So Super Sweet Friendship Card

Happy Sunday, my crafty friends! I hope your weekend has been wonderful. :o)

I wanted to play along in a couple of my favorite challenges, so I made a friendship card for someone who needs an extra dose of love. (Forgive the darker first image. I was having issues! The close-up shows the actual shades better.)

"So Super Sweet"

Love and sweetness are sparkly... so I covered the steam in microbeads. (You may need to enlarge it to really see them.)

The pretty little butterflies are on a sparkly path, sprinkling the hot cocoa with love. I mixed in a few rhinestone hearts along the saucer and top of the cup as a reminder that my heart is with her and that she is amazing. My sweetheart told me to order some new paper as a gift and it arrived in the mail Friday! I wasted no time putting this pad to use. I truly love this First Edition~ Isabelle paper... it makes me swoon. (And it's sparkly.) Brown and pink is one of my favorite color combinations and I thought these patterns would work well for a feminine hot chocolate card. My cut is technically a teacup... but really, hot cocoa belongs everywhere.

For some additional textural elements, I embossed the brown layer, lined the butterfly bodies with pearls, and added a puffy bow of crinkle ribbon and Chocolate Truffle Trendy Twine. I used the same paper for the teacup and sentiment tag because I just couldn't put it down. The marvelous "So Super Sweet" sentiment is a Whimsical Designs stamp, from Stephanie's Whimsical Fun~ Volume 1 set. I can't even tell you how much fun I've been having with her stamps. They are a joy to use. :o) Hopefully this little card will make my friend's heart smile extra brightly. :o)

Challenges entered:
 * Cooking with Cricut~ Something new! (All three patterned papers)
 * Fantabulous Cricut~ Warming Up with Hot Cocoa (Use a cup, chocolate, or the color brown)

Thank you for visiting me today and for being such fantastic bloggy pals! :o)

Key Recipe Components:
 * Cricut cartridges: Elegant Edges, Wall Decor and More
 * Cuttlebug embossing folder: Swiss Dots
 * Spellbinders Nestabilities: Labels Four
 * Stamp: Whimsical Designs~ Whimsical Fun, Volume 1
 * Paper: Core'dinations, First Edition Paper~ Isabelle
 * Butterfly Punch: Martha Stewart Small Monarch
 * Crinkle Ribbon: Prairie Bird Boutique
 * Twine: Trendy Twine
 * Button: My Mind's Eye Tres Jolie
 * Miscellaneous: iRock; Recollections heart rhinestones, microbeads, and pearls