Heart's Delight Cards: Cupcake Cutouts

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Sunday, May 20, 2018

The Stamp Review Crew - Sweet Cupcake

https://stampreviewcrew.blogspot.com/2018/05/sweet-cupcake.html

The Stamp Review Crew is a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world who hope to inspire creativity by focusing on a single stamp set each month. It's fun to see how many different looks you can get from each set! The Crew's spotlight this time is on Sweet Cupcake which, alas, is retiring at the end of this month. If you started at the beginning, hang in there - I'm the last stop after Stesha over at Stampin' Hoot. If you started here with me, then just follow the links to take the whole tour. There are nine of us on this hop, so there's bound to be some "yummy" ideas!

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I've made lots of sweet cupcakes with pink frosting swirls, but I thought a masculine-looking double Z-fold card would be something different, so this is what I came up with! And who doesn't love a cupcake with a generous swirl of chocolate frosting?

It looks rather plain on the front, but when you open it, there's a surprise inside!

I used some retired Crushed Curry Stampin' Emboss Powder for the "Make A" so that it would coordinate with the Crushed Curry cardstock "Wish." I think it turned out kind of cute, with the candle appearing behind the cupcake when you open it!

Just a reminder: Chocolate Chip is one of the colors retiring the end of the month, as are the True Gentleman DSP and Cupcake Cutouts Framelits Dies. Get 'em while you can!

Now hop on over to see what Dawn, at Tiddbits from Dawn, has in store for you.

https://stampinhoot.com/2018/05/sweet-cupcake-stamp-review-crew/

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Monday, August 22, 2016

Birthday Cupcake

After posting for eighteen days in a row, I decided to take the weekend off (didja miss me?). I don't know how those wonder-woman bloggers do it....not only being insanely creative, but having time to take photos, edit photos, and write blog posts every. single. day. I bow down to their superior powers!

I did spend much of the weekend being creative, though. I had a boat load of thank you cards to make, and there are a few birthdays looming on the horizon, as well. This is one of the cards we made in the Second Saturday Stampers Club. It was pushed back to this past Saturday, due to Pumpkin needing an emergency trip to the vet. He's okay now, but he scared the carp out of me, the little Punk.

Anyhoo, I've been having a blast with Double Z Fold cards lately, and this birthday card is one of them. When you open the card, the candle appears behind the cupcake.

Here's the "How To"
Cupcake & candle: Whisper White scrap 2-1/2" x 4"
DSP: Neutrals DSP Stack 2-1/4" x 3-3/4" and 3-3/4" x 5"
Mat: Whisper White 2-1/2" x 4" and 4" x 5-1/4"
Bottom Z band: Crumb Cake 1-1/2" x 11" (scored and folded at 2-3/4" and 5-1/2") and Whisper White 1-1/4" x 5-1/4"
Card base: Crumb Cake 4-1/4" x 11" (scored and folded at 2-3/4" and 5-1/2")

Fold card base into Z shape. Adhere Whisper White mats and DSP as shown in photo above.
Fold Z band and adhere Whisper White panel as shown. Turn Z band opposite of card base and adhere to card base about 3/8" from bottom.
Stamp greeting in Early Espresso toward left side of band.
Stamp cupcake (#1 Watermelon Wonder, #2 Peekaboo Peach, #3 Daffodil Delight), frosting (#1 Chocolate Chip, #2 Chocolate Chip stamped off once, #3 Crumb Cake), and candle (#1 Crushed Curry, #2 Daffodil Delight) on Whisper White scrap and die-cut using Cupcake Cutouts Framelits. Coat frosting with Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush.
Adhere cupcake to right of greeting. Attach bottom edge of frosting to cupcake with Stampin' Dimensionals (cut in half). Glue candle inside card so it shows behind cupcake when card is fully open.

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Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Happy Birthday, Cupcake

I finally had a chance to play with the Sweet Cupcake bundle and, oh my, it's a lot of fun! It's three-step stamping and the photopolymer stamps make it easy to line things up. (I have plans for using the icing "squiggle" that comes in the coordinating Cupcake Cutouts Framelits dies on some Christmas cards, but I'll share that another day....let's just say the Holiday catalog is full of sweet surprises!)

The background was done with the watercolor "smoosh" technique. You take an acrylic block, tap the ink colors you want to use on it (Pool Party, and Bermuda Bay used here), then lightly spritz it with water and smoosh it onto your watercolor paper. While it's still wet you can move the ink around if you want. I blew some of the drops around, then used the Heat Tool on low to dry it. It's really a fun technique, and no two will look alike. Makes for fabulous one-of-a-kind cards!

Here's the "How To"
Watercolor Paper 3" x 4-1/4"
Bermuda Bay 1-3/8" x 5-1/4"
DSP 4" x 5-1/4" (I used retired It's My Party; you can sub any Mint Macaron DSP)
Whisper White scrap for stamping cupcake and frosting
Card base Whisper White Thick 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored and folded at 4-1/4"

Stamp #1 frosting with Watermelon Wonder. Stamp #2 frosting with Flirty Flamingo. Stamp #3 frosting with Flirty Flamingo, stamped off once. Die cut and set aside.
Stamp #1 cupcake with Watermelon Wonder, #2 with Peekaboo Peach, and #3 with Daffodil Delight. Die cut and set aside.
Tap Pool Party and Bermuda Bay ink pads on acrylic block, mist lightly with water-filled spritzer and press onto watercolor paper. Set aside to dry, or use Heat Tool to speed things along. Stamp greeting at top.
Adhere Bermuda Bay strip to DSP, and watercolor paper on top. Wrap gold ribbon around; fastening ends to back. Tie a bow and attach with Glue Dot.
Adhere DSP to card base. Make several loops of gold thread and attach with Glue Dot.
Use Stampin' Dimensionals to Attach cupcake and frosting, and add some shimmer to the frosting with Clear Wink of Stella.

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