Sunday, March 29, 2009

Shrinky Cupcake Decorations



First, I just want to say THANK YOU to my wonderful husband for putting up the shelves in my craft room!


I promised one more idea (for now)for shrinkies and here it is. I pretty much followed the same procedure from the Shrinking Ian tutorial with a couple major exceptions for safety reasons.
1. I replaced the stazon ink with Stampin up's water based ink.
2. I didn't put the varnish coat on top.
3. I used bakers edible glitter on the fairy.
The shrink plastic says it is non-toxic so I am taking them at their word on this. Though, I probably wouldn't allow the kiddies to chew on these. I figure they can't be any worse than the ones made in china that are found on your local bakery cupcakes. I did lick them to check it out and I'm still alive:). Also, I learned a lesson about shrink plastic quality. I ran out of my Darcie's shrink and used another brand. I was not able to get the nice shading with the blending pencil that I did with Darcie's so I definitely recommend ordering some if you want high quality work.

For the images that were too intricate to cut the shape I just made a shape around them and decorated the edges ( I can't ever leave naked edges) and added a little stem at the bottom for inserting into the cupcake.



Here are a couple stamps I used along with the shrunken results.
























Stamps - SU - vertical greetings
The Greetin Farm -Fairy chloe
Stampingbella - Lulu ketto
Whipper snapper - floppy bunny

11 comments:

  1. What a great idea to use shrinkies for the cupcake decorations!!!! LOVE it!!!

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  2. What a fabulous idea! Thank you so much for sharing!!

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  3. What a great idea!! They are adorable!!
    I wish I had creative thoughts like that!!!

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  4. These are gorgeous and the cupcakes look so yummy! tfs!!!

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  5. Adorable! I love the "Happy Birthday" bookmark! I never would have thought to use that for a cupcake topper! It's great! TFS!!

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  6. These are fabulous ideas! Thanks for sharing!

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  7. These are way too fun! Mind if I become a follower???

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  8. Fantastic idea. How fun! Time consuming if u need 50 but great idea!!!!

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