Thursday, July 13, 2023

July 13, 2023 - Christmas Cupcakes - CLR059A

Happy Thursday, pals!  I hope you are having a great week!  Today, I am sharing another project that I created to celebrate Christmas in July!   I may have mentioned this before, but I am just obsessed with the Build-a-Cupcake collection!  I promise this will be my last cupcake card for a little while. 


I had a ton of fun creating this festive Memory Dex card.  I started by die-cutting my dex base three times:  once with a solid card stock for the back, and twice with two different patterned papers.   I cut both of the patterned pieces 1 1/2" from the bottom, and I adhered one piece of each pattern down to the base. 

I colored one of the Christmas Cupcakes with Copic Markers and used the coordinating Build-a-Cupcake Dies to die-cut it.   This coloring adventure was a bit different for me.  I didn't have a good "chocolate" color blend in my repertoire, so I did a little bit of digging and came up with one that required underpainting with a bold blue.  That was a bit terrifying, but I really love the rich chocolate color.  

I die-cut some festive greenery to make a backdrop for the cupcake and created a sentiment banner, which I adhered to the back before adding it to the front of the dex card. 

Lastly, I added a burlap ribbon to the front.  I don't have a clue what you call this sort of "bow that's not a bow."  I stapled the loops to keep them in place, and then I ran a strip of hot glue across the card to make sure that the ribbon stayed put. 


I love all the dimension of this project!  Make sure to head over to the shop and check out this incredible collection!  I have gotten so much mileage out of the coordinating stamp sets and dies.  

Thanks so much for spending a few minutes of your busy day with me! 

Xoxo,  Kim

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