Hello friends. I’ve dipped back into Clarity’s Craft Club today, heading to 2018 and this fabulous cherry cupcake stamp for a rather scrumptious birthday card. Once again, I’ve woven a few challenges into this one, starting with the red & white palette from Color Hues (neutrals are allowed) and the layout from Freshly Made Sketches. Seize the Birthday‘s theme is food or drink and as it’s been a while since this stamp saw the light of day (February 2022 in fact) I’m also heading over to Neglected Stuff with it.
So, here’s my process. I stamped the cupcake onto a piece of scrap card, shaded it with Pergaliner pencils and fussy cut it.
Next was to sort out the background. I used half of a 5×5 card blank (from a previous failed project!), lined up one of the circles from the A4 aperture mat stencil, laid the ‘frayed lines’ stencil from last month’s craft club over it and brushed ‘pumice stone’ Distress Oxide through them. I repositioned the circle stencil over the two corners to add more of the ‘pumice stone’ then added a couple of the Birthday Rub On sentiments.
I added a highlight to the cherry with a fine white Posca pen, then went over it with a WOW embossing pen and heat embossed it with clear powder for a lovely gloss. (I had intended to do that with Glossy Accents but, it’s so long since I used it, the nozzle was completely blocked & I couldn’t shift it!) I ran over the icing with the WOW pen as well and embossed that with clear sparkle powder. Finally, I ran a black Sharpie around the card edges, attached it to a 6×6 card blank and popped the cupcake in place mounted on a bit of scrap card.
Here’s a close up of that glossy cherry and sparkly frosting to tempt you further!
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This is so creative, Deborah. Love the way you stenciled the three circles to go with the sketch. Of course the cupcake looks scrumptious too. Thanks for playing at Color Hues.
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Thanks so much Nancy x
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I agree on how creative this is. Your stencil use is amazing and the cupcake is the icing, so to speak.
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Thanks so much Johanna x
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Love the way you used the circle stencil to frame the cake – and wow that looks tempting! Could absolutely eat that even at 7.30 in the morning! 🤣
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Oh, it’s never too early for cake!!
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Yum – delightful card with a sweet pop of red! Glad you joined us at FMS!
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So very yummy! Love your layout with the pops of red color in there!
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thanks Vicki x
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Deborah, absolutely stunning how you used circles and patterns to make the perfect frames for both your sentiments and your yummy cupcake! Thank you so much for sharing with us at the Color Hues!
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So creative and fun! Thanks for joining our The Neglected Stuff challenge!
Diane TNS Co-Owner
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Yummy! I love the repetition of circles, the shine and the sparkles. Very fun birthday card indeed. Thanks so much for playing with us at Seize the Birthday!
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Super cute! Love the cupcake!
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thanks!
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This is a very fun birthday card, Deborah! That cupcake definitely deserved to be used again, it’s a cute design and looks fabulous in red and white. Brilliant way to use the sketch too. Thank you so much for joining in over at Color Hues!
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I love your clean and crisp design. You pulled together some very classy design elements and wonderful colours. Thanks for playing along with my topping at Seize the Birthday.
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