Wednesday, 18 December 2024

Cake Celebrations for the New at SU! Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today, I am participating in the New at SU! blog hop. We are a group of Stampin' Up!® demonstrators from around the world who are full of creative papercrafting ideas to share with you to get you crafting. This month our theme is Tied up with Bows. I love adding bows to my projects whether they are on bags, boxes or cards. They can be used as a closure or they can be purely decorative!

Although I have absolutely loved making batches of Christmas cards, I am now ready for a change. I have several sets which feature cakes but I had to have the Cake Celebrations bundle too - it's an Online Exclusive so you won't see it in a catalogue. Why did I need another cake set? Simply because it reminds me of my mum. When I was growing up she attended sugarcraft classes and I remember her spending hours creating wonderful things to decorate cakes with. She had endless patience an a great attention to detail whether it be smoothing fondent icing or piping 3-d flowers. My most vivid memory is of a Christmas cake topped with a magnificent sleigh pulled by reindeer, and all made from icing.

Anyway, I digress. For my card featuring a bow, I imagined an elegant card with white on white detailing. So I began with tiers of embossed Basic White card layered onto another slightly bigger layer of Basic White. The cake itself is pieced together using die cut elements from the bundle - I used two pieces of card for the layers of the cake to add a tiny lift, without the use of dimensionals. There are white heat embossed elements to decorate the top tier - little tiny flowers or perhaps flowers and the overflowing icing has sparkle

The Berry Burst cardbase provides a pop of colour to match the bow. My colour choice was dictated by a piece of ribbon left over from a previous project, but many more colours would work too. Iridescent Trim naturally sparkles in the light, but it can also be coloured using Blends. In this case I used Berry Burst. Cutting along the length of the trim gives you a narrower ribbon to tie even more dainty bows with. The iridescent threads still sparkle alongside the coloured background.

A celebration cake needs a fancy stand! This one is cut from Silver Foil, as is the banner on the top. The only additional decoration I added was a teeny flower perched on the top of the cake. I die cut the smallest flower after stamping it using Berry Burst ink. I stamped off first to get a paler image.

I am sure that Mum would have enjoyed creating a cake like this. I set out to create an elegant card. Hopefully, the little details have elevated it to achieve a simple and elegant card! Please continue along the hop as I am sure that the others will provide you with even more inspiration - you are currently with me, Furry Cat Designs by Karen Henderson - but before you hop on to the next post, please take a moment to leave a comment. We love reading your comments!

Do you need any of the products used on today's cards? If you live in the UK please take a look in my online Stampin' Up! shop. You can follow the link or click on the pictures below of the products I have used today.

Stay safe and as always, happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator. Use the current hostess code (December 2024 code: GUEWHGW6) to get some free product (it will follow in the post after the end of the month). If your order is over £150 do not use the code as you become the hostess and get the rewards. To place an order please visit my online shop HERE. The products I have used on today's project are linked from the images shown below.

All Star Video Class Bundles

The Video Class Bundles have 12 AMAZING video tutorials to inspire you each month. This month we are featuring the Regal Winter Suite from the September - December Mini Catalogue.