Let Freedom Ring – Americana Firework Cupcakes

This Fourth we’ll be celebrating with friends and family and I’ll be decorating cupcakes with my paper craft Americana “Let Freedom Ring” cupcake toppers. I also have cut files for those super cute pinwheels in the background. {wink}

Wanna make some?! Me too!

These designs are part of my new Cricut Patriotic Collection. And since Cricut makes those intricate cuts so easily, I chose to make the cupcake topper an outline of the fireworks. The banner is actually a separate cut that I’ve popped out on top with a foam adhesive square. It give the topper a nice 2-D look!

To make these firework cupcake toppers you’ll need:

• Cricut Explore™ machine
• Cricut Design Space™ software
• 12”x12” StandardGrip Cricut® mat
• White Cardstock (or Photo Paper)
• Foam Adhesive Squares
• Glue circles
• Bamboo sticks or lollipop sticks

Easy instructions and MAKE IT NOW in Design Space:

1. Print then Cut – Follow the instructions in Cricut Design Space™ to print then cut the images onto white cardstock or photo paper. Tip: Choose “photo quality” in your printer settings for the best color saturation.
2. Assemble – Layer the banner and fireworks with foam adhesive squares for a 2-D look.
3. Attach – Add paper craft toppers to lollipop sticks with glue circles and insert into cupcakes!

Cutting these fireworks out by hand would take forever, but the Cricut pops them out in a minute or two.

I love the “Let Freedom Ring” banners too. They’re perfect for so many projects and since you can easily size them in Cricut Design Space, they can be as large as 5.5″ long!

See how they look 2-D from the top! You can see the shadows and dimension.

Hop over to Cricut for a look at all of my individual print/cut and cut designs in my Americana collection. Or, you can browse my MAKE IT NOW projects showing some of the ways you can use all the elements in the Americana set.

These are just a few of my Americana Cricut crafts. Want to make a t-Shirt or two? Try my Proud To Be An American tShirt and my Proud To Live In The Home Of The Brave tShirt for starters.

Or maybe a cake topper?! I say “Oh My Stars!” a lot. {grin} It’s the southern girl in me. So I thought why not make a lovely patriotic cake topper version! You can find these cuts on Cricut too!

Stop by my Cricut crafts category for even more ideas: lots of party paper crafts, DIY TShirt ideas (like this Makers Gonna Make), vinyl mugs, custom canvas prints (darling Disney inspired quote) and more!

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

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Let Freedom Ring – Americana Firework Cupcakes seen first on The Celebration Shoppe.