Sweet Cupcake for The Paper Players

I'm working on planning some Make & Takes for my One Day Crop to Aid Refugees on May 27th, and I wanted something that wasn't too much trouble to prepare but something that looks pretty cool when completed to give the stamper a sense of achievement. I thought I would try something using Sweet Cupcake, which uses 3 step stamping for a newer technique for them to try. This one is not too difficult to achieve either, because it is easy to line up the three stamps for perfect placement. This works really well with the challenge at The Paper Players this week:

And I used the sketch from over at Freshly Made Sketches because it was perfect for the shape of the cupcake with the candle!

Here's a closer look:

• I really like the colour combo of Crumb Cake and Sweet Sugarplum. I don't think I've run across it yet, but it has a soft look to it. I used the striped design from the In Colour Designer Series Paper Stack. These will not be available in the next catalogue and I, for one, am really sad about that. It is so handy to have Designer Paper in every colour! Already the Brights, Subtles, Regals and Neutrals stacks have sold out, so only the In Colour Designer Series Paper Stacks are still left.
• I used a combination of Early Espresso, Crumb Cake and Sahara Sand for the cupcake paper with the 3 step stamping from the Sweet Cupcake stamp set. Remember it is easier to stamp the darkest colour first, because it makes it much easier to see to line up the other two. I used a combo of Sweet Sugarplum, Blushing Bride and Pink Pirouette for the icing, again stamping the most detailed stamp with Sweet Sugarplum first to make it easier to see and line up the other two lighter and less detailed layers.
• The candle is Sweet Sugarplum and Blushing Bride. It's only 2 steps. The flame is Crushed Curry and it's a single stamp.
• The sentiments usually come as a single sentiment in two lines, but I wanted to use the Classic Label Punch so I masked each line in turn and stamped each separately and punched them out separately.

I'm off to visit my youngest daughter and her family this weekend so I'm hoping that with all the rains and flooding, the roads will all be passable!  They've just moved to a new town and are living in a log house!

Have a great weekend!

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Product List

Sweet Cupcake Photopolymer Stamp Set [141498]	Sweet Cupcake Photopolymer Bundle [142232]	2016-2018 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack [141408]	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953]	Sweet Sugarplum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141418]
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad [141395]	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [131172]	Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin' Pad [126956]	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974]
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [126975]	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [126976]	2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes [141410]	Classic Label Punch [141491]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]
SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Sweet Cupcake for Freshly Made Sketches

I am excited about some of the stamp sets in the new Annual Catalogue. With advances in photopolymer stamps, we now have some amazing two and three step stamping sets that create amazingly three dimensional looking images. One of these is the Sweet Cupcake set. That baby looks good enough to eat and it's kind of disappointing when you remind yourself that it's just paper! Besides the amazing looking cupcake, you can stamp a candle with the same amount of realism, plus there are tons of great sentiments that you can combine in different ways to make many different greetings! So it has great versatility! And for convenience, there is a matching framelit set called Cupcake Cutouts Framelits that you can bundle with the stamp set for a savings of 10%!

I thought it would be perfect with the layout from Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #241:

I noticed something interesting about this stamp set: Normally, Stampin' Up! has you start the 3 step stamping process by using the stamp with the least detail, usually the most solid of the three images, on which you would use the lightest ink. I've always maintained, though, that it is easier to start with the most detailed stamp on which you would use the darkest ink, because it is easier to see on the paper and line up with the others. Stampin' Up! appears to have heard me on this, because in this set you start with the most detailed, darkest image and end with the lightest, most solid image for the cupcake, candle and cupcake holder.

• I'm a little short of Designer Series Paper at the moment, but this pattern from the Festive Birthday Designer Series Paper package, was jolly enough but not too dark, competing with the cupcake. The ribbon you see is Flirty Flamingo Ruched Ribbon. You've got to get your hands on some of that, or in the other great In Colours.
• The cupcake holder, from the Sweet Cupcake stamp set, is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black, Bermuda Bay and Pool Party inks for step 1, 2, and 3 consecutively. The icing is Melon Mambo, Flirty Flamingo and Blushing Bride for the three steps as well. The candle is only two steps and is stamped in Bermuda Bay and Pool Party.
• The cupcake pieces were die cut with the coordinating Cupcake Cutout Framelits and added using Glue Dots for the cupcake holder and Dimensionals for the icing and candle. I don't know if you can tell from the photos, but I used the Clear Wink of Stella on the icing in the lighter areas.
• The great thing about the sentiments in this stamp set and others in the new catalogue, is that they are paired so that you can have a sentiment to stamp inside the card that coordinates with the outer greeting. Here's the one I added to the inside:

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Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.

Product List

Sweet Cupcake Photopolymer Stamp Set [141498]	Sweet Cupcake Photopolymer Bundle [142232]	Festive Birthday Designer Series Paper [141630]	Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131197]	Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141416]
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [131171]	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [141397]	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [126982]
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [126948]	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [131172]	Flirty Flamingo 3/8" (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon [141426]	Cupcake Cutouts Framelits Dies [141474]	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897]
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]	Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]