Three minutes to create a cupcake

The Create a Cupcake stamp set in the mini catalogue is brilliant fun and just the thing to entertain children with - especially if you have the coordinating punch! My ten year old son had a whale of a time with it and came up with all sorts of yummy-looking confections - and the bonus was that when he'd finished he was feeling a bit peckish, so he disappeared into the kitchen with his big sister and rustled up a batch of the real thing!

I thought I'd have a play too while the stamps were out and came up with this super-quick design for Three Minute Thursday:

My cupcake was stamped straight onto the card base in the name of speed but a punched cupcake would be pretty quick too. I love all the different looks this set allows you to achieve - with each cake looking more delicious than the last!

Scored lines are a very quick and easy embellishment perfect for a one-layer card. Mine are there to ground my cake - we don't want any floating cakes now do we?! When I said this to my son while I was making this card,  he categorically disagreed with me: Yes we did want floating cakes, he told me, and the more the merrier! He added that he very much approved of the sentiment!

There is something so appealing about cupcakes isn't there? My cake is sporting a stamped ribbon around its paper case with pink sprinkles and a flower on top decorated with a rhinestone but you could really let your imagination run riot with glitters and sparkles, ribbons, buttons, pearls and embossed finishes...
Supplies needed for this card:

Stamps: Create a Cupcake

Ink: Regal Rose, Rose Red, So Saffron, Cherry Cobbler

Card stock: Naturals Ivory

Other: Markers, Basic Rhinestones, scoring blade, corner rounder, stamp-a-majig

I'd be delighted to order any of these supplies for you and can have them delivered to your address in the UK. I am committed to providing excellent customer service and am always happy to help and advise. Just send me an email or give me a call on 01280 820593.

Click here to see all the free Sale-a-bration sets and don't forget to let me know which ones you'd like - remember, you get one free item for EVERY £45 spent!

Call me a complete loon but one thing that cracks me up is a play on words. For instance, my daughter once told me about Undini, a character in a video game she was playing; "Undini?" I said. "Well why doesn't she just do herself up again?" Yesterday, my youngest son mentioned a character in his book, Erac. "Nothing a bit of paracetamol won't sort out!" I said. This is the kind of thing that sends me off into uncontrollable paroxysms of laughter while the children stare at me as if they cannot believe their ears.

Anyway, moving swiftly on... must investigate those cupcakes before they all mysteriously disappear!
See you tomorrow (when wedding bells will be ringing!)