Cupcake Love

Hm, Cupcake Inspiration #537 wants us to think Valentine's Hearts this week!  Gladly!
I thought I'd be done with Valentine's by now, but alas, there's still a couple MORE challenges I want to hit besides this one, lol.  For today's inspiration, I started looking at the picture itself like kind of like a sketch - my attention was really caught by that pink background, the combo of pinks, and the various patterns - stripes AND dots.  I figured I'd just pop all that in the blender and see what happened, and this is the result!  I did a little torn-edge DSP for my background, and pulled out my Stitched Be Mine dies again for the cute heart, which I also embossed.  For a little "pink relief" I heat-embossed the sentiment on black - I should do that more often!
Sweet Conversations Stamp Set; Polished Pink DSP; Basic White, Polished Pink, Melon Mambo & Basic Black CS; Versamark Ink; White EP; Stitched Be Mine (retired) & Sweet Hearts Dies; Basic Polka Dots EF (retired); Rhinestone Basic Jewels; #CIC537.

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