Wunder's Crafty World: Sweet as Cupcakes

I've been meaning to make an eclipse card forever since I've seen one.. well I decided today was the day! I don't have a lot of sentiment/word dies, so I opted to create my layers using my Cameo. This way, I get to use my favorite fonts and any size I feel works with my card.

So I chose to use the CK Cupcake Bears file from KaDoodle Bug Designs. I only wanted to use one of the cute cupcakes, so I picked my favorite from the included jpeg file and traced/detached that in the Silhouette Studio. I created my eclipse word Sweet using Blenda Script font. I did offset it to give it a little bolder appearance.

As you can see below, this is my print and cut setup. The text will not show up on the print as I am only showing you in the example. I have turned off a fill and outline for the text. After it printed, I used my Cameo to cut the rectangle and the text from the area.

I then cut 3 more layers of the word Sweet so it would pop up the original cutout. I glued all the layers together, with the cutout from my printed image on top.

I created a 4 x 5 1/4" base in the software and positioned my text where I wanted it to print. I filled the lettering black and make the text outline black, then printed it. I cut the piece of pink paper down to the 4 x 5 1/4" mat.

I cut a piece of patterned paper using the Die-namics Bracket Edge die. I carefully placed that under the white printed section, ensuring the paper did not show through my "sweet" cutout. I added one last small rectangle of patterned paper under the bracket to give a little more color. I went ahead and placed my blue mat to my white card base.

To add texture to the card, I wanted to add a pretty pink/white twine bow. Once attached and tied, I glued my pink base to the whole card base. I then added my layered "Sweet" back to the cutout area.

No card is complete without some added bling. I added some stickles to my frosting and a few Nuvo drops as well.