tutorial | Tania's Design Studio

My ‘Gone Fishing’ set is certainly one of my top sellers and I do get questions daily about how to assemble the cake topper. I designed this cake topper with the thought of taking a simple homemade cake and transforming it into something super cute with just a few simple paper designs. I see many copycat cake toppers, but folks, this is very original design!

Required materials:

Gone Fishing cake topper printable, available here
Scissors
Glue gun
3 bamboo sticks
Bakers Twine (available at many dollar stores)
Oreo crumbs
Several blades of plastic grass (purchased small grass pot at Target and cut what I need)

Cut out the four fish and the fishing sign from the printable file you purchased from my Etsy shop! If you want to make a longer line of fish, simply print off two copies of the file and string more fish! Next, cut approximately 10 inches of bakers twine and tie a loop knot to one end, string the bamboo stick and then do the same for the other end.

Take each individual fish and turn it over to dab just a bit of hot glue to the tip of its mouth and quickly adhere to the bakers twine. Tip: to ensure even spacing of the fish, I recommend laying them down as you like on the twine before gluing.

Next, turn the fishing sign over and glue the third bamboo stick to the back side.

Here you see the Oreo crumbs and plastic blades of grass. You will want to pour anywhere from quarter to half a cup of the crumbs onto the center of your cake. I then inserted the fishing sign, just slightly slanted. Next, insert the two fishing line bamboo sticks just behind the sign and be sure not to insert to far so you cover the fish with the sign. The final touch are the plastic blades of grass.

If you are interested in more than just the cake topper a full party package is available too!

All the best!

Tania

Cupcakes are a party favorite and the only thing better than a cupcake is a cupcake with a nicely decorated topper!

Ever wondered how the paper fans/rosettes are created that I often use to decorate cupcake toppers?

You can find them in my many styled parties and I’m happy to share with you just how I make these so you can too!

Required Supplies (click on the supplies to buy these items yourself):

Sizzix Big Shot
Sizzix Strip Cutting Pads
Extended Spacer Plaform
Sizzix Die-Cut Paper Rosette
Patterned Papers
Double Sided Tape/Hot Glue Gun
Lollipop Sticks
2″ paper punch
Cupcake Topper Designs from Tania’s Design Studio!

Here is a great YouTube video to watch and see the assembly step by step!

Tim Holtz Paper Rosette with the Sizzix Big Shot

Sizzix Big Shot and Paper Rosette Die-Cut

My die-cut is well used!

Cut your patterned papers into strips. It is best to use 12″ paper strips but you can also use printed patterned papers from the party sets. The medallion die cut will be just shy of complete so I just use a circular paper punch for the that instead.

Run your die cut through the Big Shot. Start with the extended spacer on the bottom, then 1 strip cutting pad, then the die-cut face up, then the paper and lastly the 2nd strip cutting pad on top. Roll the die through the Big Shot.

Remove the die cut paper rosette and proceed to accordion fold the long scallop piece along the perforated lines. On one end, dab some hot glue or double sided tape.

Roll the paper into a cylinder and glue the two ends of the scallops together.

On a flat surface, gather the flat side of the cylinder tight together while spreading and pushing down on the top to create the rosette.

Turn your rosette over and glue the medallion to the back side. You can use double sided tape, but I recommend hot glue to ensure your rosette remains study.

Add a 2″ cupcake topper to the front side of the paper rosette, again using double sided tape or hot glue. Lastly, add a lollipop stick to the back side of the paper rosette and pop your decorated cupcake topper into your cupcake!