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Learn How to Make These Colorful DIY Watercolor Cupcake Toppers

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The holidays are upon us, and that means holiday baking is here!  Cupcakes are a fun addition to any party, and if you’re looking for a way to add pizazz to your cupcakes, here’s a simple yet effective idea.  Watercolor Cupcake Toppers are cute, colorful and give your dessert an added pop.

Cupcakes are a fun addition to a birthday party, baby shower, wedding, or any holiday. If you’re looking for a way to add pizazz to your cupcakes, learn how to make these beautiful DIY Watercolor Cupcake Toppers from any printable graphic. Click through to see the video tutorial! #cupcakes #cupcaketoppers #thesummeryumbrella

Hi, Summery Umbrella readers!  I’m so excited to share another project with you.  My name’s Kimberly and I blog at Bugaboo Creates.  My blog is all about my creative endeavors – be they crafting with my kids, DIY with my partner in crime and hubby, or my personal passion projects.  I’ve combined two of my favorite creative pursuits in this project, baking and painting!  These Watercolor Cupcake Toppers are so easy to make, you’ll definitely want to try it out for your holiday parties!  (If you need a yummy fall-themed cupcake recipe, you can find that at Bugaboo Creates!)

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    How to Make Watercolor Cupcake Toppers

    These cute watercolor cupcake toppers are a colorful and fun way to decorate your cupcakes.  If you think your baked goods could use some flair, this is a super simple project to accomplish just that.  

    What you need:

    • Plain Cardstock
    • Scrapbook paper
    • Watercolor Pencils
    • Water Brush
    • Washi Tape
    • Circle Punch
    • Larger, Scallop Circle Punch
    • Scissors
    • Hot Glue Gun
    • Lollipop Sticks
    • SVG Files to fit your chosen theme; I used Grateful, Thankful, Blessed and Leaves and Acorns for a Thanksgiving theme

    Instructions:

    Use your word processor or other familiar software to resize your SVG file.  Make them small enough to fit your smallest circle punch.  Mine are about 2 inches.

    Cupcakes are a fun addition to a birthday party, baby shower, wedding, or any holiday. If you’re looking for a way to add pizazz to your cupcakes, learn how to make these beautiful DIY Watercolor Cupcake Toppers from any printable graphic. Click through to see the video tutorial! #cupcakes #cupcaketoppers #thesummeryumbrella

    Use your watercolor pencils to color in your images.  Use more than one color on each, as the colors will blend together for a nice affect later on.  You can color them in any fashion you like.  I did mostly ombre style with light to dark or dark to light from the center out.  You can also color them starting in one corner with one color and color down diagonally to the other corner while switching colors.

    Cupcakes are a fun addition to a birthday party, baby shower, wedding, or any holiday. If you’re looking for a way to add pizazz to your cupcakes, learn how to make these beautiful DIY Watercolor Cupcake Toppers from any printable graphic. Click through to see the video tutorial! #cupcakes #cupcaketoppers #thesummeryumbrella

    Tape your cardstock to your work surface.  This will help your paintings to dry flatter.  Once you add water, the paper will want to rumple and bow.  Taping it along all edges will minimize this.

    Cupcakes are a fun addition to a birthday party, baby shower, wedding, or any holiday. If you’re looking for a way to add pizazz to your cupcakes, learn how to make these beautiful DIY Watercolor Cupcake Toppers from any printable graphic. Click through to see the video tutorial! #cupcakes #cupcaketoppers #thesummeryumbrella

    Now you can begin the painting process.  Fill your water brush with water.  Lightly squeeze the barrel of the brush to moisten the bristles.  The reason we’re using a water brush is mainly because it’s easier to control the amount of water you add to the paint (or in this case, pencil).  Don’t squeeze the brush while you are painting or there will be too much water for the cardstock to absorb and it could pill.  The ink from the images could run as well.  If the bristles become too dry and the colors aren’t blending well, lift your brush and gently squeeze while it’s not in contact with the paper.  

    Cupcakes are a fun addition to a birthday party, baby shower, wedding, or any holiday. If you’re looking for a way to add pizazz to your cupcakes, learn how to make these beautiful DIY Watercolor Cupcake Toppers from any printable graphic. Click through to see the video tutorial! #cupcakes #cupcaketoppers #thesummeryumbrella

    It’s a good idea to start with the lighter color and work to the darkest color as you are painting one of the small images.

