I love this pretty cake front Power Poppy. It makes a beautiful birthday card. I’ve used it before and colored the frosting chocolate, but this wanted to have a lighter color scheme so I used some light earth tone Copic Markers, along with other colors for the cherries and flowers.
Since this is a digital image I had printed it using the Silhouette registration marks so be cut out with fussy cutting. You can always use the PIXScan mat if you don’t use registration marks, but I’ve found you get a cleaner cut using them.
Foam Tape was added to the back of the cake image. When I laid it on the top folding white card front it needed a little added visual interest. I like to use embossing folders to add some dimension behind an image. I cut a stitched rectangle from white cardstock and embossed it using the Cuttlebug Mosaic Embossing Folder and adhered it to the card front using Simon Says Stamp Big Mama Foam Tape. This isn’t the easiest foam tape to deal with, it doesn’t ripe and gums up your scissors, but I like the low loft that allows you do add dimension to both a rectangle and image without adding a lot of bulk. The cake was adhered to the card front by removing the paper backing from the tape.
The sentiment was cut from both gold mirror cardstock and sticky back foam for dimension. The foam was cut away from the areas of the word that would overlap with the cake base and adhered in place using liquid glue. The secondary sentiment was stamped on a scrap of green cardstock with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed gold. A Pink & Main Sentiment Strip that has double flags was used to cut the sentiment. Darice Thin Strip Foam was added to the back and it was nestled beneath the die cut word.
Ranger Glossy Accents were added to the cherries on the cake and Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen was added to the frosting and the cake was done.
PRODUCTS USED:
- Power Poppy Fancy Flower Cake
- WPlus9 Happy Birthday Die
- Simon Says Stamp Birthday Balloons
- Copic Markers: E53, E51, E50; G28, G24; G99, G94, G82; YG67, YG17, YG03; R29, R24, R22; RV17, RV13, R89; RV23, RV02; Y15, Y11, YR15; B93, B91; V06, V04; YR27, YR24, YR21
- Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock
- Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock
- Paper Accents Gold Mirror Cardstock
- Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen
- Cuttlebug Mosaic Embossing Folder
- Darice Sticky Back Foam
- Darice Thin Strips Foam
- Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
- My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle
- Rangre Gloss Accents