Cupcake Card Template and Tutorial

Getting bored making the same square and rectangular cards? How about a cute cupcake shaped card which is very easy to make once you've printed and cut your free template out. And the great thing about the template is that you can use it over and over again.

This sweet cupcake design is a firm favorite of mine and you can see lots of examples of the template in use with the cupcake photo mosaic further down this page.

Print out your free cupcake templates onto some card. Alternatively, you can print the templates out onto paper, glue them onto whatever card you have - like an empty cereal packet. If you don't have any suitable card to print onto, then using paper and sticking onto stray bits of cardboard works just as well.

Cut out all your cupcake templates. If you store them well (drawers or a filing system where they lay flat) they will last you for years.

Choose some card to use as your card base which forms the cupcake card when folded in half. I normally use cream or white cardstock but any light or pastel color should work well. As the front will be completely covered with decorative paper, it really depends on the color you'd like to see on the finished inside and back of your card.

Draw around Template A onto your colored card and carefully cut your cupcake shaped card out. Fold it in half before laying it flat again.

Pick out the color for your cupcake bottom - the part where the cupcake liner or wrapper would be. I'm using a chocolate brown scrapbook paper. Glue this all over just the front of your card which is indicated on your printed Template A.

To glue, I find it easy to use a regular glue stick but you may have your own preference. Cut away the excess coloured paper - it's easier to do this by turning your card over and trimming from the back.

Cupcakes often come with a cherry on the top or with sprinkles. Buttons are great looking like a cupcake topping. I like to use fabric flowers with a brad or eyelet in the middle which looks so cute.

If you need sentiments for your Cupcake Card come visit my Cupcake Sayings and Quotes page which has tons of ideas. You could print out a sentiment and stick it on your card or you could layer up the sentiment onto a tag - either one you've bought or one you've made using a hole punch.