Friday, September 18, 2015

Lions and Cupcakes and Mail, Oh My!

Excuse me, Mr. Lion, but you're sitting on my cupcake!  Nancy made a mouthwatering cupcake tag as the inspiration for Tag, You're It!  Here's how I was inspired:
And here's Nancy's inspiration:
I couldn't resist going with the cupcake theme.  I love the color of her wrapper, and I followed her chocolate icing with the color of the lion.  I die cut the sentiment as she did, and the confetti is mirrored by the dots in my stamped background paper.  I made the background lion paper a while back when I made this card.
Supplies:
Stamps:  ME Carnival Cupcake
Dies: PTI Wet Paint Cuts, PTI Wonderful Words: Birthday
Paper: PTI Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise
Inks: Copics, Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores
Accents: Floss from Hobby Lobby

There's still plenty of time to play over at Tag, You're It!  I hope you will join us!

Okay, I covered the lion and the cupcake, now what about the mail?  Recently Virginia Lu, of Yes, Virgina and Virginia's View fame, had a blog appreciation giveaway and Random.org chose my comment!  Am I a lucky girl or what?!  I wanted to share with you her lovely card and all of the many MANY goodies that she sent to me.

Here's her card:
So many details to admire!  I love that sweet paper pieced cat dreaming of good things!  That mouse actually sparkles and the kitty's ears, nose, and the flower centers are glossy!  The cat is grounded by beautiful patterned papers, and the sky is filled with white and gold sprinkles along with the sweetest little sequins!

And here is the gift Virginia sent:
Oh how generous and thoughtful!  THANK YOU, Virginia!  This was such a complete surprise!  If you haven't met Virginia yet because for some reason blogging never sent you her way, you really ought to go over and meet her.  She is a skilled artesian card maker who shares her creative process.  You will also be introduced to her love of family, food, and travel in a way that makes you feel like a friend from the start!

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit.  I hope you have a wonderful day, and if you have a cupcake, make sure to shoo the lion away first so you can eat it in peace!

Kara Lynne

23 comments:

  1. cute, cute tag, kara!! love that fun little lion sitting on the cupcake!! enjoy all your new goodies!!

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  2. How adroabel is yur lion and cupcake tag, Kara! So sweet! And the gift from Virginia...WOW! You've scored a real haul there. I know you'll appreciate and love it all; super congratulations! Can't wait to see what dazzling delights will emerge in the days to come!
    ~c

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  3. Adorable! I love this colorful birthday lion card! It reminds me of all my birthday parties when I was a child, with circus themes, and zoo animals - -before the days of glitter princesses! I truly love this design!
    Take care!
    Michele

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  4. Loving your cupcake lion, such cute and fun colours Kara! Congrats on your FAB win too (I agree Virginia is wonderful)!

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  5. How fun is that lion tag/card! I love the colors and the way you attached the tag...simply darling! I hope you have fun with the goodies. Thank you for sharing my stash and card (blushing here...) in your blog. I appreciate your kind words! xo

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  6. Adorable and sweet birthday tag/card! I love your sweet little lion sitting on top of your yummy cupcake.

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  7. Very CUTE lion tag...fab coloring! And, have lots of fun with your new goodies from Virginia...so awesome!

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  8. How cute is that lion sitting on top of the cupcake! I love how you created a background with the lion on the larger tag. Adorable :)

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  9. Love the lion sitting on your cupcake! And you made the bg paper too! Brilliant, girl, brilliant! And what a haul! How wonderful that Virginia drew your name. Looks like you've got a little Mt. NBUS happening! Have a great weekend. Bev

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  10. Super cute cards! You did an amazing job coloring those sweet lions! The kitty cat is adorable! Loved the torn edged papers!

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  11. So cute, Kara ... such an adorable lion adorning your sweet cupcake! What a fabulous goodie package from Virginia ... so much to play with! Hugs, Anita :)

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  12. Wow, what a loot! Fun cards, I've never used those two dies together (and yes I have both of them), great idea.

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  13. The little lion is adorable and what a delightful tag!! Have fun with your new goodies from the ever sweet Virginia! Can't wait to see what you create ;)

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  14. Cutest, CUTEST tag - LOVE it - You are so delightful and so are your creations!! Marvelously done and just so perfectly colored and styled!!! So excited for you that you won the giveaway over at Virginia's blog!!! Happy for you!!! I am such a HUGE fan of yours but I really need to let you know that I won't be around in the bloggy world for the next 10 days - I am taking a much needed break - so except for already written and scheduled Design Team posts I will not be around and that includes commenting!! Please know that it is nothing personal!! But I am excited because when I come back I will be celebrating my 4 year Blogaversary with lots of giveaways all during October!! I did leave some details about that on my blog!! Hope the rest of your September is beautiful and that you keep happy!!! Hugs!!!

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  15. Kara Lynne your tag is just fantastic, I love the lion!! Virginia is a sweetheart and the giveaway load she sent you is fantastic--enjoy!

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  16. How adorable Kara Lynne!!
    Love your creation!!

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  17. LOVE you tag with a tag!! So cute and fun. GReat score on the givaway,,,congrats :)

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  18. wow--you are a lucky girl! enjoy! love this tag...I've been eyeing this set for awhile and I love how you used it for your tag...so fun!

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  19. Love your tag with all those lions! What a fantastic little package of goodies! Congrats!

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  20. Your tag is so very adorable and perfectly colored. And, so happy for you that you won that fabulous prize from Virginia. Happy Crafting!!

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  21. Super adorable tag!! I LOVE the lion on the cupacke!! And wow, amazing goodies, Congrats!!

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  22. Kara your Tag is sooo sweeett cute Lion image luv it and you are really a lucky lady..look that prize wooow yummyyy...hugs
    Monika

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