Decorate a birthday cake and create a cake plate for a special celebration. Hi, Jean here – with a DIY design from repurposed dies that didn’t expect to become a cake plate.
Cut the new Party Layer Cake from the pink and gold Glimmering Gladiola floral print. Cut the scalloped accents from dark pink cardstock – we’re using just 2 of the smaller diecuts for the top tier. Cut 7 candles from light pink cardstock and color the wicks with a light yellow marker.
Here’s where we get a little creative – I was determined to create a cake plate. Cut about 3/8″ of the light gold Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6×6 with a long edge of the 3-1/2″ x 2″ (approximately) Fringed Scalloped Frame Set die. Cut the diagonal-textured Birthday Party Hat from the reverse side of the light gold cardstock – so the diagonal scorelines aren’t visible when it’s used for the plate. If the lines are still visible, place the triangle between 2 pieces of printer paper and smooth them out by the triangle through the diecut machine with the plates used for cutting. Trim the bottom for a flat base.
Prep light pink cardstock with the embossing powder tool to eliminate stray specs of powder. Stamp the greeting – from the Birthday Chic Clear Stamp and Die Set with VersaMark and heat-emboss it with detail gold powder. Trim it with the smallest Fringed Scalloped Frame die.
Attach the diecuts to a top-folded 5-1/2″ square card of natural cardstock. Punch 1/4″ dots of the yellow/orange Graceful Garden Glitter Pad 6×6. Cut a 5-1/2″ square of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.
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