Cupcake 152... Shabby Sparkle

Well Good Morning! Another week has flown by in the blink of an eye! So now, it's time for another Cupcake...

Thank you so much for showing us your stars last week. It looks like you love them as much as we do. It was lovely to see what you created. In the end, I couldn't choose just five Cupcake Cuties, so this week, there are six!

And I have some more happy news. At the beginning of August, I am delighted to tell you that we will be joined by a fabulous new Cupcake. Maarit Guest Designed for us earlier this year and often plays along. I just know you are going to love her work as much as we do.

This weeks Challenge has been chosen by our lovely Sunshine, Sari:

... Shabby Sparkle ...

If it's shabby and it sparkles, then we'd love to see what you've made! (Stars, Sunshine, Sparkle, we've got it all here!)

You have until 8pm, GMT on Sunday 31 July to place your entry for this challenge. Have fun!

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We have a Winner for last weeks sponsored Challenge and we’ve also chosen our (Six) Cupcake Cuties.

Here are the winners:

Challenge 151 Winner
chosen at random;
Lyn
Want to Craft not to Work

Congratulations Lyn, you win a £10 Gift Voucher to spend with last weeks super sponsor, Crafty Emma's Store. (So jealous!) Could you please e-mail me by Sunday 31 July so I can arrange for you to receive your prize? If the prize is not claimed by then, another winner will be chosen.

Our Cupcake Cuties are;
Marika
AgaSi
Heather Sparey
Ileana
Coops
Cassie K

Congratulations girls, you can pick up the Cupcake Cutie badge below... we hope you will display it on your Blogs with pride!


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This week we are delighted to be joined again by:



Sassy Studio Designs are offering one lucky winner, chosen at random, four digital images of their choice.

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Our Icing on the Cupcake sponsor this month is:



Polka Doodles are generously offering one lucky winner, chosen at random, a selection of four yummy Christmas themed Stamps:


It pains me to say this, but yep, it's time to start thinking about the 'C' word Folks! Eeeurgh!

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The Cupcakes are thrilled to be joined by a lovely Guest Cupcake... Shanna. Check out their gorgeous work, links are below if you fancy leaving some well deserved love...

DelphineDeniseDonnaFayeJaneLizaLouiseRachelSariShannaShelly
A Few things to remember!
Please leave a link to your blog post and not just your blog!
Make sure that 'Cupcake Crafts' are linked in your post... if you don't mention us in your posting you will not be eligible for any prize(s) offered by our sponsors!
Please only link to new entries - it isn't fair to backlink to older posts!

Cupcake 151... Wish Upon a Star

Well Hellio! How nice to see you on this fine, bright morning! Time for another Cupcake...

Thank you so, so much for playing along with our Pick Your Favourite Cupcake Challenge, it really made things special for us last week. It was lovely to see what you all chose and even better to see your gorgeous creations. :)

This weeks Challenge is for Poppit, who, has sadly left Cupcake. Poppit is hugely talented and we will miss her greatly. We wish you mahoosive success in the future. Don't be a stranger. So for Poppit:

... Wish Upon a Star ...

We'd like to see your projects including stars!

You have until 8pm, GMT on Sunday 24 July to place your entry for this challenge. Have fun!

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We have a Winner for last weeks sponsored Challenge and we’ve also chosen our Cupcake Cuties.

Here are the winners:

Challenge 150 Winner
chosen at random;
Ruby
Ribena Ruby's Blog

Congratulations Ruby, you win a £10 Gift Voucher to spend with last weeks wonderful sponsor, Lili of the Valley. (You lucky thing!) Could you please e-mail me by Sunday 24 July so I can arrange for you to receive your prize? If the prize is not claimed by then, another winner will be chosen.

Our Cupcake Cuties are;

Mo
Janet O'Brien
Christine Craig
Donna Bowman
Helene

Congratulations girls, you can pick up the Cupcake Cutie badge below... we hope you will display it on your Blogs with pride!


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This week we are delighted to be joined again by:



Crafty Emma's Store are offering one lucky winner, chosen at random, a £10 Gift Voucher to spend in the scrummy store:

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Our Icing on the Cupcake sponsor this month is:



Polka Doodles are generously offering one lucky winner, chosen at random, a selection of four yummy Christmas themed Stamps:


It pains me to say this, but yep, it's time to start thinking about the 'C' word Folks! Eeeurgh!

