Spider Cupcakes

 An Army Of Spiders! At least they look friendly! We made these cupcakes with strawberry cake batter so they were red when you bit into them! They smelled awesome!

 Jeanie and I made these for her class last week. Didn't have time to post prior to the holiday.  We took licorice and pulled the strands apart and I came up with the great idea of putting them into the microwave to make them soft and bubbly.

 The bubbles were unexpected but nice.

As the cooled they got harder and they kept the bent leg shape!

Here is what they looked like without mouths and frosting on their eyes.  The eyes are white chocolate chips.  That was a lot of microwaving for 8 legs per cupcake!

I took a zip lock bag and put frosting in it, cut off the corner and put a decorating tip in the corner to decorate the eyes.  Thanks for looking.

Tulip, Black & Buttercup Challenge!

I decided to try and do a CTMH Challenge

that is setup on the Heart to Heart Blog.

This week is 3 colors

You can also use White or Colonial White. So this is the card that I came up with:

I stamped lemons in Buttercup on Daisy White cardstock, I stamped Stawberries and made the stems and leaves black. The stamp set is new this year and it's called You're Sweet. I couldn't wait to use it.

The strawberries are raised with foam squares. I felt it needed a little more bling so I added Bitty Sparkles to each of the white spots on the strawberries - that took some time but I think it sparkles perfectly.

Thanks for looking!