This beautiful cupcake has a festive Christmas touch. Who knew tiny pine trees could become edible confetti. Would you like to have a bite?
Everybody knows cupcakes. They are cute little cakes which come in all colors and sizes and are beautifully decorated. But overall they’re very sweet 😉
Craft supplies
- Craft knife
- Cutting mat
- Scissors
- Eraser
- Pencil
- Glitter gel pen (red & yellow)
- Glue
- Star punch
- Foam pads
- Gold ink pad
- Alphabet stamps
- Stamp press / Acrylic block
- Blank blue greeting card
- Sheet of white print paper
- Sheet of white paper
- Sheet of beige paper
- Sheet of red paper
- Sheet of green paper
- Sheet of shiny gold paper
Printable template
Download a free printable template for the Christmas cupcake card 🖨️
Instructions
Watch the video tutorial or scroll down for the photo tutorial (step by step instructions).
Video tutorial
Photo tutorial
In this photo tutorial you’ll learn step by step how to make this Christmas wreath with ornaments card.
Step 1: Take a sheet of white paper. Fold a small piece of it. Draw a half cupcake cup shape from the fold.
Step 2: Cut out the shape with scissors and unfold it.
Step 3: Put the cupcake cup shape on the white paper. Draw a cake shape with a pencil. It should be slightly curved.
Step 4: Cut out the cake shape with scissors.
Step 5: Cut out the frosting shape from white paper. Make it a bit curvy for a playfull effect.
Step 6: Trace the cupcake cup shape with a pencil on a sheet of red paper.
Step 7: Cut out the traced shape with a craft knife or scissors. Remove visible pencil traces with an eraser.
Step 8: Trace the cake shape on a sheet of beige paper with a pencil.
Step 9: Cut out the shape with a craft knife or scissors. Remove visible pencil traces at the top of the shape with an eraser.
Step 10: Attach the cupcake cup shape and cake shape to each other by applying glue.
Step 11: Trace the frosting shape on a sheet of white paper (not print paper due to its thickness).
Step 12: Cut out the traced shape with a craft knife or scissors. Remove visible pencil traces with an eraser.
Step 13: Glue the frosting shape to the other cupcake shapes.
Step 14: Draw vertical lines with a gold gel pen on the cupcake cup shape.
Step 15: Cut out tiny pine tree shapes from a sheet of green paper.
Step 16: Carefully glue the pine tree shapes to the frosting.
Step 17: Draw decorative dots on the frosting with a red and gold gel pen.
Step 18: Punch a star from shiny gold paper.
Step 19: Attach it to the top of the frosting with glue.
Step 20: Write the text “Merry Christmas” with alphabet stamps on an acrylic block or stamp press. Then ink your stamps well with gold ink.
Step 21: Take a blue greeting card and unfold it. Stamp the text at the bottom of the card front.
Step 22: Attach foam pads to the backside of the cupcake shape. Then attach the shape to the card front. Your Christmas card is ready now.
