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A friend of mine approached me in church one day a couple of months ago and asked me if I could make a cake for her daughter’s shower.  She said she wanted blocks, which I’ve never done, and I said, “Oh yeah, I’m up for that challenge!”

Then I saw the creative challenge on Shelli’s blog to make something springy with Stampin’ Up! stuff.  And I thought to myself (in a Russian accent), “Oh yes, I wheel be killink two beards wit one stone, as it was.”  And what’s more springy than new babies?

So began my insane desire to design and make a baby shower cake using stamps.  All of course SMACK dab in the middle of getting ready for Alicia’s wedding.

I knew I could use rubber stamps to decorate with because of a surf board cake I made a few years back for my oldest’s beach birthday party.  The result wasn’t bad…

Sorry, I did a horrible job of covering his name.

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Lucky for me, as I am not a paper crafter, nor do I own much Stampin’ Up! gear, my friend brought over her arsenal. 

By the way, you don’t have to be a demonstrator to enter this challenge.  You can be a customer, a creative genius, or just a Joe Schmoe like me (as long as you use Stampin’ Up! products).  If you’re one of the five to win, you get to pick out a stamp set from the current catalog. 

Which I would then use to make MORE cakes!  It’s a veritable cycle of infinite creative happiness.

This cake using Stampin’ Up! stamps and die cuts is my all time favorite.

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We stamped on the fondant and cut it out with an x-acto knife,

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we cut paper pendants and stars using the Big Shot die cutter.  Then we put the paper on fondant and cut around it.

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Lastly we stamped directly on the fondant itself.   The wave stamp at the bottom of the cake says “rock-a-bye baby”.  Everything on the cake was edible, except the ribbon on the pendant. 

Not only was this my fave, it was also the most time consuming.  It took two of us 12 long hours to frost and decorate these 5″ x 5″ cakes.  I probably won’t be making blocks again in the near future, but I think it was worth the time spent.  Plus I actually got PAID!  Real money! 

Which I promptly spent on a new external flash for my camera.  I needed the flash to be able to take better photos of the cakes to win the stamps to make more cakes to take photos of.  See, happy creative cycle!  Now I just have to make the cut.  *snort* Get it, cut? 

So, I guess I can officially call myself “a stamper”!