Sweet November Preview Day 1 "Josie's Cupcakes and Emaline's Gifts"

Welcome to the first of three days of Sweet November previews for the month of January. The Fairwees are back again, this time with some birthday party fun. Today we are featuring Josie's Cupcakes and Emaline's Gifts.

First up is Josie perched atop a delicious cupcake. Of course I made my cupcake chocolate with butter cream frosting as that is my favorite! Even though I colored the "paper" portion of the cupcake with Copics I also overlayed it with vellum cut with the the brand new C.C. Designs Cupcake Cutter which is also new for this release. I also used some Ranger Glossy Effects on the cupcake sprinkles for a candy look and feel. The sentiment is from last month's C.C. Designs Amy R Heart-y Sayings set. I broke the sentiment up by stamping on two hearts cut from C.C. Designs Big Hearts Embossing Cutters.

Products: Sweet November stamp, C.C. Designs sentiment and Cutter dies, My Mind's Eye dp, PTI button and twill, Ranger Glossy Effects, Spellbinder Nestabilities, Copic markers

Copics: Skin-E000, E00, E11, R20; Hair-E50, E51, E53, YR23; Clothing-R20, R22, R24; Wings-G0000, Cupcake-B0000, B000, BG10, E33, E37, E29, E81, W00, 0, R81, R83; Shadows-B0000

Next is Emaline's Gifts. She's one happy girl - look at all those fun presents she is juggling. Since I used such bright colors in the various patterned papers, I decided to include lots of white in the image, including the dress and the presents, adding splashes of color on the dress sash and bows. The ribbon treatment is simply a piece of scrunched up ribbon remnant which I tied with thread, adding a button and sentiment. Can you see the tiny candles? Those were cut from the new C.C. Designs Candle Border and were actually left over from one of tomorrow's Sweet November projects.

Products: Sweet November stamp, C.C. Designs Cutter die, My Mind's Eye dp, Doodlebug buttons, Stamping Bella sentiment, PTI die, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic Markers

Copics: Skin-E000, E00, E11, R20; Hair-E35, E39, E29; Ribbons/Sashes-R32, R35, R37, YR12, YR16, YR18, YG0000, YG01, YG03; Dress/Gifts-E81, W00; Shadows-BG0000, BG000

This collection will be available for purchase at the All That Scraps store January 5 at 10 pm CST. Be sure to also click on over to the other design team members Marion and Rachel. Amy, the illustrator of the Sweet November line has a card to share with you and also outlines the details on how to win some blog candy which includes the stamp we are all using today. All you have to do is leave comments on our various blogs.

This is going to be a busy day on the blog! I'll have two more previews for you today so be sure to check back.