Cupcake anyone?

Recently, my friend Donna's daughter asked me to make a card for her mum's birthday. When I asked Leah what kind of thing she wanted on her mum's card she said something to do with cupcakes, as Donna is really into cake decorating at the moment. Donna makes cards herself, including lots of 3D cards so I thought it would be nice to do a 3D cupcake for her. I also decided to put the cupcake in a cupcake tote, and then after I had finished, decided it needed a box, so I made an acetate box for the whole thing to fit into.

 I must also mention at this point that Donna loves a bit of bling!

Cupcake template - Cuppy Cupcake - My Time Made Easy

Butterfly die - C.C. designs

Die-namics - Mini Hybrid Heirloom rose

Polka dot papers from scrap box

Pearl string - stash

Stick on gems - Meiflower

View from above

I made some extra layers for the rose using dies from another Die-namics die, but can't remember which one.

The cupcake carrier template is actually for putting real cupcakes in, so wasn't quite big enough for my cake,  I ended up adapting and re-sizing the template to suit my needs

Cupcake Tote Template - Gems cottage

Cupcake paper - Confectionery papers - Pixels and Company

Ribbon - Meiflower

I also made a matching tag, so there was somewhere to write a birthday message, I attached it to ribbon and another die cut rose, so that it could be attached to the box once the message was written.

Tag Template - Cupcake Box Set - My Scrap Chick

Butterfly and flower - X-cut palm punches

cupcake paper as above

Ribbon and stick on gems - Meiflower

and finally, all packed up in it's acetate box.

It was lucky that I enjoy cutting out, as there was a lot of it, all done by hand as I don't have an electronic cutting machine yet, but I really enjoyed making something a bit different from my usual kind of thing.

I am entering the cupcake in the following challenges

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge - #188 - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - #69 - Anything Goes

*NEW* Sweet 7 Challenge Blog - #1 - Birthdays

Wags 'n Whiskers - #135 - Birthdays

Delightful Challenges  - Anything Goes

TIME OUT Challenges - #11 - Celebrations with Optional Twist Butterflies

Crafty Creations - #269 Flower

Penny's Paper-Crafty -  #189 Anything goes

Thanks for dropping in,

hugs,

Colette xx