Cake Topper
I ordered my cake topper from Crafty Eddy ([email protected]) - the guru of cake toppers. The first picture is the jpg I created in Microsoft Publisher and emailed to him. Within 24 hours, he emailed me a picture of the completed topper! Next step: bling it out
Here's the actual size, in case that helps anybody
Supplies
5" Cake Topper - Crafty Eddy $24 (single letter cake toppers are only $14 I think)
Paint - FolkArt Metallic Silver Sterling, Acrylic
Rhinestones - Ebay seller hk.hotfix2008
720 10ss (3mm) clear $3.50 (free shipping)
720 10ss (3mm) aquamarine $4.50 (free shipping)
e6000 glue
Toothpicks
Plastic Spoons
Tweezers
A few hours of free time
A sleeping cat - because an awake cat thinks rhinestones are REALLY fun
Paint - FolkArt Metallic Silver Sterling, Acrylic
Rhinestones - Ebay seller hk.hotfix2008
720 10ss (3mm) clear $3.50 (free shipping)
720 10ss (3mm) aquamarine $4.50 (free shipping)
e6000 glue
Toothpicks
Plastic Spoons
Tweezers
A few hours of free time
A sleeping cat - because an awake cat thinks rhinestones are REALLY fun
Instructions
I painted the front, back, and edges with two coats of paint (or three? I don't remember) and let it dry for a few days. I didn't have any trouble with bubbling or peeling, so I definitely recommend going the acrylic route with a paintbrush as opposed to spray paint.
I put a squirt of the e6000 glue on a plastic spoon, and dipped a toothpick into the glue. Then I used the toothpick to spread the glue thinly onto a small area of the cake topper. I picked up a rhinestone with the tweezers, and placed the stone onto the layer of glue. It doesn't dry immediately, so you can adjust if you need to.
It took about 380 blue stones to cover the &
it took almost all 720 clear stones to cover the J and the V
I used cheaper, non-hotfix rhinestones at first, but they ended up looking terrible and I painstakingly picked them all back off. So, even if you don't use the hotfix applicator to melt the glue (which I've heard ends up looking messy anyway), the hotfix rhinestones are worth it. The glue dries clear even if you glop it around - which admittedly I did towards the end.
I put a squirt of the e6000 glue on a plastic spoon, and dipped a toothpick into the glue. Then I used the toothpick to spread the glue thinly onto a small area of the cake topper. I picked up a rhinestone with the tweezers, and placed the stone onto the layer of glue. It doesn't dry immediately, so you can adjust if you need to.
It took about 380 blue stones to cover the &
it took almost all 720 clear stones to cover the J and the V
I used cheaper, non-hotfix rhinestones at first, but they ended up looking terrible and I painstakingly picked them all back off. So, even if you don't use the hotfix applicator to melt the glue (which I've heard ends up looking messy anyway), the hotfix rhinestones are worth it. The glue dries clear even if you glop it around - which admittedly I did towards the end.
