One of my favorite sayings is “I love you like a fat kid loves cake!” It just makes me smile and laugh every time. There is a specific friend of mine that actually introduced me to that phrase, and I love her in that very way. It was her birthday and I have been working on her birthday gift… I really wanted to make her some cards that would be cute and special to their future recipients. So here they are! I am going to make a set of these three different cards and put them together in some cute packaging for her gift. I cant wait, because I know she will love them.

This week’s Pile It On challenge is to use some kind of pastry on your project. I immediately knew exactly what I would use for my “pastry.” The cupcake and stand image was a downloadable file from the Cutting Cafe, a past PIO Sponsor, called All About Cupcakes. I LOVE the cute stands in this file and was waiting for the perfect use for them! I wanted these cards to be more elegant than usual when it comes to cupcakes. I hope that I was able to achieve that! I personally think they are lovely :)

Here are all of the challenges that I used for these cards:

• Pile It On –Let them eat cake! Some kind of pastry on your project plus at least one other challenge
• Stamps and Smiles — Sketch
• Our Creative Corner – Monochromatic Cards
• One Stop Craft Challenge: Die Cuts
• Whimsy Stamps: Buttons, Buttons who’s got buttons

This adorable card is not only my very first circle card but it is my very first card created as a Pile It On DESIGN TEAM MEMBER! Yes, you heard me correctly, I am part of a Design Team and this week marks the first week out of a 6 month commitment. I can not even begin to express how excited I am to have been chosen as part of their team (their very first team, to be exact!) and I can not wait to see what these next 6 months bring through it all. To check out the rest of the new team and what they have created this week, check it out right here!

For those of you who are new to the Pile It On challenge, let me fill you in on all of the fun! Each week, Dalis or Vicky (owners) will challenge us crafty ladies to create a project in a specific way or using a specific embellishment or technique, etc. There is just one more very important part to this challenge… you MUST “pile it on!” On top of this challenge you will have to use at least one more challenge from another challenge site. This makes creating fun and exciting… seriously, it really makes me think outside of the box and I love it! Everyone is welcome to play along and then post their work to share with the rest of us — lots of inspiration!

Here are the challenges that I used for this week’s card:

Pile It On — Use at least 3 Embellishments (Ribbon, Button and Rhinestones)

Paper Play – Use a Hand-crafted Flower

Paper Blooms — Create a card in a Special Shape

Hope you likey!