“Life Is Sweet” Big Shot Cupcake Banner

I am just having a little too much fun with the theme for this year's Mother-Daughter Luncheon at our church! We are holding our annual event in conjunction with a baby shower for a crisis pregnancy center this year, and it is going to be a cupcake extravaganza! Stampin' Up has so many wonderful cupcake-related stamp sets and punches and dies that it has been very easy to decorate for this one!

For this banner, I took 3×6 pieces of DSP, folded in half for strength (you could also back the DSP with cardstock, but you will want something besides just the one layer of paper). I trimmed the edges at an angle to create a simple cucpake liner look. I used the Subtles stack for this project. Next, I cut cupcake tops by running cardstock through the Big Shot with the largest Scallop Circle Bigz die, then cutting them in half. The cherries were made with the one inch circle punch.

After the words were cut, also on the Big Shot, using the Simple Letters alphabet dies, the rest was just assembly and decorating! I stamped sprinkles on some, put bows on others, and used Crystal Effects on the cherries. I had to make a bunch of these banners, so I went with Shimmer Spray, but if I were just making one I would have used Dazzlin' Diamonds for extra ka-pow.

You've got to try this adorable banner–contact me to order the Scallop Circle die, if you don't already own it, or order the Big Shot before April 30th and I will throw in the Scallop Circle die for free. Then you can get going on this CUTE project, too! And let me know if you would like to attend the luncheon–it's on Saturday, April 30th at eleven a.m. at First Baptist Church, Fort Atkinson, WI, and admission is a donation of a baby item for the Access Women's center. I would be honored to have you as my guest! zwolaneks@att.net