October 2014 ~ Cupcake's Creations

sending a little Sparkle... 28

Mona Pendleton | Friday, October 31, 2014 @ 9:00 PM | Make it Monday , PTI

Happy November! I hope you are having a great weekend! I switched things up a bit and today I have a non mixed media card to share. I joined along with the PTI Make It Monday challenge where the challenge is to create a project that features: Partial Die Stamping technique. I pulled out the pretty shaker ornament die and partial stamped on the inside and decorative pieces on the ornament: For sketch inspiration, I joined along with...

Believe 31

Mona Pendleton | @ 1:05 AM | 13arts , 7 Dots Studio , Layout , MFT , Mixed Media , My Favorite Things , Prima

Happy Halloween to all those who celebrate! Today I have a layout to share featuring a photo that I shared a few weeks ago of Meredith all dressed up in her Halloween costume as a Woodland Tree Fairy. She took part in a costume contest and took third place :) Here she is in full color :) She made up her hair but needed my help painting nearly her entire body green. She looked like Shrek's daughter ;) Today after school, we are going to do it...

hope... 40

Mona Pendleton | Wednesday, October 29, 2014 @ 3:25 PM | 7 Dots Studio , Mixed Media , Prima , PTI

Hi there! I hope all is well! Today I did a double workout session ~ one at my local gym, Life Time Fitness and one at the Mixed Media Place Creative Gym :) This month's challenge is to create a project using black, white, grey and ONE color. My dear husband challenged me to create using one of my least favorite colors ~ red: I scrapped a photo of the amazingly beautiful Sagrada Familia Roman Catholic church that Scott took while...

HAPPINESS 52

Mona Pendleton | Tuesday, October 28, 2014 @ 12:35 AM | 7 Dots Studio , Layout , Mixed Media , Prima

Hi there! Today I have a layout to share featuring a photo of my sweet boy Griffin: For theme inspiration, I joined along with Finnabair's Cosy Challenge where the challenge is to create a work (layout, collage, canvas, cards - anything goes) that represents the concept of coziness and warmth; I think this photo of Griffin screams coziness and warmth: To create this layout, I added texture to a piece of beautiful 7 Dots Studio paper...

trick or treat 37

Mona Pendleton | Sunday, October 26, 2014 @ 9:01 PM | Mixed Media , Ranger , Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge , Tim Holtz

Hi there! It's time for an all new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week's challenge theme is "This is a treat" Now that my children are all young adults, trick or treating days are long gone but no one in my family, including my dear husband is too old to receive a bag of Halloween treats delivered in a customized decorated treat bag! I randomly stamped a brown paper gift bag with the Speckles stamp then I created a mixed media rectangular...