowers are from May Arts, the roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I am entering the following wonderful challenges:

- Crazy Challenge - #214 - Ribbons

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My hubby bought me the most amazing winter boots. Really tall, lined with fur, and in anticipation of the brutal Canadian weather, they are waterproof and slip proof. So far, I really haven't had an excuse to use them. It's almost the end of January, bring on the winter. I'm ready now, you can do it, JUST SNOW ALREADY!!! I look like a real doof wearing those boots in the rain people!

We've only had a couple of days with snow that stayed on the ground for more than a few minutes, so I did grab some shots, but this is not what Canada is supposed to look like right now.

WILL NOTHING KILL THESE PESKY THINGS!!!!

You remember Max. He's a total sweetheart, but he does not like the cold weather! You can see him tucked away underneath my little Christmas tree, trying to escape the snow and wind. Poor little guy. I have built a weather proof house for him to tuck inside when he wants to stay warm.

Bob the Spaz doesn't seem to mind the snow so much, and boy oh boy, how cute does he look with a white coating of winter!!

That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments. I read and appreciate every single one! If you have any questions, please let me know.