Apr 15 2008
Happy Birthday and …Santa? Is that you?
Hi! Today I have samples from Anna Wight’s newest Whipper Snapper Designs release, Happy Birthday (available now). I love this set as much as her last, Bundle of Joy! :)
Wish Big
I made this card for one of my daughter’s friends (another lover of pink). I colored the cake image with Copic markers, adding some sparkle with Stardust Stickles in the center of each white dot. I matted the stamped image onto another block of white cardstock for the “faux nestabilities” look, and the matted image is raised on pop dots. (Card size 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″.)
I wanted matching gift wrap so I used one of the bigger dots to stamp the white wrapping paper. 
Let’s Celebrate!
And here is my favorite of my cards (so far) using this set. I can’t tell you how this popped into my head, but once I had the idea, I just *had* to make it work. I stamped the hat at an angle and masked it off with a post-it note. Then I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the cupcake upside down. I used a black marker to add a couple dots for eyes and a pink marker to add the rosy cheeks. And there you have it! Santa! :) (You can see the actual cupcake image in the photo below.) I colored Santa and his hat with Copic markers. The paper is from Basic Grey’s Dasher (blue Christmas theme).
Be sure to check out the other featured designers for more samples using this set:
Thanks so much for stopping by! I have more samples I’ll be posting soon! (One of them is another “out of the box” idea I had…just not as far out as the Santa! :) Have a great day!
How cute! I love the soft colors on your cake card and the santa is just too funny! Great idea for the frosting though!
LOL!!!! You are sooooooooo creative!!! How DO you do it?! Love the cards…fabulous! What a great set! Anna has outdone herself again!
Fabulous, both of them! That Santa Cupcake one cracks me up!
Wow! I don’t know where you pulled that idea from either! It’s great! Love the Santa idea. The pink cake card is so pretty too! Jeanne
I love your pink cake card! I am curious as to how you attached the ribbon.
Keep um comin!
Karen Hanim
These are AMAZING!! Hahahaa!!! Santa is a RIOT!!!
Love the pink polka dot ensemble too! Perfect!
I swear I would love to be in your brain for just a few seconds!!!!! These cards couldn’t be any cuter!! Santa is just fabulous!
These are great. I love the Santa card too. Ack… these stamps are calling my name! You’re bad for my budget too! haha!
You are too flippin’ clever!
What a gorgeous set and lovely cards. Wonderful.
SHUT UP!!! You are AMAZING M!! If I could only jump into they way you see things for 2 seconds, I’d be complete! Fantastic cards!
Too cute & too clever & too fun & just plain brilliant!!
freakin’ Santa in a cupcake……….. **falls off chair**
You are soo clever! Love both cards but that santa one is genius! Awesome job!
Oh so clever!!! Love your Santa. And the pink card with matching wrap is beautiful.
Very clever with the Santa card. Love both cards.
Oh my goodness! How brilliant! You have so much creativity! I love visiting your blog to see all your adorable creations!
Wow what a cool idea!!! I just loooooooove these cards and the idea of making a Santa out of a cupcake! Realy genious!!!!
Awsome!!! I love every one of your cards here! These two are really cute. Such great coloring ( airbrush in quality), and fantastic use of the cupcake stamp!
loooooove the santa one!!! all rock shel
You are great at finding different ways to use simple images! This is fabulous!
WOW!!! Your cards are amazing!!! I love them!!! I love your blog…you have so many great creations…you are so inspiring!!!
!LOL! Very good - and I love the whole card. I do see Santa now I have read your description, but when I first saw the card, I saw a party goer ‘celebrating’ with a squirty cream beard!!
Oh my gosh — this set is just adorable and so are your samples!!!
Adorable samples, Michele!! Your Santa is so out of the box rockin’ too!!