D.I.Y.—Day of the Dead Cupcake Toppers

September is half-way over and Halloween is quickly approaching. I have a really cute, affordable, and fun D.I.Y. project using some stamps I purchased from my local craft store for only $1.00! I’ve mentioned before that, Joanns Fabric & Craft stores always has new holiday themed stamps every year and I always love to collect them all. This year one of stamp sets that got me super excited was the Day of the Dead skull and bones. Typically these acrylic stamps don’t produce a clean crisp image with regular black ink so I decided to purchase some black embossing powder for this particular project instead. I remember when I was a novice papercrafter and I’d pass through the isle with all the little embossing powders and just marvel at the variety of colors; and how cute the bottles were—but I never actually knew what they were for. Now that I know what they can do I’m obsessed with them! 

Step 1: Place the stamp on your acrylic block 

Step 2: Generously dab your stamp onto the versa mark ink pad

Step 3: Stamp the image onto your card stock

…You can kinda see the water mark here if you look closely

Step 4: Apply your black embossing powder

Step 5: Shake it off

Step 6: Apply heat

Amazing right?!

Step 7: Color-in using markers, color pencils, or any other medium you prefer

Step 8: Cut the image out

Step 9: Apply to wooden pick and cover the back with matching skull (double sided)

And you’re finished! Wasn’t that fun?