Quilled Cupcake Pinterest Inspiration

Hopefully you have enjoyed our week of Pinterest Inspiration here on the 3 Birds Studio Blog! Our final Pinterest project is such a sweet treat. Designer Katrina Hunt was inspired by a quilled cupcake image she found to create her own quilled cupcake birthday card. It's so yummy, you're going to want to make one too!

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Pinterest….so full of ideas, but where to start? It’s Katrina on the blog here today to share my Pinterest inspiration project. I also have a few steps on how to recreate my project!

This pin is where I got my inspiration for my card. I had decided I wanted to do a quilling project, so I just typed that into my search box and this happened to pop up.

IMAGE CREDIT | photochic <---> Pinterest

If you aren’t sure what quilling looks like, well here is a shot of me starting on one of the coils for the cupcake wrapper.

I glued two 12 inch strips of the yellow quilling paper that comes in the Graceful Seasons Quilled Cardmaking kit and then rolled to the end.

Note: All quilled pieces on the card are done with two of the 12 inch strips glued together.

Once rolled I then placed the yellow coils into the size 3 hole on the template that is included in the kit. I dabbed a little spot of glue on the end of the strip before I placed the coil in the template. By using the template, all your coils will be approximately the same size. You will have to fuss with them a little to get them the way you want them, just be patient. Once I had them the way I wanted, I brushed them with a white school glue thinned down with water, so they would hold their shape.

After I got the 12 coils for the wrapper rolled, I figured out exactly how I wanted the front of my card to look. I really liked this card base, but the window was precut. I just took a piece of paper from the 6x6 Graceful Season Mini Pad, added some ribbon and covered the window up.

Here is the wrapper up close after being finished. I also used some of the die cuts from the kit for my sentiment. They were perfect!



I then set to work on the “icing” on the cupcake. My original plan was to follow my pin and just do coils. But I accidentally pinched the first coil when I took it out of the template and then I decided to change to the teardrop shape. The pink strips were done the same, except I used the number 2 on the template.



I laid the pink coils out, moved them around and put them together like puzzle pieces, until I was happy with the look. I then decided to add a candle for fun. I just rolled a small piece of paper into a tube. And then I cut a small piece of quilling strip to make the flame. I just added some glue on the end and placed the ends down in the tube.



Here you can see the candle close up. I added some additional quilled pieces on top just to create some dimension to the icing.



A quick little punched border strip and my card was complete! Here is the complete cupcake close up.

QUILLED BIRTHDAY CUPCAKE CARD by Katrina Hunt

SUPPLIES | Graceful Season Quilled Cardmaking Kit; Graceful Season 6 x 6 Mini Paper Pad 

Thanks for stopping by the 3 Birds Design blog today! I have another cupcake themed project over on my personal blog - Paper Scissors and Glue. I'd love for you to stop by and check it out!

Katrina Hunt