Hybrid Scrapbooking and More: Customized cake decorations

My daughter’s birthday is this week and she requested a rock star birthday, along with a rock star cake. Not being a very proficient cake decorator I went on a shopping mission to find some suitable rock star decorations. To my dismay there were none to be found. Then I had a brain wave - digital supplies to the rescue!

I used one of Pattie’s Shimmer Me Tidbits: Rock Star Girl glitter embellishments and one of Katie’s Banner Strips No. 02 to make a personalized cake topper. I placed a copy of the girl embellishment on a 4x6 sheet of photo paper, resizing it to fit. Then I created a duplicate layer of the girl and made a mirror image of that layer. (Edit, Transform, Flip Horizontal in Photoshop or Image, Rotate, Flip Horizontal in PSE). After printing, I cut around the edges and glued them together. I used a tooth pick as a stand to place her on the cake.

I created the flag she is holding by using one of Katie’s Banner Strips No. 2 and adding my own text to it.  After I printed and cut out the images,  I folded the paper strip in half and trimmed the straight end to look like the end with the V. I used a toothpick to hold my flag and glued that into my rock star girl’s hand.

I loved how it came out and my little rock star and her buddies were very impressed. Why don’t you try something like this for your next party!