Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Halloween Cupcake Picks

It's time to get crackin' on your Halloween projects and I wanted to share a fun and easy way to decorate your cupcakes...

Quick & Easy
Halloween Cupcake Picks!

Supplies:

Vintage Halloween Collage Images
Halloween Pattern Paper (G45)
Brown Ink
Toothpicks
Vintage Text pages (optional)
Die Cut & Machine (optional)

Instructions:

1. The first thing you're going to need to do is to cut the Vintage Images using a circle die or hand cut.  Depending on the style of picks you choose to make you will need one or two images per pick.

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2. You will now need to cut the mat for each cupcake pick you will be making.  I like to use double sided pattern paper because your pick will look nice from front or back.  The paper I'm using today is Graphic 45's new Halloween papers - Happy Haunting.

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3. I like to add a dab of ink around the edges of each image just to give it that extra little vintage touch.  Totally optional though.
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4. Now it's time to assemble your picks.  Center the toothpick along one edge of the mat and cover with your collage image.    If you want to use a single sided cupcake pick you're done!

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5.  If you want a double sided pick simply flip the pick over and glue a second collage image to the back of the cupcake pick.

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6. Another option is to fan fold a piece of vintage text... glue the two ends together, press it flat to create the medallion and glue it to the back side of the mat.

NOTE: I just free hand these folds since it's so small.

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7.  Again, if you want a double sided pick simply glue the second collage image over the medallion.

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And here is how my picks turned out....

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Told you...fun, quick and oh so easy!
Now you have no excuse for not decorating those holiday cupcakes!


5 comments:

  1. These are adorable Roni! Thanks for the tutorial!!

    Elaine Allen

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  2. Hi Roni, we don't celebrate Halloween in Australia, but these are adorable. I am loving all the beautiful vintage images and what a wonderful idea to apply to cupcakes for any occassion!

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  3. I wanted to say these were adorable, but the word has already been used by the previous two commenters. However, they really are adorable and I would like to see more projects like these! Thanks, Roni, for sharing your talents with us.

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  4. They are adorable! They even look great sitting in the box as a little decorative centerpiece! Thanx for the inspiration...time to bake some cupcakes ;)

    KimMJ
    bast830@comcast.net

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