A while back there was a challenge asking us to double stencil and I tried it with this background piece. It didn’t really work and I wasn’t sure I liked it so it was set aside until now. The current challenge at Seize the Birthday is about fruits and I figured that the cherries here fit the bill even though I’m still not sure I like the panel. What I did to make it look a little better, was to replace the stencil (took a bit of figuring) and use an opalescent stardust butter to add some shine to the cherries. When dry, I cut it down and added it to the card front. After die cutting the white circle using a StampinUp die, I stamped the cupcake image using a GKD set. Sentiment is also from GKD. I coloured the cupcake with metallic pencils, a couple of glitter pens and I also glittered the sentiment. I fussy cut the sentiment and then cut it in half so I could add it as you see.

This is definitely not one of my favourite creations, but it isn’t the worst either so I’m adding it to the challenge. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder so others may actually like it even if I don’t. At least the glitter shows up in the photo. Oop’s, I just found out I’ve missed the challenge by a few hours. Too bad.

Ironically, I spent yesterday evening pitting several pounds of cherries gifted by a neighbor. My hands today are a mess and painful due to the repetitive task.

Thanks for sharing your time with me today, it is appreciated.