Hey There,

Ever have a day when you just got to make something sinfully sweet?  Well I had such a day and decided to make Cherry-Almond Vanilla Cupcakes, yummy!  Here is a little picture to get your mouth watering, lol.

Now you want to recipe, right?  Here is a link to the web site that I got it from:  CLICK HERE.   They are so yummy and there is a cherry inside of the cupcake.  I justified eating a couple of these to get my daily allowance of fruit in, lol.  🙂

Well, since I was in the mood to bake and eat cupcakes, I was also in the mood to stamp one out.  Hence, today’s tutorial.

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Now on with today’s tutorial. . . . .  . .

Supplies

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Crazy for Cupcakes (Item number 111618)

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Regal Rose, Pool Party, Basic Black and Stampin’ Up! DSP First Edition (Item number 121878)

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party, Basic Black, Whisper White and Cumb Cake

Accessories: Stampin’ Up!  Sponges, Markers (Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Cherry Cobber and Blushing Bride), White Gel Pen, Crystal Effects, Basic Black Brads, Mat Pack, Oval Punches, Big Shot, Timeless Type Alphabet Dies, Pool Party Ribbon, Cupcake punch for Cherry.

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Rubbed the Crumb Cake ink pad directly on a 5″ square of First Edition DSP.

Rubbed the Whisper White Pad in the middle of the paper.

Sponged Cherry Cobbler ink around the edges of the paper.

Stamped the cupcake stamp on a scrap of the First Edition DSP and then cut out the icing part of the design and used it backwards.

Sponged Crumb Cake ink on around the edges.

Added Soft Suede ink around the very edge of the icing and the edge of the 5″ square.

Stamped the cup cake on Regal Rose card stock and then cut the cup cake paper out.

Distressed the edges of the cupcake paper by dragging it across the Soft Suede ink pad.

Punched 2 sizes of ovals out of Pool Party card stock.   Sponged Pool Party ink around the edges of the smaller oval.

Punched the cherry out of Regal Rose card stock using the cup cake punch.   Note:  I like the shape of the stamped cupcake better than the punched cupcake that is why I used it instead of just punching a cupcake out.  You may choose to do it the easy way, grin.

Colored the stem of the cherry using Basic Black marker and the the cherry using Cherry Cobbler marker.  I left a bit of the Regal Rose card stock showing for a highlight.

Cut the sentiment out of Basic Black card stock using Timeless Type Alphabet Dies and the Big Shot Machine.

Assembled the card front adding a 5.75″ square Basic Black panel, 5.5″ Regal Rose Panel, 5 1/8″ Pool Party Panel and Pool Party Ribbon.

Added some dots to the right and bottom sides of the Regal Rose card stock using the Mat Pack template for placement and a Basic Black marker.

Added a shadow under the cupcake and White Gel pen lines on the icing.

Added White Gel Pen dots to the sentiment.

Added Basic Black Brads to the ribbon using a piercing tool to start the brads.

Added Crystal effects to the cherry and the white gel pen lines to add some shine to the project.   (The crystal effects goes on looking milky but dries to a clear shine).

Added Blushing Bride marker underneath the icing  to create a shadow and some depth.

Here is the finished card measuring 6.75″ square.

May your day be perfectly sweet!

Until my next post. . . . .  . . .

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