September 2015 ~ Cupcake's Creations

Happy fall 34

Hi there! I hope you are having a great weekend! Today I have a couple of projects to share. First up is a 16" x 20" canvas that I painted. I'm practicing so I can paint a couple of 24" x 36" canvas's for my home. To begin, I collaged pages from an old Webster's dictionary onto the canvas: then I had a lot of fun painting the background and poppies: I also made a card in celebration of fall featuring a PTI Friendship Jar...

Happy Harvest 35

Mona Pendleton | Friday, September 25, 2015 @ 7:35 PM | PTI , PTI Blog Hop

Hi there! Tonight I'm joining along with the PTI Blog Hop which is based on the photo inspiration shown below as well as creating a project using the chalkboard technique. Here's my interpretation: I created a card featuring a combination of stamps from the Fall Elegance and Spooky Sweet 11 stamp sets: Even though the temps are in still in the 100's here in Arizona, I'm starting to decorate my home for Fall. Here is a my front...

joy...Prima DT projects 15

Mona Pendleton | Wednesday, September 23, 2015 @ 6:43 PM | A Victorian Christmas , Julie Nutting , Prima , Prima DT

Hi there! Today I'm it's my turn to share a project on the Prima blog. We are having Color Fun with Julie Nutting. I chose to have color fun with the regal color palette consisting of gold, shades of red, pink and coral to create an oversized tag featuring the fun and sassy Julie Nutting Marisol cling stamp. Combining a variety of flowers from several collections made for a finishing elegant touch: I also made a holiday shaker...

Christmas tags PTI style 27

Mona Pendleton | Sunday, September 20, 2015 @ 4:58 PM | Christmas , PTI Make it Monday

Hi there! I hope you had a great weekend! Today I joined along with the PTI create ALONG WITH US challenge where the challenge allows you to select something that a PTI DT member has created during the release that inspired you, and create your own version. I was inspired by Dawn McVey's vibrant Christmas tags shown below: I love the bright and bold color combo of Raspberry Fizz and Pure Poppy: as well as Hawaiian Shores, Aqua...

2015...halloween wishes 21

Mona Pendleton | Saturday, September 19, 2015 @ 1:57 AM | Donna Downey Studios , Inspiration Wednesday , Prima , PTI

Hi there! I hope you are having an amazing weekend! Today I have a couple of projects to share. First up is a mixed media style art journal page: This page was inspired by Donna Downey's Inspiration Wednesday Week 1 on-line class: My page features a large stenciled blossom measuring 8.5" x 8.5": This pages contains so many layers of paints: Next up is a Halloween card featuring the Faux Chalkboard technique: For the focal point,...

be inspired 23

Mona Pendleton | Thursday, September 17, 2015 @ 10:00 AM | Art Journal , Donna Downey Studios , Mixed Media , Prima , PTI

Hi there! Today I have a couple of VERY different projects to share. The first one up, are two pages that I painted in an art journal which was inspired by a Donna Downey's Inspiration Wednesdays e-course. This particular art journal measures 11" W x 14" H: I painting my way so I am comfortable enough to paint a couple of 30" x 40" paintings for my home: Next up, is a rather clean and simple card featuring a PTI stamp set from...