When deciding on what I wanted to share this week tags were most definitely at the top of the list! But I knew I could not just do tags! That would be totally boring (Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz). So...a while back I ordered some shrinky sheets from Dick Blick (you can see the ones I ordered HERE)... and I decided to do a tag/shrinky dink combo for Cupcake Week (whew... world's most boring download and print post narrowly escaped)!
Let's dive right in (frosting first!!!)!
I made these tags to work with a Marvy pink scallop punch.
(like so many tags that I have come before )
Do you sense a theme here?
Am I getting boring?????
OMGoose.
You can use these tags to decorate packages...
Wait... haven't we seen that package before...
With a different tag?????
G.A.S.P.
BUSTED!
(only I removed the orange ribbon and the "L" tag).
Quiet down folks... I am going green here.
Recycling is IN!
Right?
...and you can also use the tags with store bought cupcakes
See how they make them look almost homemade???
Almost.
(if you squint)
Now for the shrinky dinks!
I had never made shrinky dinks before and it takes a little more practice than I was expecting.
I wanted to share my trials with you in case you decide to give this a try.
I hope this prevents you from making as many mistakes as I did!
I bought the shrink sheets that you can run through an ink jet printer.
I got clear and white (resource HERE).
These are the clear ones.
I found that you cannot punch larger shapes very easily with these sheets.
They are just too thick.
The 1 inch circle punch seemed work just fine though.
I found that laying them on chip board was much better than parchment or vellum.
They tell you not to cook them directly on metal.
You cover them with vellum to help keep the curling to a minimum.
I baked mine at 300 F for 3 minutes and 30 seconds (exactly).
I burned the tar out of the first batch I made.
I had the oven too hot and parchment was not a good bottom for the pan.
The second batch did not cook long enough so they were still really curly on the edges.
But the third batch was just right (kinda like the 3 bears).
You can see how much these shrunk and how totally adorable they are!
They are like shrinky sprinkles!
I also did an experiment where I inked the edges of one of the shrinky punch shapes before I baked them and they came out pretty nice
(the inked one is on the left).
You can get the templates for the smaller 1 inch circle punches and the tags that work with the Marvy pink scallop punch below!
Cupcake Week - Think Pink Tags
Download the PDF HERE
AND
One Inch Cupcake Circles
Download the PDF HERE
Note: I crammed as many cupcake circles on one page as I could (in order to reduce waste as much as possible). Those shinky sheets are eggspensive!
AND...(but wait there's MORE???)
Don't forget to head on over to my Cupcake Week Co-Host (La Fuji Mama) to check out the recipe for today (it's her own invention and totally amazing!!!). Shirley Temple Cupcakes cooked in a glass mug (they really do look like Shirley Temples)!!! She's a crafty cooking geeneous. I swears!
You can get a sneaky peak at the recipe card to my right but you have to head on over to Fuji's Cupcake Emporium to learn how to make them and get the real recipe card!
You know you wanna collect all these recipe cards don't cha???
So that's all I gots for today! Tomorrow I am going to share a cute little cupcake onesie made using the embroidery patterns from yesterday!
Cutsie Cupcake HUGS (I think my blog is waving the pink flag of surrender over here)! It's never seen this much pink before it's whole life. Ever. Whew.
P.S. HUGS x 1,000,000,000,000 = more hugs than you can stand (honest)!