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The Cupcakes are thrilled to be joined by a lovely Guest Cupcake... Shanna. Check out their gorgeous work, links are below if you fancy leaving some well deserved love...

DeniseDonnaFayeJaneLizaLouiseRachelSariShannaShelly
A Few things to remember!
Please leave a link to your blog post and not just your blog!
Make sure that 'Cupcake Crafts' are linked in your post... if you don't mention us in your posting you will not be eligible for any prize(s) offered by our sponsors!
Please only link to new entries - it isn't fair to backlink to older posts!

Cupcake 150... Your Favourite Cupcake Challenge

Hello you lovely Cupcake Peeps! Happy Monday. :) It's a bit of a special post today as Cupcake hits 150 Challenges. Woohoo! So zoom the spotlight down, I have a little speech...

I'd like to thank The Wonderful Cupcakes, who all work so hard and give their time so generously. Not forgetting of course, our Guest Cupcakes who are always such a pleasure to have at The Cupcake Factory, even if for a short while, and all our past Cupcakes, a little wave for you. Thanks also to all our fantastic Sponsors, you've been so kind. And then there is a mahoosive thank you to everyone that plays along with us, week after week. We couldn't do it withouth you.

So, to celebrate the Old Girl turning 150, this week, we thought we'd let you choose:

... Your Favourite Cupcake Challenge from the last 150 ...

To make things a little easier for you, if you scroll down to the post under this one, or just click here, you'll find a list of all of our Challenges. Don't worry if the numbers all look a bit crazy. I took out a number of duplicate Challenges. You may also notice a big jump in numbers. That's because I didn't want to confuse things too much by renaming some of the more recent Challenges. All the numbers match up to corresponding sketches and colour combos.

Don't forget to let us know which Challenge (number and name) you have chosen in your post, as you won't be eligible for any prizes if we can't see which one you're playing with.

You have until 8pm, GMT on Sunday 17 July to place your entry for this challenge. Have fun!

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We have a Winner for last weeks sponsored Challenge and we’ve also chosen our Cupcake Cuties.

Here are the winners:

Challenge 149 Winner
chosen at random;
Ivette
All About Me & My Scrapbook

Congratulations Ivette, you win a $20 Gift Certificate to spend with last weeks wonderful sponsor, Simon Says Stamp. Could you please e-mail me by Sunday 17 July so I can arrange for you to receive your prize? If the prize is not claimed by then, another winner will be chosen.

Our Cupcake Cuties are;

Simone
Judy Rozema
Paula Hollifield
Christine
Sylvia Blum

Congratulations girls, you can pick up the Cupcake Cutie badge below... we hope you will display it on your Blogs with pride!


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This week we are excited to be joined again by:



Lili of the Valley are offering one lucky winner, chosen at random, a £10 Gift Voucher to spend in their scrummy store:


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Our Icing on the Cupcake sponsor this month is:



Polka Doodles are generously offering one lucky winner, chosen at random, a selection of four yummy Christmas themed Stamps:


It pains me to say this, but yep, it's time to start thinking about the 'C' word Folks! Eeeurgh!

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The Cupcakes are thrilled to be joined by a lovely Guest Cupcake... Shanna. Check out their gorgeous work, links are below if you fancy leaving some well deserved love...

Delphine; 110, Pink and BrownDenise; 36, Summer and 53, SketchDonna; 110, Pink and BrownFaye; 15, SketchJane; 61, Going GirlyLiza; 138, Lots of LayersLouise; 61, Going GirlyRachel; 64, Four Legged & FurrySari; 19, Alter SomethingShanna; 9, Spots & DotsShelly; 64, Four Legged and Furry
A Few things to remember!
Please leave a link to your blog post and not just your blog!
Make sure that 'Cupcake Crafts' are linked in your post... if you don't mention us in your posting you will not be eligible for any prize(s) offered by our sponsors!
Please only link to new entries - it isn't fair to backlink to older posts!

Cupcake... The First 150!

Hello Cupcakes

With our Pick Your Favourite from the last 150 Challenge coming up, I thought I'd draw up a list of all the Challenges available. There aren't 149 anymore as I can't find all the Challenge information (I could so see when you started Donna!) and I've removed duplicates.

I will add this information as a post to Cupcake on the Sunday evening before this Challenge goes live and then link to it in the actual post.

1. Flowers
2. Make an ATC
3. Sketch

4. Sketch

5. Sketch

6. Turn Up The Heat: Use a technique involving heat or hot colours
7. Sketch

8. There's A Hole In My Bucket: Aperture card, shaker card
9. Spots and Dots
10. Sketch

11. Vintage

12. Sketch

13. Inspiration From Home: Use your home, or something in it as inspiration
14. Sketch

15. Sketch

16. Recipe: 3 Papers, 2 Embellishments, 1 Ribbon
17. Colour Combo:

18. Make a Scene
19. Alter Something
20. Sketch

21. Spring
22. Brown Plus One
23. Monsters
24. Sketch

25. Fancy Folds
26. One Layer Card
27. Sketch

28. Recipe: Use five different embellies
29. Numbers: Include a number on your project
30. Sketch

31. Recipe: 2 colours, (plus a neutral) 2 shapes and 2 ribbons
32. Fairies
33. Colour Combo:

34. Fathers Day
35. Sketch

36. Summer
37. Black and White
38. Blossoms and Butterflies
39. Christmas
40. Green, Pink, Brown, Animals and Flowers
41. Beaches
42. Sketch and Colour Combo: Blue and brown

43. Something Sweet
44. Shaped Card
45. Recipe: 3 Buttons, 2 Papers and 1 Ribbon
46. Red, White and Blue
47. Pearls and Swirls
48. Distressing
49. Cute as a Bug
50. Thanks a Bunch
51. Buttons and Stitching
52. Sketch

53. Sketch

54. Snow Much Fun
55. Gift Card Holder
56. Red and Green
57. Sing a Christmas Carol
58. 5 x 5 Birthday Card
59. Time for Celebration: Any celebration
60. Baby Card
61. Going Girly
62. Sketch

63. Matching Set: Card and tag, card and gift bag
64. Four Legged and Furry
65. Red and White All Over
66. Keep It Simple
67. Friends: Include friends or friendship
68. Round and Round: Lots of circles
69. Flower Power
70. Going Green
71. Make Your Own Flowers
72. Childhood Memories
73. Don't Be Square
74. Recipe: 3 Papers, 3 Ribbons and 3 Flowers
75. Buttons
76. Blooming Charming: Blooms and charms
77. Black, Grey, Plus One
78. Summer Delights
79. Dazzle Us: Add some sparkle
80. One For The Boys
81. Strawberries and Cream
82. Sketch

98. World Cup Wonders
99. Acetate
100. Cats and Dogs
101. Pastel Christmas
102. Distressing
103. Lace
104. Recipe: Two Papers, 2 Ribbons, 2 Flowers
105. Blue and Green
106. Let's Get Digital
108. Sketch

109. Transport
110. Pink and Brown
111. Happy Hour: Something to do with drinks
112. Scary Creatures
113. Boys and Their Toys
115. Thank You with Autumnal Colours
116. Sketch

117. Housewarming

118. Fairytales or Panto Season
119. Light it Up: Include candles
120. Little Red Robin
121. Non Traditional Christmas
122. Thank You
123. White is White
124. Something New: new stash, new home, new baby, new job
125. Dum, Dum, De, Dum: Weddings
127. Old Macdonald Had A Farm
128. Seeing Red
129. I ♥ You: To include a heart
130. Cake 'n' Icecream
131. Anything But Square
132. Pink Polka Dots
133. Up In The Air with Optional Green
134. Monochromatic
135. Flowers For Mum
136. Comedy Rocks
137. Doctors and Nurses
138. Lots of Layers
139. Fluffie Bunnies: To include fluff, fibres, texture, bunnies are optional
140. Something Beginning With C
141. Gingham and Roses
142. In the Garden
143. Bookworm
144. Zesty Colour Combo;

145. Things with Tails
146. Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy
147. Sketch

148. Cooking Up A Storm
149. Single Layer Card