Cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes
Hands up everyone who loves cupcakes!
I have both hands up...waving... I love cupcakes, making them, eating them and crafting with them.
Today I'm sharing a couple of card projects using the Maya Road cupcakes stamp set. Included this set is half a dozen baked delights in a tin with a few little extras thrown in. Yum!
On my LOVE card below, I have used the resist stamping technique. Instead of using ink I have used Maya Road's Maya Mists to highlight the stamped design.
Supplies:
- Maya Road cupcakes stamp set
- Maya Road Maya Mist (pink)
- Maya Road Pink Vintage Sequins edging
- cardstock
- clear ink
- clear embossing powder
- paper, scalloped edging and 'love' die cut tag
- scalloped circle punches
Instructions:
Step 1: Mount the stamp onto a clear acrylic block. I am using a clear ink pad for this technique.
Step 2: Load the stamp with the VersaMark ink.
Press inked stamp onto paper.
Step 3: Sprinkle stamped image with clear embossing powder and shake excess powder from the cardstock.
Step 4: You can see here where the embossing powder has stuck to the ink. Apply heat using your heat gun until the embossing powder has a glossy look.
The clear glossy embossed image is quite hard to photograph, but hopefully you can just see the effect in the image below:
Step 5: Punch the cupcake image from the cardstock sheet. Spritz the Maya Mist over the image.
You may need to spritz a few times to acheive the colour coverage you would like:
Step 6: Lightly blot the image to remove any excess mist, and to lift the mist colour from the embossed sections of the image.
Step 7: Prepare the card base, add embellishments and then mount the cupcake image with foam adhesive to finish the card.
Here's a close up of the stamped cupcake image:
My second card, CUPCAKE SAMPLER card (below), was inspired by my love of sewing/patchwork. I wanted to include a few of the cupcake images on one card.
Instruction:
Step 1: I have stamped the cupcake images onto white cardstock with black pigment ink, covered the images with clear embossing powder and set with my heat gun.
Step 2: Each image has been coloured with water colours (I use water colour pencils).
Step 3: Cut each image with a square scalloped punch and mounted them onto a card base.
Step 4: Sew lines of running stitch around the images with black embroidery thread.
Here are some close up images of the delicious cupcakes included in the Maya Road cupcakes stamps set.
I hope you have a great week, and find some time for a little baking creating.
Cheers
Fiona xx
Wow this is a really cool stamp set and I really Love the different cards that you showed as. Thanks for the Great Product and showing us Great Ideas to use them for. Thanks, Jayne
Posted by: Jayne | January 11, 2009 at 09:48 PM
Love this, Fiona! Your resist with the mist is so clever and your stitching is just perfect.
Posted by: Jenn E. | January 12, 2009 at 05:38 AM
Adorable cards!
Posted by: Cathy K. | January 12, 2009 at 07:47 AM
I Love the cupcake stamps and your sewing is perfectly straight! How did U do that?
Posted by: Denise Simms | January 12, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Fiona, this is an excellent project. I have never tried "Resist" - thought about it but now i have no excuse not to try it with your awesome instructions!
Posted by: caroline | January 12, 2009 at 01:20 PM
awesome! course now I'm craving cupcakes!!!
Posted by: slammie | January 12, 2009 at 01:57 PM
Those cards are awesome!
Posted by: Erika M | January 12, 2009 at 02:21 PM
Fabulous Fiona!!!!! We'll have to get together for cupcakes soon :)
Posted by: Rachel | January 12, 2009 at 03:49 PM
Fiona thanks for the tutorial!! I definitely have to try resist stamping now, *ahem* especially since I have all the materials I need. lol!
Posted by: Lia | January 12, 2009 at 06:23 PM
Soooo cute!!
Posted by: mica | January 12, 2009 at 06:48 PM
Oh Fiona -- Those cards are just YUMMY! Thanks for the inspiration. I think I see some cupcake stamps in my future !
Posted by: Debbie O'Neal | January 12, 2009 at 08:50 PM
the cupcakes are adorable!
Posted by: Dianne Yamada | January 12, 2009 at 09:48 PM
How cute these are! I love the cards and the stamps! wahoo!!!!
Posted by: Theresa Grdina | January 13, 2009 at 04:49 AM
Thank you for the details instructions. With great instructions and PICTURES, I always try the techniques on my projects.
Gracias
Posted by: Ava G | January 13, 2009 at 05:21 AM
So cute!! Thank you for the ideas/instructions! I have a cupcake stamp and it would seem to be really easy to come up with ideas for its use, but for some reason I go blank! I appreciate the ideas!!!
Posted by: Kris | January 13, 2009 at 05:46 AM
love those stamps!!! yummmy!
Posted by: Deb L | January 13, 2009 at 10:35 AM
I love these cupcakes!!
Posted by: Debbie Fisher | January 14, 2009 at 06:11 AM
Great stamps! love the instuctions! LOve'm cupcakes!!!
Posted by: Donna Swift | March 13, 2009 at 08:35 PM