Three Ways to Elevate Your Cake-Themed Cards

Looking to add some luxury and flair to your birthday cards? Jean Manis here sharing three designs featuring the Bougie Birthday Collection by Nina Boettcher for Spellbinders. The collection lets you channel all the fun of designing a show-stopping cake, minus the mess and measuring cups. In this post, I’ll take the collection’s cake die and give it three different treatments. Let’s celebrate in bougie style, one card at a time!

Golden Elegance Cake

For an elegant celebration, craft a cake in luxurious gold textures. Dry-embossed details bring depth and sophistication, while a die-cut sentiment and customizable numbers complete the design with timeless style.

• Dry-emboss a 5” x 7” panel of Brushed White cardstock with the Born to Sparkle Attach to a card base.
• Cut the Ganache Gateau pieces from various textures in the Gold Assortment Treasured Dry-emboss the cake piece with the Peppermint Stripes folder. Assemble the cake.
• With dies in the Ganache Gateau set, cut five macarons from various gold cardstock textures and Brushed White cardstock; assemble. Additionally, cut the candles from Brushed White
• Cut Birthday Cheers sentiment from gold glitter cardstock.
• Cut numbers with dies in the Classy Numbers set from gold glitter cardstock. Use the same set to cut the candle flames.
• For additional depth, cut white glitter foam with the Ganache Gateau icing die (along the cake base), as well as the number dies and the Cheers Glue foam pieces to die-cut pieces.
• Assemble elements and attach cake to card base.

Pastel Layers of Chic

Craft a pastel ganache drip cake topped with a festive banner for a chic and colorful twist.

• Dry-emboss a 5” x 7” panel of tan cardstock with the All Wrapped Up Attach to a card base.
• Cut the Ganache Gateau pieces from various cardstock colors. The cake base is cut from three colors. Using the bottom layer as the base, trim the middle and top layers (from the top) to create a three-layer cake. Adhere layers together and finish assembling the cake. For additional depth, cut white glitter foam with the Ganache Gateau icing die (along the cake base).
• Cut six macarons with the Ganache Gateau set from various cardstock colors; assemble. Similarly, cut the banner from various cardstock colors; assemble. Add elements to the cake.
• Press the sentiment in Teal Topaz ink with the Bougie Birthday Sentiments plate on Snowdrift Cut with coordinating die and add to the cake with foam adhesive.
• Attach cake assembly to the card base.

Mixed Media Delight

Finally, take your decorating to the next level with a mixed-media cake, frosted with modeling paste and adorned with sprinkles.

• Dry-emboss a 5” x 7” panel of Snowdrift cardstock with the Born to Sparkle Attach to a card base.
• Cut the Ganache Gateau cake piece from light-pink cardstock. Apply a thin layer of modeling paste to simulate frosting; set aside to dry. Once the cake base is dry, add glue to the base and adhere sprinkles.
• With the Ganache Gateau die set, cut the ganache icing, macarons, and candles from a variety of cardstock colors. Assemble ganache and drips; assemble macarons.
• Cut the candle flames with dies in the Classy Numbers set; assemble candles.
• Press the sentiment in dark brown ink with the Bougie Birthday Sentiments plate on Snowdrift Cut with coordinating die.
• Once the cake base is dry, assemble. Add cake, candles, and sentiment to the card base.

Other supplies

Assorted cardstock colors, brown ink, sprinkles, glue Thank you so much for stopping by and exploring the Bougie Birthday Collection with me! I hope these designs have inspired you to craft your own stylish and unique cards. Whether you prefer elegant textures, pastel layers, or playful mixed-media details, this collection is perfect for creating cards that make celebrations extra special.