Monday, November 3, 2008

Winter Wonderland Yummy Frosted Sled hills

What do we have here? It's a wee paper person with her wee paper puppy
sledding on a snowy hill...



No wait! It's a whole fleet of tobogganers...



racing on some fluffy hills with their sled dogs...



Nah! It's snowy pumpkin cuppiecakes! giggle-giggle.
Something about this Winter Wonderland stamp kit
makes me feel like a kid again!

Here's the supplies for the sledders & how to make 'em
(but they're really so simple that they barely need explanation:)

Supplies from the Winter Wonderland Kit:

Stamps: Sarah pulls Nicky & Otto
Other supplies:

Crystal Lacquer
Tooth picks/bamboo squewers
Black permanent ink.
Colouring medium of your choice.

I've found that I really love to use watercolour pencil crayons & then deepen the shadows with Copic markers (an easy way for a Copic newbie like me to get the vibrant look of Copics with only a handful of colours and no new techniques.) That's how the images on the blue backgrounds (down there) were coloured. :O)



Step 1) Stamp Sarah pulls Nicky & Otto (or just Nicky & Otto)



i love how the puppy is looking at that pompom.
Holly's designs are just too cute!



Step 2) Make sledders into boys and girls or
make them look different by drawing hair




Step 3)
Colour & cut the image

Step 4) Cover it with Crystal Lacquer
(Or omit the lacquer step & whip these together super quickly.)
It just protects them from the icing.

Step 5) Glue the images onto bamboo picks or toothpicks

Step 6) Stick 'em into cupcakes


Couldn't ya just picture this image...



...sticking into yummy squares with marshmallows on top...

or this one...



peeking atop a lemon meringue or key lime pie...

or this one..



...Sticking in an icecream cake

Why not all of 'em sticking in a cake? (a bundt cake so it has flats & hills even!) Ouuu, I am so making that for my friend Kimmy's twin girls!

Mmmm stamping & dessert. Two of the finest things in the whole wide world. GRIN! :O)


Happy Stampin'! :O)



P.S. Do you think they make edible snowflake sprinkles? They should, don't ya think?

P.S. Quick Links here:


25 comments:

Paula's ponderings said...

Oh my they are just too scrumalicious for words. Here am I sitting at my desk at work just drolling....lol - not a pretty picture at all. Gorgeous Mel, just gorgeous. Oh yeah, check your emails and let me know what time is good for you ok?

stampingcaz said...

LOVE EM! I have ordered the stamps from them as they found a set of stamps on their own so it cuts down postage ;0) Cathy was so helpful. I cant wait to get them... Love your tip about the watercolours and markers.. I would love to see one before you added the copic to it to see where you added it ;0)

Cazx

Melanie said...

that is the cutest ever! your frsoting looks so heavnely rich, is it marshamallow creme??

58!!!!

Jami said...

So yummylicsious!!!! These are soooo cute!
hugs, Jami

Robbie said...

Your things are so cute; but I fell in love with this one. Love these little images on cupcakes. Whether you like cc or not, you would want one of these! I may have to get this cute little set.

Erin said...

http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=31143344-423B-522D-F18252DB337D00F4&killnav=1

that link is for edible snowflakes sprinkles. :)

I love these, of course, I'm a total Mel fan and love ALL your posts. I don't know how you have time to do such well written/well photographed tutorials every day!

Debbie Fisher (debbiedee) said...

Mel, these are adorable! What fun to be on a mountain of frosting!

They do have edible big sugary flakes that remind me of snow. You can usually find it in a place that sells Wilton's.

Anonymous said...

These are simply the cutest little fellows EVER!!!! What a fantastic idea, Mel! Gotta get those stamps and do up a bunch of them for a Christmas potluck. Yummy!

Anonymous said...

So yummy ...some more stamps to add to the gotsta have list. Just adorable.
lablady2007@juno.com

The Parkers said...

THANKS!!! Now I'm officially craving a cupcake w/creamy white frosting!

LOL...

AWESOME WORK!

Anonymous said...

Oh my word! Those kids sledding down the cupcakes are the cutest! You are one creative lady Mel!

mudmaven said...

OMG! My grandchildren are going to love these! ~chris

Julia said...

You are making me hungry!! and it's way to early for cupcakes.LOL! Those little guys are sooo cute : )

Kim Etherington said...

I want one of those yummy pumpkin cuppiecakes please. slurp! ;o) Cute little guys!

ScrapMomOf2 said...

I'm drooling . . . because of both the cupcakes AND the adorable images! Fantastic!

Elena said...

Oh, Mel! They are so sweet! So cute! So yummy! Love your snow frosting hill!
Thank you very helpful tips!

katemade designs said...

THIS IS TFC. Too freakin' cute. Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

I LOVE these little guys! Just love their adorable-ness {is that a word!} Would love to have a set of my own... Marilyn

Angie Tieman said...

How precious and what a brilliant idea!! Love it!

Sue from Oregon said...

oh these just make me smile!

Teri said...

love these images and ooh, yummy cupcakes 'n frosting!! xo, teri

Risa said...

Yum-O!!!!!
You are so creative Mel, your adorable images are the cutest. I love the idea of cutting them out and decorating a cupcake with an image. How creative and so yummy!!!

Shirley said...

How clever and how very 'sweet' and so cute too!

Tonniece said...

Well those lucky little pp people. I'd love to be where they are at this moment. LOL
But wait, might be a tad too rich what with those sweet paper people, and all that sweet frosting, HUMMMMMMMMMMM


Thanks for the morning chuckle and yummy eye candy.

Annapurna said...

Are you tired of me yet? LOL!

What a great idea for cup cakes or any treats. Your coloring on those images is marvelous.

What is Melanie counting? Is it some code between you and her? Now I am curious.

I need a pop up window for comments, so I can read and see pictures while commenting :-)