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Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Donut Delight

15 Feb

This is my second post today…if you’re looking for Christmas Card Challenges please scroll down or click HERE!

Curtain Call Challenge guest designer www.allthesparkle.comIt’s time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge and I’m super excited to be their guest designer for this challenge!!

donut delight (1)

photo source: www.howsweeteats.com

The LEAD of Donut Delight will be invited as a Guest Designer in our next challenge!

When I saw the inspiration photo I’ll admit that I was stumped for a day or two…donuts are super trendy right now (not just in the crafting world!) and I really wanted to look more at the colors and various patterns of the donut toppings for inspiration rather than just doing a donut-themed card.  Ha…but after staring at sprinkles and frosting I gave in and decided to just DO donuts!  I may or may not have taken a trip over to Naughty Girls Donut Shop for additional donut “inspiration”…

Unfortunately I don’t own any of the cute donut themed dies or stamps at the moment so I found a donut cut file in the Silhouette library and used that for my die.  I knew I wanted to make one of the donuts into a shaker so I cut one large donut and several smaller ones.

Curtain Call Challenge Donuts www.allthesparkle.com

For the large donut I was very inspired by the look of the donut in the bottom row, center column!  I created a shaker card and filled it with Pretty Pink Posh sequins and Martha Stewart coarse glitter.  I also glued a few sequins scattered around the “frosting” so that when the card was being held all the sequins wouldn’t fall to the bottom.

The next donut I created was the chocolate sprinkle donut.  I cut and glued small strips of pink papers to create the sprinkles.  It’s not very obvious in the photo but I also applied glossy accents to the strips so they’d stand out a little more.

The third donut is the strawberry frosted donut with the vanilla glaze…(I’m REALLY craving donuts now…)!  The glaze was created with the Irresistible Pico Embellisher in Wedding Dress.  I also sprinkled some coarse glitter onto the glaze while it was wet.  The embellisher creates a raised effect which looked surprisingly realistic when it dried!

The final donut on the card is meant to be a cookies and cream/Oreo topped sort of donut.  It’s also a shaker and it’s filled with fine white glitter and just a pinch of brown glitter.  Before sealing the shaker I also tried to create a little texture in the chocolate frosting with copic markers but it didn’t really show up under all of the glitter.

To assemble the card, I cut and scored a top-folding card and then ran the card front through my big shot with the Cuttlebug Candy Cane Stripe embossing folder.  I adhered the large donut with my Tombow stamp runner and then adhered the smaller donuts with foam mounting tape for a little extra dimension!

I created the sentiment by stamping part of the sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Ice Cream Dream set (it was part of the 2014 August card kit) but I used Jessie’s ABCs from Lawn Fawn to spell out the word ‘donuts’ instead!  I stamped it on vellum with Versafine Onyx Black and heat embossed it with Hero Arts clear embossing powder.  I matted it on Simon Says Stamp Doll Pink card stock and then adhered it to the card with foam mounting tape!

Finally it was photo-taking time…I really struggled to get a photo for this card and I finally came up with a trick for photographing shaker cards.  I hate that the sequins always fall to the bottom of the card but I also don’t always like just taking a photo of the card flat on the table.  So here’s my cheat!

Photographing shaker cards www.allthesparkle.com

My makeshift photo set-up is actually tilted so that the kraft backdrop is actually horizontal and the polka dotted paper is vertical and my card is held up by a water bottle.  This allows the sequins to stay across the entire card while still giving the depth and dimension of the backgrounds.  That exact set-up yielded the first photo in this post!  The idea still needs a little tweaking but I really like the way the photo turned out!  You can see the comparison below of photographing the shaker card flat (left) versus the “waterbottle raised” card (right)…I know, I know…very technical name!  I couldn’t get the lighting right so the card on the left is bad for several reasons but I feel like the card on the right has more depth, interest, and looks more realistic.  So yeah, that’s my very off-topic, totally basic photography tip of the day!

Photo comparison www.allthesparkle.com

It was a lot of fun creating paper donuts (I actually made three others that just wouldn’t fit on the card) and I look forward to seeing how everyone else will interpret the challenge!  Thanks again to the Curtain Call Design Team for having me and if you’re visiting my blog for the first time, thanks for stopping by!!

Make sure you visit each of the designers’ blogs for more inspiration!

Donut Delight Designers

  • Guest Designer, Jessica Frost-Ballas
  • Amy Kolling
  • Amy Sheffer
  • Amy Tsuruta
  • Gayatri Murali
  • Kim Singdahlsen
  • Laurie Willison
  • Lisa Henke
  • Marisa Ritzen
  • Maureen Plut
  • Monika Davis
  • Sarah Gough
  • Sheri Gilson
  • Stacey Schafer
  • Tenia Nelson
  • Tracey McNeely

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Stop by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge:  Donut Delight for the challenge details and to play along with us!

I am also entering this card in the following challenges: Virginia’s View Challenge #12: Shaker Cards, Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Red and Pink, Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge: So Sparkly!, and 7 Kids Challenge Blog: Sweet Treats!