    Once you’re done painting each separate image, you’ll need to cut your cardstock into strips to make it easier to punch with the circle punch.

    Cupcakes are a fun addition to a birthday party, baby shower, wedding, or any holiday. If you’re looking for a way to add pizazz to your cupcakes, learn how to make these beautiful DIY Watercolor Cupcake Toppers from any printable graphic. Click through to see the video tutorial! #cupcakes #cupcaketoppers #thesummeryumbrella

    Now, take your circle punch and punch out each of your watercolor images.

    Cupcakes are a fun addition to a birthday party, baby shower, wedding, or any holiday. If you’re looking for a way to add pizazz to your cupcakes, learn how to make these beautiful DIY Watercolor Cupcake Toppers from any printable graphic. Click through to see the video tutorial! #cupcakes #cupcaketoppers #thesummeryumbrella

    Then, take your scallop circle punch and punch a bunch of those from scrapbook paper.

    Cupcakes are a fun addition to a birthday party, baby shower, wedding, or any holiday. If you’re looking for a way to add pizazz to your cupcakes, learn how to make these beautiful DIY Watercolor Cupcake Toppers from any printable graphic. Click through to see the video tutorial! #cupcakes #cupcaketoppers #thesummeryumbrella

    You can use any glue you like to stick your images to the scrapbook paper.  I just used hot glue because it was already handy!  Attach your watercolor images to the scrapbook paper by glueing them together.

    Cupcakes are a fun addition to a birthday party, baby shower, wedding, or any holiday. If you’re looking for a way to add pizazz to your cupcakes, learn how to make these beautiful DIY Watercolor Cupcake Toppers from any printable graphic. Click through to see the video tutorial! #cupcakes #cupcaketoppers #thesummeryumbrella

    Now you’ll add the lollipop stick.  Apply hot glue to the back of the “Grateful, Thankful, Blessed” circles and lay the end of your stick in the glue.  Then sandwich the stick between circles by adding a “Leaves and Acorn” circle on top.

    Cupcakes are a fun addition to a birthday party, baby shower, wedding, or any holiday. If you’re looking for a way to add pizazz to your cupcakes, learn how to make these beautiful DIY Watercolor Cupcake Toppers from any printable graphic. Click through to see the video tutorial! #cupcakes #cupcaketoppers #thesummeryumbrella

    Finally, repeat!  And you’ll have a bunch of fun little Watercolor Cupcake Toppers to artistically decorate your next batch of baked goods.

    Cupcakes are a fun addition to a birthday party, baby shower, wedding, or any holiday. If you’re looking for a way to add pizazz to your cupcakes, learn how to make these beautiful DIY Watercolor Cupcake Toppers from any printable graphic. Click through to see the video tutorial! #cupcakes #cupcaketoppers #thesummeryumbrella
    Cupcakes are a fun addition to a birthday party, baby shower, wedding, or any holiday. If you’re looking for a way to add pizazz to your cupcakes, learn how to make these beautiful DIY Watercolor Cupcake Toppers from any printable graphic. Click through to see the video tutorial! #cupcakes #cupcaketoppers #thesummeryumbrella

    What’s Next?

    Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Pecan Streusel Topping and Whipped Cream Cheese Cinnamon Frosting.

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    Don’t forget to check out a few of these ideas too!

    • Grateful, Thankful, Blessed
    • Farm Fresh Eggs Sign
    • Clean and Simple Hydrangea Flower Arrangement

    Pssttt…. Don’t forget to check out my SVG projects page chocked full of DIY and decorating goodness!


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    About Kimberly Mueller

    Kimberly is the creative force behind the blog Bugaboo Creates, where she chronicles her adventures in DIY, crafting, sewing and photography. She loves the creative process and writing, so an artsy/craftsy blog is the perfect fit! She is always looking for the next way to spend her creative energy, and has newly discovered a love of hand-lettering, party planning and large home DIY projects. She lives in Wisconsin with her love, her four crazy kids and a cat. They join in her crazy schemes as often as they can.

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