These die cut strawberry stickers are fun to make and can be uniquely your own!
I know, I know. Another strawberry post. This one is different though, because it’s a craft. Strawberries are a year round staple here and we go into strawberry overload during the summer since they are in season and on sale at every grocery store. Plus they are so pretty!
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I love using my Spellbinders die cut machine as much as I love baking and I’m so happy at I was able to combine the two this week. Did you see my post for the Strawberry Shortcake Frappé? I made the cuteness atop the skewers using the Market Fresh Aren’t You Sweet etched dies. You guys this die set doubles as cherries and strawberries! Love!
So I wanted a watercolor like look to the strawberries, instead of using colored card stock, I decided to make my own. Using white card stock, I painted the paper using DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic Paint. The colors I used were Pyrrole Red, Cobalt Teal Hue, and Yellow-Green Light. This is the same paint I used to make these Christmas tags. I love this paint for paper projects because the colors are fantastic and it dilutes very well with water. I used a foam brush and wet my paper, then I added a small amount of water to dilute the paint. Using another foam brush, I painted stripes on the wet paper. I thoroughly enjoy watching the paint bleed into the water on the paper. I then set the paper outside to dry. It takes all of five minutes to dry in this terrible Arizona heat.
Once the papers dried, I ran them through the die cutting machine with my strawberry die set. When I had cut all the pieces I needed, I used a glue stick to glue everything in place. Easy peasy. If you look closely, on some of them I added a glossy dimensional look. I did this using DecoArt Media Liquid Glass. This stuff is so cool. It kind of reminds me of a way better version of the fun puffy stickers from the 80s. Ugh, I’m totally dating myself. Anyhoo, so I just applied the Liquid Glass in selected areas and let dry.
Once dry, I taped the paper strawberries to the top of the bamboo skewers. For the little shortcake bites, I used the recipe from my Strawberry Shortcake From Scratch, but used a shot glass to cut out the bites. I baked them for 10 minutes since they are smaller and they turned out perfect!
After the party was over and all the strawberry shortcake frappé was gone, my daughter and I were talking. She is a little creative genius and mentioned that she wished we could turn the tops into stickers instead of just throwing them away. Brilliant! So I went to the craft room and brought out my Xyron sticker maker. I had received this in a swag bag from a conference years ago and used it occasionally, but not a lot. This thing is awesome. We made stickers out of all the strawberry skewer tops! They will be perfect for our back-to-school notebooks and my bullet journal!
These are so cute. Could get really creative with these for different holidays or important events!
I love that these cute strawberries didn’t just get thrown away but live on as stickers!
Super cute idea! Will have to check out Spell Binders. Visiting from Create Link Inspire party.
These are very cute! They are a lovely addition to those strawberry sticks. Yum!
Very cute idea! I need to know more about Spell Binders and the Xyron sticker maker! Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday. Pinning.
What a cute idea with tons of fun uses. Thanks for sharing at Snickerdoodle. Pinning.
These are so fun and I love the idea of repurposing them into stickers after the party! Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty !