It's Party Time! And there are cupcakes!
It’s 6pm here so it’s time to get the party started! Shall we put on a little party music? That’s better!
The party schedule is pretty simple: even numbered hours have challenges and themes and the chance to win prizes. Some odd numbered hours have a little post about something I find inspiring — no challenges for those, just something to keep you creative! Those inspiration posts start tomorrow though! Tonight there are challenges at 6, 8 and 10 — so I’m devoting this Friday night to three of my very favourite motifs! Starting with…cupcakes!
I love to bake cupcakes even though I don’t get to make them quite as often lately. Turns out it helps to have a captive audience when you bake something that often has two dozen servings!
Plus I do tend to like going overboard. Like how we had more than three cupcakes per guest at our wedding. That was just a perfect amount in my mind! My friend Jackie makes amazing cakes (and teaches cake workshops here) and she made every single cupcake and even made them with our favourite recipes to make them extra perfect. Perhaps I shall tell you more cupcake stories over the weekend!
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So your very first challenge is to create something – anything – cupcake related! Make a card, a layout, go bake a dozen cute cakes! Then take a picture, post it online in a gallery or on your blog and leave a comment here with a link.
One project will be randomly chosen to win a prize package filled with cupcake themed scrapbook supplies.
You can enter until 6am UK time on Monday 19th April.
And if you’re a shimelle.com member (you’ve taken a class!) then hop over to the forum for a place to chat!
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16 April 2010, 14:11
Whoo hoo, let the party begin! So looking forward to this.
16 April 2010, 14:12
Loved this challenge and just finished my layout. It’s here:
http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=209166&ppuser=2632
16 April 2010, 14:40
Love cupcakes. Off now to pull out cupcake stash and make a big mess.
16 April 2010, 14:50
I absolutely adore that cupcake paper ~ so so pretty!!
16 April 2010, 15:06
i’ve done mine…but i’ll photograph in the morning…i’ve actually made a cupcake…out of felt!!
16 April 2010, 15:21
I don’t know what I have dealing with “cupcakes” but I’m about to find out.
16 April 2010, 15:28
This is a divider for an altered lunch tin I am making for my sister as a recipe box …. I wonder how many other dividers I can make this weekend!
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16 April 2010, 15:29
I have made my cupcake page – it is HERE
http://dollysdreamings.typepad.com/dollys_dreamings/2010/04/the-elusive-hunt.html
at the end of the post
16 April 2010, 15:47
Yay Shimelle! So glad it is finally here. Here is a link to the cupcake card I made. I’d love to win this prize!
http://meghannslittlecorner.blogspot.com/2010/04/its-crop-party.html
16 April 2010, 15:48
ok I am trying this again :) ……. this is my divider ….. all cupcake ish!!
http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=209168&cat=500
16 April 2010, 15:54
Here – we go:
a cupcake-birthday card!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kat78/4526536592/
16 April 2010, 17:01
3 cupcakes p/p is exactly perfect!
16 April 2010, 17:08
Hey, I’m loving the inspiration, think I will get more crafting done this weekend than in the last month :-)
I’ve made a cupcake card, here it is:
http://jennifersjumbles.blogspot.com/2010/04/cupcake-cravings.html
16 April 2010, 17:52
I’ve made cupcakes but I’m not pro at it ^^
http://www.flickr.com/photos/starvomiter/4508487206/
( it’s one for my sister :—D )
16 April 2010, 18:43
Just a little cupcake gift card.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ppilgrim/4526358431/
16 April 2010, 19:35
Here is my cupcake recipe!
http://sunlight-simplicity.blogspot.com/2010/04/smore-cupcakes-anyone.html
16 April 2010, 22:03
some cupcake birthday cards (boy, I’m hungry for some cupcakes now!)
http://vegetablog.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/cupcake-birthday-cards/
16 April 2010, 22:24
well lets see its 3.30am and I finally did the 1st page! Looks like I won’t get much done this weekend :O)
http://wendy-technophobicnotme.blogspot.com/2010/04/on-line-crop-weekend.html
17 April 2010, 00:23
I love Crumbs, just wish it was closer to me. CUTE layout, I love everything cupcakes.
17 April 2010, 03:36
Hiya – I uploaded to forum last night at midnight but forgot here…anyway here’s my blog link: http://galwaygirl-scrapping.blogspot.com/2010/04/finally-some-cropping.html
17 April 2010, 04:06
Better late than never. Heres my cupcake challenge.
http://urbanblog-tianne.blogspot.com/2010/04/friday-6pm-challenge.html
17 April 2010, 04:55
I absolutely love the cup cake LO.
17 April 2010, 05:50
I am on Weight Watchers so as much as I would love to eat cup cakes, I MUST NOT!!! Here is my layout:
http://minty-magic.blogspot.com/2010/04/shimelle-cyber-crop.html
17 April 2010, 07:02
Here’s my cupcake LO – thanks for the challenge
http://beautifullilysramblings.blogspot.com/2010/04/shimelles-weekend-party.html
17 April 2010, 07:04
hopefully this will load :),my cupcake LO
http://www.flickr.com/mail/72157623749706017
17 April 2010, 07:08
This was such fun! :-) I’ve made a cupcake layout which you can see here: http://ispeakmelsh.blogspot.com/2010/04/party-on.html
17 April 2010, 07:08
Oops loaded the wrong link :$,
this time??http://www.flickr.com/photos/49388137@N03/???
