Stampin’ Smiles: Cake Decorating with Homemade Sizzix Stencil

Yum!  White cake with buttercream frosting!  But, instead of the usual birthday candles, the idea to popped into my head to try my Big Shot and Stampin' Up! Blossom Party Original Sizzix Die to make a flower stencil.  I was excited to see if it would work.  I remembered to grab my camera so you, too, could see how I did if it worked.

 
First, I used a clean sheet of Whisper White card stock and ran it through my Big Shot with the Blossom Party die.  I then centered it on the frosted cake.

Here is just started sprinkling on the colored sugar. Oh, I did put the die-cut circle from the same die in the center of the flower stencil.  Can you see it there?

Here is my sugar-filled stencil.  I gently pushed the sugar into the frosting before removing my flower stencil.  There was some frosting sticking to the back of the Whisper White card stock.  It was a dirty job, but someone had to lick the frosting off the stencil.  

 I removed the Whisper White card stock die circle and filled in the center of the flower with yellow colored sugar.  I then decided my flower need a couple of leaves.  This was simple enough.  I scored a folded another sheet of Whisper White card stock in half.  Cut a curved line on the fold.  Opened it up, and there was my leaf stencil.

 
Add a couple of green colored sugar leaves.  And, there it is!  Okay, it is not up to the standards of cake decorators by any stretch of the imagination, but I had fun a thrilled another Big Shot enthusiast.  It is the little things that make me smile.  At least it resembled a flower.

Now I will want to buy colored sugar in all kinds of colors.  I have a lot of Big Shot dies I could use for stencils.  Wouldn't the snowflakes be pretty for a winter birthday?  Has this sparked an idea for you too?  Please share it in the comments section below.

Stampin' Smiles,