Sweet Inspirations

Welcome to Papertrey Ink's March release countdown, Day 3. 

Today is all about birthdays, cakes, sprinkles, and frosting -- YUM!

On the {dessert} menu today:

Sprinkles On Top stamps and dies + Frosted Border dies

innovative stamps and dies for cake decorating right on your card front

Big Birthday Candles dies

top your sprinkled and frosted confections with paper versions of the iconic, oversize number candles

Just Desserts + Just Desserts Sentiments

elegant layered cakes, sprinkles, and toppings, along with super sweet sentiments

All of the new products will be available at 10 pm March 15 in the Papertrey Ink store.

First up is a 50th birthday card that incorporates Sprinkles On Top, Big Birthday Candles, and the Frosted Border dies. I made a simple cake base out of a rectangle with rounded corners on one side. The rows of star sprinkles are stamped die-cuts. The Sprinkles On Top stamp set has a solid star image, which makes short work of "coloring" all the sprinkles.

I love these Big Birthday Candles dies -- too fun! The colorful circles on the inside piece of the candles were stamped with Confetti Toss. 

Since this card is for the big 5-0, I thought it would be fun (and funny) to include one of the "you've got this" sentiments from the new Keep It Simple: Encouragement stamp set.

Stamps: Sprinkles On Top, Star Scribbles, Confetti Toss, Keep It Simple: Encouragement, Keep It Simple: Birthday II

Dies: Sprinkles On Top, Star Scribbles, Frosted Borders, Big Birthday Candles

Ink: Lemon Tart, Summer Sunrise, Raspberry Fizz, Green Parakeet, Hawaiian Shores, Smokey Shadow

Paper: Fresh Snow linen card stock: Stamper's Select White, Hawaiian Shores, Green Parakeet, and Raspberry Fizz card stock

Other: Raspberry Fizz baker's twine, silver star sequins

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I've dabbled in cake decorating a couple of different times over the years, and LOVE watching Cake Boss, so I couldn't wait to use the Frosted Borders dies. So much fun -- no mess and so easy to whip of batches of frosting in all your favorite colors! 

For this tiered wedding cake, I once again built the cake bases out of simple rectangles with the rounded top corners, then added the Frosted Borders and some floral accents. I'm totally picturing fondant covered cakes, buttercream piping, and sugar flowers! 

The florals were done with Bloomin' Cute stamps and dies, along with die-cut leaves from Songbirds. The sentiment is from Scripted.

The cake topper is a pair of hearts that I die-cut with XOXO dies.

Stamps: Bloomin' Cute, Scripted

Dies: Frosted Borders, Songbirds, XOXO

Ink: Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Bright Buttercup, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, New Leaf, Aqua Mist

Paper: Stamper's Select White, Hibiscus Burst, and Green Parakeet card stock

Other: ink blending tool, corner rounder

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Just Desserts .... sigh .... I love this set so much! I've been so bad about keeping in touch with my BFF and college roommate, but at least twice a year, we try to have a good catching up chat -- on her birthday and on mine. Although her birthday was a couple of weeks ago, she is the inspiration for this card. I still remember that her favorite cake in college was a yellow cake with chocolate frosting. Her mom would ship her a homemade cake for her birthday every year. I don't know the recipe, but my roomie called it a Molly Cake (Molly is her mom's nickname). It was so incredibly moist that it made the journey from Colorado to Virginia without seeming to dry out in the least. Those homemade cakes never lasted long in the dorm!

Anyway, I stamped my Molly Cake in Lemon Tart, then added the crumb texture using just one of the sprinkles images. I topped the cake with some pretty pink flowers and candles, then adhered the whole panel to one of the papers in the Confetti Toss collection. The little strips of confetti were just enough to frame my sweet cake while letting its simple elegance speak for itself.

Stamps: Just Desserts

Dies: Just Desserts

Ink: Lemon Tart, Fine Linen, Dark Chocolate, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Green Parakeet, True Black

Paper: Fresh Snow Linen card stock; Confetti Toss patterned paper collection

Other: Raspberry Fizz baker's twine, Copic Markers

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For more sweet inspiration, visit the Papertrey team:

Nichole Heady

Ashley Newell

Betsy Veldman

Danielle Flanders

Dawn McVey

Heather Nichols

Kay Miller

Laurie Willison

Lizzie Jones

Melissa Phillips

Erin Lincoln

Maile Belles

Thanks for stopping by!