Basketball Cupcakes and Stand

Going a different direction today and sharing a little project 

I made for my niece's graduation party.

I offered to make the cupcakes for the event and decided to make basketballs to represent the years she has played and her future games in college.

 Here's the final result.

I found a 3 tier cupcake stand by Wilton at Hobby Lobby.

I assembled it and took it the craft room to get it all gussied up for the event!

I cut 1" border strips out of black paper and then also used some leftover basketball border strips from Michael's by Recollections.  I think the letter stickers are from Hobby Lobby. 

The front view.

The back view.
The stars were cut with a Sizzix die in my Cuttlebug. 

I added a few gems here and there.

 

I saw this basketball cupcake on Pinterest.

I covered mine with orange icing (Wilton buttercream) and then
I dipped it in orange sprinkles.

The piping was done with Wilton Tip #5

I am entering this project into Simon Says Stamp: Anything but a Card challenge.

Thanks for looking,

Kelly