How to make a cake topper

Video How to make cake topperThese days, cake decorating has become a great pastime for me! I’m not a perfect baker, however I love taking simple white muffins and turning them into cute desserts. You’ll be able to see a little cake I decorated with flowers for Mother’s Day right here! For this 12-month Father’s Day table scene, I used raspberries, blueberries, and thyme to lighten a plain white 7-inch cake by Hy-Vee and determined… what the hell?! Why not try making my own homemade cake topper for a change? Anyway, I’m looking forward to completing the extra quests of the Cricut card these days, so I did a round in the Cricut Design House and came here with a total waste of time. skeptical about using glitter cardstock, but I have to be honest – it made all the difference. Not only is it extra thick, it gives that extra sparkle that every good baker wants, especially for the holidays. Reserve your studies for step-by-step instructions on how to properly make a cake topper from start to finish!

DIY Cake Topper Tutorial

Contents

So far the stage of expertise in Cricut tasks with cardstock, this DIY glitter cake topper is for everyone – from beginner Cricut customers to skilled crafters high. If any of my instructions are complicated and/if you just want a video tutorial, scroll all the way down to the printable instruction card on the back of the sheet of paper. There’s a video on the back, which you’ll have to disable your ad blocker to watch!

Supplies of toppings

What matters most about this Cricut cardstock quest? You just want a handful of crafts, which is super handy for admiring the cupcakes that will be on the more expensive side on Etsy! Here are all the things needed for you to make your own cake topper-

Desensitization machine– Any Cricut or Silhouette will do, however I like my Cricut Discover Air 2! Additionally, you’ll want a drop mat and weeding tool.
Sparkling gold card– I bought this glitter gold card pack on Amazon. I like the thickness, and the sparkle (presumably half) stays the same.
skewers– We simply have these ingenious items around our kitchen, but you’ll find the skewers on Amazon right here.
Multi-Purpose Spray– I love this spray! I mine it for all my sparkling quests, my favorites are these homemade sparkling champagne bottles.
Hot glue gun– When you don’t have a glue gun, you can also use regular craft glue. Personally, I simply want hot glue because it doesn’t get messy and dries very quickly.

Best font for cake toppings

When you love this exact design and want to use it for Father’s Day, get it instantly in Design House! However, if you want to design your personal cake topper, it’s all about choosing the best font. You want a font that’s thick enough to last longer than minified, is easy to read, and can simply lock phrases together, ideally in three or four completely different places. toppers-

October Twilight (my personal favorite- and it’s free!)
Noelan (another one of my favorites- and it’s free too!)
Shink (free to use separately)
Tingler (paid)
Milkshake (free for private use)

How to make a cake coating

To create your personal glitter cake topper, start by opening Cricut Design House and choosing a font. I used October Twilight for this task, mainly because the overlapping letters are so thick and simple. Once you’ve chosen a font, arrange the text content (Comfortable Father’s Day, Relaxed Birthday, Grandpa and Grandma, etc.) and adjust the line height so that the phrases roughly fit across the number. a Next, ungroup phrases and letters to create a condensed design and combine higher and lower letters in a minimum of three positions. In fact, the more, the higher. As you work through the lettering, join, weld, and resize the design to fit the diameter of the pie. For reference, this cake is 7″, so I made the cake topper about 6.5″ wide. Since the glitter gold cardstock is thicker than the regular cardstock (I’m not sure if that’s the glitter or what), set the fabric to Poster Board and scale down the design. warrant extra caution across styles. They will tear quite simply. To aid in solidifying the keycard and prevent a full-blown explosion, cover the top of the disc with parchment (or your storage ground or whatever) and spray the top of the disc with spray. Dad Then, cut two skewers to fit the top of the cake, which you will then glue to the back of the cake tray. You want to stick the skewers on the back of the topper as much as possible so they won’t be seen. This simply gives your homemade cake machine a little more stability.Read more: How to make a cake taller Finally, fit your homemade glitter cake liners on the cake — and enjoy! DIY Dad And that’s it – it’s so easy to make your own personalized glitter cakes! I know I messed up half the design, so please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about this Father’s Day sponge cake tutorial (or any other tutorial). mine). I love hearing from you guys and I’m happy to help! The cricut card quests are a few of my all-time favorites. They are fun, simple and, most significantly, incredibly cheap. Listed here are some concepts for holiday Cricut missions with Cardstock-

- - DIY greeting card
  - Paper flower quests (garlands, bouquets, decorations – the sky is the limit)
  - Custom invitations (you can even use the Cricut pen to handle all the envelopes!)
  - Set of Banners (I did the martini banner, the watermelon banner- Cricut makes these very simple)
  - Make your own existing storage box (for baked goods, jewelry, and/or small trinkets!)
  - Holiday current card