Scrumptious Cupcakes Birthday Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! We are celebrating Sunny Studio's 10th Birthday all this week, so this is Mendi here today popping in to share some bright and happy birthday cards for Summer using our fabulous Scrumptious Cupcake Stamps.

First up, I have a slimline-style card featuring a rainbow of our Scrumptious Cupcakes. I had stamped a number of these a couple years ago when we first introduced these stamps HERE so I just matched up as many pieces as I could and then stamped a couple extra cupcake wrappers for the yellow and green cupcakes to fill in some gaps in the color wheel. I had to check myself, because knowing the design patterns I often fall into I couldn't believe I hadn't thought to make this card back then.

I added a small slit in each cupcake with an X-acto knife to slip the candles through to look like they were buried in the frosting. I then inked up my card background using Mustard Seed distress ink to look like a glow behind each of the candles. I felt like my card was still missing a little something so I added the sparkle images from our Garden Fairy Stamps. I wanted a really long sentiment to span the length of my card under my cupcakes, but I didn't have something that long. I realized that it would be fun to repeat the sentiment from our Happy Thoughts Stamps twice like you would when singing the "happy birthday" song. I didn't even have to reposition the sentiment in my MISTI tool. I just let part of the card hang out and carefully stamped it again.

My second card mixes all the colorful layers from our Scrumptious Cupcake Stamps , and this time, instead of topping them with a candle, I topped each cupcake with a cherry from the set. I then layered each cupcake onto a polka-dot stitched square using our Window Quad Square Dies and patterned paper prints from our Dots & Stripes Pastels Paper and Polka-dot Parade Paper. I finished my card by stamping the "happy birthday" sentiment from our Everyday Greetings Stamps using Versafine Onyx Black Ink.

I am frequently asked which ink colors I used for my layered images so I have shared what I used today for these examples (from lightest to darkest).

Red Cherries 
PinkFresh Studio Coral Reef
Gina K. Red Hot
Gina K. Cherry Red
Gina K. Grass Green

Candle Flames
Pinkfresh Studio Sunshine
PinkFresh Studio Marigold
Gina K. Sweet Mango

Yellow Frosting & Cupcake Liner
PinkFresh Studio Lemon Whip
Pinkfresh Studio Sweet Mustard
PinkFresh Studio Marigold

Mint Green Frosting 
PinkFresh Studio Mint
Concord & 9th Sea Glass
PinkFresh Studio Aquamarine

Green Cupcake Liner
PinkFresh Studio Mint
PinkFresh Studio Grassy Knoll
PinkFresh Studio Key Lime

Aqua Frosting & Cupcake Liner (slimline card)
PinkFresh Studio Ocean Breeze
Gina K. Ocean Mist
Gina K. Turquoise Sea

Teal Cupcake Liner 
Gina K. Turquoise Sea
Gina K. Blue Lagoon
Gina K. Tranquil Teal

Blue Frosting & Cupcake Liner 
PinkFresh Studio Summer Shower
Hero Arts Summer Sky
Gina K. Blue Raspberry

Lavender Frosting & Cupcake Liner 
Pinkfresh Studio Soft Lilac
Pinkfresh Studio Candy Violet
VersaFine Clair Purple Delight

Pink Frosting & Cupcake Liner
Gina K. Bubblegum Pink
PinkFresh Studio Sparkling Rose
PinkFresh Studio Bubblegum

Hot Pink Cupcake Liner 
Hero Arts Ultra Pink
Gina K. Passionate Pink
PinkFresh Studio Raspberry Bliss

Warm Pink Frosting (slimline card)
Concord & 9th Ballet Slipper
Hero Arts Cotton Candy
Gina K. Dusty Rose