Supplies:

Strathmore 50-Sheets Laser Translucent Vellum, 8.5 x 11 Inches (598540)
*EK Success POWDER TOOL Applicator EKT001
*VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad Pigment
*Hero Arts EMBOSS ULTRA FINE CLEAR EMBOSSING POWDER PW111
*Cuttlebug a2 Embossing Folder CANDY CANE STRIPE 37-1929 Christmas
*Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Powder Blue & Teal 657900
Stickles Dry Fine Glitter .75oz Diamond
Stickles Dry Fine Glitter .75oz Cinnamon
Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, 4mm Cupped, Marigold
Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, 4mm Cupped, Marshmallow
Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, 4mm Cupped, Lemon Drop
Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, 4mm Cupped, Pink Blush
Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, 4mm Cupped, Pink Peonies
Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, 4mm Cupped, Raspberry
*Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# COTTON CANDY CC16
*Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# DOLL PINK DP17
*Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# DARK CHOCOLATE DC7
*Neenah Environment ***100 LB*** SMOOTH DESERT STORM Paper Pack 25 Sheets
*Neenah Classic Crest **110 LB** SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets
*Silhouette CAMEO Digital Cutting Machine
Simon Says Clear Stamps ICE CREAM DREAM sss101435
jessie’s ABCs
Tsukineko Irresistibles WEDDING DRESS PICO EMBELLISHER 1 Fluid Ounce IW000910
*Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Dimensional Adhesive
Martha Stewart Coarse Glitter, Crystal, 4.58 Ounces
Tombow USA – Crafts 62143 The Craft Collection Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive Glue Tape Value Pack
3M Scotch 1/2-Inch by 36-Yard Double-Sided Foam Tape
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Categories:
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Tags:
curtain call challenge, lawn fawn, pretty pink posh, shaker, silhouette cameo, simon says stamp

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Comments

  1. ~amy~ says

    February 15, 2015 at 9:08 am

    LOVE your fun donut card! The colors are awesome and thanks for the photog tip!
    Great having you as a guestie at Curtain Call!

    Reply
    • jessica frost-ballas says

      February 15, 2015 at 12:00 pm

      Thanks Amy!

      Reply
  2. Carol S says

    February 15, 2015 at 10:07 am

    Great shaker card Jess and congrats on the guest DT spot! Loved the photography tip too.
    Hugs
    Carol x

    Reply
    • jessica frost-ballas says

      February 15, 2015 at 12:00 pm

      Thanks Carol!! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Joleen says

    February 15, 2015 at 11:52 am

    I just found your blog today for the curtain challenge and I wanted to tell you how much I totally love your blog site!! I love everything about it! Wow, you are an INCREDIBLE artist! You definitely will become one of my favorite sites for sure!! Thank you so much for sharing your amazing talent with us all!!

    Reply
    • jessica frost-ballas says

      February 15, 2015 at 12:01 pm

      Aww, THANK YOU Joleen! Thanks for visiting!!

      Reply
  4. Marisa says

    February 15, 2015 at 1:50 pm

    Great donut card. Love the added shaker. Glad to have you as a guestie 🙂

    Reply
  5. Monika/buzsy says

    February 15, 2015 at 2:06 pm

    What a yummy card Jessica. Love those donuts, especially the shaker! The sequins look wonderful. What a great take on the photo. Congratulations on being our GD.

    Reply
  6. Tenia Nelson says

    February 15, 2015 at 8:01 pm

    I LOVE this!!!!

    Reply
  7. Andrea Ockey Parr says

    February 16, 2015 at 10:12 am

    This has got to be one of the most clever cards I’ve seen in a long time! I would’ve never thought in a million years to make a shaker card from donuts! That is nothing short of BRILLIANT! I also really love the variety of donuts you made and how detailed the topping is on each one. I really appreciated your descriptions of your creative process, too. I like the clean look of your sentiment and the whole thing made me smile…and made me hungry! Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece with us here at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog!

    Reply
    • jessica frost-ballas says

      February 17, 2015 at 11:58 pm

      Thanks Andrea! I REALLY appreciate your kind comments! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Lisa henke says

    February 16, 2015 at 10:37 am

    sooo awesome! love shaker cards and LOVE your colors and the pretty sequins. great job. thanks for hanging with us at curtain call this go round!

    Reply
  9. Chelsey says

    February 17, 2015 at 10:39 am

    Hi Jessica!

    This card is a gem, everything about it is YUMMY!! Great color and sequin selections for the shaker!
    Also, Very clever photography tip! You’re right, it does give a better sense of depth!

    Thanks for joining our challenge this week!

    ~Hugs~

    Chelsey
    Simon Says Stamp

    Reply
  10. Rubeena says

    February 17, 2015 at 8:45 pm

    Oh I see that you did link it 🙂 Loving it. Can’t wait to try something like this!

    Reply
    • jessica frost-ballas says

      February 17, 2015 at 11:57 pm

      Thanks Rubeena! Yeah…I went a little shaker crazy when I saw Virginia’s Challenge this month…I think I ended up making 5 or 6 of them!?! 😉

      Reply
  11. Virginia Lu says

    February 20, 2015 at 1:09 am

    If I can just eat the sequins…like Sprinkles, I would! YUM! GREAT design and execution, Jess! So glad that you join the fun over Virginia’s View “Shaker Cards” Challenge!

    Reply
  12. Colleen Holmes says

    February 24, 2015 at 1:02 pm

    This is the cutest card!! Love the donuts with sentiment! Thank you for joining us at http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.com! Good luck and hope to see you at the next challenge.

    Reply

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