Birthday Candles

Here is the fourth card is my series from the Wrap It Up cartridge. I have been having a lot of fun playing with this cartridge and I think I might try to continue this idea, playing with a specific cartridge and make projects featuring images from that cartridge. We will see how that goes though.

This cartridge is 4 1/4"x5 1/2." I used white cardstock for the base, then trimmed some striped cardstock 1/8" smaller. The white mat is 3 1/2"x4 3/4" and embossed with the Happy Birthday embossing folder. The three candles are cut from Wrap It Up. The smallest one is 3 1/2," the middle one is 4" and the largest one is 4 1/2." The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps. I punched it using a 1 1/2" circle punch, then cut a 2 1 3/4" circle from blue cardstock. I then added a button, tied with an embroidery floss bow to the middle of the circle. I finished off the card with some glossy accents and yellow Stickles on the flames of the candles. All the patterned cardstock comes from The Celebration Stack by DCWV.

I made this for the following challenges:

• Cupcake Inspirations: cupcake photo (I used the colors to inspire my color palette)
• 365 Cards: "Day 116" - sketch