Shaped card for Die Cut Divas

Hey crafty friends - I've posted the card below at Die Cut Divas today for our August Shape Your Cards Challenge! We have the amazing Poppystamps as our August sponsor and I can attest to their high quality products and great customer service. And no, I don't receive any compensation for those statements - this is just another fabulous company I love!

Supplies: Paper - Bazzill ivory; various scraps;

Paper Studio brown

Stamps - Poppystamps Say it Big

Dies - Poppystamps Floral Cake Pop Up Easel Craft Die 

and Layer Cake Drip Icing; 

Whimsy Stamps Slimline Hearts Background

My Favorite Things Mini Cupcake Maker (retired) &

Oval Shadows;

The Scrapping Cottage Cottage Cutz Hot Cocoa Cafe (retired)

I ordered the Floral Cake Pop up Easel set via Frantic Stamper - can't remember if it was already out of stock at Poppystamps or I was trying to round out an order at FS (I do that often...). Anyway, the set came and I'm counting the dies repeatedly and coming up short by one. In no time, Fran from FS and Dave from Poppystamps got me my missing die! Amazing service from both places!

After all that, I didn't use the die (a flower and foliage sprig combo) on my cake. Instead I was replicating a cake spotted on the cover of my town's local magazine - February 2022 editon of Woodbury Magazine. It features frosting drips so of course I had to buy the coordinating Layer Cake Drip Icing die too!! Hard to see in the online magazine photo but the frosting drips had bitty hearts! I included those, of course, albeit from a different brand's die set. I used the Poppystamps Say it Big sentiment stamp set (with coordinating dies) which I've done oodles  of times since I bought it in May - just love the jumbo script!! I stamped it on the lower tier of the cake's inside so it's revealed when popped-up. I used a stack of oval shadows for the stopper.

 

I considered many different stamps & dies for the creamy poofs on top of the cake. I ended up using the cupcake frosting from an MFT die set for the 3 front ones and the tip of a Cottage Cutz cocoa foam die for the back 2 (since they face the other way). I didn't dare try to put sprinkles on my poofs - afraid I'd mess them up! You can see a card with the full cocoa poof HERE, if desired. My dear friend Connie, more like a sister, received this card for her early August birthday - she loved it!

Still with me for a bonus? Keep reading :)

My friend and sister Diva Arlene (A Bit of This and That) gifted me the Poppystamps Stained Glass Snowflake die. Thanks again, Arlene!! I loved it so much I promptly purchased the matching shadow Stained Glass Snowflake Background & coverplate Stained Glass Snowflake Window dies. For my bonus I made a quick & easy mini snowflake card using the gifted die and its shadow.

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White;

Paper Studio Glitter cardstock

Dies - Poppystamps Stained Glass Snowflake

Stained Glass Snowflake Background

Other - Michael's gems

To make the card I just cut two outlines and put a little score line near the top to hinge it. Next I cut the snowflake from glitter paper and glued to the top. I stamped the sentiment on the inside of the back piece before I glued the scored part to the bottom, forming the card. Here's a view of the inside:

Stamps on inside from Hero Arts 

Jingle All the Way Stamp & Cut (retired) &

Gingerbread House Stamp & Cut - snowflake at bottom

(as of this writing still available HERE at Frantic Stamper)

Still with me? You could also make this into a gift tag or adhere it to a circle to make it bigger & still make it into a tag. I didn't actually glue it down, but here's how it'd look that way:

Any circle would do, this one's from Hero Arts Nesting Circle Infinity Dies set.

That's it for today. I hope I've inspired you to join the Diva August Shape Your Cards Challenge - you have until 9pm Pacific Time on 8/31/22 to link up! 

Thanks for stopping by!!