17 April 2010, 08:37
Have completed my first LO of the weekend the wonderful cupcake challenge.
http://kittyscrapper-nancy.blogspot.com
17 April 2010, 08:59
We love baking in our house, so a page about cakes was no problem at all!…
http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=209184&cat=500
17 April 2010, 08:59
Here is my cupcake card
http://handmadebykirsty.blogspot.com/
17 April 2010, 09:33
This is my cupcake challenge entry.
With a twist – cupcake range of papers from Basic Grey!
There are some pictures of previous cupcake bakes and hoping to make some tomorrow if I have time, so maybe a 2nd entry!
17 April 2010, 09:46
Hope this works! Here’s my cupcake card. http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarymary555/4527657471/
17 April 2010, 10:44
I dont like cupcakes, but I do like ginger cake!
http://occasionalscrapper.blogspot.com/2010/04/6pm-friday-cupcake-challenge.html
17 April 2010, 10:48
My first entry for the weekend’s challenges. Had fun with this one!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47427643@N06/4527767499/
17 April 2010, 11:13
Finally, here is mine! Yesterday the light was too bad to take some pics of it: http://dapfnie.blog.de/2010/04/17/it-s-party-time-and-there-are-cupcakes-8390369/
17 April 2010, 11:44
Here’s mine, pretty simple I’m afraid.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21446162@N02/4527914089/
17 April 2010, 12:30
My Daughter Freya who is 6 has made a cupcake card. she would like to enter if she can
Find her card on my blog
17 April 2010, 12:38
The boys thought I really needed to actually bake cakes for this one, so I did. They are here
17 April 2010, 12:44
I made a cupcake card for my granddaughters birthday using very old scraps and twistel from years ago. http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=209200&cat=501
17 April 2010, 14:34
I couldn’t believe that I didn’t have any cupcake paper when I looked! But here’s my LO using cupcake fabric.
17 April 2010, 14:59
Well its only taken me 24 hours to upload this card – though to be fair i didnt finish it till lunchtime lol! I love the cupcake layouts you’ve shown us shimelle.
17 April 2010, 15:00
and perhaps you would like the link too lol!
http://cherrys-musings.blogspot.com/2010/04/blog-post.html
17 April 2010, 15:04
It might help if I put a clickable link to my ginger cake “:http://occasionalscrapper.blogspot.com/2010/04/6pm-friday-cupcake-challenge.html”
17 April 2010, 16:01
I took these photos this week and it appears I was just in time!
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/gallery/member/377524-norcha/1616833-cupcake-love/?c=t
17 April 2010, 17:45
Just a quick little card from me:
http://happyhazelg.blogspot.com/
17 April 2010, 21:05
Cupcakes! Here you go with a cupcake shaped layout!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39977594@N00/4529219079/
18 April 2010, 03:32
have made a card here
http://nannyjanes.blogspot.com/2010/04/cupcake-card.html
18 April 2010, 05:38
Here is my cupcake LO.
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/gallery/member/462296-christinec61/1616971-delicious-cupcakes/
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18 April 2010, 07:31
hey hun, here is my first page for the cupcakes, cute idea http://rewardingmemories.blogspot.com/2010/04/shimelles-cyber-crop.html hun, here is my first page for the cupcakes, cute idea
http://rewardingmemories.blogspot.com/2010/04/shimelles-cyber-crop.html
18 April 2010, 07:41
I’ve done a cupcake page here:http://fromhighinthesky.blogspot.com/2010/04/shimelles-crop-party.html
18 April 2010, 08:22
I haven’t scrapped cupcakes before. But this was so much fun (and quite cute) I’m sure I will be doing more of it in the future. http://onescrappydoctor.blogspot.com/2010/04/cybercrop-weekend.html
18 April 2010, 09:42
Here is my cupcake keyring!
18 April 2010, 09:54
My cupcake challenge is a bday card for my 93 yr old friend and it is posted in the gallery
18 April 2010, 12:49
oooh yes…i love a cupcake too…but i’m on a diet…so here is a version i can still have! lol
18 April 2010, 15:59
Here’s mine:
http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=209270&cat=500
18 April 2010, 16:25
Great encouragement to use this paper I love, but have been waiting to find a place for: http://tinyurl.com/y3b3tks
18 April 2010, 16:27
My cupcakes-page is here
18 April 2010, 16:39
Here is mine, a little hard to find some pictures
http://madelineas-itiswhatitis.blogspot.com/2010/04/shimelles-cup-cake-challenge.html
18 April 2010, 18:42
Here’s mine – thanks for the challenge. http://fishbowl.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/04/weekend-cropping.html
18 April 2010, 18:52
Here is my take on this challenge:
You are my special cupcake
18 April 2010, 19:16
Dear me… My first real attempt at baking cupcakes... They don’t look too nice but they taste good :)
19 April 2010, 07:59
I’ve made 3 cupcake cards :)
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30624118&id=1362819422#!/photo.php?pid=30624122&id=1362819422&fbid=1259599814434
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30624118&id=1362819422#!/photo.php?pid=30624123&id=1362819422&fbid=1259599854435
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30624118&id=1362819422#!/photo.php?pid=30624124&id=1362819422&fbid=1259599894436
Hope you like :)