Chocolate Frosting 

PinkFresh Studio Warm Bluff

PinkFresh Studio Doe

PinkFresh Studio Gathered Twigs

Red Cupcake Liner 
Hero Arts Pale Tomato
Gina K. Red Hot
Concord & 9th Cranberry

Options Used for Cake Portion of Cupcake:
Yellow Cake- Gina K. Sweet Corn
White / Tan Cake- PinkFresh Studio Warm Buff
Milk Chocolate Cake- PinkFresh Studio Doe

Before you go, I'd love to share the details about a special sale that we are having in honor of our 10th birthday!!! Use the discount code TENYEARS to save 20% on all Sunny Studio branded products (excludes retired items already on sale) through Monday, August 25th at Midnight PDT. Plus, all US retail orders that exceed $100 will automatically receive free shipping. Limit one discount code per order.

Supplies Used:

Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Everyday Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Window Quad Square Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Fairy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scrumptious Cupcakes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Scrumptious Cupcakes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Zig Chisel Tip Glue Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio

Perfect Popsicle & Two Scoops 5-Card Set with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share a number of cool sweet treat cards using our Two Scoops Stamps and Perfect Popsicle Stamps.

Since it's Independence Day here in the USA, I thought I would create a red, white, and blue popsicle card using our retiring Perfect Popsicle Stamps. For my card, I started by die-cutting the star print patterned paper from our Surprise Party Paper and Subtle Grey Tones Paper packs using the stitched hill die from our Slimline Nature Border Dies. I then stamped the small open stars from our Too Cute To Spook Stamps in pale grey ink. For my greeting, I stamped the words "happy" and "of July" using the Happy Thought Stamps and filling in the number four with our Chloe Numbers Dies and the "th" from our Sweet Script Stamps. I completed my card by adding some Patriotic Star Jewels and layered them over the coordinating wavy red, white, and blue stripes.

While I had the popsicles set up in my MISTI tool, I decided to stamp a rainbow of Perfect Popsicle Stamps. I kept this card super simple, allowing the cute popsicles to shine. I added a 1" wide strip of green cardstock, die-cutting the top edge with the stitched die from our Ribbon & Lace Border Dies. I then stamped and heat-embossed my big, bold greeting using our Color Me Happy Stamps. The perfect final touch was a stitched heart from our Window Trio Circle Dies.

Switching gears, I have an ice cream cone card featuring the layering images from our Two Scoops Stamps. This is one of our earliest layering sets and is still one of my favorites. Back when this set came out, I had pre-stamped many of the images, so my goal today was to work with what I had and make as many cards as possible with the stamped images I had left over so they dictated my color schemes. 

I mounted my cones onto a pale pink square trimmed along the top and bottom with the stitched edge from our Ribbon & Lace Border Dies. I then used that same die set to cut a scalloped lace edge from ivory cardstock to match the vanilla ice cream. I added a brown polka-dot beneath each scallop from our Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones Paper and heat-embossed my "What's the scoop?" greeting in white onto a red Brilliant Banner 1 Die. Lastly, I added Glossy Accents to my red cherries and syrup, dropping red and pink Seed Beads into the glossy liquid before they dried to look like sprinkles in the syrup.

This next card uses a similar Neapolitan ice cream color scheme and the soft serve top from our Two Scoops Stamps. Once again, I have three cones, but this time, I framed each cone with a 1.25" wide strip of patterned paper cut from our Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones Paper and Dots & Stripes Pastels Paper packs. I wanted the bottom of each strip to look like a giant scallop along the bottom of my card, but I didn't have a die that makes this shape, so I cheated by adding my sentiment strip over the top to hide the seam and pieced together separate 1.25" stitched circles from our Stitched Circles Small Dies. I added a stitched edge to each of my other strips using our Slimline Basic Border Dies to make the stitching look continuous.

For my sentiment strip, I used the pink grid print from our Gingham Pastels Paper pack, adding the same stitched edge along the top and bottom. I then added a thin ricrac edge in cream cardstock to match the vanilla ice cream using our Ric Rac Border Dies. Lastly, I pieced together a customized sentiment taking the word "sweet" from our Candy Shoppe Stamps and pairing it with the "have a" and "birthday" from our Silly Sloths Stamps.

