National Cupcake Day

National Cupcake Day is happening today, February 29, 2015.  This national event was created to support the fundraising efforts of the SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals).

It’s so easy to bake your way in support of the SPCA and  the animals.  There are many ways to get your cupcakes into many mouths ( I mean hands).  Bake up your delicious treats and invite your coworkers, family and friends to enjoy the culinary delights in exchange for a donation to the SPCA.  The funds raised during this event go to support animals in need of care and/or sheltering.  Since National Cupcake Day started in British Columbia, over 2100 animals have been helped.

Rather than make a cup-cake, I made a birthday card.for National Cupcake Day.  I know that it doesn’t taste as good as a homemade one, but it certainly has less calories. It gives me a sense of contributing to the day.

Recipe

Stamps: Sprinkles of Life, Balloon Celebration.

Ink/Markers: Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe, Tuxedo Black, VersaMark..

Paper: Whisper White Thick, Melon Mambo, Mint Macaron, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Tip Top Taupe, It’s My Party DSP Stack.

Accessories: Balloon Bouquet Punch, Banner Triple Punch, Tree Builder Punch, Heat and Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, It’s My Party Washi Tape, It’s My Party Enamel Dots.

To make the cupcake appear to be floating, it was attached to three balloons stamped from the Balloon Celebration set.  Here are a couple of hints when using this stamp set:

1. Because the punch has 2 different sized balloons that can be punched, you could waste a lot of paper.  To eliminate this waste, either stamp you balloons vertically on a narrow strip of card stock.  If you do it horizontally, stamp the smaller balloon on the right hand side of the paper and the larger on on the left hand side of the paper.
2. It is much easier to stamp the balloon outlines and then punch and if you decide to stamp the the dots on the inside of the balloon, do that stamping after punching, You will be able to get right down to the bottom of the balloon and because the stamp is photopolymar, you can see where you are punching.  YEH!!!

Of course, what  cupcake doesn’t need glitter.  After stamping and punching the cupcake with the Tree Builder punch, cover the image with VersaMark, sprinkle with Heat and Stick Powder and melt with Heat  Tool.  Finally, sprinkle Dazzling Diamonds over the cupcake and you will have a very sparkly cupcake.

To view another card using the Balloons Celebration stamp set, check out this POST

I wish National Cupcake Day good luck in their fundraiser to support the animals, that are abused, hurt and/or need a good home.

If you are involved in National Cupcake Day, I would love to hear what you did.  Leave me a comment.