I borrowed the stamps and theme from my May 2017 Paper Pumpkin kit to make these cards. The kit is called Sprinkled with Love, and the theme is donuts 🙂
Here’s a look at what the kit is desinged to make…
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Back to my donut cards…
I used stamps from the kit along with the sprinkle stamp from “Cool Treats” for my smaller donuts, and I also used Sprinkle Embellishments from the Cool Treats Suite.
The donut boxes are not really boxes at all, they are simply 3 1/8″ x 4 3/4″ pieces of designer paper, also from the Cool Treats Suite. I scored the 4 3/4″ sides at 2 1/4″ and 2 1/2″, and I cut windows in the lids with a shape from the Tags & Labels Framelits. The tags are also cut with a framelit from that collection. I added 2″ x 3″ pieces of Window Sheet to the underside of the lids with glue dots.
A real box would get crushed in the mail. My faux box is loosely tied with baker’s twine, and it can be flattened when putting the card into an envelope.
The donuts are mounted on dimensionals under the lid. And the donuts themselves?…
The donuts are 1″ circles. The donut and frosting layers are made the same way – punch a smaller hole first in the appropriate color, and then punch around the small circle with the 1″ circle punch.
The smaller holes in the donut layers (Crumb Cake and Chocolate Chip) were made with a 1/4″ handheld punch. The smaller holes in the frosting layers (Early Espresso and Flirty Flamingo) were made with a 3/8″ circle punch. I hand-cut the wavy edge of the frosting layers, and I added Fine-Tip Glue over the Early Espresso frosting to make it shiny. Yummy – double chocolate!!
Of course the jelly donuts are simply 1″ circles (Crumb Cake). The frosting layers are also 1″ circles, hand-cut with a wavy edge. These are really fun cards to make, and my daughter says she always likes the food-themed cards the best!
Have a great weekend!