For my last card today featuring the Two Scoops Stamps, I paired ice cream scoops with the classic flat-bottom cones. I decorated them with the syrup and cherry images from the stamp set and added Ice Cream Chocolate Sprinkles to my third cone. For my background, I added diagonal strips of patterned paper from our Gingham Jewel Tones Paper, Dots & Stripes Pastels Paper, and Polka-Dot Parade Paper packs. I added stitched edges of the strips using the Slimline Basic Border Dies and stamped my sentiment from the set into the bottom left corner of the card.

I am frequently asked which ink colors I used for my layered images so I have shared what I used today for these examples (from lightest to darkest).

Fushcia Popsicle
Gina K. Bubblegum Pink
Hero Arts Ultra Pink
Gina K. Medium Orchid

Orange Popsicle
PinkFresh Studio Apricot
PinkFresh Studio Clementine
Hero Arts Tangerine

Banana Yellow Popsicle
PinkFresh Studio Sunshine
PinkFresh Studio Sweet Mustard
PinkFresh Studio Marigold 

Lime Green Popsicle
Versafine Clair Verdant Green
PinkFresh Studio Grassy Knoll
PinkFresh Key Lime

Blue Raspberry Popsicle
PinkFresh Studio Turquoise
PinkFresh Studio Paradise
Gina K. Tranquil Teal

Grape Popsicle
Gina K. Light Lilac
Gina K. Wild Wisteria
Gina K. Medium Lilac

Red Popsicle Stripe
PinkFresh Studio Passion Fruit
Gina K. Red Hot
PinkFresh Studio Berrylicious

Royal Blue Popsicle Stripe
Hero Arts Cornflower
PinkFresh Studio Seaside
PinkFresh Studio Blue Jay

Popsicle Stick
Gina K. Sandy Beach
Gina K. Kraft

Fudge Scoop & Chocolate Syrup
Gina K. Warm Cocoa
Gina K. Charcoal Brown

Chocolate Swirl Ice Cream
PinkFresh Studio Warm Buff
PinkFresh Studio Doe
VersaFine Clair Acorn

Raspberry Scoop
Hero Arts Ultra Pink
Gina K. Passionate Pink

Strawberry Scoop & Swirl

Versafine Clair Baby Pink
Gina K. Bubblegum Pink

Hero Arts Ultra Pink

Strawberry Syrup

Gina K. Passionate Pink

PinkFresh Raspberry Pink

Vanilla Scoop

Lawn Fawn Butter

Hero Arts Butter Bar

Mint Scoop

Papertrey Ink Aqua Mist

Stampin' Up Coastal Cabana

Cherry

Gina K. Light Carnation

Gina K. Dark Carnation

PinkFresh Studio Candy Apple

Sugar Cones (stamped on cream cardstock)

Papertrey Ink Classic Kraft (or PinkFresh Warm Buff, which is lighter)

PinkFresh Studio Doe

Classic Flat Bottom Cones

Hero Arts Soft Sand (Shadow Ink)

Hero Arts Sand (Core Ink)

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Remember to check out our Perfect Popsicle Stamps, Color Me Happy Stamps, and Patterned Papers in our online shop. They are all currently on sale, while supplies last.

Supplies Used:

Perfect Popsicles Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Perfect Popsicles Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Two Scoop Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Two Scoop Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Chloe Number Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Surprise Party 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Subtle Grey Tones Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Too Cute To Spook Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Zig Chisel Tip Glue Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio
Candy Shoppe Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ric Rac Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Silly Sloths Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Basic Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Small Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Neapolitan Sprinkles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ranger Glossy Accents Shop at: Sunny Studio
Iridescent Rainbow Seed Beads Shop at: Sunny Studio | Studio Katia	Sweet Script Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Color Me Happy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Window Trio- Circles Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Ice Cream Chocolate Sprinkles Shop at: Sunny Studio